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Fuck me, but Brooke Van Velden is just out there gaslighting with nary a care in the world, isn't she? Let's do a wee thread to check out her scoffing remarks, shall we.
May 6, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Fuck me, but Brooke Van Velden is just out there gaslighting with nary a care in the world, isn't she? Let's do a wee thread to check out her scoffing remarks, shall we.
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I am not proud of this but I just read this quote and had a visceral desire to do a terrible thing
Fuck me, but Brooke Van Velden is just out there gaslighting with nary a care in the world, isn't she? Let's do a wee thread to check out her scoffing remarks, shall we.
May 6, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I am not proud of this but I just read this quote and had a visceral desire to do a terrible thing
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Landlords got a big tax cut but women can't get pay equity
If you aren't familiar with that term it means receiving equal pay for work of equal value, no matter your gender
Landlord tax break in, pay equity cut
A few billions cut from women, rushed under urgency just before the Budget
#NZPol
If you aren't familiar with that term it means receiving equal pay for work of equal value, no matter your gender
Landlord tax break in, pay equity cut
A few billions cut from women, rushed under urgency just before the Budget
#NZPol
May 6, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Landlords got a big tax cut but women can't get pay equity
If you aren't familiar with that term it means receiving equal pay for work of equal value, no matter your gender
Landlord tax break in, pay equity cut
A few billions cut from women, rushed under urgency just before the Budget
#NZPol
If you aren't familiar with that term it means receiving equal pay for work of equal value, no matter your gender
Landlord tax break in, pay equity cut
A few billions cut from women, rushed under urgency just before the Budget
#NZPol
Thing is, freedom of speech IS under threat in Britain and Germany - but it's just pro-Palestinian/ anti-genocide voices being silenced, attested etc, not right-wing extremists.
February 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Thing is, freedom of speech IS under threat in Britain and Germany - but it's just pro-Palestinian/ anti-genocide voices being silenced, attested etc, not right-wing extremists.
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Inflation has fallen in Australia and NZ, but which is faring better?
New Zealand's economy is in recession. It has 32,000 fewer employed people than a year ago
Australia's economy is not in recession. Its labour force has never been bigger
#auspol #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
New Zealand's economy is in recession. It has 32,000 fewer employed people than a year ago
Australia's economy is not in recession. Its labour force has never been bigger
#auspol #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
Inflation has fallen in Australia and NZ, but which is faring better?
New Zealand and Australia have both faced high inflation. But only one is now in a recession.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Inflation has fallen in Australia and NZ, but which is faring better?
New Zealand's economy is in recession. It has 32,000 fewer employed people than a year ago
Australia's economy is not in recession. Its labour force has never been bigger
#auspol #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
New Zealand's economy is in recession. It has 32,000 fewer employed people than a year ago
Australia's economy is not in recession. Its labour force has never been bigger
#auspol #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
“And for the first time in over four thousand years, the Bearer of Agonies fought back.”
Love these books so much! #StormlightArchive
Love these books so much! #StormlightArchive
January 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
“And for the first time in over four thousand years, the Bearer of Agonies fought back.”
Love these books so much! #StormlightArchive
Love these books so much! #StormlightArchive
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Remember how much effort went into engaging properly with Māori and Pasifika communities during Covid?
Trials were checking similar approaches for bowel screening.
Given the epidemiology, quietly cancelling them now is a decision to kill people. 🇳🇿
Trials were checking similar approaches for bowel screening.
Given the epidemiology, quietly cancelling them now is a decision to kill people. 🇳🇿
Govt ends pilot programme for Māori and Pacific, sparking outrage
Pacific and Māori leaders say there is a need for community-driven health campaigns to address growing inequities in bowel cancer diagnosis and survival.
www.teaonews.co.nz
December 20, 2024 at 8:50 AM
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Following the New Zealand government's innovative OBEGALx measure, I am proud to announce the M-Index. Unlike the H-Index, which takes into account all papers, the M-Index only takes into account papers written by or citing me, making me the world's top scholar according to this measure
December 17, 2024 at 5:59 AM
Following the New Zealand government's innovative OBEGALx measure, I am proud to announce the M-Index. Unlike the H-Index, which takes into account all papers, the M-Index only takes into account papers written by or citing me, making me the world's top scholar according to this measure
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I’m mildly squinchy at the modern use of the word “aesthetic” to mean beautiful just on its own. “Oh that’s so aesthetic”.
It makes me feel like I’ve been left hanging. Aesthetically WHAT?? Pleasing? Reminiscent of cubist forms??? Pink?
It makes me feel like I’ve been left hanging. Aesthetically WHAT?? Pleasing? Reminiscent of cubist forms??? Pink?
December 15, 2024 at 8:18 PM
I’m mildly squinchy at the modern use of the word “aesthetic” to mean beautiful just on its own. “Oh that’s so aesthetic”.
It makes me feel like I’ve been left hanging. Aesthetically WHAT?? Pleasing? Reminiscent of cubist forms??? Pink?
It makes me feel like I’ve been left hanging. Aesthetically WHAT?? Pleasing? Reminiscent of cubist forms??? Pink?
