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Marc Daalder

@marcdaalder.bsky.social

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Senior Political Reporter at newsroom.co.nz covering climate change, health, energy and violent extremism | He/him ✡️

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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · Aug 13

Paywall now lifted: My special report this morning is about how we spent generations strangling our rivers to make room for our homes and farms, only to find we've ended up supercharging their flows.

What do we do when we realise we've built a society in a riverbed?
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We strangled our rivers; now they're fighting back

Special report: We forced NZ's braided rivers into tiny channels so we could build our homes and farms in their riverbeds – now we're seeing the consequences. Marc Daalder investigates.

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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 1h

Birdle 🇳🇿 10/10/2025

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First Wordle Problems @fwordleproblems.bsky.social · 1d

Hm. Not just a DC thing apparently.

Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 1d

A federal grand jury has refused to indict a Chicago couple arrested during a violent protest outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview last month, a rare move that prompted prosecutors to abruptly drop the case.

Charges dropped against couple in Broadview immigration protest after federal grand jury refuses to indict

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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 19h

Act Local candidates provided identical responses to some of Newsroom's open-ended survey questions, suggesting they had coordinated or been instructed to reply a certain way.
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Parliamentary parties crowd out other blocs in local elections

Nationwide, Parliamentary parties are entrenching their influence in local elections over that of locally derived groupings.

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🎃scarecrowcialism👻 @swolecialism.bsky.social · 20h

I have frogs everywhere

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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 22h

My analysis: The design of the new Jobseeker policy incentivises parents of unemployed teenagers to work fewer hours, for fear of the teens losing their benefit.
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Govt to meet 9% of Jobseeker target by taking teens off benefit

The design of the new Jobseeker policy incentivises parents of unemployed teenagers to work fewer hours, for fear of the teens losing their benefit.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 23h

The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.

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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 1d

Birdle 🇳🇿 08/10/2025

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Birdle New Zealand

Play and guess today's Birdle in 5 guesses. Learn about a new New Zealand bird every day.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 1d

Someone uploaded the video to reddit. He said it and then just abruptly stopped talking. The video is still working - you can see him blinking. And it's not an audio problem his mouth isn't moving

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From the LateStageCapitalism community on Reddit: Stephen Miller states that Trump has plenary authority, then immediately stops talking as if he’s realized what he just said

Explore this post and more from the LateStageCapitalism community

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 3d

BREAKING: Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from deploying any National Guard troops in Oregon.

Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from sending National Guard troops to Oregon

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying any National Guard units to Oregon, including the California National Guard.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state’s military troops.

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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 4d

Easiest Birdle ever

Birdle 🇳🇿 06/10/2025

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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 4d

Alison Holst! I recognise the font 🤣

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Birdle 🇳🇿 04/10/2025

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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 7d

Birdle 🇳🇿 03/10/2025

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 7d

"too"

image of Regina George from the scene where she says "so you agree?"

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Kirsty Johnston @kirstyjohnston.bsky.social · 7d

If you're trying to get your head around the energy market announcement (or non-announcement) this piece by @marcdaalder.bsky.social is great

newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/01/g...

Damp squib energy reforms reject 8 of 10 recommendations

Analysis: The Government's limited energy package doubles down on fossil fuels after a market review recommends privatising the gentailers

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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks Kirsty!

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Birdle 🇳🇿 02/10/2025

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Christina Hood @christinahood.bsky.social · 8d

Brutal from @marcdaalder.bsky.social :
"It’s not so much throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks as it is a half-hearted tossing of whatever was in arm’s reach, knowing it will just slide down the wall but hoping you’re not still in the job by the time starts to pool on the ground."

Damp squib energy reforms reject 8 of 10 review recommendations

Analysis: The Government's limited energy package doubles down on fossil fuels after a market review recommends privatising the gentailers

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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 9d

New: My analysis on the Government's just-announced energy reforms. The uninspired package doubles down on fossil fuels, after a major market review recommended privatising the gentailers.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/01/g...

Damp squib energy reforms reject 8 of 10 review recommendations

Analysis: The Government's limited energy package doubles down on fossil fuels after a market review recommends privatising the gentailers

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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 10d

Birdle 🇳🇿 30/09/2025

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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 10d

Missed a couple days there! And a couple guesses today! 🫣

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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 10d

American Gestapo

WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 10d

ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 10d

🚨This is a big deal: suburban chicago police launch an investigation into an ICE attack on local CBS news journalists.

Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 10d

Broadview Police have opened an investigation into an attack from federal agents on a CBS crew at Broadview, per BPD Chief Mills.

The following statement can be attributed to Broadview Police Chief Thomas Mills:

“The Village of Broadview Police Department has launched a criminal investigation into an allegedly unprovoked attack on a CBS Chicago TV news reporter’s vehicle on Sunday by a chemical munition fired from the direction of U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement detention facility. The victim declined medical attention. The Broadview Police Department expects the full cooperation of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security into our criminal investigation.”

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Vote Tākapu @votetakapu.bsky.social · 10d

What a campaign! Thank you to the one in 70 voters who listed Tākapu on their ballots - together we got nearly 1000 votes, ranking 65th!

#boty #boty2025 #birdoftheyear #birdoftheyear2025

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