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jaythechou.bsky.social @jaythechou.bsky.social · 5h

I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1672

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Stu Fleming @thebasement.nz · 4h

Because when you break fundamental things, it takes decades to recover.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Thatcher was born 100 years ago and her reign feels a lifetime away. Why is her effect on the country still so huge? | Martin Kettle

Today’s politicians need to learn that she is not the answer to contemporary problems, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

www.theguardian.com

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てんみやきよ @tenmiyakiyo.bsky.social · 4h

ポムポムプリン

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🐻Iona🐻 @bewarethefish.bsky.social · 4h

Can't help but compare the ~uwu he's just a little guy taken advantage of by others~ narrative given to abusive useless shits like Chung with the approach the mainstream media regularly take towards competent wāhine Māori politicians who are the victims of actual political hit jobs.

Ethan Manera @ethanmanera.bsky.social · 8h

“Chung's bid for mayor was taken advantage of by those with an axe to grind about issues he likely didn't even understand.”

OPINION: How Ray Chung’s once-promising mayoral bid collapsed in a landslide defeat

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/wellingto...

He was so confident in mayoral bid he reserved a $90k Rolex. Here's how it went so wrong

OPINION: Once a front-runner, Ray Chung's campaign style and scandal sank his mayoral bid.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 4h

Methane makes up 48% of NZ's climate pollution.

The Luxon Govt's Trumpian announcement that they’ll never penalise methane pollution, along with moves to INCREASE the dairy herd, is a huge slap in the face for our Pacific neighbours and many NZers already facing the impacts of the #ClimateCrisis.

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LostArcNZ @lostarcnz.bsky.social · 5h

The solutions proposed for New Zealand's (and virtually every other country's) problems are always like:
"We need to make people work for more years"
"We have to cut back on services, I'm sorry, there is just no other way"
"We have to cut benefits for young people"

never:
"We need to tax the rich"

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 6h

Under National, gangs are doubling their money as the govt loses experienced cops & police budget constraints hit.
Domestic violence, sexual assaults. meth and cocaine use are all up & thousands of retail crime incidents go uninvestigated #nzpol #kiwi

Gangs making large profits amid 'bizarre' increase in meth use

New Zealand’s meth consumption rose from 732kg in 2023 to 1434kg in 2024.

www.1news.co.nz

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Comics Outta Context 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @comiccontext.bsky.social · 9h

#ComicsOutOfContextAfterDark

Silver age panel with the title of a story: “The Trickster’s TOY thefts!

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Laura Wattie @lyrafay.bsky.social · 4h

I admire Wellington’s commitment to celebrating cultural holidays but I still get a bloody anxiety attack when there going

a close up of a cat 's face with a long mustache .

ALT: a close up of a cat 's face with a long mustache .

media.tenor.com

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Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 11h

Is Jared Leto blackmailing everyone in Hollywood or what

Cosmic Marvel @dailycosmicmarvel.bsky.social · 20h

‘TRON: ARES’ has earned $14.3M in its opening day at the domestic box office.

For comparison, ‘MORBIUS’ opened to $17.3M.

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Gary Chiles 🚲 🍄 ☕ 🦚 🐱 𝟜 𝟚𝟘 @testtubeone.bsky.social · 11h

Kāpiti Coast voting to retain the Māori ward will REALLY piss-off my landlord.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!
Good.
#nzpol

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 11h

“Young and can't get a job in this austerity economy? Govt's got a policy to make it worse.
The coalition's putting the boot in.” -
DR GARY PAYINDA #nzpol

Young and can't get a job in this austerity economy? Govt's got a policy to make it worse.

The coalition's putting the boot in.

open.substack.com

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Sophie these days @spiderandme.bsky.social · 11h

Alt headline: Farmers Continue To Squander Their Social Licence

#nzpol

Government almost halves methane reduction target, farmers celebrate

Ministers describe their new goal as “science-based”, while Greens co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick says the plan appears to be “cooked up by lobbyists” working for farming companies.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 10h

Love your attitude Catherine.
Wellington, lets be like Catherine.
💯

Catherine McKenzie @catherinejmckenzie.bsky.social · 10h

I'm feeling happy to be a Wellingtonian today. It's a good day.
We galvanised to retain our Maori ward and put a progressive bloc in at WCC. We're back and we're ready to kick this Govt out in 2026.

