the reality is that decline will come from instituting machines that regularly churn out biased and false information, and believing that government must trust and rely on them

The best chance of any meaningful change in the way the wealthy are taxed is a very strong Greens as part of a coalition. Can't see any other way it comes about.

🔥 Ronny Chieng at Harvard: “F*ck A.I. — the mission of your generation is to destroy it… shortcuts to skip to the end aren’t always good. The journey is the point of all this.”

Claude Opus 4.8 is out, and the AI model indeed struggles with some seemingly easy tasks. At least it's honest about it. ChatGPT (not sure what version is active) doesn't do this.

Ahem

Embarrassing for NZ media that it took the @nytimes.com to visit rural Māori communities to show the hardship they are experiencing.

“A computer can never be held accountable. Therefore, a computer must never make a (case) management decision.”

Some conservatives are closeted but when an alt-right guy is talking about women in a really demeaning way it's usually because he's a misogynist and not because he's secretly gay

The utter rejection of information, evidence and science by this Government is astoundingly reckless. They didn't even want to see, let alone understand, the risks to the critical work of the Ministry for the Environment that would result from its disestablishment ☠️☠️

#nzpol My pitch to those who say politicians are bad at governing, perhaps you're right, & that's why we all should support social activists. The Green Party is a party of ordinary people & social activists. Policies they put forward are center left on international political spectrum it means...1/8

Oh my. A co-ordinate hard right legislative push to stop climate polluters being sued. #nzpol @marcdaalder.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/clim...

Genuinely really touched by the 10,000(!) women who have signed this petition already. It means a lot to see how fast that number is growing 🥹 our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/e-...

Great article, accurate concerns. Don't listen, Do Vote #NZPol #Education Erica Stanford wants to tell you a story. Don’t listen. - Newsroom share.google/JH27YGQrioBc...

When will politicians dare to mention the elephant in the room? #nzpol #longcovid #covidnz

If you’re feeling a bit down about the world right now, and could use some more positivity/optimism in your life, then this is likely to be worth your time: youtu.be/ZzOMmMFQZWs

Governance must be grounded in wisdom. Greed and corruption are far too prominent, unrestrained in our politics & government. ( #nzpol - see “Sum of large donations in 2026 by party” charts, etc.) Wisdom dictates publicly-funded elections, maximum transparency. Clip from youtu.be/vEeXaiQnNTE?...

I think about this a lot.

Today's chart after ACT get a casual extra SIX HUNDRED thousand #nzpol

If we keep doing what we’ve been doing, then we will keep getting what we’ve been getting. Widening and entrenching wealth inequality is not ‘good economic management’. Our tax system needs to change. youtu.be/BJcpgg6-hNA?t=23m10s #NZPol #Election26 #TaxWealthMoreTaxWorkLess #TaxWealthNotWork

An important conversation: youtu.be/41nC3uxeOfo #NZPol

National's ram-raid on the conservation estate is unravelling "full and final" Treaty settlements, and putting them up for renegotiation again. What utter cockwombles. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

ICE have just transferred kidnapped new zealander everlee wihongi to arizona, the day she was due to meet with her lawyer in california. the valid green card holder has been in prison for 30 days. over on webworm, an essay from everlee's aunt, jen, writing from NZ: www.webworm.co/winstonpeters/

May is Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) Awareness Month buff.ly/Z2W42sy

graphcel poasters like me: there is no omnicause that combines us imperialist atrocities abroad with cost of living issues at home; in general american hegemony serves the material interests of the electorate, so . . . Trump: AT LONG LAST I HAVE INVENTED OMNICAUSE, THE WAR CRIME THAT MAKES YOU POOR

The mental model that most people have of the economy is shown below. It's OK. The trouble is that the ghouls have convinced us that it is taxpayers that create $, and that Govt have to take $ off taxpayers to pay for services. Friends, if taxpayers made $, that would be counterfeiting. [2/n]

I've written many Ukraine articles. This is one of the most extraordinary: the story of Vadym Lietunov, who spent two weeks in a dugout with a Russian soldier. Vadym fled after his own shelter was bombed and saw a fortified position. From inside came a rustling... www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

#nzpol #Q+AwithJackTame #nzqanda #TVNZBreakfastTovaO’Brien #LeadershipAndAccountability #DrSeuss

Tina Ngata on lateral racism in Aotearoa New Zealand, 3 May 2026. "Understanding how this tactic works requires us to understand the distinctiveness of how colonial racism is directed towards Indigenous people as opposed to migrant groups." @tinangata.bsky.social #nzpol tinangata.com/2026/05/03/u...

Ooof. “The irony; it burns!” (From youtu.be/3dqz9Y6POwg)

This was a worthwhile watch. Really interesting stuff. Full lecture on YouTube. Dr. Roy Casagranda, “The Shaping of the Modern Middle East” youtu.be/_Elv8hy5yaE

Israel is a mature fascist society in endpoint genocidal mania. There is nothing more to say about it. Its civil society has comprehensively failed, and can't maintain the charade of the rule of law. All that's left is international coercion, and hopefully we'll get there soon.

Really interesting conversation, about where the world is at right now, and why. youtu.be/SHvq9lIn1bk

Hannity has a Fox reporter in Minneapolis talk to a random protester walking through the city who goes on to spit bars for 2 minutes

We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over

NOT TECHNICALLY LYING. Listen to what’s NOT being said: “(I don’t actually want you to know the truth. I only want you to believe the framing I’m providing; only what is advantageous to me for you to believe. Given that these are my actual, unspoken goals, then) WHAT I WOULD SAY TO YOU IS…” #nzpol

Significant new information in this investigative article I've co-authored with Dr Ryan Ward on the foreign ideology influence behind the Regulatory Standards Bill.

Ummm, the CEO and the Chair of the RBNZ resigning within 6 months is actually NOT comparable to the business world as it is an extremely rare event. (IIRC, this has never happened before in the 32 years I've been here). This is a big deal & the press should be asking a LOT of questions.

The lack of self-awareness @gavinnewsom.bsky.social has baited them into is incredible. This is easily the funniest thing Hannity has ever said.

Why is RNZ okay calling war crimes a "settlement project"

The maddest someone has ever gotten at me was when I talked about the child sized manacles Jefferson had at Monticello for 9 year old children. They could not cope with the idea that a child the same age as their child had been enslaved. And it made them angry that I made them know facts

GOOD TWEET. GOOD MOOD. FIGHT.

Yup, this is a bit buried by the media “New Zealand had been one of the very few countries to have a credit rating upgrade from the international ratings agencies during Covid.”"

Imagine if the media actually reported facts, especially when politicians lie. #nzpol

Israeli forces intensify attacks on Gaza City after the military announces it will advance plans to take over the city and forcibly displace more than a million Palestinians to concentration zones in the south of the Strip. 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/toj6zm

A thoughtful and sober takedown of a truly disgusting human.

open.substack.com/pub/mountain... #nzpol