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Roaring Marmot

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Holding forth on the things that gladden my heart...or really rip my nightie.

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Sylvia Chi 齊思涵 @sylviachi.bsky.social · 1h
"The reality is that there are no silly culture wars happening in America. There are equality wars and justice wars and fairness wars. Democrats should try to win those wars—and the elections that involve them." 💯
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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"My concern all along is what have we done to the kids. We moved here, chose this property, + I feel guilty because I’ve exposed them to that, even though I know it’s not my fault.” So often, with PFAS pollution, the innocent feel guilt. Do the culpable? share.google/uPs7Qpqek3qn...
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‘Are these chemicals in my blood?’ How one community learned the truth about Pfas pollution
People living next to a chemicals plant near Blackpool were tested for ‘forever chemicals’. Last week they received the alarming results
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Analysis: It was a set of interviews I did on the Māori delegation to Israel for Te Ao with Moana recently – and the release of the Nicky Hager book Dirty Work – that took me back
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The powerful have figured out how to work together. Journalists need to catch up
Analysis: It was a set of interviews I did on the Māori delegation to Israel for Te Ao with Moana recently – and the release of the Nicky Hager book Dirty Work – that took me back
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 1h
Trump can't stop raving about data centers, so I can't wait to see the Trump International Data Center Golf Course in West Palm Beach! My perfectly reasonable column: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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Trump says data centers are great. I found 330 acres for one | Opinion
I'm pretty sure President Donald Trump would love to see a sprawling data center go up near his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.
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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 21h
Aren't you just tired of it all? The fucking lies, deceit, denial, insanity, arrogance, stupidity, senseless, brazen fucking hypocrisy & worst of all, destruction, by every single fucking right wing politician walking this polluted & increasingly uninhabitable world www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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NZ accused of breaking climate change promise with EU, but Todd McClay rejects claim
A Dutch environmental group claims New Zealand has broken its climate change promises in the free trade agreement with the EU and is lodging the first complaint of its kind through the European Commis...
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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 17h
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade thinks the reversal of the oil and gas exploration ban breached the EU Free Trade Agreement. How do we know? Because they accidentally leaked their own legal opinion in Sep 2024. newsroom.co.nz/2024/10/01/g... www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 16h
Men, it’s never too late to leave your fraternity. Membership is lifelong. And these segregationist institutions use your name to uphold the power they abuse. This is what your fellow alums are doing. Do you really want to be associated with that?
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Micah @rincewind.run · 15h
seriously: every western regime should deny any and all relief and sabotage this administration as hard as possible
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Louise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · 12h
It's critical to remember we have NO civics education in New Zealand. Ppl do not necessarily know how MMP works, how a coalition works, or how to best make their vote reflect their values The more you can make talking about politics normal and chill, the more ppl feel they're allowed to be curious
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Whakamataku - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉 @whakamataku.bsky.social · 11h
60% increase in voter registration from overseas!!!! No, that is not a typo. #nzpol 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 16h
Friends, while they're trying to talk about fictional machine gods, don't lose sight into what they're all actually powering in real life. You can browse the the entities on the website and use the API, and learn more about it on the DAIR project site: dair-institute.org/projects/sur....
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Surveillance Watch
This interactive map reveals the intricate connections between surveillance companies, their funding sources and affiliations.
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Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand @greens.org.nz · 18h
Meeting our Paris commitments is written into our Free Trade Agreements with the European Union and the United Kingdom. Farmers and exporters rely on that market access, and they deserve a Foreign Minister who checks what withdrawal would put at risk before he promises it.
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Jon Maki @jonpaulmaki.com · 17h
Guy in the group who's hiding his zombie bite.
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🦝 Pepper Raccoon: Trash Priestess 🦝 @pepperraccoon.com · 21h
🤘 KICK IT 🤘 The Bird of the Year is the Black Robin/Karure, coming in like a tiny wrecking ball to smash the competition. Thread Project premium screenprinted tees in unisex and fitted sizes S-5XL. Pre-order this tee NOW: pepperraccoon.com #birds #boty #kikorangi
A detailed dark fantasy style illustration of a black robin on a branch, holding a tiny spiked mace. The words Black Robin are in high stylised handlettered text, and the border features Chatham Island forget-me-nots.A flatlay of green t-shirts, featuring a detailed dark fantasy style illustration of a black robin on a branch, holding a tiny spiked mace. The words Black Robin are in high stylised handlettered text, and the border features Chatham Island forget-me-nots.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 18h
I feel like if AI wants to be in the business of offering medical opinions, then AI companies need to be in the "getting sued for medical malpractice" business too
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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump has said the Iran war is almost over at least 60 times. It's been 212 days. 19 service members are dead, 800+ wounded, $43 billion gone. We counted every broken promise with @votevets.org.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 29/09/2026
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation," former special counsel Jack Smith said during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. to.pbs.org/4hwiB3E
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WATCH: Jack Smith says he would prosecute Trump again for 'serious crimes against our nation'
Smith, who in 2022 led investigations into Trump and secured two indictments, said he made decisions in the case "without regard” for Trump’s “political association activities, beliefs, or candidacy i...
