The Govt claims to be pro-market yet: $200m subsidy for oil exploration; Uncapped subsidies to decommission old oil fields; $1billion subsidy for LNG imports; Fonterra faces zero price for emissions under ETS. There is a pattern here. They are using the state to support and subsidise pollution.

Not going to lie, this is a terrifying story: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

“Candidate A supports 90% of what I believe in. Candidate B only supports 10% of what I belive in. Therefore, both candidates fail to support 100% of what I believe in and I will not vote for either.” And that’s how we got here.

In an alarming development, it appears the UK Government covered up a massive spike in trans youth suicides after restrictions. Then covered it up again when caught. Now, after fighting for years, the data is public: trans suicide increased 5x in the country. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Oh, so just caught up with the news - new taxes can just disappear by calling them levies. Sweet. That wealth levy of ours should now be supported by everyone. Labour can go bolder with its CGL

Evergreen.

Nothing winds me up more than Luxon and assorted other suits saying we need to be wealthier before we can afford doctors, nurses, water we can swim in etc. Meanwhile wealthier kiwi households have stacked up huge piles of savings (cash, shares, equity etc). The economy works for the few. [🧵 1/n]

“OUR city isn’t [insert name of a much more livable & successful city here].” Trust me, we know that. It’s abundantly obvious that you’re not that city. That city made, and continues to make, much better choices with fewer excuses. The real question is, do you want YOUR city to be better or not?

They scooped @katz.theracket.news and @marisakabas.bsky.social (and perhaps others) some 30 months after the fact, but yes, it’s true.

This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.

GM: Charisma check. Mamdani: [rolls natural 20] GM: that’s a d6 how did you Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊

Meanwhile...

Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.” Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.

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.

“A lot of very smart people pay attention to both the Signal Protocol and the Signal apps to ensure they are operating as intended,” EFF’s @thorinklosowski.com told @nytwirecutter.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/...

Immigrants have paid more in taxes than they have received in benefits every single year for the past 30 years, according to new analysis from Cato. Remember this the next time Trump and his racist lackeys call immigrants "freeloaders."

THIS IS THE TYPE OF PERSON THE ASSCLOWN IS OBVIOUSLY IN TOUCH WITH. THE 💩 NOW WANTS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO RUN OUR ELECTIONS LIKE OTHER AUTOCRATIC GOVERNMENTS. WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG??? WE LOSE OUR PERSONAL FREEDOMS! THE TIME TO RESIST IS HERE.😎

Toitū Te Tiriti

The win against seabed mining was built on the win to change the fast track law. We forced Govt to move the decision point from ministers to an expert panel. Everyone who marched against the fasttrack, submitted, signed a petition or donated, you made this possible www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...

That‘s the spirit.

He’s never had trouble forcing himself on someone before.

This person who heckled Luxon is my new favourite

This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10

The United States of America Built on stolen land Built by kidnapped people Built to oppress Justified by the lie of a dream for all

PSA: this article i wrote 6 years ago still holds: www.webworm.co/farrier/

you don't say? at some point we're going to acknowledge what every study ever on this subject has said, right? right? www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

For those keeping score at home:

1Password not mincing words here: "If you are experimenting with OpenClaw, do not do it on a company device. Full stop." "If you have already run OpenClaw on a work device, treat it as a potential incident and engage your security team immediately." 1password.com/blog/from-ma...

New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped

Look, guys, 'modern day salvery' just "isn't a priority" for the ACT Party. I delve deeper into what has been a priority for ✨Workplace Relations Minister✨ Brooke van Velden over at my Substack, which you can read for free here: yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/where-does...

Well now, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.

NZ says it will explore “co-operation on critical minerals” with the United States, a day after NZ PM Christopher Luxon brushed off talk of any such co-operation. My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #Trump #USA #RareMetals #MineralDeals #ShaneJones

I was a White House ethics lawyer. I used to advise people not to even accept a free cup of coffee from someone who had interests before them. And staff followed those rules. I can’t even find the words to describe the scale of Trump’s corruption here.

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"A 2-year-old boy was breastfeeding in detention. One 6-year-old boy had leukemia. An 8-year-old girl began wetting the bed. A 14-year-old girl engaged in self-harm...None of these children or their parents had a criminal history anywhere in the world." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...

Billie Eilish during her #GRAMMYs speech for Song of the Year: “As grateful as I feel, I don’t need to say anything except that, no one is illegal on stolen land. It’s really hard to know what to say and what to do right now, I feel hopeful in this room and we need to keep protesting… fuck ICE.”

AI is literally a consent manufacturing machine.

It really irks me that a Labour Minister had to resign an off the book meeting because the press wouldn’t let it go & yet MPs in the current govt have them all the time, flout the cabinet manual, misinform, get abusive at public events, let corps write policy & virtual crickets from the media.

Opposition parties slam 'secret' critical minerals talks

“How many times, then, will Western journalists allow themselves to be fooled by Israeli propaganda – by military denials that later collapse under the weight of evidence?”

lmao* *i am not actually laughing. my ass is securely attached. i am experiencing a kind of simmering despair at the state of the world for which my words feel inadequate

Oh yeah for sure man

Remember that time I ended up in court with Elon Musk after he bet me the cave diver was a pedo? Anyway, here’s Elon begging Jeffrey Epstein for crazy parties on his private island, several years after Epstein was convicted of sex trafficking girls.

Looking at the list of 19 new CBS News commentators, the median number of times they appear in the searchable Epstein database is 2 and the mean is 100

Release all the Epstein files.

Wowsers look at what happened to posts on Twitter/X about London crime after monetisation of posts was introduced… economist.com/britain/2026...

Last year, Elon Musk said Jeffrey Epstein tried to get him to go to his island but he "REFUSED." New emails show Elon Musk actively asking Epstein "what day/night will be the wildest party on =our island?" And the next year, Musk asked again if there was a "good time to visit."

BREAKING: The DOJ just DELETED a document in the Epstein Files that contained allegations made against Donald Trump. But we saved it. 👇