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Jedd Bartlett

@strumalong.bsky.social
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Video Producer Sculptor Aotearoa

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Jedd Bartlett @strumalong.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
NZ First's candidate - Elliot Ikilei, spokesman for Hobson’s Pledge, wants to "shield the youth from leftist ideologies, resist academic influence and lead a return to Judeo-Christian morality." Shield the youth from achieving social equality. Beware the academics !! Nuts
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Jedd Bartlett @strumalong.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
@jeffjarvis.bsky.social A new study finds that Americans now spend slightly more of their listening time on podcasts (40%) than on AM/FM talk radio (39%).
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Pat Brittenden @patbrittenden.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
#BHN Tonight at 9pm - Kieran McAnulty LIVE on infrastructure release - Bishop's infrastructure report - Latest 1News poll shows minor parties hold all the power #nzpol #nzpolitics youtube.com/live/034D4FM...
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#BHN Kieran McAnulty LIVE at 9pm | Bishop's infrastructure report | Latest 1News poll
YouTube video by Big Hairy Network
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Jedd Bartlett @strumalong.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
@paris.nyc
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Jedd Bartlett @strumalong.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Bacon Sammies at ASK food truck in Eketāhuna. Top Kai. Do it.
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Jedd Bartlett @strumalong.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
The dawn of the post-literate society jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o... James Marriott "Because ubiquitous mobile internet has destroyed students’ attention spans and restricted the growth of their vocabularies, the rich and detailed knowledge stored in books is becoming inaccessible to them."
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Jedd Bartlett @strumalong.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Talented kiwi musician Nancy Howie has released her annual "mystery holiday cover" and it's a magnificent cover of The Beatles' Abbey Road Medley. Nancy plays all the instruments, and mixes in multi versions of herself in the video. Check it out, watch and share. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_GF...
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Remaking the Abbey Road Medley: A Handmade Cover!
YouTube video by Fathom
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Jedd Bartlett @strumalong.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
www.teaonews.co.nz/2025/12/19/t... The Waitangi Tribunal has released new volume of its Te Paparahi o Te Raki inquiry finding the Crown systematically denied the tino rangatiratanga guaranteed under Te Tiriti o Waitangi by marginalising Māori authority in favour of Pākehā-led governance structures
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Tribunal: Crown governance denied Te Raki Māori authority guaranteed by Te Tiriti
The Waitangi Tribunal has released a major new volume of its Te Paparahi o Te Raki inquiry, finding the Crown systematically denied Te Raki Māori the tino rangatiratanga.
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Jedd Bartlett @strumalong.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Why Our Schools Must Keep Their Commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi futuremakers.nz/2025/11/04/w...
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Why Our Schools Must Keep Their Commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi
Image: Ōtaki College, used with permission After more than 50 years in education, I’ve learned that the most powerful learning happens when children see themselves reflected in their classroom &#82…
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Jedd Bartlett @strumalong.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-... “We developed a child-centred system focused on a broad education. Māori have led the way in kaupapa Māori education... Why now, are we being asked to channel this river, to narrow it in accordance with the values and power systems of other colonial countries?”
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The imported ideology behind education reform | E-Tangata
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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
NZ Govt plans to radically reduce the climate disclosure requirements on large companies as part of its war on the planet. And here is my timeline of the War on Nature mentioned in the article. www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto... www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...
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Luxon’s War on Nature Timeline - Greenpeace Aotearoa
It has been nearly 2 years since the formation of the Luxon-led Government. It has been two years of a war on nature.
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Jedd Bartlett @strumalong.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
"Belief that democracy is the form of governance best suited to the modern world is dwindling, especially among younger people. Meanwhile, the public space grows coarser and more violent." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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France is not alone in its political crisis – belief in a democratic world is vanishing | Simon Tisdall
The populist right offers a solution in the form of turning back the clock. Macron and his counterparts need to find a different answer fast, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
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Jedd Bartlett @strumalong.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Winston, the man of peace.
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Liam Boardman @liamjboardman.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Saying your political opponents are secretly in control of violence against you is a crazy thing to say! That is not typical of the level of rhetoric in this country and media outlets treating like that isn't a huge escalation is really worrying, actually!
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Jedd Bartlett @strumalong.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
If your "structured literacy approach" with its "phonics sequencing and decoding suitability" cannot accommodate a handful of commonly-used words of te reo Māori YOUR APPROACH IS NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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'Act of racism': Education Ministry cans children's school book for too many Māori words
"Our members see this move as an act of white supremacy. It's an act of racism," says Te Akatea, the Māori Principals' Association.
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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Chris Bishop is trying to change the regulations to allow cattle to graze in wetlands and allow quarry companies to dig up wetlands. Less than 10% of original wetlands remain in NZ. I think I know what Don McGlashan would say.
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Tina @tinangata.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Next Expert witness in the WAI3470 Urgent inquiry into the RSB. Chelsea Winstanley!
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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 25/05/2025
Laminated sign at this hospital’s ward entrance.
A sign that says “there is an accuse nursing shortage on this shift”.
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Jedd Bartlett @strumalong.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360... "...unlike households, countries don’t die, retire, or ever really pay back their debt ... the gvt knows there’s nothing similar between household borrowing and government borrowing. So why use this metaphor if it’s so misleading? Because it’s the language of fear."
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Verity Johnson: ‘Running the country like a household’ is a political con
OPINION: Government knows there’s nothing similar between household borrowing and government borrowing. But it also knows that you don’t know that.
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Foxes @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
I am sick and tired of the Winstonifcation of this country #NZPol
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Matt McDermott @mattmfm.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
For those confused by the China tariff news: • Trump caved and got zero in return • No manufacturing moved back to the USA • 30% tariff is still a huge tax on Americans • 90 day pause still causes uncertainty • Trump lost all negotiating leverage
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🫜🫚🌶️ Caitlin Spice 🌶️🫚🫜 @catespice.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Breaking: Man Upset Woman Has Ambition
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Jedd Bartlett @strumalong.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
@mikeelgan.bsky.social this is how AI might destroy society - idiots using LLM to decide how to set global tariffs. Anti science anti expert pro search it up. youtube.com/shorts/yiX4h...
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Trump’s new tariff math looks a lot like an AI chatbot recommendation.
YouTube video by The Verge
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Jedd Bartlett @strumalong.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
@jeffjarvis.bsky.social As we all knew it was never going to be autonomous AI that threatened global safety, but the fools who rely on it and aren’t smart enough to recognise the dangers.
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Jedd Bartlett @strumalong.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
What a fool
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Jedd Bartlett @strumalong.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... RNZ does a great job of fact checking Winston
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Fact checking Winston Peters on climate accord
The deputy prime minister has questioned the country's role in fighting climate change - RNZ puts Winston Peters' main claims to the test.
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Jedd Bartlett @strumalong.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Lunch sorted #marmite
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 12/03/2025
Come on down to the White House Tesla Auto Mall!
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Jedd Bartlett @strumalong.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3606... “We need to change the national conversation before it is too late and we lose more of the key elements of the independence of advice and thought … that lie at the heart of liberal democracy.”
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How New Zealand is venturing down the road of political upheaval
OPINION: Could a Trump-style assault on the old order of government be repeated here? Or are we already seeing it?
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Jedd Bartlett @strumalong.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Ha!
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Pat Brittenden @patbrittenden.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
#BHN Tonight at 9pm - Chippy on whether Labour will push a CGT next election - More Māori and Pasifika will die under Simeon's new bowel cancer screening - Sam Seder on Jubilee exposes conservative brain worms - Medhi Hasan on whataboutisms #nzpol @chewienz.bsky.social youtube.com/live/C2atMVX...
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#BHN Chippy on CGT | Simeon on bowel cancer | Sam Seder on Jubilee
YouTube video by DOC Studios
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Nicole Tersigni @nicsigni.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
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Stephen Clarke @stephenclarkenz.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Anne Salmond: To lecture us on Te Tiriti, you must first be able to read it newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/06/a...
newsroom.co.nz
Anne Salmond: To lecture us on Te Tiriti, you must first be able to read it
Opinion: What does it say about our country that politicians and ex-politicians are instructing New Zealanders on a document on which they are literally illiterate
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
another chunk from today's post — thanks for reading! link to the whole thing is here: bit.ly/3Xu8DXd
fuck this guy.

