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helen varley jamieson

@helenvarley.bsky.social
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cyberformance artist, theatre maker, writer, activist, open source advocate

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helen varley jamieson @helenvarley.bsky.social · 45m
great episode about the use of predictions as marketing tool & for compliance with an imagined reality ... pca.st/episode/a5ae...
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Beware the AI Prophets: Hype, Doom, and Prediction as Tools of Control w/ Carissa Véliz
When a tech executive says AI will be doing your job next year, it sounds like a forecast. Dr. Carissa Véliz argues it's something else: a command, delivered in advance, that works only if enough…
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helen varley jamieson @helenvarley.bsky.social · 2h
shameful misrepresentation by national - "If voters believe that they pay the right amount in tax, it is fair to say they want no new taxes” - er, no! that is NOT a fair or logical thing to say!
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helen varley jamieson @helenvarley.bsky.social · 2h
"In New Zealand multinational corporations are pretty much the ones who operate all the services [...] We need to bring it back to New Zealand and cut out the middleman, bring that money back and make it stay here so we can invest in more public transport and give cheaper fares to users."
rnz.co.nz
Greens eye free, fast and reliable public transport with election promises
The Green Party has pledged to make public transport free for eligible groups and cap bus and train fares at $2 for everyone else.
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Matt @mattthetechie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Who wants to make a complaint to the ASA, 2014 the last time national was elected in charge had united future, ACT and Maori party with them. Let's deal with the misinformation. #nzpol
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David Pattemore @dpattemore.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hey Bluesky New Zealand!! Can you help spread the message this weekend?! Yeah sure this is just one video, but so many people haven’t enrolled yet and don’t realise they are running out of time. Thank you! 🇳🇿
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Radical Graffiti @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Anti-government posters seen around Wellington, New Zealand
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AGF 🎧 poemproducer @poemproducer.bsky.social · 19h
corruption studies
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🚄Rob✅✅🚆 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
'National leader Christopher Luxon did not want taxpayer funding going into a "white elephant" that was not commercially viable' $2.7bn on an LNG terminal we dont need $671m on iRex $60m on a failure of a concrete facility $9m on Council amalgamation they didnt have a plan for #nzpol
$2.7bn LNG terminal$700m on cancelling ferries$60m for failing concrete plant$9m on council amalgamation
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helen varley jamieson @helenvarley.bsky.social · 20h
"The word on the street is that people want real action on the issues that matter to them. They want political parties that will tackle corporate greed, and deliver an economy that works for all of us.”
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Jolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Let’s go! (Again!) #nzpol Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections Map 6573 kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/coll...
A gorgeous pictorial map from 1889 of railway tours around New Zealand.  It highlights not just the routes but also the many fun activities to be enjoyed at various locations. Includes Mount Cook-Aoraki; Rotorua; Lake Wakatipu; Bluff; Queenstown; hot springs in Te Aroha and Hanmer… so much was accessible by train, let’s go back to the good times!
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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#PayEquity: Approx $1.1b would be allocated to #care&support #workers first, (then others) over 4 years if #Greens get enough votes, meaning 30% pay rise by mid-2027. #PartyVoteGreen✅ newsroom.co.nz/2026/10/02/g...
newsroom.co.nz
Greens' $4b pay equity pledge hinges on Labour tax u-turn
The Greens and Labour both promise to reinstate the scrapped pay equity scheme, but Labour won’t say where they’ll find the $12 billion
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Pierre55 @pierre55.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Extrem wichtig 😵‍💫😳😢‼️‼️ act.sumofus.org/go/761561?t=...
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Germany: Protect the North Sea and its harbour porpoises!
Harbour porpoises are among the smallest marine mammals, once abundant in the North Sea, and recognizable by their cute little squeaks they make when surfacing. They are shy and rely heavily on echolo
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Connor Sharp @connorsharp.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"National leader Christopher Luxon did not want taxpayer funding going into a "white elephant" that was not commercially viable. "Of course we're very committed to our 17 roads of national significance and we make no apology for that." Hmmm which one is a white elephant? #nzpol
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helen varley jamieson @helenvarley.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"it’s actually the people who are building it that are the existential risks to humanity. If a bridge collapses, we don’t ever ask, “Was the bridge uncontrollable? Was the bridge unethical?” www.democracynow.org/2026/10/1/ti...
democracynow.org
The Real Existential Risk Is AI CEOs Avoiding Oversight: “Alternative Nobel” Winner Timnit Gebru
We speak to the prominent AI researcher and leading critic of the AI industry, Timnit Gebru, who was recently awarded a 2026 Right Livelihood Award for her work investigating the harms and hype behind...
