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# ![@GraemeEdgeler Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::422146514.png) @GraemeEdgeler Graeme Edgeler

Graeme Edgeler posts on X about new zealand, prime minister, has been, murder the most. They currently have [-----] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-----] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

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[countries](/list/countries)  15.56% [finance](/list/finance)  3.7% [social networks](/list/social-networks)  1.48% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  1.48% [celebrities](/list/celebrities)  0.74% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  0.74% [mlb](/list/mlb)  0.74%

**Social topic influence**
[new zealand](/topic/new-zealand) #1257, [prime minister](/topic/prime-minister) 4.44%, [has been](/topic/has-been) 4.44%, [murder](/topic/murder) 3.7%, [countries](/topic/countries) 2.96%, [this is](/topic/this-is) 1.48%, [if you](/topic/if-you) 1.48%, [in the](/topic/in-the) 1.48%, [ai](/topic/ai) 1.48%, [cook islands](/topic/cook-islands) 1.48%

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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"@Kleisthenes2 Have long thought that 'first past the post' better describes preferential voting as in Australian House of Representatives Elections: the post is half the votes first person to get past that line wins"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2016012684467306805)  2026-01-27T04:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@secondzeit The test for clarity in public safety announcements is not whether they are understood by most New Zealanders. You want them understood by as many New Zealanders and as many non-New Zealanders including immigrants and tourists etc. as possible"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2020982636299288984)  2026-02-09T22:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@secondzeit You know how when a journalist writes a news article about something Christopher Luxon says the first time they mention the name Christopher Luxon theu will mention that he is the Prime Minister because not everyone knows that Doing that is *more* important in public safety"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2020983305919987848)  2026-02-09T22:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@randymoeller @RepRaskin I assume DOJ has more than four computers so multiple people could have been working on it at the same time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2021177263832584552)  2026-02-10T10:59Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"A lot of people in New Zealand vote early or will vote in whichever voting place they walk past on election day or that is nearest to where they'll be at some point during the day. If we made anyone wanting to vote somewhere other than at an assigned voting place vote two weeks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2021357423320343001)  2026-02-10T22:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@PronouncedHare It is reasonable to assume the fix is in when the Minister announcing the inquiry says the fix is in and this will look bad for Labour. If there's to be a report sure tell us how much money you wasted on it before the election rather than after"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2021502857019838873)  2026-02-11T08:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@PronouncedHare This comes up quite a bit. When reintroducing three strikes the government amended the Bill to cancel a bunch of old strike warnings. It announced this as if it was reinstating old warnings because it was more concerned of criticism from the right and wanted it from the left"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2021753962714869877)  2026-02-12T01:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@SteveBattaglio The second highest rated TV show in history is the episode of Dallas ("Who Done It") where we learned who shot JR. It has a [----] rating (% of households). Ahead of that is MASH final (60.2) and third is the final episode of Roots (51.1). Superbowl LX had a [----] rating"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2021756497307615469)  2026-02-12T01:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@blaiserize @PronouncedHare Public propriety. Ministers should not exercise government power (or spend government funds) to score political points. And when they do setting incentives such that it doesn't work as they hope is just"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2021845780232122586)  2026-02-12T07:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@czczlee The relevant provision gets stripped from the bill leaving it somewhat empty"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2021891365026873430)  2026-02-12T10:17Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@blaiserize @PronouncedHare I think it would be good if the government announced a review of the Reserve Bank to see what has gone wrong. Unfortunately it announced a political review designed to embarrass the opposition"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2021913350436008103)  2026-02-12T11:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@charlesmurray Why do you assume Pres. Trump wants a competent Federal civil service rather than a compliant one"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2022021628474134682)  2026-02-12T18:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@PronouncedHare @blaiserize If the government wishes me to take something seriously it will take it seriously"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2022037080730427860)  2026-02-12T19:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@thebeautifulage @dysjsksksd41667 @charlesmurray In the [----] New Zealand general election Ibrahim Omer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2022037652112134424)  2026-02-12T19:58Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@lexetscientia @WooeyDooey @MortenBeirholm @charlesmurray Joe Biden should have been impeached over the Hunter Biden pardon. Barack Obama should have been impeached over the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2022155818029002932)  2026-02-13T03:48Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Point three is surprising as a New Zealander. That seems like a lot Thought it was time to bring back my list of pet peeves re Canadian political science articles relating to parliament - I tweeted most of these back in [----] but just put this up on LinkedIn if you're interested (click to expand the image). https://t.co/xZEJkNWiSD Thought it was time to bring back my list of pet peeves re Canadian political science articles relating to parliament - I tweeted most of these back in [----] but just put this up on LinkedIn if you're interested (click to expand the image). https://t.co/xZEJkNWiSD"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2022756567557488768)  2026-02-14T19:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"As part of my research confirming my memory of this I also came across this which was deleted by the Select Committee. If you ever wondered how the Royal Commission's proposal that Mori parties would be exempt from the party vote threshold would have worked this is how"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1322643224280723456)  2020-10-31T20:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@franks_lawyer Counts election day votes in less than [--] hours. Voting finishes at [--]. We get the election day count around 11:30. Sometimes there might be a couple of booths still going but we know the election day count very quickly"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2021310877019013245)  2026-02-10T19:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Fundamentally the basic way to get election results two weeks earlier is to hold the election two weeks earlier which is kind of what other countries do for certain classes of voter: out of electorate voters overseas voters etc. @franks_lawyer Counts election day votes in less than [--] hours. Voting finishes at [--]. We get the election day count around 11:30. Sometimes there might be a couple of booths still going but we know the election day count very quickly. @franks_lawyer Counts election day votes in less than [--] hours. Voting finishes at [--]. We get the election day count around 11:30."  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2021356414460211326)  2026-02-10T22:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"before everyone else so that every oversea voter had to vote [--] days before election day and everyone who wanted to vote near the railway station on their commute vote [--] days before election day we could absolutely have the final count done on election day but for a lot of"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2021358144061047066)  2026-02-10T22:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"voters election day would be the Saturday or the Wednesday two weeks before the final 50% of us voted. And they'd be waiting about as long as we wait now for the result"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2021358692722147546)  2026-02-10T23:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"RT @ryancbriggs: I think non-Canadians might not understand the Canadian DEI context (and assume its like your country). This is a job ad"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2021411779100934600)  2026-02-11T02:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"RT @ReichlinMelnick: Worth noting that the last time any deportation officer was killed in the line of duty was in [----] when a mentally il"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2021415213761962033)  2026-02-11T02:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"RT @mbb_brett: Couldn't agree more: the default position should be that in civil courts the pleadings and skeleton arguments and in crimin"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2021469518430863765)  2026-02-11T06:21Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"This appears broadly consistent with the recent member's bill proposal announced by the Green Party who wish to entrench the Mori seats. There aren't the numbers in Parliament to entrench the seats without a referendum so the only way to do that is a referendum. New Zealand First to Campaign for Referendum on Mori Seats The time has come for a decision on the future of the Mori seats. It has been said many times but is a vitally undeniable fact the Royal Commission into the electoral system in [----] stated that with the New Zealand First to Campaign for Referendum on Mori Seats The time has"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2021750123978752308)  2026-02-12T00:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"RT @PronouncedHare: Just really lol at the rubes who will fall for this though"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2021752515747098991)  2026-02-12T01:05Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"RT @PronouncedHare: One of the issues with the media monoculture is that they will only be able to critique this with face value outrage at"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2021753233820332206)  2026-02-12T01:08Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"RT @Noahpinion: I missed Jon Stewart just getting absolutely clocked by Bill O'Reilly but.oh man"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2021762203314270428)  2026-02-12T01:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"RT @a_real_society: I will begin offering my GPT wrapper next year it's called "an attorney prompts AI for you" and the plan is I run a pr"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2022145965671821784)  2026-02-13T03:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@TheZeitgeistNZ If you mean people born overseas you're missing some. There's at least a couple born in England one in Australia and one in the US"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2022591111374737450)  2026-02-14T08:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@TheZeitgeistNZ Also the Cook Islands is literally part of New Zealand"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2022593515910496522)  2026-02-14T08:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"RT @EHuanglu: even the haters love this AI video"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2022599946797748585)  2026-02-14T09:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"RT @jon_warburton: OMFG @Joshstrangehill did you reference this in the Mr Plow episode"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2022767364539060533)  