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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 4h

my hero hayden (all his webworm pieces here fyi: www.webworm.co/hayden/)

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Connor Sharp @connorsharp.bsky.social · 8h

All of Nationals election plan for capital expenditure is just BIG ROADS BIIIIIIGGG ROADS

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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 7h

Wrote a response with available data. bsky.app/profile/sanj...

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 9h

The weekend's weather was mostly delightful. And people really were getting out amongst it.

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 9h

There's still a bit of tosh in his column. Cannabis was decriminalised in California in 1975, and has nothing to do with modern street problems in downtown San Francisco. When you're arguing that drug use should be a health issue, wanting drug users criminalised doesn't really fit.

I am a National Party supporter, and I applaud overall efforts to get people off welfare and into work. However this particular policy does not sit well. Drugs are a massive issue in New Zealand, and that is really concerning. Substance use is endemic in youth culture, and sadly common throughout wider society. Some will be able to keep their drug use relatively contained, but for others the effects will spill over into other areas of their lives; some will become addicts. Marijuana is a big part of the local economy in parts of rural New Zealand. The situation would be worse if it had been decriminalised - just look at San Francisco.

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 9h

It's really something when you stir a moral objection in a man who was once the emptiest of ministerial vessels, Jonathan Coleman. Good for him.

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Juha Saarinen @juha.bsky.social · 11h

Via Twitter. The Cloudflare bot traffic monitor is here: radar.cloudflare.com/bots/as13238 The drop in traffic is quite spectacular.

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Emma Hart @ghet.bsky.social · 11h

"Christopher Luxon says we need to “die trying” to get people off the jobseeker benefit and into work."

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Trump Shrek Meme: Some of You May Die

Alt: Trump Shrek Meme: Some of You May Die

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Sam Jeffers @worklesshard.bsky.social · 11h

The main AfD account posts about once a day on Twitter, and view counts for recent stuff look within normal range. They also last posted *before* these data centres were struck, making a comparison literally impossible?

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Gabriele Svelto @gabrielesvelto.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 14h

I double-checked this on a couple of Xitter stat sites and it's true. Average views of the main AfD account dropped 90% and average engagement dropped by 60%. This is commercial social media for you: bots, damn bots and Russian bots.

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 10h

I'm thinking more of the Facebook pages of NZ media orgs, where the comments are generally deluged by bad-faith accounts. There *seemed* to be less of that over the weekend. It might not interest you, but it does interest me.

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Louise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

One thing I try to do, every time I talk to men, is make sure they understand how pay equity works Overwhelmingly because if you want to be a good feminist or ally, this is a chance to speak up about women's financial freedom - but also because they're often shocked to learn IT ALSO EFFECTS MEN

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

This is how you write a headline.

Telegraph headline:

Trump backstabs Zelensky for five minutes of midterm relief
Deal with Putin for Russia’s oil might soften the markets but Ukraine will pay the price

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Andrew R _ @andrewr4.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

What is it called when every single economic indicator is worse than 3 years ago? Failmaxxing ? Look what he said before the last election - and why would anyone now believe his growth promises this time? #nzpol

Luxon before the last election :

But he said the country had gone backward under the Labour government and it needed to "get its mojo back."
We want to be a government that's going to turn it around and get some ambition and some aspiration and some positivity and optimism in the country going forwardiẠạ

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

It is something that repeats so often that one day I’d like to try and study it properly - when, how and why does an elite consensus become resistant to new info that is neither hard to find nor hard to correctly interpret? Because it happens a lot, but not always. What are the preconditions?

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Counting related marks, maybe 10%?

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

That's a really interesting point. It fits.

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The most striking example of that is the antivax/conspiracy community. Looking at some people I know, I think it's become really bad for them psychologically. They're failing in multiple ways.

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I'm pretty sure the oval plate in the centre here is Poole.

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I don't really believe these prices, but it's a shame the Corningware didn't have its lid.

