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Dr Farbod @emergencybod.medsky.social · 1d

Breaking: Live footage from the White House after the Nobel Peace Prize announcement.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 11d

Krishnan Guru Murthy, "Isn't it a bit insulting to say to an Indian doctor who is working 60-70 hours a week that in order to get settled status he's got to volunteer?"

Rachel Reeves, "We want people to contribute if they come to our country"

Labour have gone utterly bonkers

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Slow News Dave @wellingtonskeleton.space · 12d

Moral cowardice is one thing, but to insist that it's actually the most courageous move is so unutterably soulless that I can't comprehend it. A truly alien mindset.

RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 12d

Kiwis 'can be proud' NZ isn't recognising Palestine yet - PM Christopher Luxon

New Zealand was among only a handful of countries - including the US, Japan and South Korea - which had not formally recognised Palestinian statehood.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Stats for Lefties 🍉🏳️‍⚧️ @leftiestats.bsky.social · 17d

🚨 BREAKING | Wes Streeting confirms Labour is actively working to BAN trans women AND trans men from female spaces, describing their presence as "unpleasant".

Streeting confirmed to MumsNet that Labour aims to exclude ALL trans people from single-sex spaces.

(Via MumsNet)

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Stu Innes @ixistant.bsky.social · 18d

We're all getting kickbacks from those 42p packets they sell at Boots.

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European Medicines Agency @ema.europa.eu · 18d

Paracetamol remains an important option to treat pain or fever in pregnant women.

Following rigorous assessment of the available scientific data, we find no evidence that taking paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism in children.

Read more 👉 www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/use-...

Use of paracetamol during pregnancy unchanged in the EU | European Medicines Agency (EMA)

Paracetamol medicines can be used in pregnancy, in accordance with official recommendations

www.ema.europa.eu

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furby hancock @furbyhancock.bsky.social · 18d

Too late, Batman. Once this Tylenol floods the city's water supply, my wiki won't run out of editors ever again

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Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 18d

Finally! Some genuinely original decision making from this Government!

Stuff headline:
Foreigner set to be appointed Reserve Bank governor - report

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Stu Innes @ixistant.bsky.social · 18d

Nah, it's fine! They can all go on to opiates! RFK's good friends The Sacklers told him so!

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DoktorHobo (Toitū Te Tiriti) @doktorhobo.bsky.social · 20d

There's a lot of good reasons to mask up whenever you leave the house/office.

Just sayin. #nzpol

Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 21d

With every story about private companies like Auror (in conjunction with US giant Axon) rolling out facial recognition in New Zealand, and police having access to the data without a warrant or production order, I’m left to conclude privacy is basically the Wild West.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Stage set for much more facial recognition in shops

Auror's number-plate recognition technology is currently under legal scrutiny in the Wellington Court of Appeal.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 20d

Today is September 21st.

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 22d

An actual quote from the Secretary of State for Business and Trade

Too often people go to university to ‘explore research and knowledge’

Look forward to Wes S saying 'too often people go to hospital to have operations' or Heidi Alexander saying 'too often people go to the station to catch a train'

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22d

Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:

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Stu Innes @ixistant.bsky.social · 22d

Oh I genuinely thought this was an Onion article at first.

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Daniel @danielspoints.bsky.social · 25d

Eurovision has always been and always will be political.

A Protestor at Eurovision 1964 holding a sign that says "Boycott Franco & Salazar" in reference to the fascist states of Portugal and Spain competing at that year's contest.

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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 27d

@marcusjdl.bsky.social The Telegraph has gone fully mad. This was just 12 hours ago. Martin Luther King? Are you serious?

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James Fluker 🇳🇿 | 🏳️‍🌈 | 🏳️‍⚧️ rights @jamesfluker.bsky.social · 28d

Nothing like a little Nazi ideology for your casual morning viewing. Fox News' Brian Kilmeade suggesting that mentally ill and homeless people be killed by involuntary lethal injection to solve the "problem" of their existence.