Tim
@timward2014.bsky.social
Big, loud, smiling. Tāngata Tiriti.
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I am SORRY for sharing something that was posted on the other place, but this is too good.
September 17, 2026 at 11:06 PM
I am SORRY for sharing something that was posted on the other place, but this is too good.
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The Greens Instagram game is so old school & I love it. No AI slop in sight.
PS; Hi Nick Mowbray!!! ✅✅🕊️
#nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ #Aotearoa #TaxTheRich #ForAllOfUs
PS; Hi Nick Mowbray!!! ✅✅🕊️
#nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ #Aotearoa #TaxTheRich #ForAllOfUs
September 18, 2026 at 3:58 AM
The Greens Instagram game is so old school & I love it. No AI slop in sight.
PS; Hi Nick Mowbray!!! ✅✅🕊️
#nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ #Aotearoa #TaxTheRich #ForAllOfUs
PS; Hi Nick Mowbray!!! ✅✅🕊️
#nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ #Aotearoa #TaxTheRich #ForAllOfUs
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Just leaving this here.
September 17, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Just leaving this here.
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"Close to 300 critically endangered kākāriki karaka/orange-fronted parakeets have been counted at the Brook Waimārama Sanctuary in Nelson, up almost 100 on last year’s survey."
Endangered parakeet numbers soar at sanctuary
Close to 300 critically endangered kākāriki karaka/orange-fronted parakeets have been counted at the Brook Waimārama Sanctuary in Nelson, up almost 100 on last year’s survey.
www.thepress.co.nz
September 17, 2026 at 8:27 PM
"Close to 300 critically endangered kākāriki karaka/orange-fronted parakeets have been counted at the Brook Waimārama Sanctuary in Nelson, up almost 100 on last year’s survey."
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Happy Te Wiki o te Reo Māori! Over at my Substack, I dive into the joy of learning even the smallest amount of te reo, especially during a time when language seems to be weaponised to divide and suppress others: yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/drown-out-...
September 17, 2026 at 5:44 AM
Happy Te Wiki o te Reo Māori! Over at my Substack, I dive into the joy of learning even the smallest amount of te reo, especially during a time when language seems to be weaponised to divide and suppress others: yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/drown-out-...
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Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
September 17, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
Modern corporations: “Trust us, we know how to make efficient use of resources to manufacture goods. Don’t regulate us. We can solve all the world’s problems using the market.”
The goods they manufacture:
#capitalism #climatecrisis #manufacturing #efficiency
The goods they manufacture:
#capitalism #climatecrisis #manufacturing #efficiency
September 17, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Modern corporations: “Trust us, we know how to make efficient use of resources to manufacture goods. Don’t regulate us. We can solve all the world’s problems using the market.”
The goods they manufacture:
#capitalism #climatecrisis #manufacturing #efficiency
The goods they manufacture:
#capitalism #climatecrisis #manufacturing #efficiency
I’m guessing the stats would be similar in AoNZ… #nzpol
Poverty kills. The level of Jobseeker kills.
It is a choice governments make every year.
It is a choice the RBA makes when it decides more people need to be unemployed
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
It is a choice governments make every year.
It is a choice the RBA makes when it decides more people need to be unemployed
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
September 16, 2026 at 10:18 PM
I’m guessing the stats would be similar in AoNZ… #nzpol
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That's what El Niño is all about.
September 2, 2026 at 12:05 AM
That's what El Niño is all about.
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Some of those that work forces
Are the same that fuck horses
Are the same that fuck horses
FBI Reportedly Loosens Hiring Rules So ‘Prostitution and Bestiality’ Are No Longer ‘Automatic Disqualifiers’
FBI Reportedly Loosens Hiring Rules So ‘Prostitution and Bestiality’ Are No Longer ‘Automatic Disqualifiers’
The FBI has reportedly relaxed hiring standards that previously automatically disqualified applicants who admitted to hiring prostitutes, engaging in bestiality, or stealing from an employer.
The post FBI Reportedly Loosens Hiring Rules So ‘Prostitution and Bestiality’ Are No Longer ‘Automatic Disqualifiers’ first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
September 10, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Some of those that work forces
Are the same that fuck horses
Are the same that fuck horses
“Mayor and councillors that approved endless subdivisions, buildings, roading projects and underfunded non-car transport options are now sick of traffic congestion, apparently”
www.rnz.co.nz/news/regions...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/regions...
I Think You Should Leave Hot Dog Suspect
Alt: I Think You Should Leave Hot Dog Suspect
static.klipy.com
September 16, 2026 at 12:24 AM
“Mayor and councillors that approved endless subdivisions, buildings, roading projects and underfunded non-car transport options are now sick of traffic congestion, apparently”
www.rnz.co.nz/news/regions...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/regions...
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Vale George Gibbs, entomologist, naturalist, biogeographer, and kind and tolerant colleague.
September 15, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Vale George Gibbs, entomologist, naturalist, biogeographer, and kind and tolerant colleague.
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Pete Hegseth, Secretary of I Can't Believe It's Not War.
