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Oli - ultracrepidarian @olimnz.bsky.social · 1m

Pleased for you. Do a good job for us all. We need some sane voices there.

Oli - ultracrepidarian @olimnz.bsky.social · 1h

Living the highlife listening to (and watching) the NZ Symphony Orchestra at the Town Hall.

Louise Farrenc is first up. Beautiful works by a female composer.
dpb-web.instantencore.com/program/4957...

dpb-web.instantencore.com

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Oli - ultracrepidarian @olimnz.bsky.social · 3h

No. Have a glass of something instead.

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Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 1d

Introducing the NZ Coalition Government
#nzpol

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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 8h

The crowdfund for a podcast investigating how the idea of quitting the Paris climate accords went from fringe to mainstream is getting closer and closer to the goal. If 25 more people pledge $5 we'll be three quarters of the way there

www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/861...

Podcast: Quit Paris? How pulling out of the Paris Climate Accords went from fringe media to the mainstream | PledgeMe

Quit Paris? This podcast will investigate how a fringe idea moved from being a fringe position to one advocated by mainstream politicians

www.pledgeme.co.nz

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UrbanAKL @urbanakl.bsky.social · 9h

Auckland's local democracy is looking bright prior to polls closing today.

/s

#nzpol

Screenshot of Auckland Council election daily vote tallies - published by the Spinoff: https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/11-10-2025/local-elections-live-decision-day-2025

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Oli - ultracrepidarian @olimnz.bsky.social · 6h

Ōtautahi/Christchurch local election results:

www.electionz.com/LGE2025Resul...

www.electionz.com

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Oli - ultracrepidarian @olimnz.bsky.social · 6h

Ah, bugger. Sorry Selwyn - been nice knowing you.

Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 6h

Well fuck - Selwyn has elected a majority of Council with links to VFF, Act, and Trump fans. Maybe put that on the no fly list for the next three years

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Oli - ultracrepidarian @olimnz.bsky.social · 7h

Nice bit of clarity here: "The Greens made clear in their comments that the party, if in power, would repeal the legislation and abolish the Ministry for Regulation."

They don't muck about, like Labour are doing.
#nzpol

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Oli - ultracrepidarian @olimnz.bsky.social · 7h

I'm more concerned about my KiwiSaver investments. I kinda don't need them to take 10 years to recover after the nosedive we might well see.

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Oli - ultracrepidarian @olimnz.bsky.social · 7h

Tragic, much?

😜😂😂

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Oli - ultracrepidarian @olimnz.bsky.social · 8h

Unsolicited Mick pic

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Cam Bennett @cambennett.bsky.social · 13h

Pathetic & desperate. Luxon is drowning.

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Alex @shakingstick.bsky.social · 9h

Media reporting Thiel talk series on the antichrist and not using the words or phrases 'gibberish' 'laughable nonsense' "stupid fucker' 'sweet lord almighty what does he take us for' this guy fucking sucks lol', I see you

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Oli - ultracrepidarian @olimnz.bsky.social · 8h

Unsolicited Dick pic

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Oli - ultracrepidarian @olimnz.bsky.social · 8h

Went with my sister in law, Mary. They're not busy. I think we were the first customers.

Delicious as usual!

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Oli - ultracrepidarian @olimnz.bsky.social · 11h

I must learn to do that. My jobs stack up in a list until I get a round-tuit.

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Pip @pipinotautahi.bsky.social · 15h

This sweaty weirdo is who John Key gifted citizenship and “nz apocalypse insurance” to.
Turns out he is creating the apocalypse that he bought the insurance for.

He is a dangerous sweaty weirdo…..most billionaires are

Andreas Hopf 🇩🇪 🇨🇭 🇬🇧 🇸🇪 @andreashopf.bsky.social · 15h

Peter Thiel really lost his marbles.

Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist

The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’

www.theguardian.com

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 14h

You can now easily create your own "mini-feeds" from bluesky search. Just do the search copy the search URL, make a post with it, and save the post in your bookmarks.

For example: Bloomberg Gift Links

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Oli - ultracrepidarian @olimnz.bsky.social · 11h

And that's the problem - they're not learning.

It's like Liz 🥬 Truss: just go harder "Oh, whoops, why did the markets crash?"

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Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 14h

So Argentina, with its Trumpite leader & Atlas-Network-wet-dream ultra-neolib economic policies has...how do I put this...turned into an ECONOMIC BASKET CASE requiring eye-watering bailouts.

Crazy & scary to think our psycho-killer, Milei admiring Govt will have learned nothing from this debacle.

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 14h

Robots are pretty quickly becoming more capable and affordable. If you think this won't impact the labor market, you're engaging in cope, and if you don't think we should all benefit from robot labor via universal basic income as a fair GDP dividend, you're helping billionaires become trillionaires.

Figure AI's New Humanoid Robot Can Fold Your Clothes, Do the Dishes

It might also take jobs that Figure AI deems 'unsafe and undesirable.'

www.pcmag.com

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Oli - ultracrepidarian @olimnz.bsky.social · 12h

What I would say to you is; I don't give a fuck.
🤡🤡🤡
#nzpol

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Sally Greaves @cardiokiwi.bsky.social · 14h

On October 10, 2024 the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) officially declared the Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) extinct. Congratulations, stupid humans. 😔😠

Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 1d

It's also not "just another" extinction, it's the first from mainland Europe in centuries. CENTURIES.

And there will be others within our lifetime.

That's biodiversity loss.

We'll never hear this sound, ever again xeno-canto.org/398794

XC398794 Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris)

Awful wind noise in the original! See sonogram and notes of the recording circumstances on p12 of Gretton A. (1991) The ecology and conservation of the Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris). ...

xeno-canto.org

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TheBobbicus (he/him) @thebobbicus.bsky.social · 12h

That's Peter Thiel, you can ask him anything.
Ask him to fuck off.

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