Alex
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Alex
@shakingstick.bsky.social
· Mar 12
I told youse we should have had a Royal Commission of Enquiry into the Standard of the Shit we are Expected to believe.
I fucking told youse.
But we didn't, did we?
And here we bloody are.
I fucking told youse.
But we didn't, did we?
And here we bloody are.
Scenes, absolute scenes
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
'It's not impossible': Willis says National may join other parties to repeal Regulatory Standards Act
The National deputy leader said her party may also campaign to get rid of the law.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Scenes, absolute scenes
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
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The thing about Trump stories is that they always have that extra layer of stupidity that you’re not expecting. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
November 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The thing about Trump stories is that they always have that extra layer of stupidity that you’re not expecting. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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"Bari Weiss says she wants to use her new perch" to "sideline voices" like Nick Fuentes.
Two days ago The Free Press, which Weiss founded, published a puff piece on Fuentes ally Dasha Nekrasova in which she defends Fuentes and her relationship with him.
Sincerely, better luck next time though.
Two days ago The Free Press, which Weiss founded, published a puff piece on Fuentes ally Dasha Nekrasova in which she defends Fuentes and her relationship with him.
Sincerely, better luck next time though.
November 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
"Bari Weiss says she wants to use her new perch" to "sideline voices" like Nick Fuentes.
Two days ago The Free Press, which Weiss founded, published a puff piece on Fuentes ally Dasha Nekrasova in which she defends Fuentes and her relationship with him.
Sincerely, better luck next time though.
Two days ago The Free Press, which Weiss founded, published a puff piece on Fuentes ally Dasha Nekrasova in which she defends Fuentes and her relationship with him.
Sincerely, better luck next time though.
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linkedin job history
Podcast Host Dec. 2025- Present
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Director, FBI Feb. 2025 - Dec. 2025
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Podcast Host Jun. 2023 - Feb. 2025
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Director, FBI Feb. 2025 - Dec. 2025
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Podcast Host Jun. 2023 - Feb. 2025
November 25, 2025 at 10:54 PM
linkedin job history
Podcast Host Dec. 2025- Present
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Director, FBI Feb. 2025 - Dec. 2025
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Podcast Host Jun. 2023 - Feb. 2025
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Director, FBI Feb. 2025 - Dec. 2025
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Podcast Host Jun. 2023 - Feb. 2025
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Remember, govt has advice that it can’t repeal the local act providing for Ngai Tahu representation on Canta RC by a govt bill without some dodgy suspension of SOs etc. So, instead, it looks like ACT is going to tear down the institutions itself making the local act moot.
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Remember, govt has advice that it can’t repeal the local act providing for Ngai Tahu representation on Canta RC by a govt bill without some dodgy suspension of SOs etc. So, instead, it looks like ACT is going to tear down the institutions itself making the local act moot.
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CHOTINER: "I'm here with my new guest Zohr--"
MAMDANI: "Isaac! Great to finally meet you. I hear you're a good interviewer, what brings you here?"
CHOTINER: "I uh, wait, that's my jo--"
MAMDANI: "Well if it's your job you better regain control quick. What made you lose your edge?"
MAMDANI: "Isaac! Great to finally meet you. I hear you're a good interviewer, what brings you here?"
CHOTINER: "I uh, wait, that's my jo--"
MAMDANI: "Well if it's your job you better regain control quick. What made you lose your edge?"
November 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM
CHOTINER: "I'm here with my new guest Zohr--"
MAMDANI: "Isaac! Great to finally meet you. I hear you're a good interviewer, what brings you here?"
CHOTINER: "I uh, wait, that's my jo--"
MAMDANI: "Well if it's your job you better regain control quick. What made you lose your edge?"
MAMDANI: "Isaac! Great to finally meet you. I hear you're a good interviewer, what brings you here?"
CHOTINER: "I uh, wait, that's my jo--"
MAMDANI: "Well if it's your job you better regain control quick. What made you lose your edge?"
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I don't think any of this is really a surprise but it really does reveal how much the government doesn't give a shit about the consequences of what they do
They didn't do it to pad out their benefit numbers target, just to save a tiny bit of money in the short term and who cares about the effects.
They didn't do it to pad out their benefit numbers target, just to save a tiny bit of money in the short term and who cares about the effects.
Ministers were warned against teen welfare crackdown, documents reveal
Officials said the changes could actually increase long-term benefit dependency.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I don't think any of this is really a surprise but it really does reveal how much the government doesn't give a shit about the consequences of what they do
They didn't do it to pad out their benefit numbers target, just to save a tiny bit of money in the short term and who cares about the effects.
They didn't do it to pad out their benefit numbers target, just to save a tiny bit of money in the short term and who cares about the effects.
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"it's very problematic to say that these children have made one to two years progress, when potentially looking at what has been released, they are only testing the children in one very small area of mathematics, which is numbers," Hunter said."
