Does anyone really believe that replacing one brutal, repressive regime with the scion of the previous brutal, repressive dynastic regime will result in an improvement in the lives of average Iranians? www.reuters.com/world/middle...

What a ridiculous headline, and a ridiculous situation that schools are being monitored for attendance targets in the last week of school in December. At that point, no student is learning anything, and everyone is pretty much checked out looking forward to Christmas! www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

I just learned that Erich von Daeniken, who wrote the racist and massively ridiculous Chariots of the Gods book(s), has died. I loved that stuff before I learned how reality actually works, and now regard it as profoundly damaging to science and popular culture. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_v...

No notes All the power and love to @cathywilcox.bsky.social

Say it louder. The PSC is people- led by commissioner Sir Brian Roche as in the tiny font email. Any surprise that a Sir is cooperating against the public service workers without consequence with this government? #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

The cult of tourism, encouraged by this and previous governments of both stripes, is an absolute blight on AoNZ. What price our taonga? #nzpol

So the government can stop pay equity in its tracks under urgency, but apparent we have to wait until 2027 for our power bills to drop a measly $30 a month #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

This is exactly what Seymour is trying to achieve with the RSA and his other moves to prioritise corporations over communities. #nzpol

Why are we hearing crickets from the AoNZ government about the issue of AI created CSAM and other abusive images? #nzpol

Time for a Royal Commission into the use, storage, and protection of our private health data by health organisations, public and private. This one’s been covered up for 6 months. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Please stop using Google's AI overview as your source for ANYTHING. It is GenAI. It is making shit up. Boycott it like you boycott ChatGPT and all other LLMs.

Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.

I've been mostly offline today and I saw Erik Von Daniken died. He was a virulent racist and bigot and a convicted felon, and his alien archaeology "theories" did incalculable harm to the field of archaeology. Those are his legacies.

If the church or wealthy donors can pay, sure! If the ratepayers do, then build a Cathedral Zero - a pretty arch with a couple of pews and a pulpit for photo ops. Then fund whatever inclusive secular gathering spot the community heart needs, and other Christchurch infrastructure. #nzpol

Still trying to get my head around the Adelaide Writers’ Festival uninviting a Palestinian writer out of respect to Jewish people after Bondi WHEN THE ASSASSINS WERE INDIAN. Are Palestinians to pay for everything?

"My poll numbers have never been better."

"Despite the drawbacks, police sergeant Rick Keel told Fox 13 that the tool is saving him “six to eight hours weekly now. I’m not the most tech-savvy person, so it’s very user-friendly,” he added."

why don't new people fucking LISTEN when we tell them about the sun in aotearoa nz? we warn them then they act shocked that they have 2nd degree burns when they were "only outside for 2 hours" ok so like I said, burn time in Jan on a sunny day is 5 minutes. you think we bang on about it for fun??

I'm starting to detest the word 'mojo' when used to describe AoNZ's success or otherwise. I'll guarantee that infrastructure leaders have no idea how to get it back. She doesn't mention people's well being at all. Want to improve AoNZ? Get rid of the Coalition of Chaos in this year's election #nzpol

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

The Republican Party is no longer American in any meaningful sense of the term, to borrow the language of the Claremont Institute.

Just fuck off! 'In a statement, the White House told the BBC that Trump had made clear that acquiring Greenland was a "national security priority". "Utilizing the US military is always an option at the Commander-in-Chief's disposal" the White House said.' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“The weird men online have endless reservoirs of psychological dysfunction and large expanses of time to marshall their obsessions into people’s mentions. More often than not, they win.” They win not just because there are no consequences but ‘decent men’ give them a seat at the table. #nzpol

Fortunate MMH CEO knows his files have been affected unlike his clients’ victims who are stressfully wondering if they have had their data stolen. Nothing on that front. #nzpol

Wordle 1,663 2/6* 🟨⬛️🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Much better after yesterday’s nasty 5

How can you know that the test was completed by the applicant? They could get their English fluent mate to complete the test! And isn't Duolingo AI 'powered' nowadays? what could go wrong! This does not seemed like a move aimed at academic excellence.

