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Cam Bennett @cambennett.bsky.social · 8h

The One news poll looks like a bit of an outlier. The trends in the others are pretty consistent. National slumping, Labour slowly increasing. Everyone else pretty steady.

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morgan godfery @morgangodfery.bsky.social · 9h

based henry cooke:

1) reports on shocking infighting in TPM, *gets told to start reporting on the government*

2) reports on a series of disastrous polls for the leading party in government, *gets told to start reporting on TPM* lol

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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 8h

Of course he would say that. Peters launched his last election campaign on Reality Check Radio, his political career depends on the ability for online platforms to spread disinfo without any accountability to the public

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

Winston Peters accuses Broadcasting Standards Authority of 'Soviet era stasi' censorship | RNZ News

It follows a decision to begin regulating podcasts and online media.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Cam Bennett @cambennett.bsky.social · 10h

Breaking: Man whose political success is dependent on online disinformation is against anyone taking any action on online disinformation.

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Cam Bennett @cambennett.bsky.social · 11h

Simeon Brown as Prime Minister is so funny there is a part of me that wants it to happen

Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 12h

Come vote for "Someone else" with me to mess up Bishop's numbers! #NZPol

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Chris Bishop received the highest percentage of votes with 38%.
Erica Stanford and Christopher Luxon followed with 18% and 17% respectively.
"Someone else" received 21% of the votes, which is the second-highest result.
Nicola Willis and Simeon Brown each received 3% of the votes.

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Cam Bennett @cambennett.bsky.social · 11h

Really don’t think Bishop shouting angrily into the camera every week is the fix that some people think it will be.

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Cam Bennett @cambennett.bsky.social · 15h

New week, same article from Prebble. Yet more proof these ideologue don’t live in reality.

Cam Bennett @cambennett.bsky.social · 15h

I’m not so sure that actually work as well this time. Last time low interest rates went alongside record inward rates of migration. We are trending towards negative growth at the moment with net migration for the latest 12 months at just 10,000

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Cam Bennett @cambennett.bsky.social · 16h

Looks like TPM are genuinely imploding. They need to start focusing on the needs of their constituents and not their own egos and petty squabbles if they want to avoid oblivion next year.

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Cam Bennett @cambennett.bsky.social · 16h

The families concerned…

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Cam Bennett @cambennett.bsky.social · 16h

Fuck Mike King and fuck this lazy government for outsourcing mental health strategy to him.

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

'Excessive': Two Mike King charity execs earned combined $527k after $24m Government funding boost

I Am Hope has defended the last year’s executive remuneration costs, saying they’re the result of an expanded leadership team following a $24m Government funding boost.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Cam Bennett @cambennett.bsky.social · 20h

Sure. Fuck it. Why not?

Is the share market about to crash? www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

Is the share market about to crash?

Depending on where you get your news, you might have started to feel a bit nervous in recent weeks.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Cam Bennett @cambennett.bsky.social · 20h

Right stagnation basically. I remember this happening in the 90s. It’s the feeling of being on a sailboat with no wind.

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 1d

OTD in 2002 🇺🇦 began decommissioning its nuclear capable Tu-22 strategic bombers & Kh-22 cruise missiles, as per the Budapest memo.

30 bombers & 230 missiles were destroyed over 2 & half years in exchange for promise 🇷🇺 would never invade.

But you can believe our promises now

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Cam Bennett @cambennett.bsky.social · 21h

So the signs suggest yet another quarter of contraction?

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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 1d

More waves crashing on the sandcastles of hopium. I'm famously pessimistic, but the data continues to surprise me to the downside. It's relentless. We've not seen anything like this for 45 years. Compounding, mutually reinforcing, job-killing dynamics. (1/2)

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OSINTRadar @osintr.bsky.social · 23h

Macron’s hand after meeting Donald Trump😃
bsky.app/profile/osin...

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Cam Bennett @cambennett.bsky.social · 1d

St James refurb underway now too.

Cam Bennett @cambennett.bsky.social · 1d

Or he’d get weird about it and start talking about how he’s only ever listened to a vinyl bootleg of their early work as a child act in Brisbane.

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Cam Bennett @cambennett.bsky.social · 1d

Thats just embarrassing. Sounds like something I would have done when I was about 14. “Sorry never heard of these Bee Gees you’re talking about, did i even say it right? Yeah I only listen to bands who refuse to make music videos & even then only the early stuff”

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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 1d

Too bloody right.

The seven stages of your workplace getting obsessed with AI then realising it's bollocks

ANYONE with a job is likely to have witnessed managers gushing about AI then quietly ditching the idea. See where your employer is in the cycle of AI hype.

www.thedailymash.co.uk

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Cam Bennett @cambennett.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah they were ubiquitous during that period absolutely no way he never came across them. Complete bullshit

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Cam Bennett @cambennett.bsky.social · 1d

That looks like an East Coast Bays number? We were 410-7466 my best friend was 480-6133. Ask me my wife’s current cellphone number, I couldn’t tell you without looking it up.

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Cam Bennett @cambennett.bsky.social · 1d

He always sounds like he’s on Quaaludes.

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morgan godfery @morgangodfery.bsky.social · 1d

while the amendment is before parliament rawiri is on his way to an arts festival in china, debbie is defending a “fact sheet” attacking the former whip and her son, takuta moved a motion of no confidence in the party president only days ago. just not a serious party

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