Olly
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i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
apnews.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...
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Did you get water from a tap? That’s pipes. Council.
Did you drive on a road? Council.
Did you use a pedestrian crossing? Council.
Did you go on a bus? Again, council.
@haydendonnell.bsky.social Opinion: City is made of council
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Did you drive on a road? Council.
Did you use a pedestrian crossing? Council.
Did you go on a bus? Again, council.
@haydendonnell.bsky.social Opinion: City is made of council
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/06-...
City is made of council
Please vote. I do not know how else to say this.
thespinoff.co.nz
October 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Did you get water from a tap? That’s pipes. Council.
Did you drive on a road? Council.
Did you use a pedestrian crossing? Council.
Did you go on a bus? Again, council.
@haydendonnell.bsky.social Opinion: City is made of council
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/06-...
Did you drive on a road? Council.
Did you use a pedestrian crossing? Council.
Did you go on a bus? Again, council.
@haydendonnell.bsky.social Opinion: City is made of council
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/06-...
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City is made of council
Please vote. I do not know how else to say this.
thespinoff.co.nz
October 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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🚨A new under-reported NZ Bill: Summary Offences Amendment Bill closes 2pm Mon 6 Oct.
The Bill risks criminalising legitimate protest, is vague, unnecessary, gives wide Police discretion, allows arrest without warning, & could chill free expression.
Submit:
www3.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...
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The Bill risks criminalising legitimate protest, is vague, unnecessary, gives wide Police discretion, allows arrest without warning, & could chill free expression.
Submit:
www3.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...
More 👇
No protests outside homes – Protect Protest Aotearoa
protectprotest.nz
October 5, 2025 at 4:39 AM
🚨A new under-reported NZ Bill: Summary Offences Amendment Bill closes 2pm Mon 6 Oct.
The Bill risks criminalising legitimate protest, is vague, unnecessary, gives wide Police discretion, allows arrest without warning, & could chill free expression.
Submit:
www3.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...
More 👇
The Bill risks criminalising legitimate protest, is vague, unnecessary, gives wide Police discretion, allows arrest without warning, & could chill free expression.
Submit:
www3.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...
More 👇
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🧵!!!!!!
The regime has been overextending itself for a while, now.
But now that it has openly DEMONSTRATED that weakness, I think we are going to be seeing a lot of folks suddenly growing a spine
But now that it has openly DEMONSTRATED that weakness, I think we are going to be seeing a lot of folks suddenly growing a spine
Idk it feels like something is shifting. This tweet was also the language of the AP push alert, and just now the Times chimed in:
September 23, 2025 at 1:49 AM
🧵!!!!!!
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While accepting her first Emmy for her role in HBO's 'Hacks,' Philadelphia Eagles fan Hannah Einbinder ended her speech by saying, "Go Birds, F*** ICE and Free Palestine."
Check out our latest politics coverage, including how to defend immigrants against ICE here: tnvge.co/x9pufYG
Check out our latest politics coverage, including how to defend immigrants against ICE here: tnvge.co/x9pufYG
September 15, 2025 at 1:29 AM
While accepting her first Emmy for her role in HBO's 'Hacks,' Philadelphia Eagles fan Hannah Einbinder ended her speech by saying, "Go Birds, F*** ICE and Free Palestine."
Check out our latest politics coverage, including how to defend immigrants against ICE here: tnvge.co/x9pufYG
Check out our latest politics coverage, including how to defend immigrants against ICE here: tnvge.co/x9pufYG
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this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
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A few years ago some people said oh wow I actually like spending time with my family and doing non work things after work and not commuting and all corporations in union went ABSOLUTELY THE FUCK NOT.
August 14, 2025 at 10:54 PM
A few years ago some people said oh wow I actually like spending time with my family and doing non work things after work and not commuting and all corporations in union went ABSOLUTELY THE FUCK NOT.
