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Lyndon Hood @lyndonhood.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Reminder that 'virtue signaling' started as an economist term that meant showing you have something the other party considers desirable

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StarFiche @starfiche.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Well, it was wishfully happy news for a moment. To be fair, the odds of one destroyed data center silencing the whole army of disinformation bots seem a little bit fanciful.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Also, the Alberta independent movement basically disappeared after the Yandex site was bombed. Fancy that.

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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Anyone who could look at yesterday's National Party beneficiary bashing policy and still consider working with them, is as much of ghoul as they are #nzpol

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StarFiche @starfiche.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I've had a full day to digest the debate, and have reached my verdict. I dislike one Chris a little bit less than the other.

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Dan @danxduran.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Chris Hipkins won a debate despite speaking fewer words than the person asking the questions. I don't know what this means, but it's certainly a bit funny

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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Its a 50/50 for the #Nzpol public!

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StarFiche @starfiche.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I distinctly recall my Grandmother's ability to pay 100% attention to everything going on in the room, even while knitting.

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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Mike Smith gets a court date to discuss the liability fossil fuel companies have in the planet, government changes the law so he can't. Janet Dickson refuses to take a tikanga course and gets her license suspended, government changes the law so future Dickson's won't face the consequences.

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StarFiche @starfiche.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Sometimes, when a new article on climate change breaks, I commit to an act of extreme masochism and read the comments on Facebook. I can't quite decide whether society itself has become so very stupid, or if it's just the predominant demographic of Facebook these days.

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StarFiche @starfiche.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Much as I would love to get in on all the Coyote vs Acme hype, its release in Australia and New Zealand is fully 3 weeks later than elsewhere. It's not to much FOMO as it is knowing I'm missing out. Ah well. Good things come to those who wait... or not. Maybe both? *shrug*

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StarFiche @starfiche.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Did they quiet his mind enough to concentrate/focus, or possibly even allow him to take a little 'ritalin nap'? No? He probably didn't have ADHD then.

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StarFiche @starfiche.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Remember that wee while when we went through National Party leaders like they were Aussie Prime Ministers? Does this mean Luxon is still considered the best of the rest, even now? Oh dear.

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StarFiche @starfiche.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

What's one step down from Lame Duck, but still not actually gone?

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(((𝙴𝚖𝚖𝚊𝙲𝚘𝚘𝚔))) @creativeelc.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The extinct Moa bird is no longer extinct! The first baby hatchling was born in a secret location deep within New Zealand's capital. An underground laboratory famous for its mutant sheep, cows and local famous cats. Sir Peter Jackson's family are thrilled with their trillion dollar donation!

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chiller @chiller.eurosky.social · 18/07/2026

Wow, it's the experience of ADHD Waiting Mode™, expressed in a clock.

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StarFiche @starfiche.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Amid all the reportage on the Clacton By-election, I'm disappointed that nobody has simplified it as "Bin vs Bin juice". Farage: The liquid at the bottom of the wastebin, (with thank to @markthomasinfo.bsky.social!)

News article snippet describing how Farage came to be a slang term for "the liquid at the bottom of the wastebin"

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Rachel Prozac @rachelprozac.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

There's always someone in Auckland who freaks out. 😆

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 14/07/2026

You stupid motherfuckers

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Miriam Ross @miriamruthross.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Great statement from National Council of Women New Zealand over on Facebook about the NZ First Definitions of Woman and Man Bill. Women are standing up across the country to be clear that this bill does zero to help us and we don't want to hurt our trans whānau.

Screenshot shot of National Council of Women New Zealand statement on Facebook that says

National Council of Women (NCWNZ) believes that the Legislation (Definitions of Woman and Man) Amendment Bill is unworkable and unscientific in that it ignores innate variation of sex characteristics (that is, intersex people), exclusionary and discriminatory, and breaches human rights.

NCWNZ supports the statement by the Honorable Nicola Grigg, Minister for Women, when she said, "I'm not convinced that this bill will advance the rights and opportunities or the wellbeing of women and girls in any way, shape, or form in New Zealand.”

We urge the Minister to persuade her colleagues that this Bill is a waste of time and money. Time and money which could be used by the government on legislation that will improve the wellbeing of women. Time and money that could be used by cash-strapped and time-poor community groups to work on initiatives that progress the status of women instead of preserving the status quo.

Parliament is taking public submissions for the Legislation (Definitions of Woman and Man) Amendment Bill, click on the link below to make a submission.

https://www3.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/make-a-submission/document/54SCSSC_SCF_9E8E8A14-A51C-4567-AB33-08DE9053A7D1/legislation-definitions-of-woman-and-man-amendment-bill

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 25/05/2026

I'm asking every cis person who follows me to read this article and take it in. It's a sobering account of how quickly things turned in the UK - with detail that often doesn't make the news - and, yes, what it means for you www.liberalcurrents.com/the-end-of-t...

liberalcurrents.com

The End of Trans Rights in the UK Is the Start of Democratic Collapse

It's never just one minority.

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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Hey folks when you're writing emails to MPs about the Marcroft Bill, make sure you give Glen Bennett, Camilla Belich, Oriini Kaipara and those who denounced it in the house some love and support - they're being hit with awful transphobic emails, and they'll appreciate it.

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StarFiche @starfiche.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

There's no way that the current Government would have won the last election by setting out as policy the things they've actually done since and say they plan to do. That's the Overton Window shifting right there, and the door closing on everything New Zealanders thought was good about themselves.

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StarFiche @starfiche.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I'll never forget watching a doco on the US Death Penalty, where a ex-MP from the UK investigated and proposed a more humane way to carry out the death sentence... ... only for those to whom he proposed it to be horrified at the idea. Apparently, cruelty is the point and always was.

