"The Government has acknowledged that it made the wrong decision in allowing the data centre to go ahead without binding commitments from the developer on how they would reduce its environmental impact and agreed" www.foxglove.org.uk/2026/01/22/u...

It's incredibly disheartening to go to a former employer's site to find stories you've written from 10-15 years ago and they're just ... not there. Years of journalism, of records, of knowledge, gone. This is the modern equivalent to the collapse and destruction of the Library of Alexandria.

‘Terrible things are happening outside… Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. Women return… to find their families gone.’ Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

absolutely insane to see Musk feted at Davos as the icon of a boldly "optimistic" future in 2026, as if he hadn't just spent the last year buying elections for fascists, making Nazi salutes, condemning millions in Africa to death, and building "Mechahitler," and a nonconsensual porn/CSAM generator

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CAer here. Newsom has spent the last year on his own podcast platforming fascists, agreeing with transphobes & recently pro ICE Shapiro. Policy-wise he's been criminalizing the unhoused, reneged on several social programs, and more. When Tr*mp sent ICE here he said some stuff and did NOTHING.

You can become disabled or homeless in an instant. Even if you’re young and healthy. Even if you have a “good job” and a back up plan. Even if you think you’re doing everything right. Disability and poverty are not moral failings. They can happen to anyone.

Macron is foolish if he believes he can appeal to core-core solidarity, because from the perspective of the US no such thing exists. The correct approach is for Europe to break from the US and chart a more independent path.

It’s beginning to sound a lot like lebensraum

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"The idea of formal equality isn't just a flawed concept; it's a cruel joke. To demand that the law treat Māori and Pākehā the same today is to deliberately ignore centuries of legal violence that built Pākehā privilege on Māori dispossession."

As the yellow-legged hornet buffer area increases to 11km to cover more of the North, West and Central areas, MPI have released a new video on what to look out for on where nests can be. Feel free to share this with our community partners youtu.be/jmJbV2QOSoU?... #yellowleggedhornet #biosecurity

Simeon is completely oblivious to the fact that all the firefighters are wearing t-shirts from their union, & it has made my day. Well played Howick firefighters, well played. 👏👏 #direemergency #NZPFU #workersunited #Nationalnotfittogovern

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“Because the fear and urgency you felt trying to escape that crowd is what people here feel everyday. America was never ours to begin with, so how does it make sense that we cant share, especially with people seeking safety and shelter?”

Whatever your politics are, please understand: If things continue in this direction, there is going to come a time when you have to take a side between fascism and revolutionary change. There will be no third option. Standing aside, waiting, doing nothing—all of those will mean choosing fascism.

WHY ARE WE EVEN ENTERTAINING THE QUESTION

Foreign Minister Winston Peters pulls over NZ Reserve Bank governor Anna Breman after she signed a letter of support for US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell. My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #USpol #JeromePowell

The Free Speech Union didn't exist when black ppl couldn't speak. The Free Speech Union didn't exist when LGBTQ ppl couldn't speak. The Free Speech Union didn't exist when disabled ppl couldn't speak. The Free Speech Union existed when racist white ppl were asked to keep their racism to themselves.

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Kia ora Stuff. Your dehumanising headline serves as propaganda for a government deliberately underfunding & reducing access to services for our most vulnerable, in service of wealthy people. Challenging that erosion should be the story; that it’s not says something about the erosion of our humanity.

I think we should have the political green light to introduce very strict gun control laws with the restoration of democracy because what we've learned here about "needing guns to depose a tyrannical government" has proved to be absolute bullshit.

If you're asking what to do now, and the idea of getting involved in your community to change the world is new to you, I highly recommend this essential book as a starting place. It is kind, instructive, and useful for finding your way in a disorienting time. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1922-l...

pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:

Gov cutting all those 'back office' jobs working a treat #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Privatisation doesn't work, mkay? Blackrock has let down NZ, again: the first time with Solar Zero. I dunno, maybe we should set up a Climate Emergency Response Fund? But they shut it down, and the ETS has crashed so won't generate cash anyway. What a mess. #nzpol newsroom.co.nz/2026/01/16/b...

Telling protesters who are having grenades launched at their faces that they're "taking the bait" is fundamentally not very different than telling someone like me that I shouldn't "provoke" violent randos if I don't want to be gay-bashed or raped, and I think liberals should think on that.

Worth every second

I thought Business Confidence was meant to be at an all time high Someone including the ANZ who runs the survey was huffing their own farts again

Oh look, a National MP is conducting a survey about bus lanes that looks like it's from NZTA and is biased towards removing them. It would be a shame if it got lots of responses in favour of bus lanes, right? #nzpol forms.microsoft.com/pages/respon...

interested to know why NZ media aren’t urgently asking questions about this situation

Any reason to intervene. Meanwhile he sends his ICE thugs to attack nonviolent protesters and communities across the U.A. and destroys all opposition in U.S. institutions

Government accounts just post like this now and that’s how policy is made

How the f**k is business confidence at its highest in 12 years? In 17 years of business it has never been worse for me. Antidotally this is what I am hearing from so many other owners that are shutting down etc. Wtf?

it is 2016. the cops have murdered someone in minneapolis. the dem faithfuls say they just need more training. it is 2020. the cops have murdered someone in minneapolis. the dem faithfuls say they just need more training. it is 2026. the cops have murdered someone in minneapolis. the dem faithf

Immense skill issue to not have found this immediately obvious in 2016

There’s a bitter irony in these headlines.

World’s richest 1% have already used fair share of emissions for 2026, says Oxfam

nzers are all aware that there are a multitude of people currently in government, and in institutional leadership positions, who are desperately waiting for the point they can chair on the Trump regime openly instead of in their clubhouses, right? Our version is already in power here.

One for the campaign billboards… #nzpol #OneTermGovernment

Should have probably included this comparison of the wage share of the pie in previous 🧵 A stark reminder of just how much Roger and Ruth destroyed the bargaining power of workers as they set about creating a high profit / low wage, private debt fuelled, ecocidal, directionless economy.

Looks like ICE is now cracking down on … Native Americans. This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota: “Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”

NACT1 are doing a concentrated and systemic smear of the NZ Firefighters Union rather than addressing the problem of fully funding the fire service, allowing volunteers to access ACC, and getting actual proper equipment

This ICE shit is gonna be here one way or other if we don’t nip this shitshow in the butt this year.

One of these is not like the other... #nzpol

So, the government knew there was a threat of our patient information being hacked over 6months ago? Why does simple Simeon still have a job? 🤨 #nzpol www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/fresh-pro...

"If Iran shots [sic] and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come to their rescue." -Donald Trump So tell me Mr "President", who's going to come to our rescue?

The fact that so many of you dont see the denial of food shelter healthcare etc as something that would happen under a dictatorship is concerning. Poverty is neither natural nor inevitable, nor does it happen to "those who deserve it because they didn't work hard enough"