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 18h
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The great betrayal? AI imperialists and Albanese – Richard Flanagan
The Albanese government is opening the floodgates to American AI corporations
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 18h
Fossil fuel propagandists. #auspol
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Anodyne @anodynesix.bsky.social · 18h
"Farmworkers are 35 times more likely to die from heat‑related illnesses than workers in other industries ... [Farm labor contractors] such as Florida Orange Gold operate with impunity because they are allowed to—by lawmakers, landowners, state and federal agencies, and local officials."
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Louise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · 18h
Talking to my favourite local barista this morning, who's told me in the past that he voted National last election and really regrets it. Today he told me he'd done the policy quiz and it'd told him to vote Green! Had a looong chat about taxing the rich and our other policies, as well as the poll!
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Catbus @catbus.phd · 17h
social media dot jpg
newspaper clipping of a tiny chick perched on a hand in front of some sort of large primitive microphone captioned 

you are now listening to a three hour old chick giving its opinion of things in general
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 22h
A man replied to this saying in earnest that women need to get organized and fight for our rights and men will follow. We did that. We do that. We mobilized the largest single day protest in global history on every continent and yet I have fewer rights than my mom did at my age.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Don't forget that @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social wants to let the GOP get away with all of this. He said let's turn the page and get on with business. He's on the side of the Nazis if he thinks this kind of thing is acceptable in the United States of America. This can't be allowed to slide. It can't.
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Russell Brand, who's awaiting trial in London next month on rape and sexual assault charges, will moderate a panel at DC's MAHA summit tomorrow on reforming a U.S. health agency
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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
"Fresh Butternut Pumpkin Whole".
"Fresh Butternut Pumpkin Whole" truncated to "Fresh Butt ... hole".
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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
meow
a small brown cat curled up on a fuzzy blanket
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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 27/09/2026
bugs bunny in a tux

I wish all tech pervs a very burned head
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Miriam Ross @miriamruthross.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wants some cute, bold, fun, AI-free images to encourage your friends to enrol to vote? Get them here: www.greens.org.nz/enrol_posts And remember deadline is 25 October
Mock up image of an Aotearoa Daily newspaper with different headlines encouraging people to voteGraphic with neon green words on a dark urban background that say This is your enrolment reminder. Deadline is midnight, 25 OctoberPhoto of Chlöe Swarbrick in the house of parliament holding up a sign that says bruh enrol to votePhoto of a kākā on a green background with white text that says Please enrol so you can vote to protect me and my home
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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Making Mahuta the message: The Taxpayers’ Union’s attack ads on Meta www.linkedin.com/pulse/making... (LinkedIn) sanjanah.wordpress.com/2026/09/29/m... (WordPress) #nzpol #InfluenceOperations #Disinformation
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The torture and trafficking of immigrant kids continues apace, with plans to remove the 2,500 unaccompanied kids presently held captive. We need a relentless drumbeat: What are they doing to the children? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump ally Stephen Miller leads sweeping push to accelerate removal of migrant children
Exclusive: key White House loyalist orchestrating multi-agency effort condemned by critics as cruel and racist
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Anodyne @anodynesix.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Having a criminal record, as an estimated 1 in 3 American adults do, creates hurdles for people seeking employment ... Meeting with parole officers, a need to secure stable housing and other conditions of release, along with discrimination, compound the typical challenges of job hunting."
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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What a shame, and a significant loss. She's a wonderful journalist, and this is the worst possible time for voices like hers to be made redundant. #nzpol
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 29/09/2026
Today, we opened the Jobs NYC Center at 2 Lafayette Street — a walk-in hub where New Yorkers can find city job opportunities, get application support, and connect with hiring agencies.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/09/2026
this is legitimately very funny
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 28/09/2026
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OpenAI halts frontier-model training amid string of agent misalignment incidents
US Government websites among "dozens of third parties" OpenAI has recently notified.
