Paul Enright
@ptpe.bsky.social
Tangata Tiriti, History Teacher, husband, father, proud grandfather. More left than liberal, a political skeptical. I believe in inclusion, community and aim to be respectful and tolerant. I have opinions, evidence-based, I'll defend.
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I'm beyond thrilled to share that SISTERS IN SCIENCE has been nominated for the #GoodreadsChoiceAwards! 🎉 This means the world to me because it's decided by readers. ❤️💙 Voting is now open, and I'd be so grateful for your support! Voting for round one ends Sunday, Nov 23.
November 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I'm beyond thrilled to share that SISTERS IN SCIENCE has been nominated for the #GoodreadsChoiceAwards! 🎉 This means the world to me because it's decided by readers. ❤️💙 Voting is now open, and I'd be so grateful for your support! Voting for round one ends Sunday, Nov 23.
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Cutting 30,000 jobs at the VA, which will put veterans' services at risk.
Firing federal workers across government, many of whom are veterans.
Gutting SNAP & Medicaid, which millions of veterans need.
Our vets defended us, and this is how the Trump regime is repaying them?
Firing federal workers across government, many of whom are veterans.
Gutting SNAP & Medicaid, which millions of veterans need.
Our vets defended us, and this is how the Trump regime is repaying them?
November 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Cutting 30,000 jobs at the VA, which will put veterans' services at risk.
Firing federal workers across government, many of whom are veterans.
Gutting SNAP & Medicaid, which millions of veterans need.
Our vets defended us, and this is how the Trump regime is repaying them?
Firing federal workers across government, many of whom are veterans.
Gutting SNAP & Medicaid, which millions of veterans need.
Our vets defended us, and this is how the Trump regime is repaying them?
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NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”
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The thing to understand about this is that this catastrophe in the UK has redounded to the political benefit of the very same people and political movement that pushed for it! Extremely perverse.
I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
November 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The thing to understand about this is that this catastrophe in the UK has redounded to the political benefit of the very same people and political movement that pushed for it! Extremely perverse.
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
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Gibb needs to be investigated by as many journalists as possible. I once knew him, unfortunately. As right-wing as you can be, shamelessly devious & deeply unpleasant. “Links with the Conservatives” doesn’t begin to explain how deeply he is intertwined with them
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC board member with Tory links ‘led charge’ in systemic bias claims, say insiders
Sources say Robbie Gibb amplified criticisms of Trump, Gaza and trans rights coverage, and had ‘a lot of oxygen in the room’
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Gibb needs to be investigated by as many journalists as possible. I once knew him, unfortunately. As right-wing as you can be, shamelessly devious & deeply unpleasant. “Links with the Conservatives” doesn’t begin to explain how deeply he is intertwined with them
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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Yes, be angry with Senate Democrats, but don’t forget who was keeping food from hungry children.
Furious? You Should Be
The battle may have been lost, but the war can still be won
steady.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Yes, be angry with Senate Democrats, but don’t forget who was keeping food from hungry children.
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Staff at NZ universities will now have to deal with govt mandated free speech complaints process designed to facilitate far right agitprop infiltrating campus spaces and threatening our academic freedom under the guise of protecting it.
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/ensu...
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/ensu...
www.beehive.govt.nz
November 11, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Staff at NZ universities will now have to deal with govt mandated free speech complaints process designed to facilitate far right agitprop infiltrating campus spaces and threatening our academic freedom under the guise of protecting it.
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/ensu...
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/ensu...
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He’ll spin it as extra iron 😑
October 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
He’ll spin it as extra iron 😑
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Fellas! We’re pleased to announce a new campaign in partnership with @timothysnyder.bsky.social!
Introducing Timothy Snyder: Freedom is Action
Timothy Snyder has partnered with #NAFO to provide critically needed aid for 🇺🇦 defenders!
More info can be found in 🧵
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Introducing Timothy Snyder: Freedom is Action
Timothy Snyder has partnered with #NAFO to provide critically needed aid for 🇺🇦 defenders!
More info can be found in 🧵
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October 7, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Fellas! We’re pleased to announce a new campaign in partnership with @timothysnyder.bsky.social!
Introducing Timothy Snyder: Freedom is Action
Timothy Snyder has partnered with #NAFO to provide critically needed aid for 🇺🇦 defenders!
More info can be found in 🧵
🔗 www.help99.co/patches/timo...
