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🐶⛵️Capt. Caffiend☕️😷

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She/Her. Likes Coffee, Cake, Canines & Curse-words. Pākehā. PhD Candidate - women's health & participatory research. Feminist Killjoy. Living with Long Covid. Born at 336.25 ppm CO2

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🐶⛵️Capt. Caffiend☕️😷 @captcaffiend.bsky.social · Jun 11

This makes it really easy to let your local MP know you want them to stand up for Palestine. Let’s show our government what we really want them to stand for!

You can sign an open letter to your MP about the genocide in Gaza from here:
united4palestine.web.app

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A new Flutter project.

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

On the one hand, I think it's really important men in politics call out this behaviour and go further to condemn it (more of this pls). On the other hand, actions speak louder than words. What did you do? #nzpol

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Stephanie... In New Zealand @bootstheory.bsky.social · 5h

SHE'S THE BEST

Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 18h

Seeing Ms. Rachel say exactly what needs to be said to Obama is so damn refreshing

Dear President Obama,
I saw in your statement you said "Israeli families" & "the people of Gaza."
Palestinians have families, too.
This kind of language contributes to dehumanization. Dehumanization is part of what caused so many to stay silent as 20,000 children were killed in this genocide.
I've sat with wonderful Palestinian families from Gaza. They look at their children just like we look at ours - with all the love & hope in the world.
Love,
Ms Rachel

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MsAlliance says Boo! @msalliance.me · 5h

Is there a strain of Covid going round that does not show up in Covid tests?

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msoarescorreia @m-s-correia2025.bsky.social · 15h

This @BarackObama tweet will be taught in genocide studies courses as a case study of what dehumanization looks like.

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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 5h

Ok after an afternoon of results, texts, calls, messages on other apps and emails, I have some thoughts on today’s Local Election results

1) Voter turnout is depressing. 32%ish on average across AoNZ is pathetic.
2) The Māori Wards referendum should never have happened - it was a racebaiting farce…

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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 5h

10) there was some truly amazing people elected, and they all tend to be community minded and supportive.
11) we lost a lot of very good councillors and missed out on some amazing candidates - and our communities will be worse off without them.
12) we also got rid of some really awful candidates

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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 5h

6) the same people who vote in this election every time clearly did so again this year and low turnout got them what they wanted.
7) 9 elected Act candidates is 9 too many
8) if the left don’t mobilise, next year is going to be a shitstorm
9) the whole local government system needs an overhaul:

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2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 5h

Just listened to an update from 2 UK surgeons. Three of them were booked to travel back into Gaza with a UN convoy on Sunday but Israel refused the Doctors reentry. They're also doctors who gave expert testimony at the UN about war crimes committed by Israel in Gaza. Israel is being duplicitous.

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Kay in the End Times 🏳️‍🌈 💗💜💙📚 @jennykaynz.bsky.social · 6h

Māori ward poll results: 25 to go, 17 to stay. Five regional councils polled voters and only Greater Wellington Regional Council voted to keep its Māori ward.

Racist much?

Some results were very close. Once vote totals are confirmed, outcomes may change.
#NZpol
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/11-...

Local elections live results: 22 Māori wards to go and 13 to stay as poll results roll in

Updates from across the motu as the local election results land.

thespinoff.co.nz

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MeatMechSuit @meatmechsuit.bsky.social · 6h

To ask a pakeha majority to remove representation of an indigenous minority is ongoing white supremacist colonisation. #nzpol

TheLoyalOrder @theloyalorder.bsky.social · 6h

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

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🐶⛵️Capt. Caffiend☕️😷 @captcaffiend.bsky.social · 6h

Yeah it’s not all great but better than it could be. And Act guy in GWRC isn’t not great.
Other results around the place are disappointing. A real mixed bag of results

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Kylie @styla73.bsky.social · 6h

Just remembered that @saycheeselouise.bsky.social has gotten in on specials before. EVERYBODY JOIN THE PRAYER CIRCLE.

a screenshot from schitts creek shows a woman holding another woman 's arm

Alt: Alt: a screenshot from schitts creek shows the Rose family in a prayer circle. Moira says "to whom it may concern."

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🐶⛵️Capt. Caffiend☕️😷 @captcaffiend.bsky.social · 6h

Yeah have been pleased/relieved with our results

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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 6h

"People do not seem to realise that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

#nzpol

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 10h

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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MeatMechSuit @meatmechsuit.bsky.social · 7h

Act knew there would be enough white supremacists to get rid of a lot of Māori wards and they were right.

The Press @thepress.co.nz · 7h

Early progress votes indicate the region has voted to remove the seat from the council table in 2028.

Marlborough votes to disestablish Māori ward

Early progress votes indicate the region has voted to remove the seat from the council table in 2028.

dlvr.it

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Michele Okoh |🖤🩶🤍💜|🔺🐘 @okohlaw.bsky.social · 10h

It’s the Portland way.

LA: we will fight you.
Chicago: we will fight you.
PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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🐶⛵️Capt. Caffiend☕️😷 @captcaffiend.bsky.social · 6h

GWRC is here

www.electionz.com/LGE2025Resul...

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🐶⛵️Capt. Caffiend☕️😷 @captcaffiend.bsky.social · 6h

Ouch!

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Lucky Zelle ✨ @lucky.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 7h

#nzpol

not all my numero uno votes got in (RIP Alex Baker, too left wing to be mayor of wellington at this moment but we were all rooting for you) but i'm really happy to see a green candidate (Laurie Foon) make it in my ward

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🦋 @occhitristi.bsky.social · 17h

Being neurodivergent means you over-explain EVERYTHING in hopes of clear communication, then get anxious that your over-explanation was irritating and actually made things more confusing 🫤