Here's my summary of news reports of day 54 of the US Iran war share.upscrolled.com/en/post/6231...

Happy Earth Day

Uh-oh. Do we need a new version of @magnets.eurosky.social’s brilliant observation about how climate change will manifest? In a surreal twist, people are now doubting footage that is both very real and very close to home—a result of AI imagery poisoning the waters: www.tickaroo.com/e/GCRysAwNeu...

I watched the Death of Stalin this past weekend. I think it possibly is the best way of understanding what's happening within the national party of New Zealand at the moment #nzpol en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dea...

Yes. Because they are worse than meaningless. All they signify is that the person in question is good at masking and social manipulation, which may mean they are actually more dangerous. (Charm = lube for evil etc etc)

The National Government have made it harder for you to vote. It's important you make sure you are enrolled as you won't be able to enrol in the two weeks before election day anymore. The best time to enrol is right now - so head to vote.nz online, call 0800 36 76 56 or free text 3676. Pass it on 😉

30 headlines in 16 days plz sign petition. only 10 days left. just stumbled across this clip & Sam Troth [theroadtohealing.co.nz]. Sam's petition seeks to ban CHARACTER REFERENCES from consideration when sentencing sexual offenders. my god NZ needs this NOW petitions.parliament.nz/cf986021-083...

#RSB the Regulatory Standards Board has been appointed, meaning things will start to happen here. I'm very interested to know any thoughts or information people here on bluesky have on the board members #nzpol www.beehive.govt.nz/release/boar...

Volvo has new truck that can do 700km on a single charge, and takes 50mins for a full charge Which given driver rest periods that could be done when the driver is resting at a Human Recharge Station insideevs.com/news/793045/...

🔥🔥🔥 DO NOT BE DISTRACTED & STAY LOUD TRUMP IS GOING DOWN — BIBI, PUTIN, BONDI & MELANIA KNOW! TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS & I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared 🔥🔥🔥

So back to war #nzpol

Skanes latest

Here's the link to my day 50 summary of the war in the middle east share.upscrolled.com/en/post/38ac...

Wonder what Peter Thiel has been up to since abandoning living in New Zealand? open.substack.com/pub/dissenti...

We could do with an updated version of this. There's been a good few more to add in already! #nzpol

#ToitūTeTiriti Waitangi Tribunal Urgent Inquiry, Education Act due to Crown nefariousness, there will be 1 more day in court. Sec for Justice Kibblewhite & Deputy for Policy were summoned to WT Inquiry on Friday, re Treaty References Review Bill. Goldsmith 🤡 Jessie Moss (NZEI) @the_lockemossmonster

How many states of emergency so far this year is that now? Live: State of local emergency declared for Ōhura, life-threatening flooding possible www.rnz.co.nz/news/emergen...

It's a great column. If you swap out bridal BS for extremist content, you get the idea of why people freak the fck out

Being led by donkeys results in being fed by donkeys

Israel calls Lebanese man to say ‘die in car with family or get out and die alone’ www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...

Just when we mostly likely really could very much do with a spare tanker load of fuel or three sent our way so we can actually grow produce and sell it back to China. Special kind of stupid to go waking tigers just at the moment

Meanwhile, over on tiktok... #nzpol

"you do not get a cookie for not being a rapist" 💯💯💯

23 now... #nzpol

beautiful response from Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke (as Education Spokesperson for TPM) to this week's Waitangi Tribunal Urgent Inquiry #ToitūTeTiriti #nzpol

It's always worth paying attention to what people are actually saying

Kia ora everyone! Tonight we're coordinating with @antiwaraotearoa.bsky.social for a panel discussion about the illegal US-Israel war on Iran. We'll be joined by Nicky Hagar, Mahdis Azarmandi and Gabriella Brayne We'll be livestreaming on Youtube at 7PM NZT here: youtube.com/live/OQUFJk-...

If you're looking for a calming read, Snyder is THE expert on dictatorships and he says that none of the ways Trump would try to cancel or annul an election should work. He runs down five motivations for coups, and Trump probably can't pull any of them off.

#nzpol www.theguardian.com/environment/...

In 2024 the Gaza Lego set became available

Left wing commentary on the Irish fuel blockades, and why the left needs to engage vt.tiktok.com/ZSHG79KYG/

Me: “UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon say Israel violated the ceasefire, not 1,000 times, not 5,000 times, they say you violated the ceasefire 15,000 times over the last 18 months.” IDF spokesman: “I don’t know about your numbers…” Me: “Google is your friend.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkk1...

Do you trust these men with your children? #nzpol

Here's an article by @timothysnyder.bsky.social about Trump and the coming coup he might just attempt... #nzpol www.thenerve.news/p/donald-tru...

Here's my day 45 summary of the Iran US war, hosted on Upscrolled via the link share.upscrolled.com/en/post/1742...

South Africa has just finished giving evidence at the ICJ to support the charges of genocide laid against Israel. I can't find any news reports so heres the wiki en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_A...

This book is coming out in September

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Here's my daily summary of war news for day 44, hosted over on Upscrolled share.upscrolled.com/en/post/f600...

Direct action gets the goods - Irish government reported to be bowing to protesters demands #nzpol en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Ir...

It sounds like the Bab El-Mandeb strait is now closed to shipping. This will escalate the crisis caused by the war by quite some order of magnitude #nzpol

CAUSED AND/OR AMPLIFIED/INTENSIFIED BY HUMANS BURNING FOSSIL FUELS #Oil #Coal #Gas #FossilFuelPollution www.agweb.com/news/crops/w... #Food #Drought #HeatWaves #ExtremeHeat #RecordHeat #TemperatureAnomalies #Water #FossilFuelPollution #AnthropogenicGlobalWarming

ENDLESS RECORD HEAT IN AUSTRALIA 11 record days out of 11 this month ! Yesterday more April records of highest Temperature fell in New South Wales 37.1 GRafton 36.5 AP 35.1 Evans Head

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