Reposted by Lin NahJosh O'Connor-Chen @joshoconnorchen.bsky.social · 6h"There would be a smaller reduction for households with dependent children." Oh, so you *know* it's going to fuck over kids, but you're going to fuck them over slightly less? Eat shit, you utter fuckwits. 0183
Reposted by Lin NahTe Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 59mYep. @lcsnz.bsky.social has been updating that graph every year like it is a vocation. 🥰 The most recent version is in this post. The income comparison is something I think others have done and we are keen to promote.te-ara-paerangi.communityImproving the Public Research System by Starting with Conditions for MSc and PhD Researchers.We are now organising around this simple idea. One that can be explained kitchen tables around Aotearoa New Zealand. The first hui is Wednesday the 24th June from 5:30 to 6:30pm (online). It is meant ... 252
Reposted by Lin NahTe Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 1h5 years ago, I wrote this op-ed. The Labour party had the power necessary to end austerity on their own. No need to convince any other party to support them. They continued with austerity and the damage it causes to the public research system. They've told us they will keep doing it. #NZPOLstuff.co.nzEnd the age of austerity in science fundingOPINION: Covid-19 has resulted in redundancies among scientists, at a time when we need them most. 12914
Reposted by Lin NahDr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 7hThe headline buries the lede: ❌️ Cutting benefit rates after 2yrs ❌️ Incr stand down to 26wks (up from 13wks) ❌️ Incr minimum residence period to qualify benefits from 2yrs to 5yrs These are awful, horrifying policies that will drive povery and misery #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...rnz.co.nzNational promises random drug testing for jobseeker beneficiariesNational is promising to introduce random drug testing for those on the jobseeker benefit to ensure they're "ready for work". 2115990
Reposted by Lin NahRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 10hwww.bostonglobe.com/2026/10/06/m...bostonglobe.comProtesters barricade road to Vermont ICE facility with ‘community gardens’ - The Boston GlobeAbout 40 protesters built flower boxes in the middle of a road to block access to ICE facilities in Williston on Tuesday. 532745688
Reposted by Lin Nah🦝 Pepper Raccoon: Trash Priestess 🦝 @pepperraccoon.com · 5hIn this photo, they’re at Book Hero, who posted a blog post and social media in favour of the PM. So you can, yknow, never shop there again. 2214261
Reposted by Lin NahEmma Hart @ghet.bsky.social · 7hLucky we have a shit-heap of spare lab capacity for processing all these unnecessary drugs tests which will, as these things always, always do, cost more than they save.rnz.co.nzNational promises random drug testing for jobseeker beneficiariesNational is promising to introduce random drug testing for those on the jobseeker benefit to ensure they're "ready for work". 5366
Reposted by Lin NahOrthanc @orthanc.nz · 7hWell bugger. More people should know her name. Margaret Hamilton coined the term software engineering, to emphasise the rigour and importance needed. Truely someone to aspire to. 1237
Reposted by Lin NahJohn Mashey @johnmashey.bsky.social · 7hArgh. 2017 CHM Fellow: computerhistory.org/profile/marg... And her oral history: m.youtube.com/watch?v=6bVR...computerhistory.orgMargaret HamiltonFor her leadership and work on software for DOD and NASA's Apollo space missions and for fundamental contributions to software engineering 0195
Reposted by Lin Nahbryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 7hah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare... 77101483623
Reposted by Lin NahPERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 8hToday's chart after ACT and NZFist got a flurry of donations The system is rigged #nzpol 33117
Reposted by Lin NahNic Smith @nicjnz.bsky.social · 11hWhy? Why does everything have to be at the cost of employees? #nzpol 0196
Lin Nah @linnah.bsky.social · 8hQuilted Wong, Opportunity Party Ask me anything in reddit #nz www.reddit.com/r/newzealand... #nzpol #AoNZPolreddit.comFrom the newzealand community on RedditExplore this post and more from the newzealand community 011
Reposted by Lin NahCats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 9hTiny tiger. From a glass plate negative in my collection, no date/info. 131978161
Reposted by Lin NahNaomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 12hThe thing about colonoscopies is they aren't just screening tests but prevention treatments. 2919
Reposted by Lin NahSwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · 9hI mean, he words it so it's gender inclusive for cancer screening stuff, but it's about his brother... 1321
Reposted by Lin NahSwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · 9hOur IT Director periodically tells us to just take a day if you need a colonoscopy, it would've saved his brother... 5698
