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Murray Thomson

@drmuzz57.bsky.social

Researcher and editor. Retired academic. Amateur musician and cook. Cryptic crossword tragic. Coffee obsessive (roast my own beans & use a Rocket Appartamento). Still running (just). Kei truck owner.

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Operation Grift Like Hell

16.11.2025 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜‚πŸ€£

16.11.2025 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Indeed - and here’s an intriguing factoid: the bloke who set up the existing exploitative publishing model was the late Robert Maxwell, with Pergamon Press (known as Cap’n Bob to readers of Private Eye). He just happens to be the father of Ghislaine Maxwell. I kid you not.

16.11.2025 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Brace yourself

14.11.2025 05:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Follow the Curia funding…

14.11.2025 05:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think β€œstupid RW cow” is appropriate here

14.11.2025 04:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Isn’t obesity America’s number 1 export?

12.11.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œLine of Duty Aotearoa” was on the TV news tonight

11.11.2025 05:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nice one!

10.11.2025 09:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Architect is not a verb, FFS

09.11.2025 19:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You can accidentally stand on the whole trayful instead of individual pieces πŸ˜…

08.11.2025 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

But did it raise eyebrows among the other visitors to Kelly Tarlton’s?

07.11.2025 04:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Looks like the POTUS barnet on the top of that torch, unfortunately

05.11.2025 22:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The brilliant performative politics of NZ First’s fake members’ bills NZ First MPs keep proposing laws they have no intention of passing, and the media falls for it every time.

NZ First MPs keep proposing laws they have no intention of passing, and the media falls for it every time.

thespinoff.co.nz/politics/06-...

05.11.2025 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 102    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 13

Summer in Dunedin, then

04.11.2025 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And no-one has EVER SEEN such a beautiful lightbulb 🀣

04.11.2025 05:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, Philippa gets her work peer-reviewed, whereas Bish wings it

03.11.2025 04:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Seen elsewhere. πŸ’―

01.11.2025 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 191    πŸ” 80    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

The Barretts are dropping like flies

01.11.2025 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And now a red card - absolute shocker of a decision

01.11.2025 20:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ridiculous number of replays - and they have a bloke who is paid to make the call - and he couldn’t πŸ™„

01.11.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Invoke the 25th, FFS

01.11.2025 04:16 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Aw shucks πŸ˜… - and happy birthday to you for earlier this week 🍾

31.10.2025 05:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Purple reign, purple reign

30.10.2025 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And what do they mean by the Luxonesque β€œleveraging”, I wonder. Maybe β€œusing” would have been a better choice. Management-speak is polluting the language πŸ™„

29.10.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well done, Frank. Good oral hygiene is so important πŸ€“

29.10.2025 04:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Good video too

27.10.2025 00:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A phots of hardworking hands being washed with the words β€œLabour Day
Brought to you by the hard working men and women in our Unions”

Below the hands is a line up of David Brent PM, Atlas Network plant Sleazemour, Drunkle, and No Idea Nicola with the added words β€œNot them:”

A phots of hardworking hands being washed with the words β€œLabour Day Brought to you by the hard working men and women in our Unions” Below the hands is a line up of David Brent PM, Atlas Network plant Sleazemour, Drunkle, and No Idea Nicola with the added words β€œNot them:”

Stolen off FB #NZLabourDay2025

26.10.2025 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 121    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We need to be vigilant, and call them out wherever/whenever we see them

26.10.2025 03:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Stephen Mitler

26.10.2025 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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