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Pete Burtonwood

@catlinspete.bsky.social

Strategic and critical thinker. Enthusiastic pedant. Retired career firefighter. Experienced at sorting out other people’s chaos. Salford and County Kerry. MUFC. If you are American, you will be blocked. This is year 249.

created October 30, 2023

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Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

Colour scheme of the website address is a giveaway.

3/9/2025, 6:19:50 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The freight trucking lobby told Willis to cancel the contract. They don’t want to remove their trucks from the highways. Nor do they want to pay their full cost of roading.

16/8/2025, 12:57:52 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Only 15% of British in AoNZ in 1840 were literate. Descendants of the early settlers in remote coastal rural areas struggle with basic English, and have largely bastardised the Te Reo names. All in the process of suppressing the Māori culture.

12/8/2025, 10:26:56 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Her and her party are embarking on a mission of cultural genocide.

12/8/2025, 10:20:25 PM | 7 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Looking in from afar, Farage appears to have all the characteristics of a conman. I may be wrong.

12/8/2025, 10:13:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Well, he does represent the Zionist Atlas Network.

12/8/2025, 3:11:25 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The US has never been respected in the rest of the world. The US has invaded more countries, since 1945, than any other country.

4/8/2025, 9:25:53 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Tiwai Point is supplied from Manapouri. Stopping the flow to Methanex would do it. There is provision in the contract.

3/8/2025, 11:04:25 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Reminds me of the story of Hedy Lamar’s scientific achievements.

27/7/2025, 9:39:17 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Supermarket (English) butter in Manchester is £1.99 for 350 gm. I reckon that’s about NZ$8.00

27/7/2025, 7:17:55 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Then there’s the puffer fish “Real Housewives of….”

24/7/2025, 3:25:55 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Straight out of the GOP in the US. Disenfranchise as many left voters as possible.

24/7/2025, 2:08:23 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I consider that programme to be thinking persons TV. Really enjoy it.

24/7/2025, 2:07:25 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

Very apt.

23/7/2025, 11:17:13 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He’s going to start a war. USAF nuclear bombers have landed at RAF Lakenheath.

23/7/2025, 11:16:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The US is in the final days of empire. This is year 249 for the US.

23/7/2025, 10:51:52 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Have they got a secret club in a tree hut somewhere?

23/7/2025, 10:44:30 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

Duly done.

19/7/2025, 7:18:28 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Have they got the correct photo (AoNZ)?

10/6/2025, 4:27:34 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Fuck off!

9/6/2025, 7:04:29 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

Most of the heavy earthworks machinery companies. Hard Yakka apparel.

9/6/2025, 6:54:32 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I have a Livall helmet that has indicators and Bluetooth speakers. Lights flash in low light.

9/6/2025, 6:38:22 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The name has a Titanic feel to it.

8/6/2025, 3:17:51 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And so, the final stage of decline of empire has started.

8/6/2025, 3:16:13 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Veolia runs Queenstown Lakes District 3 waters.

4/6/2025, 8:57:14 AM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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LFP is the first quantum leap in regards to safety. Saline batteries will be the next step.

1/6/2025, 3:02:21 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

Wrong. Battery development is rapidly progressing, both in capacity and in recharge time.

1/6/2025, 12:20:38 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

They are his communication connection with his controller.

30/5/2025, 1:38:54 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Significant immigrant population.

30/5/2025, 1:31:13 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Time to stop their butter revenue by at least 5%. Fuck Fonterra.

29/5/2025, 4:41:34 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

Judith Collins has stated that wetlands are just swamps.

29/5/2025, 4:35:15 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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“Party of business” and “good economy managers” are 2 enduring myths in regard to the right. Both proving to be bullshit.

29/5/2025, 4:28:33 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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There’s 2, maybe 3.

29/5/2025, 4:23:10 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

The US is in the final days of empire. It will be replaced as world leader, and most of the world will know peace.

28/5/2025, 11:21:31 PM | 11 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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Seymour is prosecuting a soft coup.

