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Steve

@kiwistevemc.bsky.social
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Pom. Kiwi. Leftie, Union activist. Linguistics, biblical studies, politics. And silliness, if at all possible. Posts mostly in English; little bit of Japanese or Norwegian because why not.

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hellige pater thorsefar @thorsepus.eurosky.social · 4h
Har fått gjennomført en veldig enkel versjon av en veldig nyttig endring på jobben, noe som burde vært gjort for lenge sida. Brukte denna strategien for å håndtere interessentene som sto i kø for å si "Når vi først gjør det bør vi gjøre det Ordentlig". Er tilgjengelig for foredrag.
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Dr. Evil's 'All Right' Moment from Austin Powers
ALT: Dr. Evil's 'All Right' Moment from Austin Powers
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Steve @kiwistevemc.bsky.social · 3h
Kariotahi Beach looking quite magnificent this weekend.
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Steve @kiwistevemc.bsky.social · 4h
Seen on a wall in Melbourne recently. Cant argue.
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Steve @kiwistevemc.bsky.social · 4h
“For each person who voted for us.” Are they the only folk that matter, Dave?
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16h
The collective ignorance of MAGA, a cult that mindlessly repeats whatever they've been told by liars—and knows no actual history.
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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My son's garage band is playing tonight. Their first gig in Seattle. He wrote the songs, and arranged them. This isn't Jazz. He was a rock drummer first, and still loves punk, grunge, rock music. The band has no name yet. They only have 5 songs and been together for a month. Give it a listen.
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Julie Blommaert @drjulieb.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Sorry but I don’t like trains. I LOVE trains
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Nicola Gaston @nicgaston.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Flightless? We got you, kiwi 😉 (Would love love love them to brand the overnight train as goodnight kiwi. Can you imagine! 😂😍🤣)
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Steve @kiwistevemc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Trump can only talk in platitudes, and is only loved by people who can’t handle detail, or nuance, or subtlety. What the hell does “the hottest country” even mean?
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Dame Bibi Lynch @bibilynch.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Gonna buy this and call it ‘Pearl’. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I’m so alone. #OneForTheKidz
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Ganesh Rajaram Ahirao @ganeshahirao.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#nzpol Really don't think you need *nine* points to tackle power bills. (1) our power (mostly) generated by water falling over a dam (2) water falls due to gravity (3) price of gravity has not changed in millennia🤔 (4) bring gravity back into public ownership✊🏾 Phew, done it in *four* points😁 🙏🏾
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Dr Sarah Hendrica Bickerton 🏳️‍🌈 @sarahhbickerton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Obviously I adore the promise of actual intercity trains in Aotearoa, instead of the few tourist trains we have now. But I think we also really need to push for higher levels of (electrified) intercity rail freight too, and not forget such in our (correct) love for passenger rail.
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Jennifer Ward @jenospeno.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
National may have a big new campaign bus, but where are our new FERRIES? Nikki-no-boats has delivered very little (anything?) other than austerity. Vote them OUT #nzpol
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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is good news because the Greens also have the best policies for anyone who calls Aotearoa home. Greens surge to new high as Labour and National drop in latest poll www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...
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‘We’ll need portfolios’: Swarbrick lays down demands as Greens surge in new poll
The party will have 19 MPs if the results of Monday’s 1News Verian poll are repeated in November’s election.
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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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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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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 03/10/2026
Comedy wildlife photography award finalists 2026 – in pictures
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Comedy wildlife photography award finalists 2026 – in pictures
A selection of the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2026 finalists – from a shortlist featuring a caiman wearing a wig, a leopard doing a handstand, a strutting white-tailed eagle and a polar bear appearing to chat to a gull
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Rupert V/ @rupert.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026
Talking politics at the pub the other night, and one of the group said "surely you don't want Chloe Swarbrick as Finance Minister?" "Of course not", I replied, and just as the smile was appearing on my interlocutor's face, I added, "I want her as Prime Minister". #NZPol
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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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Steve @kiwistevemc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I mean… Orwell literally wrote an entire essay about this—The Principles Of Newspeak—as an appendix to Nineteen Eighty-Four. There was pressure to exclude it. Looks like many Americans never bothered to read it anyway.
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Yorrike. @yorrike.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is now 🇳🇿🚂 ChooChooSky, sorry I don’t make the rules.
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
GREEN PARTY OF NEW ZEALAND YOU NEED TO DO AN ADVERT USING THE NATIONAL SLOGAN FROM 2023 ABOUT YOUR TRANSPORT POLICY
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Steve @kiwistevemc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The first eight posts in my feed right now all raving about this announcement. Just do it. Then start planning high-speed rail. Whangarei to Auckland to Hamilton to Wellington to ChChCh to Dunedin. We’ll even stop in Palmy if we have to. But do it. It just makes sense.
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Julie Blommaert @drjulieb.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
TRAIIINNNNSSS
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Steve @kiwistevemc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Other parties can just get in the bin. Why would you *not* vote Green at this point?
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sliwa getting a flu shot: This could be very embarrassing. I’m supposed to be a tough guy, right? Mamdani: I can hold your hand. Sliwa: What happens if I faint? Mamdani: I got you. Doctor: You’re in great hands, literally. New Yorkers can find free flu shots and locations at nyc.gov/healthmap
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Steve @kiwistevemc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Home.
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Patrick Morgan @patrickmorgan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Meet the candidates: Julie Anne Genter MP is contesting Wellington Bays electorate for the Greens. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDo4... @cyclewgtn.bsky.social
Julie Anne Genter, candidate for Wellington Bays, NZ general election 2026
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Phil Tanner :tinoflag: @phil-tanner.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
My front lawn got a makeover #NZPol
A "Party Vote Green" billboard on grass in front of a brick wall
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Pathetic Weak Sauce 🙄
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Steve @kiwistevemc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I feel like this song is well overdue for a remake. Especially given the name of the band. “Trump lingered last in line for brains, and the ones he got were sort of rotten and insane…” youtu.be/xjwkXYB4nHs?...
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The Presidents of the United States of America - Lump (Version A) (Official HD Music Video)
YouTube video by The Presidents of the United States of America
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ɔıN @hazmat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
For the first time in a long time...hope for our future. #nzpol
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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is a good headline! It refuses to amplify the false claim by using "wrongly", and includes the truth in the headline for everyone who doesn't read the full story (which is mostly everyone). It's also compelling clickbait for those ad guys. Now do this all the time!
The Post:
Christopher Luxon wrongly suggests allegation about Greens came from media - it came from his minister

