Oliver L
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Support FYI.org.nz (only if it won't cause you any hardship)
https://opencollective.com/fyi
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flyingrodent
about 20 hours ago
I again note that tanking Johnson and Corbyn to reviled public enemy status required most of the press working together on concerted hate campaigns over many months. This Labour government has achieved the same thing with mostly supportive media, just by being themselves.
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David Forbes
1 day ago
Once again.
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Luxon has acquired a real taste for boot polish.
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about 22 hours ago
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Jennifer
about 23 hours ago
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The Onion
1 day ago
This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Wonât
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This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Wonât
George W. Bush may think that a war against Iraq is the solution to our problems, but the reality is, it will only serve to create far more.
https://theonion.com/this-war-will-destabilize-the-entire-mideast-region-and-1819594296/
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The Onion
1 day ago
From The Archives:
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Chuck Schumer: âThe American People Deserve A President Who Can More Credibly Justify War With Iranâ
WASHINGTONâIn a pointed critique of President Trumpâs foreign policy leadership, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer stated to members of the press Thursday that âthe American people deserve a presid...
https://theonion.com/chuck-schumer-the-american-people-deserve-a-president-1835697625/
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Owen Jones
3 days ago
A warning. All the worst people in the country are now shitting themselves. The mother of all campaigns is now going to be directed against the Green Party. It will be an unrelenting smear campaign. The Greens need to be ready for that - and so does everyone on the left.
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Owen Jones
3 days ago
The Labour party didn't just lie. They ran a disgusting gutter campaign. The sort of campaign you'd expect from far right hatemongers. What they did in Gorton and Denton must never be forgotten. They must never get away with it.
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Billy Bragg
2 days ago
Reacting to Labour's devastating loss to the Green Party in Gorton and Denton, Keir Starmer claims that only Labour can unite communities. I agree. He convinced Muslims to vote for a white working class woman representing a party led by a gay Jewish man.
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Sassy Little Hobbit
3 days ago
-increase speed limits: kids getting hit by cars -make school lunches cheaper: mouldy slop for kids -cut IT jobs: hospital IT system failing -cancel ferries: no new ferries -ban gang patches: more gang members Results!
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Alex
2 days ago
If you were wondering if ol boy-genius Starmer would see sense anytime soon, a thread containing his immediate reaction to getting rinsed by the greens in a by-election
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Charlie Mitchell
3 days ago
In some parts of the world, a rich person using their wealth to undermine a media outlet for ideological reasons would be considered a bad thing, but here it is a âmasterstrokeâ
archive.ph/kBPiZ
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Brooke
3 days ago
I've just published a reference for anyone using git while trans, explaining how to hide or remove your deadname in git repositories Please share â€ïž
code.curly.kiwi/2026/02/27/u...
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Using git while trans | Code blog
A guide for hiding or removing your deadname in git repositories.
https://code.curly.kiwi/2026/02/27/using-git-while-trans/
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Cause, effect. National owns this by scrapping permanent speed reductions around schools.
3 days ago
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Remove your data from US owned providers wherever you can.
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Exclusive: US orders diplomats to fight data sovereignty initiatives
President Donald Trump's administration has ordered U.S. diplomats to lobby against attempts to regulate U.S. tech companies' handling of foreigners' data, saying in an internal diplomatic cable seen ...
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/us-orders-diplomats-fight-data-sovereignty-initiatives-2026-02-25/
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Andrew
4 days ago
This is one of those canaries in the coal mine that tells you Israel and the USA are about to start another illegal war, and airlines expect Israel to be hit by lots of missiles despite all the Iron Dome hype.
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Andrew
5 days ago
Could not put it better myself. NZ politicians considering the proposed ban on under-16s accessing social media need to understand that supporting it is a vote to create digital ID and support speech-suppressing surveillance.
@duncanwebbmp.bsky.social
@teanau.bsky.social
@fran4dunedin.bsky.social
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National intentionally causes the conditions for homelessness (because high unemployment keeps wages down), then gets upset that they have to see homeless people.
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Richard Hills
7 days ago
20 years later, Councillor Goldsmith (now Minister) finally got his wish, he gets to see homeless people arrested.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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ApocalypticaNow
8 days ago
This doesn't seem worth having a Discord account
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How is Wellington City Council such an amateur operation? "documentation for a vast majority of contracts could not be located .. nearly half had no listed contract manager, leaving council staff unable to verify active contracts or monitor financial commitments"
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The Post
https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360953570/poorly-controlled-and-risky-councils-contract-chaos
8 days ago
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Jewish Voice for Liberation
8 days ago
US envoy Mike Huckabee says it would be âfineâ if Israel took all Middle East land Rightwing Trump ally tells Tucker Carlson Israel has biblical right to land from âwadi of Egypt to the great riverâ
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US envoy Mike Huckabee says it would be âfineâ if Israel took all Middle East land
Rightwing Trump ally tells Tucker Carlson Israel has biblical right to land from âwadi of Egypt to the great riverâ
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/20/mike-huckabee-israel-middle-east-tucker-carlson
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All the best capital cities are doing it
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DC Mayor Bowser declares emergency after Potomac River sewage spill
Bowser declared an emergency on Wednesday and requested that President Donald Trump provide federal resources to help the city fight a sewage system leak that dumped 250 million gallons of raw sewage ...
