come hang. let's make cute postcards & tell the mayor ai sucks

Here is Tom Steyer personally supporting high school trans athlete AB Hernandez. I don't think I've ever seen a candidate as brave as Tom Steyer in his explicit support for trans folks. It says a lot that it took a self funded billionaire not dependent on donors to do it.

My teen, who had dreamt of being an astrophysicist, just told me he wants to go to law school because, “Science isn’t going to be a priority in the US in the future…I don’t want a job where I’ll be constantly worried my funding will be taken away.” Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?

Ahem

KNEW IT!!!

Peter Thiel's interest in New Zealand and Argentina traces back to the 1997 book "The Sovereign Individual," which argued that technology would collapse nation-states like the USA in the 21st century. Almost 30 years later, he is still chasing the "prophecy" (now AI and Antichrist-enhanced)

The UK government should do something about malevolent foreign interference in British democracy. Urgently.

#AtlasNetwork = Fossil Fascism

So we’ve been cooking up some thoughts on Gen AI at @amnesty.org and I’m ecstatic to finally see it out in the world! Our 🗝️ conclusion: standalone gen AI systems, built on unlawful web scraping, constitute mass invasions of privacy by design & should be prohibited www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

The Key Govt -a beacon for tax dodgers and money launderers. "Billionaire Jim Grenon failed to stop media reporting on his ongoing involvement in a “wholly unsuccessful” defamation case he funded against TVNZ" He wants his political manipulation of NZ to be 'secret' www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Crazy how these reforms saw mega landlords get richer at the same time as NZ reaching the highest number of homlessness in history. Its almost like the reason for the reforms was a lie 🤷

"The law has constructed a regime in which incarcerated journalists like myself are silenced, punished, and disappeared for telling the truth about what happens behind these walls. ... [Truth] must extend beyond walls, beyond razor wire, beyond bureaucratic machinery designed to silence dissent."

Housing, education, and healthcare are the basic 'bread and butter' of a functioning, cohesive society. They are not the icing on top, or a lolly scramble at a birthday party - they are the meat and veg of society. Read more: #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/drbex/p/...

Fancy that. Social media audits by the government to target pretty much anyone. Join our fight against the all-encompassing apocalypse government surveillance future: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Dark Horse is unionizing, and you can sign here to show your support!: actionnetwork.org/petitions/da...

I recently found out my Dad worked at a gas station as a teenager and almost died of lead poisoning from exposure to leaded gas. He also had trouble keeping his temper in check. (These two things are probably related)

Of course not. Midway down, the article admits that only the guys who still back Trump care about this crap. Most young men are too worried about affording food or getting drafted into a bullshit war. But the NYT doesn't want to report news, it wants to be the Dumbass Whisperer.

Say this to a civilian audience, JD. I double dang dare you.

On no, not noted New Zealander Peter Thiel!? Such an asset to our nation, how could he reject us so!!!??? 😭😭😭 #nzpol

Oh it’s this again

Oxford's temperature of 33.7ºC on Tuesday was more statistically anomalous than the Lytton, BC heatwave in June 2021, using standard deviations from a detrended 1991-2020 average for both locations. A staggering statistical anomaly that shows the gravity of the records broken.

Ahem, NZ...

Yeah it’s much better to bribe landlords with our money aye?

I can't imagine in any world how getting into surplus a year earlier is worth the hunger, the poverty, the lives ruined and the people we are losing. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

The failed strategy for over six decades has been immiserating the Cuban people & "the current Trump-Rubio Cuba policy...to create unlivable conditions on the island...appears to be working. But Americans should be ashamed that our government is punishing a whole population to force regime change."

The Government is trying to remove and weaken references to Te Tiriti in our legislation. Ngāti Hine needs your support with their Waitangi Tribunal claim to stop this Help them get to 100,000 supporters! See our link tree to sign on - linktr.ee/tiritiaction...

Michael Joseph Savage, throughout his time as an MP, lived in Auckland as a boarder. When he became PM, he had Premier House turned into a dental hospital for children, taking a more modest residence for himself. His govt did much to alleviate poverty and improve the housing of ordinary people.

The way the govt is framing this budget is ghastly - grown up, no lolly scramble, no sugar hit, no treats - as if the people of Aotearoa are greedy children clamouring for money we don't need and the govt is withholding it for our own good. #nzpol

Spot on. I’d love to know how ROI into NZ’s IRD compares with the IRS in the U.S. There, increased spending on Inland Revenue can have returns of up to 12:1. (Likewise, cuts to funding means wealthy tax cheats are more likely to avoid audits, so trimming Inland Revenue budget yields a net loss.)

See the last one🤬 #nzpol

More than 60% of Australian kids are still using social media despite the ban. Because prohibition rarely works. We know this. mollyrosefoundation.org/more-than-60...

Today is the 10th anniversary of the Honest Government Ads 🥳 What a privilege to have been able to cover a decade of shitfuckery. Only possible thanks to all the help, love and support we’ve received over the years...

Nothing quite says “I have no plan” like threatening to blow up Oman, a crucial partner in the region.

omg @rnzmusic posted an edit of Tami Neilson's speech and made sure to include the end 👏 "Tami Neilson, winner of Best Country Artist at the 2026 Aotearoa Music Awards, shares a heartfelt tribute dedicated to the late Jools Topp - as well as a biting response to New Zealand First's gender bill."

Arts, Culture and Heritage must save $36.4m over the next 4 years. HOW? How can we save any more in an industry that is already bled dry, with artists themselves providing the biggest subsidies so that kiwis can experience our own stories, participate in the arts and make great new works?

$1.77b: 16km of motorway extension. $1.075b: KiwiRail, four years, whole country. The Budget spends 65% more on one road than on the entire national rail network. #nzpol

Genuinely really touched by the 10,000(!) women who have signed this petition already. It means a lot to see how fast that number is growing 🥹 our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/e-...

The international right is determined to shape the world and undermine democracy everywhere.

I think about this a lot.

"If you know that any 'high-risk' exposure will get you shipped to Kenya instead of sent home, it's not hard to imagine people not being fully forthcoming about what may have happened to them. That is ... backwards from how you contain a disease."

A government happy to help out wealthy landlords is fine with kids in poverty Oh also they are working hard on climate, protecting our industry from having to bother worrying about it #nzpol

New York lawmakers are close to finalizing the tax on secondary homes.

My article in defense of the teachers out here working everyday. I see you even if this administration (and other administrations, too, tbh) refuse to do so. thefulcrum.us/education/te...

This country has heard enough from Tony Blair.

Campos: While I want to thank CBS news for funding this generous gift towards my education, I want to acknowledge how the recent direction of the outlet stains the legacy of Mike Wallace, the namesake of this scholarship.

Carroll won her case. She is not a Trump accuser; she is objectively a Trump survivor

What a combo of headlines, and how it captures quite a lot abt this govt.

TVNZ Breakfast asked for our Budget 2026 wishlist. I gladly complied.

I saw this last night. Husband, who is not on any social media but reads the news from all major media sources every morning, didn't see this. Why? Because none have it on their main news pages, even RNZ. No wonder people aren't aware of the terrible things the government is doing #nzpol