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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 18h
Reports of another Russian who’s fallen ill.
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WHO demands answers from Russia about ‘second plague victim’ — The Telegraph
Pressure increases on Moscow to disclose information about lab worker’s death following reports of another employee contracting the disease
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Matthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
11. I will not be taking questions.The story of a woman whose data was stolen by two ambitious men who then did not credit her seems to be too powerful to be overcome by mere facts. This is, of course, all Watson's fault because of how he presented events. We are all hoist by his petard.
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Matthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
8. The discovery was not the sole work of Watson and Crick, nor was it seen as such at the time. All three groups published back to back in Nature under a common title, and the reprints were bound together. The first public presentation of the double helix took place in June. Look at the authors:
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Nothing to worry about all good
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 06/10/2026
Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after botched execution attempt, lawyers say
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Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after botched execution attempt, lawyers say
The prisoner received two doses of pentobarbital last Wednesday as authorities tried to put her to death Christa Pike, a Tennessee prisoner who survived the state’s attempt to execute her, is awake and speaking as she receives treatment at a hospital, her attorneys said on Tuesday. “Against all odds, Christa Pike is conscious, speaking and continues to receive critical medical care. Despite the severe damage she endured to her arms, she is still handcuffed and shackled to the bed. Her recovery is medically unprecedented. Her prognosis remains unclear but, at a minimum, we expect a long recovery,” attorneys for Pike said in a statement. Continue reading...
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 06/10/2026
This year's El Niño continues its climb into uncharted waters; Niño3.4 region anomalies are now at a 3.4C above normal (how fitting!), higher than any prior El Niño event on record. September monthly Niño3.4 anomalies also set a record at 2.9C (beating 2015 and 1877's 2.75C).
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Inverted kereru @whatthehall.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Finally a candidate in Lower Hutt we can all get behind #nzpol
Election hoarding featuring a photo of a tabby cat with the slogan "vote puss puss for MP, the Purrfect choice"
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Mark @maetl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
FOR SALE: Dancing shoes. Never worn.
A NZ Herald headline by Thomas Coughlan that says: “Election 2026: National on track to lose and Christopher Luxon’s debate performance didn’t help”
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Alex @shakingstick.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"Sweet Mary mother of God, he said what?" - his entire comms team
Photo of Chris the Balder saying how frankly, my dear, he just doesn't care what undecided vboters think.
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Lew @lewsos.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Impossible to invent something as absurd as the Minister for Cracking Down On Truancy And School Lunches not knowing it is the school holidays www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Oct 6, 2026 2:56 PM
RNZ Live
'Why are you not in school?' It’s school holidays

David Seymour stopped to speak to some children at Velocity Valley in Rotorua, giving them a piece of advice.

“Don’t trust politicians,” he said. “Are you a politician?,” they questioned.

After the three children asked if he was going to be on the news and waved at the cameras, he said: “hey, one question, how come you guys aren’t at school?”

It’s school holidays, they said.

Seymour said they could still go into school, but the kids didn’t seemed thrilled by that idea.

