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My soundtrack for 2026 (subject to edit) TOOL -- Ticks and Leeches Real Big Fish -- Everyone Else is an Asshole Pigface -- I hate you in real life too Apocalyptica - 'I'm Not Jesus' (feat. Corey Taylor) RATM - The Ghost of Tom Joad

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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 2h
For our friends in Aotearoa-New Zealand as they head to an election on Sat 7 Nov 🇳🇿 👉 Make sure you’re enrolled to vote: https:/:vote.nz 🚨 Enrolments close October 25!
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Kris Wilson @kriswilson.bsky.social · 14h
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Google and Apple immediately update their maps.
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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
GET'EM
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Ryan @boynamedshit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Isn’t Swarbrick the only party leader that currently has a positive net favorability? Bit of an own goal to be flipping out going “can you imagine if this popular politician was an important minister?!” (Especially if you yourself are one of the most despised) #nzpol
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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
'Piggy bank is empty' nonsense provides cover for the political class. Once the lie is exposed, they have to answer questions like 'If we have 100,000s of people wanting work, and plenty of raw materials, why is our infrastructure falling to bits? Sounds like mismanagement, ay? (It is!)
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ThatIngrid @thatingrid.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Overseas Kiwis: enrol to vote if you're eligible. Deadline to enrol is mid to late Oct. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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A tight election looms in New Zealand. This time, overseas voters could be bad news for the big parties
More than 100,000 have enrolled to vote from abroad in the November poll, and many are unhappy with how things look back home
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semantic nomad @semantic-nomad.net · 29/09/2026
and a little louder for those of us in Aotearoa New Zealand #nzpol
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Char Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just donated again to keep the momentum going! If you can, please join me in making this the GREENEST GOVERNMENT EVER!!! ✅✅🕊️💚 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ #TaxTheRich #ForAllOfUs www.greens.org.nz/september_ma...
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Septembee Match Appeal
We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.
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Les Edwards @makolesedwards.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You & your friends, family & whānau need to be enrolled with the correct details by 4 October to receive an EasyVote card. This information on the electoral rolls as at 4 October is used to send out EasyVote cards & print the electoral rolls. Please share! #nzpol vote.nz
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Renew Economy @reneweconomy.com.au · 29/09/2026
Trump administration appears to have bet on the wrong horse, with renewables surging and coal power shrinking despite his bluster and conspiracy theories reneweconomy.com.au/trump-unable-to…
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Trump unable to stop clean energy revolution, as wind and solar output surges and coal shrinks
Trump administration appears to have bet on the wrong horse, with renewables surging and coal power shrinking despite his bluster and conspiracy theories.
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Grant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚🇳🇿 @notjustdna.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#NZpol Saw this excellent quote-reply to Simeon Brown’s latest attack on Labour. Worth sharing.
David Peez @RebelEkonomista

"The truck driver in Pakuranga helps pay off a lawyer's loan." No, Simeon. He doesn't. Not a cent.

When the government lends a student money, it creates the dollars and credits their account. No tradie's tax was collected and posted to a law degree. When the graduate repays, those dollars are deleted, drained back out like tax. They don't land in the truck driver's pocket either.

So nobody foots the bill. The worker and the graduate aren't on opposite sides of a ledger. Setting them against each other is the trick, and it runs on the same myth as "add it to the tab", that the government is a household counting coins. It issues the currency. The real limits are real resources and inflation, not a truck driver's tax bill.

"Someone always pays." Sure. Just never the person you keep pointing at.

