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Bruce Rees

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veganism and socialism

Bruce Rees's avatar Bruce Rees @barees.bsky.social
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McLaren lit the touch paper, what happened after that was completely out of his control, UK punk was ready to happen and would have happened one way or another anyway. Calling the Sex Pistols a "boy band" is a bit silly.

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Sallymander šŸ¦Ž's avatar Sallymander šŸ¦Ž @narwhallibrarian.bsky.social
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Huh I wonder why Gen Z has anxiety problems Itā€™s a mystery we will never solve.

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D Jukic's avatar D Jukic @dejanajuk.bsky.social
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A government 100% in climate change denial dismantling democracy in the service of the most venal, environmental vandals in the world: ā€œOil and gas drilling changes include loss of community consultationā€#NZpol

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Greenpeace Aotearoa's avatar Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeacenz.bsky.social
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RIDICULOUS that in 2024, we have people seriously arguing for more coal mines - ESPECIALLY on critical conservation land.

We face an EXISTENTIAL climate and extinction crisis that's driven by fossil fuels and habitat loss.

There are better alternatives.

#nzpol #WarOnNature

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Tash šŸ‰'s avatar Tash šŸ‰ @tashmahal.bsky.social
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be a fine thing to not have a shallow sneering morally-bankrupt orally-flatulent rapacious soulless flaccid pustular formation of flimflam and bigotry as our nation's leader.

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David Ho's avatar David Ho @davidho.bsky.social
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I find it weird that newspapers characterize students as being ā€œpro-Palestinianā€ as opposed to anti whatever you call this.

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Kurt M's avatar Kurt M @kiwikurt.bsky.social
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In an act of self-harm I listened to Luxon on Breakfast failing to answer ABF. After flailing he finally brought up California as having had success using three strikes. Hmm...
#Nzpol

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Bruce Rees's avatar Bruce Rees @barees.bsky.social
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It really is a hopeless daydream IMO, efforts should be focused on offshore islands where predator control is actually practical (what Wellington done is awesome but a tiny drop in the bucket, the country is simply too big for this to ever happen).

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Kevin Pluck's avatar Kevin Pluck @kevpluck.bsky.social
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Just a reminder that Aotearoa New Zealand is not a farming economy.

NOT EVEN CLOSE!

Primary industry which includes all farming, forestry, mining, etc is a mere 7% of the economy.

Stop pandering to environmental destruction!

www.stats.govt.nz/tools/which-...

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Radical Graffiti 's avatar Radical Graffiti @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social
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"Organic Landlord Meat" Pasteup spotted in Brunswick, Victoria

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Bruce Rees's avatar Bruce Rees @barees.bsky.social
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to be fair, the new rules were really "safety theatre" as are the bizarre new rules for naming flavours. All we need to do is ban disposable vapes and strengthen enforcement on supplying minors.

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Bruce Rees's avatar Bruce Rees @barees.bsky.social
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fairly silly article imo, the genie is well and truly out, but the real threat from AI has always been stupid people buying into the hype and using a poorly understood and frankly flaky tool in ways that damages peoples lives.

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Bruce Rees's avatar Bruce Rees @barees.bsky.social
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This was always the real danger of AI

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The Onion's avatar The Onion @theonion.com
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Greenpeace Aotearoa's avatar Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeacenz.bsky.social
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With the fast-track Bill, they want to push through more Oil Exploration, Mining CONSERVATION land, Seabed Mining, big Irrigation-driven Dairy intensification

What's next, WHALING?

The Luxon Govt is setting itself up to be reviled as the most destructive we've ever had.

#nzpol

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The Vertlartnic's avatar The Vertlartnic @thev.bsky.social
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As A Doctor, I Donā€™t Fear Covid As I Once Did. Or Cholera. Or Ebola. Or Anything At All, Actually, Come To Think Of It. I Wonder If Something Has Damaged The Part Of My Brain That Handles Risk Assessment.

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Grantā¤ļøā€šŸ”„Buist's avatar Grantā¤ļøā€šŸ”„Buist @grantbuist.com
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Isnā€™t nice, just for a minute, to see a political organisation that isnā€™t dedicated to furtive backroom dealing to stripmine the few public goods we have left, in thrall to faceless overseas think tanks, trying to stoke up a grubby racist culture war to cover their own shabby grifting?

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Marc Daalder šŸ˜· Wear a Mask's avatar Marc Daalder šŸ˜· Wear a Mask @marcdaalder.bsky.social
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New: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will claim an optional $52,000 top-up to his $471,000 salary to cover his accommodation expenses since he is not living in Premier House, despite living in an apartment in Wellington that he owns mortgage-free.
newsroom.co.nz/2024/03/01/l...

