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Malcolm RF 💚🇳🇿

@p-no-nwa.bsky.social

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I make wine in an alpine desert in the South Pacific 🇳🇿. J&B spotter. Spice lover. Planet and people before profit. ᓚᘏᗢ

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Malcolm RF 💚🇳🇿 @p-no-nwa.bsky.social · Sep 19

"Trump" is a hate symbol.

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Malcolm RF 💚🇳🇿 @p-no-nwa.bsky.social · 5m

Doing the opposite of what Conservatives want is the best way, every report finds.

RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 2h

Decriminalising drug use best way to combat rising addiction, report finds

The Drug Foundation is also recommending a complete overhaul of the Misuse of Drugs Act and throwing out the drug classification system.

www.rnz.co.nz

Malcolm RF 💚🇳🇿 @p-no-nwa.bsky.social · 34m

I'm old enough to remember when they said our waters would be tempered by the melting Antarctic ice...
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Impacts of Antarctic Ice Mass Loss on New Zealand Climate

Meltwater due to Antarctic ice-mass loss results in sea-surface cooling to the southeast of New Zealand in historical and future scenarios Including additional Antarctic meltwater in climate mode...

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Guy Body @bodycartoon.bsky.social · 3h

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Margaret Jensen @margjen.bsky.social · 3h

to all the Labour mps on here can you tell your leader we need a commitment to reverse the Jobseekers policy that National has just introduced. Thats not giving your policy away that is exercising basic humanity and getting rid of very poorly formulated policy. Just say it. Come on.

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Tory Whanau @misswhanau.bsky.social · 3h

Just got sent this from an article by Bryce Edwards. This is completely false, and he never once fact-checked it with me. My campaign was run by me and my small volunteer team. Comments like this reflect a tired mindset that assumes women can’t succeed in politics without a man pulling the strings.

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concerns about transparency and public trust.
The Anatomy of influence - A Wellington case study
Many of the powerful vested interests behind local politicians are barely acknowledged. For example, how many Wellington voters knew that the current Mayor of Wellington, Tory Whanau, had her successful 2022 campaign essentially run by corporate lobbyist Neale Jones?
Jones co-owns and operates the Capital Government Relations firm with fellow political commentator Ben Thomas. The firm is the epitome of the "revolving door"

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Auston Habershaw @aahabershaw.bsky.social · 1d

Social media post by Josh Crowley (sp?): If I build a big robot that consumed 33% of my state's electricity so it could go around stealing people's art I would be arrested, and that's how you know law is a social construct.

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Lili Saintcrow @lilithsaintcrow.com · 4h

"In short, the ghostly flames are a product of chemical reactions occurring on a microscopic level."

Chemists Crack the Ghostly Truth Behind Will-o’-the-Wisps

Scientists had long suspected methane had something to do with it. Turns out they were partly right.

gizmodo.com

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J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.social · 6h

Frank Herbert (with scenes of the David Lynch film adaptation of the Herbert novel "Dune") - BOTD

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Malcolm RF 💚🇳🇿 @p-no-nwa.bsky.social · 12h

Yeah.
Y'all voted for this.

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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 14h

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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Malcolm RF 💚🇳🇿 @p-no-nwa.bsky.social · 13h

Yeah I think so

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Malcolm RF 💚🇳🇿 @p-no-nwa.bsky.social · 14h

Ba-
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Skink do do do do do-do

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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 16h

Mascot rave actually seems like an incredibly effective tactic. There's absolutely no way to spin that the dancing unicorn was threatening.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 19h

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Malcolm RF 💚🇳🇿 @p-no-nwa.bsky.social · 15h

Zero chance of that ever happening

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Malcolm RF 💚🇳🇿 @p-no-nwa.bsky.social · 15h

No boats.
No votes.

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Malcolm RF 💚🇳🇿 @p-no-nwa.bsky.social · 15h

Nicola "No Votes" Willis

Malcolm RF 💚🇳🇿 @p-no-nwa.bsky.social · 15h

She can use all her financial skills to add no votes to her no boats.

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 16h

Nobody hates trees more than coastally adjacent narcissists. Here’s how we should deal with them
— First Dog on the Moon
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