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Bill Bennett @billbennett.bsky.social · 12h

Have I got this right? We can't afford to fund the health system but we can build a Death Star.

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

NZ defence strategy explores space weapons export potential

Defence Minister Judith Collins insists NZ-produced technology could compete internationally.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 11h

Meanwhile Israeli media doesn't deny it's a genocide

Damien Grant the criminal is a fraudster and genocide denier in every way #nzpol

There's no Auschwitz in Gaza. But it's still genocide

This Is Precisely What Genocide Looks Like, Write Israeli Historians Amos Goldberg and Daniel Blatman

www.haaretz.com

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Gary Chiles 🚲 🍄 ☕ 🦚 🐱 𝟜 𝟚𝟘 @testtubeone.bsky.social · 12h

I wasn't aware how much embedded racism is involved in the rest of Aotearoa's dislike for Whanganui-a-tara, until now.😱
I thought it was all about resenting the concentration of politics and public servants in the Capital.🤔
We are a sanctuary city, and that just makes them hate us more.✌️❤️
#nzpol

TheLoyalOrder @theloyalorder.bsky.social · 1d

Preliminary results of the 2025 Māori wards referendums

#nzpol

Map showing preliminary margin of support by council for the 2025 Māori ward referendums

CC BY 4.0 TheLoyalOrder

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Neo Decade @neodecade2018-24.bsky.social · 18h

I'm hella surprised Tron Legacy also got one

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Karx @karxrida.bsky.social · 16h

What's funny is that I think the same thing happened with The Nightmare Before Christmas. The movie was just a modest hit and the dark horse world pick of the first Kingdom Hearts. I don't believe Disney started pushing it at all until around or after the KH1 timeframe.

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Canadian Mech-X4 Donald 🇨🇦🤖🦾 @rangerdonald.bsky.social · 18h

Boom.

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Cate Macinnis-Ng @loraxcate.bsky.social · 10h

The government knows this is bad policy because they've announced it on a Sunday.
The continued priority of short-term profit over long-term solutions is utterly shameful. Farmers will not be better off when the next cyclone or flood comes. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Government lowers methane target, rules out methane taxes

The government is lowering its biogenic methane target for the next 25 years, a move opposed by the Greens and environmental activists.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 12h

National-led government betting on foreign interests being as gullible as NZers about farmers spurning climate responsibility.

Government lowers methane target, rules out methane taxes

The government is lowering its biogenic methane target for the next 25 years, a move welcomed by the industry but opposed by the Greens and environmental activists.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Gary Chiles 🚲 🍄 ☕ 🦚 🐱 𝟜 𝟚𝟘 @testtubeone.bsky.social · 13h

If our journey towards comprehending and honouring Te Tiriti o Waitangi was a bus ride, Tāme Iti would be the driver.
Just like myself, many of us are unable to pinpoint exactly when it was that the bus stopped to pick us up.✊❤️🤍🖤
#ToitūTeTiriti
#nzpol

Mana: Tāme Iti on art, activism, fight for Māori rights | Q+A 2025

YouTube video by Q+A with Jack Tame

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Ben Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 14h

The Outer Space Treaty forbids the weaponisation of Space.

Unless you want the Russians to engage in nuclear FOB rules again.
FOB being Fractional Orbital Bombardment ☢️

PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 16h

Collins lust for killing machines is rather worrisome
#nzpol

NZ defence strategy explores space weapons export potential

Defence Minister Judith Collins insists NZ-produced technology could compete internationally.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Out of Context Simpsons Treehouse of Horror @ooccouchgags.bsky.social · 9h

I posted this obviously to add a Simpsons reference to whatever movie I am seeing that I can do.
Little did I know, it basically sums up Tron Ares opening box office

Out of Context Simpsons Treehouse of Horror @ooccouchgags.bsky.social · 1d

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