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leaflemming.bsky.social @leaflemming.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
If you were wondering why people are being left to die in toilets in our hospitals currently, a quick glance at this graph of health workforce numbers under the last two governments tells you which one stopped hiring nurses and has been lying about it. #nzpol
A graph of NZ health workforce nursing FTEs over the years 2018-2025, with Labour's hiring in red and National's in blue. It's clear at a glance that hiring went steadily up under the last government and has been flat under this one.
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Jessica de Heij @jdeheij.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Dunedin Herald bringing the goods. 👌 #parody
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Miriam Ross @miriamruthross.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
This 👇 The social media companies absolutely need to be compelled to stop platforming harmful content to all ages. But pretending that this is the panacea for everything that is wrecking young people's wellbeing is naive at best.
Screenshot of Spinoff Bulletin text

A ‘distraction from the real crisis’

Doctors from the University of Auckland have warned that banning social media is “a distraction from the real crisis” that ignores wider economic drivers of youth distress. “To imply that social media is the cause of increasing mental distress, without regard for the wider social, economic and political environments of our children is disingenuous,” Terryann Clark, the chair in child and adolescent mental health, and Sarah Hetrick, a professor of psychological medicine, wrote on Newsroom in July. They noted that indicators of poor mental health among young people were already rising before the mass introduction of social media, and that the research showing negative effects typically shows they are small.
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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 18/08/2026
*deep sigh* TECHNICALLY it's indigenous to the area; non-technically, it's *also* invasive. The locals have been giving it nicknames for hundreds of years: Tripsy Peg, Staggering Fivepetal, Lurchvine, Mottled Wallow, Waverweed, Blounders. Anyway: it grabs people, and I need it out of my garden.
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Timothy Gassin @timothygassin.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The Australian media giving a more honest assessment of the last few years in NZ than much of the NZ media. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
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Alice Soper @alicesoapbox.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The leader debates are gonna be crack up
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Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 12/08/2026
My "full confidence in my leadership" emergency three-hour caucus meeting has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my caucus meeting.
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gunsandchips.bsky.social @gunsandchips.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
full support my ass
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Hahaha the fix the basics build the future and then running away hahahhaha strong strong strong vibes
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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 25/07/2026
In the late afternoon sun, NZ's second tallest peak Te Horokōau Mt Tasman (3,497m / 11,473 ft) is considered a technically & physically harder climb than it's taller neighbour Aoraki Mt Cook. From 35m away my new #Nikon lens is doing insane work. Nikon Z7ii 28-400mm F/11 ISO64 1/1000th
a peaky peak resplendent in a pale cold blue snow covered winters scene.
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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
My favourite people on earth right now #nzpol
A Māori couple photobombing the Luxons' Matariki photo op with a strategically placed finger
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Graphic design is my passion.
A sign that has two concentric rings of text but it's laid out in a confusing way so it looks like the first sentence is "it's against the law to keep alcohol out of the hands of youth" and the second sentence is "supply alcohol to minors."
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cmdr-unifex.bsky.social @cmdr-unifex.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Kinda liking the new Greens tax policy. It's got 2 good things going for it. 1. A super simple test to see how it will impact you. 2. It's causing National to lose their shit in the most entertaining way. They are afraid. Check for yourself: www.greens.org.nz/areyousuperr... #NZPol
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Are you the Super-Rich?
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Andrew Chen @andrewtychen.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
We have just launched a parliamentary petition calling for mandatory AI transparency in the public sector. If AI is going to be used in the delivery of public services, it must be AI that is worthy of our trust. Sign: petitions.parliament.nz/7bfe1c60-b99... Read more: www.trustworthyai.nz
petitions.parliament.nz
Petitions are addressed to the House of Representatives and ask that the House do something about a policy or law, or put right a local or private concern.
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RoxieFandoggo (⭐Comms open) @roxiefandoggo.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Started learning to program game stuff :> #gamedev #indiegames #indiegamedev #coding #programming #godot
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Jon Poole @total2total.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Morning 😂.
Cat biting a picture.
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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 11/05/2026
new zealander everlee wihongi was due to meet with her lawyer yesterday. then ICE moved her to their most notorious tent facility in texas: 3000 people, highest death rate, most sexual assaults. and today, she disappeared off the system. please RT: www.webworm.co/everleehasdi...
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Everlee Has Disappeared