2026-02-14T20:18Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Band of Brothers. Generation Kill. Chernobyl. To go much more obscure: Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways Whats an HBO series (thats not The Wire The Sopranos or GOT) that yall would recommend Whats an HBO series (thats not The Wire The Sopranos or GOT) that yall would recommend"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2023156018092618236)  2026-02-15T22:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@nzsd I really like it but am less likely to recommend it especially as there are a couple episodes that are substantially less good than others. I also really liked a few others that are probably not for everyone (eg Show Me a Hero The Leftovers)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/2023199003077423257)  2026-02-16T00:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@TrueStoneCold @jeremyslevin Mayor Pete cannot be one of the most popular elected figures because last time he was elected to anything was 2015"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1930953269335220719)  2025-06-06T11:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@secondzeit Why not if he's earned it wouldn't that be justified"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1937001944008327322)  2025-06-23T04:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@cremieuxrecueil It's not in defiance of a Supreme Court ruling. That was a ruling about Harvard not Columbia. It would be in defiance of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act 1964"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1937681586910290284)  2025-06-25T01:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@AllTheFauxbias @cremieuxrecueil The problem for Columbia is a law passed by Congress. That is what they appear to be defying"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1937750852443451836)  2025-06-25T05:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"It doesn't count as "measured criticism" if the criticism is misinformation that the person has been told is simply not correct and they double down on it despite being told what they are saying is false https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360738217/verity-johnson-david-seymours-greatest-strength-may-also-be-his-greatest-weakness https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360738217/verity-johnson-david-seymours-greatest-strength-may-also-be-his-greatest-weakness"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1938746026254565643)  2025-06-27T23:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@Dane_Giraud @REasther @MikeTraino18215 @RenamedPM I believe the objection was to calling people deranged and the fact it was from the Acting Prime Minister. Had the counter-criticism been measured or by someone else or by him in a manner more befitting the office the pushback would have been different or even non-existent"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1939448346831368632)  2025-06-29T22:18Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@jeremy_gans Did I misread Gorsuch's concurrence "I would however go a step further and as the government suggests take this case now to resolve definitively the question whether a district court may issue universal injunctive relief""  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1939467153398436204)  2025-06-29T23:32Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@nzsd @LewSOS @PeterBale can't be murder. that's category four"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1939517885627662836)  2025-06-30T02:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@acidiclemon2 @LewSOS US election days are like New Zealand's set in statute. For the election of the House and Senate this is up to state legislatures (U.S. Const. art. I 4) and for president this is up to Congress (U.S. Const. art. II 1) which last chose Tuesday in [----] (2 U.S. Code 7)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1940243817766248697)  2025-07-02T02:59Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@MikeNewZ_ @nzfirst Yes. Local government will be banned from: Flying the city's official flag; Allowing fans in council-owned stadiums (like Chch) to wave All Black's flags during a test match; Holding ANZAC Dawn Services where the flags of the RNZN and RNZAF are present etc. Same as rest of govt"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1940542508918100399)  2025-07-02T22:46Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@theplatform_nz @SeanPlunket @winstonpeters Having read the bill I oppose its proposed ban on the use of Council venues to host ANZAC dawn services where the flags of the RNZN and RNZAF are flown. That seems silly to me and I hope New Zealand First reconsiders"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1940556861427827076)  2025-07-02T23:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@bobmccoskrienz Not on Parliament website yet so NZ First have it up here. Not sure it would ban those displays (those aren't flags) but would ban this display at the National Army Museum at Waiouru this display of the RNZIR's battle honours this ANZAC event etc. https://drive.google.com/viewerng/viewerurl=https://assets.nationbuilder.com/nzfirst/pages/7128/attachments/original/1751416810/Display_of_Flags_Government_Premises_Bill-v1.1.pdf1751416810"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1940567632442544172)  2025-07-03T00:25Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"New Court of Appeal decision: can you be convicted of manslaughter and murder in respect of the same victim No. Can the Court quote at length from various judgments & rulings of the High Court trial judge but somehow never mention the Judge's name Yes. https://www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/cases/2025/2025-NZCA-298.pdf https://www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/cases/2025/2025-NZCA-298.pdf"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1940639160416850222)  2025-07-03T05:10Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"End result: conviction for murder stands conviction for manslaughter goes away. No change in overall sentence. No name suppression. Except for LaHood J. Well not really but I wish the Courts would simply not do this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1940639986463998048)  2025-07-03T05:13Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The bill proposal is now on the Parliament website https://bills.parliament.nz/v/1/7d713e54-6ba8-44da-d83e-08ddb9ac00e4 https://bills.parliament.nz/v/1/7d713e54-6ba8-44da-d83e-08ddb9ac00e4"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1940730248750158217)  2025-07-03T11:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I did the reserve bank inflation calculator on the $1000 fine when this was announced yesterday and got $5k-$6k. Is this world bank purchasing power at $50k a real thing or is this a magnitude error Proposed changes return teeth to 'outdated' trespass laws https://t.co/6PYQgx0U3n Proposed changes return teeth to 'outdated' trespass laws https://t.co/6PYQgx0U3n"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1940899813685694703)  2025-07-03T22:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"This sort of offensive flying of flags that are not the New Zealand Flag on Government flagpoles is why we need New Zealand First's Display of Flags (Government Premises) Bill (thinking of making this an extended bit) https://x.com/JudithCollinsMP/status/1940973832711631098 https://x.com/JudithCollinsMP/status/1940973832711631098"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1940975358515597422)  2025-07-04T03:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@JudithCollinsMP I'm making fun of New Zealand First's ridiculous member's bill proposal which would ban [--] Squadron from flying their pennant as well as ban many many other things that simply should not be banned"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1940979501380653230)  2025-07-04T03:42Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@billybinion It's great but my general view is that arias should be sung by divas while anthems should be sung by crowds. Which makes this rendition of the Welsh National Anthem hard to top https://youtu.be/AM4mIlYKG9ssi=p-_DKQxJuEvt8F4V https://youtu.be/AM4mIlYKG9ssi=p-_DKQxJuEvt8F4V"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1941307395009048759)  2025-07-05T01:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@HobsonsPledgeNZ New Zealand High School are not required to be secular and have never been required to be secular. Secular education is primary and intermediate schools only in New Zealand"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1942396073957548465)  2025-07-08T01:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@EllenBarkin Who is the "they" here I don't rule out that some people have used that but the still offensive term I heard eg those within the administration use was "Alligator Alcatraz""  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1942752296330485833)  2025-07-09T01:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Interested: would this change much if we outsourced less Companies/Departments who used to have a cleaner now have a cleaning company etc. Sometimes secretarial too. If your cleaner etc. was on staff average wages would be lower. But basically all cleaners are private sector.      The New Zealand Taxpayers Union is calling out the public service after the release of the [----] Public Service Census which reveals widespread      The New Zealand Taxpayers Union is calling out the public service after the release of the [----] Public Service Census which reveals widespread"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1943053769887068352)  2025-07-09T21:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@aniobrien If he was sentenced to any time for murder it will be overturned on appeal. Usually only get sentenced for charged of which you are convicted"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1943482176898466034)  2025-07-11T01:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@aniobrien Police charged murder and couldn't prove it. Proof beyond reasonable doubt is hard and for good reason"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1943496541584658868)  2025-07-11T02:24Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"New Zealand MMP's one-seat threshold (was in favour as ameliorative of the too high 5% threshold now opposed). Currently thinking about what my view should be on voting by permanent residents in NZ (have historically supported). On what issue have you changed your mind [---] degrees On what issue have you changed your mind [---] degrees"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1943890613390520729)  2025-07-12T04:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@ApropoSensible If we are to have one perhaps 2.5%. 3% would also be a significant improvement over the current 5%. I'm not sure 4% would be a significant improvement"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1943903285863436652)  2025-07-12T05:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Fair criticism or not (probably sone combination) but sending a letter simply does not count as interfering with sovereignty and it's slightly embarrassing the Deputy Prime Minister doesn't realise this. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/david-seymour-criticises-un-official-over-indigenous-rights-letter/6GD7D4334RFSVBXCQDT4U4VWJ4/ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/david-seymour-criticises-un-official-over-indigenous-rights-letter/6GD7D4334RFSVBXCQDT4U4VWJ4/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1944175701877526651)  2025-07-12T23:23Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@davidcapie Is the issue here that RNZ doesn't think the Governor-General counts as a "top government representation" or that in fact as the GG is GG of the Cook Islands she's not really being sent"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1944932429502046330)  2025-07-15T01:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@LewSOS I had interpreted the objections I had seen to date (and accept I may not have seen them all) as ACT opposing things like resource consents requiring karakia. If you can find a resource consent requiring the National anthem I reckon there's a good chance ACT objects"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1945788802196459624)  2025-07-17T10:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I have no objection to a company inviting Mana Whenua to conduct karakia. If it's mutual but they still want it to be written and enforceable use a memorandum of understanding or even a contract. But not in a resource consent under threat of prosecution fines or imprisonment From the resource consent for IKEA in Sylvia Park. This is the kind of fluff that ties up consenting processes and makes everything we do slow and costly in New Zealand. https://t.co/MqzumHVa7f From the resource consent for IKEA in Sylvia Park. This is the kind of fluff that ties up consenting processes and makes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1945943828973969791)  2025-07-17T20:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"New Zealand civilians are not expected to salute the flag. In other countries civilians place hand on heart (USA) or hand over heart (Mexico) as a salute. Which is fine. But in New Zealand we leave saluting for those in uniform. https://t.co/VCDmU83OyA https://t.co/VCDmU83OyA"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1949628274168013189)  2025-07-28T00:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"As long as there's a way to pay without a surcharge (eg EFTPOS) I actually kinda like surcharges. The middleman bank taking a cut of almost every retail transaction seems like it would be a cost driver. Interesting that the Government would introduce legislation to override the Commerce Commission. The Commission believes credits card surcharges are critical for a competitive market and took legal action in [----] to make card surcharges legal in NZ. Interesting that the Government would introduce legislation to override the Commerce Commission. The Commission believes credits card surcharges"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1949656709523206150)  2025-07-28T02:22Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@SouthPacific23 @TristanRS @MattLon13470215 If you could point to an instance where a child under five was killed through family violence or abuse and no-one was prosecuted that would help me appreciate the point you are trying to make"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1950337660414824464)  2025-07-29T23:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@LewSOS This is the Met Service app. Not a great day for paddleboarding but the only warning on the site is about wind in Cook Strait. Maybe focus on other places people get information"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1950667091599921352)  2025-07-30T21:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@dbseymour I do Te Paati Maaori's financial statements have been filed. They're on the Electoral Commission website. This includes their audit report"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1950788768438657096)  2025-07-31T05:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Right here alongside their audit report https://elections.nz/democracy-in-nz/political-parties-in-new-zealand/annual-financial-statements/ Anyone know if theyve filed their own financial statements yet https://t.co/g8iWYo7GZg Te Pti Mori files urgent legal action over electoral roll concerns https://elections.nz/democracy-in-nz/political-parties-in-new-zealand/annual-financial-statements/ Anyone know if theyve filed their own financial statements yet https://t.co/g8iWYo7GZg Te Pti Mori files urgent legal action over electoral roll concerns"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1950789219485638951)  2025-07-31T05:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@jeremy_gans Maybe drawing a distinction between a protest (as one tool of a campaign) and campaigns generally and others tools of campaigns (rallies public meetings etc.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1951457617928462582)  2025-08-02T01:38Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@JulietMosesNZ Perhaps he remembered that New Zealand doesn't yet recognise Gaza as a separate state"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1952298683191664855)  2025-08-04T09:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Tiare_MP @ponekeben There were [--] objections to the name Ranui and no counter-objections in support of keeping it. https://elections.nz/democracy-in-nz/historical-events/boundary-review-2025/view-objections-and-counter-objections/ElectorateType=&Electorate=247&MaoriElectorate=&NorthIslandElectorate=&SouthIslandElectorate=&SubmissionType=Objection&ObjectionType=&action_filter=Apply"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1953646840198705552)  2025-08-08T02:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@PronouncedHare @LewSOS And that majority of MPs also agrees that because of the ruling the Speaker should no longer hold office as the Speaker. Is there a process by which that *majority* of MPs can force a vote on either dissent or removing the Speaker if the Government does not want to hold one No"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1955417501464137906)  2025-08-12T23:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@PronouncedHare @LewSOS What that majority of MPs has to do instead is not force a vote of no confidence in the presiding officer it is to threaten to withhold confidence in the Prime Minister as leader of the Government if he will not permit such a vote to happen. So basically: no"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1955417900241785066)  2025-08-12T23:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@winstonpeters The Royal Commission has the power to issue summons if it wishes to hear from any individual. If the Commission considers that people have failed to comply with a summons it can refer them for prosecution"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1955458974284910818)  2025-08-13T02:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@pingu_pinguping @denisewu It is independent sure. My question asked whether it asked other countries to treat it as independent"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1956142103840612552)  2025-08-14T23:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Any guesses for convictions per year Most recent available data. @bobmccoskrienz How many convictions for possession of objectionable publications do you think there are a year How many of those people could you name News media has been hollowed out. Local newspapers used to publish every conviction in their local courts. Collectively we stopped paying. @bobmccoskrienz How many convictions for possession of objectionable publications do you think there are a year How many of those people could you name News media has been hollowed out. Local newspapers used to publish every conviction in"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1957927974088634607)  2025-08-19T22:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Three-year low is a weird flex: The only time interest rates were lower than this in the last five years was under some other government Interest rates are at a three-year low under National. If they havent already lower mortgage rates could be flowing through to your back pocket soon. Interest rates are at a three-year low under National. If they havent already lower mortgage rates could be flowing through to your back pocket soon"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1959090680275542193)  2025-08-23T03:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Agree entirely. If you think the keeping of public records is a personal affront then you should stay out of public office. @JamieEnsor @JeneeTibshraeny @MHReddell Without hyperbole Neil Quigley is unfit to be Reserve Bank Governor He was already criticised by the Auditor General for not keeping records at Waikato Uni and he still thinks records of important matters shouldn't be kept @JamieEnsor @JeneeTibshraeny @MHReddell Without hyperbole Neil Quigley is unfit to be Reserve Bank Governor He was already criticised by the Auditor General for not keeping records at Waikato Uni and he still"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1960619396638105716)  2025-08-27T08:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@AsherGoldman Is there a date by which Transmission Gully would have been finished if built in the usual non-PPP way How much longer did the PPP take"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1960928464212779380)  2025-08-28T04:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I obviously knew of Graham Greene from his bigger roles but have spent a few minutes trying to remember a particular thing I had seen him in recent-ishly. I had rewatched the sentencing scene from Molly's Game https://youtu.be/ldgvxEMWkzYsi=Y5aE_U382lchqcUx https://youtu.be/ldgvxEMWkzYsi=Y5aE_U382lchqcUx"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1962749154729566449)  2025-09-02T05:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Is this really what a US (federal) guilty plea is like @dilanesper It seems so much more respecting of rights than the approach in New Zealand"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1962749868004516225)  2025-09-02T05:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@dilanesper Thanks It was the first half of the scene I was interested in. In New Zealand that would all generally be on the defence lawyer or not be done at all"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1962755815250821565)  2025-09-02T05:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@nzsd it's candidate at a recent by-election said Peeni Henare should be Prime Minister"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1964924695121387965)  2025-09-08T05:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@boondoggle41 Reported multiple places here are some undated examples: https://www.npr.org/2021/10/13/1045320600/maori-leader-calls-new-zealands-covid-19-strategy-a-death-warrant-for-her-people https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/11/maori-party-warns-reopening-new-zealand-amid-covid-outbreak-would-be-modern-genocide https://www.npr.org/2021/10/13/1045320600/maori-leader-calls-new-zealands-covid-19-strategy-a-death-warrant-for-her-people https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/11/maori-party-warns-reopening-new-zealand-amid-covid-outbreak-would-be-modern-genocide"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1965224997217272200)  2025-09-09T01:25Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@RichardHanania My theory of Tucker Carlson is that he changed his approach to media after he was booed at CPAC in [----] for mildly defending the accuracy of the NYTimes (eg they care about spelling people's names right)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1965587941721604389)  2025-09-10T01:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@dpfdpf @tickaroo Sure but you're still obviously wrong. Member of the first family would also be above this in earth- shatteringness. I doubt this would make the top [---] hypotheticals"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1965995067698802983)  2025-09-11T04:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I'd be answering yes because I consider that the invasion of Normandy was justified. I don't have anything against pacifists but am surprised there are so many. 25% of people who describe themselves as "very liberal" and 17% as "liberal" say that it's sometimes justified to restore to violence to achieve political goals. Just 6% of conservatives say the same. As @JDVance said only one side of the aisle in this country has a lunatic https://t.co/9uh5WBKIzv 25% of people who describe themselves as "very liberal" and 17% as "liberal" say that it's sometimes justified to restore to violence to"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1967747015946932245)  2025-09-16T00:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@DavidRotherton Then the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Or are you going to tell me Jews had been stripped of citizenship by then so it doesn't count either"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1967756938126749909)  2025-09-16T01:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@ClintVSmith I thought your concern was this was a wealthy guy buying justice. If your concern was the system shaking down a wealthy guy for a donation to a cop then I clearly misunderstood"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1968054378893570343)  2025-09-16T20:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@AdamKinzinger Yes. Chief Pete Arredondo resigned as a member of the Council and was terminated as Chief of Police. He was later indicted and lost honorable discharge status. Adrian Gonzales was also indicted. Trooper Crimson Elizondo resigned and was fired from a subsequent position"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1970292708616085670)  2025-09-23T01:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@AdamKinzinger In addition Lieutenant Mariano Pargas retired under threat of sacking. And Christopher Kindell was fired from the Texas Rangers (he appealed and got reinstated)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1970293046119121004)  2025-09-23T01:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@EricCrampton Surely the mail sent from the UK would be forwarded from Royal Mail to the Palestine mail authorities Why would it go via Israel Palestine may only currently have observer status at the UPU but they have applied and presumably that's the next step after those taken recently"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1970634367304405236)  2025-09-23T23:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@SaveMeeJeebus @DawnDCS92 @yashar I believe 240k was the median view count for videos the show has put on YouTube over the last six months"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1970988711967064227)  2025-09-24T23:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"There has been zero public indication that Te Pti Mori would contemplate supporting a Labour govt. The two parties have *never* worked together at any level. Absent more media should stop assertions around a left bloc being able to govern. