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A.J. Ponder@ajponder.bsky.social |
300 followers 328 following 1586 posts
Author at ponderbooks.com
Poet. Builder of worlds. Player of games. Recovering tweetaholic.
He, she, they.
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Amanda Marcotte
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Check me out on "All In With Chris Hayes" last night! We talked about Project 2025 and how people who aren't political junkies are starting to hear about it.
www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch...
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A.J. Ponder
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Aw ❤️
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Sheldon
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PA: Here you go, sir. It’s a weighty document for sure. The stories are… Luxon: How much does it weigh? PA: No, sir. I meant… …I’ll get the scales
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Cinderella Mechanicus
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The minister is paid more than 300,000 per annum. He receives subsidies for meals and transport and tens of thousands for accommodation. And he can’t be fucked reading a report about why children were being raped and beaten.
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Jjengar
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Katya
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The worst part of neither Doocey nor Luxon bothering to read this report is that they are about to begin a new cycle of abuse in care with bootcamps.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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A.J. Ponder
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There's definitely a pathway.
Katie Porter outlines it with a big IF: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RipW... at 1:02 - it's just a few minutes & well worth a listen.
Personally, I think it's the best path, because it'll get D's excited & also the Republicans will have less time to make their smears stick.
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A.J. Ponder
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Yup. But you want proportional representation anyway, as FPP is a sucky last-century form of "democracy". It's a matter of choosing a good one. I quite like our MMP, but would also love ranked choice voting for the electorate MPs
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A.J. Ponder
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Ugh Starmer's made it quite clear that he's not tackling poverty And failing to tackle poverty means shit's going to get worse. 🤦♀️
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Madam Snazzy
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Is everybody angry?
You bet your life we are!
the-opinionist.ghost.io/despite-all-...
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Amanda Marcotte
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Project 2025 was from the Chris Rufo school of fascist communications, where you discuss your evil schemes out loud, confident the "normies" are not paying enough attention to notice.
But now it seems less politically engaged people are taking notice.
www.salon.com/2024/07/05/p...
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Link is coconut-pilled. 🥥 🌴
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A.J. Ponder
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Yup, we have to stop the vandals, and the only way to do it is to hold them to account. But that shouldn't be Starmer. It needs to be independent. But yes, he should not stand in the way of legal consequences. 🤞
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Nash0rn
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These are wise words by @robertshrimsley.bsky.social
-- but how is this politically viable without a huge backlash?
A careful strategy is needed to sell this sensible plan and the return to policies informed by research not populism.
www.ft.com/content/b828...
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A.J. Ponder
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His electorate adores him. When he's out and about people to stop him every few minutes to thank him. Because he does the work and nobody is too insignificant to help. It's crazy. But big money did not like him. And so here we are.
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A.J. Ponder
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That's fantastic news May he be a thorn in the side of all the RW nutjobs
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A.J. Ponder
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He's kicked out a lot of the left.
And a lot of the left organisers.
England's voted for a RW govt and they don't even know it.
www.independent.co.uk/voices/keir-...
www.theguardian.com/politics/art...
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A.J. Ponder
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Saying liking a Jon Stewart tweet is anti-semitic is some RW authoritarian fascist double-talk BS
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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A.J. Ponder
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Snowden did something good and at great personal cost. But: 1) he's been in Russia a long time, so he does not see what we see. 2) Being a good guy, or doing a single good act, does not make a person infallible
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A.J. Ponder
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We're losing at least $25/week thanks to this government, so that $10 doesn't cut it. But even if we did have a $10 gain, losing needed public service jobs. Risking our agriculture and environment, stopping public housing builds...definitely not worth it.
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Gavin Shoebridge
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You might've seen the fabricated 'study' that's doing the rounds this week, claiming that most EV drivers are all desperate to go back to slower, more expensive combustion cars, being tied to the pump. 😂LOL yeah right. Well, here's an actual study done on actual drivers.
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A.J. Ponder
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I have to say, that was a brilliantly funny example of why experimental data is so important, and the limit of reckons—no matter how educated.
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A.J. Ponder
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I look up magical healing crystals for my book. Nek minute Ali Express is offering me healing crystals in my emails. Not today, satan...ic algo, tracking and privacy breaches, Hope the advert cost ya.
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Tjeerd Royaards
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Recipe of hate and lies.
#populism #hate #lies #misinformation
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Scott Santens
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When folks argue that a Universal Basic Income would deter working, think about those million-dollar CEOs. If a modest $15k is enough to make one quit working, wouldn’t multi-million dollar packages make CEOs practically comatose? Yet, here they are, still CEOing. Weird isn't it?