Everlee Wihongi was transferred by ICE to the notorious "Camp East Montana" at Fort Bliss, Texas. Then she disappeared.
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PSX Bunlith 🪄🏳️‍⚧️ E2 OCT 16TH!!!! 🐰🌱 BLM ACAB 🇵🇸 @b0tster.yeag.gay · 07/05/2026
here u go u sickos
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ande ˗ˏˋ ★ ˎˊ˗ @andewitt.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
oh uhm. youre on my house
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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Heads up, 2022 journalists: he was lying
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gunsandchips.bsky.social @gunsandchips.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
thank fuck and keep it that way
Text from a news article saying: “The NZDF is under orders to increase its lethal strike capability. But the country has no local equivalent of Palantir, Anthropic or Open AI.”
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 20/04/2026
Wild to keep hearing anti-AI sentiment described as an "echo chamber" by people who pretend there's never been a coercive dogshit marketing campaign actively pissing people off about it for two years or any no-opt-out half-baked shovelware making everyone's PCs and phones worse
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mahsa alimardani @mahsaalimardani.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
We didn't deserve this day.
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Tim Welch @tfwelch.com · 08/04/2026
Every effective tool for reducing fuel demand right now (free PT, cycling, EVs, lower speed limits) is a policy the NZ coalition government has spent two years dismantling. My new piece in The Conversation on why they've gone quiet and how they get out of it. theconversation.com/the-governme...
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The government has boxed itself in over fuel saving strategies – but there is a way out
Promoting fuel saving measures as vital to energy security would help frame the oil shock as a technical problem to be solved, not a political issue to be fought.
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John Bistline @bistline.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.
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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Everyone pony the fuck fpr the librarian who just got sacked for refusing to remove LGBTQ books from the kids' section of the library.
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Brian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
dying laughing at the strava data for the guy running laps on the french carrier
it’s a guy running circles on an aircraft carrier that’s in motion
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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 11/03/2026
This is hilarious. Also, completely enraging.
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Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
As the chair of @nzccl.org.nz said, "We wouldn't give other countries like China or Russia full access into our police and biometrics databases, would we?" Absolutely disgusting that this is being contemplated, let alone that it might be decided without Parliament. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
rnz.co.nz
Government deciding whether US should get access to New Zealanders' biometric data
Officials are in talks with the US about a new travel deal.
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Daniel Vernon @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Where exactly are we going to “move-on” all the people in need of housing? Won’t be into the 3,500 cancelled new state home builds, or the 900 up for sale: yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/where-exac...
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gunsandchips.bsky.social @gunsandchips.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
@davidcormack.bsky.social this’ll go well with your bench, yeah? www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplac...
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 16/02/2026
The drunk uncle theory. You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
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gunsandchips.bsky.social @gunsandchips.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
hey internet what should we name this cat
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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
TIL about these metrics from mechanical engineering: "Mean Time Between Failures" (MTBF) and "Mean Time to Failure" (MTTF) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_ti... Would like to see these included in more conceptions of other kinds of technological change, which tend to assume failure is out of scope
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Mean time between failures - Wikipedia
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
I heard Windows 11 is no longer being called an OS—it’s an SOS
Evolution of the trash bin: shows the Microsoft trashcan icon from 1995 through the years up through 2025. The 2025 icon is the copilot icon instead of the trash bin icon
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Eddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Yeah this is a great analogy if you want your product to be viewed as a cumbersome novelty filled with features barely anyone uses.
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Mark S @fff182.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
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gunsandchips.bsky.social @gunsandchips.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
@haydendonnell.bsky.social gets it dead on as usual thespinoff.co.nz/politics/19-...
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All the bogus reasons for National’s latest housing U-turn
There needs to be an inquiry into the standard of the bullshit we’re expected to believe.<br />
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Jesus. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
January 15, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Reid Forgrave
ICE agents eat at small-town Mexican restaurant — then arrest workers
Federal agents detained three workers from a family-owned Mexican restaurant in Willmar yesterday, hours after four agents ate lunch there.

