Amazing how Nat isn’t getting attacked and eviscerated on the economy. #nzpol

We sat chatting about whether we had enough unemployed people to suppress workers' wages. A few of us thought more misery would be good, but the new boss made the line call... current levels of misery would be OK for a another month or so. It was a great discussion. The vibes were good.

“It was a jungle,” one soldier said. “After the ceasefire, the order was: If someone crosses the line, you shoot them.”

Bc racism is systemic

"There is no room for climate deniers or climate MINIMALISTS in the twenty first century" Prime Minister of New Zealand Christopher Mark Luxon - 2023 There should be no room at all for fossil fuel/fool MAXIMALISTS in Aotearoa's Govenment - Vote them out! [ www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiVF... ] #nzpol

NZ National Party 🗳️ Fucking the basics ✔️ Destroying the future. ✔️ The self proclaimed “grown ups” are really fucking shit at this. 🤦‍♀️ #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ

JFC! The Trumpian maniacs in government are going to kill us all. #VoteGreen for sure!

Pardon my French, but who gives the proverbial flying fuck at the moon what unelected and notoriously incompetent functionaries of foreign governments have to say about the New Zealand's domestic business? #nzpol www.1news.co.nz/2026/05/30/p...

So we’ve been cooking up some thoughts on Gen AI at @amnesty.org and I’m ecstatic to finally see it out in the world! Our 🗝️ conclusion: standalone gen AI systems, built on unlawful web scraping, constitute mass invasions of privacy by design & should be prohibited www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Defence capex this Budget: $2.3b. Climate adaptation: $0. NZ's coastline is retreating, towns flood every other year, the Pacific is destabilising. The actual national security threat got nothing. Drones don't stop the tide. #nzpol

Little things I hate: describing someone's personal wealth as their "worth". So-and-so Farquington is "worth" $20 billion. No, he's fucking not.

New report says nearly 10,000 cases of conflict-related sexual violence were recorded worldwide last year.

"OECD countries spend an average of 1.5% of their GDP " We are heading to 0.8% NO FUCKING WONDER staff morale at Otago University is at an all time low. Why do academics stay in NZ? GET OUT NOW

When Australia did this it cost the federal government millions, ruined untold lives, and drove multiple people to suicide; but sure, let's learn nothing and do Robodebt here too

I so badly need to believe in ghosts now.

NZ govt basically

The evidence is clear - investment by governments in basic research benefits the country directly with at least 10 to 1 ratio By allowing science funding to decay the government is saying they don't care about the future of AoNZ

If we put climate into the background - here’s the real cost we are not facing: 90,000 young NZers not in work, or training and education That’s the size of Palmerston Nth: lost We gasp about the UK’s 1 M young unemployed or 13.7% But NZ’s almost 15% We need a political focus on the future

Under this Government, that's not a surprise. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Overnight, strikes by Israel across southern Lebanon — including in Tyre, the country's fourth-largest city — killed at least 14 people as its conflict continued with Hezbollah. The city was officially declared a UNESCO World heritage site in 1984. www.cbc.ca/news/world/l...

The article fails to mention the potential protests come on the heels of the British Museum removing the word Palestinian from exhibits, labels, info boards and maps, at the behest of pro Israeli groups. Which might add context. www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

AI can improve care, but could it also erode clinical reasoning skills over time? This important Lancet perspective discusses deskilling, over-reliance, and the need to preserve independent clinical judgment in the era of AI-assisted medicine. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Nurses in NZ are also under attack, but from the Government. Not at all clear why current governments are so intent on being noxious to nurses and nursing.

My colleagues are dying while trying to fight Ebola.

A program that offered self-collected HPV tests -- either mailed to patients or offered in clinic -- boosted cervical cancer screening rates among those due or overdue for screening, an evaluation of the program found. https://www.medpagetoday.com/obgyn/cervicalcancer/121440

A maternity ward doctor donated his own blood during surgery to keep a pregnant patient alive. One woman gained fewer than 10 pounds over her entire pregnancy. Another collapsed and had seizures during labor. (Published Dec. 2025)

Under Salt Marsh on TVNZ+ is very good. Kelly Reilly and Rafe Spall are excellent.

