Gwen Brandt
@dancnlizard.bsky.social
geriatrician, family medicine trained, gamer, outdoor enthusiast, wife to an ER doc, mother, she/her
Michigan Aotearoa/NZ
Michigan Aotearoa/NZ
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The Epstein story gets a something that is tearing at the heart of the electorate: elite impunity. The idea that wealthy and powerful people can do terrible things *at scale* and face no consequences for them. Whatever political party actually stops it could rule the country for a generation.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The Epstein story gets a something that is tearing at the heart of the electorate: elite impunity. The idea that wealthy and powerful people can do terrible things *at scale* and face no consequences for them. Whatever political party actually stops it could rule the country for a generation.
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📸 First moments of families reuniting with the four Palestinians just released by the occupation after being seized from Gaza during the war. The images show relatives crying, embracing, and pulling the freed men into their arms.
(Image shared by Gaza photojournalist Osama Al-Kahlout)
(Image shared by Gaza photojournalist Osama Al-Kahlout)
November 13, 2025 at 12:21 AM
📸 First moments of families reuniting with the four Palestinians just released by the occupation after being seized from Gaza during the war. The images show relatives crying, embracing, and pulling the freed men into their arms.
(Image shared by Gaza photojournalist Osama Al-Kahlout)
(Image shared by Gaza photojournalist Osama Al-Kahlout)
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"One of the things we've been saying out loud is, 'Where are these women going to go? Because, quite frankly, no one's going to fill the space that we're filling'.”
The North Shore Women's Centre is closing permanently in 2 weeks - clear the men running this country could not care less about women.
The North Shore Women's Centre is closing permanently in 2 weeks - clear the men running this country could not care less about women.
Auckland's North Shore Women's Centre to close its doors due to funding shortfalls
The centre will close its doors in November after providing help and support to women for almost four decades.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 13, 2025 at 12:09 AM
"One of the things we've been saying out loud is, 'Where are these women going to go? Because, quite frankly, no one's going to fill the space that we're filling'.”
The North Shore Women's Centre is closing permanently in 2 weeks - clear the men running this country could not care less about women.
The North Shore Women's Centre is closing permanently in 2 weeks - clear the men running this country could not care less about women.
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Apparently there's a lot of disinformation about CGT coming out from National. They must be worried.
Here's a handy resource to paste into the comments whenever you see their panicky responses. Please share and use.
capitalgainstax.nz
#nzpol
Here's a handy resource to paste into the comments whenever you see their panicky responses. Please share and use.
capitalgainstax.nz
#nzpol
Capital Gains Tax | New Zealand
Understanding the facts about the proposed capital gains tax in New Zealand
capitalgainstax.nz
November 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Apparently there's a lot of disinformation about CGT coming out from National. They must be worried.
Here's a handy resource to paste into the comments whenever you see their panicky responses. Please share and use.
capitalgainstax.nz
#nzpol
Here's a handy resource to paste into the comments whenever you see their panicky responses. Please share and use.
capitalgainstax.nz
#nzpol
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We asked people why they mask. Here’s what they said. Why do you mask?
#MaskUp #COVID19 #COVID #PublicHealth #InfectionPrevention
#MaskUp #COVID19 #COVID #PublicHealth #InfectionPrevention
November 12, 2025 at 10:44 PM
We asked people why they mask. Here’s what they said. Why do you mask?
#MaskUp #COVID19 #COVID #PublicHealth #InfectionPrevention
#MaskUp #COVID19 #COVID #PublicHealth #InfectionPrevention
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The Trump regime is declaring that funding for the CFPB is illegal.
Remember: This is the agency that protects Americans from financial predators.
Anti-CFPB oligarchs, who spent millions to re-elect Trump, will now have an easier time padding their pockets by ripping you off.
Remember: This is the agency that protects Americans from financial predators.
Anti-CFPB oligarchs, who spent millions to re-elect Trump, will now have an easier time padding their pockets by ripping you off.
November 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The Trump regime is declaring that funding for the CFPB is illegal.
Remember: This is the agency that protects Americans from financial predators.
Anti-CFPB oligarchs, who spent millions to re-elect Trump, will now have an easier time padding their pockets by ripping you off.
Remember: This is the agency that protects Americans from financial predators.
Anti-CFPB oligarchs, who spent millions to re-elect Trump, will now have an easier time padding their pockets by ripping you off.
