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Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 9h

a litany of First world problems etc etc

mrjeffhowell.substack.com/p/lagging?r=...

Lagging.

Bodies & long distance travel really don't mix.

mrjeffhowell.substack.com

Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 10h

Don't ask me for links - you've got the internet.

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Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 11h

So Argentina, with its Trumpite leader & Atlas-Network-wet-dream ultra-neolib economic policies has...how do I put this...turned into an ECONOMIC BASKET CASE requiring eye-watering bailouts.

Crazy & scary to think our psycho-killer, Milei admiring Govt will have learned nothing from this debacle.

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Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 11h

So Argentina, with its Trumpite leader & Atlas-Network-wet-dream ultra-neolib economic policies has...how do I put this...turned into an ECONOMIC BASKET CASE requiring eye-watering bailouts.

Crazy & scary to think this Milei admiring Govt will have learned nothing from this debacle.

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Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 11h

Look any top notch finance minister could make the honest mistake of confusing debt with “owning” debt. I mean that sounds so similar

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Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 11h

“Sure I destroyed the economy to give tens of billions of dollars to landlords and rich donors, but look I found some assets to sell that *could* be spent on fixing school buildings and if you believe that, you’ll believe anything”.

New Zealand Herald (Unofficial) @nzherald.nzcow.com · 1d

📢 Willis said Chorus move does not amount to asset sales, insists economy is improving.

👉 Bot to check Bluesky account creation dates

Nicola Willis says Chorus sales money could go towards funding hospitals and schools

www.nzherald.co.nz

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New Zealand Herald (Unofficial) @nzherald.nzcow.com · 1d

📢 Willis said Chorus move does not amount to asset sales, insists economy is improving.

👉 Bot to check Bluesky account creation dates

Nicola Willis says Chorus sales money could go towards funding hospitals and schools

www.nzherald.co.nz

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Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 1d

Checked in with 22yo hardcore Swiftie daughter on Taylor Swift's new album & she's NOT happy

"tradwife/ conservative culture/ lame as fuck/ Dissing her cat-lady image/ Especially for a MAN who plays in the NFL!"
Getting a real sense of betrayal here.
Not sure TS is taking her swiftie base with her.

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Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 2d

Keith, I’d just like to apologise for any offence I may have caused Sir Peter or Dame Fran in advance of any breaking news story etc etc

Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 2d

Good old Bryce: the exact opposite of the imposter syndrome.

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Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 2d

Shout out to my Gene Pitney fans out there…

45 hours from Tulsa.

Diary of a journey around the world.

open.substack.com

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Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 2d

Fabulous pic there.

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Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 2d

Reserving the right to delete this post when I’ve consulted with my 22-year-old daughter.

Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 2d

Been pretty busy the last week or two, and only just had the opportunity to have a few listens through Life of a Showgirl, and I know we’re meant to hate it but it fucking bangs. Even the song about her bloke’s thingie.
TS & MM are a music marriage made In pure pop heaven.

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Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 5d

Oh yeah everybody we’ve got E. coli in our water supply so I guess that puts us in the club of cities with dangerously rooted waters infrastructure. Hi!

Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 5d

From what I can tell about 95% of Kirikiriroa’s councillors & MPs live in the sprawling newer suburbs north of the city, which means they’re in the E. coli zone & and I wonder if now is still a good time to be banging the drum on lower rates given this was what caused the current problem?

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Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 5d

From what I can tell about 95% of Kirikiriroa’s councillors & MPs live in the sprawling newer suburbs north of the city, which means they’re in the E. coli zone & and I wonder if now is still a good time to be banging the drum on lower rates given this was what caused the current problem?

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Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 5d

Kirikiriroa food post:
If you like kebab-y things you really should try Mezze in Made. Authentic Greek souvlaki made with quality ingredients - super tasty & filling.
STREETS AHEAD of the usual rubbery doner kebabs out there
Push the boat out and get a lamb souvlaki -you can thank me later.

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Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks T.

Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 6d

The data in this article is absolutely damning. In the face of this, Nicola Willis’ response is idiotic.

It’s a long article. If you don’t have time for all the words, the graphs tell the story.

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

‘Not sound economics’: 20 economists slam government’s economic strategy

The signatories – including former Productivity Commission chair Ganesh Nana and economist Susan St John – say the Government’s fiscal approach has worsened the recession, weakened public services, an...

www.thepost.co.nz

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Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 6d

Luxon would have us believe these thugs are our friends.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

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Josh | writer, painter, tinkerer @tworuru.com · 6d

Cats are Comrades – Unisex classic tee

That poster of Che Guevara that became a t-shirt inspired me to make a cat poster, and that cat poster is now a t-shirt, as is the natural order of things. Cats are Comrades is inspired by the 100% true fact that cats are anarcho-communists, not Libertarians…

Cats are Comrades – Unisex classic tee

That poster of Che Guevara that became a t-shirt inspired me to make a cat poster, and that cat poster is now a t-shirt, as is the natural order of things. Cats are Comrades is inspired by the 100% true fact that cats are anarcho-communists, not Libertarians as is commonly claimed, and will look equally good on your chest or being waved from the barricades and ramparts.

www.tworuru.com

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Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 6d

Banger!

music.apple.com/nz/album/sup...

Supercut by Lorde on Apple Music

Song · 2017 · Duration 4:37

music.apple.com

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Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 6d

Yes, and a bad result necessitates a colonoscopy…

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Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 7d

Just over a month ago we learned waiting times for colonoscopies have blown out BIG TIME.
Now the Minister is announcing the lowering of the bowel screening age.
WTF is going on at the Ministry of Health?

www.1news.co.nz/2025/10/04/w...

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 10d

#nzpol

To combat the lies of Hartwich. Lest we forget the facts on pensions in NZ.

Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 12d

Looks like a good time in the news cycle to tackle three big myths 🧵
❌ NZ pension costs are an unsustainable burden ❌
Seriously, no, for lots of reasons.
1. Our current Govt spending on pensions is low compared to most other advanced economies. And... [1/n]

Graph of public pension costs as % of GDP for OECD countries in 2021 (latest data). NZ is lower quartile at around 5.1%. OECD average is 7.8%. Plenty of Euro countries are around 10% or above.

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