The Government is trying to remove and weaken references to Te Tiriti in our legislation. Ngāti Hine needs your support with their Waitangi Tribunal claim to stop this Help them get to 100,000 supporters! See our link tree to sign on - linktr.ee/tiritiaction...

Corruption. Again. Democratic norms trampled. Te Tiriti attacked. Laws that stop lawsuits. Contracts trashed at huge cost. Every day something new. And worse. What's it gonna take for people to start seeing this for what it is? Our govt is NOT working for us. #CoalitionOfCorruption #NZPol #MilkyGate

It's only truancy if you're too poor to get your kids to school

General debate: @whaeadeb.bsky.social talking about land theft as the foundation of wealth in Aotearoa. "Wealth in this countyry has whakapapa, and it leads directly back to raupatu". Refusing to tax the rich is supporting that injustice.

Good to see this is at least being reported, but how has this not broken the news cycle wide open?

Genuinely really touched by the 10,000(!) women who have signed this petition already. It means a lot to see how fast that number is growing 🥹 our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/e-...

Aotearoa Music Awards 2026, beautiful speech by Tami Neilson about the Topp Twins, then 🎶 You've got to stand up. You got to have guts 🎶 "What would two queer women who brought the country endless joy, dressed up as Drag Kings Ken & Ken, say about some Temu MAGA definition of a man & a woman?" 👏👏👏🏳️‍⚧️❤️

We had a Great Dane when I was a boy - they are such goofs. Have yourself a laugh. youtube.com/shorts/ga5ie...

Homelessness reaches highest levels in history “New Zealand had the "programmes and the capacity" to end homelessness if there was political will to do so.” "We can solve it as a nation here in New Zealand. It really is a political choice," #nzpol

So pages 1-99 of the budget are good things for the landlords, lobbyists, donors and corrupt officials. Page 100, paragraph 8 is for the people of New Zealand #nzpol

I'm asking every cis person who follows me to read this article and take it in. It's a sobering account of how quickly things turned in the UK - with detail that often doesn't make the news - and, yes, what it means for you www.liberalcurrents.com/the-end-of-t...

let it not go unnoticed that savings are being made off the backs of pacific peoples (including te puni kokiri, which provides policy advice on māori development and iwi and māori relations with the crown, public sector workers, and the disabled) article: thespinoff.co.nz/politics/28-... #nzpol

NZ First wrote their definitions bill after anti-trans hate group SUFW showed them a petition demanding such a bill. They gathered 2,245 signatures in 4 months This petition *against* the bill just surpassed that in less than 4 hours ❤️ Please stand with us our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/e-...

In ‘Clean Green New Zealand’, the government has just scrapped the Ministry for the Environment. A shameful abandonment of our values as a nation. www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...

Israeli minister Ben Gvir says Trump's deal with Iran is "bad for Israel" and that Israel will not "allow" it. Let that sink in. And remember this clip next time someone claims that a factual conversation about the Israeli government's influence in DC is off-limits...

"Most government ministries and departments will have to trim their budgets by 2 per cent in 2026, followed by two rounds of 5 per cent cuts in the following years, for a total reduction in funding of about 12% from where they are now." Remember the accusations of Labour cliff-edge funding? #nzpol

Director and largest shareholder of media company NZME would like the media to stop reporting on him. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Might I add that this scenario also applies to the mission-led funding environment the current NZ government is creating, and the Labour Party has said they will not change.

Is now the time to get t-shirts printed up saying "Jim Grenon funds lawsuits for racists"? www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

30 years of Going West Writers Festival events are now archived in the Auckland Libraries site, including audio recordings of discussions, performances and presentations by close to a thousand literary artists: search Going West Festival in Kura kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz

I wouldn't trust my health care to be guided by AI-generated reviews. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Are you or do you know someone who should be nominated for a Ctrl-Z award? retractionwatch.com/ctrl-z-award/