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/575328/national-falls-below-30-percent-in-latest-curia-poll-left-bloc-could-form-government https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/575328/national-falls-below-30-percent-in-latest-curia-poll-left-bloc-could-form-government"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1975710334632730695)  2025-10-07T23:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"New Zealand risks sliding into authoritarianism. To avoid this the Prime Minister and Speaker should assert authoritarian powers with no basis in law undermining legal protections older than New Zealand. Avoiding authoritarianism is *that* important https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/07/anne-salmond-academic-freedom-and-its-enemies https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/07/anne-salmond-academic-freedom-and-its-enemies"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1975827848041844987)  2025-10-08T07:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@james_c_m_ @EricCrampton does not turn on whether a document is characterised as SECRET or TOP SECRET"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1976225416336855240)  2025-10-09T09:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Kleisthenes2 Not unique: Armenia Belgium Canada (Nova Scotia Croatia Cyprus Fiji India Jordan Kazakhstan Kosovo Philippines (local govt) Romania Singapore Slovenia the United States (non-voting: Congress Maine). Some others also have lower thresholds for some groups"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1976606039815725440)  2025-10-10T11:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The Nobel Committee is almost certainly not going to award Pres. Trump the Peace Prize. I have a compromise: next year instead of announcing a winner they should revoke Pres. Obama's prize as improvidently granted"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1976796693007110233)  2025-10-10T23:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@dpfdpf I anticipate that the concern might be about this https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/1978111309032866163 It's not just that we easily could have had this deal in [----] if the Biden administration had political cover on the right to pursue it we IN FACT HAD THIS DEAL in January of [----] and Trump and Netanyahu deliberately blew it up. https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/1978111309032866163 It's not just that we easily could have had this deal in [----] if the Biden administration had political cover on the right to pursue it we IN FACT HAD THIS DEAL in January of [----] and Trump and Netanyahu"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1978232612876386332)  2025-10-14T22:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@SeanPlunket @patbrittenden Just listen to the broadcast. There will have to be at least one piece each day letting people know how to file a Broadcasting Standards complaint"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1979000702400651669)  2025-10-17T01:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@MichaelFieldNZ If you think things have gotten so far that the Attorney-General's consent has been sought (which will actually be the Solicitor-General) then it's not clear what you're complaining about"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/1979001288932139373)  2025-10-17T01:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"So um where was consensus to deny short-term convicted prisoners the right to vote"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/334245360262328320)  2013-05-14T09:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@MorganGodfery is it The reasons we remember is "never again". That may or may not be valid but is that the reason to remember slavery"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/395804436724846592)  2013-10-31T06:48Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"This is really good "Ferguson and the Modern Debtors Prison" http://t.co/J0z2jJBvDZ via @EricCrampton http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2014/08/ferguson-and-the-debtors-prison.html http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2014/08/ferguson-and-the-debtors-prison.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/502570675257614336)  2014-08-21T21:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Apart from boxing and other fighting sports are there any others sports where there can be debate about who is winning at a point in time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/594710629702766592)  2015-05-03T03:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@mrbarnabyb @publicaddress I don't accept that anywhere near "most" people have that assessment of John Key"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/598450576502849536)  2015-05-13T11:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"When the TPP started it was like four countries: NZ Chile Singapore and Brunei. Or am I mixing up my trade deals #NationTV3"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/609474437990125568)  2015-06-12T21:36Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@mrbarnabyb @LI_politico exactly the opposite. We get to vote between four. We need the best four versions of four ideas"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/630597185202053120)  2015-08-10T04:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I think the two Lockwoods thing is a good move. Imagine if they'd chosen just one and it was colours we disliked"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/638481482982420480)  2015-08-31T22:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Some updates. Found one It seems Veterans Affairs may be Cortex-protected along with the NZDF (but not the MOD) https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/650725986607083521 Crowdsourcing Project Cortex. You Can Help http://t.co/VlLagB8KvS https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/650725986607083521 Crowdsourcing Project Cortex. You Can Help http://t.co/VlLagB8KvS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/650781453983178753)  2015-10-04T21:16Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Links to and quotes from the various privacy statements for the last in the comments http://t.co/VDF1dekYkU http://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/legal-beagle-crowdsourcing-project-cortex/p=349455#post349455 http://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/legal-beagle-crowdsourcing-project-cortex/p=349455#post349455"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/650781883446378496)  2015-10-04T21:17Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@MatthewHootonNZ given that Josie Butler isn't an MP a better analogy might be: "what if Robin Grieve said those things""  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/697516425464786945)  2016-02-10T20:24Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@TaliaShadwell have you considered getting one of them press hats so that they'll be able to find you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/745074405173137408)  2016-06-21T02:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@DylanReeve it's not. It's a very specific claim about government debt levels. That claim is accurate. Graph here: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/US_Federal_Debt_as_Percent_of_GDP_by_President.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/US_Federal_Debt_as_Percent_of_GDP_by_President.jpg"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/800457914582323200)  2016-11-20T21:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@gtiso @MorganGodfery *on the inside*"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/802998631284383744)  2016-11-27T22:12Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@gtiso @norightturnnz he was clear he would I thought; but late enough to not require a by-election"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/806429015380672515)  2016-12-07T09:23Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@andrewmeows @keith_ng misunderstanding or for using words which others think racist etc. People's self-ID is very compelling to them. (4)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/816488929440374784)  2017-01-04T03:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@mrbarnabyb @andrewmeows @keith_ng I'm not sure most people think of eg racism that way (or a lot of other things)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/816490152985886720)  2017-01-04T03:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@jonogaluszka @kirst_law convictions at courts martial also never result in or add to three strikes consequences"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/820367697984638977)  2017-01-14T20:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@TaliaShadwell @jonogaluszka @kirst_law would eg Philip Wiig have faced trial in a civilian court An offence like his is rarely prosecuted"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/820499714554544129)  2017-01-15T05:15Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"It's a close call for most responsive Government Department between DIA and @Stats_NZ but I love reading this each time it happens. https://x.com/franks_lawyer/status/875526918581346304 Proud kiwi. NZ Passport Office despatch renewed 10yr passport by courier at 11-48am less than [--] hours after std fee simple online appln. https://x.com/franks_lawyer/status/875526918581346304 Proud kiwi. NZ Passport Office despatch renewed 10yr passport by courier at 11-48am less than [--] hours after std fee simple online appln"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/875530091891089410)  2017-06-16T01:46Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Agree although I will note that our prisons aren't full of young people on drug charges. https://x.com/AraTaiohi/status/882392213451284480 https://x.com/AraTaiohi/status/882392213451284480"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/882483821098160129)  2017-07-05T06:18Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Voters https://x.com/actparty/status/894365124873527296 There is no reason why ACT will not elect five MPs and hold the balance of power. https://t.co/iGSdHoay4l https://x.com/actparty/status/894365124873527296 There is no reason why ACT will not elect five MPs and hold the balance of power. https://t.co/iGSdHoay4l"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/894415614093139969)  2017-08-07T04:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@BenUffindell @lyndonhood @keith_ng usually only "cabinet" has been mentioned. In the reply I heard Ardern didn't address possibility of a ministerial role outside cabinet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/895103517664264192)  2017-08-09T02:04Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@MaxRashbrooke @LewSOS @mrbarnabyb me https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/896963816176599040 @MaxRashbrooke @ralph9 @dpfdpf @ralp9 I can update this if it's helpful but here's a table I prepared a few years back. https://t.co/Oap4ZS8DTU https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/896963816176599040 @MaxRashbrooke @ralph9 @dpfdpf @ralp9 I can update this if it's helpful but here's a table I prepared a few years back. https://t.co/Oap4ZS8DTU"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/904488254577065984)  2017-09-03T23:36Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@MaxRashbrooke @ralph9 @dpfdpf And now updated to include [----] and [----] elections :-)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/905395242651729920)  