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helen varley jamieson @helenvarley.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Treasury warns every single figure in today’s PREFU comes with significant uncertainty. One obvious example is that oil prices today are higher than what Treasury says they peaked at in PREFU."
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 325-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.
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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Another bold populist infra policy that is IMMEDIATELY leading the conversation - the Greens have done the impossible and WINSTON PETERS has had to rush to agree with it Fantastic to see this kind of policy finally being developed, promoted and communicated by the Greens - hope they have follow-up!
nzherald.co.nz
Greens announce plans for Auckland to Wellington overnight rail service
The party also wants a passenger rail service between Christchurch and Dunedin.
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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
There are those among us who believe that the answer to all manner of challenges is investing more in kiwisaver, pension funds, savings etc. Kiwi households are nearly top of the world at the wealth accumulation thing folks - not you? Ah, maybe you can spot the real issue then?!? [1/3]
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helen varley jamieson @helenvarley.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"We want to connect our cities and our country with alternative ways to travel that will save people money, connect our communities and give New Zealanders real transport choices."
rnz.co.nz
Green Party announces plan for passenger rail between major NZ cities
The Green Party says it will connect the country with intercity passenger rail services, if elected.
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Michel Mulipola @bloodysamoan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
STOP. DROP. ENROL! STOP what you're doing DROP into www.vote.nz ENROL TODAY! or help ENROL your friends and family 18-24yo rangatahi of Māngere are sitting at 45.16% enrolment rate. That's over 5000 rangatahi still not enrolled
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helen varley jamieson @helenvarley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
luxon: "When any other country gets to 96.3 percent renewable electricity, then you might want to throw some stones at us." www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... maweb.org/what-countri...
maweb.org
Countries Achieving 100% Renewable Energy - MAWEB
Countries around the world are rapidly transitioning to renewable energy sources, propelled by the urgent need to combat climate change and the environmental
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 02/10/2026
Great to see our friends at Vote For Our Environment launching this initiative with the legendary Dame Lynda who is championing the call for a nature-led government in the lead up to the election.
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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Marama Davidson: "There is enough in Aotearoa to make sure everyone has what they need to live with dignity" I watched all of this interview, in spite of being intensely irritated by Jack Tame at times, who is not nearly as clever as he thinks he is #nzpol www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8Xs...
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Marama Davidson on Greens' super-rich tax, KiwiMart, and working with National
YouTube video by Q+A with Jack Tame
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helen varley jamieson @helenvarley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"A series of events almost got us to armageddon, not caused by “rogue, superintelligent AI”, but by government reliance on error-prone systems that are marketed by their manufacturers as being close to superintelligent."
theguardian.com
Forget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M Bender
The risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals
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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Care and support workers have waited far too long for their work to be valued properly, and today’s announcement from the Greens shows there is a clear path to getting it done. #nzpol
union.org.nz
Greens' pay equity commitment a win for care and support workers NZCTU
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi welcomes the Green Party's commitment to restore pay equity and fund a settlement for around 65,000 care and support workers.
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helen varley jamieson @helenvarley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"It's because I think [the Greens] have come out swinging right from the get go," she says. "They've been relentless about the cost of living crisis that we are in, and we cannot underestimate how acute it is."
rnz.co.nz
Poll says Māori are turning to the Greens for their party vote
Māori are turning to the Greens for their party vote with a new poll revealing a change described by commentators as "massive".
