Hamish Smith
@has8.bsky.social
Old man shakes fist at cloud. Probably grumping at someone else's computer right now.
Signed
#nzpol Signed 💪
Sign this petition about the Regulatory Standards Bill, please
petitions.parliament.nz/212f27b2-98f...
petitions.parliament.nz/212f27b2-98f...
October 25, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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I went straight to the Govts Child Poverty Report that assesses their Budget.
This cruel govt has CHOSEN to put throw more children & whānau into poverty!
It doesn't have to be this way! We can decide to have an Aotearoa that looks after all of us and our planet.
www.greens.org.nz/green_budget...
This cruel govt has CHOSEN to put throw more children & whānau into poverty!
It doesn't have to be this way! We can decide to have an Aotearoa that looks after all of us and our planet.
www.greens.org.nz/green_budget...
Green Budget
We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.
www.greens.org.nz
May 22, 2025 at 5:38 AM
I went straight to the Govts Child Poverty Report that assesses their Budget.
This cruel govt has CHOSEN to put throw more children & whānau into poverty!
It doesn't have to be this way! We can decide to have an Aotearoa that looks after all of us and our planet.
www.greens.org.nz/green_budget...
This cruel govt has CHOSEN to put throw more children & whānau into poverty!
It doesn't have to be this way! We can decide to have an Aotearoa that looks after all of us and our planet.
www.greens.org.nz/green_budget...
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We need to tax wealth not work.
Why? Because usually no matter how hard you work, the compound interest on huge wealth grows much faster than your wages + the rich use this passive income to buy all the assets.
Someone made a game to show this:
therichdont.work
Why? Because usually no matter how hard you work, the compound interest on huge wealth grows much faster than your wages + the rich use this passive income to buy all the assets.
Someone made a game to show this:
therichdont.work
Idle — The Wealth Race
Can your hard work beat The Rich? Play and find out!
therichdont.work
September 3, 2025 at 12:25 PM
We need to tax wealth not work.
Why? Because usually no matter how hard you work, the compound interest on huge wealth grows much faster than your wages + the rich use this passive income to buy all the assets.
Someone made a game to show this:
therichdont.work
Why? Because usually no matter how hard you work, the compound interest on huge wealth grows much faster than your wages + the rich use this passive income to buy all the assets.
Someone made a game to show this:
therichdont.work
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August 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Apparently very rereadable. I love how Sheryl is such a baddie (not the good young person version). I also love that Mark didn't know people let him win at board games.
#nzpol #facebook #carelesspeople #book #pukapuka
@jay.bsky.team you should read this if you haven't already 🙂
#nzpol #facebook #carelesspeople #book #pukapuka
@jay.bsky.team you should read this if you haven't already 🙂
August 4, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Apparently very rereadable. I love how Sheryl is such a baddie (not the good young person version). I also love that Mark didn't know people let him win at board games.
#nzpol #facebook #carelesspeople #book #pukapuka
@jay.bsky.team you should read this if you haven't already 🙂
#nzpol #facebook #carelesspeople #book #pukapuka
@jay.bsky.team you should read this if you haven't already 🙂
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We Did It. Commodore Is Home.
With the final payment locking in the deal CEO Peri Fractic signed the final contracts in The Netherlands, officially acquiring all 47 original Commodore trademarks. After decades adrift, the brand is finally where it belongs - with fans.
#WeAreCommodore
commodore.net
With the final payment locking in the deal CEO Peri Fractic signed the final contracts in The Netherlands, officially acquiring all 47 original Commodore trademarks. After decades adrift, the brand is finally where it belongs - with fans.
#WeAreCommodore
commodore.net
August 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
We Did It. Commodore Is Home.
With the final payment locking in the deal CEO Peri Fractic signed the final contracts in The Netherlands, officially acquiring all 47 original Commodore trademarks. After decades adrift, the brand is finally where it belongs - with fans.
#WeAreCommodore
commodore.net
With the final payment locking in the deal CEO Peri Fractic signed the final contracts in The Netherlands, officially acquiring all 47 original Commodore trademarks. After decades adrift, the brand is finally where it belongs - with fans.
#WeAreCommodore
commodore.net
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It's Luxons policies that are causing this much damage.
He needs to stop the bullshit and own it.
This is the problem with Luxon and the National Party since dot.
Be honest Luxon and say we fucked up instead of blaming everyone else.
#kingofblame
#nzpol
He needs to stop the bullshit and own it.
This is the problem with Luxon and the National Party since dot.
Be honest Luxon and say we fucked up instead of blaming everyone else.
#kingofblame
#nzpol
Nope because his policies continue to make things worse no matter what he does. Try some positive Fiscal Policy stuff like Fully Funded Public Services, and Fully Funded Public Works rather than cancelling every project, then slash and burn every budget.
Thomas Coughlan: Can Luxon convince voters that better times are coming?
OPINION: The Prime Minister might be right. But what if nobody believes him?
www.nzherald.co.nz
August 2, 2025 at 6:10 AM
It's Luxons policies that are causing this much damage.
