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Richard Hills @richardhills.bsky.social · 3d

There are at least 3x the number of people in those three buses than in the cars you can see on the motorway this morning.

This is why I fight for more public transport, more dedicated bus lanes, trains, ferries and hopefully one day light rail, even to the shore! It’s more efficient for everyone.

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David Slack @davidslack.bsky.social · 11d

Treasury says we’re broke. Now what?
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Treasury says we’re broke. Now what?

A joke has stayed with me my entire life:

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David Slack @davidslack.bsky.social · 14d

Waiting for the board to announce Christopher Luxon has been promoted to Prime Minister at Large. Or possibly NZ VP, Special Projects

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David Slack @davidslack.bsky.social · 15d

This feels like a project worth pursuing

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David Slack @davidslack.bsky.social · 15d

"It is a truth universally acknowledged that everyone at the Warehouse shall get a bargain"

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David Slack @davidslack.bsky.social · 15d

Hey mood of the boardroom we get that you've given up on this dud root. But we've also got an MP with 25 undeclared houses who's written books on effective governance and business success. Could you go for him?

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David Slack @davidslack.bsky.social · 15d

Appalling

Anna McMartin/The End is Naenae @annamcmartin.bsky.social · 16d

I've had a pretty shocking 72 hours. You probably know the Wellington region is notorious for its dirty politics - and I just got a very personal taste. The time to take a stand is right now.

theendisnaenae.substack.com/p/playing-ch...

Playing chess with a pigeon

Content warning for harassment and misogyny. May cause existential despair.

theendisnaenae.substack.com

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David Slack @davidslack.bsky.social · 15d

Mood of the Boardroom: 86% say they would replace Nicola Willis with a self-driving Corolla

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David Slack @davidslack.bsky.social · 16d

Part of the problem here could be that Trump thinks the name of the guy who shot his friend Charlie is Tylenol

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David Slack @davidslack.bsky.social · 16d

If "rapture" means batshit stupid President and health secretary embracing the most rabid of anti-science shit, then all credit to your deity. He/she/they totally called it.

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David Slack @davidslack.bsky.social · 16d

same

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David Slack @davidslack.bsky.social · 16d

Is it too much to ask that you just concede you were craven and wrong wrong wrong?

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David Slack @davidslack.bsky.social · 17d

lol

David Slack @davidslack.bsky.social · 17d

Big shout out to Chris for stepping aside like this, it was a gutsy call. I'm just deeply honoured to be the Prime Minister Murray always told me I could be one day.

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David Slack @davidslack.bsky.social · 17d

People will tell you Myanmar and New Zealand have little in common but in fact they're two of just a few world nations that don't recognise the State of Palestine

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David Slack @davidslack.bsky.social · 17d

Other unforced errors expected by Luxon today

Hold press conference with his shower cap still on
Recognise state of Palantir
Nominate Nicola Willis for Nobel prize in economics
Face rake twice

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David Slack @davidslack.bsky.social · 18d

I greatly agree with me 😎

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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 18d

This hasn’t aged well in the last 13 months.

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Louise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · 18d

My kingdom for any article about "speed humps" to mention that hitting anyone or anything going 50km/hr has an 80-90% chance of killing them, but going 30km/hr is only 10%

Shaun Hendy @hendysh.bsky.social · 19d

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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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 19d

Power is the rock on which truth founders. The mainstream media, with a few exceptions, is a single-issue lobby group, whose purpose is to assert the rights of capital.
Here's what I've learnt about the industry in 40 years in journalism.
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I have now been a journalist for 40 years. The forces ranged against my profession have never been so powerful | George Monbiot

Once, I believed that humanity’s problem was an information deficit. Now, I know you can’t speak truth to power if power controls your words, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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David Slack @davidslack.bsky.social · 19d

😂

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David Slack @davidslack.bsky.social · 19d

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David Slack @davidslack.bsky.social · 20d

Nicolamity

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bmazing.bsky.social @bmazing.bsky.social · 20d

weird that neither of these articles two main stories decrying censorship mention WaPo's firing of @karenattiah.bsky.social I guess democracy really does die in darkness

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David Slack @davidslack.bsky.social · 20d

Fascinating demonstration on Morning Report right now of the sound vowels make when you put them into a vice and shut it tight as you can go

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