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Justin @zhuoyanakl.bsky.social · 2d

the 737 doesn't typically have the ability to dump fuel. it's presumably doing laps to reduce landing weight at the moment

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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 2d

"Edwards’ completed research was listed as mostly opinion columns" hahaha

Money-trail aside, Bryce just ain't a real academic. He doesn't seem capable of normal qual research, let alone have the methodological chops to deliver a 'Political Integrity Index'. Clearly, he just couldn't do the work.

Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, um, "mysterious". The director of your integrity projects was an early and regular guest to The Platform, which was funded by the owners of a chain of early childhood centres to advance their political agenda.
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...

The mysterious unravelling of a high-profile transparency project

Key donor silent as the Integrity Institute deregisters and its lobbying register disappears.

www.thepost.co.nz

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 2d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Hayden Donnell @haydendonnell.bsky.social · 5d

I have been back at The Spinoff for a while and once again I am doing very well thank you thespinoff.co.nz/politics/06-...

Hello, are you in the hospital? OK you are using government. But did you do a poo in the hospital toilet? That’s pipes. Council. Did you get driven to the hospital on a road? Probably council unless it was a motorway straight to the hospital door. Are you in school? Fine that’s government. But did you use a pedestrian crossing to get to school? Council. Did you go on a bus? Again, council.

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 8d

Are you paying us? Where?

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Charlie Mitchell @comingupcharlie.bsky.social · 6d

A stadium full of New Zealanders living in Perth watching a struggling All Blacks side was a grim reflection of the overall vibes

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Justin @zhuoyanakl.bsky.social · 8d

anything more on it available publically?

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Justin @zhuoyanakl.bsky.social · 8d

where’s that MRCagney plan from?

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henry cooke @henrycooke.bsky.social · 9d

Huge story from Māni Dunlop: Toitū Te Tiriti is breaking off relations with Te Pāti Māori. They led the hikoi last year and were seen as interwoven with TPM - but apparently no more:
www.teaonews.co.nz/2025/10/02/t...

Toitū Te Tiriti cuts ties with Te Pāti Māori

Toitū Te Tiriti distances itself from Te Pāti Māori over leadership and value issues, emphasising community-driven kaupapa and criticising centralisation of power.

www.teaonews.co.nz

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Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 11d

They have replaced the 6 News staff with a number of excellent 37 year old reporters returning from their gap year after departing the Guardian in unclear circumstances

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Shaun Hendy @hendysh.bsky.social · 21d

The Herald may have cut its science reporter, but thank god the speed bump beat is still fully staffed

NZ Herald article ‘Residents in new suburb complain of 22 speed bumps’

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 23d

new zealand government reaching new heights of stupidity

next year our public dollars will go more to AI grants ($70 million) than all investigator-initiated basic science combined ($56 million in the Marsden fund)

Reti earmarks $70m of new agency's budget for AI commercialisation grants

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James Vincent @jjvincent.bsky.social · 23d

good video hands-on with meta's smart glasses. i've been skeptical on smart glasses for a while, but it looks like the hardware side of this is finally becoming feasible? plus, in a world where kids list "creator" as their dream job, POV video recording is v attractive youtu.be/5cVGKvl7Oek?...

Meta Ray-Ban Display hands-on: best smart glasses I’ve ever tried

YouTube video by The Verge

youtu.be

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Justin @zhuoyanakl.bsky.social · 26d

"cbd" most likely gets a lot of airtime still simply because it's shorter and a lot easier to squeeze into a character-limited headline than "city centre"

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Justin @zhuoyanakl.bsky.social · 26d

i think city centre is a more nuanced and therefore more accurate than cbd. but i don't think there's a rule that the news has to use the most proper name vs the most colloquial, e.g. "IRD" is technically incorrect as the "dept" was dropped eons ago

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Remain In Hell Without Despair @daphnelawless.com · 26d

This is interesting @greaterauckland.bsky.social @nztransitbuzz.bsky.social

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Justin @zhuoyanakl.bsky.social · Nov 19

crowd size discourse during protests is so tiring

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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 28d

Just to be blunt, if you want Wired and 404 and The Verge to employ reporters who understand the memes on bullet casings and can connect them to gaming culture while having the legal and support resources to deal with waves of harassment when we do it… you have to subscribe and pay for the work

onion person @junlper.beer · 28d

the entire media ecosystem is just not built or ready for events like this and far right billionaires like larry ellison buying news orgs will only make this worse

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Justin @zhuoyanakl.bsky.social · Sep 10

Let me in

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Kirsty Johnston @kirstyjohnston.bsky.social · Sep 8

Until now I have resolutely stayed out of the Phillips' case because at one point several years ago I wrote so much about Family Court that it began to impact my mental health and possibly my fertility BUT today I wrote a backgrounder and I really want to point something out /1

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Justin @zhuoyanakl.bsky.social · Sep 7

looks like the rnz website has crashed under the load of tom phillips news

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Justin @zhuoyanakl.bsky.social · Sep 6

remember when it was a good bit that the greens might potentially get to fran on the list

Next person on Greens' list to replace Doyle unsure if he wants it
Mike Davidson told News the "opportunity" to go to Parliament is "something that I need to consider quite strongly, and I'm going to do that over the weekend"

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Justin @zhuoyanakl.bsky.social · Sep 2

looks like auckland council have put up their own version of policy.nz this year. usual problem with these kinds of tools is lack of candidate participation, but it's not looking too bad this one. quite useful!

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Justin @zhuoyanakl.bsky.social · Sep 1

pondering what it'd be like if parnell/carlaw park station was actually down here

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Justin @zhuoyanakl.bsky.social · Aug 28

first time i've seen the herald live blogging a public meeting on council issues...

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