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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

Is that really so weird, though? Transphobia is a gateway drug.

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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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StarFiche @starfiche.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The normalisation of execution as a social phenomenon was not on my bingo card for this year.

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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 · 08/10/2026

I wonder if suspension/deactivation of a candidate's social media profile on the day of an election would go entirely unreported for any other major party leader in the UK?

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StarFiche @starfiche.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

TWO pieces of bread? Don't they know there's a war on!?

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

I was Welsh and 17 at the time, and I still can't name them. I know they were around, but they're lost to the mists of time now I think. ... but not Catatonia. Them, the Manics, Super Furry Animals and the Phonics were the big four I think! *trails off singing about strange glue and horses heads*

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

(I mean, we knew that already, but it was unbelievably cringe watching him confirm it in too many words and none of them the right ones.)

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

I loved that that question was framed as "Good leaders change their minds about things sometimes. When have you changed your mind?"... ... and Luxon, obliviously as ever, basically said "I keep getting it right all the time. I don't change my mind" I guess he's just not a good leader then.

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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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StarFiche @starfiche.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Why do all four of those purportedly different purported 'meals' look like the same thing?

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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

He absolutely talked about synergising their USPs and circling back later to collect the low hanging fruit and move the needle, didn't he?

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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

Counterpoint: If he demotes the agitators, he will also look very weak, like a man afraid of those he gathered around him in cabinet in the first place. Luxon: Weakness personified. Just ask Winnie and David.

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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

Plausible deniability was never really a thing for the UK media either. It was always obvious that Farage was getting promoted far above any level of reason, and with precious little criticism. Hell, Question Time was probably gutted they couldn't have the BNP on any more.

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

Is it really surprising considering this is basically NZ First trying to be the NZ answer to Reform UK or One Nation, suckling on that orange teet of the Fanta Fascist overseas?

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

Only because "Reform" is already taken by Farage in the UK.

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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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StarFiche @starfiche.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

"Old man imagines a thing, then gets angry at it."

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StarFiche @starfiche.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Impressive is one word for it. Pathetic might be another.

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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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StarFiche @starfiche.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Your loss, it seems. Oh well.

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StarFiche @starfiche.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I did some pretty damn silent work of my own back in my day. I wasn't paid for it. It came at great personal cost to my health and exposed me to abuse. I don't find the comments you refer to alienating at all. Your take was simply bad, and it's up to you how you deal with people telling you that.

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StarFiche @starfiche.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I mean, I guess that's ~one~ way of downgreading a warning 😬

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

You stupid motherfuckers

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StarFiche @starfiche.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Here's my worry: What if they ARE taking it seriously? That would make amplifying it part of the plan.

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StarFiche @starfiche.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

I recall this experience from my own time with EMDR. Be kind to yourself xx

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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

In all seriousness: with the two sides neck and neck in the polls, I think back to how the election was actually won, what was said in the debates, and what promises were made. If they'd spoke then as they act now, I'm not convinced we'd be here now. And if that's true then the public has changed.

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

Hipkins went to visit Starmer's lot. I fear that's 'nuff said. :(

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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

Pretty sure they are mostly tolerant anaerobes, so likely respire by fermentation, hence the lacto in the name - they are a lactic acid bacteria which break down sugars to lactate.

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