Read more: http://therebeleconomist.substack.com
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semantic nomad @semantic-nomad.net · 28/09/2026
They can commiserate over the Kremlin using the Russian girls videos as leverage.
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Craig Wright-St Clair @craigwrightstclair.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#nzpol #Fonterra #TooManyCows
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Nick Baker @nickbaker.digital · 27/09/2026
This is your school holiday assignment. Complete the school lunch quiz by matching the image to the name - a quiz based on the school lunch images sent by @ninjakitty.bsky.social this past school term. There are 15 images in total. forms.gle/et7qDL4VGBJH...
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The Aotearoa New Zealand School Lunch Quiz
The images show 15 school lunches delivered to a school in August 2026. Your task is to pick the name that was assigned to each one.
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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Jordan Williams’ nefarious network #nzpol
Jordan WIlliams graph
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What The Fukc Is Happening? @dudeseriouslywtf.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#JackTame pushing "the rich will leave if you tax them" rhetoric on #Q&A this morning, talking with #GreenPartyAotearoa co-lead #MaramaDavidson. LET THEM. We need more small businesses to have the chance to thrive. #nzpol #VoteNZGreens2026 #DitchThePricksIn26 #NationalNotFitToGovernNZ
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semantic nomad @semantic-nomad.net · 26/09/2026
It is just wild to me that 37% of Americans approve of an obviously corrupt pedophile running the country into the ground.
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Charlie Day's Migraine Headache
Alt: Charlie Day's Migraine Headache
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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#NZpol Just 2 Things: 1. This story *should* be bloody normal... The basics? Person Promises Stuff... Rich People Object... BUT People Elect Person to Do The Stuff... Person ACTUALLY DOES IT. 2. "The only thing that can beat organised money is organized people". So can WE do *THAT* on Nov 7?
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GreenEggs| Toitū Te Tiriti @hekikakariki.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We’re up against the people with deep, deep pockets and everything to lose. Make a donation if you can 💚 #nzpol www.greens.org.nz/september_ma...
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Septembee Match Appeal
We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.
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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Should be reposted every month....
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Miriam Ross @miriamruthross.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Wondering which party is offering the two most popular taxes And a fairer tax system that means most New Zealanders will pay less 💚
Screenshot of Ipsos survey showing wealth tax and capital acquisition tax most popular with voters
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Soapbox Sam @soapboxsam.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
When a court instructs Epstein files be released, and they are not, and when a court instructs media be allowed into White House, but they are not, then your courts are irrelevant. You have no law, not for those in power. When a court says "Accept this vote" and it is not, what are you gonna do?
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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It's from the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee: www.audacy.com/wccoradio/ne... The quilt's Instagram is here (with a bonus helper cat): www.instagram.com/stolenneighb...
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Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee unveil massive 11,000 patch quilt made in protest against ICE
Demonstrators with the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee gathered at the State Capitol Tuesday to unveil a massive 11,000 patch quilt made in protest against ICE: "Unique precious lives are ...
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The Onion @theonion.com · 25/09/2026
“I remember seeing him on TV and thinking, ‘No, that can’t be Kash,’ but sure enough, there he was, addressing the nation about a missing person case.” — Daisy, local golden retriever
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Dog Can’t Believe Guy She Hooked Up With 10 Years Ago Now Head Of FBI
WASHINGTON—Reflecting on the past fling and remarking how time had flown by, local golden retriever Daisy told reporters Thursday that she could not believe the guy she hooked up with 10 years ago was...
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Sophie these days @spiderandme.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Repeat: Nobody. $24m would go a long way at some of our rural hospitals 😠 #nzpol
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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ban camera bearing smart glasses in Aotearoa. "Over 7 million Ray-Ban Meta glasses were sold in 2025. That’s 7 million cameras recording your life. And conveniently, that footage is exactly what AI needs to learn how to walk, cook, and steal your job." #nzpol
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NEVER buy Meta Glasses (unless you're a robot)
YouTube video by Proton
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Fonterra makes $3.4b profit after sale of Kiwi brands to France. Farmers share in $20b in cash returns while outgoing CEO Miles Hurrell, Nicola Willis's old boss, nets $8.2m Fonterra sent NZ law requests to Luxon's Chief Policy Advisor in secret & National implemented it #nzpol #BHN
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semantic nomad @semantic-nomad.net · 24/09/2026
Angels on the sideline again Benched along with patience and reason Angels on the sideline again Wondering where this tug of war will end
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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/24-... Turns out the "tax bad" rhetoric isn't selling so well this year #tax #nzpol
A graph of Ipsos poll results, showing results for the question "Do you support the introduction of a wealth tax", with 64% yes, 26% no, 10% don't know
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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#NZpol I'd have thought that although many outlets certainly think their paywalls justified, why *so much* of what the public *needs* to know (and in an election period in seems particularly pertinent one would think, given the actual *issue*) is subject to gatekeeping when so much BS fluff isn't 🧐
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Ganesh Rajaram Ahirao @ganeshahirao.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#nzpol Oh dear ... An economic "thinktank" (no, not *that* one) worried calls to break up supermarkets may 'deter investment'. I always thought 'more competition' encouraged investment, while entrenched oligopolies put most effort enforcing barriers to new entrants? ... panic mode perhaps 🤔 ?
