Reposted by Michael GibsonThe Talentless Mr Ripley @averagesizedweiner.bsky.social · 15hHaving been unable to lose myself in a book due to mind numbing depression over the last couple of years, I'm making up for lost time, I've deleted all my other socials and I'm currently reading 6 books. It's glorious. 8864
Reposted by Michael GibsonMusical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 1hSorry, I'll explain. We currently react to inflation by reducing the disposable income of spenders so that demand falls and unemployment goes up. We use a bufferstock of unemployed people to keep workers desperate, so wages are suppressed and we don't get a feedback loop (wage 🔄 prices) [🧵 1/n] 25425
Reposted by Michael GibsonTe wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 1hwww.rnz.co.nz/news/health/...rnz.co.nzCalls for better Dunedin dermatology services after 'debilitating' rare cancer went undiagnosedA Dunedin cancer patient is calling for better access to public dermatology services after his rare blood cancer went undiagnosed for years. 173
Reposted by Michael GibsonTony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Follow the money trail with these beneficiary drug tests. Where are the tests being processed. Probably linked to one of Luxons mates. #nzpol 1337
Reposted by Michael GibsonAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 23h"I'm aware that Mr Farage's political judgement has been a bit off lately, to put it politely 🤭. But you'd think even he would've realised that Zia Yusuf has become a dangerous liability!" via Christopher Warner 61995358
Reposted by Michael GibsonChar Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 22hI reckon the Greens & TPM are going to send a political earthquake through this county, and I really think it will be the greatest gift to humanity that we have ever imagined. 🕊️💚🖤 2446
Reposted by Michael GibsonGreenEggs| Toitū Te Tiriti @hekikakariki.bsky.social · 08/10/2026#nzpol Atlas Network and RW party donors are rotting the system for tax-free hundreds of millions for their own pockets 😡😡😡 #taxwealthnotwork www.nzherald.co.nz/business/bes...nzherald.co.nzBest Start charity has paid founders $287m tax-freeThe charity-owned childcare giant pays another $36m to its rich-lister founders. 64926
Reposted by Michael GibsonMagpie Said 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @magpiesaid.bsky.social · 08/10/2026A young relation was made redundant 2 years ago from the Min4PacificPpl. She's made her anger clear to the Nat voting family members. Guyon ptd out to Upston today that 0.13% of ppl from 45000 tested positive for drugs in 2021 so what problem is she trying to solve? Nov 7 can't come too soon. 032
Reposted by Michael GibsonJennifer Ward @jenospeno.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I think you underestimate the ‘middle classes’ and so does Luxon. Everyones kids are facing unemployment due to the austerity the NAF govt has instigated. Every time Luxon opens his mouth he loses votes. Judging by what he says, his hubris and cruelty know no bounds. Vote them OUT. 011
Reposted by Michael GibsonFoxes @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Remember when Paula Benefit went hard on this and the results were so negligible that they tried to hide the results #NZPol 912824
Reposted by Michael GibsonRussell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Just piss off, you desperate creeps. You've done this before, and it was a total waste of time and money. 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". 3131374
Reposted by Michael GibsonFoxes @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Clip from 2016 There were 37,151 tests and just 55 positive so that is approximately 0.15% 65220
Reposted by Michael GibsonDr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The 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". 29232122
Reposted by Michael Gibsonconifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026From Robin Rouby-Progressive Cartoons 4735821003
Reposted by Michael GibsonHorus @guynermie62.bsky.social · 08/10/2026if Labour doesn't make this an election ad they're just not trying #nzpol 24113
Reposted by Michael GibsonSassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Time is a flat circle 812331
Reposted by Michael GibsonDanielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 07/10/2026What is the point of passing any progressive legislation if Winston is going to reincarnate himself every election via the votes of the worst people in society and repeal all the good shit? And it doesn't even matter if he dies, because Simeon Brown, may I remind you, IS ONLY THIRTY FIVE YEARS OLD 5725
Reposted by Michael GibsonI Love Animals @petsanimals.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This guy followed my wife and son home from the park. he had a chip and we found the owner lived 25 miles away from us. We returned him and the next day we received a call from the owner asking us if we wanted to keep him. Meet Boomer. 5138884747
Reposted by Michael GibsonDr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 06/10/2026“A civilization is not destroyed by wicked people – it is not necessary that people be wicked, but only that they be spineless.” James Baldwin 11553172
Reposted by Michael GibsonCraig M. Ranapia @craigmranapia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Every damn time Luxon and his clown cabinet chunters on about "fixing the basics" they just didn't get around to over the last three years... #nzpolstatic.klipy.comYou Basic Bitch AnnoyedAlt: You Basic Bitch Annoyed 1184
Reposted by Michael GibsonCraig M. Ranapia @craigmranapia.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Scratch a transmisogynist, and you'll find a dirtbag who treats cis women like hot garbage too. Every. Single. Time. 2311
Reposted by Michael GibsonFoxes @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Burning Down The House #NZPol 2413319
Reposted by Michael GibsonAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026SUSAN COLLINS: I was successful in getting road salt removed from the Canada tariff list TROY JACKSON: What about everything else? We can't eat road salt 1384214364995
Michael Gibson @michaelg1962.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Why NZ’s frigate choice shouldn’t simply follow Australia newsroom.co.nz/2026/10/07/w...newsroom.co.nzWhy NZ’s frigate choice shouldn’t simply follow AustraliaNew Zealand’s frigate choice should focus on capability, adaptability and value for money, not simply buying the same ships as Australia. 000
