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A 30-minute ad of Tame Iti reading names of recent enrolees to the Maori Roll? To celebrate 50-years of Maori having that option? Encouraging people to register to vote, a good indicator that they will vote? No wonder Shane Jones and the Govt have shit their britches. www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu...

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Now this might SOUND bad.

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Very high off the Mamdani win. Sending out texts. Liking posts. It’s my understanding this is more important than President of the United States and President of China combined.

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Gotta say, I’ve never previously followed the Democratic Primary for Mayor of NYC.

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In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done. My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it. I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.

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Turns out there was a more exciting message than better things aren’t possible

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NYTimes has a long history of holding conservatives—including its paid columnists, like Stephens here—to absolutely no standards whatsoever, but still worth noting the complete lack of ethics required to not mention how 99.99% of Iran's uranium stockpile was due to Trump withdrawing from JCPOA.

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It’s incredible to me that someone can be an internationally wanted war criminal, and the national broadcaster of a tiny nation at the end of the world will still make editorial headline decisions that centre his justifications.

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Police presence notable in and around Pacific Place this afternoon on the 6th anniversary of the death of Marco Leung ling-kit, the first death associated wirh the 2019 Hong Kong protest movement.

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Remarkable. MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful." Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd. Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.

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A lot of justified anger at Ruth Hill, but some of the blame surely also lies with Paul Thompson and the generally rudderless vibe at RNZ.

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Marines Raise American Flag Outside Cell Phone Store After Defeating Skateboarding Teenagers theonion.com/marines...

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This is a good piece which shows what bad work RNZ did yesterday thespinoff.co.nz/society/13-0...

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Proud Boys with badges.

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"preemptive"

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New thread #3 A US defense official tells the WP this attack, which Israel says will continue over multiple days, will provoke a significant Iranian response that the Israelis will then ask the United States to help counter.

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Walt Disney and Comcast's Universal filed a copyright lawsuit against Midjourney on Wednesday, calling its popular AI-powered image generator a "bottomless pit of plagiarism" for its use of the studios' best-known characters.

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Trump Claims He Can Overrule Constitution With Executive Order Because Of Little-Known ‘No One Will Stop Me’ Loophole theonion.com/trump-c...

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me: in cheers frasier said his dad was dead but then when sam visited him in seattle he had to explain that he was lying because their relationship was strained but to me the weirder thing is he never mentioned niles to anyone at cheers the federal soldier being unlawfully quartered in my home: ok

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Greta Thunberg, arriving back in Europe after her abduction by Israel in international waters, explains in 40 seconds why western governments are colluding in genocide:

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New: theonion.com/protesters-u...

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Alright team! Time for me to submit on the RSB! What have you found are the most helpful resources?

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For people in Wellington who are outraged by Israel's seizure of the Madleen and kidnapping of her crew in international waters, there will be a protest at 3pm (in 40 minutes) outside the Israeli Embassy at 36 Brandon Street. Please re-post for reach.

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errrr 'crossfire' defined as two sides need to be shooting at each other, for two days now only one side has been shooting (guess which side)

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There are buses in Tāmaki painted up like cop cars and I don't think I should have to get on the Narc Bus.

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One of the most admirable things about the 2019 HK uprising is they figured this out pretty much from the start and avoided 100 years of left-liberal infighting.

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Another lesson from Hong Kong: There's a lot more going on than the frontline protesters, and all of it matters. There's low risk stuff like providing sustance and support for protesters, and simply being present and increasing the mass of the mass protest and bearing witness...

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Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki is delighted to announce the return of Reuben Paterson’s (Ngāti Rangitihi, Ngāi Tūhoe, Tūhourangi) dazzling sculpture Guide Kaiārahi to its forecourt on 20 June 2025. Read more here: www.aucklandartgallery.com/page/reuben-...

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I dipped my toes into Twitter again for a bit & I'm surprised at how bitter they are about Bluesky over there? Like this place sucks for sure, as much as all social does, but you spend 20 minutes on Twitter and see 60 crimes against mankind.

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if you bought a Switch 2 and you're wondering what else to put on it to pad things out and thinking about checking out "Hogwarts Legacy" Don't. Buy Yakuza 0. Even if you got the console for a child and it's primarily going to be used by that child. The children need to learn.

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I know there was a lot going on in American politics today, but I wanted to take a moment to highlight how much I admire the work that Greta Thunberg and the Freedom Flotilla are doing. They're sailing an aid ship across the Mediterranean to Gaza right now, despite lacking Israeli permission.

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This report sets out the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi’s analysis of Budget 2025. It covers the major decisions made at this Budget, and how they might affect workers #nzpol #workers #rights #NZ #unions union.org.nz/a-workers-an...

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wait i am confused which one of them went woke

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Parliament has set a new precedent for its willingness to suspend MPs, handing out suspensions seven times larger than the historic maximum. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

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One dead and 48 injured in Israeli gunfire at Gaza food point – reports

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The last one was actually in way more pieces.

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12 homes will become 140 through emergent behaviour in the market thanks to planning reforms! Legacy planners claim that lot amalgamation is only possible through micromanagement—and time and time again we learn: that just isn’t true!

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I have a bold new business idea: me and a couple of my friends get guns and go into a bank, and tell them to put the money in the fucking bag and nobody gets hurt. Unfortunately, people are scared of innovation, and if they get their way in regulating bank robbery, my business can't survive.

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Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

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BREAKING: An Israeli airstrike on a school-turned-shelter has killed at least 25 Palestinians, mostly women and children, Gaza's Health Ministry said. The school was hit three times while people slept, setting their belongings ablaze, they added.

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While Govt takes $60,000+ off KiwiSaver recipients over the life of a scheme. MPs get up to 20% employer contribution if they contribute the same %. Not advocating to remove it, but no wonder $260 feels like nothing to them! Before you ask, Councillors get 0% employer contribution.

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