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Laura Wattie

@lyrafay.bsky.social
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Avid reader, mythology and folklore lover, music fiend and comic connoisseur!! From 🇳🇿

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I've looked at their policy release and I cannot see how they would make this work. It's much more complicated than the Key government scheme, which only kicked in if a jobseeker declined to apply for a job which required pre-employment testing, or if such a test was failed.
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🚄Rob✅✅🚆 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 3h
They *means tested* 18/19 year olds against their parents income but wont talk about it for super #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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David Seymour again hints at retirement age increase if ACT elected
ACT leader David Seymour has hinted his party's upcoming fiscal plan will once again contain a commitment to raise the superannuation age to 67.
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Nō 𝔸𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕒 @wittyeti.bsky.social · 3h
Alright then, how about this? I'll piss in your jar to get my benefit, if I get to check your browser history and hard drive. Come on now, if you've got nothing to hide, it shouldn't be a problem... #nzpol
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Nō 𝔸𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕒 @wittyeti.bsky.social · 3h
There's out of touch. Then there's firing countless civil servants, bitching about unemployment rates and blaming teenagers at the start of their careers, and then imply it's "only fair" to drug test the benefit. Anyone else think we should be drug testing Luxon at this point? #nzpol
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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 3h
Anyone who could look at yesterday's National Party beneficiary bashing policy and still consider working with them, is as much of ghoul as they are #nzpol
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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 3h
Luxon blathers on about future technology as a means to mitigate the climate crisis- aka magical thinking - any way “Techno-optimism’ may lead to reliance on unproven solutions at expense of societal changes needed” #nzpol
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Scientists who put faith in technology less likely to take climate action
‘Techno-optimism’ may lead to reliance on unproven solutions at expense of societal changes needed
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Daniel @danentropy.bsky.social · 3h
Neoliberals Trojan Horse #VoteGreen #PartyVoteGreen #OneTermGovernment #NZpol www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
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Qiulae Wong says no tax reform next term 'worth considering' in potential deal with National
Christopher Luxon points to Wong's land tax when ruling out Opportunity.
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Tax Wealth not Wages @progallthethings.bsky.social · 3h
Ah, I see you want principles. Well, which ones would you like? I've got them for the right and the left. Just let me know and I'll custom make some just for you. We can work with anyone. #nzpol
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womblingweka.bsky.social @womblingweka.bsky.social · 2h
Just like the USA, they bother less and less about trying to hide the grift and corruption. #nzpol
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jonathansgamecast.bsky.social @jonathansgamecast.bsky.social · 1h
'Labour's wasteful spending!' -National. Meanwhile 'The money will be found because it has to be found.' - also National. #nzpol
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Tim @timward2014.bsky.social · 55m
Interesting policy from a party that’s apparently pretty comfortable doing nothing on climate change. So my taxes will go to subsidising the group that creates 53% of our emissions? Really? #nzpol
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KiwiNikki @kiwinikki.bsky.social · 45m
All the things being pledged by the Nat/Act/ NZF parties make me laugh. Where’s the media on what they pledged in 2023 and how they did? They didn’t pledge fast track. They didn’t pledge selling off our assets. They were all about cost of living. And we can all see how that’s going! #nzpol
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Laura Wattie @lyrafay.bsky.social · 39m
Strands #950 “That can't be right” 💡🔵💡🔵 💡🔵💡💡 🔵💡🟡💡 🔵
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Paste Magazine @pastemagazine.bsky.social · 7h
Olivia Rodrigo has vowed to never use AI in her music
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Olivia Rodrigo has vowed to never use AI in her music
The singer says she once explored the technology and found its ideas to be “fucking awful.”
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Paste Magazine @pastemagazine.bsky.social · 5h
Rihanna says she has “at least” 170 unreleased songs in the vault
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Rihanna says she has “at least” 170 unreleased songs in the vault
Fans have been eagerly awaiting new music, as it's been over 10 years since Rihanna released her last album, ANTI.
