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Nandor Tanczos @nandortanczos.bsky.social · Sep 9

so many levels of stupidity

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Nandor Tanczos @nandortanczos.bsky.social · Sep 8

Time to be straight up about the rates.
nandor.net.nz/2025/08/29/w...

What the heck is up with the rates?

Rates are going through the roof and people are struggling. Even so, I’m going to say something that most mayoral candidates won’t admit. Rates are going to keep going up and anyone who promises th…

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · Aug 27

Police carried out an unlawful program of mass surveillance for years. They created a database of thousands of photos of Māori children who were under no suspicion. Police have failed over and over to meet deadlines to delete the photos. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Government promises to give police more information-collecting powers, details scant

But details on the upcoming law change are still scant.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Nandor Tanczos @nandortanczos.bsky.social · Aug 21

I love Judaism. I love the teachings of the sages, the profound reasoning in Mishnah and Midrash. I love the wisdom of the ancient Rabbis like Hillel & Gamaliel, & the joyful worship of the Baal Shem Tov. I love the preeminence of ethics and humanitarianism within Judaism.
Israel is not Judaism.

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Tom Burgis @tomburgis.bsky.social · Aug 10

This is a story about spies. Though they are highly trained, they don’t work for an intelligence agency. They work for paying clients.

One target was James Coussey. He'd been a criminal prosecutor. Why were they after him? My new @theguardian.com investigation (1/8)

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Nandor Tanczos @nandortanczos.bsky.social · Aug 5

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Beyond the Numbers with Nandor Tanczos: Leading Through Listening | Calc

Learn how nonviolent communication in leadership helps resolve conflict, build trust, and boost team performance—starting with how you listen.

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Nandor Tanczos @nandortanczos.bsky.social · Jul 30

Orange jumpsuit, or orange wig?

Tom @kiwiteej.bsky.social · Jul 30

Beginning to think that not everything with this whole thing was as has been protrayed.

Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · Jul 30

Wow, this is something else.

Nandor Tanczos @nandortanczos.bsky.social · Jul 30

lots of people now think that Mandela was a pacifist. The founder of Umkhonto We Sizwe lol

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Jul 23

1. Researching this week’s column, I felt that I understood at last just why, on so many issues – benefits, Gaza, environmental and planning laws, anti-protest laws, bank deregulation, fiscal rules etc - Labour is out-Torying the Tories. Why it has become so cruel, so destructive and so spineless. 🧵

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Nandor Tanczos @nandortanczos.bsky.social · Jul 23

I'm not here much & only recently active. The genocide in Gaza has been acute during that time, so it's been a focus. Point is, I'm not a partisan in a propaganda war. I started off very pro-Israel, before evidence about what was happening in the Occupied Territories became overwhelming

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Nandor Tanczos @nandortanczos.bsky.social · Jul 23

not if it's actual scholarship rather than right wing propaganda. I've provided real evidence from multiple independent or Jewish sources.

Nandor Tanczos @nandortanczos.bsky.social · Jul 23

I read as far as I could before it wanted me to sign up. It was a weak defence to that point. It'll take the view of the actual genocide expert thanks.

Nandor Tanczos @nandortanczos.bsky.social · Jul 23

I have posted on socmed about Ukraine, women in Iran, US in the middle east, the Uyghurs & Tibetans, Western Papua, Western Sahara etc.
But the west isn't funding those to the tune of billions of dollars a year
Neither is the scale comparable.
Unlike you I condemn all war crimes, not just my enemies

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Nandor Tanczos @nandortanczos.bsky.social · Jul 23

you're joking surely?
You're putting an op ed by a pro-Israel right wing US think tank up against a number of legal analyses by numerous distinguished genocide scholars, including Israeli ones?
C'mon now.

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Nandor Tanczos @nandortanczos.bsky.social · Jul 23

this guy must be Hamas
www.npr.org/2025/07/17/n...

Historian Omer Bartov on why he believes Israel is committing genocide in Gaza

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Omer Bartov, Holocaust and genocide studies scholar at Brown University, about his essay outlining why he believes Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

www.npr.org

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Nandor Tanczos @nandortanczos.bsky.social · Jul 23

My opinion is irrelevant. As is yours.
www.bu.edu/articles/202...

