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Peter McLennan @dubdotdash.bsky.social · 5d

There's a biography of Chris Knox out this week - the author Craig Robertson contacted me a few years ago, as back in 1995 when I was at Ak Uni, I made a half hour documentary on Chris and he wanted to see it.
Anyway, I dug out the digital file and it's now online, enjoy! youtu.be/VQjvic02S8M?...

Chris Knox: Songs Of You And Me - a documentary about Chris Knox (1995)

YouTube video by Peter McLennan

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One Dog’s Opinion 🐾 @onedogsopinion.bsky.social · 13h

SUITED UP AND REPORTING FOR DUTY 🐸

Small cute dog (Chihuahua probably) wearing a fetching green “frog” sweatshirt/costume.

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Cezary Jan Strusiewicz @ostrichson.bsky.social · 14h

"If they can't afford plywood, some owners rebuild the store out of straw. That's when the big bad wolf comes in. Very bad guy. Radical leftist wolf. Vice-president of antifa. He comes over and he, he just blows the stores down. That's not normal. Maybe he got that way from being vaccinated."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Stu Fleming @thebasement.nz · 16h

Luxon: *receives new Powerpass in the post*
"I have secured a trade deal with Bunnings!"

Cam Bennett @cambennett.bsky.social · 19h

Pathetic & desperate. Luxon is drowning.

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Jonathan King @jonathanking.bsky.social · 13h

I loved it when music releases came with advisory content warnings:

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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 19h

Just flown in from Riyadh, and boy are my excuses tired

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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 17h

Ms. Rachel calls out Barack Obama's statement on Gaza, highlighting how referring to 'Israeli families' while calling Palestinians 'the people of Gaza' strips them of their humanity. 'Palestinians have families, too,' she wrote.

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AJ Fitzwater 🏳️‍⚧️ @ajfitzwater.bsky.social · 14h

Goths and punks against climate change 🥵

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captain bleach @blainecapatch.bsky.social · 15h

can you imagine half-assing a last-minute ceasefire that won't last a week and still not getting the Nobel Peace Prize

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 14h

This man is being Gorilla Channel'd with a rotating selection of AI slop riot porn by several known white supremacists who are secretly running the government.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Jonathan King @jonathanking.bsky.social · 15h

CHOCOLATE RATION TO BE INCREASED TO 20 GRAMS

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 17h

TRUMP: WE THINK OIL WILL BE UNDER $2 PER GALLON SOON

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 17h

The coalition government in a nutshell.

‘They fear the future, they dream of a world that never was and never could be, they’re exclusionary, they’re humourless – they’re this coalition.‘
- Chris Finlayson #nzpol

Hell hath no fury like an attorney-general scorned

Sir Geoffrey Palmer and Chris Finlayson offer praise for the Waitangi Tribunal – and damning criticism of the coalition Government. Sam Sachdeva reports.

newsroom.co.nz

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 23h

A billion dollars is the socio-political equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work as ruthlessly and diligently to prevent the acquisition of the former as we do the latter.

Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 1d

“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”

Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money

Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Kragar @kragar.bsky.social · 20h

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The Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social · 20h

When art is life: the exhaustive (and sometimes exhausting) Chris Knox biography, reviewed

A compelling portrait of personality and punk....

thespinoff.co.nz

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 20h

I love when celebrities use their FU money like this. Not only is it the right thing to do, but it's messy (in a good way) and entertaining.

Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · 20h

“BEZOS SUPPORTS THIS GOVERNMENT,” Neil Young writes. “IT DOES NOT SUPPORT YOU OR ME.”

www.stereogum.com/2325956/neil...

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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 19h

7 reasons why The Thing (1982) is a Christmas film:

1) snow
2) bearded men concealing surprises
3) compulsory party games
4) introverts shunning group activities
5) digestive issues
6) revellers bursting open to reveal partially assimilated canine lifeforms
7) knitwear

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cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · 1d

it's not FOR us

edited comic panel. Batman is breaking a lump-with-handle cow tool over his knee and saying "this is the tool of the cow. we do not understand it. we will not use it."

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Jonathan King @jonathanking.bsky.social · 2d

Craig Robertson’s biography of CHRIS KNOX, NOT GIVEN LIGHTLY, is out now and I had the honour of making a trailer for it (from Chris’s own music and films).

'Chris Knox: Not Given Lightly', a biography by Craig Robertson | Book Trailer

YouTube video by Auckland University Press

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Jonathan King @jonathanking.bsky.social · 2d

Craig Robertson’s biography of CHRIS KNOX, NOT GIVEN LIGHTLY, is out now and I had the honour of making a trailer for it (from Chris’s own music and films).

'Chris Knox: Not Given Lightly', a biography by Craig Robertson | Book Trailer

YouTube video by Auckland University Press

youtu.be

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Michael Bain @mikejbain.bsky.social · 2d

We live in a Māori nation. Our Parliament should reflect that more. The haka from the public gallery is an appropriate response to a maiden speech. Suspended Parliament only reminds Māori that they are not welcome to be authentically themselves there. #nzpol

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

Watch: Haka breaks out after Te Pāti Māori MP Oriini Kaipara's maiden speech, Parliament suspended

Speaker Gerry Brownlee intends to investigate whether anyone knew the haka would take place after Te Pāti Māori MP Oriini Kaipara's maiden speech.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 4d

So, even if your books were exploited by #Anthropic, you're only eligible for a payout if your work was registered in the US.
Typical. The rest of the world doesn't exist.
$1.5billion is going somewhere, but it ain't to millions of non-American authors.

www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

Homepage | Bartz v Anthropic Settlement Site

www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com