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Stereogum @stereogum.com · 4h
Rosalía says Bono invented new Spanish words for U2's tribute song about her
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Rosalía Says Bono Invented New Spanish Words For U2's Tribute Song About Her
Wednesday night, Rosalía was a guest on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon. Within the first couple of minutes in their chat, Fallon brought up that U2’s forthcoming album Carnaval de Luz includes a s...
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Stereogum @stereogum.com · 3h
The Yankees were eliminated from the playoffs last night, but more importantly, @dualipa.bsky.social ate her first ever hot dog at the game
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Dua Lipa Eats Hot Dog
Dua Lipa had a definitively American experience Wednesday night. The British pop star and her husband Callum Turner attended the Yankees-Rays playoff game at Yankee Stadium, which ended with the once-...
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Stereogum @stereogum.com · 2h
what do you think Dua Lipa put on her first hot dog stereogum.com/2514009/dua-...
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Comicsbeat @comicsbeat.bsky.social · 9h
NYCC ’26: Marvel announces Brick and Renown collected edition lines The new collected edition lines were announced as part of Marvel's Retailer Day presentation.
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NYCC ’26: Marvel announces Brick and Renown collected edition lines
The new collected edition lines were announced as part of Marvel's Retailer Day presentation.
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David Clegg @delphijunkie.bsky.social · 4h
Remember kids: A vote for TOP is a vote for National #nzpol
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Michael Scally @fizzvstheworld.bsky.social · 6h
Elon Musk's finally going to get his cameo, isn't he? #FizzVsGaming
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 5h
Forget the billionaires: Forget they’re giving $$$ to buy policy from political parties. Forget they’re not Living Wage Employers & got rich on the back of poverty wages. Forget they’re paying for influence to make cuts to H&S, fair pay, job security, secure housing, so they can have more #nzpol
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Forget the billionaires. The real dividing line in the leaders' debate was education - 
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Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 15h
Why are you afraid of Molesworth Street #nzpol
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Steve Lieber @stevelieberart.bsky.social · 5h
Hoping that someone at DC realizes that @benjamindewey.bsky.social could draw an astoundingly great Rex comic.
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Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 23h
Awful bullshit. Especially when they're actively making employment worse.
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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 10h
Actors may not want to weigh in on politics but I assure you politics will be weighing in on the entertainment industry
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Char Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 15h
Maark Mitchell pulled a sicky, (good) so this was the worst part of my day… 🤮 #nzpol
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Frank&Stein @brandtandstein.com · 5h
I won’t lie, this makes my inner nerd child ECSTATIC
A screenshot of our bsky page, highlighting our current project DreamBound at VERTIGO
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Ryan Higgins @ryanhiggins.bsky.social · 4h
Noooooo... DC already ruined their gold/silver/bronze omni line with this paper, not Marvel too!
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Natasha Tara Petrović @ NYCC H03 @1000deaddraculas.bsky.social · 8h
Transform!
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Andrew Dickson @andrewdickson13.bsky.social · 5h
Louise Upston wants 10,000 unemployed New Zealanders to piss in a cup. It'll cost $1.5 million. Naturally, I turned to Freud and Lacan to understand why National is so damn interested, again, in other people's urine. Thread time!🧵 #nzpol
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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 21h
andrewdicksonnz.substack.com/p/luxons-nei... #nzpol
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Luxon’s Nein New Taxes
Simuluxon counted to nine. Labour only got as far as one.
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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 19h
Like I was saying: pick a side you losers
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 18h
Louise Upston admits people with cancer and mental disabilities will be sanctioned with reduced benefit payments after 2 years, and face random drug tests in #NewZealand under National's new promises. Winston Peters warns Luxon is moving NZ closer to fascism, ironically #nzpol
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Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 20h
And disability can be yours in a heartbeat. Vote accordingly. #NzPol
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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 20h
wonder if we'll see this get *critical* coverage in mainstream media, or will it be another excuse - like for Laws, Ikilei, Henry, Jones and Peters himself - to platform and amplify extremist rhetoric OR just give the guy an easy little puffpiece interview to profile lies to the public?
