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Steffen @steffenrusten.bsky.social · 20h

Anyway I built a fun little sports (and soon more) tipping platform. No betting, no gambling ads (not now, not ever). Just fun competition with friends or enemies. trippelapp.com

trippelapp.com

Trippel · Tipping leagues for mates, clubs, pubs and offices

Run a football tipping competition for your mates, club, pub or office. Premier League and Champions League. You set the rules; Trippel keeps the score.

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Steffen @steffenrusten.bsky.social · 22h

Opportunity‘s bottom lines are wobblier than the lines on a Squiggle. All the party has done is confirm what everyone I argued against said: they’re probably willing to swallow anything to be part of government. So, as someone who just resigned from the party: I was wrong about them.

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Steffen @steffenrusten.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

This year can go in the bin to be honest. I’ve been messed around by multiple people and orgs I donated time and money to. People I respected. Ghosted on countless job opportunities after interviews. And more general nonsense. Lots to learn. Very frustrating.

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Steffen @steffenrusten.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

You can also use yourtax.nz to share an image for any scenario you run, which makes it easy to contrast how each party's policy would treat people in different situations. Data presented neutrally can still communicate values.

YourTax card, NZ Election 2026 tax policy impact, as at 6 Jul 2026. Scenario: a couple with one kid, owning their home. Income $380,000 a year, net wealth $1.9M. Estimated change to after-tax income per year, compulsory KiwiSaver included: ACT no estimate yet, Green Party minus $5,545, Labour $0, National $0, NZ First no estimate yet, Opportunity minus $2,145, Te Pāti Māori no estimate yet. "No estimate" means the party hasn't announced enough to calculate. From yourtax.nz, authorised by Steffen Rusten, hello@yourtax.nz

YourTax card, NZ Election 2026 tax policy impact, as at 6 Jul 2026. Scenario: a couple with one kid, owning their home. Income $380,000 a year, net wealth $5.5M. Estimated change to after-tax income per year, compulsory KiwiSaver included: ACT no estimate yet, Green Party minus $5,545, Labour $0, National $0, NZ First no estimate yet, Opportunity minus $45,895, Te Pāti Māori no estimate yet. "No estimate" means the party hasn't announced enough to calculate. From yourtax.nz, authorised by Steffen Rusten, hello@yourtax.nz

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Steffen @steffenrusten.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Making it easy to check the policy behind any number, for whatever household you model. That was the whole point of YourTax.nz. It doesn’t say ‘low-tax good’ or ‘high-tax bad’. It shows what each party’s policy would do and links the source. It doesn’t exist in a vacuum, you bring the values.

yourtax.nz

Explore every party’s tax plan

See the dollar change under each party’s announced tax plan, for any situation, compared with current law.

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Steffen @steffenrusten.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

"So that's my pitch. If you're left, vote left. But if you've got a dad or an uncle or a nana or an occasional-beers friend who's a decent person despite always disappointing you with their vote, point them towards a new Opportunity." www.emilywrites.co.nz/should-you-v...

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Should you vote for the Opportunity Party?

⁉️For a while now, folks have been asking me that exact question. I've been surprised to hear from Green voters who are considering voting TOP. I have publicly said I don't like TOP. I view them as ce...

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Kent Duston @kentduston.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Remember: if you’re a Green-leaning Left voter, you’re not the target demographic for Opportunity - but if you’re a disaffected National voter that doesn’t like the swing to the hard right then you absolutely are … hence the positioning #nzpol

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yourtax.nz @yourtax.nz · 30/06/2026

The Green Party's Income Guarantee and Family Top-Up are out of yourtax.nz for now. The party emailed to say it's starting fresh for 2026, and that it'd be more representative to remove them at this stage. Their income tax and wealth tax changes still show, but this moves results for some.

yourtax.nz

Explore every party’s tax plan

See the dollar change under each party’s announced tax plan, for any situation, compared with current law.

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Steffen @steffenrusten.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Have made a few updates to yourtax.nz this morning to make it clearer that the amounts shown are how much more or less you'd have in your pocket, after tax, vs today.

yourtax.nz

Compare your tax under every party

See how much more or less you’d have in your pocket under each party’s plan, compared to today.

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Steffen @steffenrusten.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Hi, I'm the friend. Questions and feedback welcome

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Steffen @steffenrusten.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

@paulbarlownz.bsky.social kia ora Paul, could I DM you something I've built? Keen on your perspective before I launch, if possible

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Steffen @steffenrusten.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Seems the National Party is using the New Lynn electorate (soon to be Waitākere) as an anti-choice base. Paulo Garcia, the current MP, is staunchly anti-choice. He's retiring. The candidate picked to replace him, Agnes Loheni, is anti-choice too.

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Allison @handle.invalid · 26/05/2026

Behold, a woman!

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Fashion tip of the day: To deal with clothes moths, fill your wardrobe with thousands of tiny spiders, the moth's natural predator. To deal with the spiders, fill your wardrobe with scorpions. To deal with the scorpions, fill your closet with RFK Jr. This way, you avoid harmful chemicals.

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Steffen @steffenrusten.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Watched a @hankgreen.bsky.social talking about why making intelligence more abundant won't help problems that require wisdom. Intelligence helps you get what you want. Wisdom tells you what to want. It's not a technical gap. AI won't solve any crisis where we have the solution but not the will.

