“The 24/7 National GeoHazards Monitoring Centre, which tracks volcanoes, tsunamis and earthquakes lost a quarter of its staff in 2024. Now, instead of constant live monitoring, New Zealand’s hazard tracking system is sometimes staffed ON CALL (my emphasis) …

WTF?

Relax, folks. FEMA is in capable hands. sbee.link/jb9kqdmwpy

Oh I meet people falling upward all the time. Its become a running joke in our house. And each year that has passed since im 18, more and more evidence emerges that America is a casino pure and simple. The house always wins and the scammers survive the longest

The nonstop grift the Trump family is running on taxpayers is just extraordinary.

I thought this was satire. Sadly reader, it is not.

IMO the two biggest dangers of AI are that it affirms everything you think and that it destroys your critical thinking. And each reinforces the other. The more you lean on it for your thinking, the more it reinforces it. And the more it reinforces it, the more you rely on it. Very bad.

I can't understand how negotiations with Iran could possibly have failed with such a stellar lineup of Americans🙄 They're not even trying, folks.

NEWS: Huge first win for Mayor Mamdani’s tax-the-rich plans in NYC. Mamdani just secured a deal with Gov. Hochul to create the state’s first-ever tax on $5 million+ second homes owned by ultrawealthy out-of-state residents.

Nothing has changed NOTHING

LLMs are going really well I see

This is why Russia is still fighting, why the war continues and why people are dying: Because Trump and Vance encouraged Putin to believe he could win

I know this type. I've seen them often enough. They revel in being obnoxious: but not towards the rich and powerful, to whom they fawn. Always towards the weaker and the poorer: towards people who don't have their privileges, such as access to private medical care. They think it's funny and daring.

Um didn’t Winston do that last week? Is there a coordinated response from our government or are all the ministers just doing their own thing? And honestly, as if anyone will listen to Willis. She should just text them and save the jet fuel. #NZPol

Bukele will give Google access to the health data of all Salvadorans. elpais.com/america/2026...

Thinking of the care my own Mam , currently in hospital, is receiving versus these vulnerable people in yet another great piece by @sallyhayd.bsky.social ‘It’s a disaster’: Lebanon’s most vulnerable struggle to cope in overcrowded war shelters www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...

Another one for the ages.

I've been leaked a letter from the Telegraph's new owners. It's now mandatory for the Telegraph's journalists to support Israel. And their new owner's record is deeply disturbing 👇 www.owenjones.news/p/at-the-tel...

Trump: 2/6-“They want to make a deal badly 3/2-“They want to make a deal badly 3/16-“They want to make a deal badly 3/24-“They want to make a deal badly 3/25-“They want to make a deal badly 4/1-“They want to make a deal badly 4-13-“They want to make a deal badly 4/14-“They want to make a deal badly

Ba ha ha ha ha ha ha.

“We may stop by Cuba after we’re finished with this.” — Trump, on Monday 🚨 We need more than a 25thA challenge to Trump. We need impeachment of Trump, Hegseth, and others. Grandpa Chaos is *still* planning a Cuban invasion. His team is ready to commit more war crimes. 🧾 zeteo.com/p/is-cuba-ne...

The right wants the church to control the state. This infuriates and alarms me.

Could MattGPT face scrutiny under the UK’s ‘proceeds of crime’ law? The British right is awash with money from Orban thinktanks…which Hungary’s new PM says was stolen. Brilliant deep dive into Orban’s vast UK network by @McCoolingtons for @thenerve_news. 👏

The same week the NYTimes was devoting its significant resources to producing this ridiculous piece about Lauren Sanchez Bezos's call for rich people to not worry and be happy, Ryan Hass, an independent journalist in Oregon, was investigating this horrifying story about a death in an Amazon plant.

These people call themselves patriots. Almost invariably, they turn out to be stooges of foreign powers. goodlawproject.org/orbans-pay-c...

Medicare fraud in Kentucky. How soon until Trump pardons them?

The first amendment is apparently only designed to protect speech the right approves of.

“I do not support or encourage hate speech or online attacks from any side…As far as I am concerned, this matter is closed.” But an online attack is exactly what he did. An absolutely unwarranted attack. And of course, no consequences for him 🙄

Days after the president blasted the Pope as “weak on Crime,” his own DOJ moved to dismiss criminal cases against individuals convicted of conspiring to use force to prevent the peaceful transfer of power. Some of the conduct for which Rhodes was convicted: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/oath...

More good news!

This clearly illustrates the Republican stance on justice: Law and order is a just a game, a game that can always be won if you can wield enough money and power. Get away with as much as you can, regardless of ethical or moral fallout, and shamelessly lie for each other to avoid any consequences.

I have no problem with charter or private schools provided they have ZERO funding from the Govt. Don't want to be part of the state education system, want to be a private business, take zero govt welfare. Oh & plus state schools converting must be fully bought out at market prices

Ask any New Zealand politician why we can’t do this here and prepare for a masterclass in spin and bullshit. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news... #nzpol

Wrote this today for Dayenu: New Zealand Jews Against Occupation. You cannot commemorate the victims of a genocide while perpretrating one yourself. The killing must end. The occupation must end. Never again means never again for anyone.

Peter Ticktin — a longtime Trump ally and attorney for convicted election denier Tina Peters — has publicly declared his bid to serve as attorney general with an agenda that reads like a greatest hits collection of election conspiracy theories. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Influencers continue to exist largely by our consent: by us agreeing to treat them as Very Special rather than treating them with overt scorn. At least 50% of this preposterous scrote’s social encounters should end with him being bullied into pissing himself. GET A JOB AND A HAIRCUT

31 consecutive days where domestic wind and solar generation covered 100 percent of national electricity demand with zero fossil fuel input at any hour of any day. Danish grid operator Energinet confirmed it. Credit @joelthedane.bsky.social matr.net/news/denmark... #energysky

The entire American conservative MAGA “movement” has been a Russian funded op the entire time. Follow the money. It’s a straight line from Putin to CPAC.

Surveys of ‘business confidence’ don’t measure the economy—just “how the business community FEELS about the economy.” And the data shows that business confidence is “systematically higher under National-led governments, irrespective of the actual economic conditions.” newsroom.co.nz/2026/04/15/b...

This is reportedly the “threat” Ericka Kirk faced. No one to grift from. 👇

Breaking: WASHINGTON (AP) - Justice Department moves to vacate seditious conspiracy convictions of Oath Keepers and Proud Boys in major Jan. 6 cases.

BREAKING: In latest effort to appease/impress Trump, Jeanine Pirro sends prosecutors to make surprise visit at Fed HQ construction site. They ask for a tour but get turned away. Bad news for Kevin Walsh confirmation! GIFT LINK: www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Meanwhile, the typical American will pay a federal income tax rate of 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like. [Via @itep.org]

We have a pretty good idea, JD

Same old, same old… Fucking gross. Men in power, you do not have the right to view women in your office as sexual objects and you have a responsibility to make sure everyone in your employ feels safe and is safe

We have updated this story with 911 tape from the incident.

Last week, a worker one of Amazon's Portland area facilities died on the warehouse floor. Employees were told to look away and keep working. A new story by @ryanjhaas.bsky.social for @thewesternedge.bsky.social - reporting this news first. www.thewesternedge.media/p/everyone-i...

God bless whoever did this.