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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It's been three years of the #WarOnNature from the Luxon Govt. I've done a comprehensive updated week by week account of the hundreds of anti-enviro policies. It is grim reading but this is what they Govt is really about, once you put all the PR spin to one side. www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...
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Luxon ’s Three Years of War on Nature 2023-2026 - updated timeline - Greenpeace Aotearoa
When the Luxon-led coalition took office nearly three years ago, its war on nature started within days. In the next three years the government made a bewildering number of changes…
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Char Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
C*nts #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ
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Pat Brittenden @patbrittenden.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
#BHN If you had beneficiary bashing on your bingo card you can cross it off now, their decision actively drive unemployment up, then they punish you for being unemployed #nzpol #nzpolitics www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...
stuff.co.nz
National promises random drug testing for beneficiaries
The party has announced a new five-point plan it says will strengthen the “expectations for those who remain on Jobseeker long term”.
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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 18h
A word at the end of the day about people saying "I'm okay with drug testing if all MPs have to do it". No. That is *not* where we want to go. Part of the danger of National's stunt policy is that it sets us off down a slippery slope where the privacy and human rights of *everyone* are infringed.
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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 21h
Labour and the Greens have labelled National's promise to drug test unemployed beneficiaries cruel and deplorable, while Winston Peters has warned it borders on fascist. #nzpol
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Labour, Greens slam National's promise to drug test unemployed beneficiaries
Labour and the Greens have labelled National's promise to drug test unemployed beneficiaries cruel and deplorable, while Winston Peters has warned it borders on fascist.
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Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I was a good little boy growing up. In a non swearing, National Party favoured household. 2026: I hate those fucking useless, lazy, entitled, National Party MPs. #nzpol
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Ol’ ɔıN @hazmat.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Yes hello. Atlas Network here. We'd like to buy more property dirt cheap in mortgagee sales please. Could you maybe increase homelessness, drive down wages and put a wee dampener on foreign buyers Luxo? There's a 7 figure board job in it for you after the knighthood. cheers. #nzpol
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 19h
“New Zealand First are acting as part of a broader anti-transgender campaign, in collaboration with international anti-trans networks, and it’s critical that we recognise that for what it is and understand the context it is happening in” #nzpol #TransRightsAreHumanRights
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'Relitigating' the conversion practices ban is an anti-trans dogwhistle — 1/200
In 2022, an overwhelming majority of MPs in the New Zealand Government voted to prohibit conversion practices - that is, practices that aim to change or suppress someone’s sexual orientation, gender i...
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Foxes @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 19h
How I arrived at Bluesky
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Rugrats Moses Parts the Red Sea
ALT: Rugrats Moses Parts the Red Sea
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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
cash for mates scheme last time and we should be wondering who theyve got lined up for the contract this time as well
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Tom @kiwiteej.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ok, now do the ocean
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Frank @fmacskasy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
How about some jobs instead!?! Hundreds apply for just one vacancy! If this is the best housing allowance bludger Louise Upston can do, she is a total failure. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
rnz.co.nz
National promises random drug testing for jobseeker beneficiaries
National is promising to introduce random drug testing for those on the jobseeker benefit to ensure they're "ready for work".
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 17h
Wild to think these 4 will lose their seats if National don't improve, but if anyone else made a $1 billion "mistake", they'd be fired from their job immediately #nzpol Happy 2026 Election, Team. Get out and vote
Left to right: Nicola Willis, Chris Bishop, Gerry Brownlee, PAul Goldsmith
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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 17h
asking a question like this during election polling should have you struck from the pages of any serious media outlet - unfortunately NZ doesn't have any of those in mainstream any more Curia can absolutely not be trusted to avoid push-polling - thereby changing decisions - or to even be truthful
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