these market types really seem to fundamentally believe any money the government spends is destroyed instead of going out into the economy

The article Kyle has linked to is hugely problematic for a number of reasons. Stuff first published it earlier today and it was just a copy+paste of Stats NZ info. But they highlighted migration in the headline & for some reason used a photo taken in Russia in 2018 to illustrate the article 🤔🧵

Everyone right of the Greens has been scapegoating immigrants since Twyford's Chinese-sounding surnames shit.

Or nz msm is doing exactly what its designed to do. Pump out rw propaganda

It's so casually dropped in there as well. Also not "Russian soldier killing" or even a wink wink "defensive"

No point purely going after NZF et al for vile racist anti-immigrant rhetoric when our largest media outlet is doing birth rate and migrant risk articles under an anonymous byline while prompting Luxon to crack down on immigration numbers nz msm isnt fit for purpose www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

JFC - where was this? Are people just thinking wars are about killing, not strategy now? How many soldiers *returned* home from previous campaigns and the fact that people remember those who died to such high levels should be because indiscriminate attacks shouldn’t been normalised.

JFC. Imagine having bloodlust running so deep that your first concern about a world war is not how to avoid it, but how to join in 💀

"HaVinG CLeAr WaR GoAls MAkes It HaRd 4 SoLDiers" is the worst take I have seen from a military theorist in a long long time. Somebody get this putz some Clausewitz so he can learn the subject he apparently has a PhD in. Holy shit.

We do understand that framing this up as "Russian-killing technology" is immensely FUCKED right? We are still able to grasp that??

Absolutely. The error is allowing the right wing to set the agenda of what we discuss - and fact checking sticks in the mind less than the original claim. The left wing struggle to lead because the struggle to insert important discourse into the mainstream.

What do I remember about the last election? I ton of talk and argument about ram raids and gangs. Is/was it the most important issue for our country - NO. We need to find platforms where the most important issues are at the forefront. (And I loathe the TV ‘debates’ - utterly useless)

self proclaimed “futurist, entrepreneur, investor and adventurer” kyron gosse speaks off camera: “stop trying to be perfect. come here.” she doesn't come here. he steps into frame, slapping her across the face with his open, right palm. he titters & laughs: www.webworm.co/kyrongosse/

the greens are correct on this of course, but they can’t allow themselves to fall into the role of constant fact checker, reacting to whatever lie the far right publicise the left needs to start creating the news and lead stories, not just responding to them

Always check history when politicians start electioneering. As part of the coalition agreement, Peters could have demanded the return of the $1000 Kiwisaver kickstarter removed by Key's government, but instead he lobbyied for policies that would please NZF donors and his cooker supporters #nzpol

Reminder that it doesn't matter where the people on the bus think they are going, they are going where the person in the driver's seat takes them. In Western societies our most important governmental, commercial, and civil society institutions are steered by genocidal white supremacists.

"Kiwi Proudly" managed from.... 🧐 🤔 #nzpol

Can a bluesky plea possibly summon up someone near Christchurch who has a rotary phone gathering dust in their garage? (Wanting to borrow one for a prop for a school play)

People in Aotearoa NZ need actions to prevent sexual violence, like work done by RespectEd. Promises of tinkering with sentences of convicted offenders after NZ election does nothing to help survivors and targets now! If National cared, it'd fund prevention work! #NZpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

A few years ago 1 of my kids shared their pay with colleagues and lo and behold the women in the team he was in were paid up to $20,000 less for doing the same job. Pay secrecy enabled all manner of inequity. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

a couple of years ago I got chewed out on Masotodon for calling them Red National, so I only post about Linux stuff on there now, and the normies won't dare unfollow me bc they know it'll make them look salty

Hey. hey it's Monday that awesome day of the week where we celebrate all the small to big wins with everything in between. Mine is that I have just completed the last weekend on the trot for water polo since the weekend of March 21st. Home this weekend. What's Yours?

I fucking hate how older boomers got to retire at 60, then changed it to 65 for the younger boomers, and now it's going to be 67 (?) for everyone else. we have to work 7 years longer than people who had free tertiary education, bought their first house for $1.99 and own 19 rentals

quoting this because I don't want to put their actual comments on people's feeds, click through at your own discretion, but god, I am sick of these reactionary wannabe american fuckwits.

People don’t need $1000 in KiwiSaver people need $1000

like, how is it not a major scandal and news story that IINZ is publicly posting rape and genocide apologia?

