Well I got blocked for this, in case anyone is wondering how the “try and see Trump’s foreign threats as serious issue instead of a punchline” challenge is going.

Excellent article

Am I mid-remembering or did someone in The Odyssey actually say “Bronze Age”?

Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface

yeah if you really want to talk about Norway-scale energy prospects it's 100% all in renewables

This is one of the things I miss about politics in New Zealand. Sometimes it was funny, and the press and the PM were human, and like all of us a dog in the room was a priority even for the PM.

Uh oh. I have a post that's blowing up. Pray for Mojo.

Geologist here who's worked in the NZ oil and gas industry. This is bullshit.

The fucking audacity of our supermarkets. Why are Kiwis struggling to buy food, huh?

Joke policy from a joke party There is a good chance the next National-ACT-NZ First govt will chuck a billion dollars at trying to find oil and gas reserves that the private sector has tried for two decades to find, and failed Because Luxo can't say no www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Did I watch a different movie called The Odyssey that everyone else is watching? Because I found it boring in places, Gravity-like in others (this happened, and oh no another thing, oh look out, a third thing and now a fourth!), and a too drawn (LOL) out final act.

I hope every interview grills him like this. If he wants to be a politician he needs to be able to answer political questions. This isn't being a media personality sniping from the sidelines. If you're in a position to pass laws, you need to have a fucking clue. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...

Imagine watching your neighbour's house burn down and, instead of helping, complaining about the smell of the smoke.

The members bill to make stalking a crime was literally lodged by Labour Party's Ginny Anderson in response to a murder that happened in 2022. Luxon wont tell you that though 🤷

Camilla bellich: "Hey paul we already have that bill ready, supported by labour and the greens, and we're good to go." national: "no but we can't hold rape victims hostage for votes if we do that"

Again, if they actually cared about this, they'd do it now. Legislation that prevents abuse should never be kept behind a future election promise. #nzpol

I do expect better. A party that doesn’t have fence sitting as its core policy and a party that won’t reinstate the current far right rabble of political parties.

My gastroenterologist's office is admirably accommodating to time travelers from the Middle Ages, many of whom probably do have gastroenterological issues

Deliberate cuts. Empty stations. ❌ FENZ is cancelling recruit courses and driving staff numbers down. We can no longer keep Wellington stations open 24/7. 🚨 Karori: CLOSED today 🚒 Porirua & Remutaka: Offline 24hrs 🚒 Thorndon: Offline overnight

(Spoilers for a ~3000 year old story) The more I think about it the worse it is. Poorly written, boring introduction. Middle section of there’s a cyclops and then there were giants and then there was a witch and then there were zombies. And then an overly drawn out wrap-this-up-please ending.

This article and the government's response appears to focus on the $2 billion poultry industry without considering that native birds are a major driver of our $46.6 billion tourist industry.

Andrea Vance on Paul Henry's candidacy in the Sunday Star-Times. No notes from me. #NZpol

Can someone do this already? The rightwing parties are rabid US lackeys, so... The US is now making up "far left terrorism" so it can murder anyone who isn't fascist, at the same time as genocidally blowing up water infrastructure in the middle east, to top off their list of recent war crimes

Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*

To be fair to France, I wouldn’t give a shit about the sado trophy game either. Who gives a fuck, they probably just want to go home.

Change the name of your fucking racist rugby team, Canterbury.

fucking crusaders

Just went to see The Odyssey. And it was… not good. About an hour too long and just the most boring retelling of a classic.

Every day another WTAF story about how crappy life has become under this Government. Trucking a whole suburb-full of shit 125km from Orewa to Whangarei for AT LEAST the next 24 years. #nzpol

Rhetoric, bullshit but no hope in evidence. #nzpol NZF Resources Minister Shane Jones denies he is a hypocrite over his support for mining, and says a controversial gold mine proposed in Central Otago will be “akin to a beauty spot on the alabaster face of a beautiful woman”.

New Zealand media not lionising Winston Peters when he eventually carks it challenge. Difficulty: impossible.

I don’t know why Skinny continue to run their stupid generative AI ads when most people hate AI. It’s not clever, it’s cringe and gross.

Austerity politics is never about the money

Labour and the Greens have the opportunity to do the funniest thing.

Kelsey Dacey, 25, who recently had her heart broken by the last mediocre guy she projected an entire personality onto, is not ready to meet someone new – but try telling that to the thirsty hell beast that inhabits her body.

The creator of Roger Rabbit (who is 85 years old by the way) is a good sort Crossposted with @openvibe.social

You know what is not ‘woke’? The prices of everything skyrocketing under this govt. #nzpol #cruelition #liveitupluxon

Is this translated from the original German? www.whitehouse.gov/releases/202...

LOL! The commies don’t like capitalists acting like socialists.

Harrier Hawk- so feeds on other birds, and sick ones are easier to catch, and (of alert) itself is resident (non-migratory).

the fact NZ's government has signaled they just don't give a fuck about this should ALONE be enough to have them thrown out but what the fuck do we do in the meantime?? www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...

I'm not just a car reviewer. I worked in the trades for a decade so I KNOW what makes a good work van. Driving the new $65k Kia PV5 across Auckland made me wish this existed years ago. Video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsRC... Honestly, diesel vans are dead. About time, too.

Calling an Interislander ferry "Cook" is like calling the Rongotai electorate "Wellington Bays".