Reposted by Lin NahD Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 11hReplay: Using racism and prejudice as a political tool has become almost routine in election campaigns, but many believe this election year (2023) has been particularly nasty. #nzpol Very little has changed and, as Dirty Work shows, a lot of time and money goes into the nastiness and still does.e-tangata.co.nzNicky Hager: Beware the smooth talker with a forked tongue | E-Tangata“Seventeen Māori leaders spoke up a week ago ‘calling for an end to race-baiting and racist comments in our countries’ election campaigns’. They pointed at New Zealand First, Act and National — but, i... 14423
Reposted by Lin NahJombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 9hOK then: *Major banks required to give smaller competitors fair access to payment systems and banking information We have Open Banking. So this is... what? 111
Reposted by Lin NahJombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 19hReally shouldn't have read that précis of Labour's banking strategy just before bed. They've been getting wined and dined by the neobank shysters who are really quite big on fraud channel enablement, I reckon. "How hard can it be? Look how much money they make!" 132
Reposted by Lin NahThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 9hBREAKING: Spain’s Prime Minister expressed condolences after the reported death of the 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked protests over housing.bit.lySpain's PM offers condolences after reported death of 87-year-old whose eviction sparked protestsSpain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has expressed condolences following the reported death of María del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked nationwide protests. 68527
Reposted by Lin NahNiamh Hollis-Locke @niamhvh-l.bsky.social · 19hHi friends - applying for a residency for the first time in ages (years) because I can't get this project out of my head, & need a space to crack on with it. Need 2 referee letters but am too flat-out busy and exhausted this week to message around about it - www.otago.ac.nz/news/newsroo...otago.ac.nzOtago celebrates return of Children’s Writer in ResidenceNew Zealand’s longest established residency for children’s writers returns and with it the promise of more stories for, and about, our children and young people. 265
Reposted by Lin NahDr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 27/08/2026My next book has a whole section on the psychology behind "People becoming successful by simply lying about already being successful then charging other people to learn their 'secrets' about how to become successful". This would make a perfect case study, but I doubt the legal team will go with it. 1493734832
Reposted by Lin NahMs Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 13h“The picture Hager’s trilogy paints of the last 20 years is not of democracy corrupted by a few bad apples, but of the brutal conflict between the interests of ordinary people and those of the rich and powerful.” #nzpolstuff.co.nzHow New Zealand’s right turned culture war into political strategyNicky Hager’s latest book argues the tactics of New Zealand’s organised right have changed, but the interests behind them have not. 011352
Lin Nah @linnah.bsky.social · 9hQuestions: 1. Who (or what) is named as contact/author on the sign? 2. Dyk who removed it? 100
Reposted by Lin NahManu Caddie @manucaddie.bsky.social · 9hIf my perfectly legal #nzpol signs can be removed, I guess that means all the election hoardings are fair game! 😎 56217
Reposted by Lin NahDr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 9hA full room and over 300 joining online - this is a large audience, politically aware and will show up to vote. Still can't believe National sent a newbie who hadn't been briefed properly (10 different times she said, I haven't been briefed on that, when asked a question 😳) 33215
Reposted by Lin NahPhil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 9hYou do NOT want the flu. It is not just a cold, it is way, WAY worse. Get vaxxed. 40773217
Reposted by Lin Nahpaulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 15hA gold-coated statue of a naked Trump on display at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. “The Orange Plague.” by Danish artist Jens Galschiø Inscription: "I am sitting on the back of a man. He is sinking under my burden. I will do anything to help him. Except step down from his back -Leo Tolstoy 19599288
Reposted by Lin NahLee Randall @leerandall.bsky.social · 16hFor all the frustrations and inadequacies with the system, I can hand on heart say the NHS has saved me more than once. Amazing to have had multiple operations and no bills. To have regular medications at no cost (in Scotland). Glad they were able to help you! 1282
Reposted by Lin NahAmit Khandhadia @amitkhandhadia.bsky.social · 16hAnd that too is an NHS that is chronically under-funded! Even in its worst days, so much of it is better than what we have. 0351
Reposted by Lin NahSimon O'Neill @sjponeill.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Why not? TPM never reneged on it 2023 election promises. TPM staged the 100% world at tent getting parliamentary protest EVER. TPM didn't strip pay equity from women. TPM never paid $47k for a helicopter BBQ. TPM didn't crash the health system. You get the idea? #FUHobsonsPledge 1111
