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Kaz

@serenity22.bsky.social

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Aotearoa born and bred. 🇳🇿 Grandmama, digital strategist, political obsessive (wish I didn't need to be). #ewwdavid She/her

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Kaz @serenity22.bsky.social · 22h

It occurred to me this morning after watching Jon Stewart talk to Tristan Harris about the dangers of unregulated AI - that what is happening in the Middle East feels like a massive, deliberate distraction, to enable the AI titans to build their world dominance. www.youtube.com/watch?v=675d...

Tristan Harris – The Dangers of Unregulated AI on Humanity & the Workforce | The Daily Show

YouTube video by The Daily Show

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2h

I knew Fox News was theater. I just didn't realize it was a repertory theater that recycles actors for different roles.

You'd think a company that had to pay $787,000,000 for deceiving its viewers would be a little more careful about blatantly continuing the practice.

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Purple Teacher @peaceandteachin.bsky.social · 1d

So Abbott is spending more of his state’s money to send the Texas National Guard to Illinois to round up the immigrants he bused there last year?
Meanwhile how is the grid in Texas?
Make it make sense🤦‍♀️
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
www.latintimes.com/gavin-newsom...

Gavin Newsom Slams Texas Gov. Greg Abbott For Sending National Guard Troops To Other States In The U.S. 'Deal With Your Crime Epidemic'

California Gov. Gavin Newsom slammed Texas counterpart Greg Abbott for sending state National Guard members to other states in the country.

www.latintimes.com

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kiwisockpuppet.bsky.social @kiwisockpuppet.bsky.social · 2h

“There are likely many reasons for rising poverty and crime in the city centre, but one of the main ones is almost certainly that no one has any money due to the crushing recession we’ve created on purpose.” #nzpol

The Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social · 4h

Nation upset at the inevitable result of its own actions

Step one: push people out of work and onto the streets. Step two: get mad at people being out of work or on the streets...

thespinoff.co.nz

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 2h

Federated Farmers says a proposed increase in the level of Roundup residue in food risks incentivising poorer farming standards.

Food Safety swamped by thousands of objections, stalling glyphosate review

newsroom.co.nz

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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 23h

Women candidates here describe what research has long shown: abuse against women in politics is rarely about their policies. It is about policing gender, punishing visibility, and reasserting who gets to speak in public life.

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🌺🌈🦋laura 🌈🙏🌺 @laurahunter-88.bsky.social · 2d

Hakeem Jeffries OBLITERATES Trump’s lie that Democrats want funding for undocumented immigrant healthcare.
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Trump’s Shutdown Gives Republicans Another Excuse To Avoid Releasing The Epstein Files
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA6j...

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Duncan Webb MP @duncanwebbmp.bsky.social · 16h

OMG the National Party totally screwed up the vote on the Broadcasting Bill. First they didn’t have signed proxies for the conscience vote. Then they didn’t have the 20 members in the house required for a conscience vote - so the vote is a nullity. Politics 101 learn to count !!!

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Kaz @serenity22.bsky.social · 17h

Yis

Kaz @serenity22.bsky.social · 17h

It had to start somewhere.

Kaz @serenity22.bsky.social · 22h

Which is not to say that the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent people and the genocide being inflicted on Palestine isn't real, it absolutely is, but it could be stopped at any time if Netanyahu chose to. And it is taking huge amounts of protest resources, time and attention, meanwhile ...

Kaz @serenity22.bsky.social · 22h

Tristan Harris – The Dangers of Unregulated AI on Humanity & the Workforce | The Daily Show

YouTube video by The Daily Show

www.youtube.com

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Kaz @serenity22.bsky.social · 22h

The thing I hate most about all of this is Edwards being described, inaccurately, as a 'left-wing pundit'. he might have been that many years ago, but certainly isn't now.

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Brian @bm1970.bsky.social · 1d

We also have this guy the Portland unipiper a dude riding a unicycle playing bagpipes wearing a Darth Vader mask with flame stacks we are holding him in reserve in case situation gets totally weird he's Portland famous beat that ice goons

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AnnieOakleyinGA @annie1x.bsky.social · 2d

#Pinks #ProudBlue
I think this covers most of the lies Bondi told when she was testifying before Congress today.
www.bbc.com/news/live/cn...