What is even going on with that? The kind of attitude one can only come up with when thinking of themselves as untouchable and superior to everyone else. Plus being evil and vile, so very vile. Yuck.

The Israel Institute has become so absurdly evil that theyre posting replies like this on the regular, and yet they and some of their prominent network are still treated as normal and serious by NZ media outlets and *i guess* Cumin *still* isnt facing consequences from UoA for his behaviour

His majesty lounges

The Israel Institute has become so absurdly evil that theyre posting replies like this on the regular, and yet they and some of their prominent network are still treated as normal and serious by NZ media outlets and *i guess* Cumin *still* isnt facing consequences from UoA for his behaviour

She's also been caught out blatantly lying at least twice in two days and each time has suggested the interviewer 'move on' and that it's not important when she is basing her argument on these lies.

Dear Lord, please grant me the unshakeable confidence of a Pākehā person commenting authoritatively on Māori politics after speaking to one Māori person, and knowing none of the history. Lord, thank you for your attention to this matter. 😁

Erica Stanford's play-act as the only person in New Zealand who doesn't understand NCEA is grinding my gears. God forbid someone should get literacy credits for a barista course. This is a disaster. www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

Hey, internet hive mind - I want to stand up a personal website to put all my creative work (mostly music and audio engineering credits) in one place. Ideally I'd like a .nz domain of some sort, and I have very little money to spend and am a total noob at web stuff. Recommendations?

Labour and the Greens have had 3 years to rally together and attack neoliberalism and the oligopoly and instead they've handed enormous free electoral wins to NZF Labour in particular has utterly, utterly failed it's base, and Aotearoa, by allowing that space for Peters to operate

It's not that much better in Aotearoa NZ. We have a 2010 coalition of austerity driven parties right now, with Hipkins Labour giving every impression of the 2015 era Labour Party who may lose an election despite every opportunity to denounce the disintegration of the country through Austerity.

UK Labour won such a massive majority in 2024 in such a loveless manner that under two years later they're desperately seeking to replace their leader with not an MP because their entire programme of government so far has been as unpopular as the 14 year austerity government they replaced.

1/200 S2E200 - 400/200 Season 2 Final Episode! We round up the last 3 years the shift in politics and media since the 2023 election and predictions and advice for 2026. w/ @kyledchurch.bsky.social @l11p.bsky.social @mythros.bsky.social

#NZpol I hear Winnie is about to vomit up new horrors this arvo - they call it policy there or some shit? - but it'll just be another boil on the bilious backside that is this corrupted coagulation of christofascist chaos... Far better listening here tbh...

1/200 S2E200 - 400/200 Season 2 Final Episode! We round up the last 3 years the shift in politics and media since the 2023 election and predictions and advice for 2026. w/ @kyledchurch.bsky.social @l11p.bsky.social @mythros.bsky.social

This comment from Stanford to Jack Tame really irks me. My teens who are academically oriented are in NO WAY feeling aggrieved that a friend who struggles with academic learning is getting some of these kinds of credits. NCEA allows different paths for different kids, success isn’t 1 thing.

Got asked a great question: Why would private debt have to increase to enable the NZ Govt to run a budget surplus? Let's build this up from the basics... This graph shows total NZ bank balances - $455bn and counting. How does it keep going up? Where's the $ coming from? [🧵 1/n]

Eliminate the winz offices, then somehow force poor people to have to beg for help WHERE ARE WE GETTING THE HELP FROM EXACTLY

Quick question. What the fuck is the point of a UBI under top when the poorest still have to somehow get a benefit to pay rent but "middle class" and rich people just get a 20k top up from the government.

Top slot of RNZ world - something pro-Palestine protests have barely ever got (in fact the mention in this article about pro-Palestine *counter* march may significantly change reporting stats) That aside, look for strats here that the NZ far right might use this year www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...

Calm does not read as complicity. That's absurd. The issues with calm-mongering are: * Prioritizing calm over the precautionary principle * Having gained no insight or humility after getting things so wrong on COVID * Framing legitimate concerns about the slapdash response as irrational anxiety

Smashing the oligopolies should be in the election platform of every progressive NZ political party

Final Season 2 episode for @1of200.bsky.social recorded!! Thanks to @l11p.bsky.social and @mythros.bsky.social for joining me this morning to see out our current events scheduling in style 🫡🫡

At what point do we start calling all these initiatives that can’t or won’t happen before the election, a “policy bonfire”?

New Zealand should move NOW to freeze the prices of basic necessities, like the Singaporean government has done, in order to shield the poorest members of our society from price increases during the coming months #nzpol