Andy Gardner
@discovery-process.bsky.social
Cantabrian returned from Mexico. EV hacker. Fascinated by the shitshow that is the U.S. political system. WokeAF. I put the macrons on Windows 95 and Apple OS/7 .
LGTBQ+ 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Ally #StandWith 🇺🇦
LGTBQ+ 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Ally #StandWith 🇺🇦
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When is GB News going to lose its licence to broadcast & be shut down? After all it’s just a platform for far right propaganda & is undermining the peace & harmony of our 🇬🇧 communities!🤔☹️
November 15, 2025 at 6:13 PM
When is GB News going to lose its licence to broadcast & be shut down? After all it’s just a platform for far right propaganda & is undermining the peace & harmony of our 🇬🇧 communities!🤔☹️
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"The system has always worked" says #NZPolice Minister Mark Mitchell. Yeah right.
What he means is the system of charging complainants to shut them up works. MsZ is still silenced by implied threat on outstanding charges.
Ref interview with Jack Tame on #NZQandA
#NZpol
youtu.be/WeAYPVBgb7U
What he means is the system of charging complainants to shut them up works. MsZ is still silenced by implied threat on outstanding charges.
Ref interview with Jack Tame on #NZQandA
#NZpol
youtu.be/WeAYPVBgb7U
IPCA report: Mark Mitchell on police trust after Jevon McSkimming saga
YouTube video by Q+A with Jack Tame
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
"The system has always worked" says #NZPolice Minister Mark Mitchell. Yeah right.
What he means is the system of charging complainants to shut them up works. MsZ is still silenced by implied threat on outstanding charges.
Ref interview with Jack Tame on #NZQandA
#NZpol
youtu.be/WeAYPVBgb7U
What he means is the system of charging complainants to shut them up works. MsZ is still silenced by implied threat on outstanding charges.
Ref interview with Jack Tame on #NZQandA
#NZpol
youtu.be/WeAYPVBgb7U
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It's infuriating that local council services discussions have become all about rates, especially that truly most dumbarse of dumbarse complaint of "Why have my rates gone up so much when everything is broken and expensive to fix?"
People, for a species so supposedly intelligent, we're thick as shit
People, for a species so supposedly intelligent, we're thick as shit
November 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
It's infuriating that local council services discussions have become all about rates, especially that truly most dumbarse of dumbarse complaint of "Why have my rates gone up so much when everything is broken and expensive to fix?"
People, for a species so supposedly intelligent, we're thick as shit
People, for a species so supposedly intelligent, we're thick as shit
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Working on getting a walk-through video of Everything Electric uploaded today, but here's a sneaky clip of me being a host on a panel show with some very knowledgeable, very friendly... uh... parasites? 😄
November 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Working on getting a walk-through video of Everything Electric uploaded today, but here's a sneaky clip of me being a host on a panel show with some very knowledgeable, very friendly... uh... parasites? 😄
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Hey Megyn Kelly,
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
November 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Hey Megyn Kelly,
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
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The Ms Z case does not demonstrate that the #HDCA is broken. It demonstrates that institutional corruption can pervert any legal mechanism, no matter how carefully designed. The solution is not to abandon #digitalharm protections. The solution is to hold accountable those who weaponised them. #nzpol
November 15, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The Ms Z case does not demonstrate that the #HDCA is broken. It demonstrates that institutional corruption can pervert any legal mechanism, no matter how carefully designed. The solution is not to abandon #digitalharm protections. The solution is to hold accountable those who weaponised them. #nzpol
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***Please repost and share widely***
"The Tool Isn't Broken – The Wielders Are Corrupt
Why the Ms Z case demands accountability, not the repeal of the Harmful Digital Communications Act"
My defence of the HDCA.
www.rightsaotearoa.nz/the-tool-isn...
"The Tool Isn't Broken – The Wielders Are Corrupt
Why the Ms Z case demands accountability, not the repeal of the Harmful Digital Communications Act"
My defence of the HDCA.
www.rightsaotearoa.nz/the-tool-isn...
The Tool Isn't Broken – The Wielders Are Corrupt
Why the Ms Z case demands accountability, not the repeal of the Harmful Digital Communications Act - By Paul Thistoll, CEO, Rights Aotearoa
www.rightsaotearoa.nz
November 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
***Please repost and share widely***
"The Tool Isn't Broken – The Wielders Are Corrupt
Why the Ms Z case demands accountability, not the repeal of the Harmful Digital Communications Act"
My defence of the HDCA.
www.rightsaotearoa.nz/the-tool-isn...
