🐻Iona🐻
@bewarethefish.bsky.social
Chaotic soft bear residing in Pōneke. She/her.
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Please someone work out how much the Regulatory Standards Act has cost the long suffering taxpayer so far. I think we all deserve to know what the going rate for dadaesque satire is nowadays.
November 26, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Please someone work out how much the Regulatory Standards Act has cost the long suffering taxpayer so far. I think we all deserve to know what the going rate for dadaesque satire is nowadays.
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this is so fucked given the multitude of live issues with “AI” use in medicine - veracity, privacy, functionality
but the fact AI has been directly implicated in suicides *should* ensure that it’s ruled out entirely in this space, especially given the lack of resources currently
but the fact AI has been directly implicated in suicides *should* ensure that it’s ruled out entirely in this space, especially given the lack of resources currently
📢 A new AI tool will be a "real game changer in providing faster and real time access to support", says the mental health minister.
👉 Report issues, make suggestions
👉 Report issues, make suggestions
Mental health data won't be misused by new AI navigation tool - minister
www.rnz.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 AM
this is so fucked given the multitude of live issues with “AI” use in medicine - veracity, privacy, functionality
but the fact AI has been directly implicated in suicides *should* ensure that it’s ruled out entirely in this space, especially given the lack of resources currently
but the fact AI has been directly implicated in suicides *should* ensure that it’s ruled out entirely in this space, especially given the lack of resources currently
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'Arranged via Snapchat'.
Has someone checked to see if David Seymour's face is pixellated like this?
(I guess he can't really be described as a business executive - just a twat)
#nzpol
Has someone checked to see if David Seymour's face is pixellated like this?
(I guess he can't really be described as a business executive - just a twat)
#nzpol
November 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
'Arranged via Snapchat'.
Has someone checked to see if David Seymour's face is pixellated like this?
(I guess he can't really be described as a business executive - just a twat)
#nzpol
Has someone checked to see if David Seymour's face is pixellated like this?
(I guess he can't really be described as a business executive - just a twat)
#nzpol
And our press gallery are going to eat it up 🙃
Really getting the feeling National are going to campaign on the line “What you didn’t like about the last term is all ACT’s fault!”
November 26, 2025 at 4:12 AM
And our press gallery are going to eat it up 🙃
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Auckland Executive raped child, paid money to silence the victim.
Auckland executive paid teen $1000 for sex, exchanged Uber Eats for intimate photos
Auckland executive paid teen $1000 for sex, exchanged Uber Eats for intimate photos
The man, who described himself as a 'sugar daddy' on on Snapchat, has admitted paying a teenage girl for sex.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Auckland Executive raped child, paid money to silence the victim.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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Dear NZ Labour,
Everyone hates National right now, and a big part of that is their coalition with ACT and NZF, so I'd suggest you get very on board with the Greens and hope that you don't need to touch Seymour or Peters with the shitty end of a very long stick.
Laters
G
Everyone hates National right now, and a big part of that is their coalition with ACT and NZF, so I'd suggest you get very on board with the Greens and hope that you don't need to touch Seymour or Peters with the shitty end of a very long stick.
Laters
G
November 26, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Dear NZ Labour,
Everyone hates National right now, and a big part of that is their coalition with ACT and NZF, so I'd suggest you get very on board with the Greens and hope that you don't need to touch Seymour or Peters with the shitty end of a very long stick.
Laters
G
Everyone hates National right now, and a big part of that is their coalition with ACT and NZF, so I'd suggest you get very on board with the Greens and hope that you don't need to touch Seymour or Peters with the shitty end of a very long stick.
Laters
G
Buried among the avalanche of fuckery that has come from the government in the last 24 hours is this anti-democratic little announcement. Your local council won't issue building consents for new supermarkets in your local area - Christchurch City Council will. www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-...
www.beehive.govt.nz
November 26, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Buried among the avalanche of fuckery that has come from the government in the last 24 hours is this anti-democratic little announcement. Your local council won't issue building consents for new supermarkets in your local area - Christchurch City Council will. www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-...
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Absentee PM. He just doesn't do the work.
The sum total of speeches that Luxon has made in the House for 2025 so far:
1 speech opening Parliament
1 speech for the budget
3 obituary speeches
No speeches of any type at all between 22 May and 16 October
Why are we paying the egg-in-a-borrowed-suit to be the PM?💩🥚
#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol
1 speech opening Parliament
1 speech for the budget
3 obituary speeches
No speeches of any type at all between 22 May and 16 October
Why are we paying the egg-in-a-borrowed-suit to be the PM?💩🥚
#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol
Radware Page
Loader page.
www3.parliament.nz
November 26, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Absentee PM. He just doesn't do the work.