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Whakamataku - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉 @whakamataku.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
60% increase in voter registration from overseas!!!! No, that is not a typo. #nzpol 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚
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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The NZ Govt travels the world telling people how they take their climate commitments seriously. But at home they dismantle every policy that constrains emissions and subsidise more emissions. So we've joined international efforts to hold them to account. www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
greenpeace.org
Greenpeace joins complaint to EU over NZ climate policy reversal - Greenpeace Aotearoa
The complaint addresses Government reversal of climate policies, which Greenpeace has labelled a 'race to the bottom on environmental regulation'.
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helen varley jamieson @helenvarley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"If Aotearoa is a sovereign currency issuing country, then the thing we have been taught to imagine as scarce (‘the money’) was never scarce in quite the way the household story needed. The constraints are in the real economy, people, our capacity to be productive, resources and inflation. "
andrewdicksonnz.substack.com
Chlöe Swarbrick Nicked Luxon’s Cotton Reel
Lacan explains why the tough guys of fiscal politics are so emotional right now
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helen varley jamieson @helenvarley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"We’re a collective who believe in an Aotearoa New Zealand where everyone has access to healthy, culturally appropriate kai and Te Tiriti ō Waitangi is honoured in shaping our food system."
voteforkai.nz
Vote for Kai | Join the Food Justice Movement
Explore Vote for Kai, a movement advocating for a just, sustainable, and culturally respectful food system in Aotearoa New Zealand. Join us to support equitable access to healthy kai.
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helen varley jamieson @helenvarley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
interesting results here - obviously greens do best, but nz first better on organics than labour; and important to note, opportunity are on par or worse than national with their organic policies ...
oanz.org
Vote Organic: The 2026 Election Scorecard — Organics Aotearoa New Zealand
Ahead of the 2026 election, OANZ asked every political party the same seven questions on organic food and farming. Our new Vote Organic Scorecard brings their answers together in one place, so you can...
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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Five-week delays in cancer diagnoses as specialists overwhelmed with work, because of Coalition health cuts. Neoliberals agenda=defund, make it fail, then privatise, meaning unnecessary poverty & deaths, as in USA. #AtlasNetwork #Eugenics #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/health/...
rnz.co.nz
Five-week delays in cancer diagnoses as specialists overwhelmed with work
Specialists who diagnose cancers are warning that backlogs are resulting in an unacceptable five-week delay.
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helen varley jamieson @helenvarley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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NZ Election 2026 | 100% Pure S*itF@^kery
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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Hope For The Planet @h4tp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We now have rigorous pooled data showing that even without active restoration efforts, cleared rainforest can rebound to 75% of their former species composition and 90% of species diversity within just thirty years. #goodnews
optimistdaily.com
Rainforest biodiversity rebounds within a single generation | The Optimist Daily
A major Ecuador study finds cleared rainforests can recover 90 percent of their species diversity in just 30 years, as long as humans leave the land alone.
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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
 🍃🌹🌿#Greens: This report makes clear the risks to #democracy when agri-business, tobacco, oil, & other billion-dollar industries are allowed almost unfettered access to law makers.  Lobbying & political donations must be regulated to prevent political corruption www.greens.org.nz/luxon_govern...
greens.org.nz
Luxon Government captured by lobbyists and big business
We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.
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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
🍃🌹🌿#Greens commit to undoing attacks on conservation & environment laws: Green Party will put people & nature before corporate profits. #PartyVoteGreen✅ #nzpol www.greens.org.nz/greens_commi...
greens.org.nz
Greens commit to undoing attacks on conservation and environment laws
We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.
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Barbarella Stormforce @barbarasturmfels.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A thing to remember about the Green Party's proposed wealth tax is that wealthy people will still be wealthy after they've paid the tax.
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helen varley jamieson @helenvarley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
350 Aotearoa's election resources website: 350.org.nz/elections-20...
350.org.nz
Elections Campaign 2026
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helen varley jamieson @helenvarley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"Reducing the many complexities of contemporary politics to an “embattled mainstream threatened by emboldened far right” narrative [...] strengthens the far-right’s populist narrative, which portrays politics as a struggle between “the elite” [...] and “the people” ... "
theguardian.com
Look again – there’s more to Germany’s election trends than far-right success | Cas Mudde
Defeatist narratives abound. Yet Germany’s latest elections suggest voter dissatisfaction is benefiting the left as well as the right, says the political scientist Cas Mudde
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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Te Whatu Ora data released today shows patients are continuing to be put at risk by the far-RW Coalition Government's deliberate failure to safely staff hospital wards #nzpol #Health #PartyVoteGreen✅ www.nzdoctor.co.nz/article/undo...
