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@bigalba.bsky.social
leftie scot living in aotearoa new zealand
art & photography via @alkeddie.xyz
feeds for Gaza @gofund-gaza.bsky.social
art & photography via @alkeddie.xyz
feeds for Gaza @gofund-gaza.bsky.social
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Diplomoceras (the clippy) and Pseudocenoceras
December 23, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Diplomoceras (the clippy) and Pseudocenoceras
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Matthew Bowles works for the IEA.
Funded by the fossil fuel industry, gambling and tobacco.
Times up.
Merry Christmas!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Funded by the fossil fuel industry, gambling and tobacco.
Times up.
Merry Christmas!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Matthew Bowles works for the IEA.
Funded by the fossil fuel industry, gambling and tobacco.
Times up.
Merry Christmas!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Funded by the fossil fuel industry, gambling and tobacco.
Times up.
Merry Christmas!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Sana points out that the ten Irish hunger strikers under Margaret Thatcher died after between 46 and 73 days without food. Some Palestine Action hunger strikers have now surpassed 50 days.
December 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Sana points out that the ten Irish hunger strikers under Margaret Thatcher died after between 46 and 73 days without food. Some Palestine Action hunger strikers have now surpassed 50 days.
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Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a sign opposing genocide.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
🚨BREAKING: GRETA THUNBERG ARRESTED UNDER TERRORISM ACT FOR SUPPORTING 'PALESTINE ACTION PRISONERS'
December 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a sign opposing genocide.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
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Delighted to hear that The Invisible Doctrine, the film by @peterhutchison.bsky.social and @lucas-sabean.bsky.social, is being offered free to view on YouTube for the holiday season. It's all yours! youtu.be/gR4eSEetKP0
The secret history of Neoliberalism | The Invisible Doctrine | Full Film
YouTube video by Journeyman Pictures
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Delighted to hear that The Invisible Doctrine, the film by @peterhutchison.bsky.social and @lucas-sabean.bsky.social, is being offered free to view on YouTube for the holiday season. It's all yours! youtu.be/gR4eSEetKP0
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The world sleeps warmly, and Gaza's children face this freezing cold in the open, homeless, shaking in freeze. 😥
December 18, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The world sleeps warmly, and Gaza's children face this freezing cold in the open, homeless, shaking in freeze. 😥
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Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa
21 December 2025
Media Release:
PSNA will continue to protest Israel’s genocide despite efforts to muzzle the Palestinian solidarity movement across the western world
1/14
#NZPol
21 December 2025
Media Release:
PSNA will continue to protest Israel’s genocide despite efforts to muzzle the Palestinian solidarity movement across the western world
1/14
#NZPol
December 21, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa
21 December 2025
Media Release:
PSNA will continue to protest Israel’s genocide despite efforts to muzzle the Palestinian solidarity movement across the western world
1/14
#NZPol
21 December 2025
Media Release:
PSNA will continue to protest Israel’s genocide despite efforts to muzzle the Palestinian solidarity movement across the western world
1/14
#NZPol
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Shilling for the tobacco, mining, fishing & alcohol industries to the detriment of people, communities & the environment isn’t the responsible face of capitalism, it is just its skewed and donor loving face and Winston is, once again, applying lipstick to the pig that is NZF. #nzpol #LiarAndDinosaur
Winston Peters returns to Labour-friendly language
Winston Peters talks up “responsible face of capitalism” as he promotes minimum wage hikes and health policy ahead of 2026.
www.thepost.co.nz
December 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Shilling for the tobacco, mining, fishing & alcohol industries to the detriment of people, communities & the environment isn’t the responsible face of capitalism, it is just its skewed and donor loving face and Winston is, once again, applying lipstick to the pig that is NZF. #nzpol #LiarAndDinosaur
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Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
December 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
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This is bonkers, neoliberalism destroying our healthcare system on purpose.
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Hospitals asked to save $510 million despite $538 million going unspent
The "underspend" was due in part to unfilled vacancies and the fact Health NZ has yet to settle collective contract disputes.
www.stuff.co.nz
December 20, 2025 at 5:20 AM
This is bonkers, neoliberalism destroying our healthcare system on purpose.
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
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In an amazing coincidence, the size of Trump’s name on the Kennedy Center is exactly equal to the total size of all the redactions of his name from the Epstein Files.
December 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
In an amazing coincidence, the size of Trump’s name on the Kennedy Center is exactly equal to the total size of all the redactions of his name from the Epstein Files.
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It's almost impressive how these White Liberal Types are so easily cowed.
Anti-genocide does not equal antisemitism.
Anti-genocide does not equal antisemitism.
"The New South Wales premier wants parliament to grant his government “extraordinary powers” to effectively ban protests for three months, claiming the “implications” of pro-Palestine rallies could be seen in the Bondi terror attack that killed 15 people."
