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wordsSHIFTminds

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wordsSHIFTminds is Auckland, New Zealand-based composer, Chris Bell (est. 1960), recording in the Universal Mango Research Kitchen. www.instagram.co/wordsshiftminds soundcloud.com/wordsshiftminds wordsshiftminds.bandcamp.com

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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 5m
I was thinking principally of the Greens because that's who I'll be voting for. I accept that there is a "public has a right to know" argument, but I think all the parties have revealed their true faces by now and the Greens are the only party that can save us, at least in my view.
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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 50m
There's a lot of talk about a "bottom line" when it comes to coalition negotiations. I've never negotiated a coalition agreement (surprise! 😁), but if I've learnt anything from drafting agreements and contracts it's that you don't reveal your bottom line until negotiations begin in earnest. #nzpol
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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 2h
Cover art: Strawbs, 'Deadlines' (1978). Cover by Hipgnosis. Arista (UK), produced by Jeffrey Lesser.
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NinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈‍⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social · 6h
Welcome to Term 4. Please make this the last term our rangatahi have to endure #Seymour’sSlop. This was inedible today 😩🤢 #nzpol Description in ALT.
An aluminium dish with lots of big chunks of bleh potato, a couple of tablespoons of budget mixed veges and a couple of rissoles.
Below is a label that reads Rich Gravy on Beef Rissoles & Potatoes.
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Kamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 5h
The American people deserve a leader who cares about them, and the Ukrainian people deserve allies who will stand by their side in the fight for a free, democratic, and independent nation.
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David Clegg @delphijunkie.bsky.social · 8h
2023 - 2026: National decimates the economy with large cuts to the public sector. 2026: National campaigns on exacerbating the problem while pretending to be Better Economic Managers™️ I really hope voters learnt their lesson last election. #nzpol
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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 6h
This is the fourth track on the wordsSHIFTminds album 'Starswarm'. Listen for free on YouTube. #bandcamp
wordsshiftminds.bandcamp.com
Suppressor, by wordsSHIFTminds
from the album Starswarm
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Mask Up Comments and Opinions @commentsandopi2.bsky.social · 6h
#nzpol
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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 7h
Uh oh, it's another "TRUMP ceasefire" (i.e. it exists only in his head). 😕
theguardian.com
Trump announces partial ceasefire in Ukraine war as Zelenskyy says deal is ‘news to me’
Ukrainian president earlier rejected US call for Kyiv to stop bombing oil refineries, saying Moscow must first end attacks on energy infrastructure
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 9h
Ukraine blows up Russian data centres and immediately and mysteriously online talk about Germany’s Far Right AfD virtually disappears. Stop Putin you stop the Far Right.
Chart showing online talk about the AfD going off a cliff edge
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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 21h
I can't get that video out of my head. Imagine living in that devastation every day, never knowing where the next missile or shell is going to land. The first responder hadn't seen his kids for weeks. Every day, more death, more blood, more injuries. Overworked doctors, depleted medical supplies...
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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I'd rather drink water. Or actual coffee.
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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Oh, it's MUCH worse. 😐
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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
German for misery (e.g. Elendlang = endless 😁).
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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
It looks like a garlic bread hot dog without the hot dog. Sort of Salvador Dalí-esque fast-food surrealism.
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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This is apparently a slate outside the Inversnecky Cafe, Aberdeen, Scotland. (Disclosure: 'Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick' is one of my all-time favourite songs, largely because of Norman Watt Roy's incredible bassline.)
A slate outside the Invernecky Cafe, Aberdeen, Scotland: "Have you been hit with a rhythm stick? You could be entitled to compensation for personal Ian Dury." (via the Instagram Blockheads account, @th3blockheads.
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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Have you ever been 'Log Rolling In Wisconsin'? No, neither have I.
youtu.be
Log Rolling In Wisconsin
YouTube video by Wordsshiftminds - Topic
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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
'6' (EP) is five years old today.
Distrokid promo card: wordsSHIFTminds, '6' (EP), five years old today. CBR (Chris Bell Records), distributed by Distrokid.
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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Fair enough! I was just curious. We all have to work within the limitations of our living spaces. 😊
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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Just wondering: Do you always have your speakers so close together?
