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Katya
@nzkatya.bsky.social
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Woke socialist, stray cat magnet, Tūī feeder, she/her/ia. Living in Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa.
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nzkatya.bsky.social
I am reading this book currently and it is really good, but it is so distressing I need to take frequent breaks
Book cover: "Caste- The Lies That Divide Us" by Isabel Wilkerson
February 20, 2026 at 5:13 AM
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shakingstick.bsky.social
FSU having conniptions coz parliament is exercising its right not to post on an app owned by a white nationalist, which has myriad legal issues globally, and is the fav posting app for fascists, bots, and assorted neer do wells

www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Parliament ditches X, formerly Twitter, over deepfakes
Free Speech Union writes to the Speaker as Clerk of House says he doesn’t want his organisation associated with controversial platform.
www.thepost.co.nz
February 20, 2026 at 3:58 AM
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nzctu.bsky.social
2/4 Like similar political figures across the world, Winston Peters is cosplaying as a defender of working people. The reality is that he had a chance to stop this anti-worker Bill, and didn’t take it.
February 20, 2026 at 3:48 AM
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dejanajuk.bsky.social
Winston Peters never cares what rubbish he spouts but RNZ should definitely do some fact checking before they put a lie on a headline. Just stop regurgitating Politician’s lies. #NZpol @rnzrss.bsky.social
Statement from NZCTU re Winston Peters and NZF who lied about Inions in their statement about the egregious contractor bill: In September last year we sought a meeting with Winston Peters and New Zealand First to talk about the Employment Relations Amendment Bill and what could be done to protect workers in New Zealand. We met with them in October and again shortly before the Bill was passed by National, ACT, and New Zealand First We will always fight to ensure that ALL political parties hear what matters to working people. We reached out to New Zealand First multiple times on the Employment Relations Amendment Bill and will reach out to them and other political parties any time a Bill threatens the livelihood of working New Zealanders. We're doing our bit to stand up for workers and their unions in Aotearoa New Zealand. It's our hope that our political leaders endeavour to do the same. nZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi
February 20, 2026 at 3:49 AM
nzkatya.bsky.social
I only joined the Greens a year ago (although I've party voted for them for years) and have been very impressed by their democratic processes and inclusivity. There are many ways to express disagreement without complaining anonymously to the media and making spurious claims about the process #nzpol
norightturnnz.bsky.social Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 6h
The whole idea of "a very James Shaw party list" is weird, because Green party lists have always been ranked by the members, not the leadership. If lists under Shaw promoted "safer" candidates, its because the membership wanted that.
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Exclusions spark tension as Greens tighten list rules
Members complain that the new process has created a “very James Shaw party list” of people who play “respectability games”.
www.thepost.co.nz
February 20, 2026 at 1:27 AM
nzkatya.bsky.social
Wondering how all those "Yoon Again" protestors we saw in Seoul last October are responding to yesterday's verdict
Back view of a large outdoor protest meeting in Seoul with people holding up Yoon Agan signs and waving South Korean and USA flags
February 20, 2026 at 12:16 AM
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nzctu.bsky.social
#nzpol When the Govt gutted pay equity last year, they threw out all our democratic norms - including holding a select committee. A group of ex-MPs took matters into their own hands and have actually listened to the voices of NZers. Their report comes out Tuesday - more info/link to livestream here:
People's Select Committee on Pay Equity | Aotearoa NZ
Nau mai, haere mai. Welcome to the home page of the People’s Select Committee. The People’s Select Committee has been established so the voices of the people of Aotearoa can be heard on pay equity.
www.payequity.org.nz
February 19, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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nzctu.bsky.social
Resene factory workers walked off the job yesterday for a Living Wage. E tū members at Resene have been fighting for a Living Wage since September. They're struggling to pay bills and put food on the table. Resene needs to do the right thing and pays its staff enough to live a decent life. #nzpol
February 19, 2026 at 9:54 PM
nzkatya.bsky.social
Trump's Bored with Peace
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h
more than two hours into this "Board of Peace" meeting, we are now enduring random world leader open mic time and Trump's eyes are closed
February 19, 2026 at 9:11 PM
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thebasement.nz
Hoo boy you should see who runs a polling company in NZ
gelliottmorris.com G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 10h
I have long argued that people hired to write about/do polling should be trained pollsters. In this case, the person in charge of Arg polls is an AI software dev who got famous in Dem circles for regressions on vote share data. He is not trained in writing surveys or seeing all sides of the results
February 19, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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tante.cc
So don't feel like you cannot be a luddite if you like technology, like working on it.