Vino Ramayah, CEO of MMH, desperately needs some crisis communication coaching. Mate, no-one fucking cares if your medical records are part ot the hack & the hack is not *just* the result of criminal activity. It is also the result of your piss poor ITSEC. You and MMH are not victims we care about

Exciting new year spot the ball contest!! Mark the place where you think hard-working laser-focused Prime Minister Luxon has disappeared to!! Guess closest to the right spot, and win an extra day off!!

If one password got you the records for 120000 users, the password is not your problem.

Pretty textbook on how not to do crisis communication for this type of attack. So here’s a little thread on what to do instead. 🧵 If you don’t know, I’m Hadyn Green, Principal Communications advisor at @first.org and my job is to go around the world teaching people how to do to cybersecurity comms

Let's talk about generative AI, contaminated information, and rhubarb. Once upon a time, Europe was at war. Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/

The Global Carbon Project has just published the most comprehensive Global Hydrogen Budget to date. H2, although not a GHG, has an indirect Global Warming Potential 37 times more potent than CO2. Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/hydrogen-emi... Research paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This is basically the same message that Don Brash has been trying to push for years, especially that 'colonisation was good' for First Nations. He (and Seymour) are clearly singing from the same (Atlas?) song sheet as Miller. #nzpol

Maybe the ransomers should be running the health sites, they seem to be quite capable

NetSafe warns Manage My Health users to be suspicious of emails including personal details

This could be the end of NATO. Starmer has shown the UK will not oppose Trump. Hungary won't do anything under Orban. My feeling is the odds are better than even that the Trump regime tries to exert control over Greenland before Christmas. If NATO doesn't respond in unison it's over as security org

It's allegedly Luxon's third or fourth day back at work, and still nothing heard from him about anything, expecially MMH and Venezuela. It's almost like he lied about going back to work on 3 or 4 January. #nzpol

Luxon's absence is bizarre. Jacinda Ardern? Would have communicated clearly and swiftly. I think it's a coin-flip if WHAT she communicated was 1) An actually useful comment that could maybe go further but had the right idea, or 2) The usual govt blandness But she'd have been On It. #nzpol

LT Study. Trickle down Trick. “The incomes of rich grew much faster in countries where tax rates were lowered. Instead of trickling down to middle class, tax cuts for the rich may not accomplish much more than help the rich keep more of their riches & exacerbate income inequality” Like NZ. #nzpol

Once again, the New Zealand government's information platform of choice people LEAVE X NOW #nzpol

The USA Ambassador and deputy leaving a UNSC meeting before it was finished show the contempt in which their regime holds the UN and rules based international order. The UN is heading down the path of its predecessor, the League of Nations. Nothing good will come of this. The tigers have broken free

Something, something, stable, something, door, something, horse bolted #nzpol

On #Venezuela: @IntlCrimCourt is the right court for Maduro to be tried in for crimes against humanity following due process & findings from @UN_HRC Fact-Finding Mission. What has happened this week is illegal under international law: ref Art 24 UN Charter/ www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

The top 'article' thumbnail on the Stuff Politics homepage what 'brand' you wonder? oh, just the NZ National Party We are now past the point where corporate media commentary and embedded advertising are justifiable. This is going to get MUCH worse over 2026 unless there are consequences

And just to cap it off, this fake lead story is "Funded by the Parliamentary Service". I hope anyone working for Stuff as a journalist is feeling deeply embarrassed by this.

Nonsensical gibberish from the Trade Minister when he said it on 25 Dec. Still nonsensical gibberish now. Not sure why this story is being re-upped in my feed by RNZ News Feeds! #nzpol

Make sure you are enrolled to vote, visit www.vote.nz and check you are ready to go

"Christian" PM directs public to CSAM site

For those of us not in the cult, this is what we hear when anyone from the Trump administration speaks. For the people in the back, this is satire and so well done…

Is this what we can expect this election year? Tax payer funded advertorials in support of the current government swamping the media? #nzpol