The greatest metaphor in print this year, courtesy of @edzitron.com

“The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.” This is a way to reveal your birth year which is sensitive personally identifiable information. Do a few of these with variations for months & days and you’ve unwittingly given out your date of birth. Stay safe, be vague!

wow a New Zealand political party who has detailed policies that are publicly accessible to read prior to next year's general election, AND has policies developed by its own party members. They probably deserve more members, volunteers, and donations to lead the next govt. #nzpol

The issue is with the entire party, not just Hipkins

New awareness campaign

Teehee! #nzpol

For a guy who can sniff-out entitlements faster than a truffle pig Luxon claiming here to know nothing about his investment properties never gets old. #nzpol

Is this the same MP for Botany who attacked the EV subsidy, took advantage of that same sudsidy, and blamed his wife when he got caught...? www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

If you've made 600k in untaxed money from a particular system and you oppose changing that system, it's not an 'attack' it's 'context' my dude. Love how yet again the property rort isn't properly called out for the massive conflict of interest.

So I realize I’ve reposted this all day, but I cannot understate the scale of this story. If Anthropic is spending this much on Google Cloud - or even 25% - the costs of running their business are never coming down. It’s a huge scoop, and the first real discussion of the true costs of AI anywhere.

Step one: engineer a recession and cancel infrastructure projects. Step two: get mad at people for not having a job thespinoff.co.nz/politics/10-...

Every single AI data center is a toxic investment, with most of its value tied up in GPUs that will be multiple generations behind by the time these things turn on - and then die in 3-5 years. All to build for AI demand that doesn't exist. edzitronswheresyouredatghostio.outpost.pub/public/promo...

The worst bit: the kids who get to go to schools that teach Cambridge or IB will still learn the arts; 🎭 privilege will beget privilege & culture will become something only the elite can engage with. Furious.

Repealing the Foreign Buyers Act under urgency suggests that he's realised time is running out for him #nzpol

In today’s NZ Herald #nzpol

If you're ever watching a live standup in Parliament and a politician is being absolutely rotisseried by nuanced and meaningful questions asked in a soft yet persistent voice: it's Claudette Hauiti and she's fucking great

Build the wall... Maybe it will keep them away from the rest of us.

while ACT NAT NZF respond to any criticism of their egregious policies with a rapidly rising stream of vicious invective, Chlöe Swarbrick eloquently responds to the drivel from Nicola Willis without saying a word #nzpol

My daily chorus out. Ockham's Mark Todd suggests Auckland Council uses rates to drive out low density land users around train stations to enable housing densification; ACC pausing abuse prevention plan to save money thekaka.substack.com/p/weaponise-...

“Our PM says if Te Reo is used, he will call it out. Right, what then you racist wanker? Are you planning to hit them with a ruler? Like the ‘good old days’? This man is not fit to lead our country.” #nzpol

Missed this yesterday from The Spinoff but it needs all the flowers. THIS is how you do budget reporting. Actually talk about how the choices made with those dollars affect things in the real world. #nzpol thespinoff.co.nz/politics/19-...

Luxon still pushing the lie that TPM disrupted the vote. #nzpol

WIth the National, ACT & NZFirst Coalition recent gutting of pay equity & the amendment to the Wildlife Act both done under urgency, when will the New Zealand News Media wake up to what has, if only in de facto, become the Coalition's Aotearoa Project 2023? #nzpol

Just about every National policy at this point is "We'll do it later (maybe)" #NZPol

My usual Anzac Day post. George was Ngāi Tahu.

Happy Easter

This guy on TikTok makes tons of quick overview reviews of (mostly) Chinese EVs... When you see this stuff it's impossible to understand how Tesla has any share market value. The entire global auto industry is being left in the dust.

Shane Jones used to stand for something but now he’s just a fat bellied grifter with his snout in the trough #nzpol #TeTiriti

Good to see Labour calling it out for what it is….it would be pretty funny, if wasn’t so destructive. #nzpol #Aoteaeoa #nz #OneTermGovernment

The totally aware prime minister of New Zealand. #NZPOL

#Aotearoa #NewZealand #ToiTuTeTiriti

Emerson

The Israelis are obliterating entire villages at once in south #Lebanon and filming themselves doing it while celebrating. #Israel

Christopher Lux On #nzpol

What a photo

When we made Fire and Fury we couldn't report the case of Richard Sivell. Now, the case has come through the courts, you can see why we wanted to. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3504...

“Let’s be clear, I’m wealthy and I’m sorted” Christopher 'relatable' Luxon www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350...

Wealthy and sorted ordinary New Zealander, Chris Luxon living his best life.

Fox want farmer to pay for access to henhouse These pricks literally lobbied to have the rail ferries canned ... they can get in the sea www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

NZ movie industry given a boost by the news that The Second Breakfast Club will be filmed here.

Fuckers

Cancer drugs, sick leave, tough shit, they aren’t actually delivering the deliverables. #nzpol

#NZPol If his mouth is moving there's a good chance he's lying about something.