Rick Schuyl
mrschuyl.bsky.social
Rick Schuyl
@mrschuyl.bsky.social
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From the wise mind of Gerard Otto (wish he was on bluesky)
#OneTermGovernment #SnapElection2025 #nzpol #Aotearoa #nz #CoalitionOfCruelty
March 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Jeezus this Govt is making a meal of EVERYTHING it touches.

- an $800 MILLION LOSS on the ferries & STILL AT SQUARE 1
-Bringing in Lester Levy to gut and fillet the public health system and THEN SACKING HIM.
- GODDAMN SCHOOL LUNCHES.
- The awful Seymour's Treaty Principles Bill sinking like a stone
March 7, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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THREE HUNDRED MILLION FOR NO FERRIES.

THREE HUNDRED MILLION FOR ZERO FERRIES.

THREE HUNDRED MILLION TO GET NONE OF TWO FERRIES.

ITS GOING TO COST MORE THAN A SINGLE LARGE RAIL ENABLED FERRY TO GET ZERO LARGE RAIL ENABLED FERRIES.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Interislander ferries: Government's iRex break-fee costed at $300 million, documents reveal
New documents reveal how much was set aside after ministers ended a contract to build two new Interislanders.
www.rnz.co.nz
March 4, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Advice for our allegedly Christian PM.
When Jesus said
“Suffer the little children...”
he really didn’t mean
“Make the little children suffer”

Just saying.

#nzpol
March 4, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Climate commissioner has link to coal mine project being considered for fast-track approval

www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
Climate commissioner has link to controversial coal mine expansion
A deal between a coal company and a business directed by a climate commissioner could enable coal mining to continue for decades.
www.thepress.co.nz
February 1, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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December 16, 2024 at 1:51 AM
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A shameful day for the gov’t. Imagine believing you are qualified to lead a country whose arts, history, culture & society you relentlessly demean and undervalue www.beehive.govt.nz/release/mars...
Marsden Fund refocused for science with a purpose
Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology Judith Collins today announced the Government has updated the Marsden Fund to focus on core scientific research that helps lift our economic growth and c...
www.beehive.govt.nz
December 4, 2024 at 1:26 AM
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Oxford’s 2024 Word of the Year is “brain rot” — a term that describes that overconsumption of material or content to the point that it deteriorates one’s mental state.

(As in, how sludgy you feel after bingeing an entire Netflix show after — or while — doomscrolling.)
‘Brain rot’ is Oxford English Dictionary’s word of the year
“Brain rot” is the 2024 Oxford Word of the Year, adding to a growing list of Internet-specific words that are chosen by dictionaries as words of the year.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 2, 2024 at 7:32 PM
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The difference between "performance" and "performative". Nicely summed up by Simon Wilson. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/the-gover...
Simon Wilson: There’s a job for Luxon if they make Kiwi version of The Office
OPINION: The Government celebrates getting things done but is that really what it's doing?
www.nzherald.co.nz
December 2, 2024 at 7:35 PM
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This is huge.

The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries 👇
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...
European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 2, 2024 at 9:19 AM