2017-09-06T11:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@simonbwilson nope. That is not how the counting works. And falsely telling people that is how it works risks voter suppression"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/907562885169029120)  2017-09-12T11:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@simonbwilson @mrbarnabyb the percentage isn't used. Only the votes are used"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/907564470410424320)  2017-09-12T11:20Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Tim_Watkin @GuyonEspiner @lisaowennz If (as both major polls suggest) NL+G then NZF falling below 5% does not necessarily give National fewer options. Could well govern alone"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/910771600915443712)  2017-09-21T07:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"How does National win the next election Over 50% of the vote Govern alone on 50% because eg NZF 5% Does well enough that NZF switches"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/920945197843824645)  2017-10-19T09:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@mrbarnabyb @publicaddress @radionz Browlee was introduced by Guyon Espiner as "The Former Canterbury Rebuild Minister". He ceased to be Minister for Greater Christchurch Regeneration on [--] May 2017"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/982038635485671424)  2018-04-05T23:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@PeterByardDavis @Tim_Watkin Cullen's final PreFU recorded the following. It doesn't look especially tidy and it doesn't look like a surplus https://treasury.govt.nz/sites/default/files/2008-10/prefu08-pt4of9.pdf https://treasury.govt.nz/sites/default/files/2008-10/prefu08-pt4of9.pdf"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/987602164968140800)  2018-04-21T08:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

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Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @pronouncedhare @lewsos @blaiserize @mrbarnabyb @nzsd @dpfdpf @kleisthenes2 @secondzeit @czczlee @charlesmurray @ericcrampton @keithng @thebeautifulage @lexetscientia @frankslawyer @thezeitgeistnz @cremieuxrecueil @jeremygans @seanplunket @winstonpeters

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Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"@Kleisthenes2 Have long thought that 'first past the post' better describes preferential voting as in Australian House of Representatives Elections: the post is half the votes first person to get past that line wins"
X Link 2026-01-27T04:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@secondzeit The test for clarity in public safety announcements is not whether they are understood by most New Zealanders. You want them understood by as many New Zealanders and as many non-New Zealanders including immigrants and tourists etc. as possible"
X Link 2026-02-09T22:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@secondzeit You know how when a journalist writes a news article about something Christopher Luxon says the first time they mention the name Christopher Luxon theu will mention that he is the Prime Minister because not everyone knows that Doing that is more important in public safety"
X Link 2026-02-09T22:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@randymoeller @RepRaskin I assume DOJ has more than four computers so multiple people could have been working on it at the same time"
X Link 2026-02-10T10:59Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"A lot of people in New Zealand vote early or will vote in whichever voting place they walk past on election day or that is nearest to where they'll be at some point during the day. If we made anyone wanting to vote somewhere other than at an assigned voting place vote two weeks"
X Link 2026-02-10T22:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@PronouncedHare It is reasonable to assume the fix is in when the Minister announcing the inquiry says the fix is in and this will look bad for Labour. If there's to be a report sure tell us how much money you wasted on it before the election rather than after"
X Link 2026-02-11T08:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@PronouncedHare This comes up quite a bit. When reintroducing three strikes the government amended the Bill to cancel a bunch of old strike warnings. It announced this as if it was reinstating old warnings because it was more concerned of criticism from the right and wanted it from the left"
X Link 2026-02-12T01:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@SteveBattaglio The second highest rated TV show in history is the episode of Dallas ("Who Done It") where we learned who shot JR. It has a [----] rating (% of households). Ahead of that is MASH final (60.2) and third is the final episode of Roots (51.1). Superbowl LX had a [----] rating"
X Link 2026-02-12T01:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@blaiserize @PronouncedHare Public propriety. Ministers should not exercise government power (or spend government funds) to score political points. And when they do setting incentives such that it doesn't work as they hope is just"
X Link 2026-02-12T07:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@czczlee The relevant provision gets stripped from the bill leaving it somewhat empty"
X Link 2026-02-12T10:17Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@blaiserize @PronouncedHare I think it would be good if the government announced a review of the Reserve Bank to see what has gone wrong. Unfortunately it announced a political review designed to embarrass the opposition"
X Link 2026-02-12T11:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@charlesmurray Why do you assume Pres. Trump wants a competent Federal civil service rather than a compliant one"
X Link 2026-02-12T18:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@PronouncedHare @blaiserize If the government wishes me to take something seriously it will take it seriously"
X Link 2026-02-12T19:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@thebeautifulage @dysjsksksd41667 @charlesmurray In the [----] New Zealand general election Ibrahim Omer"
X Link 2026-02-12T19:58Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@lexetscientia @WooeyDooey @MortenBeirholm @charlesmurray Joe Biden should have been impeached over the Hunter Biden pardon. Barack Obama should have been impeached over the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki"
X Link 2026-02-13T03:48Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Point three is surprising as a New Zealander. That seems like a lot Thought it was time to bring back my list of pet peeves re Canadian political science articles relating to parliament - I tweeted most of these back in [----] but just put this up on LinkedIn if you're interested (click to expand the image). https://t.co/xZEJkNWiSD Thought it was time to bring back my list of pet peeves re Canadian political science articles relating to parliament - I tweeted most of these back in [----] but just put this up on LinkedIn if you're interested (click to expand the image). https://t.co/xZEJkNWiSD"
X Link 2026-02-14T19:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"As part of my research confirming my memory of this I also came across this which was deleted by the Select Committee. If you ever wondered how the Royal Commission's proposal that Mori parties would be exempt from the party vote threshold would have worked this is how"
X Link 2020-10-31T20:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@franks_lawyer Counts election day votes in less than [--] hours. Voting finishes at [--]. We get the election day count around 11:30. Sometimes there might be a couple of booths still going but we know the election day count very quickly"
X Link 2026-02-10T19:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Fundamentally the basic way to get election results two weeks earlier is to hold the election two weeks earlier which is kind of what other countries do for certain classes of voter: out of electorate voters overseas voters etc. @franks_lawyer Counts election day votes in less than [--] hours. Voting finishes at [--]. We get the election day count around 11:30. Sometimes there might be a couple of booths still going but we know the election day count very quickly. @franks_lawyer Counts election day votes in less than [--] hours. Voting finishes at [--]. We get the election day count around 11:30."
X Link 2026-02-10T22:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"before everyone else so that every oversea voter had to vote [--] days before election day and everyone who wanted to vote near the railway station on their commute vote [--] days before election day we could absolutely have the final count done on election day but for a lot of"
X Link 2026-02-10T22:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"voters election day would be the Saturday or the Wednesday two weeks before the final 50% of us voted. And they'd be waiting about as long as we wait now for the result"
X Link 2026-02-10T23:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"RT @ryancbriggs: I think non-Canadians might not understand the Canadian DEI context (and assume its like your country). This is a job ad"
X Link 2026-02-11T02:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"RT @ReichlinMelnick: Worth noting that the last time any deportation officer was killed in the line of duty was in [----] when a mentally il"
X Link 2026-02-11T02:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"RT @mbb_brett: Couldn't agree more: the default position should be that in civil courts the pleadings and skeleton arguments and in crimin"
X Link 2026-02-11T06:21Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"This appears broadly consistent with the recent member's bill proposal announced by the Green Party who wish to entrench the Mori seats. There aren't the numbers in Parliament to entrench the seats without a referendum so the only way to do that is a referendum. New Zealand First to Campaign for Referendum on Mori Seats The time has come for a decision on the future of the Mori seats. It has been said many times but is a vitally undeniable fact the Royal Commission into the electoral system in [----] stated that with the New Zealand First to Campaign for Referendum on Mori Seats The time has"
X Link 2026-02-12T00:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"RT @PronouncedHare: Just really lol at the rubes who will fall for this though"
X Link 2026-02-12T01:05Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"RT @PronouncedHare: One of the issues with the media monoculture is that they will only be able to critique this with face value outrage at"
X Link 2026-02-12T01:08Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"RT @Noahpinion: I missed Jon Stewart just getting absolutely clocked by Bill O'Reilly but.oh man"
X Link 2026-02-12T01:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"RT @a_real_society: I will begin offering my GPT wrapper next year it's called "an attorney prompts AI for you" and the plan is I run a pr"
X Link 2026-02-13T03:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@TheZeitgeistNZ If you mean people born overseas you're missing some. There's at least a couple born in England one in Australia and one in the US"
X Link 2026-02-14T08:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@TheZeitgeistNZ Also the Cook Islands is literally part of New Zealand"
X Link 2026-02-14T08:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"RT @EHuanglu: even the haters love this AI video"
X Link 2026-02-14T09:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"RT @jon_warburton: OMFG @Joshstrangehill did you reference this in the Mr Plow episode"
X Link 2026-02-14T20:18Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Band of Brothers. Generation Kill. Chernobyl. To go much more obscure: Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways Whats an HBO series (thats not The Wire The Sopranos or GOT) that yall would recommend Whats an HBO series (thats not The Wire The Sopranos or GOT) that yall would recommend"
X Link 2026-02-15T22:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@nzsd I really like it but am less likely to recommend it especially as there are a couple episodes that are substantially less good than others. I also really liked a few others that are probably not for everyone (eg Show Me a Hero The Leftovers)"
X Link 2026-02-16T00:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@TrueStoneCold @jeremyslevin Mayor Pete cannot be one of the most popular elected figures because last time he was elected to anything was 2015"
X Link 2025-06-06T11:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@secondzeit Why not if he's earned it wouldn't that be justified"
