If anyone was still pretending this isn’t just about excluding trans kids from public life, the Trump administration just opened a Title IX investigation into a Maine school district because a trans student is on a *co-ed* cheerleading squad.

a non-zero number of pasty-faced ICE goons who are fully ancestry dot com-pilled about being like .0002% Irish will have their day sincerely, authentically ruined by this knowledge, and that makes it so beautiful to me

The Spanish version is “the left liberates, the right oppresses” and once I learned that, both screws and politics made more sense

In today’s NZ Herald

Small Problem I decided to finish this one since everyone seemed to like the sketch so much.

Trump is ready to punish the Iranian regime for violently cracking down on the Iranian people. Meanwhile, Trump is violently cracking down on American cities. #Iran #IranianRevolution2026 #Trump #ICE #crackdown #Protest #immigration #Minneapolis #Minnesota #ReneeNicoleGood

Fun fact: New Zealand's medical schools have 500 places, so the number of doctors graduating each year is the same. Next thing you know ACT will claim credit for the sun rising each day. #nzpol

Wednesday is TRANSPHOBES ARE TRASH DAY! Congratulations to those who celebrate this wonderful day. Also, every other day is also Transphobes are Trash Day, I forgot to mention that.

I like how a package shipped today (Thursday) from another location in the same City will not be delivered to me until Monday. I wonder what other problems will happen with this delivery via Aramex, as they've had problems with most orders so far.

Business confidence is high! Meanwhile all EB Game stores are closing. www.stuff.co.nz/business/360... #nzpol

Oh look, a National MP is conducting a survey about bus lanes that looks like it's from NZTA and is biased towards removing them. It would be a shame if it got lots of responses in favour of bus lanes, right? #nzpol forms.microsoft.com/pages/respon...

People not in Minnesota: please read this excellent summary of what life is like in Minneapolis since the murderous scum ICE swarmed here. And more are on their way. By local reporter / writer / bike dude / legend @dbrauer.net .

The replacement for the replacement for the racist NZ politics subreddit is unsurprisingly racist and sexist.

What the FSU misses (purposely) here is that X is the one "creating the material" The images are being generated by xAI's Grok. The reason that such actions aren't considered for Meta and OpenAI is that they take action to prevent these uses. Musk makes minimal guardrails a product goal.

Remember, everyone, July 4, 1776 is the day that the representatives of 13 English colonies voted, against all odds, unanimously to kick a tyrant to the curb. Donald Trump thinks he's going to celebrate the 250th anniversary of that with a nationwide party in his honor. Let's kick him to the curb.

Whoooooo first thing Monday morning we have a database outage and one of the devs is going on holiday. Glad I had that emergency energy drink in the fridge.

Yukon Cornelius is taking a break from shenanigans to give you a little kiss 😽💋 #EmergencyKittenCleanse

"Sometimes the most important transitions are visible not in moments of crisis, but in moments where crisis quietly fails to appear."

#nzpol There’s one day left to fill out our annual Mood of the Workforce survey! We can’t afford to keep letting the wealthy and powerful lead the conversation. Help us put worker voices on the agenda this election year:

Wizard axolotl. I noticed people tend to make them look a lot cooler than they are when drawing them, so I wanted to fix that. They already have the perfect body, and need no change. #artpost

Fact-Checking The Trump Administration On Venezuela https://theonion.com/fact-checking-the-trump-administration-on-venezuela/

Luxon was hand-picked for the job by people who thought he would bring back the Key-era mojo of the National Party. He’s the case study in how the people most likely to lecture you about meritocracy are not just hypocrites, they clearly are functionally incapable of judging merit.

I see that the govt is graciously deciding to reduce the prescription fees for new 12 month scripts, even though they re-introduced these shortly after gaining power. Labour had completely removed prescription fees previously. #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

It feels like the US is slowly turning into a mafia protection racket, which reminds me of this Monty Python skit www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNZK...

Still vey accurate and frightening. NZer Low was on the Gestapo arrest list had the Germans invaded Britain.

In today’s NZ Herald

Make it viral.

Regarding the Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, “you do not, under any circumstances, gotta hand it to him” but it does take a special level of hypocrite to shit on long summer holidays and WFH only to be MIA during the biggest international incident of his tenure and then claim he is WFH.

Really didn't want to break this kinda meme out within the first week of the new year but here we are.

Never let a single goddamned person on the Right ever claim again that they’re the party of law and order without laughing in their lying face.

🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug - A Calvinesque and Hobbesian look at a Venezuela invasion - Brought to you by the proud and mighty Inner Hive, including longtime member G.L. Waters and new member Laura Testa-Reyes. ( bit.ly/theInnerHive ) - READ IT RIGHT HERE👇

like a fine wine

I decided to take a stab at outlining my problems with the holidays act changes proposed last year. Half way through the "summary" document and I've already passed the 1500 word count. Oops.

yep. i can identify any number of structural issues but at the end of the day the basic problem is the republican party. this has been apparent for at least 20 years. it is also an incredibly unpopular observation to make among “serious” people.

My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609... America Vs Venezuela - the oil war is on and they're no longer hiding it... #Caricature #PoliticalCartoon #UsaVenezuela #USAOil

Last day to get most of these on sale on steam. Have a read of the brief discussion of each game in the linked post & take a punt if one strikes your fancy.

the overwhelming majority of child sexual abusers are heterosexual married/divorced fathers of children. they volunteer to coach and mentor and be with groups of kids for easy access to vulnerable kids. they dont “look” like anything- they are us, we are them.

It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month. It’s about oil and regime change. And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.

Here’s a survey if you feel like participating… #nzpol #OneTermGovernment nzctu.typeform.com/Workforce2026

Every means-tested program creates two costs: 1. Administration 2. Fraud prevention Universal Basic Income eliminates both by design. If everyone qualifies, there’s nothing to game.

Magnus sitting on my bed #cats

I choose to take this as a positive omen. (As named and drawn by Paul Kidby, illustrator of Discworld.)

I've waited 3 years to make this post

I'm v impressed by the series of articles @thepress.co.nz is running this week on nitrate pollution. Congrats to Maxine Jacobs, the author. Here's today's article, the 3rd in a series of 6. If you don't subscribe, consider buying. Or view through the library www.thepress.co.nz/environment/...

Kevin does such a good job here. Even if you know this topic well, he is communicating it using language that I believe you'll find works well for the obnoxious uncle in your life. Recommend reading through it end to end. Thank you @greenander.bsky.social

Guilty of Sloplifting

I mean, you’d think it was pretty obvious, wouldn’t you? 💭🙄 #nzpol

“If you care about the bottom line, budgets & taxes, then you should care about urban biking, because it’s a money saver. It’s ironic when so-called fiscal conservatives attack biking, when their efforts just show a lack of understanding of math.” My interview with @modacitylife.com #CityMakingMath

Yesterday I posted about my new web tracker of how often the parliament has gone into Urgency this term. #nzpol seemed to appreciate it and this evening I added a way to see the percentage of bills passed under urgency by each parliament. The results are interesting! See for yourself: nzpt.cjs.nz