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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 2h

Simpsons did it ...

The Simpsons - Move The Town

YouTube video by Your Daily Dose Of Simpsons

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 2h

The below, in turn, helps to explain this ...

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 2h

"The Government’s policy change to make many 18- and 19-year-olds ineligible for the Jobseeker benefit will go a significant way to helping it meet its target of reducing the number of people on Jobseeker by 50,000."

Stalin: "Death solves all problems, no man, no problem."

Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 2h

My analysis: The design of the new Jobseeker policy incentivises parents of unemployed teenagers to work fewer hours, for fear of the teens losing their benefit.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/08/g...

Govt to meet 9% of Jobseeker target by taking teens off benefit

The design of the new Jobseeker policy incentivises parents of unemployed teenagers to work fewer hours, for fear of the teens losing their benefit.

newsroom.co.nz

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 20h

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MeatMechSuit @meatmechsuit.bsky.social · 22h

‘Nice rights you’ve got there, shame if something were to happen to them’

lieslm.bsky.social @lieslm.bsky.social · 1d

Judith Collins "aren't they lucky they can legally protest in NZ, you cant insome countries, maybe they should go there" WTF?

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 22h

All those “No to 3 Waters!” signs really paid off …

Waitaki District Council's standalone water services plan rejected by DIA

Department of Internal Affairs officials have ordered the council to carry out a full review of the district's water assets or face ministerial intervention.

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 23h

Does it count if you've got an interior narrator who sounds EXACTLY like the one in Arrested Development?

Hylobatidae @waninggibbons.bsky.social · 23h

I don't trust anyone who doesn't have an inner monologue. What the fuck do you mean you go through life without an oversight committee.

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 23h

When you've got John Darnielle saying this about you + then showing how much his own songwriting is a reflection of yours, then you are a bona fide musical genius (who chose to express it with whatever happened to be at hand at the time)

Brave

YouTube video by The Mountain Goats - Topic

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 23h

The second book this year from the Robertson brothers (following Grant's autobiography) - I honestly don't think many Kiwis know just how big a deal Chris Knox was (and still is) in terms of what music was seen as being able to be ...

Simon Grigg @opdiner.com · 1d

I said I'd write a few words about Craig Robertson's much-anticipated Chris Knox bio, which I love.

These are personal reflections on what will likely be the definitive history of a man who changed indie/alt music globally

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#aotearoa
@audioculturenz.bsky.social

'Cause, when it all comes down to dust

Can I say that Craig Robertson's bio of Chris Knox is anticipated? It is, and it's arrived.

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 1d

That was my birthday! Thank you, Todd!! It was the best present a little boy could ever ask for!!!

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 1d

Bobby's Law: "The degree of 'community buy-in' required for decisions around police resourcing is directly correlated with the rural-Pākehā-National/ACT-voting status of said community."

Controversial police restructure canned after public backlash

The plan included cutting roles and closing stations in rural and remote communities across Canterbury.

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 1d

🎵"There is no cancel-culture in New Zealand ..."🎵

RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 1d

Actor who shared Winston Peters' address online cut from One NZ ads

She also encouraged people to join a pro-Palestine protest outside his house.

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 2d

The fact that someone has gone to the police and confessed their guilt will determine that question pretty quickly ...

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 2d

Worse than a crime. A mistake.

RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 2d

Man arrested after window smashed at Winston Peters' home

Police say the man turned himself in last night and has been charged with burglary.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 3d

I think you’re misrepresenting what I said, so I’ll leave things here.

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 3d

Sure. Let 1000 flowers bloom …

Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 3d

“Evidence of research dissemination” … certainly not going to get you a chair, but anyone who thinks/claims “how brave! The VC will knife him for this” knows nothing of how Universities work.

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 3d

Irrespective of correctness, let this be a retort to all the “there’s no free speech on our campuses” crowd. Dennis can write this piece praising the ex-political nemesis of his now-boss and be 100% confident that next promotion round it will HELP his chances of becoming a full professor.

Opinion: Nicola Willis is right: the economy isn't as bad as the 'merchants of misery' claim

Blaming the current state of the economy on Willis' leadership ignores aspects of the bigger picture, writes Dennis Wesselbaum.

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 3d

New offence only applies if protest is directed at the residents of the apartments … won’t apply if protest is about anything else

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 3d

Hmmm … think this is wrong? The protest must be “near any residential premises; and … directed at any regular occupant of those premises”

The Ihumātao protest just isn’t covered by it.

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 3d

+1 to this …

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 3d

Unless, of course, we think that deliberately spreading false information about STV voting is a "fraudulent device [that],—
(i) impedes ... the free exercise of the vote of any elector: or
(ii) ... prevails upon any elector ... to refrain from voting"?

Local Electoral Act 2001 No 35 (as at 01 April 2025), Public Act 127 Undue influence – New Zealand Legislation

www.legislation.govt.nz

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 3d

Be alarmed! The only requirement for "promoters statements" at local elections is on adverts that positively promote some candidate at election time. So - no requirement to disclose identity on either "negative" advertising or on general electoral related advertising.

Local Electoral Act 2001 No 35 (as at 01 April 2025), Public Act 113 Advertisements for candidates – New Zealand Legislation

www.legislation.govt.nz

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 6d

*ODT 🙄

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 6d

Full article here …

'Shame on you': Peters slips past protesters at Port Chalmers

Winston Peters used a side entrance to evade a large group of protesters chanting "Shame on you" at Port Chalmers this morning. The protesters,...

www.odt.co.nz

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