21/5/2025, 5:14:09 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Someone looks embarrassed, and his mate looks worried 🥹

18/5/2025, 9:11:15 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

That may well be in recognition of any potential contract penalties.

16/5/2025, 9:09:41 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is what the patriarchy does, and has always done.

16/5/2025, 4:03:43 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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No point. Very few countries trust them now.

13/5/2025, 6:29:03 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

I just have the photo, but have refrained from posting it, thus far.

10/5/2025, 2:29:03 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

I think the hot dog had tomato sauce on it.

10/5/2025, 1:18:53 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

Yep. I’m trying to wean myself off Fonterra products. As to the trucks, they’re pounding the shit out of the roads , and we pay for it.

9/5/2025, 9:42:58 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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*PKE freight truck road damage

9/5/2025, 9:35:13 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Absolute robbery. It is produced here. We pay the collateral price for its production (PKE freight truck road change, milk tanker road damage, environmental pollution, as well as the literally inflated price.

8/5/2025, 11:44:00 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social)

A very interesting read.

8/5/2025, 11:06:32 PM | 3 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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3 Waters was a significant threat to the move back to feudalism.

8/5/2025, 9:08:11 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It is the Trump playbook, A.K.A Project 2025.

6/5/2025, 11:42:21 PM | 10 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Quite clearly, there are no rules (sarc).

6/5/2025, 2:11:33 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Fendaltown has always been a tad different.

6/5/2025, 2:08:49 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

The mouthings of a fascist.

1/5/2025, 7:41:46 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social)

Same here.

30/4/2025, 5:44:40 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

I would suggest that it was not inadvertently.

30/4/2025, 5:13:53 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

The US is pretty much the only country where the colour for the right wing party is red. Everywhere else red is the left.

29/4/2025, 4:45:16 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

Epic!

26/4/2025, 8:50:44 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

Who?

17/4/2025, 1:42:16 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

Well, you’ve been listening to shit. Study the Chinese culture. It will expand your knowledge and understanding.

17/4/2025, 1:41:30 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

Ah, Saint Luigi. Wherefore art thou in our time of need?

17/4/2025, 1:31:34 AM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

Then there’s BHN and 1/200.

15/4/2025, 11:20:27 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

It was not a size issue. It was a medical condition issue. Also, it is not a new policy.

15/4/2025, 6:40:11 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

I see Kim Hill’s podcasts as conversational. I might concede on The Detail.

10/4/2025, 4:30:36 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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9/4/2025, 10:17:22 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

Ah, Saint Luigi. Where art thou?

9/4/2025, 10:16:32 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

Likewise. It’s podcasts for me now. Kim Hill, The Detail, 1/200. MSM is corrupt and most unreliable.

9/4/2025, 10:14:15 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

Too good!

1/4/2025, 7:18:03 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BladeoftheSun (@bladeofthes.bsky.social) reposted

Andrew Tate and his brother are appearing in court tomorrow in Romania. If you want them both to be locked up, like. If you really want them to be locked up, RT.

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23/3/2025, 8:41:28 PM | 1284 589 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

A wankenpanzer with all of the accessories.

23/3/2025, 10:41:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

Yep. The sandwiches I bought had a Dunedin price tag on it. Must admit that I did a double take when I saw it had changed to Night n Day.

16/3/2025, 7:49:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

Their RUC rate pays for only 23% of roading costs. “Potholes” are, in reality, freight truck damage holes.

16/3/2025, 7:45:29 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Weekend roadie to Timaru and back, taking my ‘64 Fiat 500 to a car show. 2 observations: the highways are getting pounded to shit, and it ain’t by vehicles under 3.5 tonnes; Whittakers Dark Ghana is $3.01 dearer in Hampden, than Woolworth’s Balclutha. Things need to change.

16/3/2025, 4:26:10 AM | 18 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

Year 249 for the US.

14/3/2025, 8:31:07 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It is quite simply the patriarchy in their desperation to retain power and control.

