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Fomison's Clown @coasthermit.bsky.social · 14h

‘Shibboleth’ is usually a giveaway

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Fomison's Clown @coasthermit.bsky.social · 15h

Only as long as there are no bike lanes.

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Fomison's Clown @coasthermit.bsky.social · 17h

Sounds like the kinda guy that should be regularly featured on RNZ as a leading light on political opinion.
I expect we'll see him wheeled out alongside Trotter and Hooton.
#nzpol

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Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 17h

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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Fomison's Clown @coasthermit.bsky.social · 1d

‘Charisma’ is now a metric decided upon and formulated by the media.
They sold Luxon when anyone with a brain could see he was a dud.

In time the truth will out, but the press can suspend the public’s disbelief for a long time.

Fomison's Clown @coasthermit.bsky.social · 1d

These distinctions disappeared along with old school conservative values.
We are in a new era. Trump has changed everything, everywhere.
Nats and ACT are functionally the same now.
They just form two sides of a pincer movement in the war on civil society.

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Fomison's Clown @coasthermit.bsky.social · 1d

Press love him too. Job's his if he want's it.

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Fomison's Clown @coasthermit.bsky.social · 1d

Goldsmith is waiting for his chance. He's vile enough that Farrar could get behind him as PM.

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Fomison's Clown @coasthermit.bsky.social · 1d

It allows him to call Chinese food unhealthy and ignore the inherent racism.

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Fomison's Clown @coasthermit.bsky.social · 1d

I think the concept of friendship is beyond their understanding.

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Fomison's Clown @coasthermit.bsky.social · 1d

You think he wants to make Luxon popular?
He may want rid of him

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Fomison's Clown @coasthermit.bsky.social · 1d

Hey everybody - just remember - the Curia poll is utterly meaningless.

Don't buy into propaganda.

#nzpol

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Kieran @nug.monster · 1d

i like how rnz is always like "Craig renney, who don't forget is involved with labour"

but then publishes op-eds from NZ institute hacks that doesn't get disclosed.

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Fomison's Clown @coasthermit.bsky.social · 1d

If you're voting in NZStuff polls, you're financing the Atlas Network.
Sorry to disappoint you all.
#nzpol

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Fomison's Clown @coasthermit.bsky.social · 1d

This is who LabourNZ should replace Chipkins with.
Politicians with actual skills.
#nzpol

🎃👻David 👻🎃 @rebelalliance77.bsky.social · 3d

#Áras25

Fomison's Clown @coasthermit.bsky.social · 1d

Looks like it’s moving time again.
Start looking for the lifeboats.
A locked account on twitter works quite well.
Mastodon isn’t as bad as the whiners on here would have you believe.

Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 2d

tl;dr: Bluesky began with genuine promise: a new social media platform where users could feel safer, but inconsistent moderation quickly eroded trust.

When systemically marginalized users pushed back, Bluesky’s leadership minimized concerns and began to target them for bans.

Bluesky’s CEO meltdown: How leadership continues to fail its most marginalized users

tl;dr: Bluesky began with genuine promise: a new social media platform where systemically marginalized users could feel safer, but…

plutopsyche.medium.com

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Fomison's Clown @coasthermit.bsky.social · 2d

Regular reminder

It is the duty of anyone with a paid subscription to any news media website to screenshot and post any articles behind a paywall.

They should be posted on free social media.

Articles behind paywalls are undemocratic.
Starve the fascism out of news media

#nzpol

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Andrew Geddis @acgeddis.bsky.social · 2d

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.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 2d

After my interview with Bridge about women’s sport I heard from a LOT of women who’d had similar experiences. Many of them had complained. NZME are well aware Bridge is a raging misogynist and are happy to let him continue.

Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 2d

Just to clarify my position. Ryan Bridges must be sacked.

"here's a chick who..."

A fucking woman you Hosking wannabe amateur misogynist hack.

The whole interview was a disgrace, but even teenagers know this isn't how you speak these days if you want to be respected.

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𝕯𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖆𝖘™ @dallasbarnett.com · 2d

*FEWER*

fuxache

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

Less smokers worldwide, but e-cigarettes fuel new addictions - WHO

New Zealand needed to intensify efforts to reduce smoking prevalence, say health experts.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Sue Bradford @suebra.bsky.social · 2d

While the govt keeps proudly promoting welfare cuts for jobless 18 & 19 yos, there was Chris Hipkins (Labour leader) on RNZ this am refusing to take any position on this 'blame the victim' approach to rising unemployment. Labour friends: how can you - or we - ever trust yr party? #nzpol #kikorangi

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 2d

RNZ leaving out 'calling off the dogs' offensive part in the headline.. I see you.. #nzpol

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Nicola Willis urges Greens to 'call off' protesters outside Winston Peters' home

The Greens say they have "absolutely nothing" to do with a protest where Winston Peters' window was smashed, as government ministers heap blame on the party.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Fomison's Clown @coasthermit.bsky.social · 2d

NZ Media are Lord Haw-Haw
NZ Media are Tokyo Rose
NZ Media are Axis Sally
NZ Media are Constance Drexel

If you are getting angry reading headlines today - remember who they serve.
And who paid for them in the interests of the far right.
Stop The Press
#nzpol

Fomison's Clown @coasthermit.bsky.social · 2d

I guess some of you here will still defend a company that prints fascist propaganda like this?

We keep saying it - Turn Off RNZ

#nzpol

RNZ casually prints National Party propaganda linking the greens to the stone thrower.

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Fomison's Clown @coasthermit.bsky.social · 2d

Unlike the pile of hatred that is Winston Peters, perhaps the thrower of the stone was actually without sin and was perfectly entitled to do it.

#nzpol