Guess the PR hacks haven't pointed out how on brand it is for the ACT party to target children. #nzpol
J.B Payne
@abstractivist.bsky.social
Critical theorist, sociologist, philosophy nerd. Honorary academic at UoA. Abstraction, tech, capital, politics. Advocating against homelessness in my day job. Tangata Tiriti. Ko Ōtautahi te kāinga. 🇵🇸 ☭
The majority of these kids have disabilities, are non speaking, developmentally delayed, etc. Neither schools nor parents are getting the funding they need for adequate interventions, training, or support. Fining parents exacerbates the financial strain. Manhandling kids leads to abuse. #nzpol
Cam Bennett@cambennett.bsky.social · 4d agoAlways punitive with the right. They haven’t met a problem that can’t be solved by simply adding more punishment. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
1/7 Yet again, David Seymour provides an appalling, evidence-free policy. His new welfare reforms are built on a complete fantasy (shock!) and the machinery he’s designed will reliably break real bodies while completely missing the target. 🧵 andrewdicksonnz.substack.com/p/staining-t...
Staining the Poor: The Cruelty and Coercive Control of Seymour's New Card
ACT’s cashless welfare card ignores years of failed evidence to do something far worse: treat state-sponsored financial abuse as public policy.
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The disgraceful "Climate Change Response Amendment Bill" is brazen corruption dressed up as mitigation. This is utterly shameful legislation #nzpol lawnews.nz/administrati...
“Extraordinary’ bill blocking climate change lawsuits risks eroding public confidence and a ‘frontal’ challenge to the courts, TLANZ committee warns - Law News
The Law Association warns a bill blocking climate lawsuits could undermine public confidence and challenge the role of the courts.
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"Dylan doesn't win Lotto, but if numbers had been different he would have"
Breathtaking stupidity. An unprecedented heatwave is literally killing record numbers of people in Europe while our own infrastructure is crumbling but these vandals want hit the accelerator #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...
NZ First pledges $1b for surveying offshore oil and gas to drill
Winston Peters announced the policy saying the “existential threat to fuel security and fuel supply” was one of the most concerning issues facing New Zealand.
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Probably a good time to point out that after cuts to services like our bio-security under the last National Govt, M.bovis was able to breach our borders and infect our farms. It was the next Labour govt that managed to eradicate it and set up a 10 year plan to monitor its situation long term.
#nzpol Today he’s separating himself from Brian Tamaki, but in 2018 Seymour and Tamaki were bosom buddies. Video from @mountaintui.bsky.social youtu.be/Wb2sC2XMMfA?...
David Seymour calls Brian Tamaki a "good man" (2018)
YouTube video by Mountain Tui
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Today's chart, after a couple of chunky donations to the National Party Still looks a bit lopsided😉 Chart by @marcdaalder.bsky.social #nzpol
Wait, David Seymour is an asshole…who knew? www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360... #nzpol
‘Are you ready to accept you’ve just had a beating?’: Seymour sorry for lashing out at woman in email
The ACT leader accused a concerned voter of “lazy thinking” after she wrote in with concerns about his minister spending $17k on airport parking.
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Lest we forget the current NZ Government thinks AI can be rolled out as quickly as possible to discard public service workers #nzpol
Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 2mo agoThis is absolutely nuts: hackers are hijacking high-profile Instagram accounts by simply asking Meta's AI chatbot to change the email on the account. Meta's AI does it, hacker gets password reset code, they're in. A staggering security issue www.404media.co/hackers-simp...
Please please please share this post. There is some bizarre magic spell on the words "pay equity" that makes people's eyes glaze over but there's nothing boring about working women being robbed of BILLIONS of dollars by the chaos coalition
Government's treatment of women in Aotearoa goes to the United Nations
One year after legislation killed existing pay equity claims and basically ended the opportunity to bring new claims, the government is being taken to the United Nations. It's a huge deal. The team ...
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Gary Chiles 🚲 🍄 ☕ 🦚 🐱 𝟜 𝟚𝟘@testtubeone.bsky.social · 3mo agoToxic bullshitters everywhere are celebrating a win. Prepare yourself for extreme levels of unchallenged right wing propaganda masquerading as news (as seen in the USA). That's their plan. Facilitating dishonesty and promoting unchallenged fake news (just like the USA).💩 #OneTermGovernment #nzpol
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Being a Luddite Is Cool and All, but Have You Seen the Hilarious Tapestries These New Looms Are Making?
“Am I worried about losing my job? Sure. It seems almost assured that eventually, my skilled craftsmanship and decades of experience will be replaced by a hu...
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“Our number one priority is keeping team and customers safe, and we believe that FRT can play an important role in helping to protect people from violence, abuse and intimidation,”… Yeah right.
Bunnings to introduce facial recognition tech in all stores
The technology was intended to provide proactive warnings when serious repeat offenders entered a store.
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The Government is currently negotiating an Enhanced Border Security Partnership with the US Department of Homeland Security that would grant US agencies, including ICE, automated, direct access to New Zealanders' biometric data and identity records.
"The Islamists oppose women getting an education," I mutter, as I aim my missile at the girls school
The Guardian: here’s how Substack makes money hosting Nazi newsletters. These newsletters weren’t even hard to find or subtle: swastikas and in-app recommendations from one antisemitic newsletter to a bunch of others. [theguardian.com]
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
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In the lawsuit, plaintiffs allege “that Meta and WhatsApp ‘store, analyze, and can access virtually all of WhatsApp users’ purportedly ‘private’ communications’ — and accuse the companies and their leaders of defrauding WhatsApp’s billions of users worldwide.”
Lawsuit Claims Meta Can See WhatsApp Chats in Breach of Privacy
An international group of plaintiffs sued Meta Platforms, Inc. alleging that the company has made false claims about the privacy and security of its WhatsApp chat service.
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#nzpol Data released by Stats NZ today shows that the cost of living rose at its fastest rate for 18 months. Prices rose for 80% of items in the CPI basket, meaning growth in prices was broad-based. Minimum wage workers are now facing a 3rd year of real terms cuts in wages. A thread
This week the country was again battered by summer storms with tragic outcomes. It’s emergencies like these that our state media is really important for keeping people informed. But how am I to trust RNZ if they’re putting laundered astroturf content in with that coverage? youtu.be/RqSeS_04bfQ
Partisan Laundering of Data makes Media Harder to Trust When We Need It Most
YouTube video by Paul… The Other One
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JD Vance Claims Renée Good Had No Authority To Be Alive In First Place
