Moral cowardice is one thing, but to insist that it's actually the most courageous move is so unutterably soulless that I can't comprehend it. A truly alien mindset.

Here they go again. National get in and injured New Zealanders who pay into a scheme to protect them when they have accidents get shafted again. #nzpol Your ethics would have to come under the spotlight if you’re a Doctor who signs up to refusing people.

Sharing for a #NZ audience for the headline conclusion, “After hospitals were acquired by private equity firms, patient death rates in the emergency departments rose by 13% compared with similar hospitals, according to research published this week in Annals of Internal Medicine.”

Just to recap, the actual president found an AI-generated video of a fake news report depicting a fake announcement about an imaginary healthcare system based on a technology that doesn’t exist and posted it on his official social media account

How about fuck no

This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty. If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐 There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..

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Looks like a good time in the news cycle to tackle three big myths 🧵 ❌ NZ pension costs are an unsustainable burden ❌ Seriously, no, for lots of reasons. 1. Our current Govt spending on pensions is low compared to most other advanced economies. And... [1/n]

Kōtukutuku/tree fuchsia (Fuchsia excorticata) are something else.

Palmy Peeps if you haven’t voted yet- you know about this? (From the Post website today)

A little bit of #DahliaLove for Sunday. This variety is always quite late to bloom but isn’t it lovely 🥰 #BloomScrolling 🌱

from the latest print edition of ‘The Onion’

Mopeds can just glide through the gap between our boll….. #WorldBollardAssociation

You should see the other guy… #WorldBollardAssociation 😏

Time for justice for Martin O’Hagan RIP. Time to end impunity for crimes against journalists and media workers.

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The coalition made the decision not to recognise Palestine almost two weeks ago, but kept it a secret. And when Luxon was asked why he make the announcement at the UN, he said the UN meets regularly so it wasn’t a special occasion. And he had important events here. #nzpol

Do they have an endometriosis/adenomyosis setting?

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Just pulled a couple of boxes full of fabric out of the storage cupboard so I could double check on the contents of my stash and found this. Think I was maybe 8 or 9 when I made this at my granny’s request. She was such an accomplished embroiderer, even won an award from the Guild in London

Well, he may well have received advice. But if he wants to avoid news articles about going against the diplomats’ advice, even oral briefings should have been recorded in line with s. 17 of the Public Records Act.

Losing ever more of the fantastic reputation we had under the humanitarian prime Minister Jacinda Adern. Peter's actions are deeply shameful. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/ex-race-r...

Great photo, looks like it was an amazing day! Prompted me to pull out this photo from 35 years ago, me the blonde kid in the middle. We never had bows, otherwise I would so have played a ranger!

NZ never had to experience this and people still showed up to protest on parl lawn then voted out the ones who protected them. #nzpol

Notable clarification added at the end: “The Cabinet paper on the recognition issue was prepared by staff in Foreign Minister Winston Peters’ office, not foreign ministry staff.”

Fucking A The chaser just had a question about Te Pati Māori. She got the answer wrong saying India, but yay

As an artist, Spotify is the worst possible way to listen to my music - plus the company sucks massively. Other streaming platforms (like Apple or Tidal) are better, and the most accessible option for most people. But if you're feeling up for it, try starting your own library. /1

The problem is that this Govt keeps announcing it's big reforms and then not delivering them anywhere near within the time frames they have set for them. The idea that the RMA overhaul will be done in six or seven months should be frightening because you shouldn't make a law that important so fast.

When a nation that’s committing genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity praises you, it’s time to look in the mirror and ask yourself, ‘Are we the fucking bad guys?’

Dude: I love natural diamonds for their rarity. Lab-grown lack that. Gemologist friend: Nothing about a diamond is rare. Dude: Do you casually pick up diamonds? They're rare enough. Me: No, they're geographically bound but so is your marble countertop and that pattern is rarer than a diamond.

"If a minister [Seymour] from a minor coalition partner wants the law, and the obligation of public authorities, to change, then they must get Parliament to amend the law. If they cannot do this, then that is on them and not on the public authority in question.” Great 🔥🔥🔥 by @acgeddis.bsky.social

“Italian dockworkers vow to ‘shut down all of Europe’ if the Global Sumud Flotilla is intercepted or attacked. They met in Genoa to plan action”

🧪Guideline convergence across specialties and borders leads to the same recommendation: acetaminophen remains appropriate first-line therapy for fever and pain in pregnancy. Don’t let disinformation drive clinical care. substack.com/@kristenkrol...

There are moments in a person's life where we realise the system we spend our lives upholding is morally bankrupt, and that we must strive to put sand in the gears of the machine no matter the personal cost if we wish to sleep soundly again. I like to think this is such a moment.

It blows my mind that people that have been on a council a long time want you to vote for them to "fix" it.....wtf have they been doing all this time?

Great article on how intertwined Independent Together and Better Wellington are. Ray trying to distance IT is so see-through.

Russian FM Sergey Lavrov has accused Israel of seeking to “blow up” the whole Middle East as he criticised Israel’s attacks on Iran and Qatar and opposed calls to annex the occupied West Bank. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/h1c967

If only he had been in government at some point, having had the chance to recognize Palestine.

doing every kind of staring into infinity reaction gif at once

It's a tale as old as the hills.

Someday people will start noticing that the most eminent roboticist in the world has an uninterrupted multi-decade record of deep skepticism about almost all uses of robotics and “AI” that has been proven uniformly correct

“..the collective wealth of the country's wealthiest went up by $4.5b last year - while the net worth of all households declined by $4.2billion.“ Recession for some. But not all. #nzpol

Iwi around the motu stand in the way of corporations & govt selling off our resources to the highest bidder. Iwi are the last line of defence particularly for our environment & this shitty govt has attacked & undermined Māori & Te Tiriti relentlessly. Vote these racist arseholes out. #nzpol

A reminder that combined vaccines in kids' immunisations have been proven safe for hundreds of millions of kids & babies for decades, worldwide. They don't overwhelm the immune system, just activate its natural response for protection. A lick from a dog is a comparable 'load' to the immune system.

By convicting and sentencing Nicolas Sarkozy for the solicitation and acceptance of large-scale bribes from the Libyan dictator, French courts have established that no one, and particularly not a head of state, is above the law. www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

In 1976, African nations boycotted the Montreal Olympics because New Zealand stood with apartheid South Africa. Nearly 50 years on, that echo lingers and the stain remains far longer than we care to admit to ourselves.

Check it out @chrishipkins.bsky.social people really hate it when supposedly centre-left leaders do right wing shit for that sweet sweet racist vote, just something to keep in mind. #nzpol

Personally think we should consider making this not just the way it is