Blanche: "Secretary Hegseth is doing a phenomenal job. The secretary of war doesn't just go off and do things. He follows the law ... you called it a 'war.' I disagree with that characterization."
September 15, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Pete Hegseth, Secretary of I Can't Believe It's Not War.
September 15, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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Watching ACT justify their policy to freeze the minimum wage by talking about how hard it is for small businesses to pay their staff. Nobody deserves to have their small business subsided by their employees taking a pay cut
Crossposted with @openvibe.social
Crossposted with @openvibe.social
September 15, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Watching ACT justify their policy to freeze the minimum wage by talking about how hard it is for small businesses to pay their staff. Nobody deserves to have their small business subsided by their employees taking a pay cut
Crossposted with @openvibe.social
Crossposted with @openvibe.social
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It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.
September 13, 2026 at 11:54 PM
It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.
Quick question - how fucking evil do you need to be to work at Microsoft?
Asking for a “friend” who’s opening photos from Outlook, and the Microsoft photos app opens, but “rotate picture” is disabled by default… #msWTF
Asking for a “friend” who’s opening photos from Outlook, and the Microsoft photos app opens, but “rotate picture” is disabled by default… #msWTF
Kpop Triples Soomin Head Tilt
ALT: Kpop Triples Soomin Head Tilt
static.klipy.com
September 13, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Quick question - how fucking evil do you need to be to work at Microsoft?
Asking for a “friend” who’s opening photos from Outlook, and the Microsoft photos app opens, but “rotate picture” is disabled by default… #msWTF
Asking for a “friend” who’s opening photos from Outlook, and the Microsoft photos app opens, but “rotate picture” is disabled by default… #msWTF
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Fact checking the fact check of my fact check
Fact checking the fact check of my fact check
A week that started with abortion law and ended with fake Chinese police cars
paulapenfold.substack.com
September 13, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Fact checking the fact check of my fact check
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I had a thing or two to say about the utter lack of any economic strategy from the two major parties, because – like everyone else – I'm tired of listening to them bang on about the government deficit as if it's the only thing that matters
#nzpol
www.thepost.co.nz/business/361...
#nzpol
www.thepost.co.nz/business/361...
Major parties’ obsession with arbitrary deficit figure is not an economic strategy
OPINION: We’re continuing to talk about the government deficit because we’re refusing to talk about a national economic strategy, says Kent Duston.
www.thepost.co.nz
September 10, 2026 at 9:04 PM
I had a thing or two to say about the utter lack of any economic strategy from the two major parties, because – like everyone else – I'm tired of listening to them bang on about the government deficit as if it's the only thing that matters
#nzpol
www.thepost.co.nz/business/361...
#nzpol
www.thepost.co.nz/business/361...
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"The Transformers do not endorse the views of the President" okay, great, yeah, it's very normal that you had to say that. This is an ordinary world where things make sense. It's normal that I'd wake up to an official statement from cartoon robots denouncing the man who has the nuclear codes.
September 10, 2026 at 4:47 PM
"The Transformers do not endorse the views of the President" okay, great, yeah, it's very normal that you had to say that. This is an ordinary world where things make sense. It's normal that I'd wake up to an official statement from cartoon robots denouncing the man who has the nuclear codes.
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New Zealand First has precisely 14 immigration policies. That they're all UK-far right Reform policies with a splash of Trumpian deportation makes me think that number is not a mistake.
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
Exclusive: More deportation powers, visa cap referendum among NZ First policies
The party also wants to hold the immigration portfolio if it is re-elected.
www.nzherald.co.nz
September 10, 2026 at 6:19 PM
New Zealand First has precisely 14 immigration policies. That they're all UK-far right Reform policies with a splash of Trumpian deportation makes me think that number is not a mistake.
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
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absurd that neither the commission, nor the reporter, are able to publicly reckon with the fact that the greatest threat to voting this election has *overwhelmingly* been the active disenfranchisement that the National coalition has pushed through in legislation
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Agencies join forces as election threats mount
Government agencies are joining forces to strengthen coordination and support public confidence in this year's election.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 10, 2026 at 5:12 AM
absurd that neither the commission, nor the reporter, are able to publicly reckon with the fact that the greatest threat to voting this election has *overwhelmingly* been the active disenfranchisement that the National coalition has pushed through in legislation
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
September 10, 2026 at 1:28 AM
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For those in the back:
The total amount the New Zealand government has spent on all historical Waitangi Tribunal settlements over the last 30+ years is less than the cost of a single year of the 2024 tax cuts for Landlords.
The total amount the New Zealand government has spent on all historical Waitangi Tribunal settlements over the last 30+ years is less than the cost of a single year of the 2024 tax cuts for Landlords.
September 10, 2026 at 12:19 AM
For those in the back:
The total amount the New Zealand government has spent on all historical Waitangi Tribunal settlements over the last 30+ years is less than the cost of a single year of the 2024 tax cuts for Landlords.
The total amount the New Zealand government has spent on all historical Waitangi Tribunal settlements over the last 30+ years is less than the cost of a single year of the 2024 tax cuts for Landlords.