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An appalling indictment that not a days goes by where there is not news of sexual violence, domestic violence or threats &abuse of female public figures, particularly, in NZ - much more goes unreported …
# nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
# nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
New Zealand's sexual violence rates higher than global average, Australia's - study
Among people aged 12 to 18, it estimated almost 30 percent of New Zealand women experience sexual violence.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 12, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Unfortunately, however great it is to see Musk squirm, Joyce Carol Oates is also a bigot.
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Remember when she compared the keffiyeh to a swastika? Because I do...
November 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Unfortunately, however great it is to see Musk squirm, Joyce Carol Oates is also a bigot.
bsky.app/profile/lexi...
bsky.app/profile/lexi...
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Luxon, Mitchell, and Hipkins all failed to apologise in the House to Tamatha Paul today for their derogatory comments about her stating that police on the streets doesn't make people feel safe, and Tamatha has too much grace and class to demand it.
#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol
#OneTermGovernment
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November 12, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Luxon, Mitchell, and Hipkins all failed to apologise in the House to Tamatha Paul today for their derogatory comments about her stating that police on the streets doesn't make people feel safe, and Tamatha has too much grace and class to demand it.
#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol
#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol
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“A few bad apples” is always used to deflect criticism of systemic problems in NZ.
Schopenhauer’s entropy is a more realistic way to think about it: “If you put a spoonful of wine in a barrel full of sewage, you get sewage. If you put a spoonful of sewage in a barrel full of wine, you get sewage.”
Schopenhauer’s entropy is a more realistic way to think about it: “If you put a spoonful of wine in a barrel full of sewage, you get sewage. If you put a spoonful of sewage in a barrel full of wine, you get sewage.”
November 11, 2025 at 10:28 PM
“A few bad apples” is always used to deflect criticism of systemic problems in NZ.
Schopenhauer’s entropy is a more realistic way to think about it: “If you put a spoonful of wine in a barrel full of sewage, you get sewage. If you put a spoonful of sewage in a barrel full of wine, you get sewage.”
Schopenhauer’s entropy is a more realistic way to think about it: “If you put a spoonful of wine in a barrel full of sewage, you get sewage. If you put a spoonful of sewage in a barrel full of wine, you get sewage.”
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It’s wildly disingenuous for @aaron.bsky.team to reply to queries about Sarah Kendzior’s suspension about how they don’t comment publicly on individual users when he knows that we all know that they haven’t even told her privately what the basis for the suspension is
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
It’s wildly disingenuous for @aaron.bsky.team to reply to queries about Sarah Kendzior’s suspension about how they don’t comment publicly on individual users when he knows that we all know that they haven’t even told her privately what the basis for the suspension is
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Between this and the prosperity gospel ‘abortion is murder’ govt, NZ is in real trouble.
Look at what has happened to the US.
Look at what has happened to the US.
So it seems like Andrew Coster and Jevon McSkimming were church buddies. How utterly predictable.
November 12, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Between this and the prosperity gospel ‘abortion is murder’ govt, NZ is in real trouble.
Look at what has happened to the US.
Look at what has happened to the US.
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Paywall lifted: At every turn, the Govt has opted for whatever would actually lead to more pollution and a warmer world – even if it costs more, jeopardises NZ’s reputation, overturns a campaign promise or clashes with the Govt’s other priorities.
The long retreat:
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/g...
The long retreat:
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/g...
Govt's climate strategy: Let it burn
Comment: The Government has relentlessly pursued policies that boost climate pollution – even if they cost more or jeopardise NZ's reputation, Marc Daalder writes
newsroom.co.nz
November 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Paywall lifted: At every turn, the Govt has opted for whatever would actually lead to more pollution and a warmer world – even if it costs more, jeopardises NZ’s reputation, overturns a campaign promise or clashes with the Govt’s other priorities.
The long retreat:
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/g...
The long retreat:
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/g...
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At what point do we publicly accept that NZ is deeply corrupt and the only reason why we don’t have a culture of direct payoffs and bribery (that we cite as the evidence for us not being corrupt) is because it’s not needed? The boys club gets what it wants through people playing their social roles.
November 11, 2025 at 5:06 AM
At what point do we publicly accept that NZ is deeply corrupt and the only reason why we don’t have a culture of direct payoffs and bribery (that we cite as the evidence for us not being corrupt) is because it’s not needed? The boys club gets what it wants through people playing their social roles.