Caring about your fellow human beings' wellbeing and not some corporations bottom line makes you one. Believing that tech needs to be evaluated on what effects it has and that we have a choice makes you one.
tante.cc tante @tante.cc · 14h
I am a luddite and to me there is a lot of joy in technology. In technology that we deploy for all our wellbeing. Solar panels and vaccines, high-speed rail and wikipedia.

But they joy stems from the feeling of being able to be part of humanity in an embedded, meaningful way. Not from buying shit.
February 19, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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paulcrider.liberalcurrents.com
This is just ridiculous on its face. @economist.com you sound like a six-year-old who cries "Unfair!" when he is asked to share a slice of a whole birthday cake with his sibling. Grow up.
You might think that the one unassailable argument for taxing the rich would be fairness. But even that idea is dubious. The presumption that governments have failed to ensure taxes on the rich keep up with their income is mostly wrong. The rich world does more redistribution than ever. In Britain, France and Japan income inequality has fallen after taxes and spending. Since 1990, America has offset much of the rise in pre-tax inequality with more redistribution. Taxes on the top 1% are higher, and spending on the poor, such as on health care, has grown. Besides, fairness is not just about making incomes equal. A fair system would also respect property rights, be reasonably predictable and allow people to reap the rewards of their efforts and risk-taking.
February 19, 2026 at 7:58 PM
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craigmranapia.bsky.social
Seriously - between King Charles elegantly throwing his sleazy brother to the dogs of law and South Korea handing down a life sentence to insurrectionist former President Yoon Suk Yeol, its like a global conspiracy to show up the United States.

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bencollins.bsky.social Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 16h
look at my country man, we’re getting out-No Kings’d by the fuckin’ british
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 17h
King Charles has issued a statement following his brother Andrew’s arrest
February 19, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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ninjakitty.bsky.social
I finally tuned back into RNZ today and suggest you listen to this, especially if you’re wondering about your local water management #nzpol

