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Robin Forlonge Patterson
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Grew up in #Dunedin (except 2 years at #Orawia), #dux #OBHS 1958, #BA (#Otago). #married, moved to #Plimmerton then #Feilding. #Greenie. #Conservationist […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mastodon.nz/@RFPatterson, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
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We Must Strike @wms.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 1h
"Some 58% of #americans - including seven in 10 #democrats and half of #republicans - think the #president should send armed troops only to face external threats."

Do the opinions of the majority still matter in #trump's #america?
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Most #Americans don't want #troops deployed without an […]
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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13h
Attorney General Bonta Continues Support for States Challenging Trump’s Militarization of American Cities https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-continues-support-states-challenging-trump%E2%80%99s
Attorney General Bonta Continues Support for States Challenging Trump’s Militarization of American Cities
OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Governor Gavin Newsom today filed an amicus brief in support of Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s request for emergency relief to block President Trump’s illegal federalization of the Illinois National Guard and the deployment of federalized National Guard troops from other states.
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Rachel vs. The Evil Dead (tm) @ykantrachelread.social.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 1d
fedi's culture of accessibility for disabled, visually impaired, and mentally ill people is honestly one of the best things about this place - and I don't want that to change. disabled and mad folks will never be a priority to corporate interests. if you can't practice a little disability […]
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Nonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 1h
#israel & #hamas say they have agreed to the “first phase” of a peace plan to pause fighting & release at least some hostages & prisoners, #trump claimed Wednesday.

“This means that ALL of the Hostages will be released very soon, & Israel will withdraw their Troops to an agreed upon line as the […]
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Robin Forlonge Patterson @rfpatterson.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 1h
https://surveys.consumer.org.nz/s3/Insurance-Providers-Survey-2025 is an #insurance #survey anyone in NZ is welcome to take. 20 minutes or so.
How is your insurance working for you?
Insurance Providers Survey 2025 - Members/Supporters.
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Robin Forlonge Patterson @rfpatterson.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 20h
Extract from letter sent recently to Luxon and Willis by Craig Renney
, Ganesh R Ahirao
, Susan St John
, and 17 others:
" Unemployment is rising, and for Māori and Pasifika communities is now above 10%. Youth unemployment is particularly troubling, with more than 42,000 fewer 15–24-year-olds […]
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Climate Tracker @climate.skyfleet.blue · 4d
Trump officials cut nearly $8bn in clean energy projects in Democratic states #Climate
Trump officials cut nearly $8bn in clean energy projects in Democratic states
Democrats and environmental groups slam move as ‘sick political game’ and say it will drive up energy bills
www.theguardian.com
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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag: @simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 5d
PSA for #wellington and #LowerHutt: the U-Go unmanned petrol station on Old Hutt Road has 91 for 239c per litre!
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Ika Makimaki @pezmico.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 4d
Had a really hard time deciding who to vote FOR. No clearly good options in my electorate unfortunately.

Until I found who I should vote AGAINST.

Not ideal, but hopefully does something to reduce the #CarBrain epidemic in local politics.

#localelectionsnz #poti2025 #nzpol
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Ika Makimaki @pezmico.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 4d
I am contractually obligated to remind people voting in Canterbury that Greenpeace put out a Nitrate scorecard for safe drinking water and you should use it to inform your vote:

https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/freshwater/vote-clean-drinking-water/

#nzpol #localelections25 #poti2025
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Errol Cavit @errolnz.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 4d
Kiwi-feathered cloak coming home after 105-year battle with a British museum | The Press #aonz https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360833579/kiwi-feathered-cloak-coming-home-after-105-year-battle-british-museum
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Simply Simon @salty.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 4d
Well, turns out it was a good move backing up the old NAS. I mean, it's always a good move to have a backup, but in this case I will have to use it.

Turns out new versions of the Linux kernel won't always mount btrfs filesystems created by really old ones. Aaaaand of course, I have one of those […]
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AI6YR Ben @ai6yr.m.ai6yr.org.ap.brid.gy · 5d
Whee!

NBC News: Minnesota measles cases nearly double as U.S. outbreaks continue
The country is four months away from possibly losing its measles elimination status

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/measles-minnesota-double-us-outbreaks-vaccine-continue-rcna235144

#measles #health […]
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 5d
“Family sues Tesla claiming faulty doors led to daughter’s death in burning Cybertruck *** Federal automobile safety regulators said last month they were investigating the doors of another Tesla vehicle model” 10/2/25 (This tragedy is every parent’s worst nightmare.) … 1/
Family sues Tesla claiming faulty doors led to daughter’s death in Cybertruck
Federal automobile safety regulators said last month they were investigating the doors of another Tesla vehicle model
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 5d
One thing that comes through awfully clearly in these ICE videos is how many of these goons gravitated toward the job because being able to assault people with impunity is a big thrill for them.
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Nonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 5d
Anyone who thinks the #unitedstates is still a #democracy that adheres to the founders’ #constitution needs to check their head.