X Link 2025-06-23T04:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@cremieuxrecueil It's not in defiance of a Supreme Court ruling. That was a ruling about Harvard not Columbia. It would be in defiance of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act 1964"
X Link 2025-06-25T01:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@AllTheFauxbias @cremieuxrecueil The problem for Columbia is a law passed by Congress. That is what they appear to be defying"
X Link 2025-06-25T05:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"It doesn't count as "measured criticism" if the criticism is misinformation that the person has been told is simply not correct and they double down on it despite being told what they are saying is false https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360738217/verity-johnson-david-seymours-greatest-strength-may-also-be-his-greatest-weakness https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360738217/verity-johnson-david-seymours-greatest-strength-may-also-be-his-greatest-weakness"
X Link 2025-06-27T23:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@Dane_Giraud @REasther @MikeTraino18215 @RenamedPM I believe the objection was to calling people deranged and the fact it was from the Acting Prime Minister. Had the counter-criticism been measured or by someone else or by him in a manner more befitting the office the pushback would have been different or even non-existent"
X Link 2025-06-29T22:18Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@jeremy_gans Did I misread Gorsuch's concurrence "I would however go a step further and as the government suggests take this case now to resolve definitively the question whether a district court may issue universal injunctive relief""
X Link 2025-06-29T23:32Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@nzsd @LewSOS @PeterBale can't be murder. that's category four"
X Link 2025-06-30T02:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@acidiclemon2 @LewSOS US election days are like New Zealand's set in statute. For the election of the House and Senate this is up to state legislatures (U.S. Const. art. I 4) and for president this is up to Congress (U.S. Const. art. II 1) which last chose Tuesday in [----] (2 U.S. Code 7)"
X Link 2025-07-02T02:59Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@MikeNewZ_ @nzfirst Yes. Local government will be banned from: Flying the city's official flag; Allowing fans in council-owned stadiums (like Chch) to wave All Black's flags during a test match; Holding ANZAC Dawn Services where the flags of the RNZN and RNZAF are present etc. Same as rest of govt"
X Link 2025-07-02T22:46Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@theplatform_nz @SeanPlunket @winstonpeters Having read the bill I oppose its proposed ban on the use of Council venues to host ANZAC dawn services where the flags of the RNZN and RNZAF are flown. That seems silly to me and I hope New Zealand First reconsiders"
X Link 2025-07-02T23:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@bobmccoskrienz Not on Parliament website yet so NZ First have it up here. Not sure it would ban those displays (those aren't flags) but would ban this display at the National Army Museum at Waiouru this display of the RNZIR's battle honours this ANZAC event etc. https://drive.google.com/viewerng/viewerurl=https://assets.nationbuilder.com/nzfirst/pages/7128/attachments/original/1751416810/Display_of_Flags_Government_Premises_Bill-v1.1.pdf1751416810"
X Link 2025-07-03T00:25Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"New Court of Appeal decision: can you be convicted of manslaughter and murder in respect of the same victim No. Can the Court quote at length from various judgments & rulings of the High Court trial judge but somehow never mention the Judge's name Yes. https://www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/cases/2025/2025-NZCA-298.pdf https://www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/cases/2025/2025-NZCA-298.pdf"
X Link 2025-07-03T05:10Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"End result: conviction for murder stands conviction for manslaughter goes away. No change in overall sentence. No name suppression. Except for LaHood J. Well not really but I wish the Courts would simply not do this"
X Link 2025-07-03T05:13Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"The bill proposal is now on the Parliament website https://bills.parliament.nz/v/1/7d713e54-6ba8-44da-d83e-08ddb9ac00e4 https://bills.parliament.nz/v/1/7d713e54-6ba8-44da-d83e-08ddb9ac00e4"
X Link 2025-07-03T11:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"I did the reserve bank inflation calculator on the $1000 fine when this was announced yesterday and got $5k-$6k. Is this world bank purchasing power at $50k a real thing or is this a magnitude error Proposed changes return teeth to 'outdated' trespass laws https://t.co/6PYQgx0U3n Proposed changes return teeth to 'outdated' trespass laws https://t.co/6PYQgx0U3n"
X Link 2025-07-03T22:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"This sort of offensive flying of flags that are not the New Zealand Flag on Government flagpoles is why we need New Zealand First's Display of Flags (Government Premises) Bill (thinking of making this an extended bit) https://x.com/JudithCollinsMP/status/1940973832711631098 https://x.com/JudithCollinsMP/status/1940973832711631098"
X Link 2025-07-04T03:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@JudithCollinsMP I'm making fun of New Zealand First's ridiculous member's bill proposal which would ban [--] Squadron from flying their pennant as well as ban many many other things that simply should not be banned"
X Link 2025-07-04T03:42Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@billybinion It's great but my general view is that arias should be sung by divas while anthems should be sung by crowds. Which makes this rendition of the Welsh National Anthem hard to top https://youtu.be/AM4mIlYKG9ssi=p-_DKQxJuEvt8F4V https://youtu.be/AM4mIlYKG9ssi=p-_DKQxJuEvt8F4V"
X Link 2025-07-05T01:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@HobsonsPledgeNZ New Zealand High School are not required to be secular and have never been required to be secular. Secular education is primary and intermediate schools only in New Zealand"
X Link 2025-07-08T01:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@EllenBarkin Who is the "they" here I don't rule out that some people have used that but the still offensive term I heard eg those within the administration use was "Alligator Alcatraz""
X Link 2025-07-09T01:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Interested: would this change much if we outsourced less Companies/Departments who used to have a cleaner now have a cleaning company etc. Sometimes secretarial too. If your cleaner etc. was on staff average wages would be lower. But basically all cleaners are private sector. The New Zealand Taxpayers Union is calling out the public service after the release of the [----] Public Service Census which reveals widespread The New Zealand Taxpayers Union is calling out the public service after the release of the [----] Public Service Census which reveals widespread"
X Link 2025-07-09T21:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@aniobrien If he was sentenced to any time for murder it will be overturned on appeal. Usually only get sentenced for charged of which you are convicted"
X Link 2025-07-11T01:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@aniobrien Police charged murder and couldn't prove it. Proof beyond reasonable doubt is hard and for good reason"
X Link 2025-07-11T02:24Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"New Zealand MMP's one-seat threshold (was in favour as ameliorative of the too high 5% threshold now opposed). Currently thinking about what my view should be on voting by permanent residents in NZ (have historically supported). On what issue have you changed your mind [---] degrees On what issue have you changed your mind [---] degrees"
X Link 2025-07-12T04:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@ApropoSensible If we are to have one perhaps 2.5%. 3% would also be a significant improvement over the current 5%. I'm not sure 4% would be a significant improvement"
X Link 2025-07-12T05:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Fair criticism or not (probably sone combination) but sending a letter simply does not count as interfering with sovereignty and it's slightly embarrassing the Deputy Prime Minister doesn't realise this. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/david-seymour-criticises-un-official-over-indigenous-rights-letter/6GD7D4334RFSVBXCQDT4U4VWJ4/ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/david-seymour-criticises-un-official-over-indigenous-rights-letter/6GD7D4334RFSVBXCQDT4U4VWJ4/"
X Link 2025-07-12T23:23Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@davidcapie Is the issue here that RNZ doesn't think the Governor-General counts as a "top government representation" or that in fact as the GG is GG of the Cook Islands she's not really being sent"
X Link 2025-07-15T01:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@LewSOS I had interpreted the objections I had seen to date (and accept I may not have seen them all) as ACT opposing things like resource consents requiring karakia. If you can find a resource consent requiring the National anthem I reckon there's a good chance ACT objects"
X Link 2025-07-17T10:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"I have no objection to a company inviting Mana Whenua to conduct karakia. If it's mutual but they still want it to be written and enforceable use a memorandum of understanding or even a contract. But not in a resource consent under threat of prosecution fines or imprisonment From the resource consent for IKEA in Sylvia Park. This is the kind of fluff that ties up consenting processes and makes everything we do slow and costly in New Zealand. https://t.co/MqzumHVa7f From the resource consent for IKEA in Sylvia Park. This is the kind of fluff that ties up consenting processes and makes"
X Link 2025-07-17T20:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"New Zealand civilians are not expected to salute the flag. In other countries civilians place hand on heart (USA) or hand over heart (Mexico) as a salute. Which is fine. But in New Zealand we leave saluting for those in uniform. https://t.co/VCDmU83OyA https://t.co/VCDmU83OyA"
X Link 2025-07-28T00:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"As long as there's a way to pay without a surcharge (eg EFTPOS) I actually kinda like surcharges. The middleman bank taking a cut of almost every retail transaction seems like it would be a cost driver. Interesting that the Government would introduce legislation to override the Commerce Commission. The Commission believes credits card surcharges are critical for a competitive market and took legal action in [----] to make card surcharges legal in NZ. Interesting that the Government would introduce legislation to override the Commerce Commission. The Commission believes credits card surcharges"
X Link 2025-07-28T02:22Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@SouthPacific23 @TristanRS @MattLon13470215 If you could point to an instance where a child under five was killed through family violence or abuse and no-one was prosecuted that would help me appreciate the point you are trying to make"
X Link 2025-07-29T23:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@LewSOS This is the Met Service app. Not a great day for paddleboarding but the only warning on the site is about wind in Cook Strait. Maybe focus on other places people get information"
X Link 2025-07-30T21:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@dbseymour I do Te Paati Maaori's financial statements have been filed. They're on the Electoral Commission website. This includes their audit report"
X Link 2025-07-31T05:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Right here alongside their audit report https://elections.nz/democracy-in-nz/political-parties-in-new-zealand/annual-financial-statements/ Anyone know if theyve filed their own financial statements yet https://t.co/g8iWYo7GZg Te Pti Mori files urgent legal action over electoral roll concerns https://elections.nz/democracy-in-nz/political-parties-in-new-zealand/annual-financial-statements/ Anyone know if theyve filed their own financial statements yet https://t.co/g8iWYo7GZg Te Pti Mori files urgent legal action over electoral roll concerns"
X Link 2025-07-31T05:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@jeremy_gans Maybe drawing a distinction between a protest (as one tool of a campaign) and campaigns generally and others tools of campaigns (rallies public meetings etc.)"