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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I know there is a hell of a lot going on right now. But not all of it is bad. Some is astonishingly good - like the results of this study from June. Cervical cancer is a terribly cruel thing. This might, at long last, be the beginning of the end of it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News headline "Young women now have 'close to zero' risk of cervical cancer death after HPV jab"
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's not just that we had two wasted years under Keir Starmer - years in which, with a vast majority and quite a lot of goodwill - he could have turned this country around. On crucial issues, we had two years of spiralling backwards, towards a very dark place. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Ed Miliband to acknowledge Labour’s former stance on Palestine fell short
Foreign secretary will tell party’s conference ‘we are not here to accept the status quo but to change it’
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Menestune @menestune.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Two coyote teens run around and have fun - from when our pond had more water. Those are some big, moss-covered logs. #mammals #nature #dogs #love #trailcam #Seattle #wildanimals #goodmorning #PNW #nokings #coyotes #outdoors #BeKind
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Alice Soper @alicesoapbox.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Also, wow! International political trends replicate in NZ when parties fail to pivot from incrementalism in the face of growing pain of the masses. Shocked! I am so shocked!
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Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation @laskerfdn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Happy birthday, James Fujimoto! 🎂 🧪 Fujimoto of Massachusetts Institute of Technology won a 2023 Lasker Award for the invention of optical coherence tomography. This tech revolutionized ophthalmology—allowing rapid detection of diseases of the retina that impair vision. 👀 Watch how it works:
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Optical Coherence Tomography: A New Way of Seeing
The 2023 Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award honors James G. Fujimoto, David Huang, and Eric A. Swanson for the invention of optical coherence tomography, a technology that revolutionized ophthalmology—allowing rapid detection of diseases of the retina that impair vision.
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John Stott @jpsastro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Even more on AI triage saga 🧪 #academicsky www.science.org/content/arti...
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U.K. funder uses ‘AI triage’ to reject grant proposals—leaving researchers dismayed
The AI-based assessment, which wasn’t explicitly described in the funding call, has raised privacy and fairness concerns
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Business groups urge John Healey to show restraint on raising UK’s minimum wage. They claim lifting people out of poverty is inflationary. Can't recall millionaires restraining on profiteering, exec pay, dividends, share buybacks. Have they tried living on minimum wage? archive.ph/h0pVc
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Business groups urge John Healey to show restraint on raising UK’s minimum wage
Companies warn that a steep rise in labour costs will fuel inflation and cut jobs for young people
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 28/09/2026
Marine Le Pen’s National Rally won enough seats to form a group in the French Senate elections yesterday, giving the far-right party better representation in leadership roles and committees in the upper house of parliament.
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Far right scores historic victory in French Senate election
Marine Le Pen’s National Rally can form a group in the French parliament’s upper house for the first time.
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RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Central Aucklanders get help to vote without a fixed address
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Central Aucklanders get help to vote without a fixed address
Dozens of people without a home or a fixed address are getting help with voting at a central Auckland charity this year.
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Another hospital closed/not functional under this government www.rnz.co.nz/news/health/...
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Dannevirke hospital 'not capable of providing a safe and sustainable inpatient service'
There are not enough clinicians at Dannevirke Community Hospital to ensure patients will receive safe care, an urgent audit has found.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/09/2026
At least 79 kids have been harmed by tear gas or pepper spray during Trump’s immigration crackdown. In most cases, they were going about their days when officers shot chemical munitions near their homes and schools and into their cars. (Published May)
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Kids Are Being Harmed by Tear Gas, Pepper Spray Under Trump. There Could Be Long-Term Consequences.
In several cities, judges have chastised federal immigration officers, saying they used excessive force. One former DHS leader called ProPublica’s findings a “bright red flag.”
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
NEW: Food banks across America are being overwhelmed by surging demand. Scott MacFarlane went inside to see the crisis firsthand. Here’s what he found:
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“They don’t understand the scale of the hunger!”- An unfolding crisis at the nation’s food banks
Weeks before the midterm elections, the cost crisis is hammering food pantries in red and blue states
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Askme @askme99.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Dotard FCC moved to cut internet access for over 100,000 public schools and libraries? That’s straight-up savage. Libraries and schools are lifelines for underprivileged communities — they’re the only places where kids can do their homework, research, and where folks can apply for jobs online.
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Greg Jackson NZ @realgregjack.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hoping nobly that we once again get a Mike Hosking horror face election result.
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