Honestly, the IPCA report into the police (mis)handling of the McSkimming case makes for jaw-dropping reading. But it’s 135 pages long so I’ve read it for you. Here’s my report on one of the most serious failures of integrity in modern policing history⬇️⬇️

Feels a bit trashy to self promote but if you are looking at the govts announcements and are wanting to learn NZ history that isn’t beholden to the whims of whoever happens to be in the Beehive, I do a podcast that might help with that Find it wherever you get podcasts etc historyaotearoa.com

All this Auntie discourse reminded me of ...

TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-... 🧵

Teachers, drs, nurses, etc are dealing with a government that has refused to listen and has steadily stripped away anything that is useful and makes it possible to do a great job. The strike on the 23 Oct is 100% necessary. The strike on the 23 Oct is 100% justified.

Of course women don't like the cybertruck. Women only want one thing.

Make a band singular. They Might be a Giant.

luigi mangione murdered a healthcare executive and opposed "wokeism." i don't know why people insist that killers need some coherent ideology. most people don't even have coherent wardrobes, let alone a coherent worldview.

I don't think I've ever had an image spike my blood pressure quite like this before.

Increase a band: Maxuit

Increase a band: Quarterback

While we’re still figuring out life on Earth, Voyager 1 is 15 billion miles away, cruising on 69KB, an 8-track, and 1977s Fortran like it’s nothing.

I have an idea. Publish the rich list, but base it solely on who personally paid the most tax. Not charitable donations - that's just a way to enforce the values of the un-elected, but actual contribution to the community through tax.

Let me get this straight. ACT ministers want to - Increase punitive enforcement on the families of truant kids at the expense of support services, www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro... - decrease punitive enforcement of workplace safety regulations, in favour of advice and support. It's incoherent.

Aurora! South coast of Welly.

So you can't - continually ignore the work of skilled, principled people, - blame them when what you actually do has unwelcome consequences - and expect them to be silent forever. The leakers no doubt know that this is a firing issue, and they chose to do it anyway. That says a thing.

O hai, I have been successfully alerted.

The problem with reading books on my phone is that l can't afford to toss them across the room even if they really deserve it.

Corin trying to give Winston apoplexy?

Mōrena Ruamoko.

OK @profanity.accountant , do your worst...

Did Auckland University take a billion dollars from USAID? (No) And why would it be bad if they did? (It wouldn't)

Happy Waitangi Day Aotearoa ❤️🤍🖤 #ToitūTeTiriti #TangataTiriti #nzpol #Aotearoa #nz

Strikes me that Ricardo Menéndez March, list MP for the Green Party which gained 11.60% of the vote, has almost twice the mandate to be in Parliament than Shane Jones, list MP for NZ First, which gained 6.08%. #nzpol

This government *needs* the gangs to act as scary boogymen to give us a distraction from the harm they are causing. They can't afford to have us seeing them as community members supporting their whanau on hīkoi, or as victims of abuse in state care trying to come to terms.

@oracularhades.com Kia ora. Can I be on the Kiwis list please. Ngā mihi nui.

Instead of sitting down and moaning, we felt we ought to do something

Do not want. #eqnz

Public service to Nicola Willis: #nzpol

Why is this diversity of yoof all staring intently at the back of the monitor?

Retweet if you’re a New Zealander and you think NZ trans women like me belong in women’s sports.

Well, good morning Wellington, I am awake. #eqnz

I asked the meteorologist and he told me that every place is now a hurricane zone.   I asked the epidemiologist and she told me that every season is now covid season.   I asked the ethicist and they told me that every one of us must take care of everyone else.

Wee welly shake. #eqnz

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #398,833!

I FUCKING WON

check out this video, its a great explainer of it all: www.youtube.com/watch?v=60T9...

Radical idea o te ata. Any business person complaining about rough sleepers near their business should have to provide a recent tax audit, to demonstrate that they are doing at least the minimum level of social responsibility legally required of them.

The mystery tobacco document saga continues - and becomes more farcical. #NZPol www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...

One time I spent five minutes at lunch drawing a reverse centaur and it became one of my most retweeted pieces of art. I resented that so I deleted it but now it can be free again because not enough people follow me on here for it to go big

No actual problem? Nil issue.

#Eqnz good shake in Welly.

sailorjim.livejournal.com/191340.html "'He strutted across the bedroom, his hard manhood pointing the way' sounds somewhat he owns a badly named seeing-eye dog. 'Sit, Hard Manhood ... good boy.'" Finish your drink before reading the whole thing. One of the funniest things I've ever seen.

#kikorangi there was a thread around here a couple of days ago about someone who discovered their family's history in and around Lyell. I can't remember who wrote it, can anyone help?