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Sometimes writer, ironically straight man-style humour, Wellington NZ
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I know we talk about this constantly but it is truly one of the greatest mindfucks of my lifetime. as an 80s kid a Nazi was the most unambiguously, nonnegotiably evil thing you could even be ADJACENT TO, like morality for kindergarteners, and now we have to relitigate that shit every day???? ffs

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Trump needs to clear the way for his ethnic cleansing and the use of Transit/Concentration Camps in the U.S.

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Crockett: "Down in Alabama, who's broke. Down in Louisiana, who's broke. I can go through pretty much the entire south and tell you that they're broke and rely on a lot of welfare from the government. To be perfectly honest, it is tax dollars from these big blue states...we're in the find out phase"

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i too have a fondness for regal themes

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Why is James Cameron, who lives within walking distance of the centre of one of the world's most walkable cities, moaning about parking spaces? What a twat

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How much of this is real, and how much is just that Auror has made it easier to report shoplifting?

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You want a reason to mask in public?

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The worst thing about NZ First is the overt racism, but an under-recognised bad thing about them is just how desperately stupid they make our politics

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Looks like our new Human Rights Commissioners are as useless as we expected

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Fuckin' hell, how are we meant to ever get consensus on anything ever again? #NPol

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This opposition tells you a lot about how often airlines destroy wheelchairs.

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in the latest example of enshittification, Disney+ now advertises other shows to you before you can play the show you actually asked for, lol

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I've been banging on about it a lot, but what this government is implementing is *evidentially* Social Murder They are intentionally creating conditions that kill people, in this case - children

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pay attention

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“…a classic example of a failed appeasement of a belligerent power in the false hope of staving off war…”

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Turns out that profit-seeking multinational corporations are not reliable allies on climate or LGBTQ rights. Whodaguessed?

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The funny thing is that "cafe Americano" was coined as something of an insult—a term for watered-down coffee

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Alan Ritchson saying "We are adversaries" about Matt Gaetz has to be one of the coolest things a celebrity has ever said in a profile piece. Also, I would go into hiding for the rest of my life if Alan Ritchson said "We are adversaries" about me in an interview.

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"When you ride TESLA, you ride with Hitler. Join Public Transportation Today!" Reworked WW2 poster spotted in Oakland

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A right to repair bill is getting it's first reading in parliament tomorrow, it would require manufacturers to provide parts and resources for their products to be repairable Would be great for consumers and for reducing waste if it passes

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Some of those that work forces Are the same that burn crosses.

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This is genius.

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Louise Upston doing some really impressive stats bullshit on Checkpoint, including the classic "we're good for the poor because rents are increasing at a slower rate than they were before, but rents are still increasing", also, "it's not our fault there are 13% more kids in poverty now than before"

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European Parliament member 👇🏽

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once again, this time for James Cameron

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🚨 Hey guys remember how I wrote a whole article about how P25 wants to use this to gut the queer internet? Yeah, the Dems are helping them marching it in the door. This is where the trans internet could very well die.

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Media should be thoughtful about when and where they use the word "migrant". It's a potentially racialised term - what makes Ricardo Menendez-March (been here since 2006) a migrant but me (been here since 2018) an immigrant?

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Karen Chhour refuses to answer whether any boot camp victims are currently missing from the programme, or whether there is currently a matter of public safety stemming from the boot camp pilot #nzqt #HolyShit

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