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Emir Hodžić

@xovich.bsky.social
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partner, father, artist, unionist, resettled genocide survivor, tangata tiriti, formerly Tāmaki Makaurau, now Ōtepoti

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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
My latest in overland: "What if the bloody disintegration of Yugoslavia was not a cautionary tale, but a preview? What if the West’s exceptionalism was always a myth, and its descent into oligarchal gangsterism and barbarism was not a fall from grace, but a delayed reckoning?"
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
We've accepted that public good funding is portrayed as 'wasteful spending' whereas theft of public good portrayed as 'investing in the private sector'. #EnrollToVote #nzpol www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL26...
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On The Americanisation Of Our Public Health System
The US health system is widely seen to be the most expensive and least efficient model for public health delivery in the world – yet our own health system is steadily being Americanised without much i...
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Vomit inducing - having Paul use racist slurs & name-calling to get 'clicks' & rage-bait at the time when politics is already divisive & violent in rethoric, is a brilliant move for Seymour, horrible for #nzpol
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The game is over, but everyone is waiting for Trump to announce who won #FIFA #WorldCup
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I'm so proud of Aotearoa New Zealand for boycotting FIFA & Trump by refusing to win the World Cup! #WorldCup #AllWhites
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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Watching people get worked up about the Green Party's tax policy that will see 96% of people paying less tax and the richest 4% paying a little bit more Crossposted with @openvibe.social
Two-panel screenshot from the animated TV show Futurama. In the first panel, Leela asks Fry, “Why are you cheering, Fry? You're not rich!” They are standing in a crowd at what appears to be a public event. In the second panel, Fry responds angrily, “True, but someday I might be rich. And then people like me better watch their step.”
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Conundrum: wanting countries to boycott the football world cup, because of host nations authoritarianism & human rights records. But also hoping NZ scores in the second half! #allwhites
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
if you believe in public Healthcare & education, you have an 'ideological agenda' & can be removed from any governing or consulting bodies? Recently we saw total Ministerial control over Teaching Council too, by removing all elected teachers from it #nzpol #neoliberalism #authoritarianism
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
POC Alertophobia: Migrant families in English speaking countries, living in perpetual fear of finding out someone from their community commited a crime.
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
As a Bosnian tangata Tiriti, I never thought of looking at Albania for inspiration. But ❤️ to Albanian brothers & sisters fighting Israel/US oligarchs! It is obvious that there is no other way to fight Trump boot licking regimes but mass mobilisation & mass disobedience #nzpol #Albania
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
MH-60R is a 26 year old upgrade of 1970s SH-60B. 50+ year old helicopter. European AW159 is a newer helicopter (entered service 2015), or the NH90. So the Euro ones would've been newer futureproofing alternative to 1970s U.S. design. This is Trump pleasing deal, rather than upgrade of NZ military
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
This is what happens when citizens aren't engaged in politics, & forget what public good is. Theft of public good is seen as 'fiscal responsibility' & 'curbing wasteful spending'. Without public good, what's the point of the state? Social contract - outsourced transaction?
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
People have been brainwashed for so many years about the threat of 'communism', that most NZrs aren't able to admit or recognise when we get Right Wing authoritarianism: "Removal of elected members from Teaching Council shows disdain for profession, says Chris A. president of PPTA" #nzpol
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Removal of elected members from Teaching Council shows disdain for profession
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Dear everyone, if you want your partner to miraculously get up from bed, fully recovered from debilitating flu, simply tell them: "just don't go into the light".... thanks, FFS!
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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Making science compulsory in year 11 seems like a risky policy from a government who are in power thanks to voters who think climate change is a hoax and vaccines are poison
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
It seems it will be easier for me to enter North Korea or Afghanistan....
U.S. Embassy Berlin post, "effective immediately, all individuals applying for a nonimmigrant visa are instructed to adjust the privacy settings on all of their social media profiles to "public" to facilitate vetting necessary to establish their identity and admissibility to U.S
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
"Students should be in class" is a worn-out dinosaur line, justifying selling out the present with, "not in my lifetime" logic. Yet, those who will inherit our mess are told to, "stay in class, it's none of your business." Well, good on them, & It is their business, & theirs alone #nzpol
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
The last seat at the edge of the world #Aoraki
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I'm bit annoyed at friends & acquaintances who act shocked at mad genocidal regimes of Israel & U.S. Framing it as 'over there problem', while ignoring the problem HERE: NZ Govt coalition openly stands as closest allies with Trump & Netanyahu. We! Have a problem Here! #nzpol
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Did NZ PM at least issue a statement in response to trumps call to genocide & destruction of an entire civilisation? Will Winston bring it up with Rubio? No? We all have to accept that NZ has itself chosen barbarism over principals & respect for international law. We saw that in Gaza #nzpol
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
To my #Christian friends & whanau, I wish you a joyful #Easter Sunday, & may you have a peaceful day… My thoughts are also with Palestinian Christians who are facing persecution & ethnic cleansing as all Palestinians are…
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Or what, they’ll bomb Iran? “Iran is trying to hold the global economy hostage in the Strait of Hormuz…” RNZ & others report this kind of nonsense ‘with a straight face’, as if we all have short-term memory.
screenshot of RNZ headline, “UK-led Hormuz talks demand ‘immediate’ reopening of Hormuz
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Trumpism is international. Culture wars & the politics of the spectacle worked in the U.S. & by being in power with ACT, Winston knows it works here. It’s as simple as that.
