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mrjeffhowell.substack.com Kirkiriroa. Gully adjacent. Airbnb valet. Serial pedaler of te Awa. Opinionator of things political. My other car is a canal boat. [pics: as seen in a Paris cafe toilet; the new deck at Balloch Street
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mrjeffhowell.bsky.social
Oh yeah everybody we’ve got E. coli in our water supply so I guess that puts us in the club of cities with dangerously rooted waters infrastructure. Hi!
mrjeffhowell.bsky.social
From what I can tell about 95% of Kirikiriroa’s councillors & MPs live in the sprawling newer suburbs north of the city, which means they’re in the E. coli zone & and I wonder if now is still a good time to be banging the drum on lower rates given this was what caused the current problem?
mrjeffhowell.bsky.social
From what I can tell about 95% of Kirikiriroa’s councillors & MPs live in the sprawling newer suburbs north of the city, which means they’re in the E. coli zone & and I wonder if now is still a good time to be banging the drum on lower rates given this was what caused the current problem?
mrjeffhowell.bsky.social
Kirikiriroa food post:
If you like kebab-y things you really should try Mezze in Made. Authentic Greek souvlaki made with quality ingredients - super tasty & filling.
STREETS AHEAD of the usual rubbery doner kebabs out there
Push the boat out and get a lamb souvlaki -you can thank me later.
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mrjeffhowell.bsky.social
Yes, and a bad result necessitates a colonoscopy…
mrjeffhowell.bsky.social
Just over a month ago we learned waiting times for colonoscopies have blown out BIG TIME.
Now the Minister is announcing the lowering of the bowel screening age.
WTF is going on at the Ministry of Health?

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dejanajuk.bsky.social
#nzpol

To combat the lies of Hartwich. Lest we forget the facts on pensions in NZ.
musicalchairs.bsky.social
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.
mrjeffhowell.bsky.social
I believe the young people refer to this as *cucked*?
mrjeffhowell.bsky.social
Thinking back to *that* haka and how D Seymour averted his gaze away from a young wahine in full command of her powers…
mrjeffhowell.bsky.social
Margarita pizza from the Crust, glass of Good George fog city IPA, and this playing though the bloody vintage Boses. How’s your Thursday evening, bsky
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Not Given Lightly by Chris Knox on Apple Music
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dylanreeve.com
A good thing for New Zealanders to consider every time a local politician starts to make noises about moving toward privatized healthcare, or a "competitive insurance market"
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I was sent this by a Georgian this morning. 2025 premiums vs 2026 premiums for someone making $65k a year.

Republicans in Washington did this.

This is what I'm fighting to stop. This is what’s at stake in this shutdown fight.
mrjeffhowell.bsky.social
I mean, does Luxon’s main guy even have on-the-ground media experience?
mrjeffhowell.bsky.social
This clusterfuck would never have happened if Hamish Rutherford was still in charge.
mrjeffhowell.bsky.social
Nice thread here
tomlevenson.bsky.social
1/ My Jane Goodall story: I had heard speak when I was a kid; I don't remember if my parents took me up to meet her after the talk.

A few years later I was 14 and we were visiting my uncle at his farm on Salisbury plain in Hampshire.

One afternoon we were summoned into the sitting room for tea...
mrjeffhowell.bsky.social
Apropos of this, noticing a slow but steady increase in the number of pro te tiriti car stickers and fence placards around Kirikiriroa since the hikoi, and that’s a very good feeling.
mrjeffhowell.bsky.social
A nice change to get election junk mail that’s not hobsons choice.
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yeehawtheboys.bsky.social
The reveal that we should have expected, but disappointed us nevertheless, I dive deeper into this over at my Substack: yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/genocide-r...