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semantic nomad @semantic-nomad.net · 22/09/2026
lol at "Iran's all mountains and 90 million scientists!"
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PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 22/09/2026
Party vote @greens.org.nz 💚 #nzpol
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‘It’s past time to act’: Greens pledge to cap political donations, introduce lobbyist register
A new policy includes a package of reforms, including capping political donations at $30,000, banning corporate donations, and establishing a public register of lobbyists.
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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"The planet is telling us, in every region at once, that it is out of balance" theguardian.com/environment/... Time for PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF ENERGY - relying on a profit-driven system is driving up costs and jeopardising climate targets @tuedglobal.bsky.social tuedglobal.org/working-pape...
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‘Planetary boundaries’ necessary for flourishing of life have been massively breached, scientists warn
New report shows key indicators of Earth’s health are ‘outside the safe operating space’ as climate disaster looms
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nancabell.bsky.social @nancabell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It’s not your imagination, groceries ARE much more expensive 😡👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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Jennifer Ward @jenospeno.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The coalition government CONSISTENTLY operates in BAD FAITH. Vote them OUT #nzpol National attack ads against Labour use crime footage from government's own term www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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National attack ads against Labour use crime footage from government's own term
National is defending the use of footage showing violent crime under its own government in attack ads against Labour.
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Ben McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Paxton took donations from Chinese investors who help facilitate the buying up of Texas land, the very thing he has accused Talarico of doing www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...
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Exclusive: Ken Paxton donations tied to Chinese real estate investment firm
Paxton's campaign has taken in $40,000 from donors who work for companies that facilitate the foreign investments in Texas real estate, according to records.
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Kieran @nugmonster.cryptoanarchy.network · 22/09/2026
Good. force national and act to say "No we think democracy should be bought and sold"
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‘It’s past time to act’: Greens pledge to cap political donations, introduce lobbyist register
A new policy includes a package of reforms, including capping political donations at $30,000, banning corporate donations, and establishing a public register of lobbyists.
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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
When Stanford was exposed for trying to remove all references to climate change from the year 1 to 10 curriculum she claimed it was just a cockup. This shows micro mgt by her office over the curriculum while avoiding the OIA www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
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Watch: ‘This is OIA-able’ - Leaked video shows top official telling staff not to put information in writing
Anything that mentioned the minister's office's involvement wasn't to be put in writing.
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Kelly Whyte @kellywhyte.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I'm sure it's obvious to anyone; if they cared about nutrition, we wouldn't have Seymour slop. If they cared about healthcare, we wouldn't have the current staffing crisis. If they cared about research, they wouldn't have cut funding to the bone. Look at what they do, not what they say. #nzpol
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New Zealand First reveals plan for 'bold shift' in healthcare
New Zealand First has released its plan to "Make NZ Healthy", promising to put prevention at the centre of healthcare if re-elected.
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2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#nzpol 🤬⬇️🤷
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
They were cool with the racism, sexism, bigotry, corruption, dismantling of social services and common decency, burning every ally, shooting American citizens in the face in the street, the insurrection, Trump being besties with Epstein etc etc. But once the price of gas got too high it was over.
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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 21/09/2026
Comment: National and Labour are scrambling with reactive cost-of-living policies while the Greens advance a coherent systemic alternative, writes Rob Campbell 👉 newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/21/n...
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♿ hiding from plagues - Always masked - N95 or bust @smollestbunny2.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Labour is a right wing party #nzpol
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semantic nomad @semantic-nomad.net · 21/09/2026
We are living in a Chrisocracy. #nzpol
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PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 21/09/2026
Labour confirms it is "National Party Lite" Milquetoast centrism, clap fucking clap #nzpol
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Labour to keep 'tax cuts for landlords' in place
Labour commits to allowing property investors to deduct interest from their tax bills.
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PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 20/09/2026
Party vote Green💚 #nzpol
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Greens unveil their plan to create ‘thriving towns and cities’
The Green Party is promising to help small businesses get a fair deal on commercial rents if elected in November.
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Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
For those appalled by the ongoing authoritarianism being pushed through under urgency, here’s @nzccl.org.nz’s submission on the Bill. The NZCCL is going to need your support to help resist more of this, and help reverse the slew of dangerous legislation. nzccl.org.nz/submission-p... #nzpol
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Submission: Policing Amendment Bill
The Council strongly objects to the Policing Amendment Bill. This bill removes all limits on Police powers to record people’s activities. This bill enables police to break up any gathering, remove peo...
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