“No, it’s ok,” they said before walking away.
- Rachel Moore, Reporter
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Daniel Vernon @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Don’t be left standing in the rain after October 25th begging for a second chance, enrol to vote now! If you like this comic, and want to support, grabs pre-order of my new comic book: danielvernon.bigcartel.com
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Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Oh my: LibreOffice just made "no AI" one of their official features: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09...
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Yes, no AI is now a feature - TDF Community Blog
One of the comments on the announcement of LibreOffice 26.8 was a simple question: “So, no AI is now a feature?” LibreOffice does not reject artificial intelligence out of hand, but an office suite us...
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RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Julian Wilcox named as new chair of Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori
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Julian Wilcox named as new chair of Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori
Veteran broadcaster and Māori language advocate Julian Wilcox has been appointed chair of Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori.
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Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We do. They're ignoring it, following the model of the American friend.
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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
And another significant appointment in the pre-election period… 🤦🏼‍♂️
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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 05/10/2026
How many Masters and PhD researchers on a living wage would 1 km of this road pay for per year? *1,173* There are 11 km of the road. On average it takes 4 years to do a PhD in Aotearoa and about 2 years to do a Masters. So, 2,346 PhDs and 1,173 Masters degrees properly paid while doing research.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Russia is working on bio-weapons in Siberia.
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Nearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies From Plague - The Moscow Times
Health authorities in Siberia’s Irkutsk region have placed nearly 200 people under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from plague, according to media reports and a statement by a regio...
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Hey, I’m just asking questions. Ignorant questions, bigoted questions, questions that have been repeatedly answered for many years. Sorry, but I’m not listening to answers right now; I’m far too busy asking questions. It’s called being intellectually curious.
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acallan1, god emperor of the Unites States @acallan1.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
I have also witnessed their unique genius at work just outside my kitchen window
 A hawk perched on the stump of a Christmas tree lying sideways on the ground with a squirrel peeking at it inquisitively from the other endThe same scene only now the squirrel has walked right up to the hawk, staring at it from a foot away
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DocDeezWhat @docdeezwhat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
To Valhalla
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 02/10/2026
More celebrities are embracing grey hair. For other women, it can come at a cost
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More celebrities are embracing grey hair. For other women, it can come at a cost
Olivia Colman and Lisa Bonet are among the stars going silver – but workplace ageism means many women still fear ditching the dye
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The Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
On the Chatham Islands, Wellington Bays candidates encounter a vastly different electorate
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On the Chatham Islands, Wellington Bays candidates encounter a vastly different electorate
When the island’s 439 enrolled voters head to the polling booth, they'll bring with them worries poles away from those in the capital.
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Alison Campbell @acampbelteacher.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Fascinating reading; I wouldn't want to live near sea level along that coastline! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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California rushes to prepare for massive ‘Kelvin’ wave and predicted sea level rise
Wave nearing southern California expected to reach San Francisco Bay Area by October as it crawls toward Alaska
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Kieran @nugmonster.cryptoanarchy.network · 01/10/2026
It genuinely looks like the fucking idiot political reporter class considers Winston the winner because he doesn't shut the fuck up. Politics is literally just a sports match to them.
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morgan godfery @morgangodfery.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Given Labour’s complete and total dominance of the Māori vote for almost a century, even in the MMP era, this is an enormously significant shift
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morgan godfery @morgangodfery.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I think the Mata poll showing a surge in support for the Greens among Māori voters signals a structural shift as millennials/Gen X Māori rapidly outnumber the older population. This shift was emerging 10 years ago, and for the foreseeable Labour/Greens/and TPM will roughly share support in thirds
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RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Graduate job seeker applies for more than 600 jobs amid tough market
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Graduate job seeker applies for more than 600 jobs amid tough market
A recent Wellington graduate says she has undertaken more than 600 job applications and 53 interviews in a year amid a tough job market.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 01/10/2026
On Wednesday, Pete Hegseth announced the creation of a new entity within the Pentagon: the Office of Religious Affairs. The office will “sponsor and oversee research, technology, and analytical tools to support and assess spiritual fitness, spiritual readiness, and spiritual resilience.”
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What to know about Hegseth’s new office of religious affairs
"Our department is, you might say, putting on the full armor of God."
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is just disgusting, especially the comments of the governor. Pike is now in critical condition.
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Tennessee pledges investigation after botching second execution this year — The Washington Post
Gov. Bill Lee said he was "highly disappointed" in the botched execution of Christa Pike by lethal injection.
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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The utter depravity of a culture that slavers over the prospect of execution, yet cannot find anyone willing to carry it out with a bullet or a rope.
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Matt Calcara @mattcalcara.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
No, no, this is a totally normal way to talk about a mayor's accomplishments.