"The Tool Isn't Broken – The Wielders Are Corrupt
Why the Ms Z case demands accountability, not the repeal of the Harmful Digital Communications Act"
My defence of the HDCA.
www.rightsaotearoa.nz/the-tool-isn...
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Trump isn't the only politician destroying America's standing with allies. Republicans in congress are, in ways, even more to blame. They could remove Trump from office, but they refuse to.
If congress had removed Trump the moment he threatened Denmark, this would have been hugely reassuring.
If congress had removed Trump the moment he threatened Denmark, this would have been hugely reassuring.
November 15, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Trump isn't the only politician destroying America's standing with allies. Republicans in congress are, in ways, even more to blame. They could remove Trump from office, but they refuse to.
If congress had removed Trump the moment he threatened Denmark, this would have been hugely reassuring.
If congress had removed Trump the moment he threatened Denmark, this would have been hugely reassuring.
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Selfishness & GREED. #nzpol #OneTermGovernment
How did we let our politicians turn us into a society that resents public services, support, and kindness?
How did we let them convince us that human decency and empathy are wrong?
We really need to sort ourselves out before we kill ourselves through selfishness.
How did we let them convince us that human decency and empathy are wrong?
We really need to sort ourselves out before we kill ourselves through selfishness.
November 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Selfishness & GREED. #nzpol #OneTermGovernment
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I've argued that the Harmful Digital Communications Act should be reviewed and improved upon. Repealing our only mechanism to tackle lots of online harm is not the answer to powerful people weaponising the law. Please dont give ACT more dumb ideas! See arguments from @pault.bsky.social 👇 #nzpol
***Please repost and share widely***
"The Tool Isn't Broken – The Wielders Are Corrupt
Why the Ms Z case demands accountability, not the repeal of the Harmful Digital Communications Act"
My defence of the HDCA.
www.rightsaotearoa.nz/the-tool-isn...
"The Tool Isn't Broken – The Wielders Are Corrupt
Why the Ms Z case demands accountability, not the repeal of the Harmful Digital Communications Act"
My defence of the HDCA.
www.rightsaotearoa.nz/the-tool-isn...
The Tool Isn't Broken – The Wielders Are Corrupt
Why the Ms Z case demands accountability, not the repeal of the Harmful Digital Communications Act - By Paul Thistoll, CEO, Rights Aotearoa
www.rightsaotearoa.nz
November 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I've argued that the Harmful Digital Communications Act should be reviewed and improved upon. Repealing our only mechanism to tackle lots of online harm is not the answer to powerful people weaponising the law. Please dont give ACT more dumb ideas! See arguments from @pault.bsky.social 👇 #nzpol
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Sound familiar Aotearoa New Zealand?
#nzpol
#nzpol
The Coalition is spinning a lie that climate action is economically bad. How are they getting away with it? | Zoe Daniel
In this post-truth environment, the interests of coal and gas are somehow able to win the hearts and minds of voters
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Sound familiar Aotearoa New Zealand?
#nzpol
#nzpol
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THIS IS THE WAY
‘We’re proud to be pioneers’: inside Spain’s community energy revolution
From Taradell to Galicia, cooperatives are supplying cheap, clean electricity to homes and helping tackle fuel poverty
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
THIS IS THE WAY
A very, very few utterly useless psychopaths are actively destroying the human world occupied by 8 billion people
Are those 8000000000 people collectively mesmerised enough to leave those few hundred or thousand psychopaths, who own their governments, in positions they arbitrarily hold?
#politics
Are those 8000000000 people collectively mesmerised enough to leave those few hundred or thousand psychopaths, who own their governments, in positions they arbitrarily hold?
#politics
November 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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A very, very few utterly useless psychopaths are actively destroying the human world occupied by 8 billion people
Are those 8000000000 people collectively mesmerised enough to leave those few hundred or thousand psychopaths, who own their governments, in positions they arbitrarily hold?
#politics
Are those 8000000000 people collectively mesmerised enough to leave those few hundred or thousand psychopaths, who own their governments, in positions they arbitrarily hold?
#politics
November 15, 2025 at 8:50 AM
A very, very few utterly useless psychopaths are actively destroying the human world occupied by 8 billion people
Are those 8000000000 people collectively mesmerised enough to leave those few hundred or thousand psychopaths, who own their governments, in positions they arbitrarily hold?
