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Kera O’Regan @keraoregan.bsky.social · 23h

Sure, in New Zealand

Kera O’Regan @keraoregan.bsky.social · 1d

Oh they think about it. They engage disabled people to say that they’ve engaged us. They hear all the concerns & then they go and do it anyway.

DPA & many others came out against this as a human rights breach & safety risk when they announced in the budget.

They know what they’re doing.

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 2d

Fucksake. It's quite clear now that they only looked at this benefit policy as political marketing and took no advice on who it would impact – which includes young people with serious health issues and disabilities. Just feckless and cynical. Shame on them. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Hundreds of teens with a health condition, disability may be cut from Jobseeker benefit

The government is ending Jobseeker payments to 18- and 19 year olds whose parents earn more than $65,000.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Hayley @writagal.bsky.social · 2d

Fun fact: when you have Long Covid but can’t work you have to go on the Jobseeker benefit because GPs can’t say whether you’ll still have Long Covid in two years - so teens with chronic conditions are now conceivably navigating absolutely debilitating symptoms while also getting zero govt support 👍🫠

Hundreds of teens with a health condition, disability may be cut from Jobseeker benefit

The government is ending Jobseeker payments to 18- and 19 year olds whose parents earn more than $65,000.

www.rnz.co.nz

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morgan godfery @morgangodfery.bsky.social · 1d

imagine being the MP for southern māori and thinking the party of eruera tirikatene doesn’t have the right to stand in it. idiot

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Kera O’Regan @keraoregan.bsky.social · 1d

hōhā - it’s not the winning strategy my bro. Especially when you’re not even having proper face time with whānau in your electorate you know :/

Sorry but I get the whole alpha bro Māori supremacy vibes and it’s sooo cringe.

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Kera O’Regan @keraoregan.bsky.social · 1d

And then on top of that to then denigrate the whakapapa of the seat you’re sitting in. Like I’m not saying Labour was perfect, there’s a reason I voted for him last round. But at least have some level of humility & basic political nous. Like zero judgement eh. All you’re doing is making your voters

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Kera O’Regan @keraoregan.bsky.social · 1d

It’s fucking wild. I gotta be honest I am regretting voting for this guy and want to know who other parties are going to stand up next election so I’m not stuck with him again.

I thought he was alright but it’s so clear he’s on that gross racist side of Māori patriotism and it’s soooo hōhā.

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 1d

USA: Mask rules are returning to Bay Area health care settings from Nov 1 as COVID, flu, and RSV cases rise.

Counties including Contra Costa, Santa Clara, Sonoma, Napa, San Mateo, and Santa Cruz will require masks for workers, and in some cases patients and visitors, through spring.

Mask mandates return in parts of the Bay Area as virus season nears

By Aidin Vaziri,
Staff Writer
Oct 7, 2025

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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 1d

no-one, certainly no-one in the public sector, could have predicted that the population would continue aging

Malcolm RF 💚🇳🇿 @p-no-nwa.bsky.social · 1d

"The government is spending an extra $1.6 billion on superannuation, because of an ageing population."

This is exactly the sort of thing it is impossible to budget for, poor Nicola. Snakes and snails! #nzpol

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Disabled Persons Assembly NZ @dpanz.bsky.social · 7d

Disabled Māori face higher rates of hardship, poor health, and exclusion. Huhana Hickey calls it what it is: poverty by design.

‘Poverty in Aotearoa is not accidental’: How our systems deliberately keep people poor

All of this is avoidable – so how do we fix what's broken?

thespinoff.co.nz

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Kera O’Regan @keraoregan.bsky.social · 1d

All this policy does is make those young adults who have the right to choice and control in their lives dependent on parents who may or may not actually be supportive, and who may well be unable to afford to meet their needs in this cost of living crisis.

It’s punitive, ableist & dangerous.

#nzpol

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Kera O’Regan @keraoregan.bsky.social · 1d

As I told @tvnz.bsky.social yday:in this policy the govt is creating a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist & is harming young adults in the process.
Disabled ppl aren’t on Jobseeker bc they don’t *want* to work. They’re on it bc they *can’t* or bc in an ableist employment market noone hires us.