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Ben Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
50% of that gain should have been taxed
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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
☹️
theguardian.com
Twelve killed and hundreds injured in Houthi attack at Riyadh airport
Donald Trump evaluating whether US should join Saudi strikes against the Iran-backed Yemeni rebels
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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
"And on tonight's episode of 'This Country Is Finished'..."
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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“You crossed the wrong people, motherfucker.”
The cast of BBC comedy 'I Didn't Know You Cared' (1975-1979).
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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Thank you for all of your reporting. It means a lot. We won't forget. 💚
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Day 1690 and Ukraine woke up incredibly angry this morning. "Used", "betrayed" and "disgusted" just 3 of the words most commonly heard, as the former leader of the free world managed to tarnish the reputation of the U.S. yet more. I've never missed a day. This is the daily 🧵
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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"Man dies in Yorkshire tiger attack" is not a headline you see every day. ☹️
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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"The sense of unhappiness is so much easier to convey than that of happiness. In misery we seem aware of our own existence, even though it may be in the form of a monstrous egotism: this pain of mine is individual..." Graham Greene 'The End Of The Affair' (1951).
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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This would easily qualify as one of the top 10 worst films I've ever seen. And it still has an hour to go! 😭
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10/10/2026
'Gaza is a moral tear in the universe' – Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor | Radical Thinking
theguardian.com
'Gaza is a moral tear in the universe' – Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor | Radical Thinking
Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor speak to Radical Thinking, a new series from the Guardian with Aditya Chakrabortty
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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The film of Dan Browne's 'Angels & Demons' with Tom Hanks and Ewen McGregor is on Sky Open (NZ). And what an execrable truckload of horseshit it is. 💩
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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"When National took over, our country was in bad shape." Then, things got much, much worse. #nzpol
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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
🤢 🤮
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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Half an hour watching the first responders working Gaza on 'Witness', Al Jazeera. Fuck the Zionists, fuck Israel, fuck Netanyahu and his genocidal war cabinet.
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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
If by "telling" you mean "superior in almost every meaningful respect", I am entirely in agreement.
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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Oh, and the difference between this film and our current reality is that the US President in the movie is Idris Elba and NOT an insane, narcissistic former reality TV host with senile dementia.
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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
In the unlikely event that you need to be reminded of the insanity of nuclear weapons, mutually assured destruction and, now, the potentially catastrophic effects AI could soon have on warfare, watch this on Netflix. Far-fetched, but only by a small margin.
Movie poster: 'A House of Dynamite' (Netflix NZ).
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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Still, what a way to go... 😐
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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"Doesn't actually play keyboards" is my entire mission statement.
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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I'm sure you already know this, but there are some relatively inexpensive programmable devices that let you set up single-key macros for keystrokes you use a lot. Music makers and producers use them. (There are still lots of benefits to a multi-screen set-up, though.)
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Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It's demeaning while RW politicians drink at their internal parliament pub, receive accommodation allowances and get incredible incentives for life #nzpol
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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"Why don't you stay here with us?" asks one of the two beautiful (Asian?) women who are walking, hand-in-hand, alongside me down this road. "We want you to," she adds. They both smile at me. Immediately, I wake up. Typical.
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judithbolyard.bsky.social @judithbolyard.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
youtube.com/shorts/6JZ-w... October 16 Musk Here's the movie trailer Watch it before Musk gets it banned
youtube.com
This new movie is making Elon Musk terrified. @muskdoc
YouTube video by Aaron Parnas
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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Eeeuuw. 🤢
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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I'm not convinced he ever has (or to anyone else, for that matter - he isn't big on taking advice).
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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I have to say, I'm rather enjoying this new Japanese blend I ordered from Dear Deer Coffee (note: This is a screenshot of the website. I am not in Japan).
Website screenshot: Kissa Blend coffee from Dear Deer.
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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Exactly!
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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
And failing miserably - as indeed he does at most things.
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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
#nzpol
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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Luxo's "Resting Mussolini" face, whenever someone else is talking and he's in the background is truly a thing to behold. "Stop saying things now. I want a go."
NZ prime minister (he may be entitled, but not to capital letters) Christopher Luxon's "Resting Mussolini" face.
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