If NPR successfully brings down Trump with its investigation, I want Ira Glass and Big Bird to do Trump's perp walk, with the late Susan Stamberg and Cokie Roberts (AI-powered) doing play by play

Max 'the markets will deliver cheaper power' fucking Bradford should be in the stocks in the grounds outside Parliament for everyone to come along with their rotten fruit & vegetables. Neoliberalism is a cancer on society

“Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.” — Carl Sagan

Here is the article line up ↓ of the March 2026 issue of the New Zealand Veterinary Journal, now online at www.tandfonline.com/toc/tnzv20/c... Loads of #OpenAccess and free-to-read content. @tandfresearch.bsky.social

The second #kakapo chick of the #kakapo2026 breeding season hatched this morning: Hine Taumai-A1-2026 on Ako's nest on Te Kākahu. We transferred the egg from Anchor two nights ago. This is Ako's first-ever chick, which is just a few hours old in this video. #conservation #birds #parrots

What you idiot commies don’t understand is that if we tax rich people they will JUST LEAVE, depriving our nation of tax cheats, political bribery, and national acts of perversion

We often think of diseases as passing from animals to humans, but cases of MRSA in dairy cows in NZ were probably acquired from a human farm worker. Find out more: doi.org/10.1080/0048... (free to read until 31 March 2026). @tandfresearch.bsky.social 📷 YuriArcursPeopleimages, Envato

Here's a teaser for the NZVJ's upcoming special issue on Animal Emergency Management: an editorial from Guest Editor Hayley Squance, published by poignant coincidence on the 15th anniversary of the Christchurch Earthquake. https//doi.org/10.1080/00480169.2026.2632160 @tandfresearch.bsky.social

Fuck, they’re just awful

The Tory desire to spend $150K pa to sending a homeless person to jail compared with my socialist desire to wrap services around a homeless person and get them into state housing at far less cost Say what you will but I will never be convinced the Tory desire is not born from inner cruelty #NZPol

Meanwhile, in NZ prices are set to rise over the next few years.

This thread is the we are going to win thread, is the kids are alright thread, is the STOP ICE thread, is the civil society rising thread; read it through.

Remember folks, it’s a plausibility machine. Great if all you need is something plausible, shite if you need something true

This is not just a policy shift (by the #NZ #Govt). It is an #ideological project. Luxon’s National Party provides the platform, Seymour’s ACT supplies the #libertarian zeal & Winston Peters’ NZ First adds #populist muscle = #Trumpism #AtlasNetwork #Reform #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/drhsingh...

Really quick chart to show the rise of declared state of emergencies due to sever weather events. See the trend? Also we are only 45 days into 2026! Can we talk about climate change now? #NZPol Notes in Alt Text

Raw sewage in Wellington harbour, bacteria contamination in Christchurch - how’s ‘Local Water Done Well’ looking atm?

Bizarre for a major news outlet to headline a story with a claim that a government can “repeal” a scientific finding. What next? Why not "repeal” gravity? It would make it so much easier to get to Mars. Or abolish the threat of nuclear war by “repealing" e=mc2?

The March 2026 issue of the New Zealand Veterinary Journal is online now! The issue features small animal surgery, computer modelling, MRSA in cows, and an editorial on cat management in NZ. www.tandfonline.com/toc/tnzv20/c... @tandfresearch.bsky.social

I’ve never met a libertarian who wasn’t either woefully naive about human nature or utterly selfish. Reasonable and well-informed doesn’t seem to be an option

🧵Spotted on an Overnight Camping Trip in Aotearoa New Zealand: A tiny human (2?) is toddling from tent to tent, proudly holding a little pot of potatoes, explaining to all the other campers that he's cooking them for dinner. Potatoes are serious business and he's a serious little chef. (1)

Dinosaurs And Non-Dinosaurs xkcd.com/3204/

Some governments raise taxes to fund public health and education. Not Luxon. He is literally raising taxes to subsidise fossil fuels. He is putting a levy on our electricity bills to pay for his LNG import terminal.

the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style

I’m up for a government of aunties

When the ghouls say we need to grow the economy before we can afford the basics for our people, remember that our economy has made our households - on AVERAGE - amongst the richest in the world. Our issue is not the size of the pie, it's the size of the slice that goes to the rentiers.

One year ago today, Elon Musk did THAT salute for the whole world to see. So we hacked our first bus stop ad on a high street in East London. Don't let the world forget who Elon Musk is - and don't buy his f*cking cars, yeah?

Amazing work up and down thread. Give it a read

Under the National ACT NZ First coalition, more people are without jobs than at any time in over ten years. The highest unemployment rate in a decade 🫤 Food banks are overwhelmed. Homelessness is rampant. Even those with jobs are struggling as groceries and bills rise faster than wages 💔

I really wish Labour would come out and say: We will undo all the shitty coalition policies We will enshrine Te Tiriti We will not protect abusers and do deal with the criminal Presidents We will tax wealth We will look after the voters not the donors. I will still vote Green.

Urrghh! This framing by the media drives me mad - he’s not “foolish”, he’s a fecking creepy sex pest! www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/foolish-w...

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Omg! Don’t do this - I thought it was the other good news we’ve all been waiting for 🍊💩😵

Waiting for more video and pics to post!!

We don’t mind that they’re ripping off our laser-eyed kiwi flag 🙌

No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.

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“this moment requires you not to worship your own life anymore” audience is stone cold “this moment requires you to put your life between them and their targets” audience erupts i know there’s a selection bias here but. there is a Hunger in this room i’ve never seen before

Absolutely 100% this without a doubt

Sure why not let's do polio outbreaks again to go with measles. Ban antibiotics, let's all destroy the valves in our hearts letting strep run amok through our bodies and then die young when our papercuts go septic. Go rub New Mexico ground squirrels on your face until you get Black Plague, why not

I was a TA in a section where one of the students plagiarized the professor's own work.

life ending and infrastructure destroying floods are now an annual occurrence in new zealand. there is no political recognition of this new reality, and thus there is no resourcing for its prevention. we are not ready

The tragic loss of lives in NZ flooding events this week are climate change deaths. Media and govt are avoiding the topic. Leaders and commentators must acknowledge the emerging reality of ordinary summer rainstorms carrying volumes of water akin to tropical cyclones of previous decades.

Historical Juxtaposition by Rod Emmerson @rodemmerson.bsky.social

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NZ really really needs a leader with more smarts and courage than Luxon and his smarmy, greedy crew to lead us in this new world

Well this thread sure is a ride! 🪿🚌😱

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We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King. This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.

This is great news for an amazingly cool species that has less than 250 known members.