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Damian Christie @damianchristie.bsky.social · Feb 23

Yeah it's like the Amway of self-help.

Damian Christie @damianchristie.bsky.social · Feb 13

Our new Health Minister started an anti-abortion club when he was at Uni and voted against banning anti-gay conversion therapy. I mean yours is worse, but FFS.

Damian Christie @damianchristie.bsky.social · Feb 13

Oh f**k right off

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Damian Christie @damianchristie.bsky.social · Jan 20

Stoked that our new Health Minister is going to be a dude who started an anti-abortion club while at Uni. #MaytheLordOpen

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Damian Christie @damianchristie.bsky.social · Jan 5

You know I was. I worked at sound of music on the main street and sold you My Bloody Valentine CDs

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Damian Christie @damianchristie.bsky.social · Jan 5

Haha have just found this part of the thread!

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Damian Christie @damianchristie.bsky.social · Jan 5

Was never part of Subtronix (that was Andy Pickering, Dave Roper and later Geoff Presha). But I did work at Sound of Music, at the same time Johnny Shihad as we called him then, worked at a CD shop in Manners Mall (HMV?) - my gf would take me in so she could swoon at him.

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Damian Christie @damianchristie.bsky.social · Nov 20

“Milestone”? F**k this thing is taking longer than an Air New Zealand safety video…

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Damian Christie @damianchristie.bsky.social · Nov 6

Fireworks for a rainy day :)

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Damian Christie @damianchristie.bsky.social · Nov 5

I've literally been setting off ones I bought last year, back when times were good :)

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Damian Christie @damianchristie.bsky.social · Nov 4

Maybe they consider them 'special' in the other sense of the word.

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Damian Christie @damianchristie.bsky.social · Nov 3

As I say, I saw on numerous occasions Luxon and Willis being taken to task about their numbers - Jack Tame on Q+A for instance - so I take issue with "completely failed". Not saying they could've have done more.

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Damian Christie @damianchristie.bsky.social · Nov 3

We just need Paddy on the case.

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Damian Christie @damianchristie.bsky.social · Nov 3

I mean, a lot of was pretty obvious, and much came out in the media (like the tax cut costings being BS) but people voted for it anyway. I'm not sure the media hold that much responsibility vs the people who actually voted.

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Damian Christie @damianchristie.bsky.social · Nov 3

Shout out to all the "well actually, I think you'll find the specials aren't going to go that way this time" experts.

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Damian Christie @damianchristie.bsky.social · Nov 2

Sorry to say but my experience with a lot of the other side has concluded the same thing. People who are super into politics generally don't have the time or willingness to lose control to dedicate to proper partying. There are exceptions, but I won't name them here.

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Damian Christie @damianchristie.bsky.social · Oct 30

They should give it to Winston, for so many reasons, not least of all his new constituency that need to be shown the earth is round...

Dr Neil & Mr Price @drneil.bsky.social · Oct 30

Is it just me desperate to hear who is going to be the first Space Minister?

Headline from 5th October “NZ election 2023 live: National leader Christopher Luxon promises a Space Minister”

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Damian Christie @damianchristie.bsky.social · Oct 26

Going back to the polls wouldn’t be the worst thing. At least I could rethink giving my electorate vote to Helen “sorry what’s your name? Amelia?” White, and I’m already working on the person in my family I’ll simply refer to as “Mum” regarding her giving Winston the tick 🤨

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Damian Christie @damianchristie.bsky.social · Oct 24

The aliens running our simulation have finally discovered they can just get AI to generate the plot. Quick, count how many fingers they've got.

Andy Screamo @colonelnemo.bsky.social · Oct 24

The 90s have officially ended

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Damian Christie @damianchristie.bsky.social · Oct 23

It's bad enough that I was considering Wellington for our climate-future home given it seems to have given it an amazing summer while we had floods... but Hamilton?

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Dr Lucy Stewart @lcsnz.bsky.social · Oct 23

Hey NZ folks, I'm still on the lookout for a new role! If you need (or know someone who needs) a person with experience in building environmental measurement frameworks, scientific research, and communicating science in the startup space...let's chat! Or a boost to your networks is appreciated too.

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Damian Christie @damianchristie.bsky.social · Oct 22

Can one not post video here? Given what I do for a living (and enjoy mucking around with the rest of the time) that might be a dealbreaker… ☹️

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Cinderella Mechanicus @hroethgar.bsky.social · Oct 20

All right, which of you did this?

old.reddit.com/r/newzealand...

#nzpol

I feel like National and Act should sign a coalition agreement where the version National keeps says no to a referendum on Te Tiriti, and Act's
version says that there will be. And then National can go by the version kept by and preferred by the larger
party.

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Damian Christie @damianchristie.bsky.social · Oct 14

I mean it's true that some electorate seats might've gone a different way, but it makes no difference to how many seats they end up with overall.

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Damian Christie @damianchristie.bsky.social · Oct 14

Either that or he knows how to solve worldwide inflation.