Geoff Palmer
@geoff-palmer.bsky.social
Award-winning author and technical writer based in Aotearoa / New Zealand.
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
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White House Blames Journalist for Trump’s Misogynistic “Quiet, Piggy” Comment truthout.org/articles/whi...
White House Blames Journalist for Trump’s Misogynistic “Quiet, Piggy” Comment
Trump has a long history of attacking journalists, directing particular vitriol toward female reporters.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:33 PM
White House Blames Journalist for Trump’s Misogynistic “Quiet, Piggy” Comment truthout.org/articles/whi...
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Breaking: An Epstein survivor just silenced press conference attendees when she delivered the following remarks:
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
November 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Breaking: An Epstein survivor just silenced press conference attendees when she delivered the following remarks:
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
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That they have lived with this trauma & pain for so long is truly heartbreaking. How anyone can support protecting the perpetrators any longer is hard to believe & a complete disgrace!
#Justice4TheEPSTEIN_SurvivorsNOW ✊
#Justice4TheEPSTEIN_SurvivorsNOW ✊
Epstein survivors just demanded the release of the files in this new PSA. Watch it here.
November 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
That they have lived with this trauma & pain for so long is truly heartbreaking. How anyone can support protecting the perpetrators any longer is hard to believe & a complete disgrace!
#Justice4TheEPSTEIN_SurvivorsNOW ✊
#Justice4TheEPSTEIN_SurvivorsNOW ✊
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Well, this is awkward 😬
November 19, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Well, this is awkward 😬
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a distinguished gentleman
November 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
a distinguished gentleman
Stevenson said the country would see "really rapid increases in poverty" if it did not tax the rich.
"I think if you don't do anything, if you leave the system as it is, then wealth inequality will increase very rapidly.
#nzpol
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"I think if you don't do anything, if you leave the system as it is, then wealth inequality will increase very rapidly.
#nzpol
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30 with Guyon Espiner: Economist Gary Stevenson on why New Zealand should tax the rich
British YouTuber and economist Gary Stevenson tells 30 with Guyon Espiner fire engines aren't coming to fix the New Zealand economy.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Stevenson said the country would see "really rapid increases in poverty" if it did not tax the rich.
"I think if you don't do anything, if you leave the system as it is, then wealth inequality will increase very rapidly.
#nzpol
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"I think if you don't do anything, if you leave the system as it is, then wealth inequality will increase very rapidly.
#nzpol
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"The problem [NZ has] is, once you start cutting those taxes on the richest, the rich very, very quickly start to increase their share of the wealth, and inevitably that starts to squeeze people out."
#nzpol
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30 with Guyon Espiner: Economist Gary Stevenson on why New Zealand should tax the rich
British YouTuber and economist Gary Stevenson tells 30 with Guyon Espiner fire engines aren't coming to fix the New Zealand economy.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"The problem [NZ has] is, once you start cutting those taxes on the richest, the rich very, very quickly start to increase their share of the wealth, and inevitably that starts to squeeze people out."
#nzpol
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#nzpol
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Your daily reminder that the fossil fuel industry is propped up by billions of dollars in U.S. government subsidies and a multimillion dollar campaign to spread climate disinformation. 💵
November 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Your daily reminder that the fossil fuel industry is propped up by billions of dollars in U.S. government subsidies and a multimillion dollar campaign to spread climate disinformation. 💵
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“Wow I can't believe that 40 years of maximizing shareholder value at the expense of everything else didn't improve society at all.”
🤷♀️ #nzpol
🤷♀️ #nzpol
November 8, 2025 at 7:47 AM
“Wow I can't believe that 40 years of maximizing shareholder value at the expense of everything else didn't improve society at all.”
🤷♀️ #nzpol
🤷♀️ #nzpol
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November 9, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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I tried to take posed sibling photos, and look. Typical.
November 9, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I tried to take posed sibling photos, and look. Typical.
