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Maiava Nathaniel
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Was so good to see Upu at Sydney Opera House. Have seen Nathaniel in so many shows over the years but this was up with the best. fa’afetai lava 🏝️🏝️🏝️
May 11, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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when he sends citizens to foreign concentration camps, it’s no longer a slide to authoritarianism—it’s full blown fascism! 😔 this is not an administration, it’s a criminal regime in a hostile takeover of 🇺🇸 democracy. #FightFascism #TraitorTrump #DefendLiberty 🔔
April 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
April 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
April 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Any time you’re feeling down, just remember Trump's economists are so incompetent they imposed a 10% tariff on 3 uninhabited islands.

Sure, costs will go up on ice, volcanic ash, & penguin poop.

But sources say the severe tariffs will incentivize U.S. penguins to make more America-first poop. 👊🇺🇸🔥
Trump tariffs imposed on uninhabited islands where just penguins live
US president mocked after ‘reciprocal’ tariffs placed on territories that are home only to wildlife
www.standard.co.uk
April 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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New evidence suggests that some of the 15 Palestinian aid workers killed by Israeli forces in Rafah last week were shot at close range in what appeared to be execution-style killings.

Read here aje.io/qzqk7n
April 4, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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The #SeymourSlop strikes again. The Act Party and its officials are dangerous to children. Pupil off to the dentist after biting into hard plastic in school lunch www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Pupil off to the dentist after biting into hard plastic in school lunch
A Palmerston North school wants to change school lunch providers after a child bit into a hard piece of plastic in their lunch.
www.rnz.co.nz
April 4, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Gen Z and Millennials: In ten years when we’re still without a cure and you’re caring for your parents, remember what he did.
April 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Yes the same Chris Meehan who donated large sums to Nat/Act and whose housing project on a flood plain was fastracked by the Nat/Act Govt www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Winton Capital Ltd ordered to pay Chris Meehan’s former assistant $100k in ERA personal grievance case
A former executive assistant claimed her job was jeopardised after Chris Meehan swore at her and threatened her employment.
www.rnz.co.nz
March 28, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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“Let me get this right - she was arrested for co-writing an article that asked for Israel to be held to account.........and US Govt felt that arresting her using 6 masked agents was the appropriate response. WTF. Land of the oppressed more like......”
Masked agents whisk away Tufts student from sidewalk, video shows
The widely circulated video of Turkish doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk’s arrest in the Boston area has sent shock waves through the academic community.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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This sick white fuck only gets home detention.. probably will get back online.. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Nappy-wearing offender Zeb Laing sentenced for child exploitation, fake accounts
Two of Zeb Laing's victims were early childcare teachers whom he made contact with through a Facebook messenger account.
www.rnz.co.nz
March 27, 2025 at 12:37 AM
"In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd." – Miguel de Cervantes
March 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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The loss of so many highly-skilled staff from Archives NZ and the National Library will inevitably have a detrimental impact for researchers.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
Job cuts on the way for Department of Corrections and Archives NZ, union says
The PSA said the changes would lead to a net loss of 49 roles at Corrections including in health and safety and learning and development.
www.rnz.co.nz
March 27, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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Save the Children says more than 270 Palestinian children have been killed in the week since Israel resumed its war on Gaza, marking some of “the deadliest days for children since the war began”.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/2q97hr
March 25, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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The NZ Govt is engaged in a #WarOnNature. Their latest attempt to gut enviro protections via changes to the RMA is simply an extension When you give property owners the right to sue govts if they introduce measures to protect the enviro, then govts will not intro enviro protection.
March 25, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Al Jazeera strongly condemns the assassination of its correspondent in Gaza Hossam Shabat.
March 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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BREAKING: The Israeli military has hit the Turkish Friendship Hospital for Cancer Patients in central Gaza, the only medical facility delivering cancer care in the besieged enclave.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/81f3yk
March 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Five staff members of the UN Palestinian relief agency, UNRWA, have been killed in the past few days, according to the agency’s Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/5hqjea
March 20, 2025 at 10:32 AM