Andrew
@openpolicy.bsky.social
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I think and know about open government and freedom of information. All posts in a personal capacity, RTs ≠ endorsement. Born at 323 ppm
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openpolicy.bsky.social
Netanyahu was never interested in a #ceasefire.

It was always about ethnic cleansing, colonialism and genocide.

The west won’t act as he burns children alive.

It is the biggest moral failure of our time, and the failure to stop it hasn’t even done what the Democrats hoped - secure re-election.
Screenshot of a tweet by the Haaretz newspaper on Xitter, which reads:
“Netanyahu's government is not seeking to revive hostage talks and the political leadership is pushing for the gradual annexation of large parts of the Gaza Strip, senior defense officials tell Haaretz.”
The tweet was posted at 9:45 am NZ time on 14 October 2024.
https://x.com/haaretzcom/status/1845566429078458563
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irlagainstfascism.bsky.social
Miriam Margolyes is just a warrior woman. That's the post.

She said it all.
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privacymatters.bsky.social
And yet in the UK soooo many people are not eligible for a Covid jab. If they want one they need to stump up £90-£99 (as I will next week)
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danieljbruce.bsky.social
“There appear to be very few levers the government has available to recover anything close to the £122m…. The whole case stands as a further indictment of the ‘VIP lane’ & the flawed, wasteful procurement of PPE during the pandemic.”

@transparencyuk.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Will UK taxpayers get their £122m back from PPE Medpro?
The high court told the company linked to Michelle Mone to pay up over the supply of defective gowns, but there appears no clear route to reclaim the funds
www.theguardian.com
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waylon18.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Ideally Labour should not be trapped by financial bullying of bond markets and OBR. Resuscitate Keynes if you can do it you can afford it. Real resource availability is the crucial constraint. Financial orthodoxy primarily favours the wealthy
Rachel Reeves v the OBR: chancellor aims to loosen the watchdog’s grip
Labour embraced the forecaster’s powerful role, but now finds itself scrambling in the face of gloomy projections
www.theguardian.com
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drjennya.bsky.social
Important piece about Republican disinformation passed off as "bad memes" #polcomm
matthew.flux.community
There is no left-wing violence in Chicago or Portland. It simply is not happening.

It's so not happening, in fact, that Republicans in Oregon took footage from two South American countries to create a hoax photo about Portland.

They have no actual violent footage to put forward.
Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America
A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland
www.theguardian.com
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meatmechsuit.bsky.social
To ask a pakeha majority to remove representation of an indigenous minority is ongoing white supremacist colonisation. #nzpol
theloyalorder.bsky.social
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
openpolicy.bsky.social
Well McNulty’s tepid approval of her in his voting guide on Reddit won’t have harmed her either.
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notjustdna.bsky.social
If you haven’t seen it already – I imagine almost everyone already has, but you can watch it again 😊 – this makes for excellent watching with a beer 🍺 or wine 🍷, or juice 🧃. They are Juice Media, after all! ⬇️
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The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!
Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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nickofnz.bsky.social
Madeleine Habib, captain of the Conscience vessel of the Sumud Flotilla, was arrested by Israeli forces on 8 October and detained in Israel’s Ketziot prison.

Habib has been told she will be ‘indefinitely detained’ by Israel unless she signs a waiver.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Australian on pro-Palestinian aid flotilla told she will be ‘indefinitely detained’ by Israel unless she signs waiver
Madeleine Habib, who captained the Conscience ship, was arrested by Israeli forces on 8 October and detained in Israel’s Ketziot prison
www.theguardian.com
openpolicy.bsky.social
The inheritor of Steve Jobs’ Reality Distortion Field?
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psna-otautahi.bsky.social
Israel has bombed Lebanon and/or murdered someone there every single day since the “ceasefire” there

Hours into the Gaza ceasefire, Israel launched heavy air strikes on Southern Lebanon

Peters wants us to accept the Trump “plan” as if we haven’t seen Israel’s record on keeping ceasefires

#NZPol
openpolicy.bsky.social
So, in Barcelona there’s a beer in a craft brewery with an unexpected name.
A bottle of beer called ‘Pakeha’.
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govacctproj.bsky.social
🌪️ Now on @bloomberg.com: "FEMA Tells Staff to Name Whistleblowers or Risk Losing Jobs"

FEMA staff who signed a letter opposing the Trump administration’s cuts to disaster relief programs have been questioned to identify colleagues who supported or circulated the letter.

📸 Credit: Sharon Karr
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kjephd.bsky.social
In friend-enemy politics, the moral desert or virtue of those designated as the political enemy is irrelevant, just as the depravity & corruption of one's friends is irrelevant.

All that matters in this political mode—all that determines your deservingness—is your alignment as one or the other
clarajeffery.bsky.social
The right-wing is justifying shooting priests
mmfa.bsky.social
A Newsmax host defended ICE agents shooting a minister in the head with a pepper ball by falsely claiming he was “actually an antifa member masquerading as a pastor.”
openpolicy.bsky.social
If there were a remake of The Big Short, I suspect some of the data referred to in this article would be used to help inform a bet on the market being placed.
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heidikitrosser.bsky.social
Painful to hear the fear in her voice as she says, "let them know." And as others have noted, this seems to violate Judge Ellis's order issued just yesterday about arresting journalists & also about unnecessary physical force. (See 1(a) and 1(h) of order). storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Join us on Thurs 23 October for this free online session looking at the wealth of new data on the site:

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openpolicy.bsky.social
Just imagining what Simeon and Nicola are thinking about recent protests outside their offices.
judah-grunstein.bsky.social
As a reverend, this guy is both really articulate and politically compelling, and the Robert Redford rugged good looks don't hurt.

A multi-denominational vigil of religious leaders at every ICE facility being protested would also be a powerful political device.
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Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.

They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.
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cardiokiwi.bsky.social
On October 10, 2024 the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) officially declared the Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) extinct. Congratulations, stupid humans. 😔😠
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alqudsnewsnet.bsky.social
With unbreakable determination..... Hundreds of thousands return to Gaza city after being forcefully evacuated from it.