Luke D

Luke D

@ldiamond40.bsky.social

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LostArcNZ
@lostarcnz.bsky.social

It's just another example of the narrative of poverty being a choice: - It's the fault of unemployed people there are no jobs - It's your fault you don't own a house - your fault you don't have parents who can feed you - your fault, for everything really. Should have chosen better parents.

Melanie D.@melulater.bsky.social

Mark Mitchell made a rod for his own back with the claim this week that people sleeping on the street are making a "lifestyle choice". Who chooses to sleep in a shop doorway? People with no other choices.

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Mountain Tui
@mountaintui.bsky.social

Wow! The Regulatory Standards Bill could force taxpayers to compensate polluters, stop all efforts to preserve nature/climate & cost tens of millions of dollars a year?! Treasury and Ministry officials confirm Seymour's Regulatory Standards Bill is a hot mess. #nzpol #kiwi

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Evan Sutton
@evansutton.bsky.social

Spray paint a Tesla: domestic terrorism Targeted political assassination spree: not terrorism

Nikki McCann Ramírez@nikkimcr.bsky.social

On the lack of federal terrorism charges in Minn. killings, Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph Thompson says they "brought the charges that we think are appropriate right now."

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Pat Brittenden
@patbrittenden.bsky.social

#BHN Apparently this quote has been around for a few years, but I'd never heard it and it sends shivers down my spine "When it came to COVID, we completely blew out what the value of a life was, completely, I’ve never seen such a high value on life.” Brooke van Velden

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Hayley
@writagal.bsky.social

“The intentional undermining and erosion of democracy, and intentional open invitation to corruption, is only ever in the best interests of a few. Any leaders voting for this Bill are categorically not acting in the best interests of Aotearoa.” Submit by 23 June:👇 www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...

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Paul Brislen
@brislen.nz

No. Bad. BAAAD. This is unacceptably bad.

Duncan Webb MP@duncanwebbmp.bsky.social

Government members on Finance and Expenditure Committee just voted to use an AI bot to read submissions on the Regulatory Standards Bill🙄. Turns out democracy under this government is real people making submissions and computers reading them. 👎

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Kaimataara
@kaimataara.bsky.social

David Seymour has never liked democracy. Here is him interviewing Atlas Network's Tom G Palmer and asking “is it that we have a case for rejecting democracy here” He also wrote a book called “Birth of a Boom” with a chapter called “Democracy, too much of a good thing?” #nzpol

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Bernard Hickey
@bernardchickey.bsky.social

It seems the ideology of privatisation is more important than value for money. ‘Outsourcing to private hospitals was more expensive than expanding public sector capacity, & building new or refurbishing hospitals was also needed, Health NZ execs told Brown in January.1/3 www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

rnz.co.nzHealth NZ aims to cut surgery waitlists by outsourcing to private hospitals, extending doctors' hoursAnd it also plans to ask surgeons to work longer hours in a bid to cut the waitlist.

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Musical Chairs
@musicalchairs.bsky.social

Never forget: NZ Govts for 50 years have bought into an economic management model that relies on keeping a bufferstock of kiwis unemployed & desperate. Jobs are kept scarce, so that kiwis sell their labour at poverty-wage prices. If unemployment is too low, Govt's henchmen at RBNZ crash the economy.

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Bernard Hickey
@bernardchickey.bsky.social

Hot off the presses this morning. Protests erupt over pay equity betrayal; Abuse in care survivors shocked Govt ignored Royal Commission’s recommendation; Govt reviewing Waitangi Tribunal ‘activism’; Food poverty hitting middle class. thekaka.substack.com/p/bernards-p...

thekaka.substack.comBernard’s Picks ‘n’ Mixes for Saturday, May 10Protests erupt over pay equity betrayal; Abuse in care survivors shocked Govt ignored Royal Commission’s recommendation; Govt reviewing Waitangi Tribunal ‘activism’; Food poverty hitting middle class

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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷
@paullecomtephoto.nz

Having been on the board of Dunedin Kindergartens for a long time, with 24 Kindies & budgets running into the tens of millions of dollars, looking after hundreds of kids I can hand on heart tell you it's the FUCKING RED TAPE THAT KEEPS KIDS & STAFF SAFE & ALIVE you insane ghoulish mother fucker.

(((𝙴𝚖𝚖𝚊𝙲𝚘𝚘𝚔)))@creativeelc.bsky.social

My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3606... Seymour wants red tape to be cut from ECE centres (Early Childhood Education) yes, you can imagine what that means. He's made a dog's dinner out of the school lunches debacle... so, watch this space 😬 #PoliticalCartoon #NzPol #DavidSeymour

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Te wookie o te tāngata
@chewienz.bsky.social

#BHN Dr Gary Payinda on doctor protests | Seymour to cut Ministers teams | Willis on prisoner voting #NZPOL www.youtube.com/live/zqWNQdB...

youtube.com#BHN Dr Gary Payinda on doctor protests | Seymour to cut Ministers teams | Willis on prisoner votingDr Gary Payinda joins us LIVE at 2pm to share his experiences of the May Day protests and what he thinks is the next step for our ailing health system. Check out Gary's Substack https://substack.com/@...