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

It turned out that the pieces that caught my eye were on the other table. A lovely dark-glaze Temuka bowl, and a vintage Corningware casserole, $2 and $3 respectively.

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Nice. And happily, from what I can tell they're not being evil.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

republicans used to complain about the violence in gangster rap and now they want to livestream an execution

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Oh, totally. It wouldn't be my favourite Neil album now. But it got played a *lot* when I was a teenager.

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Simon Wilson @simonbwilson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This election, the issue of child poverty has been swallowed up by "no new taxes". How did that happen and what should we do about it? New Substack post at Hopetown substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Why aren’t we talking about child poverty?

Child poverty was a hot topic in the last three elections. But it’s slipped off the agenda, even though it’s got worse. What’s going on?

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

On an album level, no, didn't change my life.

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Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 09/10/2026

This is a pretty crass ad from National, but also seems especially stupid given the portfolios they handed over to secure their current coalition — including the Deputy PM job share.

A Facebook ad from the National Party featuring an AI slop illustration where an exasperated Chris Hipkins is contending with child caricatures seeming to represent Chloë Swarbrick, Qiulae Wong and Rawiri Waititi. The children have speech bubbles saying, respectively, "I want Finance!", "I want Housing!" and "I want Justice!"

Hipkins' speech bubble says "Okay, okay, if you help me win I'll give you what you want."

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

But those were both *events*, which I think are crucial to the place. The self-talkers probably feel a bit louder when there are fewer people walking around.

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

It's a bit ironic that Muy Chhour fought against the Cross St and Mercury Lane improvements that complement the station. I read that the family doesn't own the supermarket business any more, but they still own the building. The supermarket is looking sad lately.

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I decided that it has kind of a wild family vibe. The mushroom festival/CRL preview day and the Matariki party were both like that. Sort of freaky, but nurturing.

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Cam Bennett @cambennett.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I work near K road and I cannot overstate the positive impact the CRL appears to be having on it. The streets were semi deserted most days. Theres now a steady stream of people on the street. It’s amazing what decent transit can facilitate.

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I haven't seen it here, but the "my nine albums" thing is all over my Facebook. I took the brief as foundational albums, so there's no jazz, which I got to later, and the browser app wouldn't give me Boodle, so I had to choose Anthology. These all made their mark on me.

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Gregory Isaacs, 'Night Nurse'. Just listened to both sides, with appropriate preparation.

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I feel the same way about it. A flawed and perfect signpost.

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Mike Brown @maupuia.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

You know how you always the Velvet Underground in black and white? And playing at night? Here they are in colour. In the afternoon sun. Playing for Dallas hippies. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xwgk...

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I'm Waiting for the Man - The Velvet Underground Live 1969 (4K)

YouTube video by AnalogAnarchy99

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026

Ossoff: "I think Pete Hegseth is frankly a deeply unwell person who seems to relish this kind of brutality all the while he's running a department that is falling into chaos. The guy cannot run the military competently and is spending his time with this kind of obscene medieval spectacle."

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 08/10/2026

What I *really* want an interviewer to do with these desperate sweaty CEOs is say, "Now that Trump has said he wants you to call it 'Trump Intelligence' instead of 'Super Intelligence', are you planning to update your marketing?" and then don't reveal that you made it up until after they say yes.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026

this is honestly one of the worst and most irresponsible things he has ever posted, and that's really saying something

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I think they'd regard that as just a handy bonus rather than the main reason, which is to try and get the votes of ignorant people. But yeah, the likes of the Drug Detection Agency (Julie Christie is an investor, founder Kirk Hardy got an NZOM last year) will be licking their lips.

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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

No, untrue, do not take these ghouls seriously.

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I was totally prepared to believe it was some cool lingo I hadn't heard of.

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

He is explicitly calling for pogroms. (I ask again: at what point will our major news organizations finally acknowledge that he is either mentally ill or a vile racist or both?)

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