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Jim Smith @jism.bsky.social · 7h

Makes it pretty bloody easy to split the G!

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 1d

listen. when dolly parton’s sister says it’s time for us all to be prayer warriors for dolly. you fucking pray for dolly

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Col. Boozy Badger @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com · 2d

Dunno man, seems a little misleading to write an article about Trump describing activity in Portland and Chicago as “insurrection” with a 33 year old photo of a burning donut shop taken in the 1992 LA Riots (sans caption explaining that) as the header on all your posts about it.

The picture from
The article with a picture of an armed men standing in front of a burning donut shop. You must click through to read the caption “
Two National guardsmen stand guard outside a burning donut shop in Los Angeles on April 30, 1992.
The National Guard was called in to aid police during the second day of rioting in the city.”

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Charlie Mitchell @comingupcharlie.bsky.social · 2d

Compare and contrast: A statement from an NZ First spokesman 6 months ago about the actions of a party member and supporter, and a statement today from that same party’s leader.

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 2d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Jolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · 3d

But seriously: journalists, please ask govt if this policy includes the 18 & 19 year olds who are unable to work for health & disability reasons* (as indicated in May www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-an...)

* across all age groups that’s ~44% of jobseeker support recipients
www.msd.govt.nz/documents/ab...

A screenshot of the June 2025 Benefit Facts Snapshot, showing the number of people receiving Jobseeker Support by benefit type at the end of the last six June quarters. The latest stats show around 44% of people on Jobseeker support are in the health condition or disability category. They literally can’t currently work, but would if they could, if and when they get better. (There’s a separate Supported Living payment for those not expected to get better. None of this is as fair, sensible or dignified as it should be.)

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Jim Smith @jism.bsky.social · 3d

Happy birthday to you!

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Jim Smith @jism.bsky.social · 5d

God damn, I fucking love Mogwai.

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Pat Brittenden @patbrittenden.bsky.social · 5d

#BHN #Breaking LIVE show tonight at 9pm where I’m talking to flotilla member Sam Leason’s father and Waihopai 3 member Adi Leason.

Adi had had an update on Adam this evening and we’ll give you the latest

Share the news and see you at 9

Link to the show will be up after 8 #nzpol #nzpolitics.

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Jim Smith @jism.bsky.social · 6d

a cartoon of bananaman flying in front of a globe

ALT: a cartoon of bananaman flying in front of a globe

media.tenor.com

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Jim Smith @jism.bsky.social · 6d

Fuck yeah.

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TnmntTiles @tnmnttiles.bsky.social · Mar 10

Since my decision to stop posting to X/Twitter, and restarting here, the project has lost 2k+ followers.

It’s disheartening, but the project is 10yrs old this year, and I hope it’ll be around for 10 more.

To those who have stuck with us, and to those new to the project, thank you.

We can rebuild.

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Jim Smith @jism.bsky.social · 7d

Simon, really! Pan out from that view and you'd see the much greater Mediterranean Sea, not a lake — but I can comprehend Gibraltar being dammed!

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Kat O’Brien @lavidagata.bsky.social · 8d

In La Repubblica, really extraordinary text (look at alt text), essentially saying calling this fascism is too subtle, that it’s worse and Hegseth is a lunatic.
Who am I to argue?

www.repubblica.it/rubriche/l-a...

Pentagon chief Hegseth's "speech to the troops" is further proof that the word fascism is completely inadequate to describe the new advance. Fascism had less than a century of socialist uprisings, workers' and farmers' strikes to settle. Against the "reds," in short, on behalf of the bosses.

These people want to settle accounts with two and a half centuries of democracy (starting with their own): with human rights, civil rights, women's liberation, the end of true patriarchy, the hegemony of the state in the use of force and weapons, the law as the equal rule for all. In short, they want to settle accounts with civilization, which disturbs their primitive male exuberance—the same as the colonists who built America by exterminating the natives.

These people aren't a political phenomenon, they're an animalistic phenomenon: the extreme regurgitation of the atavistic law—that of the strongest—rebelling against the very principles of mutual respect. This lunatic who rails against "the fat," against the bearded, against the cowardly and the gentle, and calls for war as the only measure of valor, isn't just a fascist, he's much worse.

He's the uncivilized person who repudiates civilization, who considers the very principles of respect and tolerance a symptom of decadence. But he is decadent, a parody of an archaic culture aped by embittered males who are a hundred times more decadent, improbable, ridiculous, and weak than the worst woke activist. But they don't know it, they're in no position to understand it. And on top of being stupid and evil, they're armed. Do the math on what awaits us, the unarmed ones.

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Wadepool @wadepool.wtf · 8d

I can’t believe that I haven’t seen one post about this photo asking about WTAF is that font and why was it used for “NEW ZEALAND”?!

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 9d

FBI Director Kash Patel gave New Zealand officials inoperable 3D-printed guns in July that were illegal to possess under local laws.

FBI boss Kash Patel gave New Zealand officials 3D-printed guns illegal to possess under local laws

On a visit to New Zealand, FBI Director Kash Patel gave the country’s police and spy bosses gifts of inoperable pistols that were illegal to possess under local gun laws and had to be destroyed.

bit.ly

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 8d

We are run by people for whom The Lorax, Star Wars and Chicken Little went way over their heads

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Ryan Nicholls @royuniscool.bsky.social · 10d

I don't know anything about building regulations but it's difficult to believe that anything that's saving $8 billion is making things safer overall.

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

Watch: Government announces shake-up of earthquake strengthening laws

A new "risk-based" approach to earthquake strengthening will allegedly save building owners more than $8.2 billion across the country.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Jim Smith @jism.bsky.social · 10d

"We've done a bunch of other things."
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon.
#nzpol

www.tvnz.co.nz/news/breakfa...

TVNZ+

www.tvnz.co.nz

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Jim Smith @jism.bsky.social · 11d

If we went back the original NZ time, we'd be +11.30 so those times would be half an hour earlier, no? I don't think 8am is crazy for a winter sunrise, it's always gonna be darker in Dunedin.

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Jim Smith @jism.bsky.social · 11d

Unleashing The Mighty Boosh on the teenager.

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Jim Smith @jism.bsky.social · 12d

Had a martini tonight — with a dash of Campari! — and now am so fucking psyched for the clocks changing. Hard to believe, but tomorrow it will be this bright just after midnight.

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Jim Smith @jism.bsky.social · 13d

Used to be, in the UK, that kids clothes were GST free — my wife got some great deals for trainers with her "child" size 5/6 feet!

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 14d

A Paris court has sentenced former French president Nicolas Sarkozy to five years in prison after finding him guilty of criminal conspiracy in his trial into accusations the late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi helped fund his victorious 2007 presidential run. #AFP

📸 Julien De Rosa

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Jim Smith @jism.bsky.social · 14d

Chatting with my good lady about the news of the day, and just used the phrase "little sycophantic wankjob". Can you guess who I'm talking about?! #nzpol

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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 14d

So anyway, turns out plasma in menstrual blood can completely heal wounds in 24 hours.

hudson.org.au/news/womb-to...

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