what's the o-u on sleestack miller simply having clump declare martial law before the end of 2025 and seeing if they can make it stick? #uspolitics #fashyas

It says a lot that Trump can find $20 billion to bail out Argentina, but won't help the millions of Americans who are in real need at home. Thank you to former CFPB Director Rohit Chopra for explaining.

Because the Deaf community is extremely funny politicians definitely cannot count on a loving and complimentary sign name like this one—it really demonstrates people’s genuine enthusiasm

If the President can raise his own revenues and direct his own spending without congressional approval we are squarely in the only situation the Constitution was actually drafted to avoid: English civil war territory

Persistance. Resilience. Renewal. #Spring #urbangreen #breathe #persist #photography #resistance

Why do we have an FBI base in New Zealand, again? Aligning our politics with what is happening in the US is influencing our values in deeply troubling ways, and the utter lack of scrutiny over the FBI base is one of the signs.

So dammed wholesome and good, cheerful and welcoming! Reckon we should change the name to: Iced Canadien. #coffee #uspolitics

i thought about pushing it a little, so it would be fully in the tiny patch of sunlight. but, in the end i left it as i saw it, a fading spotlight on the last moments of a fallen blossom. spot colour livening up the bleak, built environment. if only briefly. #urban #photography

i feel like there's a metaphor in this shot. something about modernity and a screwed up ratio of built to natural environment, maybe? i dunno. sometimes something doesn't really work as a photograph, but it still captures a moment that makes me slow to delete it. #photography #urban #Aotearoa

The “thin blue line” refers to the blue sharpie cops carry around to write left wing slogans on shell casings found near mass shootings.

it's as if he's looking into my soul and judging what he sees. it's more likely he's sick of me pointing cameras and lights at him. Pōneke, Duke of Wellington, is not a famously patient photo model. which, i mean, fair. neither am i. #catsofaotearoa #cats #burmese #photography #eyes

i am cat furniture. there's worse occupations. #cats #catsofaotearoa #greeneyes #lapcats #photography

Autism is a natural divergence from neurotypicality. It's normal & not the tragedy these clowns are making it out to be. Transness is a natural divergence from cisnormativity. It's normal & not the tragedy these clowns are making it out to be. Just deal with people being different than you.

Highest meth use in years, doubled in a year. Now the highest gun related homicide in 20 years and calls for strong gun laws Psst the Minister in charge of firearms is ACT Party gun lobbyist Nicole McKee #nzpol #kiwi

DISNEY: "OK, we are putting Jimmy Kimmel back on the air. You can resubscribe now." ME: "I unsubscribed because you immorally bowed to fascism. I'm not going to resubscribe because you immorally bowed to finances."

because at this late stage of his failed corporate experiment on NZ, cosplay Bob the Builder is all this twat has left.

There's something very in-the-moment about this. The nostalgia that kicks in reflexively when seeing a RR Silver Shadow. And the mild surprise at the somewhat shopworn contemporary reality. #photography #cars #RollsRoyce #urban #wellington

Brutalist Urban Geometry #photography #urban #bnw #bleak #wellington #newzealand

mood. #photography #bnw #giantelm #urban #trees

Optimists: what's with all the nostalgia? where's the excitement for the path ahead?? The Path Ahead: #photography #bnw #spooky #woods #aotearoa

Shocked! i AM shock... here's a challenge: find a Cankles McTacoTits appointee who _isn't_ neck deep in the grift. hashtag: not likely hashtag: snort

Cankles McTacoTits is not the problem. He's a symptom. This is what Red America wants. Before you at me with hashtag–"not all"... It's what this administration ran on. They promised exactly this. And at this stage, if Red America didn't want it? Wouldn't be happening.

under this language charlie kirk would not have been allowed to speak on clemson’s campus

not saying Spring has fully sprung here in Te Whanganui-A-Tara. but it's glancing coyly at us from the shadows, full of promise. good times ahead! #flowers #photography #wellington #spring

Q: Do you think it would've been fitting to lower the flags to half staff when Melissa Hortman, the Minnesota House Speaker, was gunned down by an assassin? TRUMP: I'm not familiar. The who?

looking northeast toward the Hutt Valley, from Oruaiti Reserve, on the coast in Seatoun-Wellington. i don't think i could love this town more. #lx100 #photography #landscape #m4/3 #aotearoa

the federal bureau of intimidation will never recover from its reduction to a trumpist militia. which, of course, was half the point. #USPolitics www.bbc.com/news/article...

toe beans. perilous. murderous. but, toe beans. i booped them. i am still (mostly) alive. it is good. #cats #catsofbsky #bnw #photography #catphotography #toebeans

Starting November 1st, New Mexico will become the first state to offer free universal childcare to all its residents. It's expected to save families over $12,000 per child annually. This is a huge step forward — and a reminder that we have the power to fix the system.

Same. Found myself nostalgic for the '80s. Which, if you recall: Reagan. wtf. What a world.

Let's talk about it. Honest dialogue America.

them wings, tho. not calling that bee a chonk, but, them wings, while gorgeous? do not look fit for purpose on that hefty bumble. #bees #flowers #gardens #photography

i mean. you know. albuquerque gonna albuquerque, right? #newmexico #southwest #photography #brown

reactionaries in the US have canonised _Charlie Kirk_. Charlie. Kirk. the polarities in that country do not participate in a shared reality, are not playing the same language games, and will not be unified again in less than a generation. If ever. #USPolitics

wrote on charlie kirk for the newsletter this weekend

Everyone having fun dunking on Kash Patel. From where I sit, he's doing exactly what he was put in place to do: hollowing out an American institution that could have provided friction against an authoritarian takeover. And providing a brown scapegoat while doing so. #USPolitics

Judging by the shamefully opportunistic & politicizing rhetoric of some rightwingers on Twitter, & their cynical use of Charlie Kirk’s horrific murder for political point scoring, it’s almost as if Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman wasn’t murdered by a Trump-voting MAGA maniac just 12 weeks ago.

The (in)famous Rio Grande river (and surrounds) in the north valley of Albuquerque, NM. We brought rain with us. Apparently the day before we could have walked across w/out getting our feet wet. One good soaking and the dormant life erupts back into colour. #travel #photography #USsouthwest

Pōneke, Duke of Wellington, sleeping directly on his purebred face. As one does. Elegant as. #cats #catsofaotearoa #photography

This is quite magnificent, well evidenced and beautifully written A rallying cry for integrity: "On the whole, New Zealanders are decent, good-hearted people, who deserve to be governed wisely and well" #nzpol

Kinda really love my neighbourhood. Toitū Te Tiriti! #photography #nzpolitics #aotearoa

Me: Poppy-Cat? I’m truly sorry, but I need to get up and get on with my day! Or, you know, maybe I’ll just continue to sit here for a bit? 😬 #cats #photography #lapduty

ok. airports may, in general, suck diseased donkey balls. but airplanes are still magical and i hope they persist even if their fuel is a problem we need to solve asap. #photography #travel #aeroplanes

that is a tragically optimistic lock for such a trendy bit of kit in this neighbourhood. tourist down from ponsonby, maybe? #photography #urban #bicycles #hope

Still my favorite explanation of the difference between INT and WIS: int is knowing that Frankenstein is the name of the doctor. Wis is knowing that Frankenstein was, in fact, the monster

New Mexico does have a vibe. There's no arguing that. I am only a tourist there now, though. But I do get the vibe. #photography #travel #southwest

Everyone cheer for the apple boar, bringing fall fun!! :) (the fun is apples)