Henry Cooke

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October 2, 2026
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David Clegg @delphijunkie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ok, now we've got that off our chest, the next question for reporters to ask is "Why is National going to abolish the Waitangi Tribunal?"
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Reminder 💥 More White trash maggots no doubt.
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Gary Chiles 🚲 🍄 ☕ 🦚 🐱 𝟜 𝟚𝟘 @testtubeone.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Within living memory, we've gone from a job for everyone to no jobs for anyone, including highly qualified graduates. Nobody under 50 has any idea what full employment prioritised over delivering profits looks like. None of this happened by accident.😡 #PeopleB4Profit #OneTermGovernment #nzpol
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Graduate job seeker applies for more than 600 jobs amid tough market
A recent Wellington graduate says she has undertaken more than 600 job applications and 53 interviews in a year amid a tough job market.
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Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Full frame @shutterspeed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
My submission for #birdoftheday, #bestofthemonth
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Bob Ballentine @raballentine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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David Clegg @delphijunkie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
National's fiscal strategy summed up perfectly. #nzpol
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Ryan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING NEWS: Tensions between Thor and the Care Bears have escalated rapidly overnight.
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Matt-Man69 @matt-man69.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is what a REAL President looks like… 💙🇺🇸🌊🙋🏻💯🇺🇦🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🇲🇽💙
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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 30/09/2026
Context
A chart showing new EV & PHEV sales over the years.  The market absolutely fell out when the new National govt had a fucking insane idea to stop incentives to get EVs, then when Trump thought he should start a war instead of going to jail for being a Pedo & fuel prices went through the roof, EV sales have risen again
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David Clegg @delphijunkie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Preach it Chris!
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Steve @kiwistevemc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This feels uncontroversial.
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Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Now do Auckland-Hamilton-Tauranga and the rest of the country you idiots #nzpol
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Steve @kiwistevemc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Aussies don’t get to make sheep-shagger jokes about Kiwis any longer. I don’t think MetService even issue “sheep grazier warnings.” The police maybe…
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Jim Marr @jimmarr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The link to Nicola Willis claiming the 'books' look better is direct. She's the Mum skiting her whanau has an extra $100 in the bank while forgetting the two kids she starved, the one who pissed off to Australia in desperation, and that her sister now sleeps on the street. This is not success #nzpol
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Steve @kiwistevemc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Provide no evidence.” So unless this article is about how full of bullshit National are, then this is utter propagandist bullshit.
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Steve @kiwistevemc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Name a tv show from before 1980.
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Doctor Who Dr Who
ALT: Doctor Who Dr Who
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