#politics
Are those 8000000000 people collectively mesmerised enough to leave those few hundred or thousand psychopaths, who own their governments, in positions they arbitrarily hold?
#politics
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Without asylum:
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
November 15, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Without asylum:
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
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To the shock of car makers no...no i don't actually want my car to be like a smartphone.
I want it to be like a Nokia 3310
I want it to be like a Nokia 3310
November 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
To the shock of car makers no...no i don't actually want my car to be like a smartphone.
I want it to be like a Nokia 3310
I want it to be like a Nokia 3310
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Another reminder of why, at this time, we cannot take medical or public health advice from USA public health institutions ⬇️
The article by the director of the National Institutes of Health and the principal deputy director is, literally, a string of errors or misrepresentations, one after another 😞
The article by the director of the National Institutes of Health and the principal deputy director is, literally, a string of errors or misrepresentations, one after another 😞
A new approach to pandemic preparedness:
1️⃣ Stop preparing for pandemics
2️⃣ Rewrite history of the last major pandemic
3️⃣ Go to the gym
Simple - 🤷♂️.
www.city-journal.org/article/nih-...
1️⃣ Stop preparing for pandemics
2️⃣ Rewrite history of the last major pandemic
3️⃣ Go to the gym
Simple - 🤷♂️.
www.city-journal.org/article/nih-...
NIH Directors: The World Needs a New Pandemic Playbook
The old one failed to cope with Covid and may even have caused it.
www.city-journal.org
November 15, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Another reminder of why, at this time, we cannot take medical or public health advice from USA public health institutions ⬇️
The article by the director of the National Institutes of Health and the principal deputy director is, literally, a string of errors or misrepresentations, one after another 😞
The article by the director of the National Institutes of Health and the principal deputy director is, literally, a string of errors or misrepresentations, one after another 😞
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I wish car manufacturers understood that Tesla didn’t get popular because buyers were necessarily into electric cars but because they hate dealerships. It's the only company with a hassle-free buying experience and it breaks my heart that it's owned by a noxious dipshit who will never get my money.
November 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I wish car manufacturers understood that Tesla didn’t get popular because buyers were necessarily into electric cars but because they hate dealerships. It's the only company with a hassle-free buying experience and it breaks my heart that it's owned by a noxious dipshit who will never get my money.
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Fact: Trains produce 70% fewer emissions than trucks per tonne of freight carried, making it an environmentally sound project. Thus rail is the most efficient form of land transport both freight and passenger!
www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-adv...
www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-adv...
Big test ahead: Govt eyes private model for $1b Marsden Point rail link
More than 70 organisations have shown interest in building the 19km rail link.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 15, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Fact: Trains produce 70% fewer emissions than trucks per tonne of freight carried, making it an environmentally sound project. Thus rail is the most efficient form of land transport both freight and passenger!
www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-adv...
www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-adv...
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And I'll say it again:
If we had believed children and women, none of this would be happening.
He'd be in jail, and she'd be President.
If we had believed children and women, none of this would be happening.
He'd be in jail, and she'd be President.
November 15, 2025 at 3:01 AM
And I'll say it again:
If we had believed children and women, none of this would be happening.
He'd be in jail, and she'd be President.
If we had believed children and women, none of this would be happening.
He'd be in jail, and she'd be President.
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Sign of the times, I checked the flying range of the yellow legged hornet. So long as the existing finds are the only nests our house is outside their potential haunts... but this is really not good.
November 15, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Sign of the times, I checked the flying range of the yellow legged hornet. So long as the existing finds are the only nests our house is outside their potential haunts... but this is really not good.
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Those govt cuts everywhere are not savings. Problems appear and bigger than if we'd just ponied up with the cash to keep services running efficiently.
$427M in the budget but can't keep invasive pests out
$427M in the budget but can't keep invasive pests out
Remember when we had an NZ govt that cared enough about our agricultural environment that they invested in tracking, tracing, and eliminating m bovis in cattle? And then they used that skill and knowledge to track and trace covid, meaning we excelled in public health during a global pandemic?
Two more yellow-legged hornet queens found in Aukland's Glenfield brings total to nine
November 15, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Those govt cuts everywhere are not savings. Problems appear and bigger than if we'd just ponied up with the cash to keep services running efficiently.
$427M in the budget but can't keep invasive pests out
$427M in the budget but can't keep invasive pests out
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November 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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