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CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 1m

Show me a cheap NPP. Show me an NPP that’s taken less than 15 years to build.
Show me an NPP that doesn’t produce radwaste.
Show me an NPP that has a free fuel supply (unlike wind or solar).
Show me an NPP that doesn’t shut down in a heatwave.

www.euronews.com/2025/07/02/f...

France and Switzerland shut down nuclear power plants due to heatwave

To cool down, nuclear power plants pump water from local rivers or the sea, which they then release back into water bodies at a higher temperature. However, this process can threaten local biodiversit...

www.euronews.com

CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 1h

takes way more effort and cost to means test - far more efficient and cheaper to simply give it to everybody. Also people are bound to be left out, given means testing would presume no pension unless tested/applied for? You know how unfair WINZ is - imagine that for pensioners

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CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 2h

not under this govt - the cash from those high power prices are filling govt coffers

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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 10d

Looks like a good time in the news cycle to tackle three big myths 🧵
❌ NZ pension costs are an unsustainable burden ❌
Seriously, no, for lots of reasons.
1. Our current Govt spending on pensions is low compared to most other advanced economies. And... [1/n]

Graph of public pension costs as % of GDP for OECD countries in 2021 (latest data). NZ is lower quartile at around 5.1%. OECD average is 7.8%. Plenty of Euro countries are around 10% or above.

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CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 18h

Here we have whining shop owners - who mysteriously stop moaning once the thing’s built

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CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 18h

And pro fossil fuel industry, pro landlords and pro international rich bastards

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CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 19h

This used to be called "alternative energy" but it's now not only mainstream: renewables are now beating coal!
#climate
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

www.bbc.com

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CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 1d

This one was a ripoff

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CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 1d

Does anyone know how much of the €6bn is for #CCS? #climate

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

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CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 1d

It’s NOT chocolate, in my view 🙃

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CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 1d

Hate milk chocolate -why TF would anyone want to water down good dark chocolate with milk?🤷🏻‍♀️
Yet this watering down is the very thing Cadbury’s uses to sell its hideosity.
“A glass and a half in every one”
Ugh. No thanks.
Glad I got that off my chest 😁 😰

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CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 1d

seemingly with no expert advice...
Craig Renney's response perfect
craigrenney.substack.com/p/a-small-wr...

A small wrinkle in the Jobseeker policy

The government’s recent changes to benefits feel like this: the house is on fire, and this policy is them turning off the smoke alarm and saying it’s fixed

craigrenney.substack.com

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CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 1d

and in two weeks she'll be down to 4-5
it's a brutal reckoning for these little broods

CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 1d

exactly what about kids who have managed to escape an abusive relationship with parents, who are not going to pay a cent toward their upkeep.
Reckon we'll see a lot more young people sleeping rough as a direct result of this awful policy

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CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 1d

Sure, all of that, but my comment was specifically focussed on RNZ Morning Report's active language around Hamas contrasted with the very passive language distancing Israel from the genocide it's carrying out.
Those people didn't just die, Israel killed them.

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Char @kiwichar.bsky.social · 2d

Winston blaming the NZ Greens for his broken window for standing along side people he deems as inciting harm against him… Dude legit got into parliament by aligning himself with violent cookers who hung a noose up for JA, defecated on beehive grounds & set fire to a kids playground. #nzpol #Winston

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CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 2d

Morning Report bias on show this morning:
Hamas carried out a “terrorist attack,”
“Seized hostages, killed 1200."
Israel retaliated, and since then, “thousands of people have died"??
No, since then Israel has killed thousands.
Call out biased language favouring Israel.
#freepalestine 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 3d

#BREAKING | Ongoing massacres against Gaza children under the world's silence on the occupation's crimes.

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Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 3d

#nzpol The government has announced that 18/19 year olds, who live in a household where the parents earn $65,529 or more, can't claim jobseekers support. If both parents work 27 hours on the minimum wage - $634 a week - they will be expected to now financially support their adult offspring. A 🧵

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CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 4d

Hana makes it to
TIME
“World’s most influential rising stars” list.
The ultimate in Gerry trolling 😆😆
#nzpol

time.com/collections/...

Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke Is on the 2025 TIME100 Next

Find out why Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke is on this year’s list

time.com

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CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 4d

Well worth a watch! In which Gary interviews Chloe
#nzpol

youtu.be/zl_LgDjpzxE?...

The first politician on Gary's Economics

YouTube video by Garys Economics

youtu.be

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CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 5d

OMG when Megan published their letter sent weeks ago…🤷🏻‍♀️😮

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CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 5d

I know, that wasn’t the point which is well-nailed, but how can anyone make this and think it’s ok to just forget a whole political party that holds six seats?

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CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 5d

And as usual let’s be our normal white supremacist colonialist selves and completely ignore the fact Te Pāti Māori even exists.

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CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 5d

From the original story on this: MFAT gave five options, Winston’s office re-wrote the paper and presented only two.

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