#nzpol
#nzpol
Maths professor says Education Minister's claims a school trial is 'groundbreaking' is problematic
Erica Stanford said the results showed the government's focus on fixing the basics is working.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
"it's very problematic to say that these children have made one to two years progress, when potentially looking at what has been released, they are only testing the children in one very small area of mathematics, which is numbers," Hunter said."
#nzpol
#nzpol
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Fun fact: New Zealand's first homegrown rock 'n' roll song was 'Pie Cart Rock 'n' Roll' (1957). It goes deep.
* New Zealand takes pies (namely, handheld meat pies) so seriously that there are National Pie Awards that get major media coverage. The New Zealand National Library has a whole dedicated category for “Pies — Competitions.”
Pie.
Pie.
November 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Fun fact: New Zealand's first homegrown rock 'n' roll song was 'Pie Cart Rock 'n' Roll' (1957). It goes deep.
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Here's a thread from Twitter shared with Sophia's permission in which she finally is able to talk about Graham using the police as HIS personal goon squad and getting Sophia arrested at home by EIGHT armed police officers, somewhat putting the standard Heathrow armed cops in perspective.
November 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Here's a thread from Twitter shared with Sophia's permission in which she finally is able to talk about Graham using the police as HIS personal goon squad and getting Sophia arrested at home by EIGHT armed police officers, somewhat putting the standard Heathrow armed cops in perspective.
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the degree to which Labour have limboed under my lowest expectations for them is remarkable.
what the fuck
November 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
the degree to which Labour have limboed under my lowest expectations for them is remarkable.
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feel like this one is not so much a "paradox" as "how wars work" www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
feel like this one is not so much a "paradox" as "how wars work" www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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Here's how Greg Bovino denies tackling Scott Blackburn, while watching a video showing him tacking Scott Blackburn.
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
![A 5-question exchange in which Greg Bovino is asked if he sees an older gentleman, "expressing his disagreement with [Bovino's] presence in Chicago [who] doesn't like the fact that you are instructing him to move down, right?"
Bovino responds, no, "That individual is failing to follow instructions to vacate the area."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreibxlni2hq5i7mycqssosneb3ahdrtvw3ullnbi6y66dtomevhyhh4@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Here's how Greg Bovino denies tackling Scott Blackburn, while watching a video showing him tacking Scott Blackburn.
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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dear men: plz find a route to self-actualization that doesn’t run through someone else’s uterus
November 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
dear men: plz find a route to self-actualization that doesn’t run through someone else’s uterus
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Every American should have this in their wallet:
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Every American should have this in their wallet:
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Fun fact I couldn't mention until now: At the time Graham Linehan was harassing Sophia Brooks online, I was contacted by her former teachers and School Safeguarding Team to get her latest contact details, as they were worried sick about her being publicly stalked by an abusive alcoholic celebrity.
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Fun fact I couldn't mention until now: At the time Graham Linehan was harassing Sophia Brooks online, I was contacted by her former teachers and School Safeguarding Team to get her latest contact details, as they were worried sick about her being publicly stalked by an abusive alcoholic celebrity.
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Just in case you thought this was a ridiculous hypothetical, it’s actually a thing she did, and it’s racked up one thousand three hundred big views on youtube in the 7 hours it’s been up, so take that libs.
November 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Just in case you thought this was a ridiculous hypothetical, it’s actually a thing she did, and it’s racked up one thousand three hundred big views on youtube in the 7 hours it’s been up, so take that libs.
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Has a journo asked the PM if his local government minister here is describing the strict 'one person, one vote' model of democracy that the PM was so passionate about when discussing Māori wards etc when on the campaign trail just 2 short years ago?
November 25, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Has a journo asked the PM if his local government minister here is describing the strict 'one person, one vote' model of democracy that the PM was so passionate about when discussing Māori wards etc when on the campaign trail just 2 short years ago?
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Google is so bad now that my "here's how to find things on Google" lecture was embarrassingly derailed by me, with deep search skills, being unable to find simple things I've located dozens of times before, live in front of students.
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Google is so bad now that my "here's how to find things on Google" lecture was embarrassingly derailed by me, with deep search skills, being unable to find simple things I've located dozens of times before, live in front of students.
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Today I learned that stalking a 17 year old girl, writing up a 400 page 'dossier' about her, falsely reporting her to the police and smashing her phone does not constitute 'harassment'.
One wonders what *would*.
One wonders what *would*.
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has been found guilty of criminal damage to the phone of a trans activist but not guilty of harassment.
news.sky.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Today I learned that stalking a 17 year old girl, writing up a 400 page 'dossier' about her, falsely reporting her to the police and smashing her phone does not constitute 'harassment'.
One wonders what *would*.
One wonders what *would*.
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Collateral purpose of reform of regional councils?
November 25, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Collateral purpose of reform of regional councils?
Has a journo asked the PM if his local government minister here is describing the strict 'one person, one vote' model of democracy that the PM was so passionate about when discussing Māori wards etc when on the campaign trail just 2 short years ago?
November 25, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Has a journo asked the PM if his local government minister here is describing the strict 'one person, one vote' model of democracy that the PM was so passionate about when discussing Māori wards etc when on the campaign trail just 2 short years ago?