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
NSW to effectively ban protests for up to three months as premier links Gaza rallies to Bondi terror attack
Chris Minns says state ‘can’t risk another mass demonstration on that scale in NSW [because] the implications can be seen, in my view, on Sunday’
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:39 AM
It's almost impressive how these White Liberal Types are so easily cowed.
Anti-genocide does not equal antisemitism.
Anti-genocide does not equal antisemitism.
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Any time David Seymour appears in this news claiming to be standing with a minority targeted by prejudice and violence journalists have an obligation to remind us he accepted a donation from a man who threatened to "destroy mosque after mosque until they take me out"
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350...
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350...
December 21, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Any time David Seymour appears in this news claiming to be standing with a minority targeted by prejudice and violence journalists have an obligation to remind us he accepted a donation from a man who threatened to "destroy mosque after mosque until they take me out"
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350...
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350...
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That's a BILLION DOLLARS this government is underspending in health. A BILLION DOLLARS taken out of healthcare!
They have the money, they just don't want to spend it. Not on on hospitals or doctors or nurses or admin staff or regional health care, or anyone of a myriad of needed items.
#nzpol
They have the money, they just don't want to spend it. Not on on hospitals or doctors or nurses or admin staff or regional health care, or anyone of a myriad of needed items.
#nzpol
Hospitals asked to save $510 millions despite $538 million going unspent
Hospitals asked to save $510 millions despite $538 million going unspent
The "underspend" was due in part to unfilled vacancies and the fact Health NZ has yet to settle collective contract disputes.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 19, 2025 at 7:13 AM
That's a BILLION DOLLARS this government is underspending in health. A BILLION DOLLARS taken out of healthcare!
They have the money, they just don't want to spend it. Not on on hospitals or doctors or nurses or admin staff or regional health care, or anyone of a myriad of needed items.
#nzpol
They have the money, they just don't want to spend it. Not on on hospitals or doctors or nurses or admin staff or regional health care, or anyone of a myriad of needed items.
#nzpol
Essential listening…
‘Scahill situates Israel’s assault within a wider history of US militarism, privatised warfare, and the global security industry, showing how Gaza has become a testing ground for surveillance, weapons and siege tactics.’
podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/u...
‘Scahill situates Israel’s assault within a wider history of US militarism, privatised warfare, and the global security industry, showing how Gaza has become a testing ground for surveillance, weapons and siege tactics.’
podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/u...
Episode 59 - Israel commits genocide while demanding its neighbours demilitarise | Jeremy Scahill | UNAPOLOGETIC
Podcast Episode · UNAPOLOGETIC with Ashfaaq Carim · 18/12/2025 · 1h 1m
podcasts.apple.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Essential listening…
‘Scahill situates Israel’s assault within a wider history of US militarism, privatised warfare, and the global security industry, showing how Gaza has become a testing ground for surveillance, weapons and siege tactics.’
podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/u...
‘Scahill situates Israel’s assault within a wider history of US militarism, privatised warfare, and the global security industry, showing how Gaza has become a testing ground for surveillance, weapons and siege tactics.’
podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/u...
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18 people have been killed in just over a week in Gaza, including 5 children who froze to death, as winter storms collapse tents & expose families left w/o shelter after Israel systematically blocked shelter supplies from entering the enclave. One survivor is 12-year-old Wessam Badran, rescued...
December 19, 2025 at 12:16 AM
18 people have been killed in just over a week in Gaza, including 5 children who froze to death, as winter storms collapse tents & expose families left w/o shelter after Israel systematically blocked shelter supplies from entering the enclave. One survivor is 12-year-old Wessam Badran, rescued...
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🇬🇧 British police arrested 2 pro-Palestinian protesters on suspicion of chanting slogans referencing the “intifada” Wed evening in London, hours after senior chiefs from the Metropolitan Police & Greater Manchester Police announced a new enforcement approach targeting such chants.
Intifada is an...
Intifada is an...
December 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
🇬🇧 British police arrested 2 pro-Palestinian protesters on suspicion of chanting slogans referencing the “intifada” Wed evening in London, hours after senior chiefs from the Metropolitan Police & Greater Manchester Police announced a new enforcement approach targeting such chants.
Intifada is an...
Intifada is an...
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A fourth child has frozen to death in Gaza in just 10 days—two of them babies—as Israel continues blocking tents and winter shelter aid, despite UN supplies pre-positioned at the border that could immediately shelter more than 1.3 million displaced Palestinians.
December 19, 2025 at 12:41 AM
A fourth child has frozen to death in Gaza in just 10 days—two of them babies—as Israel continues blocking tents and winter shelter aid, despite UN supplies pre-positioned at the border that could immediately shelter more than 1.3 million displaced Palestinians.
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8 Palestine Action activists held on remand in UK prisons are now in the 7th week of a mass hunger strike, w/ lawyers warning some could die in custody if the gov't doesn't intervene.
None have been convicted, yet all have been denied bail and held for up to 18 months awaiting trial. Half are...
None have been convicted, yet all have been denied bail and held for up to 18 months awaiting trial. Half are...
