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Vastly inflated valuations mostly by Musk lying about them, same as #tsla ...when are people going to start clocking that he has been promisng and not delivering for a decade and a half and more? Hyperloop, tunnels, roadster 2, semi, "self driving", robots, robotaxis, mars, moon - All false promises

The underutilisation rate is higher than it was IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PANDEMIC. And it's rising.

409,000 people in NZ are either unemployed or under-employed (in casual or part-time work). Are we "fixing the basics"? #onetermgovt #nzpol

Ex-Education Ministry staffer says new school curriculum heavily politicised "I watched colleagues run back and forth to the Beehive for approval, watched academics and sector experts be removed," she has told a select committee.

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So NATIONAL has been forcing their politics into our classrooms. #nzpol

OK FINE WHAT THE F DO I HAVE TO DO?! We talked about how last year was The Year of Revolt - I'm hoping this year will be the Year of Being Horny on Main. But that seems less likely with every new day and we're only on day bloody six. I m...

I'm on Bluesky! Apparently it is not always terrible here! But what the government is up to is terrible so I made a round up of all the upcoming bills you can submit on #nzpol #kikorangi
www.emilywrites.co.nz/ok/

More pro-USA. That's the only requirement for the USA. Same old colonialism

Yeah she would give Trump exactly the autocracy he wants. But she got the Nobel Peace Prize so he's jealous and crying like an angry baby

Oo, a new 80-20 rule.

I don't even think how it looks matters if it's bloody useless. The Onion agrees with you tho :D

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Ahaaaaahahahah

I hope 5318008 is also on your list. Very important

It's not 67 tho, it's 6 7

Ditto Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Eh, it's got a certain look. It's not so much the ugliness as the stupidity.

It's utterly impractical as a truck, totally lacking in utility.

The only one who did an EV truck well is Rivian.

We all know Winston Peters is in it for himself. Regardless, sometimes, even now, he is sometimes perceptive enough to be correct (and it suits him to say so).

This deal is good for India, not for NZ. @chrishipkins.bsky.social supporting this is a bad mistake for NZ.

Mark,

I'm so glad you're here.

The uber rich live in a distorted reality thanks to the massive power imbalance with everyone around. They are often lonely and loneliness leads to addiction (to money).

In a way they are as afflicted as the rest of us. I say this not so as to have empathy for them, more musing on the situation

Seymour in the news saying he'll never stop fighting for democracy and equality, when he literally wrote a book saying be hates both #nzpol

What is VERY concerning is the extremely wishy-washy response from chippy about this.

We need an opposition party strong on messaging:

"Red tape" protects people. Protects communities. Protects the environment.

"Too much red tape" is bad. But this govt's judgement has proven to be very bad.

bsky.app/profile/drbe... relevant

No. Tell hipkins to stop laying into the greens. HE is handing the right another victory. He's way too agreeable to the right on things he shouldn't be

Ahh what's that movie with Tim Curry in it? I need to watch it

YouTube video by thejuicemedia Honest Government Ad | Social Media Ban

youtu.be/ZxRB5qWphJE sums up my feelings on the under-16 social media ban in Aus. Mind the strong language. Too f***ing right. #nzpol #auspol

Their excuse: taking action to reduce emissions will "destroy the economy".

The truth is completely the opposite, it will be GOOD for the economy, many experts have said this. More opposition parties need to be saying this too. #nzpol

@chrishipkins.bsky.social Labour's acting like the Dems prior to Trump's win: weak, tepid, pandering to the right.

It worked for Starmer because voters had a really long time to be sick of the incumbents... And the UK system let them win with only 34% of the vote.

Real progressive policy needed.

That's on you.

We need a RED Labour. Not this pale blue.

Labour (and their supporters) fail to recognise that weak policy doesn't win elections. Strong messaging does.

Eg: Hipkins could have pointed out, factually, 90% of last years rated rises were National's fault, they cancelled 3 waters fund.

This. A UBI would have a massive stimulating effect on the economy. A huge swathe of the population would have both more money and more time to invest in new projects.

I am accepting political reality: in the current situation with public service and the economy, we need better from Labour than what we are getting.

If we "can't change the government without Labour", all the more reason to be critical if what Labour is doing isn't good enough.

Your only argument has been "Labour needed". I have offered a bunch of reasons why that is not so. Your loyalty to the party is admirable, but it gets in the way of seeing the ways in which the party and its leader are doing and saying problematic things.