I’d like to make it quite crystal clear that Mark Mitchell was a former cop.

If the barrel keeps having rotten apples put in, or apples are turning rotten once inside, at what point do you accept there’s a system problem? Why are rotten apples put in? Why are they going rotten once in? And why aren’t (more) politicians asking this about police?

When art imitates life… #nzpol #OneTermGovernment

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⬇️⬇️

So all us white fullas still feel 100% safe around police, right? #nzpol

15526, actually. #NovNov

Hang on, isn't a business selling off assets usually a sign of bad management? Wasn't this idiot a CEO or something? "Run the country like a business" - fires half the staff, makes unnecessary purchases, now needs to sell half of it to stay afloat. So, not a "successful" business then? #nzpol

Stand with your dick above the bowl, not on the other side of the room, so you don't drip on the floor. My mum didn't have a penis but even she knew this. And then wash your damn hands. Or is that just performative hygiene? Get fukn vaccinated

This holiday season, give Jeff Bezos and Amazon the gift of zero dollars. 🥰

Yeah 2012 was great for fucking young men

Winston Peters 'if the govt would stop mismanaging the economy they wouldn't need these asset sales'. SIR YOU ARE THE GOVT.

It's a fantastic time to read The Shock Doctrine by @naomiaklein.bsky.social if you haven't yet

"Universities teach us to ask questions without tidy answers. They train us to look for truths we didn’t know existed and to challenge assumptions we didn’t realise we held. At their best, they remind us that intellect isn’t about having opinions, it’s about earning them."

Reposting for excellent use of polari, making me think my alt-1950s sci-fi story needs some polari speakers

PhD student looks at the lie behind the political line: ‘NZ can’t afford it’ #nzpol Link to read 👇 archive.today/D8Uyf

Cats are cunts. Twice in two weeks I've had cats from neighbours ON BOTH SIDES have a go at my chickens, then my kids bunnies. THIS IS AOTEAROA, WHERE BIRDS EVOLVED WITHOUT DEFENCES AGAINST CATS. YOU KNOW THIS. MY EGG PRODUCTION IS NOW THAN YOUR NEED FOR CUTE FEELS. They should be illegal

I have some mixed feelings about ProWritingAid as a whole—I'm not using the extension because writing "helpers" feel gross to me (I don't even like when Google tries to finish my emails). Still, I am really enjoying logging Novel November progress and getting badges every day! #novnov #writesky

Get yourself a PM who doesn’t talk about public-owned national infrastructure as assets in a ‘portfolio’. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Making people homeless, then banning homelessness - the Tories really are evil geniuses, no that's not the word, now what is it? Oh that's right; cunts! #NZPol

Yesterday was Bram Stoker’s 178th birthday! 🎂 Author of THE LADY OF THE SHROUD, THE LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM, and, of course, the iconic DRACULA. 🧛 Read the 1899 public-domain edition here ⤵️ archive.org/details/drac...

Luxon has become the default face for toxic landlords on left-wing pages across the world. This one's from Germany 😆😂

Hey ya bstrds It's 5:30am on a Sundy, get up and get writing like yr uncl Shambo #NovNov

harry potter tattoos have a significantly higher regret rate than any gender affirming surgeries

40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion

This guy and his cat would never simp to a billionaire, and you're damn right he's Union!

I just have to say that this Coalition Government and Simon Watts in particular are the most stupid fucking idiots in the world when it comes to climate change🤦 #nzpol

First swim. Oneroa o Tūranganui a Kiwa. Beaut.i.ful. So wet. So salty.

virtue signalling is good actually

Remember the 'nice to haves' line govt Ministers used to roll out regarding 'wasteful govt spending'? Could someone with a microphone ask them specifically if 'Michelin stars are a nice to have'.

Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix. Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!

It just keeps getting better, doesn't it? BTW. Sarcasm. #nzpol #onetermgovtnz www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

Money is inherently an abstraction of value. Value is granted by people and their interest in products and services. In a very real way, someone who is obsessed with money has forgotten what value is.

800+ flights cancelled today because Elon took a chainsaw to the federal government and Trump won’t pay the remaining airport personnel. Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire. Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year. Glad everything worked out for them. How about you?

Well said, Susan #NZpol

Paywall lifted: At every turn, the Govt has opted for whatever would actually lead to more pollution and a warmer world – even if it costs more, jeopardises NZ’s reputation, overturns a campaign promise or clashes with the Govt’s other priorities. The long retreat: newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/g...

Did Women Ruin The Workplace

I can only imagine that certain members of this government are getting large bribes paid into overseas tax havens. Otherwise their decisions make no sense #nzpol

Oof

Did you know that a number of our libraries have sewing machines you can use? my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/sewing-overl... ^MT

Sent a complaint to the school; have good ol'kiwi complainant regret

Remember when Don said stuff like "... and the doctors asked me, 'sir, how do you know all this!?' They were surprised I knew more than them..." He could've used his advanced medical knowledge to help, but no. Heartless

Ohhh, so this the FAKE NEWS they warned us about before it was actually a thing. I see what they did there…🤬🤨 #NZME #nzpol #NationalLies #OneTermGovernment #PoliticalManipulation #NZpolitics #Aotearoa #NewZealand

Nice opinion. It’d be a real shame if someone decided to… disagree with it.

If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.

Rather telling that NZ Luxon and Upston announce $6 Million towards possible Michelin stars for Kiwi restaurants while respected Lifeline cuts Mental Health services due to $2 Million funding shortfall. Priorities. #nzpol

"I needed more and more extreme porn just to feel anything," McSkimming says. In that case the proper course of action is to FEEL NOTHING YOU ACAB POS

Is it bona to vada your dolly old eek? Yes! It's so

Zohran Mamdani polled +40% on men under 30. So we wasted all that time on all those think pieces about how we need a Joe Rogan for the left, when what we actually needed were *policies* for the left.