X Link 2025-08-02T01:38Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@JulietMosesNZ Perhaps he remembered that New Zealand doesn't yet recognise Gaza as a separate state"
X Link 2025-08-04T09:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@Tiare_MP @ponekeben There were [--] objections to the name Ranui and no counter-objections in support of keeping it. https://elections.nz/democracy-in-nz/historical-events/boundary-review-2025/view-objections-and-counter-objections/ElectorateType=&Electorate=247&MaoriElectorate=&NorthIslandElectorate=&SouthIslandElectorate=&SubmissionType=Objection&ObjectionType=&action_filter=Apply"
X Link 2025-08-08T02:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@PronouncedHare @LewSOS And that majority of MPs also agrees that because of the ruling the Speaker should no longer hold office as the Speaker. Is there a process by which that majority of MPs can force a vote on either dissent or removing the Speaker if the Government does not want to hold one No"
X Link 2025-08-12T23:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@PronouncedHare @LewSOS What that majority of MPs has to do instead is not force a vote of no confidence in the presiding officer it is to threaten to withhold confidence in the Prime Minister as leader of the Government if he will not permit such a vote to happen. So basically: no"
X Link 2025-08-12T23:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@winstonpeters The Royal Commission has the power to issue summons if it wishes to hear from any individual. If the Commission considers that people have failed to comply with a summons it can refer them for prosecution"
X Link 2025-08-13T02:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@pingu_pinguping @denisewu It is independent sure. My question asked whether it asked other countries to treat it as independent"
X Link 2025-08-14T23:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Any guesses for convictions per year Most recent available data. @bobmccoskrienz How many convictions for possession of objectionable publications do you think there are a year How many of those people could you name News media has been hollowed out. Local newspapers used to publish every conviction in their local courts. Collectively we stopped paying. @bobmccoskrienz How many convictions for possession of objectionable publications do you think there are a year How many of those people could you name News media has been hollowed out. Local newspapers used to publish every conviction in"
X Link 2025-08-19T22:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Three-year low is a weird flex: The only time interest rates were lower than this in the last five years was under some other government Interest rates are at a three-year low under National. If they havent already lower mortgage rates could be flowing through to your back pocket soon. Interest rates are at a three-year low under National. If they havent already lower mortgage rates could be flowing through to your back pocket soon"
X Link 2025-08-23T03:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Agree entirely. If you think the keeping of public records is a personal affront then you should stay out of public office. @JamieEnsor @JeneeTibshraeny @MHReddell Without hyperbole Neil Quigley is unfit to be Reserve Bank Governor He was already criticised by the Auditor General for not keeping records at Waikato Uni and he still thinks records of important matters shouldn't be kept @JamieEnsor @JeneeTibshraeny @MHReddell Without hyperbole Neil Quigley is unfit to be Reserve Bank Governor He was already criticised by the Auditor General for not keeping records at Waikato Uni and he still"
X Link 2025-08-27T08:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@AsherGoldman Is there a date by which Transmission Gully would have been finished if built in the usual non-PPP way How much longer did the PPP take"
X Link 2025-08-28T04:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"I obviously knew of Graham Greene from his bigger roles but have spent a few minutes trying to remember a particular thing I had seen him in recent-ishly. I had rewatched the sentencing scene from Molly's Game https://youtu.be/ldgvxEMWkzYsi=Y5aE_U382lchqcUx https://youtu.be/ldgvxEMWkzYsi=Y5aE_U382lchqcUx"
X Link 2025-09-02T05:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Is this really what a US (federal) guilty plea is like @dilanesper It seems so much more respecting of rights than the approach in New Zealand"
X Link 2025-09-02T05:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@dilanesper Thanks It was the first half of the scene I was interested in. In New Zealand that would all generally be on the defence lawyer or not be done at all"
X Link 2025-09-02T05:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@nzsd it's candidate at a recent by-election said Peeni Henare should be Prime Minister"
X Link 2025-09-08T05:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@boondoggle41 Reported multiple places here are some undated examples: https://www.npr.org/2021/10/13/1045320600/maori-leader-calls-new-zealands-covid-19-strategy-a-death-warrant-for-her-people https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/11/maori-party-warns-reopening-new-zealand-amid-covid-outbreak-would-be-modern-genocide https://www.npr.org/2021/10/13/1045320600/maori-leader-calls-new-zealands-covid-19-strategy-a-death-warrant-for-her-people https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/11/maori-party-warns-reopening-new-zealand-amid-covid-outbreak-would-be-modern-genocide"
X Link 2025-09-09T01:25Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@RichardHanania My theory of Tucker Carlson is that he changed his approach to media after he was booed at CPAC in [----] for mildly defending the accuracy of the NYTimes (eg they care about spelling people's names right)"
X Link 2025-09-10T01:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@dpfdpf @tickaroo Sure but you're still obviously wrong. Member of the first family would also be above this in earth- shatteringness. I doubt this would make the top [---] hypotheticals"
X Link 2025-09-11T04:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"I'd be answering yes because I consider that the invasion of Normandy was justified. I don't have anything against pacifists but am surprised there are so many. 25% of people who describe themselves as "very liberal" and 17% as "liberal" say that it's sometimes justified to restore to violence to achieve political goals. Just 6% of conservatives say the same. As @JDVance said only one side of the aisle in this country has a lunatic https://t.co/9uh5WBKIzv 25% of people who describe themselves as "very liberal" and 17% as "liberal" say that it's sometimes justified to restore to violence to"
X Link 2025-09-16T00:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@DavidRotherton Then the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Or are you going to tell me Jews had been stripped of citizenship by then so it doesn't count either"
X Link 2025-09-16T01:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@ClintVSmith I thought your concern was this was a wealthy guy buying justice. If your concern was the system shaking down a wealthy guy for a donation to a cop then I clearly misunderstood"
X Link 2025-09-16T20:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@AdamKinzinger Yes. Chief Pete Arredondo resigned as a member of the Council and was terminated as Chief of Police. He was later indicted and lost honorable discharge status. Adrian Gonzales was also indicted. Trooper Crimson Elizondo resigned and was fired from a subsequent position"
X Link 2025-09-23T01:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@AdamKinzinger In addition Lieutenant Mariano Pargas retired under threat of sacking. And Christopher Kindell was fired from the Texas Rangers (he appealed and got reinstated)"
X Link 2025-09-23T01:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@EricCrampton Surely the mail sent from the UK would be forwarded from Royal Mail to the Palestine mail authorities Why would it go via Israel Palestine may only currently have observer status at the UPU but they have applied and presumably that's the next step after those taken recently"
X Link 2025-09-23T23:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@SaveMeeJeebus @DawnDCS92 @yashar I believe 240k was the median view count for videos the show has put on YouTube over the last six months"
X Link 2025-09-24T23:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"There has been zero public indication that Te Pti Mori would contemplate supporting a Labour govt. The two parties have never worked together at any level. Absent more media should stop assertions around a left bloc being able to govern. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/575328/national-falls-below-30-percent-in-latest-curia-poll-left-bloc-could-form-government https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/575328/national-falls-below-30-percent-in-latest-curia-poll-left-bloc-could-form-government"
X Link 2025-10-07T23:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"New Zealand risks sliding into authoritarianism. To avoid this the Prime Minister and Speaker should assert authoritarian powers with no basis in law undermining legal protections older than New Zealand. Avoiding authoritarianism is that important https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/07/anne-salmond-academic-freedom-and-its-enemies https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/07/anne-salmond-academic-freedom-and-its-enemies"
X Link 2025-10-08T07:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@james_c_m_ @EricCrampton does not turn on whether a document is characterised as SECRET or TOP SECRET"