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One of the most important and powerful things any kid can do to make a better world is if they see someone being pushed around, stand up for them.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
July 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
One of the most important and powerful things any kid can do to make a better world is if they see someone being pushed around, stand up for them.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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We are the first peoples of Aotearoa, who extended our manaakitanga to non-Māori. Agreeing to share our country. This Government has no intention of honouring Te Tiriti, instead choosing to entrench systemic racism. Shame. I am appalled and heartsore.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
English to appear above te reo Māori in New Zealand passport redesign
The move reflects the government's commitment to using English first, Internal Affairs Minister Brooke van Velden says.
www.rnz.co.nz
July 25, 2025 at 1:50 AM
We are the first peoples of Aotearoa, who extended our manaakitanga to non-Māori. Agreeing to share our country. This Government has no intention of honouring Te Tiriti, instead choosing to entrench systemic racism. Shame. I am appalled and heartsore.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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People may question why I’m opening up now, or calling this a political hit job. Frankly I don’t care what people call it, the community DESERVES to know who these men are. If they can’t treat colleagues with basic decency, they don’t deserve to be elected. Don’t be gross, easy as that.
Watch: Lewd gossip about Tory Whanau shared by Auckland councillor Maurice Williamson
The sexually explicit comments were made in an Auckland Council committee meeting.
www.nzherald.co.nz
July 22, 2025 at 7:13 AM
People may question why I’m opening up now, or calling this a political hit job. Frankly I don’t care what people call it, the community DESERVES to know who these men are. If they can’t treat colleagues with basic decency, they don’t deserve to be elected. Don’t be gross, easy as that.
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There’s zero political incentive for someone no longer running for mayor to use the election spotlight to contribute to the current ‘conversation’ about gendered harassment pushing people out of NZ politics.
Imagine knowing for years that a bunch of your male peers are fixated on your sex life.
Imagine knowing for years that a bunch of your male peers are fixated on your sex life.
People may question why I’m opening up now, or calling this a political hit job. Frankly I don’t care what people call it, the community DESERVES to know who these men are. If they can’t treat colleagues with basic decency, they don’t deserve to be elected. Don’t be gross, easy as that.
Watch: Lewd gossip about Tory Whanau shared by Auckland councillor Maurice Williamson
The sexually explicit comments were made in an Auckland Council committee meeting.
www.nzherald.co.nz
July 22, 2025 at 7:55 AM
There’s zero political incentive for someone no longer running for mayor to use the election spotlight to contribute to the current ‘conversation’ about gendered harassment pushing people out of NZ politics.
Imagine knowing for years that a bunch of your male peers are fixated on your sex life.
Imagine knowing for years that a bunch of your male peers are fixated on your sex life.
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Not a single negative can be attributed to this bill. Not a single cis person has had their lives impacted by this bill.
It has only helped to make life that little bit easier for trans folk & hopefully contributed somewhat to better acceptance.
Especially considering terf island next door.
It has only helped to make life that little bit easier for trans folk & hopefully contributed somewhat to better acceptance.
Especially considering terf island next door.
Ten years ago, on this day 15 July, the Irish Oireachtas passed the Gender Recognition Act 2015 (An tAcht um Inscne a Aithint, 2015).
It was a piece of legislation that allowed me to live my life authentically & I'm forever grateful.
Despite what others may have you believe, the sky did not fall in.
It was a piece of legislation that allowed me to live my life authentically & I'm forever grateful.
Despite what others may have you believe, the sky did not fall in.
July 15, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Not a single negative can be attributed to this bill. Not a single cis person has had their lives impacted by this bill.
It has only helped to make life that little bit easier for trans folk & hopefully contributed somewhat to better acceptance.
Especially considering terf island next door.
It has only helped to make life that little bit easier for trans folk & hopefully contributed somewhat to better acceptance.
Especially considering terf island next door.
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A story in 4 parts
July 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
A story in 4 parts
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July 7, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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A good simple resource👇🏽
At very least state “I oppose the Regulatory Standards Bill. It should be thrown out. I do not want an amended version of the Bill passed.”
