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It's in stock online at New World. 🙂

@dimsie.bsky.social I bring Dr Pepper-related news. We found this tiday at a Fresh Choice in Lyttelton. Note the location of bottling in the second pic.

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 08/10/2026

Perfect response from Chlöe Swarbrick and the @greens.org.nz.

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Joe Boden @joeboden66.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Yeah, I love thinking about things like this. Part of me existed inside of my Memere starting sometime in 1945. 🙂

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Andrew Dickson @andrewdickson13.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

That, I think, is why some of the attacks on Swarbrick feel oddly objectless. The danger isn’t just what she might do as Finance Minister. It’s what she might reveal about the people who have spent 40 years telling us the money is all gone. andrewdicksonnz.substack.com/p/chloe-swar...

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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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Joe Boden @joeboden66.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I also am a dedicated daylight saving fan. 👍

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Joe Boden @joeboden66.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Indeed. I write my own papers, and have no need of an "ai assistant". It's very disconcerting to know that some of my colleagues are using it for this purpose (in fact, I've reviewed at least one paper that was entirely AI-written, at least as far as I could tell).

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Catherine Law's (OIA concealer) PhD supervisor is Elizabeth Rata. Elizabeth Rata is Erica Stanfor'd's key education advisor Rata and Stanford have a stated common goal: To stop the success of decolonisation in Aotearoa New Zealand. The OIA concealment from one of Rata's people is no surprise

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Whistleblower video of Catherine Laws instructing Ministry staff to conceal from OIA

YouTube video by Mountain Tui

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Joe Boden @joeboden66.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

They're used to owning the news cycle.

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Joe Boden @joeboden66.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I knew some nice ones back in the 80s - they left during apartheid.

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Joe Boden @joeboden66.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We have so many pics of our cats that we could make a cartoon flip-book out of them. ❤️

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Joe Boden @joeboden66.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Seriously, eh? 🤦‍♂️

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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

You can't blame Ed Sheeran for caving in to American stadium owners I suppose. I mean, take these guys in the 60s, they refused to play to racially-segregated audiences in stadiums in the southern states of the USA and who remembers them now?

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The Beatles banned segregated audiences, contract shows

The Beatles refused to play to segregated audiences in the US, a contract for one of the group's concerts shows.

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Joe Boden @joeboden66.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Possibly my favorite thing to see on film, ever.

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Joe Boden @joeboden66.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Three right wingers in a trench coat strike again.

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Dr. Tom Frieden @drtomfrieden.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The United States has a hangover from its 14-year experiment with Prohibition: Alcohol is our fourth leading risk factor for death, but we take almost no action to reduce the harms. Alcohol kills an estimated 178,000 Americans a year, one every three minutes. tomfrieden.substack.com/p/why-alcoho...

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Joe Boden @joeboden66.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

My birth certificate says "Massachusetts" on it. Close enough.

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Joe Boden @joeboden66.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I got told off for celebrating the Dbacks' win as it was "unfair to suffering New Yorkers". Um, ok. I celebrate pretty much every time I learn that the Yankees lose.

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Joe Boden @joeboden66.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Nerd alert: I used to buy index cards to maintain my personal library/record catalogue (at age 12).

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Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand @greens.org.nz · 08/09/2026

The Green Party is calling on the Minister of Social Development to answer why thousands of people were told food was not an essential when declined for Special Needs Grants.

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Joe Boden @joeboden66.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

On election night 1980, my father declared "this is a goddam disaster!" He was right, you know.

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Joe Boden @joeboden66.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I just re-read that a few months ago (I think I've read it about five times all up). It's always a stern reminder.

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Joe Boden @joeboden66.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I guess I will be moving back to Australia.

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Joe Boden @joeboden66.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Indeed, I was going to recommend "Aufheben". 🙂

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Joe Boden @joeboden66.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I personally object to the prospect of being asked to pledge allegiance to the king. I would pledge to NZ, but not the king. So I remain a PR.

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Joe Boden @joeboden66.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Just rain out Heathcote way. But an impressive temperature drop nonetheless, winter giving us a kicking on the way out.

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Joe Boden @joeboden66.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Ever get the feeling they are doing this on purpose? I mean, no one can be this bad at politics, or can they?

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Joe Boden @joeboden66.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

His problem is that he apparently needs to be a "famous" academic, and in his striveings has forgotten to be a good one.

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Joe Boden @joeboden66.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

A very poorly researched book. Oddly enough, I am friends with the author (though no longer really in touch).

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Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

If you are concerned that Labour may support this legislation that restricts rights to seek, receive and impart information (see section 14 of the NZ Bill of Rights Act), then the person to contact is Reuben Davidson MP. He is the party spokesman on this: Reuben.Davidson@parliament.govt.nz #nzpol

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Joe Boden @joeboden66.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I can get you a toe by three o'clock, with nail polish.

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Joe Boden @joeboden66.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

We've been building a bespoke database over the past two years just to deal with this issue. I remain shocked at how often this is not done (i.e. most of the time).

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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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Joe Boden @joeboden66.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I strongly agree with this view.

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Joe Boden @joeboden66.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

This describes how I feel much of the time.

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Joe Boden @joeboden66.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The difference being an enormous amount of money being poured into the city's infrastructure because of a devastating earthquake. Without the quake, we'd be in the same boat down here as everybody else.

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Joe Boden @joeboden66.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

It would be really useful to conduct a study of the sailors aboard this vessel. Some very odd things seem to be happening.

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Joe Boden @joeboden66.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I really hope that no one is holding their breath on this one...

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Joe Boden @joeboden66.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

20 years ago that stopped me voting Green (I'm a scientist) but their anti-science stances are a thing of the past.

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