at the end of the day, what else is there to say about a deteriorating dictator-wanna-be who tarted himself up like a rodeo clown and spent a coma-inducing 98 minutes bragging about tanking the economy, praising himself for imaginary accomplishments, threatening to invade our allies, boasting about hollowing out government, and blithering incoherently about transgender mice?
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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Honestly this is so fucking funny "I can no longer be a member of this Tribunal after four months because I suddenly realised what it does"
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Jedd Bartlett @strumalong.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
"This knowledge rich curriculum will link Erica Stanford to Peter Fraser. His commitment in the 1940s to prescribed subject content laid the foundation for the first-rate education system enjoyed by the post-war generation" The future is post war. Jeez. www.bassettbrashandhide.com/post/dr-eliz...
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DR ELIZABETH RATA: A Knowledge Rich Curriculum for New Zealand
The 2007 New Zealand Curriculum allows teachers and schools to decide what to teach. In this localised curriculum there is no prescribed content, no nationwide standardisation nor effective quality co...
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Michele Bannister @astrokiwi.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
This is a beautifully done extended interview that captures the excitement and dignity of a small remote community with a very exciting archaeological find 🧪🇳🇿
teaonews.co.nz
Ocean Waka: ‘Most important discovery in New Zealand archaeology’
What began as a a Rēkohu (Chatham Island) father and son's routine search has led to one of Aotearoa's most significant discoveries - possibly even in Polynesian archaeology
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Lots of "Very Serious People" don't want to admit what is plain and obvious and in front of our eyes and explains so much: Donald Trump and Elon Musk are two of the most ignorant and uninformed people to ever be allowed near public office anywhere in the western world. It's obvious to all of us.
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Jedd Bartlett @strumalong.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
vt.tiktok.com/ZSMDon4BC/
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TikTok - Make Your Day
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Jedd Bartlett @strumalong.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Guardian: “In this new world where the foreign policy of the most powerful country on Earth has been rapidly reorganised around the fragile ego of a sullen and resentful old man…” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
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Kyiv’s White House wooing implodes as Zelenskyy tells the truth about Trump | Julian Borger
All America’s allies know that Trump is trapped in a disinformation bubble, but Zelenskyy said it out loud
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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
In entirely unsurprising news, the bunch of weirdos the government appointed to rewrite the curriculum turns out to be hopelessly shit at its job. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Teacher association steps back from 'unreliable' Education Ministry
The English Teachers Association has walked away from work on the draft secondary school English curriculum.
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The GREAT HOUDINI @thegreathoudini.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Classic!
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Rod Emmerson @rodemmerson.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
In today’s NZ Herald #tariffs #luxon
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Jedd Bartlett @strumalong.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
“The Treaty / Te Tiriti being protected in New Zealand's laws and constitution” was supported by 81% of business managers/executives, 88% of teachers, nurses, police… horizonpoll.co.nz/page/711/90-...
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90%: Honouring Te Tiriti important
New research shows nearly 90% of people in Aotearoa believe Te Tiriti o Waitangi is important for everyone to feel a sense of belonging, and that New Zealanders are largely united in their support of ...
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