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changleen.bsky.social
Pōneke based Pākehā. #NZPol Toitū Te Tiriti. Bikes, environment, urbanism, science. This is the worst government ever.
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"Once on par with Scandinavian economies NZ now produces about 40% less output per hour than Denmark, Finland, or Sweden. While those countries have lifted productivity through sustained investment in innovation-led sectors, NZ has relied more heavily on labour force expansion and inward migration"

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#NZPol The excellent Anne Salmond on the execrable Regulatory Standards Bill, aka Aotearoa’s Corporate Government Enablement Act. We must fight this nonsense in every way possible. It represents the very real end of the concept of ‘public good’. newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/14/a...

submitted 16 hours ago • 1 comment

“Tesla’s driverless ‘robotaxis’ could launch in Austin as soon as June 22. But a demo in Austin today showed a $TSLA, manually driven to test its Full Self-Driving system, failed to stop for a child-sized dummy at a school bus—and hit it.” @cbsaustin @velez_tx

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Opinion from Auckland University: The findings of a new IMF report suggest NZ is not just underperforming, but actively backing the wrong kinds of growth.

submitted 17 hours ago • 0 comments

More reasons for NZ to not pursue more gas, and to keep contributing to reduction in methane output ⬇️ (The article link in the quoted post is to an ePub format. The web-based ‘letter’ is here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...)

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This is profoundly shortsighted. Monitoring saves lives. Money too, if that’s what you care about! Remember that glacier collapse in Switzerland a few days ago? The village was evacuated in time precisely because of work like this. #DRR

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Israel can take out an Iranian commander 1000km away with a drone missile through a single bedroom wall, without any other damage. But to target a Hamas leader a few kilometres away, they need to raze whole neighborhoods to the ground. Is it obvious yet?

submitted 1 day ago • 54 comments

Winston Peters and Penny Wong can fuck off with this piss weak "all parties" rhetoric. These cowardly politicians on both sides of the Tasman need to grow some fucking guts and clearly condemn Israel.

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#NZPol WTF even is this timeline? Can we just have a few days without something fucking awful happening?

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and now here's RNZ softly framing Israel as the victim with zero coverage out of Iran or the people that Israel just murdered, reportedly including children, in their bombing of a civilian area

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When he was hosting AM show, Newshub used to make up fake conflicts and fights with Bridge all the time to get you to watch. Looks like Bridge has brought the same people with him to his NZME internet show. (Because they never tell you in the story, SBW was joking. Trust in journalism folks!)

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#NZPol What is Nact1st’s vision of the future? It seems important to understand that. open.substack.com/pub/changlee...

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Live feeds on developments from Israel’s strikes on Iran RNZ: www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5... (w/ #NZ angles) The Guardian: www.theguardian.com/world/live/2... - The Guardian says strikes include, “nuclear targets in different areas of Iran”. - I guess this explains Trump withdrawing staff in Iraqi

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This is incredibly bad news but surely not unexpected? Unless the government are huffing on their own hype? #NZPol

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#NZPol When did @rnzrss.bsky.social get so soft-cock? Please bring back someone with half the balls of Kim Hill. They won’t mention Genocide, they can’t possibly call trump’s fascism by its name, they won’t use the words that describe what’s actually happening, and so just help normalise it all. 💩

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Another reminder that in New Zealand for the next 7 days the Proud Boys are still a terrorist organization. "The designations of The Base and the Proud Boys will expire on 20 June 2025 unless earlier revoked or extended pursuant to section 35 of the TSA." Will SOMEONE/ANYONE ask Luxon? #nzpol

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So, billionaire's wealth went up by $4.45 billion but the collective wealth of the rest of us went down by $4.185 billion? Hmmm, how in the world did that happen? I wonder what kind of coincidence this might be? 🤔 I guess we'll never know

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Take heed Aotearoa

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Two stories, two days apart

submitted 2 days ago • 8 comments

The deep cynicism of Luxon re-launching the 100% Pure NZ tourism promotion while systematically attacking environmental protections and increasing pollution and enviro destruction. Here's a list of the climate policies: www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

Hey, remember a couple of months ago when an MP got dragged through the mud for suggesting the police might make some people feel less safe? I am constantly aware of the power these people have to harm me.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

U.S. Military Speaks Out Against Trump Deploying Marines to LA After Trump deployed Marines to Los Angeles, this military member joined an anti-ICE protest in Dallas, declaring, 'We won't be pawns in stripping away constitutional rights.'

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