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Martin Nutbeem
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So how do we stand up and make a government take notice? Writing to your MP? I mean… It’s nice when they reply but it feels ineffectual. Mass mobilisation? Cool story bro, but unlikely. No revolts please, we’re British. How do we become the prick it’s hard to kick against? I’ve no idea. -11
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Dixie
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A report published by the Institute of Health Equity at University College London, led by Sir Michael Marmot, finds that more than one million people in England have died prematurely since the Tories formed a government in 2010 due to a combination of factors including poverty, austerity..
#GTTO
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QuetzalcoatlusWellnessInstitute
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'It made me feel like I don't belong': Fatima Payman speaks about resigning from Labor
"Western Australian senator Fatima Payman has spoken about feeling intimidated by members of the Labor caucus and a focus on her religious identity in the lead-up to her resignation"
#AusPol
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Bruce Buckman
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“The health system is under so much stress, money is tight, staff are leaving for better opportunities overseas. I wonder how we can make it a more attractive option for health workers?”
“We could make them go to work with a highly transmissible illness”
“Wot?”
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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A.J. Ponder
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Also interesting that they're all like civil war blah blah, but ask them to wear a mask and they scream like babies.
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A.J. Ponder
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You were doing well, I hadn't cracked 50% Better now. 🌼
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A.J. Ponder
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Yup, that was an oopsie. Still, thank you for this list, there were a few people I'd missed. 👍
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A.J. Ponder
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OMG i can't even think about it. I don't like it when it gets over 1010
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Kieran
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This is just as relevant to us in Aotearoa
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Living Wage Movement Aotearoa New Zealand
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The Living Wage means thriving, not just surviving.
The 2024/25 Living Wage Rate is $27.80.
For accredited Living Wage Employers it comes into effect on 1 September 2024. #Kikorangi
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Grant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚
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#NZpol Pausing this project “came just days after Kāinga Ora said it had paused work on its new development in Gore until it received further direction from the Government.”
How is this helpful to those needing housing??
Largest public housing build in South Canterbury in 50 years paused ⬇️
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Don Moynihan
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Honestly still in shock that the most crooked American President in history said "I need immunity" and the GOP Supreme Court said "well, it's nowhere in the constitution, but sure, why not? Whats the worst that could happen?"
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A.J. Ponder
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Yup, if voting was irrelevant Republicans wouldn't be working so hard to stop people from voting. Whole thing is crazy. Like I get being pissy at the US Democrats, but it's as pointless as being angry at Gran for falling for a scam while giving the thieves a free pass.
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Bruno J. Navarro
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She won a Pulitzer for exposing how the country's poorest state spent federal welfare money. Now she might go to jail. "The rabbit's got the gun now," said a lawyer for former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, who is trying to force reporter Anna Wolfe to reveal her sources.
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A.J. Ponder
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Love this. We all deserve a little righteous rage! "Rage, rage against the dying of the light."
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A.J. Ponder
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Go check political compass. You'll find the current UK Labour Party is a right wing party. Most people haven't noticed the shift because the right has careened far right fascist.
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Simon Usherwood
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What's that?
You're checking today that you have an appropriate piece of ID to hand, so you can go vote tomorrow?
Good idea
#GE04 #RememberYourID
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A.J. Ponder
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It would be great. Very hard to prove, but I suspect if the law happened it'd definitely help. That and no political donations over a day's minimum wage earnings. Might not shut down the corruption, but should up minimum wage!
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Jonathan's Daughter
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Looks promising to turn political lying – knowingly misleading the public – into a criminal offence could not be more timely or desperately needed
#nzpol
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Bauhausandmies 🏳️🌈🇳🇿
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If Labour, Greens or TPM installed a crony on to the Kainga Ora board there would not have been radio silence. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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@homelessromantic.bsky.social
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A.J. Ponder
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It's infuriating.
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Lotographia 🃠
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"One of the new board members - Ceinwen McNeil - is also a member of the three-person team who reviewed the organisation"
Imagine if I reviewed your job and gave you a failing grade that got you booted out, and then I immediately took over your job... that would look a bit odd, right?
#NZPol
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Gary Chiles 🚲 🍄 ☕ 🦚 🐱 𝟜 𝟚𝟘
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Search for the Minister of Housing saying the words "build" or "more" or "houses"
A (not)fun game anyone can play.😒
#nzpol
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