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David Clegg @delphijunkie.bsky.social · 2h

Ok, now we've got that off our chest, the next question for reporters to ask is "Why is National going to abolish the Waitangi Tribunal?"

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 3h

It’s called lying. #nzpol “National leader Christopher Luxon has incorrectly suggested that an allegation about the Greens originated from the media - when it in fact came from his Minister.”

thepost.co.nz

Luxon wrongly suggests allegation about Greens originated with media

Todd McClay had alleged the Greens were “joining with foreign actors” to make a complaint to the EU.

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Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 5h

It's 2026 and the Israel lobby is *still* going with "the situation is too complex, you wouldn't understand". In this case, it forms the basis of a ludicrous BSA complaint against an interview on RNZ with Médecins Sans Frontières.

rnz.co.nz

Broadcasting Standards Authority dismisses complaints against RNZ interview with Médecins Sans Frontières

The Broadcasting Standards Authority has ruled in favour of RNZ over a Saturday Morning interview with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

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Jeremy @callmenerdy.com · 6h

In case you were wondering what it'd be like to talk to somebody from the 18% who "strongly approve" of the job Trump is doing.

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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 5h

This dumbass spam that doesn't even tell you what company it's purportedly from is clearly aimed at the very, very hard of thinking.

What account? What company? What membership status? It seems you have to guess...

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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 5h

A jazz musician whose playing I've loved for decades and who I followed on another platform, I noticed yesterday was promoting Scientology. He's probably been a member since before I started listening to his music, but sorry: That's an instant unfollow.

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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 6h

Yesterday, I bought a new virtual instrument. Partly because it was on sale, and partly because I don't already have a good example of this instrument in my library. A full 10 pages of its 66-page manual are taken up by a licence and terms and conditions. 🙄

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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

For all fans of Eno and his incredible body of work: He now has a YouTube channel streaming his music and videos non-stop. A genius idea. It's called THE STATION.

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Brian Eno | The Station

YouTube video by Brian Eno

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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 22h

I can’t speak for NZ’s electoral history, but can authoritatively say that nothing like what I'm studying at present around the far-right's influence operations, coordinated messaging, & related funding (propped by billionaires) was this evident in the lead up to the 2023 general election. #nzpol

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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 22h

What is the point of showing a trailer for a TV shows broadcast on Wednesday on Thursday? Are the people at ThreeNow brain-dead?

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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Considering Netanyahu's recent claims to the UN (paraphrased: "Israel isn't committing genocide, it's saving the rest of the world from genocide"), I wouldn't put anything past him and his government, false flag operations included.

theguardian.com

Pilot who stabbed co-pilot on Israel-bound plane may have tried to crash it, says Netanyahu

Accused pilot being questioned in Saudi Arabia as Israeli officials investigate if incident was attempted terror attack

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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I can't be the only New Zealander disgusted that not only are our supermarkets raking in obscene profits, but also that some are incapable of maintaining stock levels. I only shop online with Woolworths, so I don't know about the others, but there are items out of stock every week, some permanently.

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KiwiNikki @kiwinikki.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I wish the media would come up with headlines like- Seymour thinks it’s fine to feed schools kids unrecognisable slop. Inflation is up again. Thanks, National! You can’t afford to eat? ‘Cry me a river’ says #Sorted. Company liquidations as high as GFC. ‘Be adult’ Luxon whines. Do the research.

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James W @jamesw228.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Heard a lawyer on RNZ saying the best course of action that the govt could take to respond to the complaint logged with the EU about the breach of the FTA would be to strengthen our climate response to rectify the issue Looking forward to that pivot mid campaign from the Nats, ACT & NZF #nzpol

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

What? Abandoning the institutional infrastructure of a $3 billion industry to save … $1 million? This the guilds, the orgs representing different communities, Equity, Spada. www.rnz.co.nz/news/communi...

rnz.co.nz

'Significant change': NZ Film Commission scraps major source of funding for organisations

A major source of public funding for film and screen sector organisations is set to end after more than two decades of it being offered.

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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

For all fans of Eno and his incredible body of work: He now has a YouTube channel streaming his music and videos non-stop. A genius idea. It's called THE STATION.

youtube.com

Brian Eno | The Station

YouTube video by Brian Eno

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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Bowranda: New Zealand's favourite outdoor roof." I don't recall anyone asking *me*. Besides, it is in the nature of roofs to be outdoors. That's the most important part of being a roof. They're of no use indoors.

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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Flash-looking black and gold Ninja coffee machine "by David Beckham". It still makes espresso but it bends.

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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The NZ Govt travels the world telling people how they take their climate commitments seriously. But at home they dismantle every policy that constrains emissions and subsidise more emissions. So we've joined international efforts to hold them to account. www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...

greenpeace.org

Greenpeace joins complaint to EU over NZ climate policy reversal - Greenpeace Aotearoa

The complaint addresses Government reversal of climate policies, which Greenpeace has labelled a 'race to the bottom on environmental regulation'.

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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There's so much crime in the UK nowadays that the police have come up with special vocabulary to describe it: e.g., bilking (driving off without paying for fuel), Hanoi burglary (breaking in to steal car keys), twoccing (taking eithout owner's consent), going cunch (selling drugs in a rural area).

