$?????? millions on a liquefied natural gas terminal that cuts against the actual economics of natural gas instead of just paying for everyone to switch to fucking electricity is probably peak Luxonism. Bad economics, bad infrastructure, bad decision.

Some governments raise taxes to fund public health and education. Not Luxon. He is literally raising taxes to subsidise fossil fuels. He is putting a levy on our electricity bills to pay for his LNG import terminal.

If you are talking about increasing the cost of electricity, and not investing in distributed, resilient solar and battery capacity, nor electrification of transport in multi modes, you don’t understand the problem and should not be anywhere near power (pun absofuckinglutely intended)

Oh, so just caught up with the news - new taxes can just disappear by calling them levies. Sweet. That wealth levy of ours should now be supported by everyone. Labour can go bolder with its CGL

Where are those #Stop3Waters folk now? Oh yeah, running the shitshow. #nzpol

Dennis Goris @dennisgoris.bsky.social #Cartoons People are saying this is a legacy the likes of which no one has ever seen before. #ballroom #EpsteinFiles

Waitangi 2026. A government of Atlas Network slogans confronts a complex nation unwilling to be neoliberal roadkill. Toitū te Tiriti Toitū te Taiao

Here’s the boss www.facebook.com/share/r/14XR...

Teanau Tuiono just announced at Waitangi the launch of the Te Oranga Tohorā Bill, giving legal personhood to whales, honouring a request from Kiingi Tuheitia. Fantastic response!

this was done intentionally - multiple ministers including Willis & Seymour bragged about how many jobs they’d cut in the first 12 months of their government. the reserve bank literally said it wanted unemployment up to control inflation. as with so many other policies this term, it’s social murder

NZ says it will explore “co-operation on critical minerals” with the United States, a day after NZ PM Christopher Luxon brushed off talk of any such co-operation. My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #Trump #USA #RareMetals #MineralDeals #ShaneJones

Good to see some get the memo: "We are stronger together as a country" - Green Party & Labour leaders #nzpol #kiwi

"What Labour and the Greens agree on is that when they run out of money, they will always come after yours" Whenever you hear this attack line re sensible taxation, send people this link and challenge them to prove it @greens.org.nz www.greens.org.nz/taxcalculator

"We should be demanding a government-wide commitment to climate risk reduction, incl. binding emissions cuts, adaptation plans, and a national programme to stabilise vulnerable landscapes using science-informed, Indigenous-led land stewardship." manucaddie540258.substack.com/p/a-brief-hi... #nzpol

Once again, Government acts in the interests of their wealthy and sorted donors, rather than ordinary citizens and a future for life on Earth www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

National party Minister kowtowed to the loudest mouth in the room, again. #NzPol

Sam Ruthe just ran 3:48:48, breaking John Walker’s NZ mile record (which had stood more than 40 years)

The ‘4Rs’ of emergency management are risk reduction, readiness, response and recovery. Govt decisions to make fairy dust the strategy for emissions reduction suggests they’re not bothered with risk reduction; adaptation is all too hard so forget readiness, making response increasingly frequent

NZ has fallen into a 'crisis and response' pattern on climate disaster, experts say. Billions have been spent on storm recovery since 2023, while key climate adaptation funding and planning tools have been cut. My story looking at last week’s storms www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Fuck you. I won’t do what you tell me. Stay till the end.

You know, in the 50+ years I've existed on this rock, I don't think I've ever had a UK politician actually give me goosebumps with a political broadcast until now..... It feels like I just watched everything I've been yelling about for years....

@zackpolanski.bsky.social explains effortlessly why we’re all burnt out & feel like we’re on a hamster wheel. We can stop it - try something different. Don’t vote the same old parties in again & again & expect a different world. It takes courage to vote for hope, not hate.

As an NHS clinical psychologist, I can say pretty much everything here is contributing to the distress people are feeling. It's so validating- to feel heard & understood. This is not the usual 'political spin', this is a presentation of reality that so many people live every day. Thank you.

that ad got me to pull finger and finally officially join the nz greens.

Our own Green Party is a partner in the Global Greens with the Green Party of England. And this brilliant ad is just as applicable here as there

Council of Trade Unions survey shows incomes not keeping up with cost of living

On Friday the Greens provided journalists a ‘prebuttal’ of the PM’s forthcoming speech. Today I feel we deserve some kind of prize (I mean, not the Nobel) for correctly predicting about 90% of the content, betting it would continue the relentless pursuit of the interests of the wealthy and sorted

More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland. They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”

The goal here is martial law. It’s martial law. Let’s be clear about that.

Great playlist though.

Two things: picture doesn’t capture the intense redness of this pōhutukawa flowering; the low cloud means that when I head out for my run it will be like soup - which is why I’m procrastinating

I haven’t read the piece by Josie Vidal from Straterra/‘Minerals Council’ = the mining industry. That’s because it doesn’t matter what she says. The industry position is that they will continue mining so long as it is legal and there is demand. Everything else is smokescreen.

Sad to hear about Tim Shadbolt. We spent a lot of time together in 1981/82. I have some favourite memories of the time we were on trial (for rioting) in Gisborne. Like when his car got a puncture in the Waioeka Gorge, no spare, so we had to stuff it with straw and drive on

A question possibly only of interest to health system nerds like me: does Manage My Health contract with general practices or with PHOs? I’m trying to tease out contractual obligations

Deep and enduring friendships!! 1. Katie Miller posted this overnight. 2. Trump is concerned about all the Chinese and Russian ships "...We need Greenland...." Will @albomp.bsky.social think "a smooth and peaceful transition is appropriate? #auspol #uspol #cdnpol #nzpol #ukpol

Well the PM has certainly risen to Marama’s challenge to show moral leadership. Refers journalists to - checks notes - Peters post on X. “Concerned”. “Actively monitoring”. Clearly independent foreign policy is safe and well!

I thought unilateral illegal invasions by foreign powers might justify a Prime Ministerial statement. I thought our independent foreign policy tradition might mean the statement said something : www.facebook.com/share/17kTeo...

Sanho is a former military historian and an expert on South American narcopolitics. He knows what he's talking about here.

There are a lot of Venezuelans who hate Maduro and might have stayed quiet in response to regime change, but privatizing and stealing the patrimony of an entire nation can galvanize a very angry resistance. Trump can’t help but make himself the villain in this scenario.

Trump keeps lying about how Venezuela “stole” from US oil companies. Here’s what really happened. Venezuelans know their own history & that’s why Trump’s oil gambit could become the focal point of a resistance. They won’t unite for Maduro, but they could come together to defend their patrimony.🧵

Lest anyone for a single moment thinks this latest coup is a somehow a dramatic breach of long-term US foreign policy.

Turns out the FIFA Peace Prize was a farce after all Who knew

Fantastic speech: concrete examples used to demonstrate empathy and understanding, framing and language to stimulate and appeal to progressive values, and Obama-esque rhetorical skills (rising tone, pauses for emphasis, groups of 3)

It’s election year for New Zealand - please strongly encourage, donate to and vote for this energy👇 Playing it small and safe doesn’t serve our communities of greatest need, and it doesn’t meet this moment when we need more from our leaders, not less. Vote for those who mean it when they say change.

We just, for some unknown reason, rewatched Just Cause. It is astoundingly awful: pedestrian book, moronic script, schlocky direction and wooden performances. Is there a worse movie?