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Leon Salter

@islates.bsky.social
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Researcher on precarious work platform capitalism and unions. Try and teach leadership communication @ University of Auckland Aotearoa New Zealand

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Posted on r/znpolitics
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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dada perfection
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Politics of Cars @thismachinekillsfascists.bike · 30/09/2026
Land use includes roads. Every extra lane for a mile of road, in a city, is over an acre of land that could be housing.
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Ka pū te ruha - Toitū Te Tiriti @kaputeruha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This comment sums it up for me. What good is an economy that crushes its own citizens while lining the pockets of a privileged few? #nzpol
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Ryan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 29/09/2026
#nzpol ✅✅
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Leon Salter @islates.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
At the AUSA student issues debate. Great turnout- students are politically engaged - and they’re pissed off
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Leon Salter @islates.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Utterly clueless and sycophantic interview by Mulligan. How can he not be aware of the long history in the US of "parent-led" astroturf groups who campaign for "choice" and "standards" (e.g. neoliberal policies)?
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Leon Salter @islates.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Excellent article on the state of the tertiary sector in the UK and how union organizing and campaigning needs to be directed to the state or risk impotence tribunemag.co.uk/2026/09/brit...
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British Academia is Dying. It’s Time for a National Industrial Response
Workers in higher education are fighting atomised struggles to save their jobs. A rank-and-file strategy is needed to unite them.
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Mark @maetl.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
The NZ political reporting culture has been so focused for so long on masterful gambits, they are unable to contextualise blatant lying and deception as bad and dangerous qualities in leadership situations.
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Leon Salter @islates.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Manhire criticising Hager for not asking the TPU for comment is typical of the journalistic both sidism that’s so poor at getting to grips with the far right youtu.be/Tip-dFuho-Q?...
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Nicky Hager and Dirty Work: the author responds to his critics
YouTube video by The Spinoff
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Leon Salter @islates.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Talking about the need for police on trains the day we’re celebrating finally having them is peak National
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Leon Salter @islates.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
On the CRL opening day getting my geek on! Even getting excited about the faux leather holders and the extractable ramps
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Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Now the CRL is open, let's do North of Auckland and Tauranga and more connections to other North Island towns. And more trains for our cousins in the South Island too❤️ #nzpol
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Rod Emmerson @rodemmerson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In today’s Weekend Herald #CRL
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2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We're listed in the top 5 for personal debt while our govt and corporate debt don't even register on the chart. 🤔 #nzpol www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-gover...
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Ranked: Government, Household, and Corporate Debt by Country
Japan leads on government debt at 195% of GDP, Switzerland on household debt at 123%, and Luxembourg on corporate debt at 359%.
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Char Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This should be a fucking billboard for the entire LW. The more this image pops up across my timeline, the more ridiculous this Government becomes. I mean, CHEWIE is a THREAT? Chewie, as in Chewie from #BHN Chewie? That big putty tat? 🤣🤣🤣 Fucking hoofwanking bunglecunted ridiculousness. 🤦‍♀️ #nzpol #NZ
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Dr Alma Rae @almahawes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This is what privatised health care does, and what NACT want for Aotearoa.
Comparison of Canadian and US health data.
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Colin @barco030.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I am a Labour shill and even I see nothing I want to vote for. FFS. Sort it out. #nzpol
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Ryan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 28/05/2026
If we enacted this here we wouldn't have a cabinet left. #nzpol
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Char Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I mean, it’s staring us right in the face. #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ #TaxTheRich #ForAllOfUs
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Today locals in Asheville, NC rallied against the G20 financial summit taking place in the small Appalachian town this weekend. While US Sec. of the Treasury Scott Bessent meets with central bank governors and other financiers, residents lined the streets and spoke out vimeo.com/1222372992?s...
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Amid G20 Summit Boasting Recovery After Hurricane Helene, Locals Speak Out
This is "Amid G20 Summit Boasting Recovery After Hurricane Helene, Locals Speak Out" by Unicorn Riot on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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kororā @davejac.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Who wants a heavy handed metaphor
A national party billboard on a chain link fence in front of an empty lot where fly tipping has occurred
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Allison @handle.invalid · 29/08/2026
All day everyday it’s
A black and white photo of NZ PM Chris Luxon looking real grumpy with the words ‘Fuck them kids’ scrawled across his face.
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Greg Bond @docgregb.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I take it that to make this fair all the age 18-19 “youths” will now be exempted from paying tax & ACC levies? No? Then treat adults as adults & give them the same access to benefits as anyone older. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Thousands of youths set to lose access to unemployment benefits after welfare law change
Thousands of youths across the country are set to lose access to unemployment benefits, after a welfare bill passed into law under urgency on Friday night.
