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Alison Campbell @acampbelteacher.bsky.social · 1h

Oh, totally. Another loathsome toad in a lineup of them.

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Tony Hafoka Ao NZ TON @ahafoka.bsky.social · 4h

Here's something for New Zealand parents and teachers of primary age kids. It's free (and Riley and Steve are an awesome daughter / father team!)

#kikorangi
#sealife #marinelife
www.youngoceanexplorers.com/teacher

Teachers and parents, welcome to Young Ocean Explorers!

Explore New Zealand's fascinating underwater world with Riley and Steve Hathaway.

www.youngoceanexplorers.com

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Alison Campbell @acampbelteacher.bsky.social · 1h

He's as awful as Luxon, just differently awful.

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Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 2h

Anyway, Menéndez March has a real point here. Aotearoa has changed. who is represented in Parliament has changed with it. Our Parliament should accept those changes and keep up with them, not try and deny that they happened by forcing people to wear some foreign uniform.

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Alison Campbell @acampbelteacher.bsky.social · 1h

I voted for Luxon cos he's most likely of that lot on the list to lead them into failure. Also the more votes he gets, the less likely he is to jump.

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Alison Campbell @acampbelteacher.bsky.social · 1h

And as for Simeon's BS about poor behaviour being due to men not having to wear ties anymore!

Alison Campbell @acampbelteacher.bsky.social · 1h

I'm in NZ. It's a cartoon about *our* political system. And we have our own protests to organize.

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Alison Campbell @acampbelteacher.bsky.social · 8h

Chris Slane is on point.

Cartoon by Chris Slane showing a couple with a young child at their front door, looking with sad puzzlement at their teenaged son, who is standing on the path with all his worldly goods. The son is saying "I'm moving home. The government has freed me from dependency on employment *and* benefits."

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Alison Campbell @acampbelteacher.bsky.social · 21h

What a cutie!

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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 22h

Aotearoa is the same if not worse …

Australia's social supports are "woefully inadequate" in the face of cost-of-living pressures and rising rent prices, a leading anti-poverty advocacy group says.

www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

'Eating mostly brown food': The 'devastating' juggle faced by a rising number of Australians

With one in seven Australians living below the poverty line, researchers and advocates say that COVID-era universal income is the solution.

www.sbs.com.au

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 22h

To be effective, protest must be noisy, obstructive, annoying. No longer is this allowed. Now the last attribute of effective dissent – persistence – is also to be banned. But the moment protest ceases to be effective is the moment democracy dies. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot

The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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Rosie Sea @dacrispylettuce.bsky.social · 22h

NZ has appalling leadership supported by appallingly ignorant, selfish, greedy, short sighted individuals #nzpol

Veronika Meduna @veronikameduna.bsky.social · 1d

Seems like a good time to share this again - given the government's decision to weaken the methane emissions target and not to put a price on agricultural emissions northandsouth.co.nz/2021/10/18/n...

"We Spent 25 Years Doing Virtually Nothing"

Why New Zealand is one of the developed world's worst climate laggards

northandsouth.co.nz

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Lisa Will @dustchick.bsky.social · 22h

I've always said this, but since last November, I've been pointing this out frequently in whatever venues to whatever audiences I can: "The planet NASA studies most is Earth."

Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 1d

A lot of comments on Mars rovers or Moon landings, but it's important to remember that the planet NASA studies most is Earth. This is less about cutting flashy things like moonwalks and more about keeping communities in the dark on climate, weather, agriculture, pollution, natural hazards, and more.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

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Nic Rawlence @nicrawlencenz.bsky.social · 1d

If you missed my GFANZ webinar on MythBusting de-extinction to sort fact from fiction, you can catch it here. genomics.nz/myth-busting...

Myth Busting De-Extinction - Recorded Webinar - Genomics for Aotearoa New Zealand

Myth Busting De-Extinction - Recorded Webinar. What's the truth about de-extinction? - A New Zealand perspective.

genomics.nz

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Alison Campbell @acampbelteacher.bsky.social · 21h

They're vandals, pure & simple.

Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 22h

Once again this #NZ government has ignored expert advice, which could cost NZers millions! #marine #nzpol www.1news.co.nz/2025/10/14/g...

Govt ignored advice against overturning marine title rulings

The advice given was that by doing so it could cost millions and affect decisions over 200km of coastline.

www.1news.co.nz

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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 23h

Excellent piece by @mountaintui.bsky.social

The most telling quote: "Luxon sold the lucrative Heathrow slot for $27 million in 2019, stopping the 40 year London service, but only 4 years earlier, another airline purchased the Heathrow slot for $75 million. Today Air NZ can't get it back."
#nzpol

Prime Minister, Unions ARE Workers

Chris Luxon, Erica Stanford and Simeon Brown continue to gaslight Kiwi workers, in their latest instalment of divide and conquer

mountaintui.substack.com

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Dave @dpdiver.bsky.social · 2d

Also, I could be wrong but my sense is that huge numbers of parents and patients ('people') completely support striking teachers and health professionals because they see and experience the effects of under-resourced health and education sectors staffed by underpaid, overworked professionals.

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Steve @kiwistevemc.bsky.social · 2d

I’m sick of RW govts trying to separate “the unions” from their members.

“The unions” can’t take strike actions without balloting members. “The unions” aren’t forcing members to strike; they can’t. Members are voting to strike, because of shite offers from this govt.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon blames unions for ongoing strike action

"I think people are getting sick of unions prioritising the politics over patients," Christopher Luxon says.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 1d

The pay offer is "still below current and projected rates of inflation" that is an offer of a paycut. What would it teach our kids if they did NOT strike holy shit.

Rob🎸 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

"parents should be furious"

Oh hell yes , but at you Erica

#nzpol

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

PPTA teachers strike on day of NCEA exams - the dates to know

About 21,000 secondary school teachers are walking off the job after stalled talks.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 2d

Luxon abolished the Govt fund to help industry decarbonise, as he said he didn’t want to subsidise them and carbon price signals were the answer. Then he gave $200m for more fossil fuel exploration and abolished price signals for agribusiness, the biggest polluter.

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Alison Campbell @acampbelteacher.bsky.social · 1d

I guess we can't really expect anything better from Stanford, without being disappointed.

open.substack.com/pub/aecnz/p/...

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Manu Caddie @manucaddie.bsky.social · 1d

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Alison Campbell @acampbelteacher.bsky.social · 1d

Now I'm really cross.

Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 2d

Regulatory Standards Bill will expose the SPCA to penalty if they remove abused animals; it will expose taxpayers to compensate suspected criminals for confiscated assets; farmers can do as they want; Peter Thiels can build bunkers anywhere. A terrible bill with > 98% opposed. #nzpol

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 1d

All of the Israelis held by Hamas are called “hostages,” including the IDF soliders.

All the Palestinians released, though, are “prisoners,” including the many victims of Israel’s widespread arbitrary detention - meaning they are legally innocent, detained without charge or conviction.

Disgusting.

CBC headline reads: All living Israeli hostages freed, nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners released

Trump in Egypt for world leaders' meeting following an address to Israel's parliament

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 1d

Not very unhinged, but: Stop reading a book if you're bouncing off of it. Stop "powering through." You're just wasting your time. You don't get a gold star for finishing books you're not enjoying reading.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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