The solutions proposed for New Zealand's (and virtually every other country's) problems are always like: "We need to make people work for more years" "We have to cut back on services, I'm sorry, there is just no other way" "We have to cut benefits for young people" never: "We need to tax the rich"

I am so so so excited to see what happens when Black Friday hits. We did that Boston Tea shit for like way more fractional surcharges.

Actual night shots make it even better. I'll be turning up the scream closer to Halloween so nobody is used to it.

Now

I see, there was this: theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2025/06/edin...

A Scottish council has officially banned arms companies and weapons manufacturers from using public parks to test their equipment

Found these catnip toys from last October in my stash so the next 6 orders of Kat's Nip or Fluffy Balls get one for free. katsnip.nz

Your summary of the shitfuckery this Government has just announced: - Big Dairy doesn't have to pay for its emissions, despite being the country's worst climate polluter - Ambition on methane emissions reductions has been slashed in favour of business as usual. #nzpol

This very likely breaks the NZ-EU Free Trading Act which requires us to act in line with Paris and 1.5 degrees. It has also all been done at the request of agribusiness lobbyists like Federated Farmers (who somehow were able to respond to the changes 40 minutes before they were publicly available).

Pope Leo XIV says journalism is a public good we should all protect. Key to news media are transparency of sources of ownership, accountability, quality + objectivity. He says, Clickbait is degrading and urges reporters: never sell out your authority + ethics! 📰📺📻 www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Have I got this right? We can't afford to fund the health system but we can build a Death Star. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Do we really want 250,000 mirrored satellites in Low Earth Orbit? Hasn't the Starlink megaconstellation already done enough damage? 🧪 @mjibrown.bsky.social

This is not Switzerland, not Canada - this is Ukraine, where every season paints the mountains anew. Autumn ignites the Ukrainian Carpathians. Golden ridges, fiery-red forests, and misty valleys reveal a beauty unlike anywhere else. Photo: @utah_names

I went to Hobbiton earlier this week. Pretty good fun and enjoyed myself. Would recommend

Pope Leo says Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions. "Someone who says I'm against abortion but is in favor of the death penalty...or agrees with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the US, is not really pro-life." #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

Themes of love and connection flow through Lin Yu-Tung’s wood sculptures—mirroring intimacy, restraint, and the shifting bonds of our digital age. ❤️ IG: @linyutung21

Love this magnificent mural incorporating the lush plant life created by O G Millie 😍

Marco Martalar from Italy created this magnificent driftwood sculpture of a dragon! 😮

Ukrainian artists, Anya Stasenko and Slava Leontyev, create tiny creatures from porcelain and paint imaginative detail of colorful designs. They measure anywhere from 4 to 40cm, ❤️

My birthday was the yesterday, Happy birthday ill let you have a slice of my cake🎂 🥳

“Remote-control science” keeps power in the #GlobalNorth while local experts do the work without credit. Time to #decolonize research with fair authorship, funding & respect for local knowledge 🌍 #DecolonizeScience #ResearchEquity #GlobalSouth #FairScience onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

OOOPS! UPDATE: Two HHS officials tell me that disease detectives, measles response officers, global health officials and the MMWR staff were laid off by mistake and will be reinstated. But Washington office is still RIFed

Some of these people have now been fired and rehired TWICE since January. The current state of dysfunction is mind boggling.

“We were the first responders… that’s what we do as Māori” Marama Royal speaking of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei response to the Auckland Anniversary Floods and Cyclone Gabrielle & the need for Māori leadership in the emergency management space to be recognised & formalised #AdaptationFutures2025

It’s pronounced cyclist.

PORTLAND, Ore. — A small group of federal agents in camouflage and face masks watched from atop the immigration processing center Thursday night as a unicorn, peacock, dinosaur and raccoon danced to Cher’s “If I Could Turn Back Time.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Climate change was hardly mentioned in the last election cycle. The current government is intent on rolling back commitments. "If they can’t meet the target, they should admit it and fix the policy - not change the target." I hope Labour will hold to this at the next election. #nzpol

This was the birthday cake in question btw:

Autism cake

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Māori ward poll results: 25 to go, 17 to stay. Five regional councils polled voters and only Greater Wellington Regional Council voted to keep its Māori ward. Racist much? Some results were very close. Once vote totals are confirmed, outcomes may change. #NZpol thespinoff.co.nz/politics/11-...

Mary Retta on the Trump admin's attacks on higher ed and diversity itself, from the "compact" to their hostility enabling colleges to seemingly stonewall their unions and dispose of roles @teenvogue.com "I think the numbers of Black and certain other minoritized students and faculty will decrease.”

BREAKING: "Just landed." Mark Bray confirms to me this morning that he and his family did, on the second attempt, make it out of the US and to Spain www.wired.com/story/mark-b...

ICE drag girl out of car & body slam her to ground—then pin her face down & kneel on her neck. "I'm 15!" she cries out. "I'm not resisting!" Agents have now asked multiple area housing associations to unlock main doors—so they can go door to door. Hoffman Estates, Illinois

really striking the degree to which not a single person working in the trump administration appears to be interested in serving the american people

Switzerland is “rich in something vanishingly rare in the rest of the world: common sense. This is most apparent in the way the Swiss get around…a model of sensible, sustainable — and yes, even enjoyable — transit. It’s simply the best transportation system in the world.” Via @taras-grescoe.com

A bit depressing to see from some of the old political cartoons that have been republished to find some things haven't improved... some of the reskeets today include bsky.app/profile/crea... and bsky.app/profile/body... #NZPol #AoNZPol

Mind blowing. The Luxon Government has confirmed it will rewrite NZ’s once bipartisan climate change law to dilute methane reduction targets and PERMANENTLY exclude dairy from the Emissions Trading Scheme – a move Greenpeace says amounts to full-blown climate denial. #nzpol

Ok I have been informed that this woman did not suddenly grow a conscience. She just hates Speaker Mike Johnson perhaps more than any of us hate Trump and delights in ratf—ng him. Bless.

Retrospective #10: 2010

Retrospective #8: 2009

Retrospective #13: 2013

Reminder: National has always taken the side of Apartheid regimes.

My cartoon in today’s The Post, The Press and Waikato Times www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608... Jane lived by her ideals. She was a tireless advocate for the natural world. Now the baton’s been passed onto us & the younger generation. Thank u for your continuous championing for those without a voice

Woke up to images and friends' social media posts from all over the country of Italy's general strike for Gaza. The Right to Strike Commission declared it illegitimate last week. The unions responded, "we don't care". Over two million people participated in the rallies, blocking stations and ports.

“They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.

Hands in pockets from a top dog always strikes me as pretty arrogant. Someone should be advising Christopher Luxon that it's really not a good look.

The Govt wants to cut Health NZ staff working on alcohol harm & end its research & social marketing campaigns. Sixty five organisations have signed an open letter to the PM, calling for alcohol industry to be excluded from policy making. My #cartoon today #NZpol #alcohol #Health #PublicHealth