These billionaires could do so much good in the world and still be billionaires, were it not for their insatiable hunger for more power and wealth. They are horrible human beings, undeserving of holding stewardship over such a powerful technology that can destabilize society.

Shout out to the European Data Centre Association for saying out loud what they're working towards

For fuck’s sake, I really wish our ‘leaders’ would react to this. But no, in New Zealand we’ll spend billions on an LNG terminal and roads. Arseholes.

Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety, and her Health and Safety reforms. My #cartoon today #NZpol #HealthAndSafety #PikeRiver

We build vehicles that weigh 9000 pounds with 1000HP, can go 0-60mph in 3 seconds and market them recklessly. We then ask people to wear construction vests to cross the street. This is all so beyond absurd and it's truly incredible that we've normalized this.

a cartoon from 1996

In New Zealand we put them on the NBR rich list, and the people in their employ - tax lawyers, politicians, think tanks, anyone they pay or donate to have conniptions on their behalf - amplified by the media - if they are asked to pay their fair share of taxes. #nzpol

"Consider this: you are an Act minister, for whom getting offside with the business community is almost impossible, and yet you have achieved this feat." LOL

David Graeber opposed Keir Starmer back in 2020, warning he'll lead to the rise of the Far-Right and the rise of hate/racism. And look where we are now. Labour having abandoned its principles to become just another Neo-liberal party has been a total disaster.

Precisely!

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Whew! No extra tax to pay for us hby Click the link to find out. It'll take 30 seconds. www.greens.org.nz/areyousuperr...

Great article newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/08/l...

It's time for the super-rich and big corporations to pay their fair share. Visit greens.org.nz to learn how "A Tax System for All of Us" can build a fairer country for everyone 💚✊

LOVE this name-drop

Not at all surprised, unfortunately.

Simeon Brown is in a death cult

Why did Eeyore look in the toilet? He was looking for Pooh.

Wellington in March: Wow, this ($217m) library upgrade is truly transformational for city! We believe in civic investment again! Wellington City Council in June: the enormous festering dead zone in our city is worth, um, $20m.

Yeah but fuck growth, GPD, and all the rest of the fake bullshit.

Like they give a fuck. They are there for one purpose and one purpose only. To enrich themselves and their donors. This is not a government, it's an organized crime syndicate.

For those who have forgotten the past 40 years: Tax cuts for the rich ...don’t trickle down Boosting military spending ...doesn’t bring peace Slashing regulations ...doesn’t create jobs Folks, we’ve seen this all before.

#NZpol Quite literally a danger to this country is that nasty little ChristoFascist hall monitor... One of those people who you can genuinely look at and say is so criminally out of his depth that every additional day he sits in that job with the power he wields is a day TOO F'N LONG.

Spot on.

Every day, the idea of a subsidised LNG import facility look stupider and stupider: www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

This is insane.

Our government hates democracy

I get that cities, including Wellington, need to take seriously cost of living issues and cut costs. But I can’t say it’s not gutting to see plans and goals to transform our city from multiple terms being shelved, and I am not convinced it’s the answer. 1/3

Which would you rather have for $65 m - a year of public transport cap of $20 a week, or 588 meters of motorway?

This review of Fahrenheit 451 written in 1954 slaps.

"If my human flourishing needs are comfortably met, not only should I contribute to helping others flourish, I also have a duty to do so through paying tax in accordance with my ability to pay." newsroom.co.nz/2026/06/09/i...

NZ is in the grip of Fieldays - so politicians are trotting out the tired old line about NZ dairy’s efficiency. I did a wee mythbuster piece for Greenpeace that delves into the data that sits behind those claims: www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...

Don't scare the farmers.

Anyone who has spent time on Tw*tter will understand this all too well.

Simeon Brown described Labour’s capped bus fares as fanciful. My #cartoon today #NZpol #Transport #CostOfLiving

This is not “very strange” but a very shouty WTF! 🧵 Temps should below freezing -mean air temp Esperanza for June about -11°C, not +15°C 😱 Conditions should be frigid!!!! 🥶 It’s approaching midwinter ffs! Days are very short this far north in the Antarctic Peninsula ( ~5 hrs) 1/

This government is despicable.

Wilco doing a Woody Guthrie song that remains so apt. m.youtube.com/watch?v=m9F9...

Gentailers have a monopoly Gentailers keep fossils in the mix Gentailers make 93% margins Gentailers stripped billions in profits rather than invest Price of electricity has rocketed when 87% of ours is renewable Gov sets the rules owns a huge chunk of the gentailers They exploit us #nzpol

A better world *is* possible, and like Denmark, Aotearoa can — and should — break up its agriculture ministry. Break up the power of the agriculture lobby, and send Hoggard and the rest of them back to their farms for good. #nzpol

Neoliberalism has not only normalised, and even glorified, the ruthless pursuit of self-interest, it has made concepts of honour and duty seem old-fashioned and even oppressive. In reality, such values of integrity and mutual obligation are essential to a healthy society.

By Jim Benton

There are two types of people in the world: those who discovered Persepolis and were richer for the experience, and those that still have to. RIP Marjane Satrapi. www.lemonde.fr/en/obituarie...

“So much of urban planning is organised around a guy getting to work as quickly as possible. That's the worldview. The only time I care about the city is when I'm in my car and need to get to work as fast as possible. Looking through that lens is so incredibly toxic.” LISTEN: youtu.be/hUR3rmr845s

"When I broke the rules, I got a criminal record. When they break the planet, they just rewrite the rules."

Too right! World parrot of the year is the kākā. parrots.org/polls/parrot...

Most corrupt government ever.

I hate the lack of push back on the idea that Maaori reps are undemocratic. I have never met a Maaori rep who didn’t have several times more mana than the whole institution of local government. Just because Maaori democracy looks different doesn’t mean it’s not real.

My god, Octavia Butler, just miss ONCE