Seymour’s behaviour personally attacking NZers who oppose his bill disqualifies the Bill. Too much power to him who abuses it #nzpol
At very least state “I oppose the Regulatory Standards Bill. It should be thrown out. I do not want an amended version of the Bill passed.”
Seymour’s behaviour personally attacking NZers who oppose his bill disqualifies the Bill. Too much power to him who abuses it #nzpol
Submit against the Regulatory Standards Bill
The Regulatory Standards Bill is designed to put profit ahead of people, erase Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and make effective provision of public and community services incredibly difficult.
www.psa.org.nz
June 22, 2025 at 3:53 AM
A good simple resource👇🏽
At very least state “I oppose the Regulatory Standards Bill. It should be thrown out. I do not want an amended version of the Bill passed.”
Seymour’s behaviour personally attacking NZers who oppose his bill disqualifies the Bill. Too much power to him who abuses it #nzpol
At very least state “I oppose the Regulatory Standards Bill. It should be thrown out. I do not want an amended version of the Bill passed.”
Seymour’s behaviour personally attacking NZers who oppose his bill disqualifies the Bill. Too much power to him who abuses it #nzpol
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The most obvious things continue to be found to be true.
Youth offending drops with safe, stable housing - study
Youth offending drops with safe, stable housing - study
The study found that 3 years after moving into public housing, alleged offences and court charges among young people reduced by 11.7 percent and 10.9 percent more than the general population.
www.rnz.co.nz
June 21, 2025 at 4:52 AM
The most obvious things continue to be found to be true.
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Here’s the Greenpeace submission on the Regulatory Standards Bill. Feel free to copy any of it that you’d like to use in your own submission!
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pub... #nzpol
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pub... #nzpol
Greenpeace submission on the Regulatory Standards Bill - Greenpeace Aotearoa
We thank the Select Committee for the opportunity to submit on The Regulatory Standards Bill. Greenpeace strongly opposes the Bill and recommends that it be rejected in its entirety.
www.greenpeace.org
June 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Here’s the Greenpeace submission on the Regulatory Standards Bill. Feel free to copy any of it that you’d like to use in your own submission!
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pub... #nzpol
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pub... #nzpol
![In Māori culture, Matariki is the Pleiades star cluster and a celebration of its first rising in late June or early July. The rising marks the beginning of the new year in the Māori lunar calendar.
Matariki is the Māori name for the cluster of stars known to Western astronomers as the Pleiades in the constellation Taurus. Matariki is a shortened version of Ngā mata o te ariki o Tāwhirimātea, "the eyes of the god Tāwhirimātea".[1] According to Māori tradition, Tāwhirimātea, the god of wind and weather, was enraged by the separation of heaven and earth – his parents, Ranginui and Papatūānuku.[1] Defeated in battle by his brother, Tāwhirimātea fled to the sky to live with Ranginui, but in his anger he first plucked out his eyes as a gesture of contempt towards his siblings, and flung them into the sky, where they remain, stuck to his father's chest. In Māori tradition the unpredictability of the winds is blamed on Tāwhirimātea's blindness
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Green Party announce a true international speaker for your conference by booking Pitbull, Mr Worldwide.
June 18, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Green Party announce a true international speaker for your conference by booking Pitbull, Mr Worldwide.
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People all over the place appear to have lost their entire minds about school closures during the pandemic rather than losing their entire minds about MILLIONS OF PEOPLE DYING DURING THE PANDEMIC
What is wrong with everyone
What is wrong with everyone
June 17, 2025 at 12:44 AM
People all over the place appear to have lost their entire minds about school closures during the pandemic rather than losing their entire minds about MILLIONS OF PEOPLE DYING DURING THE PANDEMIC
What is wrong with everyone
What is wrong with everyone
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If you have not made a complaint to RNZ and the Media Council about the Ruth Hill story from last week, the information provided by @davidfarrier.bsky.social today would be an excellent example of what it did that was wrong.
June 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
If you have not made a complaint to RNZ and the Media Council about the Ruth Hill story from last week, the information provided by @davidfarrier.bsky.social today would be an excellent example of what it did that was wrong.