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Back on TV trying to explain to the media why for profit healthcare is bad
December 14, 2024 at 8:48 PM
Back on TV trying to explain to the media why for profit healthcare is bad
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BHN Melanie Nelson, qualified te reo interpreter, on the "dull but dangerous" cousin to the Treaty Principles Bill, the Regulatory Standards Bill
#nzpol @chewienz.bsky.social
youtu.be/g-wjH9uX2Bo
#nzpol @chewienz.bsky.social
youtu.be/g-wjH9uX2Bo
BHN Melanie Nelson on the "dull but dangerous" cousin to the TPB, the RSB
YouTube video by DOC Studios
youtu.be
December 13, 2024 at 10:49 PM
BHN Melanie Nelson, qualified te reo interpreter, on the "dull but dangerous" cousin to the Treaty Principles Bill, the Regulatory Standards Bill
#nzpol @chewienz.bsky.social
youtu.be/g-wjH9uX2Bo
#nzpol @chewienz.bsky.social
youtu.be/g-wjH9uX2Bo
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#NZpol
Willis with no figures, no certainty for the country nor industry, but with bucketloads of condescending tone thinks she's "delivered". Washes her hands on it like Pontius Pilate.
Seymour sniping, soon to be in Dep PM.
Winston, *actual* DPM, coming biting back.
StRonG aNd StaBLe GoVt 🙄
Willis with no figures, no certainty for the country nor industry, but with bucketloads of condescending tone thinks she's "delivered". Washes her hands on it like Pontius Pilate.
Seymour sniping, soon to be in Dep PM.
Winston, *actual* DPM, coming biting back.
StRonG aNd StaBLe GoVt 🙄
December 11, 2024 at 9:55 PM
#NZpol
Willis with no figures, no certainty for the country nor industry, but with bucketloads of condescending tone thinks she's "delivered". Washes her hands on it like Pontius Pilate.
Seymour sniping, soon to be in Dep PM.
Winston, *actual* DPM, coming biting back.
StRonG aNd StaBLe GoVt 🙄
Willis with no figures, no certainty for the country nor industry, but with bucketloads of condescending tone thinks she's "delivered". Washes her hands on it like Pontius Pilate.
Seymour sniping, soon to be in Dep PM.
Winston, *actual* DPM, coming biting back.
StRonG aNd StaBLe GoVt 🙄
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Published in newspapers across the Canterbury region today.
December 10, 2024 at 10:54 PM
Published in newspapers across the Canterbury region today.
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Fascists are not limited by what they campaign on: they get power, and use/abuse it as hard and as thoroughly as they can.
Particularly to thwart methods we might use to remove power from them in future.
#nzpol
Particularly to thwart methods we might use to remove power from them in future.
#nzpol
I don't remember this being campaigned on. It seems... Bad
December 9, 2024 at 8:49 AM
Fascists are not limited by what they campaign on: they get power, and use/abuse it as hard and as thoroughly as they can.
Particularly to thwart methods we might use to remove power from them in future.
#nzpol
Particularly to thwart methods we might use to remove power from them in future.
#nzpol
Is it such that; either you fear death, or you fear (the idea of) the meaninglessness of life
December 9, 2024 at 8:19 AM
Is it such that; either you fear death, or you fear (the idea of) the meaninglessness of life
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The Luxon government recognises no expertise except money. It will not listen to domain experts, it will listen to commercial operators who exploit the domain for profit. This is true for all policy areas.
#nzpol
#nzpol
December 9, 2024 at 2:29 AM
The Luxon government recognises no expertise except money. It will not listen to domain experts, it will listen to commercial operators who exploit the domain for profit. This is true for all policy areas.
#nzpol
#nzpol
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NZ Gov't’s decision to cut humanities and social science research from its major funding stream, the Marsden Fund, is bad policy and scientifically illiterate.
This Fund was set up to fund #BlueSky research that led to enlightenment more than to money! 💡 #NZpol
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/05/a...
This Fund was set up to fund #BlueSky research that led to enlightenment more than to money! 💡 #NZpol
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/05/a...
December 4, 2024 at 11:04 PM
NZ Gov't’s decision to cut humanities and social science research from its major funding stream, the Marsden Fund, is bad policy and scientifically illiterate.
This Fund was set up to fund #BlueSky research that led to enlightenment more than to money! 💡 #NZpol
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/05/a...
This Fund was set up to fund #BlueSky research that led to enlightenment more than to money! 💡 #NZpol
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/05/a...
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The issue with all these Coalition govt cuts and under funding is it will take years and billions of dollars to get us back to where we were.
Our debt will just rise and rise with no chance of our kids paying it back.
Just poor politics from Luxon and a govt just lining their own pockets.
#nzpol
Our debt will just rise and rise with no chance of our kids paying it back.
Just poor politics from Luxon and a govt just lining their own pockets.
#nzpol
December 4, 2024 at 11:06 PM
The issue with all these Coalition govt cuts and under funding is it will take years and billions of dollars to get us back to where we were.
Our debt will just rise and rise with no chance of our kids paying it back.
Just poor politics from Luxon and a govt just lining their own pockets.
#nzpol
Our debt will just rise and rise with no chance of our kids paying it back.
Just poor politics from Luxon and a govt just lining their own pockets.
#nzpol
"The effect of these smoke and mirrors would be to make the 2023/24 deficit incurred under previous leadership look much bigger – and the 2024/25 deficit run by Levy look smaller. Critics say it was an attempt to justify the minister’s decision to sack the board and put Levy in charge."
Health NZ commissioner loses $130m battle with Auditor-General
Ministers have agreed to provide Lester Levy a 'letter of comfort' guaranteeing a billion-dollar bailout if needed. Jonathan Milne investigates.
newsroom.co.nz
December 4, 2024 at 11:19 PM
"The effect of these smoke and mirrors would be to make the 2023/24 deficit incurred under previous leadership look much bigger – and the 2024/25 deficit run by Levy look smaller. Critics say it was an attempt to justify the minister’s decision to sack the board and put Levy in charge."