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Kera O’Regan @keraoregan.bsky.social · 1d

Even for those who should quality - the govt has made the process so difficult and taxing that many disabled people who can’t work still don’t get signed off to go on SL and end up stuck on Jobseeker having to constantly prove they’re still too disabled & unable to work.

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Kera O’Regan @keraoregan.bsky.social · 1d

Suggesting that disabled people won’t be affected much because they are on Supported Living is woefully out of touch with the reality of disabled people in this country.

Disabled people are not a monolith. Many of us have disabilities & conditions that don’t qualify for Supported Living PLUS

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Kera O’Regan @keraoregan.bsky.social · 1d

The govt’s plans to means test benefits for 18 & 19 yos will put disabled, queer, Māori & other marginalised young adults at risk.

While I’m glad the disability rights angle of this issue has got traction (and was glad to speak to TVNZ) the Minister’s response was appalling. #nzpol

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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 4d

"calling parents to accountability" sounds like we're all a bunch of wastrels because we can't feed four adults (or more) on two adults' shitty wages. Infuriating #nzpol

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Kera O’Regan @keraoregan.bsky.social · 3d

When they signalled this in the budget we @dpanz.bsky.social raised concern because of the dangerous & detrimental position this also puts disabled, queer, and young adults experiencing abuse in.

Absolutely wild that young *adults* are now forced to be financially tied to parents at 18 & 19yo.

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 5d

#nzpol The government has announced that 18/19 year olds, who live in a household where the parents earn $65,529 or more, can't claim jobseekers support. If both parents work 27 hours on the minimum wage - $634 a week - they will be expected to now financially support their adult offspring. A 🧵

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Terry Baucher @trabaq.bsky.social · 4d

Spotted this gem in a footnote on page 62 of Treasury's He Tirohanga Mokopuna

"Between 25% and 30% of everyone born in New Zealand is living overseas by age 30, and emigration rates are even higher among those with tertiary qualifications"

Radical idea here - how about stop shitting on our young?

Footnote from Treasury's 2025 He Tirohanga Mokopuna

"See Hughes, (2025a) and Hughes & Crichton (2025). Between 25% and 30% of everyone born in New Zealand is living overseas by age 30, and emigration rates are even higher among those with tertiary qualifications. Student loan holders living overseas commonly cease repayments, and these loans are sometimes written off as a result. Ministry of Education (2023)."

He Tirohanga Mokopuna is Treasury's long-term fiscal statement and it's full of woe about the funding of NZ Super. Not enough about maybe trying a LOT harder to keep people here.

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 3d

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 15d

And during all of this, we have fewer disability reporters at national publications than when we started the year.

It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 15d

Our current admin hates disabled people 🌈
www.afge.org/article/cdc-...

CDC Removes Disability as Reasonable Accommodation for Remote Work, Backtracks After Union Pressure

Leadership at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had said employees with disabilities would no longer be approved for telework or remote work as a reasonable accommodation – a stunning vio...

www.afge.org

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Kera O’Regan @keraoregan.bsky.social · 18d

Finally! 900 days of Arabic, with a little Japanese, Spanish, and French thrown in.

I completed the Arabic course about a month ago but am actually finding the revision lessons better than the main course!

#LeanArabic #DuoLingo

DuoLingo graphic that reads “I’m on a 900 day learning streak!”

Kera O’Regan @keraoregan.bsky.social · Sep 9

Oh damn it’s frustrating huh. Luckily I’m finding a few and able to work backwards from there but it’s been such a while profile pics and names have changed so it’s not always easy to find people!

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Kera O’Regan @keraoregan.bsky.social · Sep 9

Oh wicked kia ora Raine!

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James Youngman @jyoungman.bsky.social · Sep 1

And that's assuming that the technology can do the work of a junior at the quality of a junior.

If it can't, that only speeds up the destruction because now seniors have to babysit the sabotage machine, reducing the amount of senior-level work getting done.

Gen AI can't do junior work.

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