Very cool resource for people who like to worry about scary looking numbers nzoilwatch.com/nz

In an oil crisis, just imagine the misfortune of being led by a Govt that thinks fuel rationing is communism.

Seymour's pet Ministry seeking feedback on a "Plan" that contains no tangible actions and a TBC across half of it. "That's why we want to hear from people affected by edicts from Wellington; what regulatory barriers do you see getting in the way of fuel supply?" These fucking people I can not 🤦‍♂️

House on fire and govt be like "we gonna install more smoke alarms". A plan with no actions and a big "TBC" across the most important parts. Zero leadership, total paralysis, just corporate platitudes and wishful thinking. Greens are the only party in Parli with a real plan.

#nzpol Pay attention Aotearoa New Zealand because this cr*ppy National/NZ First/ACT coalition govt hasn't been. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Under capitalism, you can find your city blacked out because the power company preferred an industry that doesn't produce anything at all and is only kept afloat by burning billions of venture capital dollars. This is the best possible system, and you're a childish communist if you think otherwise.

PRESS RELEASE: Greens Offer Votes To National Party For Immediate Relief In Fossil Fuel Crisis. www.greens.org.nz/greens_offer...

Paging Simon Watts (again) #nzpol

Great explanation of how messed up things are, how much more messed up they're going to get, and how much of an unsurpassable dipshit Donald Trump is for starting this war.

These amazing people 💚💚💚💚 www.greens.org.nz/green_party_...

Fucking grim to see many in our media taking their headlines directly from Minister Brown instead of what the *publicly available* report actually says, that "New Zealand had among one of the best pandemic responses in the world." Even the US media (FOX besides) aren't this lazy and servile.

The playbook is to run public healthcare into the ground, say we can't afford to fix it (which will be true because we spent the money on tax breaks for landlords and tobacco companies), then sell people's resulting desperation to the private sector in the name of "innovation" and "efficiency".

So they did bomb a school and kill hundreds of girls. That's what NZ is trying not to condemn.

This is a profound continental divide. Canadians overwhelmingly view other Canadians, even those unlike them, as being good people. Americans, more than any other country, view their neighbours and fellow citizens as bad people. Anti-Americanism flourishes in the United States

If polling trends continue the 2029 election will see the first UK government not led by Labour or the Conservatives since the 1920s.

STUNNING 🙌

🧵 1/11 As shocking as Bush's 2003 invasion of Iraq was, he did the Constitutional bare minimum of asking Congress (who said yes) and tried to follow international law by asking the UN, before ignoring it when they said no. In '26 Trump just starts slinging missiles.

FPP plays a large part, but also the tramplers have managed to convince a significant proportion of the trampled that their salvation will come not from abolishing trampling, but from getting a foot on the trampling ladder.

Despite Labour's best efforts to split the vote and hand victory to Reform in Gorton & Denton, it's looking like the UK Greens are on the cusp of an historic win 💚

Can't wait to issue a 'move on' order to this government

This government seems constitutionally incapable of making positive progress. Many months of hard work thrown under the bus along with one of their few capable Ministers (a low bar granted) all because Luxon is too spineless to stand up to a handful of Epsom NIMBYs and their pet MP. 🤦🏼‍♂️

Rolling agencies together doesn't fix silos. It just moves them inside and organisation where they'll be less visible and accountable. It also makes the government of the day less accountable for resourcing each of those functions properly, which in this case appears to be precisely the point.

Quite

The left tried for decades to pass green energy subsidies, passed them, the subsidies worked, and now literally the entire planet's electricity grid is going to convert to solar+battery. It just doesn't feel like "tech" because it mostly produces kinda boring blue collar jobs instead of billionaires

Just noting that if you want to show Tamatha Paul some love after the last couple of weeks, now’s a great time to volunteer! We have a phone bank this Thursday, 6-8pm and a door knock this Sunday 12-2pm. I train you personally before you have a crack 🙂 www.greens.org.nz/events_near_...

Catch RADAR ANGEL & THE BLUE SUMMER tonight in Pōneke @ Valhalla, doors 8PM

Mindboggling that in a country that already gets 80+% of energy from renewables this government is charging kiwis extra so we can invest in outdated fossil fuel infrastructure which even setting aside environmental concerns, is by any measure more expensive & less efficient than alternatives.

Was super bummed to hear of this - Underworld was one of the coolest new venues in town, fantastic space with a great vibe in a fairly central location. Performing there with Radar Angel was a blast. I just hope it falls into good hands that want to keep supporting local live music 🙏

Comedy Gold 🤣 #nzpol

IMO Dems are handing Trump/Miller a huge gift by focusing on Noem instead of sticking it to them where it belongs - they'll happily throw her under the bus and replace her with another patsy if they have to. No question she's both evil & incompetent but she isn't the mastermind of this.

Disgusting that our leaders are even considering being part of this farce. Trump's brazen attempt to form his own UN with him as "chairman for life", complete with rip-off AI-slop logo in Trumpian gold, & a $Billion join fee. A lineup of human rights abusers itching for a piece of the Gaza pie.

Abolish ICE is now the moderate minimum position, Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.

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

1. This short thread is about the issue that dominates almost every aspect of politics, and causes or exacerbates most of our problems: the extreme wealth of a small number of people. Here’s the amazing thing: almost the entire political class aligns with the ultra-rich against the rest. 🧵1/10

"the future"

Carney is really meeting the moment here and calling on the rest of the community of nations to do the same.

WE HAVE A DATE... 7th of November. we have to organise and activate those in our lives that, for what ever reasons, may decide to not bother. vote.nz/enrolling/en...

Not one of them a Living Wage Employer #villains #freeloaders #taxwealth #oxfamnz #nzpol

Mindboggling that during a state of emergency with severe flooding and homes being evacuated in the north, Luxon not only says *nothing at all* about it during his election day announcement speech but unironically leads with "we're having a great start to 2026". How is he still this tone deaf?

"Luxon announces his retirement date" is the correct framing. Well done TPM. #NZPOL

The Government is choosing to increase climate changing emissions and failing to support communities hit first and worst by severe weather. Climate change is increasing the cost of living and wreaking havoc on the livelihoods of our regional communities.

Well said.

Spicy take here but if your command of language is insufficient to express "unprovoked aggression against an ally is bad" maybe you shouldn't be a Prime Minister

Dude is fucking insane. If there were ever a time to invoke the 25th amendment, it's now. Hard to imagine the chaos that'd follow if Trump tries to put boots on the ground. Not exactly a cause that will inspire great morale in the troops.

Absolutely essential from @polgreen.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...

How long before the union breaks, at this rate? If the fed govt is gonna arbitrarily withhold funding and continue dismantling democracy what use is it to these states? It's the definition of taxation without representation.

I can't describe how bad Minneapolis feels right now. My neighbors are pulling kids out of school. The public schools are offering remote learning until 2/12. We are having conversations in our alleys about how to protect ourselves. It feels like a military occupation with a blockade.

It’s beyond insane that our overarching internal security agency has spent months tweeting barely-coded messages of support for neo-Nazi groups and the entire media apparatus looks at it and says “That’s odd but certainly not part a major story that is relevant to current events, I’m sure”

Good's wife: “Renee lived by an overarching belief: there is kindness in the world and we need to do everything we can to find it where it resides and nurture it where it needs to grow". And for that, she was murdered. And the WH has rushed to normalise it.

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