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Michael Gibson

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Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.

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The Talentless Mr Ripley @averagesizedweiner.bsky.social · 16h
Having 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.
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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 2h
Sorry, 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]
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Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 2h
www.rnz.co.nz/news/health/...
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Calls for better Dunedin dermatology services after 'debilitating' rare cancer went undiagnosed
A Dunedin cancer patient is calling for better access to public dermatology services after his rare blood cancer went undiagnosed for years.
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Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Follow the money trail with these beneficiary drug tests. Where are the tests being processed. Probably linked to one of Luxons mates. #nzpol
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"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
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Char Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 23h
I 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. 🕊️💚🖤
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GreenEggs| 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...
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Best Start charity has paid founders $287m tax-free
The charity-owned childcare giant pays another $36m to its rich-lister founders.
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Magpie Said 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @magpiesaid.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A 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.
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Jennifer Ward @jenospeno.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I 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.
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Michael Gibson @michaelg1962.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Cutting benefits to people unable to work is even more wicked. But that's what the Nats will do because they know middle NZ gets off to government punching down on vulnerable people.
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Foxes @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Remember when Paula Benefit went hard on this and the results were so negligible that they tried to hide the results #NZPol
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Michael Gibson @michaelg1962.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
They're also cutting benefit rates for people unable to find work after two years. They know these people can't work but they also know their voters get off to them punching down.
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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Just 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...
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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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Michael Gibson @michaelg1962.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Doesn't matter. The Nats' know that middle class voters get off to them punching down on the poor. Cutting welfare benefits after two years is even more wicked.
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Foxes @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Clip from 2016 There were 37,151 tests and just 55 positive so that is approximately 0.15%
From 2016
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Michael Gibson @michaelg1962.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Punching down on poor people scores the Nats' votes from the middle classes. That's why they're doing it after Luxon's disastrous performance in the debate with Chippie.
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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The 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...
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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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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
From Robin Rouby-Progressive Cartoons
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Michael Gibson @michaelg1962.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Labour is sleepwalking to victory, relying on the Nactzis' unique mixture of venality and incompetence to deliver victory to it. A decent share of Party Vote to the Greens may disrupt that complacency but that is far from guaranteed.
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Horus @guynermie62.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
if Labour doesn't make this an election ad they're just not trying #nzpol
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Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Time is a flat circle
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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
What 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
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I Love Animals @petsanimals.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This 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.
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Dr. 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
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Michael Gibson @michaelg1962.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I wouldn't put it past him.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Seriously 👇
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Craig M. Ranapia @craigmranapia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Every 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... #nzpol
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You Basic Bitch Annoyed
Alt: You Basic Bitch Annoyed
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Craig M. Ranapia @craigmranapia.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Scratch a transmisogynist, and you'll find a dirtbag who treats cis women like hot garbage too. Every. Single. Time.
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Michael Gibson @michaelg1962.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch.
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Foxes @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Burning Down The House #NZPol
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
SUSAN 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
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Michael Gibson @michaelg1962.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Why NZ’s frigate choice shouldn’t simply follow Australia newsroom.co.nz/2026/10/07/w...
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Why NZ’s frigate choice shouldn’t simply follow Australia
New Zealand’s frigate choice should focus on capability, adaptability and value for money, not simply buying the same ships as Australia.
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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I 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)
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/1749543/what-good-are-economic-forecasts-in-an-uncertain-world
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Rob Baron @rob-baron.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I 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.
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Michael Gibson @michaelg1962.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
@privateeyenews.bsky.social - its review does take that line and sneers at Brookner. Most perceptive of you but then I don't really follow the goings on in that world.
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Craig M. Ranapia @craigmranapia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Oh, 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
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Michael Gibson @michaelg1962.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Bad news @nzherald.nzcow.com - your man bombed. I reckon the Nats will land below 20% at the election.
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Michael Gibson @michaelg1962.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I'm no fan of Chippie but he can run rings around Luxon. I'm sure Luxon thinks he performed brilliantly but his caucus, looking at life as ex-MPs, must be despairing.
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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It 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.
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Michael Gibson @michaelg1962.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Reviewed in latest @privateeyenews.bsky.social
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Craig M. Ranapia @craigmranapia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Early 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
Cover of the first hardcover edition of ANITA BROOKER: ART & LIFE by Hermoine Lee.  The image is a black and white (undated) studio portrait of Brookner for The London Review of Books, by Peter Campbell. She is in a pensive pose, with her elbows resting on a table, staring intently at the camera. She is wearing a cable knit light coloured jersey, a white collared blouse, and a conservatively cut short haircut.
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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
White guy complains about indigenous people taking over a country; the concept of irony leaps off a bridge in despair
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Business 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
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Michael Gibson @michaelg1962.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Well done with your commentary. Saved my blood pressure from having to watch them.
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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
NZ Leaders debate- live notes and thoughts from me #nzpol #LeadersDebate
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Michael Gibson @michaelg1962.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Both Chrises in thrall to the billionaires. The line between democracy and plutocracy passed long ago.
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Michael Gibson @michaelg1962.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"prostate cancer"
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Char Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I 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
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Michael Gibson @michaelg1962.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Democracy Project www.democracyproject.org.nz?utm_source=n...
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The Democracy Project | Bryce Edwards | Substack
The Substack newsletters for the Democracy Project. Click to read The Democracy Project, by Bryce Edwards, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
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Craig M. Ranapia @craigmranapia.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Good 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
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