JosieF
@josief.bsky.social
What matters to me likely matters to you. A brightness of future, a sense of agency, the ability to choose and a feeling of belonging. Aotearoa, New Zealand
“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath 50 reasons for more walkable streets.
50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets
From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.
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Is France jettisoning neoliberalism? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/10...
Is France jettisoning neoliberalism?
I watched a series of news broadcasts last night, all of which referred to what is now being called a polycrisis in France. As a consequence, the thought occurred to me that France might be leading th...
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Not good times ahead. A positive Govt operating balance means Govt has slowed economy down by more than they expected / planned and under-delivered health, welfare etc). A Govt underspend = less income for the private sector. They're putting the brakes on at the same time as RBNZ... AGAIN!!! [2/2]
BP, Uber and Amazon are among the companies that have signed up to the membership scheme at the former UK prime minister's think-tank. ft.trib.al/4rqSGbH
Comment: Gerry Brownlee held MPs to a double standard, with harsh punishments for the Opposition and leniency for the coalition.
Gerry Brownlee, Parliament's ineffectual policeman, wraps up chaotic term
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“Doomism, despair and disengagement is the greatest threat at this point. We must not fall victim to it.”
Michael E. Mann@michaelemann.bsky.social · 2w ago"Former VP Al Gore: A clean Earth is within world’s grasp even as climate dangers accelerate" by @borenbears.bsky.social for @apnews.com: apnews.com/article/al-g...
About time they paid their fair share! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💚✅️✅️ #NZPol
Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand@greens.org.nz · 3w agoRight now, the richest pay $9 in tax for every $100 they make, while a teacher pays $22. The Greens would give 96% of earners an income tax cut, paid for not by cuts to public services, but ensuring the super wealthy pay their fair share.
📌 ICYMI — Rupert Murdoch Flew Kemi Badenoch and Her Deputy to Mediterranean for Summer Trips Worth £12,000 — @josiahmortimer.bsky.social The Conservative leader and Alex Burghart MP held "off-site meetings" with the billionaire media mogul in August
Rupert Murdoch Flew Kemi Badenoch and Her Deputy to Mediterranean for Summer Trips Worth £12,000
The Conservative leader and Alex Burghart MP held "off-site meetings" with the billionaire media mogul in August
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I’ve lived & worked whilst with #ME/CFS for over 8 years. I’ve had to redesign every aspect of my life. Hard to get across just how destabilising living with this is & how complex it is finding support of any kind. Diagnosis is by exclusion, symptoms are multifaceted, treatment almost non-existent
George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 3w agoHere's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot
Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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“We face an El Niño that is already set to be the most intense in living memory,” he said. “This will intensify climate shocks that compound and cascade across borders, threatening food and water security, displacing communities, putting pressure on markets and scarring economies.”"
This a great story about how a small action of solidarity by people thousands of miles way from where the horrible thing is happening can make a difference. And it's told really well. So anytime someone says your small action won't have an impact, show them this. #nzpol
TW@twesq.bsky.social · 3w agothis is fantastic and I learned something new
Are Tui still using their classic billboard format? If they aren't, it's easily repurposed... #nzpol
Emz of Big Hairy News@iamprettyawesome.bsky.social · 4w ago"CRY ME A RIVER"??? He actually said "cry me a river" on record?? Labour just got their next billboard - use it. Show the people who this man really is. Mask off, out-of-touch MILLIONAIRE running our country into the ground. Motherfucker.
Wow great momentum to start. Around 90,000 people a day using the network this week. Close to 100,000 yesterday www.rnz.co.nz/news/regions...
City Rail Link boosts Auckland rail patronage to seven-year high
The opening of Auckland's City Rail Link has seen the city's train passenger numbers hit their highest level in seven years, according to Auckland Transport director of public transport Richard Harris...
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Chlöe Swarbrick talking sense. “If families can afford their power and their groceries, if young people move from school and do good jobs and if businesses can plan around clean, green affordable energy then voters keep those settings in place and society is more cohesive and stable.” #nzpol
Chlöe Swarbrick: Why wouldn’t I want to be finance minister?
The Greens co-leader tells a business audience she wants some “control of the envelope” of her party’s policy priorities in a future government.
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Companies have turned just about everything into subscription services that users have to pay for. “They get the subscription and our data,” EFF's @ktrendacosta.bsky.social said. “It's a win-win for them and a lose-lose for us.”
People Are Pissed Off and Ready to Own Their Shit
A grassroots live tour by YouTuber Louis Rossmann highlights growing resistance to companies that keep people from controlling their devices.
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The difference between Christopher “cry me a river” Luxon and Marie “let them eat cake” Antoinette is that she was misquoted
I saw the Labour Party's social media video clip of this exchange and went to find the full video because I thought surely it wasn't really as bad as it seemed. Context didn't make it better.
Sassy Little Hobbit@sassypolitico.bsky.social · 4w agoWe should be rioting honestly WTF
