I have touched the algae that were in the reflecting pool and which you were probably saving for the president Forgive me they were irresistible so slimy and so green

If I had control of Labour's ad budget I'd blow half of it on spots featuring Luxon's dumbest hits and asking "Can you take 3 more years of this?"

Shameless corporate shilling. He identifies with the donor, not the club, not the region, not the mana.

Hmm... what could the difference be?

National proposing compulsory Kiwisaver during crazy unemployment rates and a cost of living crisis is so funny. Oh yeah you are really responsible doing long term financial planning while people can’t afford meat and electricity right now. Lmfao and the very serious media eating it up too. Nice.

It was so hot last night and now I just read it was 25 degrees in Christchurch? We need to urgently get rid of this govt as the first step and keep climate change deniers out of parliament forever. WHAT THE FUCK.

$1500 for babies? Remember when we all used to get $1000 and another $1000+ a year? I remember. This govt kills our cows and says here’s some free shoes from the leather. I fucking hate them. I don’t care how much money I make I’ll never vote for these economic vandals.

The HPV vaccine is an astounding achievement. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

ICYMI: The One-Hour City Conspiracy! “Here's the REAL conspiracy: Too many people are forced into car-dependent lives, with more health harms, crashes, noise, air pollution, social isolation —& less space for everything our streets should be giving us.” Thx @usa.streetsblog.org #1HourCityConspiracy

The most dangerous thing about AI is not that the machines might one day think. It is that we are being trained, by men with enormous financial gains riding on our acquiescence, to stop thinking for ourselves.

weekend reading listening and an invite nzpoetryshelf.com/2026/06/20/p...

Oddly asked, perfectly answered.

PERFECTLY NORMAL

Mona Khalil, Lebanon’s most well-known sea turtle conservationist, died of her wounds today after being injured by an Israeli strike I feel sick

6 may 2026 the history of our displacement of our home in rafah, I didn’t realised that’s will be the last time we live at it. It’s not about something physical it’s all our memories and dreams destroyed. This house was built stone by stone; it is the result of my father's twenty years of hard work.

everlee is free - please RT, all the details here: www.webworm.co/everleeisfree/

The USFWS plans to hand over more than 700 acres of The Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge — home to some of the United States’ most critically endangered species — to SpaceX in a reckless land swap. Tell your senators to stop this giveaway. act.biologicaldiversity.org/Ws09iSNvsE2X...

Remember "apparently" 👇

It’s not a bug, it’s a feature. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

A quick reaction to this amazing Politico story in which the head of Europe's biggest data centre lobby group just.............................................admits it www.politico.eu/article/euro... Longer version here w/ reckons on why GenAI ❤️ fossi lfuels so much youtu.be/FjfTm5NoOUY

Reform have now lost six by-elections in a row in England, Scotland and Wales. Their national poll rating is 26% – below Labour in 1983 – and Farage’s approval rating is -37. They’re very far from the voice of the people and need to stop being treated as such.

there needs to be a coordinated global effort among democracies to destroy this man's financial and social media empires and leave him impoverished and powerless

You gotta admit this is some tremendous content

two things can be true simultaneously: 1. trump has completely lost this war and his “peace” plan is a disaster that makes things worse because it cements iranian control over global shipping 2. it’s still a lot better than continuing the war and bombing civilian infrastructure

Someone please get him to a courthouse in The Hague.

men are paid more money than women. thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...

Another $75k for Nats, donor absolutely checks out "Shaw’s imports and distributes a range of equipment to New Zealand’s heavy industry. We supply wire rope and rigging equipment for forestry, construction, civil, oil and gas, lifting, and commercial fishing" #nzpol

This sponsored post came up on my Instagram feed this morning, I think "Live shouldn't be this hard" is a slogan that will reasonate with a lot of people Crossposted with @openvibe.social

Trying to refreeze Arctic sea ice by pumping ocean water onto its surface is infeasible and a distraction from emissions cuts, but it signals how desperate we are because we’re simply not decarbonizing fast enough (or at all).

Over a two million dollar difference, the system is rigged #nzpol

Mammals the size of buses swimming around singing. How lucky we are to live on this planet. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The changing face of Mongolia as, beneath the grass, permafrost thaws

any 'tactical' vote for labour is a failure of the left to communicate the reality of labour's politics.

Tried to capture the vibe at this year's Bonn climate talks:

'cultural safety and competence improves the health of all New Zealanders. It is fundamental to an equitable model of care and accepted as a key competency for all RACS Fellows and members of all other medical colleges.' So proud of @racsurgeons.bsky.social ✊️ www.surgeons.org/News/media-r...

I finally figured out why AI causes such a visceral reaction in thinking humans: I am writing my book chapter on PLAY, and AI is the opposite of play. We play for the joy of the process, not for the outcome. Yes it is nice to win, to have the art/ poem, but the point of life is to play.

well that was INCREDIBLY predictable

🦠 Bird flu: Suspected bird flu in Western Australia; if confirmed, would be first detection in Australia – strain not yet identified, e.g. H5N1 – keep a safe distance from sick birds – if confirmed may have big impact on wildlife RNZ via ABC News: www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/6...

According to a Brown University study, George Bush’s post 9/11 wars killed between 4.5 to 4.7 million people, mostly Muslim, mostly civilians, women, and children. Let’s not normalize war criminals who said God sent them on a divine mission to invade Iraq and mass murder millions of people.

“Fossil fuel interests influence UNFCCC decision-making at multiple levels. They shaped the UNFCCC’s founding framework, embedding rules that allow individual countries to block progress.” www.transparency.org/en/press/fos...

Spat erupts in Parliament over Luxon's diabolical plan to sell off up to 60% of New Zealand's precious conservation land www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... #nzpol

How despicable! #Israel is disguising cluster bombs as footballs in southern Lebanon, in a clear attempt to target children during the World Cup. #Zionists are terrorists! www.thecanary.co/global/2026/...

Know what TV show actually wouldn’t get made today? The Twilight Zone. Half of these fuckin’ episodes are about fascism.

imagine what could be done with this kind of money. What sort of person are you that you have so much money you can just give it to a political party. I think about those (like my sister & mum) who struggle every week to get by

When considering climate interventions, there are three currencies that we should keep in mind: renewable energy, carbon emissions, and money. If a method is going to require too much of any of them, it ain’t gonna happen.

Low key awkward that I’m preferring this Mayor over the other one…

Researchers from Victoria University, Wellington have shown that food insecurity is a significant issue for people living with Long Covid and MECFS. Among 333 respondents, half (50%) had experienced food insecurity in the past 12 months. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....