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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 1h

So distressing. It's bad enough dealing with long covid in midlife when you've at least lived some life. But these people are right at the start of their lives and they're so incapacitated.
The platitudes from the ministry of health don't help either.

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Living Safely With Covid @covidsafenz.bsky.social · 2h

#LongCovid “No one is immune to this”

Offered rest home care at 24: the lonely plight of formerly healthy young Kiwis suffering with long Covid

The pandemic never ended, and we're all living proof of that.

www.1news.co.nz/2025/10/10/o...

Offered rest home care at 24: the lonely plight of young Kiwis with long Covid

A group of young Kiwis prove what international studies show: that long Covid has a particularly debilitating effect on young people. But how much medical support is there for them?

www.1news.co.nz

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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 2h

Arriving at the airport to find their flight reservations had been cancelled must have been so scary.
I'm very glad he's safely off the ground now.

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Bee @dailybee.bsky.social · 3h

"Everyone has challenges" Paul Goldsmith says when asked about leaving young jobseekers with medical certificates with no safety net.

I'll add that line to the list of ways this government sounds like a invalidating and gaslighting abuser. #nzpol

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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 2h

A paragraph about the White House statement in response to his flight caught my attention.
“Examples of Democrat violence are plentiful. The Trump administration is focused on stopping this violence - Democrats are fueling it.”
We’re seeing a similar rhetorical strategy from some politicians here.

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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 2h

I just found out about the professor who fled the US with his family because the threats to his safety were so extreme, and hoo boy, what a scary sign.

Rutgers professor trying to flee the U.S. blocked by canceled flight

A Rutgers history professor and his family tried to leave the U.S. for Spain following death threats but found their flight had been suddenly canceled.

ca.news.yahoo.com

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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 2h

I just looked this up and holy moly. I’m glad he and his family got out.
And man, the parallels between what’s happening now and say post-revolutionary Iran, are very stark and very scary.

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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 3h

It's maddening. And so clear in the way the media here goes after left wing politicians for minor things while not holding the right to account.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

Seeing someone tell an Iranian that they should read up on the Iran Hostage Crisis on here is genuinely the most perfect encapsulation of American political discourse possible

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Christina Hood @christinahood.bsky.social · 4h

Heads up - New Zealand government's annoucements on 2050 climate target will be made midday Sunday NZ time. Will we be the first country to weaken a legislated 2050 target?

Email from the Ministry for the Environment:

Tēnā koe,
On Sunday at 12.00pm (12th October) the Government will make an announcement about New Zealand’s 2050 climate change targets.

The Ministry for the Environment will also release the 2025 emissions projections at 5.00pm on Sunday.

Ngā mihi
Ministry for the Environment

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 3h

When you see scary things in the news, look for the helpers.

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 3h

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.bsky.social · 6h

If this ceasefire happens - and I hope it does - Western media will talk about 'peace'. This will be inaccurate. What they will mean is 'quiet', a reversion to the background level of violence that Palestinians have faced for decades. Peace can only come with the end of the occupation and apartheid.

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 4h

I guess if you don’t know dick about shit you could think Johnny Cash seems “deeply uncool” but anyway glad newborn babies are getting to write opinion columns, good for those lil cuties

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 7h

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country-music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman.

Essay | Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.

on.wsj.com

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David Clegg @delphijunkie.bsky.social · 4h

Looking forward to Winston Peters taking full responsibility for this. That's how this works now, right? #nzpol

The Press @thepress.co.nz · 4h

The 19-year-old will appear in a Gisborne court next week. Doyle stepped down from Parliament in September, citing the intolerable level of abuse.

Teen charged with making death threats against former Green MP Benjamin Doyle

The 19-year-old will appear in a Gisborne court next week. Doyle stepped down from Parliament in September, citing the intolerable level of abuse.

dlvr.it

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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 3h

Yes, his comments after the broken window are outrageous, as were all his attacks on Doyle.
Where's the outrage?

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aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 13h

the background on zohran's colbert appearance is jaw-droppingly disgusting

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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 3h

Stuff identifies the MP as Benjamin Doyle.

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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 3h

I’m pleased to see the police are taking the threats against Doyle seriously. I hope the courts do as well.
Maybe a couple of convictions with fines and/or a bit of jail time will have a chilling effect on online incitement and harassment.
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Man charged after string of death threats made against MP

A 19-year-old man has been charged.

www.rnz.co.nz

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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 4h

Oh, how scary for you.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 17h

“London hits 'historic' clean air milestone 184 years early…a 'truly remarkable turnaround for the city's air quality.”

Quite a leadership achievement for @london.gov.uk’s government! While nations talk, (some) cities act. And get results.

London hits clean air milestone 184 years early - ULEZ makes 'big difference'

A professor has branded the success a 'truly remarkable turnaround for the city's air quality'

www.mylondon.news

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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 16h

11) The actress from the current One NZ ad campaign was dropped by them after she was found to have encouraged people to protest at Peters's house and doxxed him.

Actor cut from ad campaign after sharing Winston Peters' address

One New Zealand has effectively sacked an actor used in its TV ads after she revealed Winston Peters' home address in a live stream last week and encouraged pro-Palestinian activists to join protests ...

www.rnz.co.nz

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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 16h

The language Peters used is highly inflammatory, and pretty rich coming from a man whose attacks on Benjamin Doyle launched a wave of threats so serious that Doyle felt they had to leave parliament altogether for the safety of their family.

The text of Winston Peters's post about the broken window.

Tonight a disgusting coward has gone to my home and smashed a window. Glass was shattered all over our dog. He also left a sign on our front door. I wasn't home. But my partner and guest were.

This is truly gutless. This is the type of violent hate-filled behaviour we warned about in the past few days about the radical left. When we have protesters, political bloggers, and MPs alike encouraging this behaviour, posting politician's home addresses online, and acting with pure ignorance and extremism, this is the result.

This is the slippery slope that the left has been on the pathway of radicalisation for some time. New Zealanders need to be deeply concerned about where our country is going and see who are the perpetrators of this divisive and violent behaviour. All of New Zealand needs to be deeply concerned.

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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 17h

10) Someone broke a window at Peter's home. We don't yet know who or why, or if it was connected to the protest. But Peters got straight on the attack, accusing Chloe Swarbrick and the Greens of fomenting violence.

'Disgusting coward' - Winston Peters says window smashed at his home, police called

Police confirmed they were called to the NZ First leader's home after a report of wilful damage.

www.rnz.co.nz

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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 17h

9) And people protested outside Peters's home on several evenings last week.
He was Not Amused.

Protesters target Winston Peters' home again

Police say they responded to reports of a protest outside a residential address in an inner city Auckland suburb.

www.rnz.co.nz

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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 17h

8) Winston Peters has been met by protests since his announcement that New Zealand wouldn't recognise Palestine.
In Port Chalmers, near Dunedin.

'Shame on you': Peters slips past protesters at Port Chalmers

Winston Peters used a side entrance to evade a large group of protesters chanting "Shame on you" at Port Chalmers.

www.odt.co.nz

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