The entire scene looks like Norman Rockwell painted The Death of Empathy, directed by Jeffrey Dahmer and executive produced by Satan. Hang this next to The Scream and the painting would lean over and whisper, Is that guy okay. open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...

It’s great to see this editorial highlight the impact of abuse against local body politicians. But we must acknowledge the role media plays in all this. Whether it’s publishing rumours as fact (RNZ) or hysterical op eds from Soper and Hosking etc, we can no longer let it slide #nzpol (paywalled)

Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix. Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!

Luxon to open up his seven homes to accommodate rough sleepers

"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk

In today’s Weekend Herald #nzpolitics

Lee Tamahori leaves us

RNZ’s headline on the death of Lee Tamahori describes him as a “legendary Ngāti Porou filmmaker”. 1News, the Herald and Stuff, on the other hand, just went with “Once Were Warriors director”.

Again a systemic story that's bigger than the individual bits: a govt which ran into power in large part based on banging the localism drum about water has accelerated the pace of centralised - and personal Ministerial - decision-making. This is a big story about this govt. Someone should tell it.

CARTOON OF THE DAY (From @mluckovichajc)

Was this the best use of my time today? No. Is it the most amusing way I could have spent the last 90 minutes? Absolutely. Pattern is free here: bit.ly/4nGGCGc

In today’s NZ Herald

A report from the Minister for Growth, on the unemployment rate. My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #unemployment #joblessness

He's desperate to give off the Illusion of leadership by making his problems and people disappear!

In today’s NZ Herald #nzpolitics

My cartoon In today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608... Eradication of this new biohazard in Auckland should be priority number one. Unfortunately the MPI (Ministries for Primary Industries) is opting for a soft approach. Flyers and chats... #NzPol #Biohazard #Cartoon #Wasp #KingKong #Skytower

I knew that Mamdani had it; he had the people and did the work, and has been the clearest and most lucid in rejecting the untenable current state of things. But the vile, bigoted shit against him was so constant, and I am conditioned to that working better than I want. This feels like an exorcism.

It will be a celebration of mana wahine, language, global solidarity & people power. Lots of wonderful songs & visuals. So click on here & buy some tickets as your xmas gift. One concert only. Let’s go! 4/

I say this with no due respect, go fuck yourself you heartless faux Christian pro fear & loathing smug entitled mother fucker Chris Luxon. We do not sweep away our most vulnerable, we do not hide them. They are us.

Kind of feel bad for Hell today. Their newest recruit is gonna be problematic.

Seymour is Farage-lite with Stevia for that extra unpleasant aftertaste.

Terrorism in the modern US of A.

So many disappointing parts to this story of heroism and bravery for those of a far right persuasion. Firstly the attacker wasn’t Muslim or a refugee and secondly the selflessness of the person doing his job who saved so many lives was a Muslim. How will they cope in this difficult time.

Good to see this u-turn but also reflecting how often people with less of a profile than a former All Black have called Seymour and the rest of the coalition out on their very consistent bullshit and not received the time of day, in favour of repeating talking points verbatim. More critique, please.

Have a read, especially those of you who are so tired of reading stories where simple questions aren’t asked 👇

A cluster munition laced with chemical agents. Diabolical.

on the topic of dick cheney, one thing i’ve always said is that you shouldn’t kill a million people

Super happy to have a chance to help @siouxsiew.bsky.social after her epic few years of work which which was rewarded by her employer (also my employer) battling her in court over whether scicomm is real academic work (law said it is). Please support her if you can www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...

"I love the smell of onions and mustard in the morning... 😎"

Such sad news about Dick Cheney dying today instead of dying 30 years ago.

Just been to see Cowboy Junkies. Does Auckland have an incontinence problem? People were up and down, up and down throughout the show.

Trending videos? Wtf. I want my choices, not an algorithms.

I'm sorry, it's actually embarrassing that a senior minister of the Crown is resorting to op eds to get her point across without critique If your policy is defensible, defend it under questioning by an actual journalist, without a paywall in the way

If you, or someone you know has come into contact with Seymour, please isolate for 7 days. Read more here: yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/the-other-...

I wish & pray the media & ‘commentators’ would just call Spanky for what he is. A fucking racist

Weasel words Luxon wittering on, blaming Labour for the fall in vaccination rates. No, Klutz, the decline is due to the rise of anti-vaxxers, actively encouraged by NZFirst, your party and ACT, in your quest for power no matter the cost.

If this were a bunch of Pakeha farmers having to go back to court to relitigate an award of water rights because the government had changed allocation rules the media, business and legal establishments would be united in decrying it as the death of the rule of law.

On tables and social bonding

Can't overstate how fucked up it is that unraveling what is arguably the greatest achievement in the history of humanity is now a motivating issue of one of the two dominant parties in the U.S.

I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥 There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️ They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬 Thread:🧵Plz RT

Can think of few others as deserving as Siouxsie - who helped protect so many lives, & was NZ'er of the Year in 2021 - of our support now. She won legal case on truly awful online harassment/hate but remains 400k+ out of pocket. Absurd. Time to help her move forward www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7PB...

To any donation given between now and tomorrow, I will match them. givealittle.co.nz/fundraiser/b...

You might have seen that Siouxsie won her legal battle against the UoA, but even after the damages were awarded she ended up massively out of pocket. So she's asking for help - There's been lots of support already, which is cool to see - Siouxsie deserves it! www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...

Are the "quiet wins" in the room with us now #nzpol

It's giving

We can’t let this government walk all over us #nzpol

A chicken place w a social mission has just opened nearby. They had sold out of whole chickens but made up a meal pack for us. It was very good & less $ than our regular takeaways. We’ll be back! Their kaupapa is “Bird in the Hand is an objection to the cost of living.” I hope they succeed.