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Hospital data shows nursing shortages continue to put patients at risk
Te Whatu Ora data released today shows patients are continuing to be put at risk by the Coalition Government’s deliberate failure to safely staff hospital wards, NZNO says
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Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ultimately if you let your dog off the leash and it attacks someone, it's not the dog who should be in court. Someone, pref govt level, needs to set a precedent ASAP to control these #AI companies, and sue for damage- if it was done for copyright in training data then it should be done for hacking
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Louise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
At the Hamilton PSA debate, candidates were asked about disability NZF: Incoherent answer Labour: We don't have a policy announced Opportunities: We have no policy whatsoever Me: this govt's attacks on the disabled community are unacceptable, here's our policy, it was co-written by disabled people
The Green Party will build an Aotearoa where disabled people are valued and they and their whānau live with dignity and autonomy. An Aotearoa where disabled people and whānau have access to the services they need — like transport and good quality housing — means everyone can thrive in caring communities. 

Our current laws, policies and social norms mean disabled people are often denied the same rights as others and are excluded from places and activities non-disabled people take for granted. These barriers are often worse for tāngata whaikaha Māori and for disabled people from marginalised communities. 

The current Government has made it harder for disabled people to access the support they deserve and which enables them to participate equally in life and their communities. 

The Green Party is ambitious in its plan to create a more accessible Aotearoa by building on the Enabling Good Lives framework and grounding our approach in Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Our approach will operate on a high-trust model and apply to all disabled people, including those with disabling conditions who do not currently access support. The Green Party is committed to an Aotearoa where disabled people and whānau thrive in caring communities.
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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Whakamataku - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉 @whakamataku.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is GOLD!!! Ngā mihi nui @abelsteve.bsky.social Ka whawhai tonu mātou AKE! AKE! AKE! #nzpol
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Lan Pham @lanpham.greens.org.nz · 25/09/2026
In the bleakness of Government's final week of parliament, where polluters and profiteers who benefit from destroying or exploiting te taiao write the rules - there was a shining light in the form of the Takaka community petition to expand Kahurangi national park to protect Te Waikoropupu Springs 🌏✊️
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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Minister Erica Stanford refuses to divulge #curriculum feedback amid #OIA secrecy claims, despite it being her job & her responsibility. She should be sacked. #nzpol #education #AtlasNetwork www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
rnz.co.nz
Minister refuses to divulge curriculum feedback amid OIA secrecy claims
The Education Minister says information about the feedback she personally gave on curriculum changes "does not exist", amid accusations of a culture of secrecy.
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helen varley jamieson @helenvarley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
in case anyone forgets, here is a rather depressing, long & incomplete list of the current govt's attacks on maori & te tiriti: www.emilywrites.co.nz/te-tiriti/
emilywrites.co.nz
A list of (almost) every government attack on Māori and Te Tiriti
Not too long ago I was discussing the government and their attacks on Te Tiriti with a group of people. One of them said I know there's been the Treaty Principles Bill, but has there really been much ...
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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The dumbass Govt has finally conceded it can't build an LNG import terminal and its dreams of a revival of fossil gas are dead. NZ wasted 3 years while this Govt delayed the transition off fossil gas, while telling the country a dangerous fossil gas fairy tale. www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...
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Simeon Brown's disastrous decision to cancel the Gas Transition Plan (and buy a lotto ticket instead) - Greenpeace Aotearoa
New Zealand is in the middle of an energy transition
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Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
There were cheers in the room when Nicky Hager said this. The appetite for cleaning up politics in Aotearoa is strong, and politicians on the left need to act on this as soon as possible.
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Kay in the End Times 🏳️‍🌈 💗💜💙📚 @jennykaynz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#NZpol title of #HagerBook unveiled - Dirty Work: The Taxpayers' Union and New Zealand's Hard Right. By Nicky Hager. From publishers Potton & Burton.
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