one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.

On the lowering of the Clean Car Standard, right after COP30. My #cartoon today #NZpol #CleanCarStandard #Emissions #FossilFuels

Can’t breathe

'It just seems cruel': Councillor shocked by comments after cycling accident

Reform's former Leader in Wales, Nathan Gill, a 10.5 year jail term for taking bribes from the Kremlin. Cosied up to authoritarian powers & traded principles for payoffs. Reform's leadership laughably claimed they barely knew Gill. Will all this be on tomorrow's front pages?

Not to undermine how transphobic Simeon Brown is, but with NZ First's announcement today to repeal the Regulatory Standards Act that they literally voted to pass just days ago, I can't help but think the puberty blocker ban was a negotiation tactic to buy the votes of the very transphobic NZ First.

It’s the time of the year (Summer) when the Pōhutukawa trees (also called New Zealand Christmas Trees) begin to bloom. Most bloom brilliant red flowers but this gorgeous beast blooms bright yellow. This is how it looked this afternoon. 💛

You probably know, @metallica.com are on at Eden Park tonight! You may not yet know (but must!) that Metallica are also serious feminists and allies of Auckland Women’s Centre! We are so excited @allwithinmyhandsfoundation has chosen to support us with a generous koha 🔥 >>

I have followed Gary Stevenson for a while. He makes the wealth inequality discussion clear. 30 with Guyon Espiner: Economist Gary Stevenson on why New Zealand should tax the rich www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/pe...

@bikeauckland.bsky.social sometimes it’s the little wins which make the difference 👍😀 adding green cycle-right-of-way markings to this vehicle crossing exit at BP Waterview helps driver awareness and keeps people- and dogs- on bikes safe 🐶🚲 #AklBikeLife

What Mike says.

The World Character Summit 2025 in Hanyu City today

A really fun fact. If you go to the cartoonmuseum.org in Central London to see incredible collections & shows of the best cartoon artwork & you pay for admission once, that ticket acts as an annual membership so you can go back as many times as you like in 1 year. @cartoonmuseum.bsky.social

Team, we are almost halfway there with two weeks to go - if you have any spare coins or you know anyone with some, please amplify and support - Dr Siouxsie should not be out of pocket even a single dollar after her mahi during the peak of a worldwide crisis. Thanks to all leading the way here ❤️

WeRateDogs turns 10 years old today! A very silly idea to numerically objectify dogs has become one of the kindest and most powerful online communities ever. Thank you for joining us over the last decade. I never knew what this could be until you all showed me. Here's to many more good dogs ❤️

Excoriating 🧵 about NZ culture. And look at that list of offenders and think of the punishments meted out. The masturbating cco director has his name suppressed and got a non-custodial sentence. The judge seemed to be more sorry for him than the victim.

A good sign.

NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected. And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.* Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:

v good thread to show to your cis people who don’t understand the kafkaesque web of insane bureaucratic nonsense that british trans people have been trapped in for decades

In today’s NZ Herald

🚲 Now’s the perfect time to join Bike Auckland! Be part of the movement for better biking 🚦💚 #BikeAuckland #JoinTheRide #CyclingCommunity #ItsForEveryone #BikeLife #Auckland https://www.bikeauckland.org.nz/coupon/AGM-special

Just call it what it is: corruption. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

The Getty Museum has made 88,000 artworks available for free under CC0 licenses! This is a huge win for open culture—for art lovers, creators, educators, learners, researchers, and all future generations. Huge congratulations to the Getty for this big step! getty.edu/art/collection 🖼️

It’s that time of year when layoffs are announced, the cost of living crisis really bites, the govt continues to screw over Māori, the disabled, low-wage workers, the unemployed, AND the climate. But hey, #Christmas is just around the corner… My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol

Still waiting for someone to publicly investigate what David Seymour knew about sex criminal Tim Jago and when.

He was trying to break into my phone!

Urbanist knitters, I need you to know about these mittens: www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

The Olympics had allowed trans women to compete since the 2004 games. Out of 10s of thousands of competitors, only one trans woman ever qualified. She came last. Zero medals. Zero. Zero. Yet the far right has convinced elites they were dominating.

My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608... Today COP30 starts in Brazil... I can't list all the things this coalition has gutted from the environmental plans. A sad day for all... #NzPol #Cartoon #COP30

Short clip of the blade pen in action, featuring music by me! (also featuring my hands, which look like a pair of workers gloves you’d find in a peat bog) These pens are on sale until midnight on Monday, 10% off with the code TENTENTEN! thingsbydan.myshopify.com youtube.com/shorts/g8pB2...

The attempted bid to turn Kelston Boys College into a charter school should send shivers up everyone's spine. Libertarian dogma attempting to undermine the school with a nearly 100% Māori and Pacific Island roll is classic Act party racism in action. #nzpol

Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment

Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default. Here's how to turn it off. First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner

incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty

REMINDER: A socialist act by a New Yorker was a major reason why polio was eliminated in the US.

Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.

We've been watching John Cambell's series on Destiny Church. We were inspired to donate to Rainbow Reading's Givealittle page to fund their lawsuit after Destiny ruined their business. You can help too. Here is the link: givealittle.co.nz/cause/drag-q... #nz #nzpol

For a guy who can sniff-out entitlements faster than a truffle pig Luxon claiming here to know nothing about his investment properties never gets old. #nzpol

In the year to March 539 #children - some younger than 12 months - were harmed in state care (the highest number in 5 yrs). Meanwhile the coalition govt introduces legislation to further shield itself from responsibility. My Stuff #cartoon today #OrangaTamariki #StateCare

2. Culinary Witches

Morning peeps! I’ve written a piece for @thespinoff.bsky.social on why I ended up taking legal action against my employer and a little bit about how it played out. The whole story needs a book to tell but this is a good start 😂 thespinoff.co.nz/society/01-1... thespinoff.co.nz/society/01-1...

Hey team - @siouxsiew.bsky.social's university spent > $1.5m defending a case that their lawyers largely conceded in court. This was a huge waste of public $$$, but despite Siouxsie's win, she remains out of pocket. Please support Siouxsie after she supported us: www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...

PM Luxon: "I've just done a deal with Southeast Asian nations that will help grow our economy at home." And Winston was like: “… My Stuff #cartoon today #nzpol

Cartoon by @jesseduquette.bsky.social.