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You Don’t Get To Dictate Pronouns

You Don’t Get To Dictate Pronouns

Darryl Betts Darryl is a businessman and a post-graduate student in Philosophy at the University of Auckland, with particular interests in the philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, epistemology, logic, and AI. He holds a BSc in Computer Science and a BA in Philosophy, Logic and Computation. darryllrbetts.wordpress.

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View from Your Window
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View from Your Window

**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell us about this View from Your Window? Yesterday’s photo is a view of the Arapuni Dam from my van. ** We need more photos please folks, so grab your

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Tell Us What Is Happening in Your Country

Here at The BFD we currently have writers based in New Zealand, Australia, Israel, Hong Kong and the UK but we have readers from many other countries. This article is a shout out to our readers in other countries encouraging them to send us an article telling us what life

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The NZ Israeli Ambassador Has Our Support

The NZ Israeli Ambassador Has Our Support

COMS – Coalition of Ministers Supporting Israel COMS-Israel is a group of 42 Church Ministers in New Zealand who support the right of Israel to protect its homeland. This group has evolved out of the latest conflict in Gaza and more ministers continue to join. We are very concerned with

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Volunteer Writers Wanted
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Volunteer Writers Wanted

The BFD is seeking motivated, concise, reliable, and professionally-minded writers. Ideally, we prefer articles of 400-600 words in length. If you feel that the subject requires a longer post please keep it under 1000 words, (ideally under 800). Local news stories are as welcome as anything to do

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The BFD Daily Opinion Poll

Take our Daily Opinion Poll and see how your views compare to other readers and then share the poll on social media. By sharing the poll you will help even more readers to discover The BFD. Share this BFD Opinion poll so others can discover The BFD using the share

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High Court Finds Bloomfield’s Fluoride Directive Unlawful

Mary Byrne National Coordinator Fluoride Free New Zealand A High Court decision  issued last Friday in the New Health New Zealand vs the Director General of Health (DG) case, found that the DG acted unlawfully because he had failed to consider the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act (BORA) before

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All Countries Need to Stand With Israel

All Countries Need to Stand With Israel

Destiny Church The stomp, shout and spirit of Brian Tamaki’s men as they perform the haka in support of Israel has gone viral across the world. The spirit these men carry is causing Pro-Palestine/Hamas rallies to retreat in defeat. First in Auckland, now in Brisbane and soon

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Lobbyists Helping and Influencing the New Govt

Bryce Edwards Dr Bryce Edwards is the Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.nz New Zealand’s corporate lobbyists are currently carrying out major manoeuvres in order to ensure they are in the best

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Psst…want a Free Taste of an Article by Stephen Berry?

If you don’t have a Silver level membership yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles. National’s Tax Package Makes an Impressive Headline The National Party finally released its tax policy on Wednesday. While some economists have expressed scepticism about the affordability of tax cuts while

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Yesterday’s Five Most Popular Articles

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Petty and Immature You Say?
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Petty and Immature You Say?

Watching the media be-clowning themselves as coalition negotiations continue ignoring them is hilarious. They are being made fools of by politicians who are well used to their pathetic carry-on and who have disarmed the media by conducting negotiations away from parliament and mostly on private property. Lloyd Burr

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BFD Caption Competition

BFD Caption Competition

Here are a few I prepared earlier… If you enjoyed this article please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make your reading experience more enjoyable click here

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Want to Save Big on Fuel?

Want to Save Big on Fuel?

We are very pleased to announce a new service for ALL members of The BFD.  The BFD in partnership with GCo Fuels has created a discounted fuel option. In these tough financial times anything that can save you precious dollars is something to be celebrated. We’ve worked hard to

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 17 17 Better a dry crust eaten in peace    than a house filled with feasting—and conflict If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.

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