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Simon Britten

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He/him. Community Board & LGNZ CBEC member. Other social links etc at simonbritten.com.

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Simon Britten 's avatar Simon Britten @thinkpapanui.bsky.social
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Pretty sure that there was an easy way to disable this feature on a page I manage, but it's going to have hilarious results if this can't be turned off on politician's pages, amongst others.

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If it feels like a lot's been happening, well, it has.

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Katya's avatar Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social
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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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Simon Britten 's avatar Simon Britten @thinkpapanui.bsky.social
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Perhaps a percentage of their policy is evidence based?

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I guess ultimately what this means is a few years' delay in progressing recommendations from the FfLG review while we await a change of government.

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"This evidence I don't like is ideology" says the minister who for vibes-based reasons is also forcing local government to reverse locally-supported evidence-based speed limit reductions.

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Simon Britten 's avatar Simon Britten @thinkpapanui.bsky.social
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Between this and Crusher today, I feel like we're at the 'stock tips from the shoeshine boy' stage of the AI hype cycle.

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I've donated. Please slide these people a few dollars if you can.

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All credit to David. Truly the highest form of wit.

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Same goes for busses in Ōtautahi Christchurch.

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Well done, it really is a pylon kind of day.

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BSanya's avatar BSanya @msfitnz.bsky.social
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"The draft Land Transport Rule amounts to forcing communities, against their wishes, to accept more deaths and serious injuries on neighbourhood streets and around schools. It’s this law change that should be reversed, not our safe speed zones."

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This is interesting in light of the 'more cops' refrain we hear every election cycle in NZ. Is there anything we can learn from this?

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PERFECTLY NORMAL 's avatar PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com
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Aotearoa New Zealand's current state in a single image

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Jenster's avatar Jenster @jenster.bsky.social
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Bernard Hickey on fire this morning - “it has emerged the National-ACT-NZ First Government decided to cut wages for disabled workers from the minimum wage to $2 an hour to help pay for the tax cuts that will see 64% of the benefits go to the richest 40% of the population.”

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David Marshall 's avatar David Marshall @illdave.bsky.social
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I can't remember a tech campaign this relentless.

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Simon Britten 's avatar Simon Britten @thinkpapanui.bsky.social
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Retail NZ on the radio this morning sounded pretty gloomy too.

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Harrison McEvoy (he/him) 🍉's avatar Harrison McEvoy (he/him) 🍉 @harrisonmcevoy.bsky.social
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The redevelopment of Oxford Tce is proof enough that creating walkable spaces in this city is enough to attract custom. Unless we want a stadium in a wasteland with few connections, the street upgrades are necessary. 6/n

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"...local communities thought slower speed limits would lead to higher retail spending or fewer children being run over. Once again, that was the wrong opinion. The government is now stepping in to reverse every speed limit that has been lowered since 2020."

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MeatMechSuit's avatar MeatMechSuit @meatmechsuit.bsky.social
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In NZ, parl got ventilation upgrades whilst removing public health measures for everyone else. The current govt has flatly refused to address indoor air quality on a national level. But feel free to send your kids to school sick and soldier on with seymourephedrine.

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Thomas Nash's avatar Thomas Nash @thomasnash.bsky.social
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Future generations will not thank us for building a bunch of expensive new motorways that lock in transport and urban development patterns that increase costs over the long term while our existing water and public transport networks crumble. We need to get serious on this stuff.

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Fuck off Carol Hamilton's avatar Fuck off Carol Hamilton @catespice.bsky.social
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Good morning everyone! It is officially ONE YEAR since Sex Self-ID became available in Aotearoa New Zealand! And not a single person has been harmed, bothered or inconvenienced by it. TERFs are all big fat losers and liars.

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Unlikely Cyclists 🚲 Jenn 's avatar Unlikely Cyclists 🚲 Jenn @unlikelyjenn.bsky.social
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Speed limit reductions were council and NZTA decisions, backed by science, consulted on, discussed in local communities. Why is Simeon Brown so insistent that his ideology is more important than local decision-making and has the power to change physics? We deserve safer speeds! #nzpol 🚲🇳🇿🚸

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Pretty sure we could fund the completion of our cycle network out of the fines, if only we'd enforce red light rules.

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Simon Britten 's avatar Simon Britten @thinkpapanui.bsky.social
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Meanwhile, our infrastructure minister tells us we have to have more private investment in our infrastructure. Hope we don't end up like this.

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Where does this place farmers relative to superannuitants or others in terms of the country's biggest cohorts of welfare recipients?

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"Boot camps do not appear to be going away. They are seemingly popular with the public and will therefore likely remain popular with politicians. But the evidence is clear: in the different forms tried to date, they do not reduce reoffending."

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"To his knowledge, the last time a council lost a judicial review on pre-determination grounds was in 1974." Interesting, thanks.

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Paul 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar Paul 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @pault.bsky.social
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For NZers unless you're terminally online you may not know how bad the UK is for trans people now. Here Badenoch explicitly says they followed a strategy of placing gender-critical/TERFy people in important positions to erode LGBTQIA+ rights.

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Simon Britten 's avatar Simon Britten @thinkpapanui.bsky.social
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Doesn't change the odds of winning, but if more tickets are purchased overall, there's a higher chance you'll be splitting the winnings with another.

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Thanks Julie (and Byron). Love your work!

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I mean technically, it's always after the last one and before the next one, but the timing here is something else.

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Wait, what, they donated _after_ the election?

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Simon Britten 's avatar Simon Britten @thinkpapanui.bsky.social
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And surely the SROI of pet projects should be weighed against the SROI of alternatives before making a decision on what & how much to fund? (Disclaimer: I manage a small team that provides an alternative.)

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I agree with LGNZ, that Māori wards and constituencies should be treated like all other wards and that decisions should be made at the council level. Polls aren’t required on any other wards or constituencies, and requiring them will add increased costs to councils. Five days to submit!?

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Spokes Canterbury's avatar Spokes Canterbury @spokescanterbury.bsky.social
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For Road safety week, Spokes would like to highlight the efforts of Christchurch City Council and its staff in designing and providing some great cycling infrastructure that provides safe routes through our city. (1/3)

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Simon Britten 's avatar Simon Britten @thinkpapanui.bsky.social
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Great to hear a kōrero today from our youngest MP in 170 years.

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Arohanui to those who showed up for Te Tahi Youth today.

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Countering Hate Speech Aotearoa's avatar Countering Hate Speech Aotearoa @chsaotearoa.bsky.social
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Please listen to this - this is what Brian Tamaki said at today's event. He is laying out his plan. We cut him off now. Countering Hate Speech Aotearoa is doing a lot behind the scenes right now - less publicly - to ensure LGBTQIA+ rights.

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