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Steffen @steffenrusten.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Blue/green? What is that? The National Party, but the fast-track consenting exemptions come in a recycled envelope?

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Steffen @steffenrusten.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

The one thing no one tells you about Australia is how much smaller its paper towels are

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Retro Tech Dreams @retrotechdreams.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I'd be alright if the internet went back to this.

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Steffen @steffenrusten.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

It's been *checks* 7-months. What's good, bsky?

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Steffen @steffenrusten.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Stop glorifying ‘build to rent’. It’s just another asset class rebranded by corporate landlords.

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Steffen @steffenrusten.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Any streaming platforms banned AI-music yet? I'd like to give them my money.

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Steffen @steffenrusten.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Moved from NZ to Australia in March. Things that are worse: - Internet speeds - Chocolate milk Things that are better? Everything else.

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Steffen @steffenrusten.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

I'm good with AI being used for 'simple' social copy, email copy, SEO blogs etc. I say this as someone who has made a living off that stuff. I've experienced absolutely broken economics that marketing/comms agencies depend on. Let AI reform that world, and leave the creative to humans.

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Dan @danxduran.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

WAKE UP

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Steffen @steffenrusten.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Received an email from our building manager to all the tenants in our building. A building built next to a major train line. It advised people that management, in response to residents' concerns about train noise, had raised "formal complaints with Metro Trains and the Public Transport Ombudsman."

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 09/04/2025

A major cause of rising house prices has been increased demand from investors. Our research shows restricting negative gearing to newly built housing and scrapping the capital gains tax discount would reduce speculation and allow more first home buyers to get into their own home.

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VoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · 17/03/2025

#Housing credit lotteries in #Brazil show that early access to homeownership significantly boosts #fertility rates. Subsidies and zoning changes could support young families and address demographic challenges. B van Doornik, D Fazio, T Ramadorai, J Skrastiņš cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky

A graph of how winning a housing lottery affects family planning across different age groups.

Global fertility rates are falling, with major economic consequences. Conventional policies like parental leave and financial incentives have had limited impact. This column presents new evidence from Brazil’s housing credit lotteries, showing that early access to homeownership significantly boosts fertility rates. Housing affects family planning through affordability, stability, and relocation to better environments. Policymakers should consider housing reforms – such as subsidies and zoning changes – to support young families and address demographic challenges.

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Steffen @steffenrusten.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Hilarious being in a music discord server and being told that posting ‘political songs’ is a problem

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morgan godfery @morgangodfery.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

this will alienate me from many people but i’m dead serious about massively increasing defence spending. not for flash kit per se, but for credible surveillance kit and deterrence suited to our capability and conditions (drones, a guerrilla force, etc etc etc)

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Steffen @steffenrusten.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

We live in a world where wannabe marketing influencers are espousing the value of 'error-led content' as a way for people to express their authenticity. Be stupid so people know you're real.

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Steffen @steffenrusten.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

One way flight booked. As they say, Everyone Must Go.

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Steffen @steffenrusten.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

The media using neutral pronouns for the person Bayly ‘laid hands on’ is not a conspiracy or cover up. These are small teams. The gender of the victim isn’t being disclosed because doing so could identify them. Be smarter.

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Took the kids this summer to see some of our most fiercely protected conservation areas. Was magical.

a large big box parking lot with only one vehicle parked in it.

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Steffen @steffenrusten.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Adjusted for inflation, $40.9bn in Q4 of 2019 (pre-pandemic) would be $50.42bn. $37.7bn is 74.8% of that number. Still want to describe it as "creeping back up"?

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Steffen @steffenrusten.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

"tourism was New Zealand’s largest export industry and delivered $40.9bn. The most recent figures show those numbers are creeping back up, with tourism bringing in $37.7bn in 2023." Journalists continue to be economically illiterate. Adjusted for inflation that's far below pre-pandemic income.

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Steffen @steffenrusten.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

You simply can't Facebook your way out of designing an intersection that will kill pedestrians

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Steffen @steffenrusten.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Traffic Engineers do go to school, right? You have to study something to do that job?

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Alex @shakingstick.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Epidemic of people in NZ failing miserably at talking normal. There is nothing candid about the abomination 'journey mapping'. Get to fuck and stay there until you learn to talk normal like your mother taught you

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Steffen @steffenrusten.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

We hear about inequality and wealth taxes etc. It’s not that no politicians in Aotearoa want to fight this. It’s that they aren’t communicating in a way that invigorates voters to the extent needed.

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Steffen @steffenrusten.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I just imported an album to iTunes (Apple Music) for the first time in 20 years AMA

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Steffen @steffenrusten.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

The right-wing fucks are out there yelling about how it's immigrants and trans people, but no one on the left seems willing to call it like it is: wealthy assholes have hoarded the cash we need to build and maintain a decent society. We can communicate this in an optimistic way and it's THE TRUTH

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Steffen @steffenrusten.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

The greedy rich have stolen the money we need to pay our doctors and nurses, our teachers, our bus drivers. The money we need to build our schools and hospitals. This point cannot be overstated yet we never hear it from our politicians. Someone slap me

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