Pam Bondi updates: Senators question attorney general on Epstein, Comey

Trump's pick to lead the justice department is also questioned about pressure to investigate the president's adversaries.

www.bbc.com

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Connor Sharp @connorsharp.bsky.social · 1d

Reminder to vote in the Auckland local election, only a few more days to go!

And tell your friends 😀 especially if they want progressive action (then tell em to vote City Vision 😉)

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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 2d

‘Members around this table feeding defamatory rumour': Tory Whanau hits out in final council speech
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

‘Members around this table feeding defamatory rumour': Tory Whanau signs off, and hits out

Critics, colleagues and bullies: no one spared in Wellington mayor Tory Whanau’s parting shot.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Patrick Reynolds for a greater Auckland @patrickreynolds.bsky.social · 2d

What makes biz go delusional about the economy? Oh yeah, their party in power.
How great is the gap between reality + generally agreed right-wing public policy? Dead wrong about public finances + society, no matter how good they are at running own businesses? Via @bernardchickey.bsky.social

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David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 1d

While I really don't want to go back to being "the business confidence data guy" of 2019. It is about a 40 point difference in party in power given similar conditions.

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David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · Nov 30

It is scattered all over Twitter because it was an albatross around my neck for many years. But I think these are the 3 main graphs.

Every other country's Business Confidence is a better predictor of GDP

NZ Business Confidence is uniquely uncorrelated to GDP

It is about political reckons and what the past was like

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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 2d

Over 21,000 votes, yes not scientific but it tells you as much about public mood as TV News vox pops #NZPol

"Who would get your party vote if an election was held today?". The poll results indicate the percentage of votes each political party or group would receive.
Labour has the highest percentage of votes at 47%.
The Green Party is the second-highest at 18%.
National is in third place with 13%.
The ACT Party 7%, NZ First 6%, Te Pāti Māori 3%, and "None of the parties currently in Parliament" 6%

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miravox @miravox.bsky.social · 1d

#nzpol
Newsroom is not letting go of finding out about the circumstances of Adrian Orr's exit from the Reserve Bank.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/07/o...

Confirming suspicions that the terms of his exit most resemble a non-disclosure agreement, the deal gags Orr from criticising the Quigley or Willis.

In return for payment of six months worth of salary, it bars him from disparaging the bank, its board, individual members of the board, the Treasury, the Minister of Finance or the Government generally.

‘Adrian Orr had confidential information, but more to the point, he was a party to the unsavoury proceedings before his departure. There was such a heightened level of sensitivity around the circumstances of his departure, and what prompted it, that they tried to seal it off.’

Adjunct professor Dr Chris Eichbaum, former Reserve Bank director
But there’s flexibility for it to be applied far more broadly – to stop him speaking to the media, to stop him giving speeches, to stop him publishing a memoir …

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Kaz @serenity22.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly, I don't disagree - I enjoy new places, but the process of getting there sucks a lot.

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Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 2d

The Govt wants to cut Health NZ staff working on alcohol harm & end its research & social marketing campaigns. Sixty five organisations have signed an open letter to the PM, calling for alcohol industry to be excluded from policy making.
My #cartoon today #NZpol #alcohol #Health #PublicHealth

Cartoon. Title: “Sponsored by the Alcohol Lobby”. Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey and Assoc Justice Minister Nicole McKee, drinking together. McKee hands her beer to Doocey and says, “Hold my beer” “I’m going to sort out these Public Health boffins. Lower right it says, “Govt ignores expert advice on alcohol”

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Kieran @nug.monster · 2d

the number of striking union members last night was around 90k and it just went up by another ~5k.

ApocalypseElf @apocalypseelf.bsky.social · 2d

Anyone that can join this strike absolutely should www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Policy, IT and other back-office health workers to join major strike action

The union says critical IT workers and policy and business support staff are among them.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Patrick Galey @patrickgaley.bsky.social · 2d

How the US-backed coup axing Egypt's 1st freely elected president - who proved he could deal with Hamas and stand up to Israel - led us to Oct 7 and the genocide

In which @austingmackell.bsky.social takes names on the Western imperial capture of Arab democracy www.writeinstone.com/blog/post/mo...

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Kaz @serenity22.bsky.social · 2d

I mean wtf.