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Civil liberties newsfeed (NZ) @civillibertynznews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Ombudsman’s office releases new guidance on official information and the use of AI - www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/news/om… - Details and more news at: nzccl.org.nz/news
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Ombudsman’s office releases new guidance on official information and the use of AI
The Office of the Ombudsman has published new guidance on official information and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for requesters, agencies and complainants.
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Jeffrey Archer has died - here is the obituary of Monica Coghlan www.heraldscotland.com/news/1216989...
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Misogyny killed Monica many years before she died
When poor Monica Coghlan died in a car crash last week, it was a result both pitiful and inevitable. The rightful order had been restored. Justice had been done. Her sad, brief life was over: she had ...
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026
Ed Sheeran: you know, I also sold out
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Micah @rincewind.run · 27/09/2026
it’s bad, actually, that much of the industry is gatekept by people whose standard for hiring a woman is “are you a Cool Girl who is into weird men doing sex stuff at her all the time?”
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 15/09/2026
Hello! Please consider helping our little feminist collective keep going?
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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 14/09/2026
The Flytrap has grown steadily over the past two years. We launched in October '24 with our flagship Tuesday newsletter, featuring worker-owners writing about pop culture, politics, games, books, and much more, through an intersectional + expansive feminist lens.
A graphic with a bright yellow background and a pink hand pointing at the messaging that says "FUND FEMINIST MEDIA: Get 40% off a Flytrap annual subscription today!"
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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
You know, the pandemic would have sucked enough without it radicalizing some of the country's worst people and getting them into politics.
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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Initially I was frustrated with the rise of self-checkout but I appreciated how stores passed the savings on to me rather than pocket the money, fire armies of workers & make me do a job I suck at. It’s also why I’m optimistic about AI! I have been kicked in the head by several horses.
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Milly @millycenti.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Happy MBIE, DIA, MSD & MEC Strike Day to all PSA members participating this afternoon
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Pāpango @papango.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
When I babysit little kids they often want me to give their toys a kiss goodnight and tuck them in to bed, too. This is that, but for adults. Except no kid ever tried to convince me Teddy was smart, or could do my job. Still have to indulge the fantasy to keep the peace.
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Pāpango @papango.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The Greens supermarket policy, and Labour’s dismal performance this week reminded me of this banger.
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Alice Soper @alicesoapbox.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Do I know anyone on here that lives in Wadestown??
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Paranormal Pandy 🎃 @thatbrenna.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Missed connection: You saw me eating a burrito bowl in my car while crying and listening to yacht rock. You did finger guns at me. Please reply
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Christina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Hello, book people! I am the book content editor for Reactor Mag and I'm looking for sci-fi, fantasy, horror, romantasy, and speculative books coming out in 2027! If you have an adult or YA SFF/H book out next year (or publicist), share the link/info here!
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IT'S RAINING BEN @bentorkington.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
what if it is neither cheating or not-cheating, but a much worse third thing it's like if your neighbour was sneaking into your yard and drinking out of the dog's bowl, you could ask if that's trespassing, but that's not really the pathology that's at play www.rnz.co.nz/life/relatio...
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Is having a romantic AI companion cheating? Some people think so
As the tech evolves, people will be forced to continually ask themselves, is this OK for me and my relationship, or does this feel like a breach?
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Not to be some wild-eyed innocent, but I think it should be slightly bigger news that The Lancet have crunched the numbers and found that Musk's USAID cuts will kill 14 million people. And that's just by 2030. That's 9,600 people a day, every day, until the next world cup rolls around.
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Tom Eastman @tom.eastman.nz · 11/08/2026
“Sometimes it’s like watching a wasp land on a stinging nettle: someone’s going to get stung and you don’t care.” Terry Pratchett #nzpol
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newimprovedtom.bsky.social @newimprovedtom.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
“No one has any answers!” Greens: “here is a solution…” “But how will you pay for it?” Greens: “by taxing wealth and…” “No one has any answers!”
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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
you wouldn't know it from the sophie cunningham discourse but there actually are some cis people who understand sports. i mean i don't, but i know some who do
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🐻Iona🐻 @bewarethefish.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I would hazard a guess that the odds of the cop McSkimming's victim allegedly harassed being as dodgy as the rest of his crooked peers is significantly greater than zero. It's a fucking disgrace that the Judicial system enables crooked cops to do further harm.
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Tom Bagatelle @tombagatelle.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
"I'm sure a lot of different considerations are going through Christopher Luxon's mind," says Helen Clark, kindly.
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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Absolutely *fascinating* the illustration here of the difference in priorities between NZME investigative journos (who are pretty universally excellent) and NZME gallery luminaries. Look what each thinks the big ACT news is. I know who I think serves us better.
NZ Herald front page. Katie Harris story on Tim Jago sexual assault convictions right next to an Audrey Young column on how the big story is Labour being mean about Paul Henry.
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InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Facts.
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Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The discipline of distinguishing Hinduism, which filled that arena with legitimate joy, from Hindutva, the political production that harvested it. A multiculturalism worthy of the name, 1 that engages minority communities as internally plural & politically alive, with their own struggles over power.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/07/2026
Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.
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☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 30/11/2023
anubis furry cartoon 

first panel to whaddup, it’s ya boi anubis, back at it again with another soul unboxing video 

