@pedro2023.bsky.social
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Tech oligarchs oppose the idea of any supposedly undeserving person getting financial help from the government in 2025. But they want you to believe they’ll give *everyone* free money in the future.
It doesn’t make any sense, but it’s the techno-utopian lie they will keep selling.
It doesn’t make any sense, but it’s the techno-utopian lie they will keep selling.
August 25, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Tech oligarchs oppose the idea of any supposedly undeserving person getting financial help from the government in 2025. But they want you to believe they’ll give *everyone* free money in the future.
It doesn’t make any sense, but it’s the techno-utopian lie they will keep selling.
It doesn’t make any sense, but it’s the techno-utopian lie they will keep selling.
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The most sickening thing to wake up to. Stanford instituting racism in our schools like it's Pukekohe 1975.
August 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The most sickening thing to wake up to. Stanford instituting racism in our schools like it's Pukekohe 1975.
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Ok team, not sure if anyone has already done this, but feel free to go vote in the Stuff poll on the name of our country. #kikorangi #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
Stuff
www.stuff.co.nz
August 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Ok team, not sure if anyone has already done this, but feel free to go vote in the Stuff poll on the name of our country. #kikorangi #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
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Militarily unnecessary. Indiscriminate.
Disproportionate.
Deliberately cruel.
In other words, criminal.
Disproportionate.
Deliberately cruel.
In other words, criminal.
An aerial view of what the Gaza City area looked like this week. Taken from a Jordanian military aircraft, by our colleague Heidi Levine.
August 3, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Militarily unnecessary. Indiscriminate.
Disproportionate.
Deliberately cruel.
In other words, criminal.
Disproportionate.
Deliberately cruel.
In other words, criminal.
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He’s not leaving is he…
After at least 15 years of talking about it, President Trump is building a ballroom at the White House. Work will begin this coming September, with a price tag of $200 million, the White House says.
Trump's dream of building a ballroom at the White House is becoming a reality
After at least 15 years of talking about it, President Trump is building a ballroom at the White House. Work will begin this September, with a price tag of $200 million, the White House says.
n.pr
August 1, 2025 at 1:44 AM
He’s not leaving is he…
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I am not sure which sounds worse 500,000 people a month or 1/2 a million people a month.
Either way it is a National (party) disgrace in a country of 5.3 million people
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
@chewienz.bsky.social @patbrittenden.bsky.social #NZpol
Either way it is a National (party) disgrace in a country of 5.3 million people
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
@chewienz.bsky.social @patbrittenden.bsky.social #NZpol
30 percent of people seeking help are doing so for the first time - NZ Food Network charity
The New Zealand Food Network says even families in dual-income households are having to reach out.
www.rnz.co.nz
August 2, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I am not sure which sounds worse 500,000 people a month or 1/2 a million people a month.
Either way it is a National (party) disgrace in a country of 5.3 million people
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
@chewienz.bsky.social @patbrittenden.bsky.social #NZpol
Either way it is a National (party) disgrace in a country of 5.3 million people
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
@chewienz.bsky.social @patbrittenden.bsky.social #NZpol
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If you joined InternetNZ to help stop the takeover by rhe FSU and Hobson's Pledge, you've done some great work tonight
Consider bringing that energy to other civil society organisations, groups like Voices for Freedom are also trying to take advantage of low participation to push their agenda
Consider bringing that energy to other civil society organisations, groups like Voices for Freedom are also trying to take advantage of low participation to push their agenda
July 31, 2025 at 9:07 AM
If you joined InternetNZ to help stop the takeover by rhe FSU and Hobson's Pledge, you've done some great work tonight
Consider bringing that energy to other civil society organisations, groups like Voices for Freedom are also trying to take advantage of low participation to push their agenda
Consider bringing that energy to other civil society organisations, groups like Voices for Freedom are also trying to take advantage of low participation to push their agenda
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Recommend extending this attitude into multiple areas within your community. Run for your school and community boards, join your local PTA, fuck, run for council!
Show up to counter the fascist cunce.
Show up to counter the fascist cunce.
Incredibly heartening seeing everyone on here with InternetNZ membership live-threading the AGM
People are really showing up for these fights, and even if we *lose* some of these, the experience, community and resilience gained from this sort of activism is invaluable
People are really showing up for these fights, and even if we *lose* some of these, the experience, community and resilience gained from this sort of activism is invaluable
July 31, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Recommend extending this attitude into multiple areas within your community. Run for your school and community boards, join your local PTA, fuck, run for council!
Show up to counter the fascist cunce.
Show up to counter the fascist cunce.
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I think this is probably the kind of thing that needs more public buy-in, eh? Especially in the current climate. An office upgrade and a permanent position?? Wtf are the FBI even doing here in the first place?
This is institutionalised foreign interference.
This is institutionalised foreign interference.
July 31, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I think this is probably the kind of thing that needs more public buy-in, eh? Especially in the current climate. An office upgrade and a permanent position?? Wtf are the FBI even doing here in the first place?
This is institutionalised foreign interference.
This is institutionalised foreign interference.