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Greenpeace Aotearoa's avatar Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeacenz.bsky.social
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Offering incentives to the oil industry and overturning legislation designed to protect NZ's oceans and coastlines from oil spills is absolutely diabolical stuff from Shane Jones.

We're in a Climate Crisis.

The ocean is fragile.

Shane Jones seeks advice on compo
www.thepost.co.nz/business/350...

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard)'s avatar Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social
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"Green MP Faā€™anana Efeso Collins has died after collapsing while participating in a charity event in central Auckland.
Collins was taking part in ChildFund Water Run to raise funds to support local communities in the Pacific..."

Up to us to carry his wishes from his Maiden Speech now.

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Marc Daalder šŸ˜· Wear a Mask's avatar Marc Daalder šŸ˜· Wear a Mask @marcdaalder.bsky.social
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Shane Jones said he was "horrified" by recent court rulings and accused the nation's top judges of having "flexed their muscles" in the Mike Smith case.

When Stuart Nash criticised court rulings, Christopher Luxon called for him to be sacked from Cabinet.
newsroom.co.nz/2024/02/19/s...

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Andrea Junker's avatar Andrea Junker @strandjunker.bsky.social
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Hereā€™s the deal: We stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential.

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Bruce Rees's avatar Bruce Rees @barees.bsky.social
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As with so many of these misleading reports, you have to keep reading to discover that it only works if you can be persuaded to bypass your phone's security features by downloading an MDM profile, so it's not an exploit.. just social engineering same as any other scam.

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Nick Young's avatar Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social
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Drought is going to be a serious problem in the climate crisis, but dams and irrigation are NOT the answer.

#nzpol

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Mondoweiss's avatar Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net
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In an interview on Israeli television, former Mossad official Rami Igra said all Palestinians in Gaza over the age of 4 are ā€œinvolvedā€ and deserve to face Israelā€™s collective punishment policy of withholding food and humanitarian aid.

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drewtoothpaste's avatar drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social
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it took less than four years for this to go from a shocking news story to the course of action that public health organizations recommend you take

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Nick Young's avatar Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social
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'Going Green' for Fonterra would mean ending PKE feed, synthetic nitrogen fertiliser, mud farming and coal burning to halve the dairy herd. #TooManyCows

Will ā€˜hugeā€™ court decision spur Fonterra, Genesis and Z Energy to go green?
www.stuff.co.nz/climate-chan...

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Bruce Rees's avatar Bruce Rees @barees.bsky.social
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No doubt the govt will try to use this as an excuse to not invest in charging infrastructure. Vandals.

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John Hart's avatar John Hart @farmgeek.bsky.social
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Costello needs to be more accurately named the Minister for Smoking.

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Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *)'s avatar Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *) @olimnz.bsky.social
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And this is why AoNZ should not reintroduce live animal exports.

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Bruce Rees's avatar Bruce Rees @barees.bsky.social
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I wonder about this with the extreme corporate profit-taking of the last couple of years which feels very coordinated, making hay while the sun shines perhaps.

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Watershitdown's avatar Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social
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National would have handled this much better, made any shoplifting allegations disappear, have an internal investigation, suppress it , lock it in a vault somewhere for only Luxon's eyes, all while telling us to trust them , nothing to see here , no resignation. Sorted. #nzpol

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Coley's avatar Coley @coleytangerina.bsky.social
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Almost every day, I review the relentless, terrifying, dehumanising harassment that Golriz receives. She's been a canary in the coal mine for sexist, racist, technology-facilitated violence from a growing group of NZers. It tracks that this would have serious, unpalatable MH impacts.

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Marvin's avatar Marvin @thehellwecreate.bsky.social
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New Zealandā€™s Daisy Lab Successfully Scales Animal-Identical Whey Paving the Way for a New Dairy Industry: New Zealandā€™sĀ Daisy Lab, a precision fermentation biotech, announces a scaling milestone: successfully manufacturing animal-identical whey proteins in 10 L fermenters.Ā  In addition,ā€¦ #VeganNews

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Aya 's avatar Aya @babyeagle.bsky.social
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Yemen's government sounds more rational than anything we've heard from the West in months.

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Lamentably Awake's avatar Lamentably Awake @lamentablyawake.bsky.social
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The Israeli argument that killing 30 000+ people (mostly civilians) is justified because Hamas killled 1200 people (mostly civilians) does beg the question what killing 30 000+ people justifies in response.

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