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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉
Stephanie Rodgers 🍉
@bootstheory.bsky.social
Feminist, leftie, māmā. Tangata Tiriti, she/her. Opinions stated are entirely my own and do not reflect any other person or organisation.
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Have you or someone you know been turned away from voting? Newsroom wants to hear from you! newsroom.co.nz/2026/10/27/e...
Every time I read one of these articles, I can't get over how repellent the ChatGPT "tone" is. And how we now live in an age where someone in the tech sector probably thinks it's good that journalists' time is getting wasted fielding support tickets
In the last few weeks i've been bombarded with emails from people who have minor tech support problems. ChatGPT is telling them to email me, writing their emails, and compiling "evidence packets" after convincing them they have stumbled on a major story: www.404media.co/chatgpt-keep...
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This is why litmus test slogans like "trans women are women" are important. Because disingenuous dickheads will vomit a whole lot of nice-sounding pap about love and acceptance and respect and tolerance in order to placate you directly underneath the next bus if they think it will get them votes
This is why litmus test slogans like "trans women are women" are important. Because disingenuous dickheads will vomit a whole lot of nice-sounding pap about love and acceptance and respect and tolerance in order to placate you directly underneath the next bus if they think it will get them votes
Don't ever settle for "well I think everyone should be treated fairly" if the question is: do you support trans rights. Will you defund the police. Will you protect migrants from racist attacks. Should workers be able to unionize. Do you oppose Israel's genocide in Gaza and what will you DO about it
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I'm sorry, it's a fine piece and I'm obviously biased, although not involved in the Greens campaign at all this year, but ... *no* party has a plan for reducing our reliance on imported fuel? o rly?
Comment: Every party has a plan for the supermarket aisle but none has one for the imported fuel that raises every price on the shelf, writes Kirsten Corson
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When political scientists first raised concerns about this new restriction last year we were told we were being ‘alarmist’ to suggest tilting the playing field unfairly like this by one party can undermine the legitimacy of the election out come for all Kiwis in a tight race I’m still ‘alarmed’…
Last day! NZ National restricted general roll voting regulations for the first time in 40 yrs To reporters please don’t repeat spin- the change won’t speed up counting - And let’s not shrug & say just 2% fewer voters enrolled It’s 300,000 NZers prevented from voting That’s an entire NZ town
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Investigative journalist Aaron Smale says the political posturing over photos with gangs is ignorant, hypocritical, and amounts to gangster chic for Instagram
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Voting is a massive pain in my ample arse. I hate peopleing, and I hate the silent Presbyterian eyeball-judgement in the queue. Whatever, I’ll do my civic duty. But Luxon’s coalition of calamity just made doing yours that little bit harder, and why you have until MIDNIGHT TONIGHT to enrol. #nzpol 🧵👇
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“Every Māori politician in this country gets asked, sooner or later, to account for a relationship no Pākehā politician is ever asked about”—a question framed by those who “have never had to explain their own cousins to a camera.” @mohanjdutt.bsky.social culture-centered.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-...
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I mean, in fairness, it was 2021, which is, like, so long ago, and the specific programme was overseen by the Ministry of Health, and CHRIS YOU WERE LITERALLY THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AT THE TIME
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Native bird spotted in Wellington for first time in about 70 years www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...
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Replying to @fromthemorgue.bsky.social
I know this is obvious and doesn't need to be spelled out to most people reading this, but being opposed to something ideologically is not newsworthy. Bob McCoskrie has no relevant experience, expertise, understanding or standpoint to comment on trans healthcare on ANY level ever.
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To stay in power you actually need to do something. You need to show voters that you aren't just more of the same. You need to improve lives. No centrist western parties are interested in learning this lesson. Which is why we have the political landscape shift further and further right.
In November, Dems will likely win big. Liberals will feel relieved. In 2028, a milquetoast corporate Democrat will win the presidency, spend 4 years maintaining what Trump did as liberals go back to brunch. Then, in 2032, as life keeps getting worse, we’ll get something like President T Carlson.