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Exactly. Is New Zealand a satellite state of the US now? According to its website, the role of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is "exposing, preventing, and investigating intelligence activities, including espionage, IN THE US".
July 31, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Exactly. Is New Zealand a satellite state of the US now? According to its website, the role of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is "exposing, preventing, and investigating intelligence activities, including espionage, IN THE US".
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There is 100% going to be election interference in NZ from far right, probably US, groups in 2026 at a level we haven't seen before
July 31, 2025 at 2:19 AM
There is 100% going to be election interference in NZ from far right, probably US, groups in 2026 at a level we haven't seen before
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Sir Rod Stewart didn’t just perform in Toronto, Canada. He roasted Trump on stage💥
“51st state, my f’ing ass.”
We’ll survive without your greed, guns, or gold toilets.
Rod Stewart 🎶We will survive🎶
Canada doesn’t need dictators, delusions, or Donald.
We are NOT for sale!
#DefendersOfDemocracy
“51st state, my f’ing ass.”
We’ll survive without your greed, guns, or gold toilets.
Rod Stewart 🎶We will survive🎶
Canada doesn’t need dictators, delusions, or Donald.
We are NOT for sale!
#DefendersOfDemocracy
July 30, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Sir Rod Stewart didn’t just perform in Toronto, Canada. He roasted Trump on stage💥
“51st state, my f’ing ass.”
We’ll survive without your greed, guns, or gold toilets.
Rod Stewart 🎶We will survive🎶
Canada doesn’t need dictators, delusions, or Donald.
We are NOT for sale!
#DefendersOfDemocracy
“51st state, my f’ing ass.”
We’ll survive without your greed, guns, or gold toilets.
Rod Stewart 🎶We will survive🎶
Canada doesn’t need dictators, delusions, or Donald.
We are NOT for sale!
#DefendersOfDemocracy
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i think both sides are to blame here
July 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
i think both sides are to blame here
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Satire and ridicule are important tools for a civil society working to stave off authoritarianism.
From Stephen Colbert's Late Show:
July 28, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Satire and ridicule are important tools for a civil society working to stave off authoritarianism.
From Stephen Colbert's Late Show:
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July 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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By 2030, 1 in 4 women in developed countries will remain childfree.
Up to 45% will be single by choice.
Society will frame this as a crisis.
Governments will panic over birth rates.
This is about choice though…
It's about women walking away from the roles that kept men comfortable and powerful.
Up to 45% will be single by choice.
Society will frame this as a crisis.
Governments will panic over birth rates.
This is about choice though…
It's about women walking away from the roles that kept men comfortable and powerful.
July 10, 2025 at 2:22 AM
By 2030, 1 in 4 women in developed countries will remain childfree.
Up to 45% will be single by choice.
Society will frame this as a crisis.
Governments will panic over birth rates.
This is about choice though…
It's about women walking away from the roles that kept men comfortable and powerful.
Up to 45% will be single by choice.
Society will frame this as a crisis.
Governments will panic over birth rates.
This is about choice though…
It's about women walking away from the roles that kept men comfortable and powerful.
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wild to me to have no agenda to grow a tanking economy other than tax cuts to landlords and businesses, make it harder to get a benefit, make active choices that punish people struggling, and then create instant $1000 fines for shoplifting.
shit is vile.
just say you hate the poors and be honest.
shit is vile.
just say you hate the poors and be honest.
July 1, 2025 at 6:34 AM
wild to me to have no agenda to grow a tanking economy other than tax cuts to landlords and businesses, make it harder to get a benefit, make active choices that punish people struggling, and then create instant $1000 fines for shoplifting.
shit is vile.
just say you hate the poors and be honest.
shit is vile.
just say you hate the poors and be honest.
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
June 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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Unbelievable. The winners of Youth Photographer of the Year & overall Photographer of the Year are 15 & 17 year old brothers Monty & Sam McGee!!!
Amazing images.
Amazing images.
June 25, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Unbelievable. The winners of Youth Photographer of the Year & overall Photographer of the Year are 15 & 17 year old brothers Monty & Sam McGee!!!
Amazing images.
Amazing images.
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All the fear about running on progressive policies due to being labelled a socialist are surprisingly ineffective when you actually stick to your policies and don't abandon them because you are trying to appeal to a centre that doesn't exist.
June 25, 2025 at 5:51 AM
All the fear about running on progressive policies due to being labelled a socialist are surprisingly ineffective when you actually stick to your policies and don't abandon them because you are trying to appeal to a centre that doesn't exist.
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I’ve written a letter of complaint to the PM regarding Seymour's behaviour. We’ve witnessed him target academics who act as our critic and conscience, and attack public servants for simply doing their job. This is unacceptable.
June 23, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I’ve written a letter of complaint to the PM regarding Seymour's behaviour. We’ve witnessed him target academics who act as our critic and conscience, and attack public servants for simply doing their job. This is unacceptable.
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I was briefed on the intelligence last week.
Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.
Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.
June 22, 2025 at 4:58 AM
I was briefed on the intelligence last week.
Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.
Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.