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92% of the seats in parliament were against the law that passed, 98% of submissions were against it.
This is not how democracy should work ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
Our elected representatives are there to represent us - incredibly maddening.
National and NZF should both be punished by the electorate.
This is not how democracy should work ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
Our elected representatives are there to represent us - incredibly maddening.
National and NZF should both be punished by the electorate.
Christ on a bike, these fucking idiots are ruining the country for no other reason than coalition agreements.
VOTE THEM OUT
#nzpol
VOTE THEM OUT
#nzpol
'It's not impossible': National may campaign on regulatory standards repeal
The National deputy leader said her party may also campaign to get rid of the law.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 AM
92% of the seats in parliament were against the law that passed, 98% of submissions were against it.
This is not how democracy should work ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
Our elected representatives are there to represent us - incredibly maddening.
National and NZF should both be punished by the electorate.
This is not how democracy should work ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
Our elected representatives are there to represent us - incredibly maddening.
National and NZF should both be punished by the electorate.
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I do not know off the top of head what is in the oath an incoming government makes to the Governor General, but it seems like passing legislation you actually think is bad should be some kind of breach of it
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
'It's not impossible': Willis says National may join other parties to repeal Regulatory Standards Act
The National deputy leader said her party may also campaign to get rid of the law.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I do not know off the top of head what is in the oath an incoming government makes to the Governor General, but it seems like passing legislation you actually think is bad should be some kind of breach of it
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
Post your warning label
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Post your warning label
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Hang on, is this about NZ or the USA?
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
November 26, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Hang on, is this about NZ or the USA?
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Send Israel the bill
Rebuilding ‘human-made abyss’ in Gaza will cost at least $70bn, UN says
Report says Israel’s operations ‘significantly undermined every pillar of survival’ and reduced the economy by 87%
(all by intention, of course) www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Report says Israel’s operations ‘significantly undermined every pillar of survival’ and reduced the economy by 87%
(all by intention, of course) www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Rebuilding ‘human-made abyss’ in Gaza will cost at least $70bn, UN says
Report says Israel’s operations ‘significantly undermined every pillar of survival’ and reduced the economy by 87%
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Send Israel the bill
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a certain local media company has currently got a job open where one of the traits needed is "good at subbing"
and like
c'mon guys
and like
c'mon guys
November 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM
a certain local media company has currently got a job open where one of the traits needed is "good at subbing"
and like
c'mon guys
and like
c'mon guys
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Meanwhile this was 1 of the 5 major supermarkets in Dunedin yesterday afternoon.
If these were scenes in a Labour led govt the outcry would deafening.
Welcome to Rock Star economy NZ National Govt style.
They have zero idea what they’re doing. This is not normal.
If these were scenes in a Labour led govt the outcry would deafening.
Welcome to Rock Star economy NZ National Govt style.
They have zero idea what they’re doing. This is not normal.
November 26, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Meanwhile this was 1 of the 5 major supermarkets in Dunedin yesterday afternoon.
If these were scenes in a Labour led govt the outcry would deafening.
Welcome to Rock Star economy NZ National Govt style.
They have zero idea what they’re doing. This is not normal.
If these were scenes in a Labour led govt the outcry would deafening.
Welcome to Rock Star economy NZ National Govt style.
They have zero idea what they’re doing. This is not normal.
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"hand pie" sounds like you nutted in your hand
November 26, 2025 at 12:43 AM
"hand pie" sounds like you nutted in your hand
We simply do not mock National Party voters nearly enough. Absolute shit show stuff. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
'It's not impossible': Willis says National may join other parties to repeal Regulatory Standards Act
The National deputy leader said her party may also campaign to get rid of the law.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
We simply do not mock National Party voters nearly enough. Absolute shit show stuff. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
We're sharing controversial pie opinions eh? Here's mine:
Tiny pies (mince savouries) > pies
Tiny pies (mince savouries) > pies
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
We're sharing controversial pie opinions eh? Here's mine:
Tiny pies (mince savouries) > pies
Tiny pies (mince savouries) > pies
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and pushes progressive policies. (Ardern, Corbyn)
4. A milquetoast leader comes in and puts their progressive policies on the bonfire while also acting as if they weren't there (Hipkins, Starmer)
We saw what happened when Starmer won, guess what comes next if Hipkins is still leader and wins?
4. A milquetoast leader comes in and puts their progressive policies on the bonfire while also acting as if they weren't there (Hipkins, Starmer)
We saw what happened when Starmer won, guess what comes next if Hipkins is still leader and wins?
