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dunnersmads.bsky.social @dunnersmads.bsky.social · 2h

What treatment is he getting every 4 weeks or so?

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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 22h

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dunnersmads.bsky.social @dunnersmads.bsky.social · 5h

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

dunnersmads.bsky.social @dunnersmads.bsky.social · 6h

#nzpol
Just like any trend in health and education here. There is no 'for the common good' in libertarian/right mechanications.

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 6h

NEW: Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of public schools as we know them.

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

www.propublica.org

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 6h

This is good news. It would be even better if Trump wasn't torpedoing the U.S. solar and wind industry and ceding the energy future to China. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The Guardian: Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 6h

Repost. NZ pensions are not a problem. They are not unsustainable. That’s a lie. #nzpol

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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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 7h

Illegal gold mining clears 140,000 hectares of Peruvian Amazon
Armed criminal groups tear down precious rainforest to capitalise on record gold prices, report finds

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Illegal gold mining clears 140,000 hectares of Peruvian Amazon

Armed criminal groups tear down precious rainforest to capitalise on record gold prices, report finds

www.theguardian.com

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dunnersmads.bsky.social @dunnersmads.bsky.social · 7h

Presbyterism never looked so good.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 8h

🎵 They did the Monster Slash 😭 @ellecordova.bsky.social

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Todd Woody @toddwoody.bsky.social · 9h

One of today's winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry is UC Berkeley professor Omar Yaghi. Last year I wrote about Yaghi and Atoco, the startup he founded to commercialize his scientific breakthrough with a device that extracts water from air using just sunlight.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Startups Are Racing to Make Water Out of Thin Air

Materials that are bigger on the inside than the outside provide a futuristic solution to supply water to an increasingly arid planet.

www.bloomberg.com

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dunnersmads.bsky.social @dunnersmads.bsky.social · 9h

Would you buy a used vacuum cleaner from this guy?

Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 9h

This is what they have been preaching at MAGA churches for years, pastors invoking Trump as a prophet and king, indoctrinating the cult. This is the extent of MAGA "Christianity", they've successfully removed Christ and why they now openly attack Catholics and other denominations.

dunnersmads.bsky.social @dunnersmads.bsky.social · 9h

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"The leading category of death changes with age. Medical conditions were the most common cause of death in children aged younger than 15 years, suicide was the most common category in those aged 15–19 years and injury was the main cause in those aged 20–24 years.
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dunnersmads.bsky.social @dunnersmads.bsky.social · 9h

#nzpol
Govt policy to withdraw support for 18-19 yr olds
"2,666 children and young ppl aged 28 days to 24 years died.
Suicide was the third leading category of death with 24.6%
By individual cause of death over the five years from 2015 to 2019, the top cause of deaths were from suicide (655)"
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SAINT JAVELIN @saintjavelin.bsky.social · 10h

When all your least favorite relatives show up at the same family dinner.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11h

THESE PAGAN LIBTARD WAR DANCES CAN ONLY PRESAGE CALAMITY!!

MEIN LEADER PRÄSIDENT TRUMP, HERR REICHSCOUCHVUCKER VON VANCE, HERR VERRÜCKTPSYCHO STEPHANMÜLLER, DER VOLK DEMAND YOU DEPLOY DIE PANZERBRIGADEN NOW!!!

Vielen Damk für your attention to this matter

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William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 1d

This is the most accurate depiction of the Midwest to date. Wichita has always felt like the last Midwest city while also being the first plains city.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 16h

Up to 25,000 Cubans could soon be fighting for Russia.

It is reported that Cubans are promised about $2,000 per month - far more than they can earn at home. It is also possible that they are promised jobs in construction but then sent to the frontlines.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19h

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 19h

The 9th circuit ruled the opposite. That the president’s power is not plenary, and that it’s subject to judicial review. I wonder why they gave him a do-over. Didn’t Trump sue over an edited Harris video?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 19h

Anyone know why Substack doesn't allow us to delete DMs, besides the platform being dodgy as? #substack

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dunnersmads.bsky.social @dunnersmads.bsky.social · 19h

Protesting never been so easy with cookies in hand.

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dunnersmads.bsky.social @dunnersmads.bsky.social · 20h

#nzpol
Bolstered on a day the Res bank drops 0.5%

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 21h

Indigenous artist Emily Kam Kngwarray is the first Australian artist to have a solo exhibition at London's Tate Modern. Featuring over 80 of her batiks and large paintings, capturing her ancestral land, the exhibition runs until January 2026 #WomensArt

Photo of a gallery space with large suspended and wall mounted artworks, the walls are white and the floor brown, two women view the art

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