Reposted by Michael GibsonMusical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I tell you what makes forecasting difficult... ignoring the leading indicators that matter, believing the often 100% wrong models in economic textbooks, relying on vibe surveys, and having blind faith in the business cycle (it's gone down so it will come up) 47420
Reposted by Michael GibsonRob Baron @rob-baron.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I have heard rumours that Richard Tice heads a company called Britain Means Business, that has no employees and sells no products but takes in very large donations from foreign based people and forwards them to Reform UK Ltd. I can't believe this is true, but if it is it should bring down Reform. 401350434
Reposted by Michael GibsonCraig M. Ranapia @craigmranapia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Oh, I imagine it will be completely insufferable - why change the tune when you've been flogging it for the last forty years. There's a certain class of London literary-media darling (mostly but not exclusively prick-bearing) who took Brookner's existence (and success) as a weirdly personal affront 111
Reposted by Michael GibsonDr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It is quite funny in places. Hipkins has some great zingers and is very relatable. I like this Chris! And he is clearly across the brief. 141
Reposted by Michael GibsonCraig M. Ranapia @craigmranapia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Early library run this week because I just couldn't wait! Hottest Take: Hermione Lee's turned out a damn solid piece of work (even allowing for the refreshingly generous print size and formatting) for a subject as determined to frustrate impertinent curiosity as Brookner. #BookSky 271
Reposted by Michael GibsonDanielle, 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 313928
Reposted by Michael GibsonBusiness Ukraine magazine @businessukraine.bsky.social · 05/10/2026“We stay in Kyiv.” Embassies in Kyiv are responding to Russia’s latest threat by declaring their intention to remain in the Ukrainian capital 27930303
Reposted by Michael GibsonDr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 06/10/2026NZ Leaders debate- live notes and thoughts from me #nzpol #LeadersDebate 129517
Reposted by Michael GibsonChar Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I may be the first woman in my neighbourhood to be sporting a giant erection right now, over how badly Luxon is bombing in tonight’s debate. Fuck I love my great big dick right now! 😂💚🤘 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ #TaxTheRich #ForAllOfUd 3341
Michael Gibson @michaelg1962.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The Democracy Project www.democracyproject.org.nz?utm_source=n...democracyproject.org.nzThe Democracy Project | Bryce Edwards | SubstackThe Substack newsletters for the Democracy Project. Click to read The Democracy Project, by Bryce Edwards, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers. 000
Reposted by Michael GibsonCraig M. Ranapia @craigmranapia.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Good question - and one that should *always* be put to incumbents begging for another suck at the sav. If WE - yes all of us - don't impose a political cost for political liars making promises they know they can't keep, why the hell would they stop? #nzpol 3216
Reposted by Michael GibsonRav BOO!dram 🎃👻 @rvbdrm.com · 05/10/2026If you’re arresting a Jewish 94-year-old human rights lawyer for peacefully protesting, you’re on the wrong side of history. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10...aljazeera.com‘I’m rather proud’: Barrister, 94, arrested for supporting Palestine ActionMargaret Owen OBE, a celebrated human rights lawyer and friend of Ed Miliband’s late mother, talks to Al Jazeera. 8255011549
Reposted by Michael GibsonDanielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This is going to be one of those debates where Luxo is a total egg and then the commentators will be grading on a curve like "he did so much better than I thought he would, the HEAT IS ON for Chippy" or some shit and I don't think I can bear it #nzpol 911317
Reposted by Michael GibsonCraig M. Ranapia @craigmranapia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It may well be a negative virtue, but a profound disinterest in what other people do with their sex organs in private with however many consenting adults of whatever genders they find both amusing and manageable will just have to do. 072
Reposted by Michael GibsonThe Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Something tells me that Christina Ricci is a hell of a parent. I love seeing parents who teach their children right from wrong, and to stand up for what's right. 12584601933
Reposted by Michael GibsonThe Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 02/10/2026That would be much more useful than learning how to do-si-do. 554120482502
Reposted by Michael GibsonCraig M. Ranapia @craigmranapia.bsky.social · 03/10/2026My husband worked in rail for over fifty years. I'm a heavy public transport user (including trains) because I can't pass the vision test to get a license. Certainly don't have the spare cash for taxis etc. So, no Prime Minister. Also: Fuck off and fuck your patronizing self. 2344
Reposted by Michael GibsonBaxtermack🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ @baxtermack.bsky.social · 03/10/2026And really predictable. Even Hooton can surprise at times but Hehir is 100% arse all the time 131
Reposted by Michael GibsonFoxes @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I really completely despise him, used to sea lion me on twitter 131
Reposted by Michael GibsonBaxtermack🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ @baxtermack.bsky.social · 03/10/2026That fits him to a tee. An x-ray of him would reveal no heart, all arse. 031
Reposted by Michael GibsonFoxes @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Kick ‘‘em in the guts Trev 1406
Reposted by Michael GibsonKate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Putin ordered Russian troops to disregard the rules of war, Zelenskyy tells the FT. Ukrainian intelligence intercepted information indicating that in September, Putin ordered the Russian military to intensify strikes on civilian infrastructure. Since then, 1001344685
Reposted by Michael GibsonFoxes @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Found it, the article I would least rather read in the whole world! Featuring, words from and author can all fuck off foreves #NZPol 4336
Reposted by Michael GibsonMusical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Apparently good economic management involves increasing unemployment until one in six young people are out of work, poor, and increasingly disenfranchised. Is this 'building the future'? Would 'fixing the basics' not involve fixing this disaster? 1011738