Expert warns of future wastewater failures
Expert warns of future wastewater failures
Water engineer Iain Rabbitts has been working in the industry for 35 years and says he can 'guarantee' part of the failure at Moa Point will come down to the lack of skilled wastewater workers.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 19, 2026 at 5:53 AM
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alanferrier.bsky.social
A timely reminder of how Ireland views the British monarchy, via the @irishtimes.com
www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
Having a monarchy next door is a little like having a neighbour who’s really into clowns and has daubed their house with clown murals, displays clown dolls in each window and has an insatiable desire to hear about and discuss clown-related news stories. More specifically, for the Irish, it’s like having a neighbour who’s really into clowns and, also, your grandfather was murdered by a clown. Beyond this, it’s the stuff of children’s stories. Having a queen as head of state is like having a pirate or a mermaid or Ewok as head of state. What’s the logic? Bees have queens, but the queen bee lays all of the eggs in the hive. The queen of the Britons has laid just four British eggs, and one of those is the sweatless creep Prince Andrew, so it’s hardly deserving of applause. The contemporary royals have no real power. They serve entirely to enshrine classism in the British nonconstitution. They live in high luxury and low autonomy, cosplaying as their ancestors, and are the subject of constant psychosocial projection from people mourning the loss of empire. They’re basically a Rorschach test that the tabloids hold up in order to gauge what level of hysterical batshittery their readers are capable of at any moment in time.
February 19, 2026 at 6:16 PM
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robertmclachlan.bsky.social
Good study by William & Peter Bisley: solar on 10% of NZ's available commercial & industrial roofs would cost $3b, earn $600m a year, and add 1.5 TWh of winter storage to the lakes – the same amount of energy the cracked LNG scheme is supposed to deliver.
bisley.substack.com/p/abundant-e...
Abundant energy for business
Reinvigorating the private sector with rooftop solar
bisley.substack.com
February 19, 2026 at 5:23 AM
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reuters.com
Iran's Jafar Panahi tells Berlinale to postpone tribute out of respect for protesters reut.rs/4aXY6dQ
Iran's Jafar Panahi tells Berlinale to postpone tribute out of respect for protesters
Iranian director Jafar Panahi had told the Berlin Film Festival not to hold a ceremony to present him in person with the Golden Bear prize he won in absentia in 2015 out of respect for those killed in the government's violent crackdown on protesters, he said on Thursday.
reut.rs
February 19, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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carlbergstrom.com
These two shots leave a lot to be desired as photographs—but I want to share them with you anyway as a perfect moment in time where something magical is occurring on a tiny island off the shore of New Zealand and somehow I was blessed to be there. 🪶
Takahē chick peers at me over dad's head. Takahē chick nuzzles against dad's breast.
February 19, 2026 at 8:48 AM
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gen-toop.bsky.social
So just to be clear Luxon wants Kiwi families to pay a new tax on their power bills to build an LNG terminal that we don’t need & that will cook the climate, so that Methanex, a company contributing 0 dollars in tax themselves, can keep sending their profits offshore. newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/30/m...
Too broke to pay tax? Methanex pays $70m dividend to Canadian owner
The Govt has paid hundreds of millions in subsidies to the Taranaki-based methanol producer; now there are calls to speed its exit from NZ. Jonathan Milne reports.
newsroom.co.nz
February 19, 2026 at 2:22 AM
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sslee.bsky.social
The judge is also stating that South Korean society as a whole has suffered immeasurable damage due to Yoon's insurrection, a cost that the entire nation must now bear.
February 19, 2026 at 6:57 AM
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sharonk.bsky.social
For those wanting a live feed about Yoon news (there's also a YouTube feed of Yoon supporters outside Court while the ruling is being discussed if you search for it on YouTube)

koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2026-02...
LIVE: Yoon Suk Yeol faces death penalty in insurrection trial
Former Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will be sentenced at 3 p.m. today on insurrection charges following his brief imposition of martial law in December 2014. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalt...
koreajoongangdaily.joins.com
February 19, 2026 at 6:12 AM
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sharonk.bsky.social
communism is stored in the olympics
Lots of debate about this woman. The left says “overreaction.” Others say “she’s not really a communist.” Fine. Let’s agree on 3 basics: Communism is a highly viral idea. It spreads through viral influencers. She’s a highly viral influencer representing the Chinese Communist Party. Go ahead and tell me how communism will work this time. But don't dare tell me she's not dangerous.
February 19, 2026 at 5:14 AM
nzkatya.bsky.social
Kieran was ejected because he told the truth:
"Failing to require Winston Peters to withdraw and apologise for something that was quite clearly an offensive comment, when you have required that of other members — indeed, other party leaders — runs the risk of you applying different standards"
Labour MP ejected from House after 'trifling' over Peters' remark
Kieran McAnulty ordered out after challenging Speaker Gerry Brownlee's decisions on comments made by Winston Peters.
www.1news.co.nz
February 19, 2026 at 3:45 AM
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lewsos.bsky.social
Once again the Speaker beclowns the dignity of Parliament by treating a factual reflection on an outright lie by a senior minister as a greater crime than the outright lie that he lets stand

Brownlee is a disgrace in the one job he might have excelled
www.1news.co.nz/2026/02/19/l...
Labour MP ejected from House after 'trifling' over Peters' remark
Kieran McAnulty ordered out after challenging Speaker Gerry Brownlee's decisions on comments made by Winston Peters.
www.1news.co.nz
February 19, 2026 at 3:28 AM
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sslee.bsky.social
Just as 13 is unlucky in the West, 4 is the number of death in East Asia because "4" (사) and "Death" (死) share the same pronunciation. Today, Feb 19, is exactly 444 days since Yoon Suk-yeol’s coup on Dec 3, 2024. A truly ominous milestone for his first verdict, starting today at 3 PM. #Korea #Yoon
February 19, 2026 at 1:46 AM