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Mao’s lawyer Callum Fredric said Xiao had “deliberately (or otherwise) provided an incorrect email address” for her, which meant she was never notified of the application. newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/13/c...

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my poolside reading for today 🩵 (i miss carl sagan)

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Start with this guy: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_... . Then look at this organisation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zea... . Relentless, bias & misleading politically driven content across New Zealand by the country's biggest media organisation. . Yes, political hit jobs happen—even in New Zealand.

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Is it any wonder people have lost faith in "institutions" This is like the war criminal Tony Blair being made a peace envoy to the middle east. Not on the same level obviously, Morrison is too inept and small minded. theaimn.net/a-most-unwor...

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The Council for the Order of Australia, which has a majority of women on the board, voted to give a misogynist, lying twat & former Prime Minister the Companion of the Order of Australia . Fake titles for the Australian elite class — thank you, King Charles of the UK . www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

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"We resent what we see as “privileges” for Māori while refusing to recognise the privileges we’ve inherited through caste and class." e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...

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Not just fighting for Canada, which makes it all the more admirable.

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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to former Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern about balancing leadership and motherhood.

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Workers earn Adidas approx 15,000 euros per day. Meanwhile, the worker’s daily wage is 2.40 euros. www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/gues...

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Australia ... the place where the good people doing the right thing end up in jail.

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After a court enforced realisation that he wasn’t protected by our broken whistleblower laws, Richard Boyle has pleaded guilty to being a whistleblower. It’s a sad outcome. Richard is a superhero - Australia needs more people like him. #auspol

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HARVARD PROF David Armitage: “We’re being made an example of by Trump — authoritarians across the world go for the universities first, because they’re set up for freedom of thought and provide critical opposition.”

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Headline Corrected: "Sleazy guys who force young women into prostitution could now face jail time." #japan #japanhosts #sleazy

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"This here's a story about Billy Joe and Bobby Sue / Two young lovers with nothin' better to do..." "Go on, take the money and run." www.youtube.com/watch?v=W09b... #SamAltman #JonyIve #AIHardware #TechInnovation #OpenAI #FutureTech

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The spineless, lying coward does a runner . Consumers are avoiding Tesla — his main cash cow — like the plague (Chinese EVs are just better and cheaper) . Unfortunately, he'll still have his dirty nose in the government contract trough for years to come . #ElonMusk #CorporateWelfare #CronyCapitalism

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoG7... . #MOVEBombing #PhiladelphiaHistory #Resistance #Justice #NeverForget

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVYh... . #Bluesky #DecentralizedSocial #JayGraber #ATProtocol #SocialMediaFuture

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He is completely clueless about what he is doing.

submitted 28 days ago • 1050 comments

The following delusional American fantasy is finally laid to rest. 👇 👇 ”American exceptionalism” is the belief that the United States is inherently different from and superior to other nations, often based on the idea that it has a unique mission to promote liberty, democracy, and the rule of law.

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"No outrage here… just more dead kids in Myanmar." . www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/d... . #ukraine #gaza #bbc #abc #cnn #myanmar

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1. With YOUR help, the first #DirtyOver30 campaign helped pressure the Singaporean government to reduce exports to the #Myanmar military by 83%: A thread 🧵👇🏼

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While this footage of Brian Tamaki dates back to 26 January of this year, it’s significant in that it provides insight into how he goes about grooming & indoctrinating the children of Destiny Church-also known as Youth Nation-as part of his plan to give them a more prominent role in the church.

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