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LarryLegend @bwtrainer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
if someone tells you you don't need a union, you 100% need a union
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David Arditi @davidarditi.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
American media outlets are mystified by political speech. These stories that show Dolly Parton was never political miss that she was definitively political She never endorsed candidates or took sides in PARTY politics. She lived her life supporting and defending the downtrodden, that is political!
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Kate Good @kategood.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I am soooo tired of having to download an app for everything. I went to a Seattle Sounders game tonight. I had to have a Ticketmaster app to download my tickets and then I had to have a Sounders app to actually use them. I just want to go back to a simple life. I hate it here.
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Gil Hova @gil.hova.net · 19/08/2026
It'll never fail to astound me that computing tech has gotten so sophisticated, and yet copying and pasting a bulleted list accurately is apparently an unsolved problem
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goethean.bsky.social @goethean.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Officeworkers: we want to work from home! CEOs: Sorry, the world economy is dependent on you sitting in traffic every day and sitting at a desk while you work
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rae-diance massage @raewynkrivan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 15/08/2026
I know you're not allowed to say this during the current debate, but the reason the left dominates academics, art, comedy, and music is that the right has stupid, discredited ideas, they're not funny, and dull resentment does not make for good art. No grand conspiracy required.
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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Forgiving infrastructure assumes people make mistakes. A person on a bike who loses their balance and falls shouldn't pay for it with their life just because there was no buffer between them and a vehicle 100 times their weight.
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Sean Phelan @sean-phelan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"Universities are not corporations that also happen to teach. Their public value depends on independent scholarship, robust academic governance, and the protection of academic freedom. Any structural change must strengthen, not weaken, these foundations" #nzpol teu.ac.nz/news/media-r...
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Tertiary Education Union – Te Hautū Kahurangi o Aotearoa | Media release: "Universities are not corporations that also happen to teach" says TEU
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Lindsey Rachev @lrachev.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
There it is.
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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science
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GroovyShelly @groovyshelly.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I'd love to credit whoever wrote this. No idea. But I'm 100% with its message. When I think of how the '80s ethos, "Greed is Good" has metastasized, it surprises and depresses me. Imagine having so many millions, hundred of millions, even billions & caring about nothing except your own vanity.
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Leon Salter @islates.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
What a total shit show. Surety you would have a payment system up and running and meters rolled out so it's fair before you send out threatening bills?
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Leon Salter @islates.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
There’s a lot of little shits in politics too. Can we remove those pls www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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ACT candidate Paul Henry unveils plan to let teachers use 'reasonable force' on students
ACT wants to give teachers the legal power to remove "seriously or persistently disruptive" students from a classroom.
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W.M. @minuteman04.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I'll be willing to buy the desirability of data centers once they locate one in Beverly Hills and one next to Mar-A-Lago.
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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 01/08/2026
I'm collating things for a talk and our campaign (which has no name, yet). This submission snippet is relevant: "Supporting All Workers" @memycoffeenbonsai.bsky.social @scilion.bsky.social @mangetout.bsky.social @whakatipu.bsky.social @puzzledbyadream.bsky.social
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Biker "Cash Bazooka" Chiwi @bikerchiwi.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Well fuck me. That Tiaki Wai bill is huge. I have no idea how families struggling right now can afford this. #Poneke #nzpol
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Positive Money UK @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
⚡BREAKING: Barclays has made £6.1 BILLION in profits in just the first six months of this year! So, what's the bank doing with that money? 🧵
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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 28/07/2026
the current NZ govt is so anti-science that they've changed eligibility for the Prime Minister's Science Prizes to rule out awards to people doing basic science eg from 2026 the MacDiarmid is for work with "potential to generate econ, health, social, or env benefits for New Zealand" #nzpol
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Allison @handle.invalid · 27/07/2026
Under Jacinda it was so frustrating because everything felt possible but comparatively nothing happened, under Luxon and under Hipkins the struggle is to maintain the belief in the possible.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
One thing you can absolutely guarantee in life. When Labour ministers talk about difficult choices, it's never the rich and powerful that will be taking a hit.
Andy Burnham to make it harder for people to claim benefits as he vows to get serious about cutting welfare bill
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
To carry 50,000 people per hour in each direction, a city needs a 175m wide road for cars. Even if those cars are electric. And then there’s all the parking. OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money, emissions, pollution, noise etc. Choices. Simple.
Graphic showing a 9 m wide track for metros can move as many people as a 175 m wide, 7 lane road for cars.
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Kat Hartness @kathartness.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
@omgsidewalks

Unpopular opinion: The fact that they can quickly install data centers nationally means they could've been updating infrastructure which they claimed was too difficult and expensive.
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Norway’s football federation is making a formal complaint to FIFA over political interference in the Word Cup. Well done to them. Now for the FA? *drums fingers*
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