Introducing Timothy Snyder: Freedom is Action
Timothy Snyder has partnered with #NAFO to provide critically needed aid for 🇺🇦 defenders!
More info can be found in 🧵
🔗 www.help99.co/patches/timo...
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What the actual fuck is this? What is the point of having a select committee? of having democracy? I can't even...
The select committee report on the Regulatory Standards Bill is in.
📝166,000 submissions.
❌98.7% opposed.
Yet National are going to continue supporting it.
🗣New Zealand could not have been louder, but Luxon still isn’t listening.
📝166,000 submissions.
❌98.7% opposed.
Yet National are going to continue supporting it.
🗣New Zealand could not have been louder, but Luxon still isn’t listening.
October 13, 2025 at 2:18 AM
What the actual fuck is this? What is the point of having a select committee? of having democracy? I can't even...
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#nzpol Video from 3 month ago: "Labour will repeal Regulatory Standards Bill within 100 days" @duncanwebbmp.bsky.social confirms again today
October 13, 2025 at 3:31 AM
#nzpol Video from 3 month ago: "Labour will repeal Regulatory Standards Bill within 100 days" @duncanwebbmp.bsky.social confirms again today
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Regulatory Standards Bill will expose the SPCA to penalty if they remove abused animals; it will expose taxpayers to compensate suspected criminals for confiscated assets; farmers can do as they want; Peter Thiels can build bunkers anywhere. A terrible bill with > 98% opposed. #nzpol
October 13, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Regulatory Standards Bill will expose the SPCA to penalty if they remove abused animals; it will expose taxpayers to compensate suspected criminals for confiscated assets; farmers can do as they want; Peter Thiels can build bunkers anywhere. A terrible bill with > 98% opposed. #nzpol
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So a normal stupid day by Luxon.
Released a cringe/laughable emissions policy the day world renowned climate science community arrives for conference.
Patronized multiple industry union membership for their demonic union organizations.
Still couldn't specify where the youth job mrket is, instead answers dissing journo as lefty
Patronized multiple industry union membership for their demonic union organizations.
Still couldn't specify where the youth job mrket is, instead answers dissing journo as lefty
October 13, 2025 at 4:11 AM
So a normal stupid day by Luxon.
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The writer notes that there's been a significant shift in attitudes since the coalition took power and Peters and Seymour stepped up their war on progressive thought.
#nzpol
#nzpol
Week in Review:
Opinion from the University of Otago: The latest Gender Attitudes Survey makes depressing reading for those concerned about gender equality
Opinion from the University of Otago: The latest Gender Attitudes Survey makes depressing reading for those concerned about gender equality
Our own 'war on woke' is well underway
newsroom.co.nz
October 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
The writer notes that there's been a significant shift in attitudes since the coalition took power and Peters and Seymour stepped up their war on progressive thought.
#nzpol
#nzpol
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Our colonial past is our colonial present. ☹️
The Olive green areas are councils where citizens voted down Māori wards (the little blue blob in the middle is Kirikiriroa, which voted by a whisker to retain theirs).
Coincidentally those Olive green areas also pretty accurately represent land confiscated by the crown after the Waikato wars.
Coincidentally those Olive green areas also pretty accurately represent land confiscated by the crown after the Waikato wars.
October 12, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Our colonial past is our colonial present. ☹️
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“We were the first responders… that’s what we do as Māori”
Marama Royal speaking of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei response to the Auckland Anniversary Floods and Cyclone Gabrielle & the need for Māori leadership in the emergency management space to be recognised & formalised
#AdaptationFutures2025
Marama Royal speaking of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei response to the Auckland Anniversary Floods and Cyclone Gabrielle & the need for Māori leadership in the emergency management space to be recognised & formalised
#AdaptationFutures2025
October 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
“We were the first responders… that’s what we do as Māori”
Marama Royal speaking of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei response to the Auckland Anniversary Floods and Cyclone Gabrielle & the need for Māori leadership in the emergency management space to be recognised & formalised
#AdaptationFutures2025
Marama Royal speaking of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei response to the Auckland Anniversary Floods and Cyclone Gabrielle & the need for Māori leadership in the emergency management space to be recognised & formalised
#AdaptationFutures2025
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Can anyone actually find a detailed analysis of why Argentina's economy is collapsing? Google provides nothing except old articles blaming it all on socialism.
