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Stinky Jim

@stinkyjim.bsky.social

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Here 🍉🇵🇸🍉 aka Jim Pinckney, DJ/Broadcaster, Producer, Writer, Voiceover blah, MDANT, Occasional Egg. Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa, NZ.

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Stinky Jim @stinkyjim.bsky.social · Nov 14

For those (esp musicians/producers) who have difficulty joining the dots. Royalties you have earned & are being denied are instead going to the Rogans of this world. So ups to all for helping to create the fuckery we are about to go through (again) & funding war tech etc. stay away from Scumify plse

Aram Sinnreich @aramsinn.bsky.social · Nov 13

Spotify just reported record-breaking profits.

In totally unrelated news, Spotify stopped paying nearly 90% of artists on the service ANYTHING (no royalties for songs w <1k streams/year)

Spotify Hits 252M Premium Subscribers, On Track For First Full Year of Profitability

"We’re where we set out to be — if not a little further — and on a steady path toward achieving our long-term goals," said CEO Daniel Ek.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 1h

Andrew Hoggard says he will allow cancer-linked glyphosate to be increased by 100 x in our food production.

He's also ignored a High Court order telling farmers to remove cruel farming practices around pigs - extending the 2025 due date out by 10 years. This is ACT #nzpol #kiwi

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 1h

Melissa Lee really isn't great #nzpol

National Party's Melissa Lee tries to gotcha Auckland Councillor Richard Hill

YouTube video by Mountain Tui

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Stinky Jim @stinkyjim.bsky.social · 1h

She is a beacon of perpetual disappointment and failure.

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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 13h

Weird how they put all their efforts into using technology to replace human creativity and art and then say creative arts degrees are useless.

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 3h

Turns out when @hypervisible.blacksky.app called OpenAI a "social arsonist" last week, he had no idea just how accurate that was.

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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 2h

An absolutely devastating article. I wish I hadn't read it all but I felt compelled to.

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Stinky Jim @stinkyjim.bsky.social · 2h

Beyond bleak, heartbreakingly so.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 3h

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 3h

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Tim @timward2014.bsky.social · 7h

Perhaps a journalist could do a little deep dive into the NZ Salmon industry. Not everyone is aware, but the slight increase in water temperature has already fucked the industry real hard. Currently attempting to relocate everywhere because existing salmon farms are no longer viable.
#nzpol

PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 16h

PERFECTLY NORMAL

New Zealand oceans warming 34% faster than global average, putting homes and industry at risk, report finds

NZ$180bn worth of housing and $26bn of infrastructure at risk of flooding and storm damage, new government report finds

www.theguardian.com

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 7h

Feels like this article should mention the fact that fossil fuels and climate change massively intensified this fire, making it deadlier than it otherwise would have been, because a lot of ppl will read this story and assume it means climate played no role

Uber driver accused of intentionally starting fire that destroyed Pacific Palisades

Authorities announced the arrest of 29-year-old Jonathan Rinderknecht, who is suspected of setting a fire on New Year’s Eve that eventually became the Palisades fire.

www.latimes.com

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 13h

“When streets became calmer & safer, more people felt comfortable trying a bike commute for the first time. Families began pedaling to the park…Local businesses saw new life…And cycling stopped feeling like a niche activity—it became part of everyday Parisian life.”

Via @momentummag.bsky.social

New Study Shows How Paris Pedaled Its Way to a Cycling Revolution

Cycling through central Paris meant weaving between buses and scooters—a bold choice reserved for the fearless few.

momentummag.com

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Stinky Jim @stinkyjim.bsky.social · 1d

Lovely words Simon

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 1d

Teslas
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Data centers

Wanting to be on fire all on their own

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PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 1d

Great to see the New Zealand Police haven't allowed themselves to be emboldened by the behaviour of their US counterparts, oh wait
#nzpol

‘Thrown backwards into a garden’: Activists allege rough treatment as police make dozens of arrests

The protesters blockaded the building in an attempt to shut down the National Aerospace Summit.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Stinky Jim @stinkyjim.bsky.social · 1d

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Peter Sime @petesi.me · 1d

The University of Otago just made everyone's degree gained up to 2025 more valuable. #nzpol

A newspaper report from the ODT that says the University of Otago plans to accept AI use in student work from next year.

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 1d

Supreme Court: of course states can regulate, and restrict access to, medical procedures if there’s a compelling public interest

Colorado: (bans conversion therapy for minors)

Supreme Court: no not like that, we only meant abortion

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Stinky Jim @stinkyjim.bsky.social · 1d

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three spooks pam 🎃 @threesteakspam.bsky.social · 2d

schrödinger’s paddington - he’s either putting it up or taking it down depending on how racist you are

a drawing of paddington up a lamppost holding a flag with what looks like the ghost of queen elizabeth II holding the ladder firm

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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 1d

The incomparable Christoph El Truento brings his multi-faceted musical genius to Tāmaki Makaurau's Whammy Bar this Friday 11th October — with special guests!

Get tickets pronto via UTR 🪴

Christoph El Truento - Whammy Bar, Auckland

Christoph El Truento, Whammy Bar, Auckland Sat, 11 October

www.undertheradar.co.nz

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Bernard Hickey @bernardchickey.bsky.social · 1d

Would love to see this done for NZ media.

Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 1d

Does the news reflect what we die from?

The image presents a comparison of the leading causes of death in the United States for 2023 and the media coverage these causes receive from three news outlets: The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Fox News.

In the footer, it notes the data sources, indicating that the information is based on media mentions from Media Cloud (2025) and death data from the US CDC (2025) and the Global Terrorism Index, with a clarification that values are normalized to sum to 100%.

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Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa @psna-otautahi.bsky.social · 1d

You may have heard Peters trying to make the situation with the abducted NZers all about him

They’ve been released and their flights home paid for by the people who love them

Unlike Peters, who has all his flights paid for by taxpayers

#NZPol

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Stinky Jim @stinkyjim.bsky.social · 1d

Phwoar!

Stinky Jim @stinkyjim.bsky.social · 1d

Awesome forces, different courses

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Stinky Grooves: Tuesday October 7, 2025

A pungent power shower of the tippest toppest tunes of the right now

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