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
and pushes progressive policies. (Ardern, Corbyn)
4. A milquetoast leader comes in and puts their progressive policies on the bonfire while also acting as if they weren't there (Hipkins, Starmer)
We saw what happened when Starmer won, guess what comes next if Hipkins is still leader and wins?
4. A milquetoast leader comes in and puts their progressive policies on the bonfire while also acting as if they weren't there (Hipkins, Starmer)
We saw what happened when Starmer won, guess what comes next if Hipkins is still leader and wins?
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People say "NZ Labour won't be like UK Labour/Hipkins won't be like Starmer" except they always have been. In order of timeline:
1. Helping introduce neoliberalism (Lange, Blair)
2. Ideologically more traditionally social-democratic (Clark, Brown)
3. A far more progressive leader comes in (1)
1. Helping introduce neoliberalism (Lange, Blair)
2. Ideologically more traditionally social-democratic (Clark, Brown)
3. A far more progressive leader comes in (1)
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
People say "NZ Labour won't be like UK Labour/Hipkins won't be like Starmer" except they always have been. In order of timeline:
1. Helping introduce neoliberalism (Lange, Blair)
2. Ideologically more traditionally social-democratic (Clark, Brown)
3. A far more progressive leader comes in (1)
1. Helping introduce neoliberalism (Lange, Blair)
2. Ideologically more traditionally social-democratic (Clark, Brown)
3. A far more progressive leader comes in (1)
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Another low for NZ's appalling name suppression system. We might as well just hang up a "do crimes anonymously" sign for rich and well-connected white guys.
It's a real indictment of the NZ political and legal system that there's no movement to change this uniquely-bad-across-the-globe shambles.
It's a real indictment of the NZ political and legal system that there's no movement to change this uniquely-bad-across-the-globe shambles.
Business exec to underage teen: ‘I can’t pay you for sex so if anyone finds out - we wanted to have sex’
The teen was only 14 when the executive paid $1000.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Another low for NZ's appalling name suppression system. We might as well just hang up a "do crimes anonymously" sign for rich and well-connected white guys.
It's a real indictment of the NZ political and legal system that there's no movement to change this uniquely-bad-across-the-globe shambles.
It's a real indictment of the NZ political and legal system that there's no movement to change this uniquely-bad-across-the-globe shambles.
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There are always billions available to these 🤡🤡🤡 but never for essential workers and our most vulnerable.
Vote this lot out and bring back a govt that will put working people before military spending #nzpol
Vote this lot out and bring back a govt that will put working people before military spending #nzpol
Govt pledges $4b for Devonport Naval Base in major upgrade of flood-prone, mouldy defence estate
The Defence Force warns 70% of its infrastructure has less than 20 years of working life.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
There are always billions available to these 🤡🤡🤡 but never for essential workers and our most vulnerable.
Vote this lot out and bring back a govt that will put working people before military spending #nzpol
Vote this lot out and bring back a govt that will put working people before military spending #nzpol
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I don't think any of this is really a surprise but it really does reveal how much the government doesn't give a shit about the consequences of what they do
They didn't do it to pad out their benefit numbers target, just to save a tiny bit of money in the short term and who cares about the effects.
They didn't do it to pad out their benefit numbers target, just to save a tiny bit of money in the short term and who cares about the effects.
Ministers were warned against teen welfare crackdown, documents reveal
Officials said the changes could actually increase long-term benefit dependency.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I don't think any of this is really a surprise but it really does reveal how much the government doesn't give a shit about the consequences of what they do
They didn't do it to pad out their benefit numbers target, just to save a tiny bit of money in the short term and who cares about the effects.
They didn't do it to pad out their benefit numbers target, just to save a tiny bit of money in the short term and who cares about the effects.
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The track record has been:
1. Abolish something
2. Replace it with something meant to do the same thing but less effectively & more corruptly which
3. Actually takes forever to set up & therefore nothing is getting done before the next election & everything is disintegrating
4. ????
5. PROFIT
1. Abolish something
2. Replace it with something meant to do the same thing but less effectively & more corruptly which
3. Actually takes forever to set up & therefore nothing is getting done before the next election & everything is disintegrating
4. ????
5. PROFIT
Going out on a limb here to suggest that the PM doesn’t understand what it is that regional councils do
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 AM
The track record has been:
1. Abolish something
2. Replace it with something meant to do the same thing but less effectively & more corruptly which
3. Actually takes forever to set up & therefore nothing is getting done before the next election & everything is disintegrating
4. ????
5. PROFIT
1. Abolish something
2. Replace it with something meant to do the same thing but less effectively & more corruptly which
3. Actually takes forever to set up & therefore nothing is getting done before the next election & everything is disintegrating
4. ????
5. PROFIT