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I'm just going out on a limb here when I say, "If you violently and/or sexually assault someone, your career should actually suffer. Yes, you. Your career should be dog shit. You should have trouble get hired to pick up dog shit.
November 12, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I'm just going out on a limb here when I say, "If you violently and/or sexually assault someone, your career should actually suffer. Yes, you. Your career should be dog shit. You should have trouble get hired to pick up dog shit.
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NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
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IT GOT BETTER
📍Central MN
📍Central MN
November 12, 2025 at 3:05 AM
IT GOT BETTER
📍Central MN
📍Central MN
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Always remember that Luxon's SIL works in the NZ tobacco industry.
Two degrees, innit?
Two degrees, innit?
November 11, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Always remember that Luxon's SIL works in the NZ tobacco industry.
Two degrees, innit?
Two degrees, innit?
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They were never going to negotiate in good faith.
They were never going to negotiate in good faith.
They were never going to negotiate in good faith.
Also, they clearly want a nationwide abortion ban.
Dems should have held the line.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
They were never going to negotiate in good faith.
They were never going to negotiate in good faith.
Also, they clearly want a nationwide abortion ban.
Dems should have held the line.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Republicans demand tougher abortion restrictions to extend Obamacare funds
Democrats say that’s a nonstarter, arguing there are already limits on abortion access. The dispute could torpedo a deal, leading to higher health insurance premiums for millions.
www.nbcnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
They were never going to negotiate in good faith.
They were never going to negotiate in good faith.
They were never going to negotiate in good faith.
Also, they clearly want a nationwide abortion ban.
Dems should have held the line.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
They were never going to negotiate in good faith.
They were never going to negotiate in good faith.
Also, they clearly want a nationwide abortion ban.
Dems should have held the line.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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If you look at the way women/NB folks are treated by men in every sphere - politics, media, police, health, it’s clear that misogyny is, as Kate Manne describes,"the law enforcement branch of the patriarchal order.”
Until men can say out loud that it’s deliberate, the headlines will stay the same.
Until men can say out loud that it’s deliberate, the headlines will stay the same.
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
If you look at the way women/NB folks are treated by men in every sphere - politics, media, police, health, it’s clear that misogyny is, as Kate Manne describes,"the law enforcement branch of the patriarchal order.”
Until men can say out loud that it’s deliberate, the headlines will stay the same.
Until men can say out loud that it’s deliberate, the headlines will stay the same.
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Message to our friends from our hoomom. If able plz consider donating to a group that provides food for the beloved pets of people struggling right now. Our mum grew up very poor & remembers how hard it was to feed the family & their pet. Share some kindness. Love you all 🩷
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Message to our friends from our hoomom. If able plz consider donating to a group that provides food for the beloved pets of people struggling right now. Our mum grew up very poor & remembers how hard it was to feed the family & their pet. Share some kindness. Love you all 🩷
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And acknowledge and apologise for contributing to a culture that allows the abuse of women and others
@chrishipkins.bsky.social Earlier this year, you publicly belittled Tamatha Paul for daring to criticise police.
Given today's revelations around sexual offending & cover-ups at the highest levels, would you care to apologise to her & acknowledge some people have reasons to distrust them?
#nzpol
Given today's revelations around sexual offending & cover-ups at the highest levels, would you care to apologise to her & acknowledge some people have reasons to distrust them?
#nzpol
November 11, 2025 at 6:09 AM
And acknowledge and apologise for contributing to a culture that allows the abuse of women and others
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Oh, and as if the bill wasn’t bad enough,
the GOP slipped a nationwide abortion ban on the CR.
So is that gonna go through as well?
the GOP slipped a nationwide abortion ban on the CR.
So is that gonna go through as well?
November 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Oh, and as if the bill wasn’t bad enough,
the GOP slipped a nationwide abortion ban on the CR.
So is that gonna go through as well?
the GOP slipped a nationwide abortion ban on the CR.
So is that gonna go through as well?
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Israeli air raids target eastern areas of Gaza City while an Israeli drone hits a vehicle in southern Lebanon.
Israeli air raids hit Gaza City, drone targets southern Lebanon
Israeli air raids target eastern areas of Gaza City while an Israeli drone hits a vehicle in southern Lebanon.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Israeli air raids target eastern areas of Gaza City while an Israeli drone hits a vehicle in southern Lebanon.