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Absolutely Petrify Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 9h

The lesson here is have good principles and stand on them. Stand for something that isn't power!

esti @estibass.com · Jun 25

Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.

Zohran standing amidst a crowd in winter clothing

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runningwhio @runningwhio.bsky.social · 8h

Hey, just making sure you're paying attention @chrishipkins.bsky.social

C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 9h

As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.

The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.

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Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand Aotearoa @alranz.bsky.social · 8h

Take note PM Luxon et.all: Ppl DON'T LIKE the #antiabortion or #antitrans BS! We do not like injustice like pay equity removal, Te Tiriti removal, RSE guidelines that erase LGBTQIA, not paying teachers & health workers & selling off our oceans & land &, tax cuts for tobacco & more. #nzpol #aotearoa

Matthew Wilson @mttwls.bsky.social · 10h

Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.

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runningwhio @runningwhio.bsky.social · 1d

#notallcopsbutatleast120ofthem

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 1d

“His main theme was that the country was fucked. Largely because of Brexit. Weirdly, he has no memory of being the main architect behind the Brexit vote. He seems to think it happened in a world in which he played no part.”

Farage - the foghorn of failure.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Nige is no longer laughing at himself as he ‘performs’ yet another big speech | John Crace

Reform leader is trying to make it as a mainstream politician – which involves contradicting himself and gaslighting voters

www.theguardian.com

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runningwhio @runningwhio.bsky.social · 3d

I can't get over the transit here - it cost me $4.65 NZD to train ~1.5hrs from Osaka to Kyoto. It costs more than that to get from Tawa to Welly station 😅

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Tjeerd Royaards @tjeerdroyaards.com · 4d

A visual summary of inequality. Cartoon from last year.

#wealth #poverty #inequality

Cartoon showing a cliff with a giant pool on top filled with money, with a few superrich swimming in and lounging by the pool. A vertical conveyor belt transporting money from the bottom of the cliff to the pool is powered by people on unicycles, balancing precariously on a spinning rod. Signs on the cliff face read 'keep pedaling' One person has fallen off the unicycle and is falling down, passing a red painted line on the cliffside, with the text 'poverty line'.

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beckydubs 🇳🇿 @beckydubs.bsky.social · 4d

Sign this whānau - withdraw the RSB bill

#NZPOL ‼️

Petitions are addressed to the House of Representatives and ask that the House do something about a policy or law, or put right a local or private concern.

petitions.parliament.nz

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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 4d

Important article about the ideology underpinning the curriculum changes. It includes this absolutely jaw dropping quote from a speech by Elizabeth Rata (a Pākehā woman who has a lead role in the rewrites).
She hopes the reforms will be a "circuit breaker" to "ending decolonisation's success"
#nzpol

The imported ideology behind education reform | E-Tangata

“If a ‘knowledge-rich’ curriculum isn’t grounded in te ao Māori and the very people and things that make Aotearoa unique, who is determining the knowledge and where does it come from?” — Jessie Moss o...

e-tangata.co.nz

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David Slack @davidslack.bsky.social · 4d

National so far this term:

Getting to your meeting 30 seconds quicker is a higher priority than protecting kids from cars on their way to school

Keeping school attendance up is a higher priority than protecting kids from measles

Saving a few bucks is a higher priority than a decent lunch

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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 4d

Re sharing these posts for a reminder of what Ray Chung did and the impact of this kind of behaviour (from my instagram) #nzpol

What is gendered disinformation? And what Ray Chungs email about Mayor Tory Whanau is a textbook example.

Gendered disinformation equals strategic lies targeting women. The information is both false and gendered these attacks focus on sexuality, morality and appearance to discredit women's credibility, leadership, or fitness for office.

How it works. Fabricated sex scandals. Sexualised rumoura. Claims a woman is emotionally unstable and untrustworthy. The goal is to distract, humiliate and ultimately discourage women form running for or remaining in public roles.