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Out of sight out of mind. The Government don’t want to see the impact of their policies on the streets in the neighbourhoods/business districts they care about. #nzpol
#HousingFirst
#HousingFirst
November 7, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Out of sight out of mind. The Government don’t want to see the impact of their policies on the streets in the neighbourhoods/business districts they care about. #nzpol
#HousingFirst
#HousingFirst
The United States boycotts a United Nations review of its human rights record…
“…the government had created an "unprecedented reprisal environment" with infringements on free speech, government "weaponisation of federal funds" and Trump's "massive deportation operation”.”
“…the government had created an "unprecedented reprisal environment" with infringements on free speech, government "weaponisation of federal funds" and Trump's "massive deportation operation”.”
Outrage as US snubs UN rights review
The United States on Friday became only the second country to ever - behind Israel - to boycott a United Nations review of its human rights record.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The United States boycotts a United Nations review of its human rights record…
“…the government had created an "unprecedented reprisal environment" with infringements on free speech, government "weaponisation of federal funds" and Trump's "massive deportation operation”.”
“…the government had created an "unprecedented reprisal environment" with infringements on free speech, government "weaponisation of federal funds" and Trump's "massive deportation operation”.”
"…7% of [Deputy Police Commissioner McSkimming’s] internet searches, during the work hours … were either intended to return or highly likely to return objectionable content and the quantity is reasonably consistent over each day across the whole 4.5 years assessed."
#nzpol
#nzpol
Anatomy of a downfall: How Jevon McSkimming's 29-year police career came to a shocking end
The country's second-highest ranking police officer oversaw road policing and operational services - he was also secretly watching child sexual exploitation and bestiality.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:33 PM
"…7% of [Deputy Police Commissioner McSkimming’s] internet searches, during the work hours … were either intended to return or highly likely to return objectionable content and the quantity is reasonably consistent over each day across the whole 4.5 years assessed."
#nzpol
#nzpol
‘120 staff were under investigation after 30,000 alcohol breath tests were "falsely or erroneously recorded"’
So is that 30,000 fines, wrongful convictions and even loss of licenses?
Answers please, NZ Police!
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So is that 30,000 fines, wrongful convictions and even loss of licenses?
Answers please, NZ Police!
#nzpol
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Over 100 police officers under investigation after breath tests falsified are still working
Police are not ruling out criminal investigations after 30,000 alcohol breath tests were falsified.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:28 PM
‘120 staff were under investigation after 30,000 alcohol breath tests were "falsely or erroneously recorded"’
So is that 30,000 fines, wrongful convictions and even loss of licenses?
Answers please, NZ Police!
#nzpol
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So is that 30,000 fines, wrongful convictions and even loss of licenses?
Answers please, NZ Police!
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Back when Aotearoa New Zealand was voting via referendum on whether or not to ditch First Past the Post for Mixed Member Proportional for our voting system, the cartoonist Murray Ball put out the below comic.
I see those telling New Yorkers not to vote for Zohran Mamdani and think on this comic.
I see those telling New Yorkers not to vote for Zohran Mamdani and think on this comic.
November 4, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Back when Aotearoa New Zealand was voting via referendum on whether or not to ditch First Past the Post for Mixed Member Proportional for our voting system, the cartoonist Murray Ball put out the below comic.
I see those telling New Yorkers not to vote for Zohran Mamdani and think on this comic.
I see those telling New Yorkers not to vote for Zohran Mamdani and think on this comic.
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Just what he needed
November 3, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Just what he needed
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yesterday on RNZ I talked with Kathryn Ryan about cuts to NZ science funding and the risk of losing talent www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
here's some correspondence about the opposite problem: kiwi scientists who want to return home to work, but can't, given the bleak funding environment
#nzpol
here's some correspondence about the opposite problem: kiwi scientists who want to return home to work, but can't, given the bleak funding environment
#nzpol
October 30, 2025 at 9:33 AM
yesterday on RNZ I talked with Kathryn Ryan about cuts to NZ science funding and the risk of losing talent www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
here's some correspondence about the opposite problem: kiwi scientists who want to return home to work, but can't, given the bleak funding environment
#nzpol
here's some correspondence about the opposite problem: kiwi scientists who want to return home to work, but can't, given the bleak funding environment
#nzpol