I don’t think I’ve ever met a more hectic reader than myself. I started reading 14 books in the past two months and just started three more in the past two days. Have I finished reading any of them? No. Am I confused and trying to read them all at the same time? You bet.

Sharon Murdoch on point as usual #NZPol

Remember: fascists survive via their tough strongman aesthetic. Undermine it. They’re small, pathetic cowards — too afraid to stand up to Donald Trump and Netanyahu… Let’s make sure everyone knows that these guys are shaking in their boots, they’ve no bravery or spine #nzpol #freepalestine #gaza

Statement from the organisers of the Auckland Harbour Bridge protest march #NZPol

Some Jewish reading for your Rosh Hashana!

Rather than permitting the Trump administration to frighten us out of resisting, we must understand this broad, vague, and performative executive order as an effort to intimidate. It should catalyze us into urgent organizing, not paralyze us. Only collective action can keep us safe and free.

@jamesstout.bsky.social sits down with Frances to hear firsthand what it is like for families of people in the asylum system right now and how even U.S. citizens can have their families torn apart by the Trump administration’s anti-asylum policies. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

Very helpful episode for anyone in the US and beyond to meet this moment. We are stronger than we often think we are. pca.st/episode/be64...

NEW VIDEO: Let's take a critical look at Graeber’s exploration of debt and its role in shaping our world so that we can challenge our approach to debt, overcome the current crisis, and pursue a revolutionary reimagining of the economy as a whole. Tap in 👇🏽

I've always loved physical media because it meant I wasn't tied to or dependent on a streaming service. No internet? I still have every (console) game, movie and CD I've ever bought. Used bookstores have TONS of media right now because so many people have switched to streaming in the past 10 years.

Gorillaz say FREE PALESTINE

the strongest pushback is coming from the right because media figures and electeds on the left are currently cowed by fear

Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.

No notes

Posting a criticism of Charlie Kirk - much less noting something outrageous he himself said - is not “celebrating” his murder. Nor is it condoning his murder. It is simply saying that his political career and legacy are not something to be celebrated. And that is not the same thing at all.

"I don't care that he's dead." "He's not a hero." "He's a scumbag." "He shouldn't be celebrated." No, no. I'm not saying that about Charlie Kirk. Charlie Kirk said that about George Floyd. Just in case anyone's interested in what he thought was fair to say about someone who was killed on camera.

Almost none of my students knew about the Minnesota assassinations. Zero of them knew about the CDC attack.

"You're an interesting species. An interesting mix. You're capable of such beautiful dreams, and such horrible nightmares. You feel so lost, so cut off, so alone, only you're not. See, in all our searching, the only thing we've found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other." - Carl Sagan

The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social "There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”

It's unsurprising that Bluesky would be reactive and heavy-handed about people who aren't heads-in-hands bawling their eyes out about this scumbag. Bluesky isn't a safe haven. It's a "better Twitter", but that's all. Bluesky will fuck you like any other social media platform. Rest in Piss, CK.

New Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff 🏴‍☠️📻 Margaret talks with Bursts about the surprising history of pirate radio and the three way fight for control of the airwaves.  @margaret.bsky.social @thefinalstrawradio.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...

Here are the facts: Bluesky violated their own Terms of Service because they panicked and saw Nazis on twitter getting angry. They took marching orders from the Nazis and helped them target BIPOC and trans users on their website. @jay.bsky.team is complicit. @aaron.bsky.team is complicit

School shooter in Denver has social media accounts that were "littered with references to mass shootings and antisemitic views" and included neo-Nazi images, "prominent white supremacist slogan[s]" and denial of the Holocaust.

New It Could Happen Here 🇵🇸 Recognizing Palestine as a State: Meaningful Farce feat. @danaelkurd.bsky.social ‬ www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

I'm in Hamilton, having been at my cousin's unveiling. Because I can speak the reo, and I'm used to public speaking, I was asked to lead it. Whenever I'm here, I visit Browsers Bookshop. Sasha LaPointe's memoir was on the table when I first walked in. Serendipitous. I've been waiting for this book.

46 years ago There's always room for Jello! Jello Biafra for mayor of San Francisco, September 1979 #punk #punks #punkrock #jellobiafra #deadkennedys #SanFrancisco #history #punkrockhistory

This is a great interview that everyone should listen to!

This week on CZM! 🐘🏳️‍⚧️🌍

Took three months to get here but I'm pretty excited to read this! @caw-shinythings.bsky.social

#BREAKING: We are calling on the Prime Minister to show leadership by removing Brooke van Velden as Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety, following her recent comments that politicise the Employment Relations Authority and breach the Cabinet Manual. 1/6

Nothing I can do in terms of drawing these animals, making merch, and donating some of the profits to charity will ever make a difference if the government doesn’t stop desecrating our environment’s protections. 💔💔💔💔💔

The Americans have unleashed a death cult on this world. Their pro-Israel policy is dominated by messianic Christian Zionists and now we see that they’re willing to effectively declare war on humanity’s ability to survive and adapt

Yes.

Great clip of @marcmaron.bsky.social

Hobson's Pledge: “We are saddened to see that this billboard has caused personal upset. That was never our intention." Mate, the mere existence of your little Pākehā Grievance Club upsets Māori people all the time. But if it's not PERSONAL, I guess that's okay then?! www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3607...

pay very close attention to Wikipedia to find a way out of the AI slop internet www.404media.co/wikipedia-ed...

Sometimes I think about how some of the axes we grind hardest actually apply to maybe two, three people in our personal life who we wish we could yell at, but can’t. So we universalize them.

Love the new billboards, Don.

It is no accident that the early use cases for "genAI" consumer products revolve around the sexual harassment, abuse, and exploitation of women in power. It is no accident that the technology is immediately embraced as a tool of patriarchy and gender-based violence. www.theverge.com/report/71897...

Margaret talks to Sarah Marshall about the Independent Media Centers that helped protesters build movements and changed how online communication happens. @margaret.bsky.social ‪‪ ‪@yourewrongabout.bsky.social‬ @whysophiewhy.bsky.social www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...

Get his ass

“Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.” James Baldwin

We all know Winnie is a shyster of the highest order. I'm reading the Hansard transcript for his 'Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Deletion Bill', a precursor to Temu Trump (Seymour)'s failed 'Treaty Principles Bill'. Winnie is a liar. His lies are documented. The sooner he retires, the better.

Tech investor Marc Andreessen’s VC firm, a16z, backs the “Solano Foundry” project in CA. Andreessen also backs the “Network State” movement, which seeks to build new cities w/ the goal of helping them amass enough power that they can become countries. How do we know they won’t try that here? 1/

WHERE MY WOKE HOTTIES AT?!

New It Could Happen Here @jamesstout.bsky.social talks with Inmn from the Live Like the World is Dying podcast about the basics of community and individual preparedness for disasters of all kind. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

The Trump administration’s new policy requiring applicants for student and exchange visas to set social media accounts to “public” for government review is a dangerous expansion of existing social media collection efforts. This policy gravely chills free expression.

Get out there and support the nurses today, whānau mā. If you see them, give them a hearty toot!

Alberola aided the Castro brothers’ guerrilla struggle against Batista with help from the anarchist diaspora in Mexico---but disillusionment followed when the new Cuban regime aligned with Soviet interests, abandoning promises to support Iberian liberation. freedomnews.org.uk/2025/07/27/o...