How Peter Thiel's Palantir operates: JP Morgan reportedly had to oust a security chief installed on references from Palantir after executives found out he was spying on them. www.cnbc.com/2018/04/19/j...

The rare still fee-free submission opportunity, opening 1 November (@derekjgwilliams.bsky.social)

The mounting deaths in Trump's concentration camps. “Contracts are being distributed to Trump’s buddies and people with no experience running detention centers, many of these contracts are no-bid. They’re incarcerating people and allowing them to die, not providing medical facilities. It’s horrific”

If ACA healthcare subsidies are not extended, a 60-year-old earning $65k in Key West, Fla. could see premiums go from $460 a month with the subsidies to $2,400 a month without. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Open letter from staff, students, and alumni of the New Zealand community of universities. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Excellent cartoon by fellow Listener cartoonist Anthony Ellison #nzpol www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener...

Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza. Israel seems to be intercepting right now. All eyes needed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...

Fun fact: I worked on this technology back in 2010, here in the USA - a biomimetic adhesive for wet conditions, based on amino acid monomers. Less-fun fact: I, along with a hundred other researchers, was laid off from our large adhesives company because they wanted to "focus on core capabilities"

🗣️THIS is the message!! Brava, Congresswoman @aoc.bsky.social!!

#Kikorangi #Birds 🪶

When you think you're World War II's Patton, but you're really just M*A*S*H's Major Frank Burns.

A humanist is a non-religious person who shapes their own life in the here and now, because they believe it’s the only life they have. They try to do good for its own sake, without expectation of reward after death. How humanist are you? Take our quiz! humanists.uk/humanism/how...

#BHN Are you serious Chloe Swarbrick? Can you please introduce me to your new best bud so we can have a chat 🤣🤣🤣 www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl_L...

I don't know how this got past my Bsky word filter, but glad it did. THIS! 👇 ❤️

Once a proud forerunner in progressive foreign policy, NZ now shamefully lags behind Australia, Canada and those wretched old colonisers England and France who’ve joined over 150 countries in recognising the state of Palestine. #onetermgovt #nzpol #freepalestine

The pottery mug you didn't know you need. And for a good cause. #FreePalestine

Trump Administration Cancels Annual Hunger Survey www.wsj.com/economy/trum...

An ever-so-casual reminder that the bill for the leaky buildings deregulation fiasco is around fifteen to twenty times larger than all Tiriti settlements either finalised or in progress put together. www.1news.co.nz/2025/09/20/m...

The answer to every question about this government is: Corruption. #nzpol

Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly. sbgi.net/tv-stations/

In the UK, thousands protested Trump and the masks were absolute perfection.

Vote Local is a guide provided by Generation Zero - a youth-led climate justice organisation. They provided their own survey to candidates grouped into six categories: Transport, Housing, Equity and Decision-making, Economic Justice, Environment, and Te Tiriti. localelections.nz

Policy has been doing election guides since 2017 and this year is no different! They send questionnaires to candidates and report back on their responses. policy.nz/2025

This awesome local election poster.. #nzpol

A lot of right-wing/MAGA trolls have infiltrated Bluesky since Kirk's death. They're putting names on lists. Go this Bluesky link, hit "subscribe" and then "block all" The more we protect each other, the better. There is also another link to do the same mass block below.

I have a friend with a PhD in Art History and most of her doctorate was in the chemistry labs and working with lasers (her topic was conservation focused). But importantly she started with loving art and art history at high school.

I plan to post this ABC News supercut video of Trump calling Harris and Democrats "fascists" (and "communists"!) everytime I see a Republican on TV whining about Trump being called a "fascist" by the left. Oh, the hypocrisy! Oh, the gaslighting!

They can’t stop lying about Charlie Kirk…

Pulte should resign

Harbour Bridge March postponed new route #FreePalestine

Addicted. We today's cartoon by Ramses. More cartoons: www.cartoonmovement.com/search?query... #guns #USA #addiction

Environment Canterbury freshwater scorecard - what do your candidates think? #nzpol #canterbury #election

In 2023, National lost 2 seats after special votes were counted. Special votes incl. people who moved, have errors on forms, homeless, new migrants, typically younger etc. Now National is playing US voter suppression tactics. Submissions on Goldsmith's bill closes tomorrow, 11 Sep 1pm #nzpol

New piece by me. I wrote about what the political methodology literature tells us about the uses and abuses of surveys, why a polling-first political strategy is a mistake, and why a clear set of values and a clear political vision is essential for reconciling contradictory pressures on policy.

Why would any foreign country invest in a nation that did this?

Hello Hawaii!! 🌸🌺🌼🥥🍍🏝🏞⛱️🌊 Hawaii is joining California, Oregon & Washington in the West Coast Health Alliance, which is providing unified recommendations to residents based on science, not politics. VERY PROUD of the West Coast!!

"On behalf of my village, I want to commend the 340 Living Wage accredited Employers, specifically you who are here in the room this morning, for taking that brave step and living in the risk of. Every dollar above the bare minimum is an act of justice…..1/2 youtu.be/Sy1X6wrdM-Y #nzpol

New Banksy artwork to be removed from Royal Courts of Justice

The 2023 IRD wealth study found that the richest 300 people in NZ pay tax on income of 9.4%, versus 28% for someone earning $80k. Luxon Govt is removing the clauses of the tax law that allowed IRD to collect the study data. They don’t want you to know. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

It's definitely time we introduced competition to the big grocery chains, and a 'food as a public service' model would be genuinely innovative and helpful if followed to its logical solution rather than treated as a traditional SOE.

Well...here's what should be his obituary

Brain art thread! Lots of new paintings

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Americans may not feel the full impact of the politicization of science until later. Jay Bhattacharya is denying the fact that cancer research grants have been cut. Kennedy installed a tech investor w/ a humanities degree to run the CDC. The damage is irreversible. A good thread 🧪🧵

🧪 Yeap, this a much better and we scientists voted with our feet. arstechnica.com/science/2025...

While Microsoft and AWS are focused on the Auckland region, Datagrid has chosen a different path. The company is planning to build a $5b hyperscale data centre campus in Makarewa, near Invercargill

Morris listed some of the concerns up here and other political scientists concerns. bsky.app/profile/gell...