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kyle

@kyledchurch.bsky.social

25% done and Kaipara has been steadily moving ahead of Henare since the count started

Count and table for Tāmaki Makaurau - Preliminary Count

VOTES COUNTED:
4,439
25.9%
LEADING CANDIDATE:
KAIPARA, Oriini
2,833
2nd CANDIDATE:
HENARE, Peeni
1,459
CURRENT MARGIN:
1,374
Candidates Party Votes
KAIPARA, Oriini
TPMAO
2833
HENARE, Peeni
LAB
1459
TAMAKI, Hannah
VNZ
86
MATENE, Sherry Lee
IND
15
ALP, Kelvyn
NZL
9
Candidate Informals: 37
TOTAL: 4,439

September 6, 2025 at 7:19 AM

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Christopher Luxon NatGPT

@rugbyintel.bsky.social

What I'd just say to you is, that damn #StraightUpMcAnulty is Bish's kryptonite. I might have to take him on myself.
#LyinLuxon #WorstPMEver #WorstGovernmentEver #NZpol

September 4, 2025 at 2:40 AM

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1/200 Media

@1of200.bsky.social

1/200 S2E157 - 'Combatants' & Laws of War

We discuss humanitarian law, war vs genocides, rules of engagement, and the definition of a 'combatant'. With war crimes in the news, we look at the history and context around what these 'crimes' actually are.

w/ @l11p.bsky.social @krkelly.bsky.social

1/200 S2E157 - 'Combatants' & Laws of War — 1/200

In one of our more academic episodes, we interview Kieran Kelly about humanitarian law, war vs genocides, rules of engagement, and the definition of a 'combatant'. With war crimes in the news, we look...

www.1of200.nz

September 5, 2025 at 10:48 PM

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Molly Shah

@mommunism.bsky.social

We were hoping that this letter to @bsky.app could first be shared by a Gazan, but we were too worried that doing so would get their account deleted so we are sharing first.

You can sign on to the letter about the unfair treatment of Gazans on Bluesky here:

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

[CLICK here if you would like your name added to this letter]
النسخة العربية من هذه الرسالة متاحة أدناه.

Open Letter to the Bluesky Team About Their Treatment of Palestinians in Gaza

The signatories of this letter are all members of the Bluesky community, many of us have actively participated on the platform since its inception. We came to Bluesky because it was a breath of fresh air, a place that felt different from many of the other social media platforms. The lack of a central algorithm, the ability to build and use custom feeds, and the lack of penalty for link promotion contributed to an environment that allowed diverse and interesting voices to find their footing and community on Bluesky. While some of the signatories of this letter have had no issues with speaking their mind publicly on Bluesky, unfortunately that is not true for all the signatories because many are Palestinians currently living in Gaza.

These Palestinians are journalists, artists, engineers, teachers, grandmas, entrepreneurs, a man who owned an ice cream shop, a pediatrician who has been featured on CBS Morning News, aid workers, architects, waiters, pharmacists, students–and perhaps most essential to the backbone of Bluesky, posters. All of these people provide unique and interesting voices to the Bluesky community. However, unlike the other signatories of this letter, these Bluesky community members have struggled to keep their accounts on the platform. Most of them have lost multiple accounts and/or have had their accounts labeled as spam. Some cannot even make an account without it immediately being removed from the platform.

Gazans undertake immense efforts to simply be on Bluesky. Sometimes, they walk for miles just to have access to the internet. They scale rooftops where they are exposed to potential military attacks just for the opportunity to get better cell signals–one signatory of this letter tragically lost her brother this way. They use what little money they have to pay …

Gazans have also been aggressively targeted and unfairly reported by bad actors. Many accounts openly encourage the reporting and targeting of any Palestinian. Several groups exist for the express purpose of looking for Palestinian accounts to report.

We believe Bluesky owes Gazans, and the entire community who benefits from their voices, a greater duty of care especially in the context of the horrors they are enduring. We ask Bluesky to implement the following changes:

Provide information on all Bluesky-affiliated websites in Arabic that explains the rules and expectations of the site in clear language.

Investigate the accounts that are mass-reporting Palestinians on Bluesky. The mass reporting of Palestinians on Bluesky is a group effort to render the platform a hostile place for a community based on their ethnicity. As such, it is racism, and should be understood as such. Reports against Palestinians who have broken no community guidelines must be understood as racism, and the accounts that submit those reports should be disregarded in the future.

Many Bluesky users encourage Gazans to tag or reply to them, and this is not always understood as unwelcome behavior. If an account is reported as Spam for tagging or replying to others, treat only reports from the tagged/mentioned account as legitimate, seeing as they were the only ones who received a notification.

Send emails regarding disciplinary action every time it is taken. Gazans do not always get an email explaining what they did wrong, and those that do are required to parse a language they do not speak in order to understand their violation. Have these emails contain an easily visible link to information about their violations in Arabic.

Respond to appeals in a timely fashion, many Gazans simply never hear back from Bluesky after they appeal a decision.

In addition to removing Gazans for alleged spam behavior, Bluesky has also sometimes indicated that they are deleting an account for being a scam or …

End IP bans on any account from Gaza and allow them to make new accounts where they can comply with Bluesky rules and continue to be valued members of the community.

We understand that even if all these changes are made, many Gazans may still violate Bluesky rules in the future, but we hope that Bluesky will abandon their punitive approach to these violations and instead embrace an attitude of education, cooperation and community care– one that works to ensure people in Gaza can participate in a way that keeps their voices heard.

