This makes me mad & worried.

Applies everywhere & definitely in NZ this election year - not confident at all in the overall quality of coverage we are going to get which also results in the unchecked pernicious influence of shady $$ on shaping the narrative.

Is this American Boss dick what Luxon means when he says ‘productivity’

The health minister and cabinet ignored the recommendation and advice of the Ministry of Health and instead completely banned the option of pubertal suppression for trans kids making NZ one of the few places with zero access to this care.

Release Day for Memory Gut ! Thx Stefan, Ben & Chris & all those with finely tuned ears.

Latest update from the gardens - things are really looking up for Marie Antoinette.

Mid-French Revolution 1792 up to 500 different newspapers / gazettes in Paris getting info either true or dubious out

Shame the govt didn’t bother to speak to some of these specialists but I guess shame must be a almost a comfy default position for the members of this coalition by now www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2025/11/21/g...

Don’t fall for any of the bogus shitty reasons you are given for not taxing the rich more -it’s a solution to helping solve so many things hiding in plain sight.

Lawns so long had to do a double mow

All I have is inarticulate rage most of the time about this flippin govt & a media that seems generally too weak to call em out- this is expressed much better.

things National seems very interested in supporting: roads tobacco companies landlords private health providers oil roads multi-national fishing companies landlords weapons fighter jets roads rich foreign people private educational providers roads roads speak English man roads $500 concert seating

CUTICLES chart action with thee song sort of about James K Baxter thx rdu

Very much looking forward to chatting with @ducklingmonster.bsky.social & Liz from O/PUS tonite on 95bFM Freak The Sheep ~ tune in from 8pm 🎵

dreamy Cuticles video for Howling Moons made by Martin Sagadin youtu.be/_DeTeshYgLQ?...

The government’s stance on Palestine echoes Arendt’s “banality of evil”: officials turning genocide into paperwork and an administrative task; treating a moral abyss as mere policy risk.

new CUTICLES ep is called HOWLING MOONS cuticles1.bandcamp.com/album/howlin...

YES pls

what is whimsy - not in the zone for whimsy right now sorry

what has happened to custard

I think Helen Clarke's question on NCEA is solved #nzpol

Never again is now.

My 'The Weekly' podcast interview this week with Jon Stewart on Trump, fascism, feckless Dems, Merrick Garland's role, Gaza, Israel, the corporate media, and more, has been getting a lot of love online, and positive feedback, and just crossed 1 million views on YouTube. Have you watched it yet?

a new face could cost Lincoln’s nose

Frozen pizza is bad

I have no motivation do to anything at all except sit on the couch and listen to Slick Rick

I cannot be funny

new Slick Rick album sounding good so far

It's hard to express how utterly wrong this statement is.

Just in case anyone wants a reminder of how Trump helped create the situation he's now using as justification to bomb Iran. abcnews.go.com/Politics/ira...

my lame pointless protest against the oppressive inevitability of AI is to write one good or bad poem a day with a pen until my teeth fall out

sweet dreamy new wow of a song from desire path who is strange stains who is the biz desirepath83.bandcamp.com/track/dolphi...

could find zero custard related snacks at the supermarket today what’s going on

enjoying the dreamy new cate le bon vid

all the dumb meanness is predicated on a lie www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

So after years of banging on about the PIJF being the thin end of the wedge of creeping socialism or something, the National-led government is extending funding for its two biggest schemes. Because they actually work and are necessary.

#nzpol Today’s Budget takes $12.8bn from low-income, female dominated workforces to prop up the governments failed economic policies. It's a Reverse Robin Hood Budget that steals from working people. This is a Budget that isn’t working for working people. A 🧵

Acts grosss Reg STDs Bill & the cruel & shameful Pay equity cancellation tricky for media to communicate v the Ban Social media U16 idea - crucial we have good clear & smart communication

today I listened to mx-80 sound out of the tunnel while doing the dishes and realised it is actually incredibly wondrous music

Why even have a brain, any ideas, any ability to express them, any kind of communication with other people, any desire to solve problems or invent anything, any reason to learn, any use for your eyes or your heart, or any reason to teach or create

Listen! Look! New PUMICE ep BERRY'S. 5 solo stfn songs on mostly 4 stringed instruments dedicated to the mighty Chris Berry @softabuse.bsky.social stabbiesetc.bandcamp.com/album/berrys

The results from Germany's big 3-year UBI experiment are out! 122 people got €1200/mo for 3 years. All were age 21-40 and employed with incomes between €1100/mo to €2600/mo They were happier, healthier, saved more, gave more, enjoyed more social time, and DID NOT WORK LESS than the control group.

The reason that the US is locking up tourists for weeks in hellish detention centers rather than letting them book tickets back home is because the detention centers are owned by corporations. They are charging the taxpayers fortunes to cage these people, and making bonanzas off their suffering.

Happening now: a big ol' Soft Abuse sale - 40% off! - thru Thursday April 3. Use the code "march40" (remove the ") to redeem. Its good towards anything and everything. We've got a new thing to announce soon, but let's do this first. THANK YOU xoxo softabuse.bandcamp.com/merch

the rise of AI in education apparently from both students & teachers feels so depressingly inevitable and dumbly braindead maybe it’s just me though

Is custard funnier than apple ? got a couple of smirks strolling down footpath today eating custard pie & feel confident this would not have happened if I chose apple