It Is All About Control
The motivations to stop using X – be it media or now the Clerk of New Zealand’s parliament – are couched in moral terms by opponents, but it’s all really about control, curation, and censorship.
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Hipkins’ State of the Nation Flop: No New Ideas, Just Old Failures and Empty Pockets
About the only thing Labour actually delivered last time round was eye-watering debt for the nation and high inflation. If you want more of that then by all means vote Labour.
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The man killed was identified by investigators as 21-year-old Austin Tucker Martin, according to a person familiar with the matter speaking anonymously to AP.
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The word for today is… elicit (verb) - 1: to get (information, a response, etc.) from someone 2: to bring out (something latent or potential) Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Say them fast—or even slow—in isolation, and no one will know which one you mean: elicit and illicit both rhyme
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And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
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“Fantasy Gun Laws?” Borsak and Banasiak Expose ‘Belt-Fed Shotgun’ Claims in NSW Parliament
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Recognition Of English As An Official Language Well Overdue
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Winston Peters 20%? Why NZ First Is Surging In 2026
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The Origins of Myanmar’s Coup Culture
The “Burmese Way to Socialism” may have failed as an economic experiment, but as a statist mechanism for perpetual military dictatorship, it has proven to be a devastating success.
