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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 16h

Being a billionaire must really fuck with your mind. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 22h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 22h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Keri Hēnare @kerihenare.com · 1d

Selling Chorus would be like selling NZTA

www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

Government mulls possible sale of Chorus

The Finance Minister says with the completion of the ultra-fast broadband fibre initiative, there's no longer a policy reason for the Crown to own Chorus.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Keri Hēnare @kerihenare.com · 2d

The man who renamed a federal agency to the “Department of War” thinks he deserves the biggest award for Peace 😂

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 3d

This you, Kristi?

A screenshot of a post from X (formerly Twitter). The top tweet is from user @covie_93 with the caption: “This tweet aged like Stephen Miller…..”. Below it is a tweet from Kristi Noem (@KristiNoem) that reads:
“If Joe Biden federalizes the National Guard, that would be a direct attack on states' rights.
Over the last several years, we've seen Democrats try to take away our Freedoms of religion, assembly, and speech. We can't let them take away our right to defend ourselves, too.
South Dakota defends the Constitution.”

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 3d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 3d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 3d

Here’s video of the incident

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 3d

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 3d

#nzpol The Reserve Bank has cut the official cash rate by 0.5%. That sounds great. But banks only cut interest rates that much when the economy is in trouble - and not when things are going well. This cut is a sign of economic weakness, not strength. A 😄🧵

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Keri Hēnare @kerihenare.com · 3d

Neither. My ‘tism can’t handle the lack of perfect alignment or symmetry caused by stickers.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

KLOBUCHAR: Has the DOJ issued any subpoenas to journalists under the updated guidance?

BONDI: ...

KLOBUCHAR: You can respond

BONDI: ... ... I can't comment

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Keri Hēnare @kerihenare.com · 3d

Copyright of media is on its death bed.

Keri Hēnare @kerihenare.com · 4d

Right wingers when their party is in power would absolutely hate right wingers when their party is in opposition.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 4d

This has always been a extremely tiny screeching minority demanding that their bigotry dictate that no one else's children can learn of the existence of LGBTQ people.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 5d

1. 4 months ago, The Supreme Court gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education in schools.

Now, in Montgomery County, Maryland, where the case originated, the results are in.

Only 43 families out of 160,000 students have exercised that new right.

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Only 0.03% Opt Out Of LGBTQ+ Education In Maryland After SCOTUS Gives Them A Right To

After SCOTUS gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education, Montgomery County, Maryland is reporting only 43 families took them up on it.

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Hard Reset @hardresetmedia.com · 4d

We tried to cover that in this piece on the fallout: www.hardresetmedia.com/p/a-selfie-w...

A selfie with Netanyahu turns into an employee and customer exodus

Employee resignations from AI coding startup Vercel may signal a changing tide in the tech industry's attitude towards the war in Gaza

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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 4d

Worth noting that we only see decent job growth for young kiwis when the economy is running hot - that's when employers give less experienced people a chance.
RBNZ respond to hotness by hiking interest rates to slow the economy down. Youth unemployment is a feature of our economic model, not a bug.

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Keri Hēnare @kerihenare.com · 4d

“You can fuck right off”

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Kris 🎃 Lorischild @direkris.itch.io · 4d

Greta Thunberg annoys the right because she's a reminder that it's possible to stay true to your moral principles even when it's inconvenient, and they fucking hate that

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Keri Hēnare @kerihenare.com · 5d

There was a disgusting coward at Winston Peters’ home. He was very upset that someone smashed his window. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Winston Peters says ‘disgusting coward’ smashed window at his home, left a sign on front door

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says a window at his home has been smashed, days after protesters gathered outside his address.

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Chris Hipkins @chrishipkins.bsky.social · Aug 12

UK, Canada, Australia & 26 other countries have signed a joint statement calling for unimpeded humanitarian aid access to #Gaza. NZ has not signed it. This is beyond embarrassing. It’s utterly disgraceful. People are starving. Where is our govt’s moral compass?

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Keri Hēnare @kerihenare.com · 5d

We’ve been repeatedly told that businesses create jobs. So surely we should be penalising businesses for not creating enough jobs.

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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 5d

On the face of it, it seems reasonable - don't protest outside private people's homes blah blah blah...

however, this includes private land & immediately would have meant legitimate protest like the important & significant Ihumātao protest of 2019 would have been quashed by this bill.

Pls submit

beckydubs @beckydubs.bsky.social · 5d

Fucking hell. This wasn’t on my radar. #nzpol thank you Emily Writes

‼️Submissions close at 2pm TODAY Oct 6th! ‼️

This amendment makes it an offense to protest *near residential areas.

This is fascist suppression of free speech 101.

www3.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...

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Keri Hēnare @kerihenare.com · 6d

Who cares about the law that says it’s not legal…

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Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · 8d

THANK YOU GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA.

Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · 8d

Gaza fishermen able to fish for first time thanks to sumud flotilla distraction

they STILL FED MY PEOPLE. 🥹

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 7d

If you live in #Alberta and have not signed the petition, please sign.

A petition asking people if they believe Alberta should stay in Canada has obtained about 80 per cent of its required number of signatures.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

'Alberta Forever Canada' petition has nearly 80% of required signatures, organizer says | CBC News

Thomas Lukaszuk, the former Progressive Conservative deputy premier in Alberta who submitted the petition in June, said the “Alberta Forever Canada” petition has approximately 230,000 signatures so fa...

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