Reposted by Lin NahCindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The Post could have refused to run this. Hooton chose to. 0636
Reposted by Lin NahDave Iley @dna-level-c.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Last night on the bus: Phone lady: "Are you even listening to me?" Bus driver: "Everybody on this bus is listening to you. Can you tone it down?" 120111
Lin Nah @linnah.bsky.social · 14hIN #Aotearoa #nz ACC is what it would have been allocated to in terms of cost. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acciden... Need to pay for non accident problems - hopefully travelers have medical insurance www.rnz.co.nz/news/health/...en.wikipedia.orgAccident Compensation Corporation - Wikipedia 020
Reposted by Lin NahClaire Placial @claireplacial.bsky.social · 16hI (a french woman, who speaks English fluently but with no NZ accent) sprained my ankle badly in New Zealand 2 days before Christmas. The guy who helped me stand up insisted on me going to the ER to have it checked, repeating it would be free, assuming I guess I was from the US 3701
Reposted by Lin NahAlexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 16hI went the NHS emergency room in London over the weekend, it was free. Free to anyone. I'd have been charged only if I was admitted to the hospital. A cart in the waiting room went by me with some nice sandwiches, and I chose one. Before I could try to pay, the cart moved on. Sandwich also free. 24730135
Reposted by Lin NahAlexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 16hI'd heard of such experiences but had never had one. I told my sister about it when I got back to the US yesterday. Her reaction? "Wow. Actual care." 21582
Reposted by Lin NahDanielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is so racist it doesn't make sense to people who aren't racist. Like, seeing a dude with a facial moko smiling at you should not make you freak out (also I DREAM of Chippy being in TPM's pocket, he'd have better policies) #nzpol 1819629
Reposted by Lin NahThomas - HANZ @historyaotearoa.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Can’t beat Wellington on a good day 01027
Reposted by Lin Nahsamuel mehr @mehr.nz · 06/10/2026the lady in red is every NZ scientist in this election #nzpol 110318
Reposted by Lin NahDr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Should retailers be doing the same in NZ? Yes. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...rnz.co.nzProminent Dutch retailer bans Meta's Ray-Ban smart glassesOne of the largest Dutch eyewear retail chains said on Friday (all times local) it had suspended sales of Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses in the Netherlands and Belgium amid growing privacy concerns, in ... 517248
Reposted by Lin NahConnor 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 716780
Reposted by Lin NahYorrike. @yorrike.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I think the Auckland CRL has shown Kiwis love trains. And now the Greens step in and say “What about the CRL, but for the whole country?” And people, who remember love the CRL, are saying “Yes! Choo choo motherfucker!”, and hopefully choo choo motherfucker we shall. #nzpol 821937
Reposted by Lin NahJess Lee @jesslee.bsky.social · 15hFuuuuuck yes!!! THIS is what leadership looks like! They're all our kids--let's act like it. 16112
Reposted by Lin NahErica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The mayor of Saint-Denis, Bally Bagayoko, literally used himself as a human shield to protect students from police violence 4752211609
Reposted by Lin NahMe & Coffee ☕️ @thembird.bsky.social · 07/10/2026#nzpol This is not charitable generosity. This is rich fuckers who are doing their best to block a wealth tax are asking the rest of us, who can't avoid paying tax, to fund their pretend generosity! Just pay your fair share, you ghouls. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...rnz.co.nzACT vows to scrap donations tax-break limitThe ACT Party is promising to scrap a cap on charitable donations being able to receive tax benefits. 25619
Reposted by Lin NahKat 👩🌾 @kats-garden.nz · 22hWhen I send out an online catnip order, the mailer has a warning sticker. Thinking about one for my pile of market carry bags using these round Kraft stickers I already have. Anyone got any good ideas for the text? I feel like this might be a chance to be clever, and you lot are awfully clever. 5148
Reposted by Lin NahPrivate Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Archer’s resignation from the London mayoral race after it was revealed he lied in court was the thing that got Paul Foot up from his sickbed and contributing again, having first started chronicling Archer’s lies and misdemeanours in 1969. From the Private Eye archive. Issue 992, December 1999. 321449455
Reposted by Lin NahDanielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026White guy complains about indigenous people taking over a country; the concept of irony leaps off a bridge in despair 313828
