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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 39m

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Two kiwi riders decide to stay with a rebranded Israel premier tech while the team is suing a former rider who left the team over Gaza ,the team is still owned by an Israeli pro genocide billionaire.

Four riders renew with soon-to-be rebranded Israel-Premier Tech

Team has mounted €30 million legal action against Derek Gee in contract dispute

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 1h

Is a bit here about the NZ-EU FTA alot references to the Paris aggreement.

www.iisd.org/articles/pol... the Talk: Potential trade,on fossil fuel subsidy reform.

Sustainability and the New Zealand-EU Free Trade Agreement: A step up in accountability

John Ballingall describes the ambitious and progressive environmental conditions of the New Zealand-EU free trade agreement and what these mean for both parties going forward.

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 1h

Depends totally on political populism of the day and if the EU enforces the trade agreements environmental targets we have signed up to..

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 1h

Becoming pretty obvious that Sora 2 like most AI is a bait & switch business model just aimed at hype investment as the reddit user describes..

The sooner it self combusts the better.

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 1h

What i'm saying to you is did you super-glue my pockets ! #nzpol

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 1h

Would be karma if french farmers demanded total ban of nz diary just after fonterra sold anchor to the French. #nzpol

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Government lowers methane target, rules out methane taxes

The government is lowering its biogenic methane target for the next 25 years and is ruling out agricultural taxes on methane emissions.

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 5h

Swamp Kauri
Orivida milk powder
Space weapons... is her new grift. #nzpol

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NZ defence strategy explores space weapons export potential

Defence Minister Judith Collins insists NZ-produced technology could compete internationally.

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 5h

I'm kind of at a loss for words. NZ's Stuff published a genocide denial piece on Gaza under the guise of an attack on Chloe Swarbrick. It's both intimate in its attacks and horrifying for what it represents...

#nzpol #stuff #gaza #auspol

Even on the UN definition, intention matters so the case becomes untenable in my opinion, but that isn’t important. Most of us don’t study the United Nations manual on crimes against humanity. We understand that genocide entails rounding up families, herding them into cattle carts before cramming them into a fake shower. We imagine mothers hugging their children as they choke to death on poison gas. On an industrial scale.

One word. Two very different meanings.

The Auckland Central MP’s choice of language warrants comment. Because she does understand the distinction. She is aware that, whatever Israel’s intent, there can be no comparison to what happened in Rwanda, Cambodia or Treblinka.

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 1d

Not sure what a 'guarantee' from a genocidal terrorist state is exactly worth..

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 1d

Yet another Green party in crisis beat-up..

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Green Party loses another staffer

The party's director of communications has resigned.

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 2d

What's Seymour going to do about government truancy !

#nzpol

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 2d

Imagine the pressure of playing backyard cricket next to Winston's house as a kid...

#nzpol

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 2d

MP's literally have the most generous tax payer funded safety net.. travel , expenses, remuneration & pay rises , accommodation, Entitlements !

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 2d

Generational trauma.

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 2d

Just when it was starting to drop from the endless headlines.. #nzpol

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Winston Peters’ partner injured by glass from window smashed in alleged attack

Peters said his partner Jan Trotman found some glass on Friday morning.

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 2d

Luxon apparently concerned about the global world order (US might is right).... all while desperate to join AUKUS , 5 eyes expansion & proud to stand with Israel.

#nzpol

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Singapore and New Zealand sign strategic partnership

The two countries have signed a strategic partnership.

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 2d

Looks like they modelled it on Jared Leto..

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 2d

Not gifts from the head of the FBI then... #nzpol

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Home-made, 3D printed guns seized in Auckland police raid

A 20-year-old man was arrested.

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David Clegg @delphijunkie.bsky.social · 2d

Looking forward to Winston Peters taking full responsibility for this. That's how this works now, right? #nzpol

The Press @thepress.co.nz · 2d

The 19-year-old will appear in a Gisborne court next week. Doyle stepped down from Parliament in September, citing the intolerable level of abuse.

Teen charged with making death threats against former Green MP Benjamin Doyle

The 19-year-old will appear in a Gisborne court next week. Doyle stepped down from Parliament in September, citing the intolerable level of abuse.

dlvr.it

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 2d

Reading this article is like the gov's catastrophic incompetent ferries cancellation never happened..

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Aratere set to end its days at recycling shipyard in India, Interislander says

KiwiRail has agreed to sell the Interislander after 26 years in service.

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 2d

Tick Tok..

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AI bubble fears rise with stocks seeing US$100 billion swings

The AI boom's reliance on a web of circular deals is also raising fears of a bubble. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 2d

RNZ really putting in the hard yards for this gov #nzpol

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Five reasons to feel positive about the New Zealand economy

It's been a year of grim economic news - unemployment has been up, GDP down and consumer confidence weak.

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 2d

A warning for NZ from UK on how deep the weapons industry is embedded in society.

UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show | Higher education | The Guardian share.google/JszxMe9a32dP...

UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show

Loughborough, Heriot-Watt and Glasgow corresponded with companies concerned about campus protests

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 2d

Hone got no increased security, nothing.. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Call for security for MP offices

Mana leader Hone Harawira is calling for a review of parliamentary security in the wake of the Canadian shootings to be extended to cover MPs' electorate offices.

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 2d

Or this, probably just a qiuck mention on the news.

www.stuff.co.nz/national/300...

Stuff

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