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wordsSHIFTminds is Auckland, New Zealand-based composer and musician Chris Bell. No guru, no method, no teacher. Music is the best. https://www.instagram.com/wordsshiftminds/ https://soundcloud.com/wordsshiftminds https://wordsshiftminds.bandcamp.com

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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 28d

'Large Metallic Anomaly' will be the first track on 'Two-Thirds Empty', the next wordsSHIFTminds album, released on 1 October 2025, via DistroKid. #music #instrumental #electronica #downtempo #synths #synthwave #youtube

'Large Metallic Anomaly'

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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 5h

Another thing modern music producers never have to do is send the tape-op out to make tea. You have to brew up all by yourself because you don't have a tape-op. 😊

Three Things Most Modern Music Producers Never Have to Do | Production Expert

Three things that once defined every recording session have quietly vanished, and most modern producers don’t even know they’re gone.

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Ether Diver @etherdiver.bsky.social · 1d

Musicians! #Musicians! My reserves are running low, so if you were thinking of submitting to Other People's Music, it's a great time!

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Free coverage of your music to an audience eager to hear independent music in a wide variety of genres!

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Bee @dailybee.bsky.social · 12h

"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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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 11h

Everything else was going so well. 😐🙄😖

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Nō 𝔸𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕒 @wittyeti.bsky.social · 18h

Let me guess, everything Chorus has installed is included in the sale?

So it would be yet another piece of our country's infrastructure being maintained by a private company?

Sure glad those landlords got a tax cut though. Can people cross the Cook Straight yet?

#nzpol

RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 18h

Government mulls possible sale of Chorus

The Finance Minister says with the completion of the ultra-fast broadband fibre initiative, there's no longer a policy reason for the Crown to own Chorus.

www.rnz.co.nz

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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 11h

Your periodic reminder that the President of the United States is unhinged.

James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 16h

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

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Scarlett Fox Fella 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 #NAFO @scarlett4fox.bsky.social · 12h

Trvmp is an absolute menace to the US and the world. He uses cruel, insulting, or threatening behavior towards anyone he perceives as weaker or more vulnerable.
BULLIES DON'T WIN PEACE PRIZES.

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Norway braces for blowback from Trump if he doesn't win Peace Prize - UPI.com

As the Norwegian Nobel Committee prepares to announce the Nobel Peace Prize Friday morning, Norwegians are preparing themselves for the frustration of Trump.

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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 11h

I hope everyone is as dismayed by this as I am.

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

www.theguardian.com

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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 12h

Good grief.

wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 12h

It's a limited-reality consensus perpetuated by failed children.

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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 12h

Hang in there. Things really kick into gear once you hit 65. 😐

wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 12h

Also, how many PMs do we have? The giant thumb in the photo doesn't count due to incompetence and cowardice.

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John Vibes @johnvibes.bsky.social · 12h

escalating fast

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.bsky.social · 15h

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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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 12h

Dowd had some great collaborations with the late Jackie Leven that are worth seeking out; e.g.:

The Skaters - Johnny Dowd from Jackie Leven's record "oh what a blow that phantom dealt me!"

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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 12h

It's like touch wood, crossing your fingers, finding a four-leaf clover and opening a window to let luck in, all at the same time.

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Grant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚 @notjustdna.bsky.social · 13h

Why Sunday? Quiet media day?

Also: seeing as none of us know what this is to be, are we going to _represented_, or is this something they want to put over us?

Christina Hood @christinahood.bsky.social · 13h

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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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 12h

"TRUMP" set to announce antifa shot down Amelia Earhart's plane. Any day now.

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Morten Morland @mortenmorland.bsky.social · 19h

Friday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 13h

I have days and days of music. How can I not know what I want to listen to? 🔊

Yes, I know: I have answered my own question.

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Rob🎸 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 15h

Remember when Wellington council spent $7k on a gorgeous painting and we had 'outrage'

BVV spends $100,000 to move 1 road cone and calls it a success.

#nzpol

newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/09/v...

Van Velden can see end of the road for cone hotline

Reports halved each month with just one in five resulting in action, as the minister says councils proved to be the culprit

newsroom.co.nz

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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 14h

The girlfriend of a founder of antifa.

Nora Batty and Compo of 'Last of the Summer Wine'.

wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 14h

If proof were required that this whole "far left extremism" thing is a fabrication, "TRUMP" can't even pronounce antifa properly. He seems to think it's operated by someone called "Anne Tea-Far".

wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 14h

Do any of you smart Bluesky people know when the NZ (i.e. almost all Aussie-owned) banks are going to introduce similar bank account portability here? It should have happened years ago but, as we know, the banks are short of cash. 😁😂😭

Home

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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 17h

Oh, FFS. 😖

Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 18h

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"Most New Zealanders were probably not aware the government owns this investment in Chorus, nor feels any particular benefit from it," Willis said.

Government mulls possible sale of Chorus

The Finance Minister says with the completion of the ultra-fast broadband fibre initiative, there's no longer a policy reason for the Crown to own Chorus.