It's almost like they're trying to suppress the idea the libertarianism is an utter failure and markets can't fix themselves.
It's almost like they're trying to suppress the idea the libertarianism is an utter failure and markets can't fix themselves.
October 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Can anyone actually find a detailed analysis of why Argentina's economy is collapsing? Google provides nothing except old articles blaming it all on socialism.
It's almost like they're trying to suppress the idea the libertarianism is an utter failure and markets can't fix themselves.
It's almost like they're trying to suppress the idea the libertarianism is an utter failure and markets can't fix themselves.
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I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.
October 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.
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Luxon can have his methane boner all he likes, but permanent is NOT entrenchment & the climate criminals can get fucked.
Next October you’re out baldy.
Next October you’re out baldy.
Mind blowing.
The Luxon Government has confirmed it will rewrite NZ’s once bipartisan climate change law to dilute methane reduction targets and PERMANENTLY exclude dairy from the Emissions Trading Scheme – a move Greenpeace says amounts to full-blown climate denial.
#nzpol
The Luxon Government has confirmed it will rewrite NZ’s once bipartisan climate change law to dilute methane reduction targets and PERMANENTLY exclude dairy from the Emissions Trading Scheme – a move Greenpeace says amounts to full-blown climate denial.
#nzpol
October 12, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Luxon can have his methane boner all he likes, but permanent is NOT entrenchment & the climate criminals can get fucked.
Next October you’re out baldy.
Next October you’re out baldy.
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And the cavalier way they brush off concerns about young people. Awful stuff. They pretend to have no idea that sickness benefits and jobseeker benefits were rolled in together by the Key government meaning that a significant subset of people on jobseekers can’t work.
October 8, 2025 at 5:39 AM
And the cavalier way they brush off concerns about young people. Awful stuff. They pretend to have no idea that sickness benefits and jobseeker benefits were rolled in together by the Key government meaning that a significant subset of people on jobseekers can’t work.
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Our Gaza series continues with Episode 6...
OTTOMAN GAZA
Through gunpowder conquest, the Ottomans ruled over Gaza from the 1500s to the early 1900s. How did they shape the region?
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OTTOMAN GAZA
Through gunpowder conquest, the Ottomans ruled over Gaza from the 1500s to the early 1900s. How did they shape the region?
linktr.ee/empirepoduk
October 8, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Our Gaza series continues with Episode 6...
OTTOMAN GAZA
Through gunpowder conquest, the Ottomans ruled over Gaza from the 1500s to the early 1900s. How did they shape the region?
linktr.ee/empirepoduk
OTTOMAN GAZA
Through gunpowder conquest, the Ottomans ruled over Gaza from the 1500s to the early 1900s. How did they shape the region?
linktr.ee/empirepoduk
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George Monbiot on Steven Pinker’s book Enlightenment Now: “Under-researched and over-claiming, deferring to authority rather than data, sloppy and derivative, Pinker insults the Enlightenment principles he claims to defend”
Tell me about it. I've had his number for a while, on other matters: www.monbiot.com/2018/03/09/c...
Contrary to Reason
Steven Pinker claims to champion Enlightenment values. But his latest book is an affront to them
www.monbiot.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:43 PM
George Monbiot on Steven Pinker’s book Enlightenment Now: “Under-researched and over-claiming, deferring to authority rather than data, sloppy and derivative, Pinker insults the Enlightenment principles he claims to defend”
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Treasury: "Because of this, it is hard to reconcile (from a purely logical perspective) how building a new medical school is going to be better than any non-build option, if we aren’t facing a capacity constraint."
The University of Waikato paid Steven Joyce $1m to get $82.85m of taxpayers' money.
The University of Waikato paid Steven Joyce $1m to get $82.85m of taxpayers' money.
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin... Treasury repeatedly criticised Waikato Medical School proposal, but those complaints fell on deaf ears. @publicaddress.bsky.social
Treasury warnings over medical school ignored
The government ignored repeated warnings from Treasury not to approve the new Waikato Medical School amid concerns about cost overruns. The...
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October 7, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Treasury: "Because of this, it is hard to reconcile (from a purely logical perspective) how building a new medical school is going to be better than any non-build option, if we aren’t facing a capacity constraint."
The University of Waikato paid Steven Joyce $1m to get $82.85m of taxpayers' money.
The University of Waikato paid Steven Joyce $1m to get $82.85m of taxpayers' money.