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-dc-mayor-bowser-offers-update-on-potomac-river-sewage-spill-after-declaring-emergency
8 days ago
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Musical Chairs
9 days ago
Useful graph for the debt scare folks. Govt debt-servicing costs are super low these days. So much headroom to invest in the many, many things we need for the long-term, yet still we beg for eye-wateringly expensive private finance.
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Idiot/Savant
11 days ago
Of course the police have no guidance on whether hand gestures to police indicate drunkenness; instead they rely on the (extremely un-)"professional judgment" of their officers. Which leads to unlawful arrests, home invasions, and aggravated assaults.
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Tom Eastman
12 days ago
The lesson the US government has learned from Anne Frank is to make damn sure the diary gets burned along with the bodies.
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Thomas Lumley
13 days ago
Next steps for Parliament: declare that Winston is a citizen, legalise rugby, allow burgers to be made of meat
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So if you want to unlawfully summarily dismiss someone without notice, just give them a pay rise to $200k first? They won't have any rights to bring a personal grievance or legal proceedings in respect of the dismissal.
www.legislation.govt.nz/bill/governm...
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Employment Relations Amendment Bill 175-3 (2025), Government Bill â New Zealand Legislation
https://www.legislation.govt.nz/bill/government/2025/0175/latest/whole.html#LMS1426096
13 days ago
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Interesting weather in Wellington for Air NZ's 5-passenger electric aeroplane to show up on ADSB. (BETA ALIA CX300)
13 days ago
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Idiot/Savant
14 days ago
Disestablishing your ministry for the environment in the middle of a giant environmental disaster is certainly A Look.
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Sassy Little Hobbit
14 days ago
Imagine if they randomly invited the king of Saudi Arabia to NZ after the CHCH massacre. Australia makes no sense to me. Full of random creatures and even more random decisions.
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This is also half the reason for
@fyi.org.nz
going down so frequently: 95% of our traffic is from AI scrapers. They don't limit their request rates or react to site slowdowns, and just keep hammering away even if all requests are timing out.
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Sue Tyler
15 days ago
Rember when that Mayor you all ran out of Wellington wanted Nick Leggett to resign
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Wellington Water report reveals alleged theft, structural and contractor issues
Wellington Water has released a scathing report, after a probe uncovered alleged theft, poor value for money from contractors and structural issues.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/543562/wellington-water-report-reveals-alleged-theft-structural-and-contractor-issues
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Timothy Gassin
15 days ago
A single image that captures NZ's dominant belief system and economic model
#nzpol
www.reddit.com/r/newzealand...
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Leo von Gripsholm
17 days ago
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Kent Duston
17 days ago
The only reason there's an 'affordability' issue as the population ages is because the government refuses to tax rich people. The richest 350 families only pay 8% tax, and if Nicola Willis changed that, then the affordability problem goes away
#nzpol
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
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The Post
https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360947874/nz-economic-forum-warnings-silver-tsunami-coming-govt-spending
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David Hood
18 days ago
We're All Trying To Find The Guy Who Did This
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David Hood
19 days ago
It certainly doesn't sound like the "suddenly new covid enquiry" setup to provide a report to the government a few weeks out from the election has a lot of space for nuanced analysis of the "while lessons can be learned we need to keep what was happening elsewhere in mind" variety.
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rahaeli
19 days ago
While this absolutely sucks, we are going to see a lot more places implementing universal global age verification over this next year, because the number of states and countries legally requiring it has gotten to the point no one can keep up anymore.
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Asher Wilson-Goldman
20 days ago
This is disgusting antisemitic language from the Australian PM - Herzog is the head of state of a genocidal regime, not the head of state of all Jews. We are not Israel, and the only people who win when Jews and Israel are conflated are antisemites and Zionists.
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You can ban protest, but you can't stop protest without using violence. Better to just allow peaceful protest in the first place. (And maybe don't invite apartheid leaders to your country.)
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Senthorun S. Raj
20 days ago
The NSW government will talk about the importance of maintaining âsocial cohesionâ while perpetrating violence against citizens who seek to exercise their right to protest. This is horrific.
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I guess when you're an ex-minister every problem looks like a ministerial problem.
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Johnny Cans
23 days ago
IT'S FEBRUARY 2026. THE RAIL ENABLED HYUNDAI FERRIES FOR I REX WERE MEANT TO ARRIVE BY NOW. Instead we have no rail enabled ferries, the two we have are clunky as fuck, and there will be no replacement ferries until 2029 at the earliest.
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Rory
25 days ago
Democracy dies in broad daylight.
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Working Class History
25 days ago
This is brilliant news, and also shows why the Labour Party wants to abolish most trials by jury, and how important it is they don't get away with it:
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Lew
25 days ago
Here's a fun pair of charts (from a discussion on the Bad Place). I think the original sources is this Squirrel post, which makes the point that confidence tracked the empirics pretty well until Clark's second term
www.squirrel.co.nz/blog/odds-an...
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Do not continue to swim under turd
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26 days ago
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Theme for Wellington today. đ©
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Regurgitator - Everyday Formula
YouTube video by Warner Music Australia
https://youtu.be/qP1inVfAs8w?si=FZI81uBfroZ0AK_b
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Idiot/Savant
27 days ago
This bit is quite telling. And if the police won't do it, then the IPCA need the power to do it for them.
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