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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 11/05/2026

new zealander everlee wihongi was due to meet with her lawyer yesterday. then ICE moved her to their most notorious tent facility in texas: 3000 people, highest death rate, most sexual assaults. and today, she disappeared off the system. please RT: www.webworm.co/everleehasdi...

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Everlee Has Disappeared

Everlee Wihongi was transferred by ICE to the notorious "Camp East Montana" at Fort Bliss, Texas. Then she disappeared.

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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Groan. Labour productivity is just (salaries + profits) / (hours worked). So, if your economy is increasingly low-wage, low-tech and service-focused (hi, work visas), and profits are siphoned offshore... voila, low productivity. [3/n]

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Gary Chiles 🚲 🍄 ☕ 🦚 🐱 𝟜 𝟚𝟘 @testtubeone.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Toxic bullshitters everywhere are celebrating a win. Prepare yourself for extreme levels of unchallenged right wing propaganda masquerading as news (as seen in the USA). That's their plan. Facilitating dishonesty and promoting unchallenged fake news (just like the USA).💩 #OneTermGovernment #nzpol

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Broadcasting Standards Authority to be scrapped

The move has been announced today by Minister for Media and Communications Paul Goldsmith.

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Heather Herbert is .... @heatherherbert.uk · 05/05/2026

"The Odyssey" Or guy gets lost coming home, refuses to ask for directions and blames "the Gods"

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StarFiche @starfiche.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Luke would find even greater hives of scum and villainy than Mos Eisley. Clearly.

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StarFiche @starfiche.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Geography teacher: "And people often gather together and live in the same place for safety, comfort and convenience. Those are our towns an cities" ***meanwhile*** Government: "We have BANNED the homeless from living near everyone else!"

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StarFiche @starfiche.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Imagine losing a game of uno with that many cards... ... and all of them being cards that could have been played at any time... ... and being 6 of the 8 wild cards in the deck, looking highly suspiciously like you were cheating anyway, yet you still lost?

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StarFiche @starfiche.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Not wishing to shock anyone here, but here goes: The yellow parts of Sour Squirms should NOT be banana flavoured. I mean, FFS! Who was designs sour lollies and thinks "I should ironically make this banana flavoured! Yes, that's perfect!" when lemon or pineapple are options? Pure sadism.

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StarFiche @starfiche.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

There are many awful things I've not commented on recently. A marching column of blackshirts stomping along Queen Street on ANZAC day is just one of them. Still, I now have a better idea of what it would have felt and sounded like to see them singing the Horst Wessel song back in the day.

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The Newromancer @tehsamantha.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

The UK Trans Experience: you can be arbitrarily included in a lawsuit that has nothing to do with you, be included in national coverage and have dozens of articles written about you, be found innocent of everything and still have journalists follow you to different countries to call you a pervert

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Joelle Maslak @jmaslak.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

This. Every time you see a "successful" trans person, know we are just one transphobe away from losing everything. This is one reason why it is important for allies to actually ally when we're not around -- transphobes should know their views aren't acceptable to anyone.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 21/04/2026

Beth worked as a doctor for years until a transphobe turned up. Now, she's had to leave her job, leave her home, move to the other side of the world and is still being hounded and harassed by the media and cult. She did nothing but exist as trans in the orbit of Sandie Peggie.

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StarFiche @starfiche.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

"The Markets" evidently no longer trust the US, hence their running higher despite Trump purportedly extending the ceasefire (in which he insists on blockading Iran). How does the, reputedly, most capitalist nation on earth manage to lose the trust of the very markets in which its lifeblood flows?

A posting on the live-updates page of Al Jazeera on the US/Iranian conflict:

"Oil prices edge higher despite US announcing Iran ceasefire extension.

US crude futures have risen in early trade, even after the US announced an indefinite extension of its ceasefire with Iran.

The gains come as market uncertainty persists over the success of future peace talks and the fact that the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed.

US West Texas Intermediate crude futures climbed as high as $90.70 a barrel. As of 22:15 GMT, the benchmark was trading at $90.26, up 59 cents or 0.7 percent, following a 2.8 percent surge during Tuesday’s session."

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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

the greens are failing to communicate how they will positively impact people's material reality nzf is lying about how they will do so, aided and abetted by nz msm i think thats basically the whole thing

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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

the “NZ mentioned” of Hungarian fascism is that the party literally sent operatives here to train our own burgeoning fascists (via family first), with the intent to feed into the rightwing parties, which they were VERY successful at, but for SOME REASON there was never significant coverage by NZ msm

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Char Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

I fucking told you so. #nzpol

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Rupert Goodwins @rupertg.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Listening to Artemis 2 doing toilet tech support calls, as the bogs are shutting down after 20 seconds with a flashing amber fault light. We choose to go to the \oo, and do the other things, not because it is easy but because it is hard.

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StarFiche @starfiche.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Just imagine it: taking off for the moon, and finding out just an hour into the mission that the toilet doesn't work.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 28/03/2026

Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay

No more kings. Vimes had difficulty in articulating why this should be so, why the concept resonated in his very bones. After all, a good many of the patricians had been as bad as any king. But they were...sort of...bad on equal terms. What set Vimes's teeth on edge was the idea that kings were a different kind of human being. A higher lifeform. Somehow magical.

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StarFiche @starfiche.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Even though Formula 1 now uses sustainable fuels in the cars... ... I'm really not so sure about the optics of running the sport even as we progress further into one of the biggest global energy shocks ever seen.

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StarFiche @starfiche.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Alert level 1: - Plan to plan a plan Alert level 2: - Plan a plan Alert level 3: - Plan? Alert level 4: - What plan?

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