We also call on the Bluesky community to help and support these accounts however they can. We want to continue to build a healthy community with better community members and this cannot be done if Gazans continue to be shunned. We can use this as an opportunity to show how to protect all vulnerable groups in the future.

We hope that Bluesky does not follow the path of other social media platforms and instead forges ahead with a different philosophy. After all, that is the reason so many of its users are there. Bluesky's ethos of "No Caesars” should apply to all members of its community.

[To add your name to the list of signatories, click here.]

May 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM

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Megapope 🇵🇸

@megapope.bsky.social

If anyone ever told me Brownlee of all people would be reigning in the govt on attacking TPM in parliament I'd have said 'who are you, I'm in the wharepaku, how did you get into my house' and then after that I'd have said 'well OK that's pretty wild I grant you, but next time use the door'

May 15, 2025 at 2:54 AM

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Idiot/Savant

@norightturnnz.bsky.social

Brownlee calls white privilege commitee recommendations "very severe and unprecedented in this parliament"; says using a narrow majority to deprive members of a minority party of their votes and speaking rights is unfair! #nzqt

May 15, 2025 at 2:10 AM

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Andrew Geddis

@acgeddis.bsky.social

Jesus! 21 days suspension from the House for TPM's leaders is pretty hefty ... be interesting to see the C'tee's justification for it (I'm guessing they'll claim that the haka was pre-planned + there's been no recognition of "wrong", as compared with Peeni Henare)

May 14, 2025 at 6:36 AM

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🫜🌷🌶️ Caitlin Spice 🌶️🌷🫜

@catespice.bsky.social

Excuse me, but what the actual fuck?

HansAreWeTheBaddies.gif

May 4, 2025 at 12:37 AM

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Ketan Joshi

@ketanjoshi.co

Not the main story on Tesla's earnings, but techno-fascist right wing companies like Tesla are now openly and proudly presenting uncontrolled AI demand growth as an exploitable business opportunity for clean tech

(and another mention of the 'sustainable abundance' agenda)

AI is a major pillar of growth for Tesla and the broader economy and key to our pursuit of
sustainable abundance. Furthermore, AI infrastructure is driving rapid load growth, which,
along with traditional utility customer applications, is creating an outsized opportunity for our
Energy storage products to stabilize the grid, shift energy when it is needed most and provide
additional power capacity. While the current tariff landscape will have a relatively larger impact
on our Energy business compared to automotive, we are taking actions to stabilize the business
in the medium to long-term and focus on maintaining its health.

April 22, 2025 at 8:28 PM

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Johnny Cans

@handle.invalid

Good.

Melanie D. @melulater.bsky.social · Apr 22

Chris Hipkins now being asked if Labour would support this proposed legislation or not.
Hipkins says no, because Labour believes in people being able to be who they are want to be.
I know two trans people who are active Labour Party members, so ka pai Chippy for validating them today.

April 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM

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Alan Perrott

@alanperrott.bsky.social

C you next Thursday, Seymour?

April 7, 2025 at 6:17 AM

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Te Pāti Māori

@tepaatimaori.bsky.social

Confirmed: The second reading of the Treaty Principles Bill is set for this Thursday.

#nzpol

April 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM

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Rob Harrison cPHc

@robharrisoncphc.bsky.social

Climate action on the state level is even more important as of today. For those in Washington State, please support HB 1183, which removes barriers to Passive House. Text of the bill: lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/202...

lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov

January 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM

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The Intercept

@theintercept.com

The “privacy-first” company surprised its user base when CEO Andy Yen lauded Trump on social media.

Proton Mail Says It’s “Politically Neutral” While Praising Republican Party

The “privacy-first” company surprised its user base when CEO Andy Yen lauded Trump on social media.

interc.pt

January 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM

Elrond Burrell

@elrondburrell.bsky.social

Grim thread

Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · Jan 22

The failed Auckland Mayoral candidate Leo Molloy's misogynist campaign against a woman of colour, & former MP has been widely derided, & decried. Molloy's violence against women spans decades, & is a matter of public record www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/the-day-t... You'd think the matter would end there.

January 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM

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Leah Stokes

@leahstokes.bsky.social

Cannot stop thinking about how Octavia Butler wrote a book in 1993 about climate change. It opens with deadly fires in LA in 2025. In the story, a fascist President has just won office with the campaign slogan "Make America Great Again."

She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.

The cover of the book Parable of the Sower.

January 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM

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Otm Shanks

@leap44.bsky.social

Fossil fuel companies

January 6, 2025 at 12:14 PM

Elrond Burrell

@elrondburrell.bsky.social

Resources on the regulatory standards bill (submit by Jan 14 by email.)

linktr.ee/regulatoryst...

Regulatory Standards Bill 2025 | Instagram, Facebook | Linktree

View regulatorystandardsbill’s Linktree. Listen to their music on YouTube, Spotify here.

linktr.ee

January 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM

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Lloyd Alter

@lloydalter.bsky.social

Steve needs more followers here, this is what I wrote about him a few years ago (that’s not him in the image) lloydalter.substack.com/p/from-the-a...

January 3, 2025 at 10:48 PM

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Bronwyn Barry (she/her/they/them/it/thingumie)

@passivehousebb.bsky.social

Looks like @iamnicksimpson.bsky.social has us covered: go.bsky.app/K4gWTBi

December 20, 2024 at 9:15 PM

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Eddie Clark

@dreddieclark.bsky.social

Also, bluntly, there *will* be experts who know this inside & out, who have established contacts in Parliament & the public service, who are primed to be taken seriously.

What mass submissions add beyond that is a sense of the scale of feeling. The sincere, own words 1 para email achieves that.

January 3, 2025 at 6:47 AM