“Attack on #FreeSpeech”:

#journalist #marioguevara Deported After Covering #antitrump #protest

Mario Guevara was deported from the #us early on Oct 3, according to […]
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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 5d
"While I am no longer your colleague, I ask that each of you continue to do the right thing, in the right way, for the right reasons. Follow the facts and the law. Stand up for what we all believe in our Constitution and the rule of law. Our country depends on you"

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You may have heard that Wednesday was my last day after nearly 20 yours of serving as a career employos at the Justice Department. This news may have come as a surprise to you, as it did to me when I received a letter stating that I had hoon terminated immediately, without cause, It appears that my termination was based on little more than a single social media post containing false information I am disappointed to leave behind a national security and puhbu safety mission that I truly believed in. I am even more disappointed to see what has happened to this office and the Department of Justice in just a few short months. The decisioni in remove experimod career officials from US Attorneys Offices, the FBI, and other critical parts of DOI undermines mar country's ability to mnter terrorist crganizations, malign nation-state actors, and countless ethers that seek to harm our nation and its citiems I am proud of the work I have done on behalf of the American people. I am humbled arrated the victims of crime and their families in ensuring that the criminal justice system provided a mesure of clans. I am sroubled that I was removed an abruptly in the middle of important work, including the prosecution of Mohammad Sharifullah, the only person to face justion in the United Stann for the homhing at the Abbey Ciate of the Hamid Karzai International Airport. This prosecution meant to bring justice to the 13 United States service members and suns of civiliam killed and mjwed. While I have the utmost confidence in my on-name, my aheupt, apparently thoughtless removal with as period of transition will hurt this case. This eximybe highlights the most troubling moet of the current operations of the Department of Justice the leadership is more concerned with peamishing the President's perceived enemies than they are with pertesting our national security. Justice for Americans killed and injured by our enemies should not be contingent on what someone in the Department of Justice ane…
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Robin Forlonge Patterson @rfpatterson.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 5d
https://www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/welcome-to-the-era-of-kavanaugh-raids

"They was terrified. The kids was crying. People was screaming. They looked very distraught. I was out there crying when I seen the little girl come around the corner, because they was bringing the kids down, too, had them […]
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Robin Forlonge Patterson @rfpatterson.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 6d
https://phys.org/news/2025-09-energy-efficient-catalyst-pollutants-ammonia.html - "When the current method for producing something is estimated to consume a staggering 1–2% of the annual global energy supply, ...we need to make a change. The Haber-Bosch process produces ample amounts of #ammonia […]
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AI6YR Ben @ai6yr.m.ai6yr.org.ap.brid.gy · 6d
BBC: Why BBC sent undercover reporter into a busy London police station

"... For the next seven months, Rory was employed as a designated detention officer at London's Charing Cross police station. He was also secretly working for Panorama, capturing shocking video evidence of misogyny, racism […]
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Robin Forlonge Patterson @rfpatterson.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 6d
#kiwibank is reducing some #Fees

"Great news – from 4 November 2025, you’ll no longer be charged several of our everyday banking fees.

This includes the Visa Debit Card annual fee, and fees associated with using an overseas ATM. If you lose or damage your card and need to order a replacement […]
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AJ Sadauskas @aj.gts.sadauskas.id.au.ap.brid.gy · 7d
Over 40 years, we were collectively told to give tax cuts to rich people.

And we were told that if we did that, wealth would trickle down and everyone would be better off.

Over 40 years, pretty much everything got cut to fund these tax cuts.

Schools. Hospitals. Public housing. Public […]
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Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈 @lazarou.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 7d
Watch Israel get away with breaking International Law again....and again...but we're all Antisemite's for point that out, remember?
Just completely devalue words until the Absurdity becomes the Atrocity...

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Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈 @lazarou.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 7d
"Ah, but this isn't bad because er....HOLOCAUST!" - Israel

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(®) 27m ago (23:15 GMT) More than 70 killed in Israeli strikes across Gaza since dawn As Israeli forces intercept activists attempting to deliver aid by sea to a starving population in Gaza, Israel's onslaught against the enclave continues to kill Palestinians. The death toll in Gaza has just risen, with Israel's bombardment killing at least 73 people since dawn on Wednesday, most of the victims in Gaza City, medical sources told Al Jazeera. Earlier, we reported that two missiles struck a school that had been converted into a shelter for displaced people east of Gaza City, killing dozens of people. As Gaza’s civil defence crews rushed to the scene, another strike critically injured many of the emergency workers and killed six more civilians. Elsewhere, at least seven people were killed in an attack on a house in the Daraj neighbourhood of the city. Israel's assault on the enclave shows no sign of easing, with strikes continuing to pound densely populated areas.
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