December 19, 2025 at 12:52 AM
8 Palestine Action activists held on remand in UK prisons are now in the 7th week of a mass hunger strike, w/ lawyers warning some could die in custody if the gov't doesn't intervene.
None have been convicted, yet all have been denied bail and held for up to 18 months awaiting trial. Half are...
None have been convicted, yet all have been denied bail and held for up to 18 months awaiting trial. Half are...
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In a historic win for the BDS movement in Aotearoa, the “Don’t Bank On Apartheid” campaign has successfully pressured ASB Bank to divest from the apartheid-supporting Motorola Solutions, Inc.
To find out more about this win please go to @just4pal on Instagram - it was their campaign!!!
#NZPol
To find out more about this win please go to @just4pal on Instagram - it was their campaign!!!
#NZPol
December 19, 2025 at 12:50 AM
In a historic win for the BDS movement in Aotearoa, the “Don’t Bank On Apartheid” campaign has successfully pressured ASB Bank to divest from the apartheid-supporting Motorola Solutions, Inc.
To find out more about this win please go to @just4pal on Instagram - it was their campaign!!!
#NZPol
To find out more about this win please go to @just4pal on Instagram - it was their campaign!!!
#NZPol
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#nzpol 1/2 At the start of 2025 we ran our annual Mood of the Workforce survey. Since then it's been a tough year for working people and their whānau - before we head into 2026, take a look at how workers were feeling at the start of this year:
December 19, 2025 at 1:10 AM
#nzpol 1/2 At the start of 2025 we ran our annual Mood of the Workforce survey. Since then it's been a tough year for working people and their whānau - before we head into 2026, take a look at how workers were feeling at the start of this year:
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He didn’t hand himself in ffs and it was was 10 years of offending. “While he (McSkimming) expressed remorse, the report writer said he centred the impact on himself and those close to him, and did not express contrition regarding the level of harm caused to the children in images” #nzpol
Jevon McSkimming avoids jail sentence over possession of child sexual exploitation material
The disgraced former top cop was sentenced to nine months' home detention and does not need to register on the child sex offending registry.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
He didn’t hand himself in ffs and it was was 10 years of offending. “While he (McSkimming) expressed remorse, the report writer said he centred the impact on himself and those close to him, and did not express contrition regarding the level of harm caused to the children in images” #nzpol
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#NZpol
It’s as if cuts are now being called “efficiency targets”?
Also, didn’t HealthNZ have a $500m under-spend on staff according to some accounts? If so – tongue only half in cheek – couldn’t HealthNZ just point at that and say “done” then walk off in dramatic fashion.
It’s as if cuts are now being called “efficiency targets”?
Also, didn’t HealthNZ have a $500m under-spend on staff according to some accounts? If so – tongue only half in cheek – couldn’t HealthNZ just point at that and say “done” then walk off in dramatic fashion.
Minister Simeon Brown sets Health NZ 'efficiency targets' of $500m
The savings in back-office and procurement functions would be re-invested into patient care.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
#NZpol
It’s as if cuts are now being called “efficiency targets”?
Also, didn’t HealthNZ have a $500m under-spend on staff according to some accounts? If so – tongue only half in cheek – couldn’t HealthNZ just point at that and say “done” then walk off in dramatic fashion.
It’s as if cuts are now being called “efficiency targets”?
Also, didn’t HealthNZ have a $500m under-spend on staff according to some accounts? If so – tongue only half in cheek – couldn’t HealthNZ just point at that and say “done” then walk off in dramatic fashion.
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#NZ Cutting the flu tracking service 😔
- it seems a weird thing to cut given it’s not a "big budget" item
- if you’ve read on pandemic planning you’d know this is the sort of thing we need to step *up*, not drop. Feels like cutting off your nose to spite your face
- it seems a weird thing to cut given it’s not a "big budget" item
- if you’ve read on pandemic planning you’d know this is the sort of thing we need to step *up*, not drop. Feels like cutting off your nose to spite your face
Plan to ditch flu tracking tool will leave big data gap, epidemiologist says
The Ministry of Health is not renewing its contract for the FluTracking tool, which surveys about 40,000 people year-round, in a bid to cut costs.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
#NZ Cutting the flu tracking service 😔
- it seems a weird thing to cut given it’s not a "big budget" item
- if you’ve read on pandemic planning you’d know this is the sort of thing we need to step *up*, not drop. Feels like cutting off your nose to spite your face
- it seems a weird thing to cut given it’s not a "big budget" item
- if you’ve read on pandemic planning you’d know this is the sort of thing we need to step *up*, not drop. Feels like cutting off your nose to spite your face
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Auckland’s hidden homeless living in cars, abandoned buildings
Auckland’s hidden homeless living in cars, abandoned buildings
Report reveals homelessness in Auckland has doubled, but doesn't include rough sleepers in the suburbs.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 17, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Auckland’s hidden homeless living in cars, abandoned buildings