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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

ThreeNow channels have started doing thing (largely with US true crime shows - I hesitate to call them docos) where they neglect to tell you it's a multi-part story and they just cut it off after an hour, mid-story, with no further explanation. 😡

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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It may only be my current events-induced insanity, or a delayed psilocybin flashback, but one leading member of the National Party seems to have been sporting a pair of iron nipples for the past couple of days. 🤨 😬 #nzpol

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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade thinks the reversal of the oil and gas exploration ban breached the EU Free Trade Agreement. How do we know? Because they accidentally leaked their own legal opinion in Sep 2024. newsroom.co.nz/2024/10/01/g... www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I am tempted to eat the leftover jambalaya I made for lunch for dinner. And there's not a damn thing you can do to stop me.

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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

From things that can and cannot be said

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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Wonder if anyone willask whether govt has simply given up on people who can't find work in this low demand, sale at briscoes, profits above wages economy? Yesterday's benefit forecasts suggest we will miss the govt's target by over 60,000 people!

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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

'Line of Fire' on TVNZ+ is American cheese: artificial flavours and unnatural ingredients. Disappointing.

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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Mixing music is the most tiring part of the composition, recording and production process, and not only for your hearing. I mix as I compose and audition sounds, but I don't know how people who mix audio for a living manage it. I guess it becomes easier once you know exactly what you're doing. 😊

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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

You may like to watch this if you've had bogus, or even legitimate, copyright claims against a video you posted on your video channel. It's also of interest if you've had one of those infuriating claims via a music distributor.

youtu.be

I Finally Defeated Every Copyright Claim on My Channel (ft. LegalEagle)

YouTube video by Rick Beato

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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I've finally used my last bag of the sadly discontinued Birds Eye plant-based chicken strips from the freezer. Oh, calamity. Oh, woe is me. 😭

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Ka pū te ruha - Toitū Te Tiriti @kaputeruha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This comment sums it up for me. What good is an economy that crushes its own citizens while lining the pockets of a privileged few? #nzpol

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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 29/09/2026

will the cornell seven feel shame? i'm not entirely sure. trump proved you can commit rape, push through the shame barrier (if that even exists), and be rewarded with fame, money and the presidency: www.webworm.co/cornell7/

webworm.co

Will The Cornell 7 Feel Shame?

"This imbalance, this incredible violence, has been here with us since the dawn of time. We just celebrate it now. We listen to the rapists on massive podcasts; watch their movies; listen to their mus...

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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Good to see this banger doing the rounds again #nzpol

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Ryan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 29/09/2026

Nicola’s ferries won’t arrive until 2029, if ever. IREX would’ve been sailing by now and cost less that just one of National’s new RONs, that they now also can’t build. You only have a few weeks left to enrol. If you aren’t enrolled, your vote is like Nicola’s ferries. non-existent. #nzpol

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Matt Kavanagh @mattkavanagh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My neighbor told me his AI company keep eating all his investors’ capital so I asked how much capital he has and he said he just goes to the market and gets more capital so I said it sounds like he’s just feeding institutional investors to AI then his CFO started crying.

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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

There's a programme coming up on Sky Open next month called 'World's Biggest Curry Restaurant'. They'll make TV shows about anything these days.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

For all we know at the moment, the 5 men arrested near RAF Fairford might have been on a stag night. But the wild claims by Trump and Rubio suggest that, if they'd been apprehended in the US, they would have been denied due process. I hope our government tells them to butt out of our justice system.

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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Rose Matafeo is so sexy. . . . . . . . . For a moment, I thought I'd accidentally typed that into Bluesky and posted it. Phew.

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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Nicky No Boats says the government's books are "within a shadow" of being in surplus. Would that be the shadow of the invisible ferries, or the shadow of The Grim Reaper looming over the poor, the non-white and the disadvantaged? #nzpol

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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Despite the current mood of green-hued optimism, as an inveterate pessimist I can't help thinking that the nation's many numpties will just vote for the same bunch of fascisto-tory turkeys again, expecting a different outcome, just because.

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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I went for a haircut. First time in about 18 months. The young Iraqi barber spoke good English but couldn't quite grasp I wanted a trim. So a bizarre scenario ensued, when, after asking where I'm from, it emerged I'd lived in Germany for 12 years.

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Along with others, I've had a bit to say about Simeon Brown's deranged 2024 Transport GPS. But this is actually shocking. It was altered *after the consultation period* to make the books look better – in a way that wrecks the National Land Transport Fund. www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/09/29/t...

greaterauckland.org.nz

Transport borrowing comes back to bite - Greater Auckland

Today, Treasury is releasing the Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update (or PREFU) ahead of the election. So I figured it was worth looking at a significant recent change to the way transport expendi...

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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"You cannot trust a man until you know of his defeats I thought over this in P.J. Clark's statue of Robert Burns he sat so deep in thought I felt the deep snow of Scotland in his heart and in that savage land I took my guitar in my hand I sang of the snow in Central Park..."

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Jackie Leven - Snow in Central Park (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Jackie Leven Official

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