This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.

IT'S FEBRUARY 2026. THE RAIL ENABLED HYUNDAI FERRIES FOR I REX WERE MEANT TO ARRIVE BY NOW. Instead we have no rail enabled ferries, the two we have are clunky as fuck, and there will be no replacement ferries until 2029 at the earliest.

This is an environmental win for the ages. They tried to start seabed mining in Aotearoa. For 12 years we fought back. And won. A magnificent alliance of iwi and environment NGOs and 100,000s of NZers www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...

The win against seabed mining was built on the win to change the fast track law. We forced Govt to move the decision point from ministers to an expert panel. Everyone who marched against the fasttrack, submitted, signed a petition or donated, you made this possible www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...

Waitangi 2026

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

The win against seabed mining was built on the win to change the fast track law. We forced Govt to move the decision point from ministers to an expert panel. Everyone who marched against the fasttrack, submitted, signed a petition or donated, you made this possible www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...

This is an environmental win for the ages. They tried to start seabed mining in Aotearoa. For 12 years we fought back. And won. A magnificent alliance of iwi and environment NGOs and 100,000s of NZers www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...

Massive win for moana as Taranaki seabed mining application rejected www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...

The equivalent of around 13,000 dairy cows worth of effluent is pouring out of Wellington’s broken sewerage treatment plant. Disgusting. NZ has 6 million dairy cows putting untreated effluent onto land and freshwater every day of every year. Systemic pollution.

The British🇬🇧 do it again THERE ARE NO GOOD BILLIONAIRES👇 #epsteinfiles

“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)

The Wellington moa point sewerage treatment malfunction is bad. How does it compare to dairy pollution? The plant serves about 180k people. They produce as much sewerage as about 13,000 dairy cattle. NZ has ~6m dairy cattle whose effluent goes mostly untreated onto land and into groundwater.

Fact: Climate change is making the weather more extreme. My #cartoon today #NZpol #ClimateChange #Floods #ClimateInaction

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

Being Better Economic Managers™️ involves far more record levels of company liquidations than I anticipated. #nzpol

It's rare to see how lobbyists operate. But the Epstein-Mandelson correspondence shows us what happens all the time: plutocrats and government ministers conspiring against the public interest. This is why all lobbying should be in the public domain, but despite Labour and Con promises, it's not. 🧵

I think this is representative of fossil-fuelled weather extremes reportage not just in Aus but in many countries, where (a) the cause, fossil fuels, is simply never mentioned and (b) the change is treated as essentially inevitable and un-mitigatable, all that's left is figuring out how to 'adapt'

Luxon Govt is rightly getting heat for its climate policies. For the record here's 16 of their policies to makes things worse. 1/ Attempted to restart offshore oil and gas exploration. 2/ Subsidised oil and gas exploration 3/ Pushed Fossil Gas www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...

It was a Luxon Govt decision not to sign up to the road map away from fossil fuels (so don't just blame Jones). Along with all the other climate stupidity policies. www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto... www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

My last story for the year - the third in a sort of trilogy about the energy crisis. This one is about about the unmanaged, unfunded, messy transition away from gas and the impact on businesses.Feels like a perfect example of where we really really could be doing better www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...

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...

Remember when Shane Jones said our most precious native species can die if it affected his mining donor interests? And now he's pretending he cares abour rockpools. This is what NZ First made legal when they got into power - destroying ecosystems. The video should make everyone weep #nzpol #kiwi

When pressed on anything positive they are doing about climate change, the Luxon Govt points to fast tracking renewable generation. But solar farms are moving from concept to construction in less than 12 months WITHOUT USING THE FAST TRACK. www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...

Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.

When pressed on anything positive they are doing about climate change, the Luxon Govt points to fast tracking renewable generation. But solar farms are moving from concept to construction in less than 12 months WITHOUT USING THE FAST TRACK. www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...

A United Nations agreement to protect the open oceans from unsustainable fishing practices has now taken effect, in a huge win for marine conservation

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This post calling Noem her friend is still up on Judith Collins facebook by the way, and there really aren't ANY good reasons at this point as to why NZ media aren't constantly pressuring her about it

Today on NewstalkZB, Mike Hosking said it's a "reality check" for the Government to not have a proper response for climate hit areas. Some examples of his previous work that may point to how we got here.

After all the climate-amplified deadly weather, the Luxon Govt claimed it is taking action on climate change. But is it action to make it worse by increasing emissions? Here is the evidence: www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...

"Flying in on helicopters and expressing sympathy for stricken families and communities is pointless if your policies are failing to address climate change, and making matters worse. New Zealanders who want a different kind of world, and a different kind of politics have choices to make this year."

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

This sounds very Bob Dylan/Billy Bragg youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...

In today’s NZ Herald

The NZ Luxon Govt is systematically pursuing policies to increase climate pollution. Meanwhile... www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

#NZpol And some of our politicians had this guy over to install a local office…

Let us remember that the NZ police unlawfully raided the house of journalist Nicky Hager after Hager published a book exposing the malfeasance of Judith Collins. Police had to apologise while Collins is being appointed by Luxon to head the Law Commission. What a joke. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3505...

Nicky Hager says Judith Collins is “clearly and demonstrably not” fit for the Law Commission role www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...

Winston Peters long term project to align NZ with the US sure looks pretty stupid with Trump. NZ needs an independent foreign policy.

Powerful court decision in the Netherlands on Govt responsibilities to cut climate pollution. www.greenpeace.org/internationa...

“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.” Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life. Common sense. Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.

Winston Peters long term project to align NZ with the US sure looks pretty stupid with Trump. NZ needs an independent foreign policy.

Judith Collins: "I don't like wetlands – they're swamps ... Go and find someone who actually cares about this, because I don't," in response to questions about her links to exported swamp kauri. These kauri logs are routinely obtained by destroying wetlands publicaddress.net/envirologue/...

Then there was the Oravida scandal www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/collins-d...

Slashing all Marsden grants to social science and humanities another Judith Collins legacy www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

I do remember when Judith Collins leaked the name and details of a public servant to the right wing attack blogger Cameron Slater and then the public servant received personal attacks and death threats. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Here's the thing, Greg — free speech is still protected by the First Amendment under the Constitution. If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.

Oil and gas companies make huge profits and pass on the human, financial and ecological costs of climate disaster to ordinary people. And now they are trying to get us to pay to clean up their oil fields at the end of their life www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...