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Māyā @mayaofaotearoa.bsky.social · 1h

I work as a cryptic crossword compiler (I was a software developer but I have retired) and occasionally I ask an AI for help with constructing a clue, a question like "can 'box' be used as an anagram indicator? Give examples if so"

Inevitably the answer shows no understanding of the question.

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bkluna.bsky.social @bkluna.bsky.social · 7h

Yes, he said that. I highly recommend reading or watching historical information on Israel and Palestine from Noam Chomsky or Norman Finkelstein.

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Māyā @mayaofaotearoa.bsky.social · 1h

I read that line "The Speaker has an enormous..." And was mentally filling in possible endings. Which was curiously satisfying...

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Gary Chiles 🚲 🍄 ☕ 🦚 🐱 𝟜 𝟚𝟘 @testtubeone.bsky.social · 3h

This feels like a challenge to compile every instance recorded in Hansard when Winston Peters or David Seymour have been deliberately out of order and/or disorderly and received no rebuke or disciplinary action from the Speaker.💩😡
Every. Question. Time.
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Brownlee plans crackdown on Parliament's standards after Oriini Kaipara maiden speech, haka

The Speaker suspended Parliament briefly last week after Oriini Kaipara's speech was followed by a waiata, then haka.

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Māyā @mayaofaotearoa.bsky.social · 1h

Dunno, are they?

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Bruce Buckman @brucebuckman.bsky.social · 3h

Which is what they basically said, but also “well here’s another good option we offer” which is such a weird place for a company to be in with quality product that does what it says on the packet.

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Māyā @mayaofaotearoa.bsky.social · 1h

"They were a great company before Musk bought them and shouldn't be dissed just because of him" perhaps?

I mean, I assume they were, or why would he have bought them? And the blue bird...

Māyā @mayaofaotearoa.bsky.social · 1h

Renting, I hasten to add... 😕

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · Aug 7

Point being - don't just swallow Seymour's (poorly labelled) claims as to what is a "problem" the government can act to fix. Many of the labelling laws/regulations are in place precisely because we've agreed to common arrangements - and "going our own way" will come at a cost.

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 4h

Re-upping this thread in light of @ben.gracewood.nz uncovering that there is no record of David Seymour ever being told (as he had claimed) that alcohol warning labels hamper craft brewers ... a non-issue that would require us to break from our international agreements to fix ...

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🐶🐾Megan🍓🌻 @meganisalanis.bsky.social · 4h

Please consider signing 🙏

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Oppose the Amendments to the Marine and Coastal Area Act

Join us in calling on the government to immediately halt all progress on the amendments to the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act.

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janetlee056.bsky.social @janetlee056.bsky.social · 3h

This is just crazy. An inexperienced government makes a knee-jerk reaction and the taxpayers end up paying. It’s insulting to South Islanders too, as the importance of prioritising transport links between the North and South Island seems to have taken a back seat in their stuffing around.

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Rob🎸 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 6h

It'll be close to double, for worse ships

So $1.5bn or so for 2 ferries that are worse than the two Winston bought for $550m

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Rob🎸 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 6h

To sum up we're likely spending ~$700m per ferry to get worse ferries than the two we ordered for $550m total

Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 6h

So-orig it was $551m for 2 top of the line Korean rail ferries delivered this year & next. It cost National $671m to cancel them. We don’t know the added price for these Chinese Ferries-hopefully they won’t be full of asbestos like the rail carriages were #nzpol www.1news.co.nz/2025/10/14/g...

Govt confirms shipyard for new Cook Strait ferries

The shipbuilder was the "largest modern integrated shipbuilding enterprise in Southern China," Peters said in his media release.

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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 6h

So-orig it was $551m for 2 top of the line Korean rail ferries delivered this year & next. It cost National $671m to cancel them. We don’t know the added price for these Chinese Ferries-hopefully they won’t be full of asbestos like the rail carriages were #nzpol www.1news.co.nz/2025/10/14/g...

Govt confirms shipyard for new Cook Strait ferries

The shipbuilder was the "largest modern integrated shipbuilding enterprise in Southern China," Peters said in his media release.

www.1news.co.nz

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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 7h

www.instagram.com/p/DPxKMcVEsx...
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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 3h

Why New Zealand’s Lower Methane Target Could Warm the Planet More

New Zealand, one of the world’s largest dairy exporters and a signatory of the Global Methane Pledge, this weekend watered down its 2050 target for cutting methane emissions from livestock and farming...

www.bloomberg.com

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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 3h

It’s ironic that this happens the day after the Luxon Govt announced it will make the climate crisis worse by letting the dairy industry off the hook for its superheating methane emissions.

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Oli - ultracrepidarian @olimnz.bsky.social · 3h

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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 15h

The photographer deserves a medal.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Stuart @midwestmarxistx.bsky.social · 16h

JB you’ve been on such a role lately, please don’t kill it with nonsense. What about all the innocent Palestinian children, women and elderly that have been slaughtered by US Bombs? What about the prisoners in Israel that have said and proven to have been tortured, beaten and raped?

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Māyā @mayaofaotearoa.bsky.social · 3h

I get mine in 300g pots, or make as much as I like from chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice, etc.

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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 4h

There’s a major climate summit in Christchurch but the minister’s party won’t let him go

Climate Minister Simon Watts had been due to deliver the closing address at the global Adaptation Futures Conference, but National Party whips refused his leave from Parliament.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 4h

There’s a major global climate adaptation summit in Christchurch soon but the National Party won’t let the climate minister attend.

Maybe they’re embarrassed about their recent efforts to make climate change worse!

#nzpol #climatechange

www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...

Luxon “goes full Trump” with climate-denying methane backdown - Greenpeace Aotearoa

The NZ Government will rewrite NZ's once bipartisan climate change law to weaken methane targets and exclude agriculture from the ETS.

www.greenpeace.org

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 5h

NZ's govt has announced reforms to science funding

just one line about basic science in there: "Discovery-led science & research will continue to be funded. This will sit outside the pillars & is essential for maintaining vibrant curiosity-driven science system"

yea mate seems like a real priority

A new strategy for the science system | Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

The Government is changing how science, innovation and technology are funded and supported in New Zealand. The goal is a simpler and more strategic system that helps researchers turn ideas into solutions that benefit New Zealand.

www.mbie.govt.nz

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