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Accountant living in Pōneke. Previously Ahuriri, Ōtepoti, Canada and born and mostly raised in Ngāmotu. Leftie, greenie, ex-greyhound owner. I can get opinionated. Opinions are personal not professional. Doing my best - call me out if I am a dick. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🚲
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Time to take the mince out.
“Urgently awaiting” is the best description of these folks.

Doing nothing, and expecting others to take action urgently.
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newsom may insult trump in hilarious ways but he sucks as a person and a politician.
CA governor Gavin Newsom vetoed both of the major AI bills on his desk that Silicon Valley meaningfully opposed—one making it illegal for bosses to use AI to fire workers with no oversight, one requiring chatbot sellers to ensure their products do not harm children before marketing to them.
Silicon Valley's capture of our political institutions is all but complete
The tech lobby kills off two key California AI bills, and why it matters. Plus: How Sam Altman played Hollywood with Sora 2, organized mass social media deletions, and more.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
And our minister actively overturned her ban here. 😢

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
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ACLU @aclu.org · 6d
Extrajudicial killings are illegal under both domestic and international law.

We filed a FOIA request demanding information on the legal justifications President Trump is using to conduct deadly strikes on boats in the Caribbean.
Trump's boat strikes are killing potentially innocent civilians. They must be stopped.
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. military had killed six people in a strike on a boat that, Trump said, was “trafficking narcotics.”
www.msnbc.com
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The thing is, irrespective of who he works for, this is in a Govt office & I find it hard to believe not one person has ever gone into that office pointed at the flag & gone 'what the actual fuck'.
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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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Has nicola willis been providing consulting services in tasmania?
So to summarise: the Tas government bought two ships, that are years late, to run between Devonport and Geelong, but there is no wharf at all for them at Devonport because people forgot to build one and they can't safely use the wharf at Geelong.
Breaking: Spirit of Tasmania IV ship unable to berth at Point Henry in Geelong, report finds: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-15/spirit-of-tasmania-iv-unable-to-berth-at-geelong/105883912
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Meanwhile, in New Zealand: Conservative US commentator Candace Owens granted NZ visa after government intervention www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
“He’s not technically a boomer”

#overheardinthehouse
Nah - I’m being dramatic. My fault for looking on social media.

I have watched more TV sports this week than I have all year - the Jays are my squeeze’s team.

Pic from the game we attended back in July.
@joeboden66.bsky.social

I was saving the game to watch tonight!
Happy Yankees Elimination Day 2025. Sixteen years, 0 championships, despite Brian Cashman annually averaging the second-highest payroll and spending $3.9 billion.
Shout out to the Matamata-Piako District Council for their jazzy hold music.

Was much nicer than a dose of the usual Dave Dobbin etc.
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Pre-order closes TONIGHT! Get your skates on x
KĀREAREA WINS BIRD OF THE YEAR!
(and I fortunately had a design of this beauty already cooking...)

Now available for pre-order, this fierce tee for the defenders of nature, non-tolerators of bullshit, and friends of the forest.

Pre-order at pepperraccoon.com
I do think the crowbar through the window was too much, but I don’t think protest outside his home is unwarranted.

The proposed ban on protests outside people’s homes goes too far.
Reading about the hoopla about Winston’s address being shared online.

It is literally a public record on the companies office. Easy to find. Why would anyone be punished for sharing it?
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This footnote to Illinois and Chicago's lawsuit against Trump is an important reminder:

* There is no Department of War or Secretary of War, which are make-believe names for the actual agencies created by Congress.

Doc storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Did your field hockey content % increase?
Ooh what are other people watching?
I am normally the sportsball grinch but have watched 2 games in 2 days (#mlb BlueJays vs Yankees)