2nd panel anubis weighing a heart and feathers the feathers are lighter 

“now as you can see, this one is a lot heavier than a feather, which longtime viewers will know is really bad haha
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Copernicus @h0ldsmybreath4fun.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
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Mo Jalloh @mojalloh.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Single parents skipping meals to cover rent. Students holding three jobs. Older Australians facing homelessness for the first time. We talk about "cost of living" like it's the weather, when it's the sum of choices that could be made differently. #CostOfLiving #SocialJustice #AusPol
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amy brown 👻 @amybrown.xyz · 24/06/2026
went down to the centrist convention. they’re all shaking and crying, I heard one guy say “I’m starting to think a better world IS possible.” the lady next to him slapped him in the face
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🐻Iona🐻 @bewarethefish.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
CHRIS HIPKINS APOLOGY TO TAMATHA PAUL WHEN www.rnz.co.nz/news/crime-a...
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Ex-partner let into woman's home by police despite protection order against him
A woman and her children were forced to leave their home by police so her ex-partner could collect belongings, because they didn't believe she had a protection order against him.
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Liam Boardman @liamjboardman.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
godDAMN this stupid milkloving piece of shit dumbass mean spirited sale at briscoes racist sexist 40% off deck furniture piss country”.
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Pāpango @papango.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
This is excellent news for any one in HB who needs their mams grammed.
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Miguel de Icaza @migueldeicaza.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Preemptive post:
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Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 01/06/2026
BE GAY READ FLYTRAP
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Nicola Gaston @nicgaston.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Seems to be free to read… it’s a longish one, but well worth your time 💯
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Pāpango @papango.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
My understanding is there is no definition, in law or anywhere else really. But a proper law person will know more.
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Pro-tip for any budding politicians: Saying "It's a distraction" when your opponents begin a policy directly targeting a minority, one which will reverse your own governments gains for that minority, tells everyone in or supportive of that minority that you didn't give a fuck then and you don't now.
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
If the government outlaw trans rights then they're gonna have to deal with trans wrongs.
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Tom Coates @tomcoates.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
It’s weird that Helen of Troy being played by a black actress is a problem, but most of the rest of the Mediterranean, Greek and Turkish characters being played by incredibly fair and blond haired people of British, Irish and Scandinavian descent isn’t. And by weird, I mean entirely predictable.
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Paul Thistoll @pault.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Upping this for visibility. Working with the good doctor would be amazing! Tara is an amazing person and a staunch advocate of human rights.
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Roe V. Wade
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Laura @tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I wish more leftists would understand that the idea that fatness is unhealthy isn't some kind of objective truth, but a myth created to make profit for the weight cycling industry, using a racialized, gendered, classed body ideal.
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Georgina Kiersten @ingloriousgigi.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
10 Books by Asian and Polynesian Authors That Deserve All the Hype - Loud In The Margins loudinthemargins.com/books/10-boo...
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10 Books by Asian and Polynesian Authors That Deserve All the Hype - Loud In The Margins
Right on time for AAPI Month! 10 must-read books by Asian and Polynesian authors. Around here, we read AAPI stories all year, period.
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Andrew Jull NZRN (he/him) @andrewjull.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
I am trying to get in touch with the whānau of Dave Terangi, a Ngāpuhi fella who lived in Margaret St, Papakura. We did some research with Dave, and we know he has since died, but we would like to return a taonga. If anyone knows his whānau, pls DM me. Also Pls retweet (so to speak).
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I asked my mom, she said it's okay.
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🌭 stevia nicks @muffinlab.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
you guys all prefer the angry rothkos and its going in yr dossiers
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old uncle BATface @catfacejoe.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
WHATS UP YOU WET MOTHERFUCKERS
black and white drawing of an underwater scene. a large bird sticking it's head into the water, surrounded by shocked fish
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Beckie @fitkiwi.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Wellington friends, I need a favour. Next Monday afternoon 20/4 at 2pm, I have a gastroscopy at the Rutherford Clinic in Lower Hutt. I can get out there by myself, but due to sedation, I will need a lift back into town. If anyone can help, please let me know. Will reimburse your fuel costs. Ta!
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The Onion @theonion.com · 13/04/2026
Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto theonion.com/man-who-threw-molotov-…
Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto
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