Ray Chung's email is gendered disinformation. He spread an unverified sex rumour. He used graphic dexual language. He implied the mayor was unfit to lead.

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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 5d

Emily (Emily Writes) and I drafted a letter to Andrew Little about his decision to appoint Ray Chung as chair of the CCO Review & Appointments subcommittee. We think this is unacceptable given his past behaviour. Here's a template for a letter if you agree:
sites.google.com/view/really-...
#nzpol

Really, Andrew Little?

Andrew Little has appointed Ray Chung to head an important Wellington City Council committee. We don't think he should be doing that. If you agree, please tell him so. Here's how.

sites.google.com

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runningwhio @runningwhio.bsky.social · 5d

Charter schools don't solve the educational issues the ministers have identified. Surely the gaps are not resolved with either a French language school or a western supremacy school in a rich neighbourhood.

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runningwhio @runningwhio.bsky.social · 5d

Landlords and warmongers...honestly, what kind of world are we creating here??

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runningwhio @runningwhio.bsky.social · 6d

I DID IT! I successfully travelled from Nikko to Osaka through 5 train stations without getting on the wrong train! 🏆

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Chris @chriscosmas.bsky.social · 7d

The complete elimination of the Understand strand (the "big ideas") also means there is no clear sense of how all this content fits together, which, I guess, is convenient if you don't want your overarching narrative (basically celebration of Western Civilization) to be explicit.

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Shaun Hendy @hendysh.bsky.social · 7d

New Zealand has moved from an underfunded, decentralised research system to an even less well funded, more centralised research system. Unfortunately, as @mehr.nz says, it's far from clear the centre knows what it is doing.

Winner of top science prize blames ‘batshit’ Budget for brain drain

Dr Samuel Mehr says the Government values science, but their ‘idiotic’ approach to funding it will cost them their brightest.

newsroom.co.nz

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 8d

Funny to hear David Seymour tell RNZ today that we have all the money we need for everything. Last year he said NZ is broke and we couldn't afford the ferries

Spoiler: they threw away ~ $1bn to break i-Rex

#charlatan #NewZealand #nzpol

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Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 8d

A list of notorious left-wing organisations supporting a CGT in New Zealand
- NZ Treasury
- OECD
- IMF
- Chartered Accountants Australia & NZ
- CEO ANZ
- Former CEO BNZ
- The New Zealand Public when recently polled:
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

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Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 8d

#nzpol Labour is proposing to create a Capital Gains Tax on property - excluding farms and the family home. That income will help make GP visits free for the majority of people. Is that a better policy than continuing tax-free profits on, say, someone's seventh property? Absolutely. A🧵

Release: Targeted tax to grow the economy and fund free doctor’s visits

www.labour.org.nz

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runningwhio @runningwhio.bsky.social · 8d

For a girl that loves a wrong turn, looks like the Japanese train stations are where I'll be doing most of my tourism 😂
My train is meant to be here in 5 min. Pray with me that I'm on the right platform 😅🙏

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Rob🎸 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 8d

"People will leave the country" scream National

To where, fuckers? Australia that already has CGT?

Where 90k kiwi's have already left because of your policies and mismanagement?

#nzpol

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 8d

John Key left NZ with ~$60 billion debt

Nicola Willis admits Labour borrowed ~$80 billion over 6 years w/ a global pandemic & post Covid inflation

And Luxon's National are on track to borrow $120 billion ($100bn with pay equity stolen) in less time & no pandemic #nzpol #kiwi

Nicola Willis's Debt More Than Labour Incurred Over Full Term

YouTube video by Mountain Tui

www.youtube.com

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Julie Blommaert @drjulieb.bsky.social · 9d

The MMR vaccine is also freely available to most people eligible for public health care in Aotearoa born after 1969

Many chemists even offer it, so no need to have or see a GP

info.health.nz/immunisation...

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 9d

SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.

Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:

* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled

* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages

Marc Lobliner post on X: "Why the hell are we giving food stamps to 40 million people?

Does anyone work anymore?"

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