He needs to stop the bullshit and own it.
This is the problem with Luxon and the National Party since dot.
Be honest Luxon and say we fucked up instead of blaming everyone else.
#kingofblame
#nzpol
He needs to stop the bullshit and own it.
This is the problem with Luxon and the National Party since dot.
Be honest Luxon and say we fucked up instead of blaming everyone else.
#kingofblame
#nzpol
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The headline is interesting. The question isn’t if Luxon is going to do something real and substantive to make our lives better. Instead it’s about optics, about whether Luxon can convince us to believe him instead of our lying eyes.
#nzpol
#nzpol
Nope because his policies continue to make things worse no matter what he does. Try some positive Fiscal Policy stuff like Fully Funded Public Services, and Fully Funded Public Works rather than cancelling every project, then slash and burn every budget.
Thomas Coughlan: Can Luxon convince voters that better times are coming?
OPINION: The Prime Minister might be right. But what if nobody believes him?
www.nzherald.co.nz
August 2, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The headline is interesting. The question isn’t if Luxon is going to do something real and substantive to make our lives better. Instead it’s about optics, about whether Luxon can convince us to believe him instead of our lying eyes.
#nzpol
#nzpol
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While our stupid, backwards, government are reopening oil and gas fields the rest of the world is electrifying
We're lucky that we're already accidentally ahead of the curve because of hydro and geothermal. It would be so easy to be 100% energy self sufficient, and immune from global shocks
#nzpol
We're lucky that we're already accidentally ahead of the curve because of hydro and geothermal. It would be so easy to be 100% energy self sufficient, and immune from global shocks
#nzpol
'World's largest': Scottish Government grants consent for huge 4.1GW offshore wind farm
Green light for Berwick Bank project puts UK 'in touching distance' of securing enough consented offshore wind capacity to support the government’s 2030 clean power mission
www.businessgreen.com
July 31, 2025 at 8:56 PM
While our stupid, backwards, government are reopening oil and gas fields the rest of the world is electrifying
We're lucky that we're already accidentally ahead of the curve because of hydro and geothermal. It would be so easy to be 100% energy self sufficient, and immune from global shocks
#nzpol
We're lucky that we're already accidentally ahead of the curve because of hydro and geothermal. It would be so easy to be 100% energy self sufficient, and immune from global shocks
#nzpol
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If you can't guarantee 100% of people 100% of the time, then you must have a backup option, which in this case is same day enrollment.
#nzpol
#nzpol
July 31, 2025 at 9:07 PM
If you can't guarantee 100% of people 100% of the time, then you must have a backup option, which in this case is same day enrollment.
#nzpol
#nzpol
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Send the FBI home. Their jurisdiction is INSIDE USA-not NZ!
Check Palantir isn’t used here while we are at it -Thiel’s #Palantir poses a grave threat- Robert Reich:
Working with the Trump administration the data co could be used to target Trump’s opponents: #nzpol
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Check Palantir isn’t used here while we are at it -Thiel’s #Palantir poses a grave threat- Robert Reich:
Working with the Trump administration the data co could be used to target Trump’s opponents: #nzpol
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Peter Thiel’s Palantir poses a grave threat to Americans | Robert Reich
Working with the Trump administration, the data company could be used to target the president’s opponents
www.theguardian.com
August 1, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Send the FBI home. Their jurisdiction is INSIDE USA-not NZ!
Check Palantir isn’t used here while we are at it -Thiel’s #Palantir poses a grave threat- Robert Reich:
Working with the Trump administration the data co could be used to target Trump’s opponents: #nzpol
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Check Palantir isn’t used here while we are at it -Thiel’s #Palantir poses a grave threat- Robert Reich:
Working with the Trump administration the data co could be used to target Trump’s opponents: #nzpol
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
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Incidentally, how does Te Tiriti fit with this? How does our unique individualism as a nation fit with this? How does our independence full stop, fit with this? 🤷♀️ #NZpolitics #Aotearoa #nzpol #ToitūTeTiriti #WhoAreWeBecoming
This feels like a significant overreach to be establishing an independent FBI agency on our shores. Cooperation with foreign intelligence/law enforcement agencies is one thing, but this ties us to US flavour “LaW eFoRcEmEnT” in a manner that feels totally undemocratic & a lot fucking dodgy. 🤨
July 31, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Incidentally, how does Te Tiriti fit with this? How does our unique individualism as a nation fit with this? How does our independence full stop, fit with this? 🤷♀️ #NZpolitics #Aotearoa #nzpol #ToitūTeTiriti #WhoAreWeBecoming
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I do not think this government campaigned on "being a suckup vassal country to an authoritarian child rapist" and I think if they did they would have had fewer votes #nzpol
July 31, 2025 at 6:14 AM
I do not think this government campaigned on "being a suckup vassal country to an authoritarian child rapist" and I think if they did they would have had fewer votes #nzpol
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July 31, 2025 at 6:45 AM