Is Israel Committing Genocide in Gaza? New Report from BU School of Law’s International Human Rights Clinic Lays Out Case

The report comes from researchers at the University Network for Human Rights, a consortium of human right centers

www.bu.edu

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MadSheahan @themadshe.bsky.social · Jul 22

Anyone who truly wants governance and politics done well owes thanks to @misswhanau.bsky.social for exposing dirty politics + misogyny + bullying. We need to know who we are dealing with. Questioning HER motives is sooooo revealing.

Tory Whanau @misswhanau.bsky.social · Jul 22

People may question why I’m opening up now, or calling this a political hit job. Frankly I don’t care what people call it, the community DESERVES to know who these men are. If they can’t treat colleagues with basic decency, they don’t deserve to be elected. Don’t be gross, easy as that.

Watch: Lewd gossip about Tory Whanau shared by Auckland councillor Maurice Williamson

The sexually explicit comments were made in an Auckland Council committee meeting.

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Nandor Tanczos @nandortanczos.bsky.social · Jul 22

1. OP was talking about Arab countries around Palestine, so not sure yr point
2. I'd call Oct 7 an atrocity & a war crime.
3. Genocide scholars, incl. Israeli ones, are saying that Israel is, in fact, committing genocide. Sticking your fingers in your ears and going "la la la" changes nothing

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Nandor Tanczos @nandortanczos.bsky.social · Jul 21

Just listen to your leaders. They aren't disguising anything.
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/j...

Israeli public figures accuse judiciary of ignoring incitement to genocide in Gaza

Letter to attorney general and state prosecutor demands action to stop ‘explicit calls to commit atrocious crimes’

www.theguardian.com

Nandor Tanczos @nandortanczos.bsky.social · Jul 21

It is hard to understand. Many holocaust survivors are equally bewildered.
As to your 1st point - that's ironic from a guy who says that almost every international human right org, media channel and intergovernmental organ is wrong and only the IDF is trustworthy.
Cognitive dissonance is real.

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Nandor Tanczos @nandortanczos.bsky.social · Jul 21

The thread was about IDF firing on people waiting for food aid. As testified by IDF soldiers.
That's not even talking about the execution of bound aid workers.
Of course you find it hard to admit what is in front of your eyes. It would be too much to bear.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Evidence of ‘execution-style’ killings of Palestinian aid workers by Israeli forces, doctor says

Forensic consultant says multiple bullets were used from short range in attack that has caused global outrage

www.theguardian.com

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Nandor Tanczos @nandortanczos.bsky.social · Jul 21

Keep telling yourself that. Maybe it'll silence your conscience. But probably not. Which is why you need to shout so much.

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · Jul 21

Just a periodic reminder: fascism and anti intellectualism are inextricably linked.

The epistemic crisis and the crisis of fascism are mirrors.

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Jul 21

It's become clear that this administration is just a protracted war on anybody who's read a book without pictures in it. It's a miracle we're all still getting up and going to work every morning. The psychological drain is the point, and I'm increasingly grateful to the people who are still decent.

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UNRWA @unrwa.org · Jul 19

UNRWA has food for the entire population for over three months — stockpiled and ready also in Al Arish, Egypt.

The supplies are available. The systems are in place.

Open the gates. Let UNRWA deliver.
1 million children are waiting.

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Nandor Tanczos @nandortanczos.bsky.social · Jul 20

A Government for Big Business, by Big Business

Amanda Reilly @amandareillyinnz.bsky.social · Jul 20

Confirming what we all already knew- the proposed change to s6 and New Zealand's legal definition of employee was drafted at UBER'S behest. If this becomes law, I really hope the opposition parties commit to repealing it. lawnews.nz/employment/m...

Minister adopts Uber’s wish-list when drafting employment law changes, rejects official advice - Law News

Neil Sands Officials advised Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden against restricting workers’ ability to challenge their employment status in court, but she ignored them and instead adopted...

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