11/3/2025, 8:30:28 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

A veteran of overseas sailing vacations? Or, faux military missions perpetuating the myth of defending the (already) free world?

8/3/2025, 1:36:13 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

I realise that. Doing what? Defending America in someone else’s ocean?

8/3/2025, 12:50:55 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

A veteran of where, exactly?

7/3/2025, 11:44:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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How many wings does a duct have? Asking for a friend.

7/3/2025, 11:37:08 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dawn LaGrone Finkelstein (@dawnlagronefink.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

This one needs to go viral too

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24/2/2025, 12:34:24 AM | 32 26 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

Goes to prove that the Chinese are smarter than Americans, most of whom could not find AoNZ on a map of the world.

21/2/2025, 9:42:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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*EVs

18/2/2025, 8:47:13 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not all RVs are Teslas.

18/2/2025, 8:37:59 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The Superbowl is purely about the advertising and the musical acts. The game itself is an absolute abomination. The worst of any version of the game of football.

9/2/2025, 11:49:51 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

Seems to be a trend.

8/2/2025, 8:39:31 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Epic, Rod. Thanks.

8/2/2025, 8:37:38 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Be sure to look with both eyes.

8/2/2025, 12:10:56 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He’s a white supremacist, who came from a wealthy family who got their wealth on the backs of African slaves. Not that I would expect a Zionist to understand.

7/2/2025, 11:59:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Most empires last 250 years. The US is at year 249. Bye.

7/2/2025, 11:37:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social)

Yep, happening around the world.

30/1/2025, 8:06:04 PM | 5 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

Nice. You are now standing on the thinnest part of the earth’s crust, in this country. Enjoy 🥹

30/1/2025, 12:47:12 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

They’re here and travelling in sleeper vans. Patchy internet coverage is an issue for them.

27/1/2025, 5:31:27 AM | 3 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture LadyBuzzard (@ladybuzzard.bsky.social) reposted

IT DIDN'T START WITH GAS CHAMBERS. IT STARTED WITH ONE PARTY CONTROLLING THE MEDIA. ONE PARTY CONTROLLING THE MESSAGE. ONE PARTY DECIDING WHAT IS TRUTH. ONE PARTY CENSORING SPEECH AND SILENCING OPPOSITION. ONE PARTY DIVIDING CITIZENS INTO US* AND THEM
24/1/2025, 4:51:40 AM | 389 197 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BladeoftheSun (@bladeofthes.bsky.social) reposted

RP this lets see if we can get Trump to reveal the Epstein files.

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24/1/2025, 12:00:40 AM | 490 282 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

National Party was founded on 3 principles. Minimal government, minimal taxes, defeat socialism.

23/1/2025, 11:49:18 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

I respect your creativity. On the money as ever.

22/1/2025, 7:09:20 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The current right wing government has got themselves in a position whereby they are trying to create legislation that contravenes specific rights in Te Tiriti, using a British legal construct. The 2 are incompatible.

21/1/2025, 8:50:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture No Republican in Government is Good Government (@originalintel.bsky.social) reposted

When the people stop feeling government is serving it's purpose.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlbJ...

18/1/2025, 11:56:21 PM | 3 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulusg.bsky.social (@paulusg.bsky.social) reposted

ryotburn's profile picture ryotburn

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17/1/2025, 9:16:44 PM | 5 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

Well, Britain is where the English language has its usage origins. So, I’m guessing that 20th of January would be correct English.

18/1/2025, 9:28:14 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes, weird. The natural progression is day, month, year. Interesting with Australia and the UK. I understand they both use day, month, year.

18/1/2025, 8:36:14 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

20th of January 2025. Is that too hard for you? It isn’t for the rest of the world. 20/01/25

18/1/2025, 7:44:11 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

Which month is the 20th month of the year? Asking for the rest of the world.

18/1/2025, 4:53:02 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pete Burtonwood (@catlinspete.bsky.social) reply parent

Wait till you hear about kilos and kilometres.

18/1/2025, 2:14:04 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view