at last, we have invented retrophenology from the classic Discworld text Don’t Invent Retrophenology

Voyager 1 is currently more than 24 billion kilometres from Earth and getting 17km farther every second and hilariously it is not as out of touch with New Zealand as our Prime Minister

Auckland Councillor confirms National cut social housing, accommodation in Auckland from 890 places to 39 in one year, and cut emergency housing grants by 70-80% ($20m). Since then, individuals rough sleeping in our city have increased by 100%. #NZPOL #auckland www.reddit.com/r/nzpolitics...

The Press framing this as a puff piece and not "crooked developer tries to bribe MPs" says everything about the absolute state of mainstream political journalism in this country.

This seemed too good to be true, so I checked it out and, yep, it's 100% real. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

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Will Scoop,, Ryan Bridges, Democracy Project, Taxpayers Union & all those who fanned lies about Tamatha Paul, WCC, and the Wellington Moa Point disaster now apologise? Peter Basset not only doesn't exist, the vote NZCPR described never happened #nzpol #kiwi

This 53 year old man who lived in my neighborhood w/no criminal record & who had been in the US for 30 years, was detained and thrown into a cold cell for days, caught pneumonia and COVID there and deported. He finally died. I am so angry. www.kptv.com/2026/02/21/n...

Because that's literally his job, you utter melt! #nzpol www.facebook.com/watch/?v=879...

This parking receipt from the Christchurch CBD expired at 12:51 pm on 22 February 2011. The exact time that the devastating earthquake struck. Thinking of all those whose lives were forever changed in that moment. My Collection.

The Green Party is imploring the Government to choose actual solutions to homelessness, after Ministers today announced the Government’s plan to effectively criminalise it. www.greens.org.nz/luxon_choose...

Drop a crush from your youth.

"With all due respect to President Nyarlathotep, we do not believe the Necro-Administration's contention that 'Phantom Warlocks Only We Can See' was reason enough to initiate multiple soul harvest taxes directed at small business owners."

Aide Wearily Begins 5th Explanation Of Why Trump Can’t Pardon Prince Andrew https://theonion.com/aide-wearily-begins-5th-explanation-of-why-trump-cant-pardon-prince-andrew/

The GenX urge to fall in love with someone you shouldn't've

#NZpol So, the New Zealand Parliament account has announced it will no longer be posting updates on X… and Winston Peters is whingeing about it. LOL

Oh, the grand old duke of york He ██████████████████ He ██████████████████ And he ██████████████████

Be very afraid New Zealand. Google Robodebt in Australia. People died form shit like this #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

I love that Kieran got ejected for demanding an apology for quite racist comment. If you gotta go, that is what you can proudly stand beside

Tell me how old you are without telling me how old you are:

New: The government has introduced legislation to abolish the Ministry for the Environment as part of its plans to build a new super-agency tasked with urban development, planning, infrastructure and transport. newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/17/g...

Can confirm.

It was only when Luxon poked his shiny round head inside the Moa Point pipe to see for himself that everyone realised: Why yes! There was, in fact, one single thing the gormless prick could do to make himself useful.

Happy Valentines Day, you giddy romantics.

For anyone who missed this mashup the first time round, Dinosaurs was weirdly prescient. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQmb...

It’s taken me a while to tease out my thoughts on this. Which reflects the mess that inclusive education is in, the failure of respective ministries and governments to insist that schools and school communities lift their game, and the individualising of blame. open.substack.com/pub/drbex/p/...

In today’s HeraldOnSunday

You may laugh, but the Macbeths are a much better role model for a marriage than Romeo and Juliet. They discuss their problems (killing the king of Scotland), share their hobbies (killing the king of Scotland), and resolve their conflicts (by killing the king of Scotland).

So is RNC RESEARCH is admitting Trump is a PDF file?....

Sad, as it is, given today’s announcement of the imminent re-writing of history (sigh, again😠), seems pertinent to repost my thoughts from last year. The Value of a Statistical Life open.substack.com/pub/ganeshna...

Marimar Martinez was shot by Border Patrol five times. DHS accused her of being a domestic terrorist. She went to court to get the body cam footage released. It shows Agent Charles Exum driving with his gun drawn. Saying “do something b*tch”. Ramming her car. Shooting her. It shows DHS lied.

this may be the most English man ever to exist.

Really good to have things summed up so succinctly. Imagine if we actually had a "media" capable of this. #nzpol

Post a banger not in English. Speaking of sportsball games... www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2ET...

Post a banger that's not in English www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jap-...

Post a banger not in English www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgGr...

Post a banger not in English www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKlE...

Post a banger not in English www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONj9...

Yesterday we found juvenile female #kakapo Ongaonga on a nest on Pukenui/Anchor Island. At just under 4 years old (her hatch day is 12th Feb), she's the youngest female ever recorded nesting. Today we also found Matilda nesting - she's just 2 days older. #kakapo2026 #conservation #birds

Labour needs to revert any of those changes including reinstating the full overseas buyers ban on residential None of the $5m+ threshold

I noticed the topic of Peter Thiel has reappeared in #nzpol chat so I thought I'd reshare this post which provides more detailed information on his connections in Australia, Aotearoa NZ, the UK, Canada, and America. Notice the familiar entities, policies, etc. 👀⬇️ substack.com/inbox/post/1...

Manāki tangata: Practise reciprocity and generosity

Peter Thiel NZ citizen and facist. Granted NZ citizenship by a Government that salivates over the uber rich and gives not a toss for democracy and the well-being of its own citizens. #nzpol