X Link 2025-10-09T09:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@Kleisthenes2 Not unique: Armenia Belgium Canada (Nova Scotia Croatia Cyprus Fiji India Jordan Kazakhstan Kosovo Philippines (local govt) Romania Singapore Slovenia the United States (non-voting: Congress Maine). Some others also have lower thresholds for some groups"
X Link 2025-10-10T11:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"The Nobel Committee is almost certainly not going to award Pres. Trump the Peace Prize. I have a compromise: next year instead of announcing a winner they should revoke Pres. Obama's prize as improvidently granted"
X Link 2025-10-10T23:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@dpfdpf I anticipate that the concern might be about this https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/1978111309032866163 It's not just that we easily could have had this deal in [----] if the Biden administration had political cover on the right to pursue it we IN FACT HAD THIS DEAL in January of [----] and Trump and Netanyahu deliberately blew it up. https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/1978111309032866163 It's not just that we easily could have had this deal in [----] if the Biden administration had political cover on the right to pursue it we IN FACT HAD THIS DEAL in January of [----] and Trump and Netanyahu"
X Link 2025-10-14T22:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@SeanPlunket @patbrittenden Just listen to the broadcast. There will have to be at least one piece each day letting people know how to file a Broadcasting Standards complaint"
X Link 2025-10-17T01:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@MichaelFieldNZ If you think things have gotten so far that the Attorney-General's consent has been sought (which will actually be the Solicitor-General) then it's not clear what you're complaining about"
X Link 2025-10-17T01:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"So um where was consensus to deny short-term convicted prisoners the right to vote"
X Link 2013-05-14T09:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@MorganGodfery is it The reasons we remember is "never again". That may or may not be valid but is that the reason to remember slavery"
X Link 2013-10-31T06:48Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"This is really good "Ferguson and the Modern Debtors Prison" http://t.co/J0z2jJBvDZ via @EricCrampton http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2014/08/ferguson-and-the-debtors-prison.html http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2014/08/ferguson-and-the-debtors-prison.html"
X Link 2014-08-21T21:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Apart from boxing and other fighting sports are there any others sports where there can be debate about who is winning at a point in time"
X Link 2015-05-03T03:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@mrbarnabyb @publicaddress I don't accept that anywhere near "most" people have that assessment of John Key"
X Link 2015-05-13T11:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"When the TPP started it was like four countries: NZ Chile Singapore and Brunei. Or am I mixing up my trade deals #NationTV3"
X Link 2015-06-12T21:36Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@mrbarnabyb @LI_politico exactly the opposite. We get to vote between four. We need the best four versions of four ideas"
X Link 2015-08-10T04:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"I think the two Lockwoods thing is a good move. Imagine if they'd chosen just one and it was colours we disliked"
X Link 2015-08-31T22:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Some updates. Found one It seems Veterans Affairs may be Cortex-protected along with the NZDF (but not the MOD) https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/650725986607083521 Crowdsourcing Project Cortex. You Can Help http://t.co/VlLagB8KvS https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/650725986607083521 Crowdsourcing Project Cortex. You Can Help http://t.co/VlLagB8KvS"
X Link 2015-10-04T21:16Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Links to and quotes from the various privacy statements for the last in the comments http://t.co/VDF1dekYkU http://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/legal-beagle-crowdsourcing-project-cortex/p=349455#post349455 http://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/legal-beagle-crowdsourcing-project-cortex/p=349455#post349455"
X Link 2015-10-04T21:17Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@MatthewHootonNZ given that Josie Butler isn't an MP a better analogy might be: "what if Robin Grieve said those things""
X Link 2016-02-10T20:24Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@TaliaShadwell have you considered getting one of them press hats so that they'll be able to find you"
X Link 2016-06-21T02:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@DylanReeve it's not. It's a very specific claim about government debt levels. That claim is accurate. Graph here: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/US_Federal_Debt_as_Percent_of_GDP_by_President.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/US_Federal_Debt_as_Percent_of_GDP_by_President.jpg"
X Link 2016-11-20T21:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@gtiso @MorganGodfery on the inside"
X Link 2016-11-27T22:12Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@gtiso @norightturnnz he was clear he would I thought; but late enough to not require a by-election"
X Link 2016-12-07T09:23Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@andrewmeows @keith_ng misunderstanding or for using words which others think racist etc. People's self-ID is very compelling to them. (4)"
X Link 2017-01-04T03:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@mrbarnabyb @andrewmeows @keith_ng I'm not sure most people think of eg racism that way (or a lot of other things)"
X Link 2017-01-04T03:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@jonogaluszka @kirst_law convictions at courts martial also never result in or add to three strikes consequences"
X Link 2017-01-14T20:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@TaliaShadwell @jonogaluszka @kirst_law would eg Philip Wiig have faced trial in a civilian court An offence like his is rarely prosecuted"
X Link 2017-01-15T05:15Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"It's a close call for most responsive Government Department between DIA and @Stats_NZ but I love reading this each time it happens. https://x.com/franks_lawyer/status/875526918581346304 Proud kiwi. NZ Passport Office despatch renewed 10yr passport by courier at 11-48am less than [--] hours after std fee simple online appln. https://x.com/franks_lawyer/status/875526918581346304 Proud kiwi. NZ Passport Office despatch renewed 10yr passport by courier at 11-48am less than [--] hours after std fee simple online appln"
X Link 2017-06-16T01:46Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Agree although I will note that our prisons aren't full of young people on drug charges. https://x.com/AraTaiohi/status/882392213451284480 https://x.com/AraTaiohi/status/882392213451284480"
X Link 2017-07-05T06:18Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Voters https://x.com/actparty/status/894365124873527296 There is no reason why ACT will not elect five MPs and hold the balance of power. https://t.co/iGSdHoay4l https://x.com/actparty/status/894365124873527296 There is no reason why ACT will not elect five MPs and hold the balance of power. https://t.co/iGSdHoay4l"
X Link 2017-08-07T04:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@BenUffindell @lyndonhood @keith_ng usually only "cabinet" has been mentioned. In the reply I heard Ardern didn't address possibility of a ministerial role outside cabinet"
X Link 2017-08-09T02:04Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@MaxRashbrooke @LewSOS @mrbarnabyb me https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/896963816176599040 @MaxRashbrooke @ralph9 @dpfdpf @ralp9 I can update this if it's helpful but here's a table I prepared a few years back. https://t.co/Oap4ZS8DTU https://x.com/GraemeEdgeler/status/896963816176599040 @MaxRashbrooke @ralph9 @dpfdpf @ralp9 I can update this if it's helpful but here's a table I prepared a few years back. https://t.co/Oap4ZS8DTU"
X Link 2017-09-03T23:36Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@MaxRashbrooke @ralph9 @dpfdpf And now updated to include [----] and [----] elections :-)"
X Link 2017-09-06T11:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@simonbwilson nope. That is not how the counting works. And falsely telling people that is how it works risks voter suppression"
X Link 2017-09-12T11:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@simonbwilson @mrbarnabyb the percentage isn't used. Only the votes are used"
X Link 2017-09-12T11:20Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@Tim_Watkin @GuyonEspiner @lisaowennz If (as both major polls suggest) NL+G then NZF falling below 5% does not necessarily give National fewer options. Could well govern alone"
X Link 2017-09-21T07:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"How does National win the next election Over 50% of the vote Govern alone on 50% because eg NZF 5% Does well enough that NZF switches"
X Link 2017-10-19T09:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@mrbarnabyb @publicaddress @radionz Browlee was introduced by Guyon Espiner as "The Former Canterbury Rebuild Minister". He ceased to be Minister for Greater Christchurch Regeneration on [--] May 2017"
X Link 2018-04-05T23:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@PeterByardDavis @Tim_Watkin Cullen's final PreFU recorded the following. It doesn't look especially tidy and it doesn't look like a surplus https://treasury.govt.nz/sites/default/files/2008-10/prefu08-pt4of9.pdf https://treasury.govt.nz/sites/default/files/2008-10/prefu08-pt4of9.pdf"
X Link 2018-04-21T08:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

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