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Matt Calcara @mattcalcara.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
My fave, tho, is this one. POTHOLES, people. This is totally normal.
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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Pleased to see policy here addressing scourge of urgency etc -- esp post-enactment scrutiny for expedited laws, which I've been promoting for a while. While I'm supportive of an elevated threshold for urgency, I'm disappointed 100-day plan policies are exempted. www.labour.org.nz/news/speech-...
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Self Portrait with a Cat, 1938 by Swedish German painter Lotte Laserstein #WomensArt
Painting featuring a white woman with short dark hair wearing a white overall and holding a tabby cat on her lap while painting at the easil and looking outwards
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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 30/09/2026
Ministers are aghast that iwi and environmental groups would seek to rip up the Europe free trade deal in pursuit of climate accountability, writes Jonathan Milne.
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Seymour brands doctors 'activists with a grab bag of causes' – EU trade complaint
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Antonio Freyre - Merlino Games @merlinogames.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Oh time.com/7295195/ai-c...
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
lmao oh no turns out you're part of a complex connected system and can't just do climate denialism in one country because it makes the free trade sad this is what happens when you run 80s policy through a 2020's global politics
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tweed is such a beautiful fabric to wear this time of year because it produces, in Dolly Parton's phrasing, a coat of many colors. Even a solid-colored brown is not just brown, but bits of red, blue, and yellow to produce something that looks lifted off the Scottish landscape.
There are two photos taped together. The top shows a brown stone building with a brown thatched roof. It's surrounded by green grass, stone walkways, and blue-gray sea. Below is a checked brown tweed that reflects the colors in the landscape above it. There are two photos taped together. The one at te top shows a rocky hillside with green and straw-colored grass, gray rocks, and a tan sandy beach below. The blue waters are crashing at the shore. Below is a green herringbone tweed that reflects the colors in the landscape above it. There are two photos taped together. The top shows a field of green and straw colored fields with bits of purple flowers. Below is a a series of checked brown tweed that reflect the colors in the landscape above it. A swatch book of solid-colored tweeds. The green tweed has visible flecks of red, gold, and blue.
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Alex @shakingstick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
idk but I like to think that if I was the leader of a historically large political party with a traditional hegemonic control of one side the aisle but was now steadily losing support on various flanks I'd start projecting a little humility
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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Unscheduled photo dump because I was treated on my walk to work today to two quite different "bird enjoys spring flowers" experiences. Tūī: "I shall delicately sip nectar yum yum" Kererū: "FEED ME FLOWER"
Tui reaches up to sip from a white blossomTui curls around a white and pink flower cluster, about to drink.kereru bends around a kowhai branch, about to snip a flower off with its beak.kereru attempts to stuff entire kowhai flower down its cavernous gob. It ate about another half dozen in the minute after I took this photo.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 29/09/2026
‘You can taste the land’: the Somerset farmer bringing wildflowers back to cheddar
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‘You can taste the land’: the Somerset farmer bringing wildflowers back to cheddar
Tom Calver has sacrificed milk yields to give his cows a more varied diet of plants and believes the result is better cheese and richer farmland
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Erin 🏳️‍⚧️ @queerjoy.nz · 28/09/2026
The lunchslop will haunt my dreams.
An image selection catpcha complete with "I'm not a robot" box.
It says "select all squares with Rustic Potatoes", and an array of nine not very appetising school lunch pictures is below. Some of these do in fact contain Rustic Potatoes.
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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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TallFroGuy - Shape Decider @tallfroguy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
8 hours for rectangle that makes you money. 8 hours for rectangle that makes you sleepy. 8 hours for rectangle that makes you sad.
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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is a pretty uncomplicated untruth right? It's in Hansard. Audrey Young found the full quote for her column today. Thomas is a lobbyist & former staffer. He knows how to search Hansard. If he genuinely looked for evidence & couldn't find it then he's totally incompetent at his job.
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Kristin Meekes @kmeekes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
OMFG if I see one more person suggest that people talking about Covid in 2026 want permanent lockdowns I’m going to lose it The asks are clean air in public places, treatments for long covid, masks in places like healthcare + normalization of masking elsewhere, expanded vaccine access, sick leave
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Terry Baucher @trabaq.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
When @graemeedgeler.bsky.social says you're "the worst Speaker I can recall" you know it's bad. Gerry Brownlee, Parliament's ineffectual policeman, wraps up chaotic term newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/24/g...
Brownlee is the worst Speaker I can recall. A single ruling during the committee stage of the fast-track law is sufficient for him to earn this title. A basic and long-standing rule in the House is that the admissibility of amendments in the Committee of the Whole is a decision for the Chair and that this will not be interfered with by the Speaker. The Chair ruled out National’s list of projects to add to the law. The Government asked for the Speaker to be recalled, and to get the government out of a jam, the Speaker intervened, undermining the Chair and decades of practice, just so the Government didn’t have to wait to use the Parliamentary options open to them. Completely unjustified and the worst Parliamentary action I can recall a Speaker taking.
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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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Sara Gibbs is Scary Enough Already @sararoseg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
He imposed Shania Law
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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If you exchange the ability to read books and perhaps even write them for the ability to ask a machine to tell you about them or to put words in your mouth, you have not made a good trade. You have not traded like for like or worse for better. And that is the exchange being proposed
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