It was not immediately clear what the immigration status of those detained was, or whether the people detained included the restaurant’s owners or only workers.

An eyewitness who declined to give a name for fear of retribution, told the Minnesota Star Tribune that four ICE agents sat in a booth for a meal at El Tapatio a little before 3 p.m. Staff at the restaurant were frightened, said the eyewitness, who shared pictures from the restaurant as well as video of the arrest.

The arrest happened around 8:30 p.m. near a Lutheran church and Willmar Middle School as agents followed the workers after they closed up for the night. A handful of bystanders blew whistles and shouted at agents as they detained the people. “Would your mama be proud of you right now?” one of the bystanders asked.
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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
“The most wealthy and powerful tech CEOs are still staying silent as ICE floods America’s streets, but now some researchers and engineers working for them have chosen to break rank.” Great @laurengoode.bsky.social story:
wired.com
Tech Workers Are Condemning ICE Even as Their CEOs Stay Quiet
The killing of George Floyd in 2020 prompted a wave of statements from tech companies and CEOs. Today, pushback against ICE is largely coming from employees, not executives.
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The Hedonistic Pervert @photonmarie.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
this is genuinely incredible
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 15/01/2026
Sure. AI companies have ALWAYS been training their models on Wikipedia content, which under the free and open access model is available to anyone — including AI companies. Agreements like these require AI companies to limit and offset the strain they place on Wikimedia infrastructure.
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Faith Erin Hicks @faitherinhicks.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Who did this? Because I fucking love it and I want to shake your hand, sir (not gender specific)
[Benoit Blanc voice] and nine to the race of men, who above all else desire --- what? powah. precisely. but they were all of them deCEIved. for ANOTHAH ring was made
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gunsandchips.bsky.social @gunsandchips.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
this is so so so good m.youtube.com/watch?v=39js...
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A post-American, enshittification-resistant internet (a speech at 39C3 in Hamburg on Dec 28, 2025)
YouTube video by corydoctorow
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gunsandchips.bsky.social @gunsandchips.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
shot / chaser
Two paragraphs from a company-wide email from a CEO saying:
2026 will be the year of AI adoption and transformation - at scale. We’ll see clients, and our ourselves, [sic] move beyond experimentation into much broader adoption, with greater impact across all areas of business as more organisations harness the power of AI-human chemistry. As always I encourage you all to ensure you stay up to date with all AI knowledge and learning opportunities - it’s vital as we look to differentiate ourselves and make AI real with clients.

I also want to check in, given the extreme heat and bushfires we’re seeing across parts of the region. I hope everyone is safe - please take care and look out for one another as we settle into 2026.
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
The era of "platforms are neutral" is long behind us (or rather it was never really true, but now it's much more obvious). If you're active on X, it may be worth asking yourself if you're just chasing a dopamine hit that evaporated several years ago.
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The Joe Gross @joegross.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
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Gauche Vibes @nedgilmore.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
NZ Labour is always doing shit like 'The present government is apocalyptically bad for New Zealand. That's why we're going to remove the registration fee for caravans.'
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gunsandchips.bsky.social @gunsandchips.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
wikipedia strengthening their anti-slop stance with a cool ad & slogan, you fucken love to see it m.youtube.com/watch?v=i6zz...
m.youtube.com
The future of knowledge is yours to protect. #Wikipedia25
YouTube video by Wikipedia
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David Cormack @davidcormack.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
what. the. hell. maybe help reduce the number of people who don't have a goddamn roof over their heads instead of hiding them away.
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