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
But that sounds like socialism
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
I hope some realise now, that most protesting #genocide weren’t simply ‘choosing a side’. After US & Israel were allowed to level Gaza & kill 37,000+ children with impunity, why not do th same to Tehran? Why be shocked at U.S. War Secretary saying proudly, “we’re punching them while they’re down”?
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
“It was never meant to be a fair fight…We’re punching them while they’re down”. U.S. War Secretary. & to remind us all, this coalition Govt decided to be afraid of this bully. Does anyone even remember NZs stance on being nuclear free? taking pride in independent foreign policy? #nzpol #BendTheKnee
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
I shed no tears for #Khamenei, but I do for the innocent (like those killed in the school bombing), and for the world shaped by Netanyahu & Trump’s “whatcha gonna do about it?” diplomacy. #Iran #Israel #US
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
The Onion writes better headlines
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
#Kilkenny always leads to “ #reunification “ & “f**k the monarchy” for some reason #FridayVibes
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Talk about ceding sovereignty. First the FBI office, now this… might as well build a Trump tower in Wanaka #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Government deciding whether US should get access to New Zealanders' biometric data
Officials are in talks with the US about a new travel deal.
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
So police can ‘fine’ homeless, for being homeless? Have powers to ‘move on’ homeless. But where? Prisons? We are at imprisoning homeless stage of NZs far right transition. #nzpol
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Winston: we would’ve blocked the bill, if unions only asked. Workers First Union: ahm, we met with you at least 8 times since 2024 to discuss the bill! PSA: & we met in August last year! Winston: As I was saying, if unions only asked on time… #nzpol #CTU #WorkersFirstUnion
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Union hits back at NZ First over Employment Relations Amendment Bill
The PSA said NZ First leader Winston Peters was wrong to blame unions for being too slow to convince New Zealand First to block the bill.
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
This coalition keeps telling us, ‘facts don’t matter’, & therefore ‘integrity does not matter’ (in the age of disinformation & culture wars). Please read Workers First release: #nzpol #nzfirst#workersfirstunion
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Something strange is happening in #Ōtepoti Dunedin, some kind of yellow light can be seen protruding through the clouds. Sky colour is changing in parts too. Is this normal? Should we be worried?
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
This is why we are where we are
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
always remember, & remind your friends & family, that Judith Collins once said “Trump is the best president US ever had”. #ElectionYear #nzpol
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
It’s interesting how ‘we shouldn’t get involved in foreign politics’ people (who criticised anti-genocide protesters), are now experts on international relations, defending US regime attacking & kidnapping foreign leaders, & even defending brown shirts (ICE) murder of civilians…. #nzpol
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
“Law & order party” is now, “rules don’t apply to us party”. It is ‘others’ that shouldn’t work from home, Luxon can do whatever the fuck he wants. It is also demonstrable in their unconditional support of the autocratic US regime.
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
If you accidentally open the comment section of talkback ZB & stuff (strongly advise against it though), it is depressing how many kiwis defend kidnapping of foreign leaders & cold blooded murder of a civilian by US ICE thugs. The problem isn’t just ‘over there’. It is here too…
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
We need more sanctions on Russia, I mean, if you speak against Putin you just get taken away! oh, wait…
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
International law & order are dead. Israel/US killed any false sense of security smaller nations had (under UN). This is a sign of things to come. NZ govt have aligned NZ with Trump & Netanyahu. We need to understand & accept this. We can only apply pressure on the opposition & vote #nzpol
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
US regime attacking another sovereign country for their resources didn’t shock me. What I’m still sad about is the absence of any meaningful opposition. And how easy it was for NZ media to ignore our government’s alignment with such regime #nzpol
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
At the rate I’m experiencing passing of time, I’m just leaving the damn tree up… Happy today, everyone
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
So, Palestinian Christians aren’t innocent?
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
On this day in 1888, Van Gogh cut off his ear. While this incident marked the turning point in artist’s mental health, it had little influence on others - unlike the partition of #Ireland by the British parliament. Which also happened on this day in 1920, when Government of Ireland Act was passed.
Van Gogh self portrait with bandaged ear
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
As long as NZ govt maintains our vassal state status to the Trumpist regime, brown shirts like Destiny will only get emboldened with time. I didn’t hear a single journalist ask our PM what is NZs position on ICE raids, troops on streets, & undemocratic consolidation of power by the regime #nzpol
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Dunedin’s Dr Robert C Begg led “The New Zealand Legion” in 1930s. A crypto-fascist movement that allegedly had 20,000 members, largely businessmen & ex military conservatives. After legion’s breakup, Begg returned to private life while prominent members & supporters joined the newly formed National
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Outlook auto-reply set, check. Place work phone in a sealed plastic bag & burry it in the backyard, check.
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
We know this terrorist attack will be used by those who feed divisions & collectivise us into “us & them”, like Netenyahu already has. But do remember Ahmed, who risked his life to save others. Thoughts with all Jewish & Muslim communities who fear for their safety due to actions of hateful few
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Emir Hodžić @xovich.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
#FIFA giving a crypto-fascist a ‘peace prize’, reminds us when Mussolini didn’t use the 1934 world cup hosting for propaganda purposes. It also demonstrates that FIFA isn’t corrupt or about money…
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