Time for my annual Get Out tweet. Feels like a lost cause at this point but anyway …

🇺🇦 Zelensky: We support the issue of a ceasefire, we are ready to move to diplomacy, but not under the condition that we have to leave from somewhere, giving the aggressor our territory. This is not about kilometers, this is about our people and identity, this is our territorial integrity.

He did everything he possibly could to overturn the election & stay in power - threatening his VP, Govs & Secs of States, organizing a mob to storm the Capitol. He knew if he ordered a military coup they would’ve refused & he would’ve been tried for treason. That’s why he left.

Great turn out in Aotea Square for workers standing up against exploitation by this coalition of chaos. #nzpol

'Feels like they're made with hate' Probably because that's Seymour's intention. #nzpol

My friend @suburbanennui.bsky.social with his epic sign #nzpol #nzstrike

Dutch Railways: social profit of €1.33 billion, financial loss of €141 million. It delivers 11x (!!!!) more value to society than it costs. Via: social inclusion increase in property values near stations; welfare of employees and consumers; productive use of travel time. www.eur.nl/en/news/rese...

💙💛 President Zelenskyy Another night proving that Russia does not feel enough pressure The Kyiv, Odesa, Chernihiv, Dnipro, Kirovohrad, Poltava, Vinnytsia, Zaporizhzhia, Cherkasy and Sumy regions were under attack. It is very important that the world does not remain silent

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The root cause, in Russia's view, is the existence of Ukraine.

I'm not a baseball fan at all but at this point, I will fully throw my bandwagon support behind the Blue Jays to win the World Series just so that a Canadian team can win America's Game. Elbows up, mf.

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Cullen Central Park, Whitby Ontario. A nice day to get out for a bike ride in The Great White North! 🇨🇦

Two photos of today haunt me: a civilian lying dead beside his car in the Donetsk region, and an elderly woman in Kherson next to her goats. Both killed — hunted — by russian drones. Both murders were deliberate. Those who support russia share the guilt and the blood on their hands.

“The effort to quiet Paris complements the wider campaign to make Paris greener, cleaner & less car-dependent, which include vehicle restrictions in the center, crackdowns on polluting vehicles, & an ambitious expansion of bike networks. Those have cut the city’s average noise level by 2 decibels.”

No Until they renounce publicly Centralism Incrementalism (which they failed today) and get rid of Salmond and his Chinese Sounding name syndrome crap then nuclear orbital bombardment continues Stop cuddling the Right Labour and actully support those looking to you Very simple

When politicians who are Right-leaning tell you that they can provide the same, or better, public services for lower cost, they are lying. The NZ NACTFirst coalition has demonstrated that their tax reduction/cost cutting ideology does NOT result in savings + efficiency. It fucks it all.

Just because some Ukrainians speak English, German, or French doesn’t mean we are British, German, or French. It wasn’t our choice to learn that 💩russian language, it is called russification, we were forced…

“Russia does not hear condemnation; it hears avoidance of conflict. It does not see concern; it sees fear. And that is why it continues.” www.kyivpost.com/opinion/62463

#nzpol Nicola Willis at Budget 25 - I always take pause to celebrate that since our government came to office inflation has returned to normal levels”. The cost of living increased 3% when wages are up 2.4%. The government’s laser-like focus on the cost of living should have gone to Specsavers. A🧵

I wish they would throw a few billion into regional rail.

Labour Future Fund and NZ First Fund are very different - Winston's version was about cutting taxes for offshore investors and bringing more foreign capital in. Labour's is based on NZ capital, generating returns for Kiwis and protecting asset - I'm surprised no media has picked it up #nzpol #kiwi

So the Prime Ministers new attack on teachers is their 12 weeks of school holidays which we all know many teachers work through. Regardless. NZ Parliament has 20+ weeks of recess each year including a far longer summer break than most professions including teaching!!!

A year into this and it is still remarkable to see how much analysis of America's ability to influence the trajectory of key flashpoints in the global system simply skip over how far growing domestic instability inside the US will affect America's ability to project power

Public servants must be politically neutral in their official roles, but they are also ordinary citizens with employment rights. Political neutrality does not erase the right to organise, bargain, and, where lawful, strike; nor does it forbid people from being politically active outside work.

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In other, massive rugby news: Paraguay beat Brazil 39-19 in the first leg of their world cup play-off!! Insane result!

💙💛 Peace Solution

How to make medical professionals leave NZ in four easy steps 1) underfund the health system so it’s super stressful 2) offer a shit pay rise - and then make an even worse offer 3) tell medical professionals off like a total asshat 4) change the law so they can’t take industrial action

This is adapted from Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice by Virginia Roberts Giuffre. “Don’t be fooled by those in Epstein’s circle who say they didn’t know what he was doing. They watched and they didn’t care.” #EpsteinFiles www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Bakhmut - more than two years after its “liberation” by fascist Russia. A once thriving Ukrainian town reduced to a dead husk, like the dozens of other towns and cities in Ukraine that have been visited by the “Russian World.”

AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.

Report by the UN representative on today's Russian attack on a UN humanitarian convoy in the Kherson region.

More things that aren't escalation according to tankies: - killing UK cop using chemical weapons - blowing up Czech weapons depot killing workers - sabotaging French rail safety systems - arson of warehouses in Poland - destroying UK weapons factory - attempted assassination of Rheinmetall CEO

What causes WW3 as per my tankies: 🇹🇷Shooting 🇷🇺jet down 🇺🇸Killing 🇷🇺troops in🇸🇾 🇺🇸bombing Assad 🇺🇦Defending itself Giving🇺🇦: Training Javelins 155mm shells Patriots Tanks F-16s HIMARS ATACMS Tomahawks 🇺🇦striking crimea 🇺🇦Deep striking🇷🇺 🇺🇦Occupying🇷🇺 Cutting🇷🇺off swift What doesn't cause WW3: 🇷🇺attacking places

Zelensky at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly: “Russia has once again failed to carry out Putin’s order to capture Donbas. They’ve delayed this senseless goal time and again. In summer, they told the US and others it would be done by October or November. Instead, our forces are moving forward.”

Nicola forgot to mention the Corolla was going to cost more than a Ferrari.

3. Overriding Te Tiriti: The Amendment Bill takes an unprecedented approach by including provisions that expressly prevail over the purpose of the Act and the Tiriti o Waitangi provisions Māori rights matter. Justice is not negotiable. A response will come. Tangata Tiriti stand with Tangata Whenua.

1. Retrospective Theft: The Bill applies retrospectively from 25 July 2024 2. Impossible Standards: The amendments require proof of "exclusive use and occupation from 1840 to the present day without substantial interruption."

Yes I remember those locomotives , National have a history of buying dogs of ships like the current ferries which were plagued with problems from day one www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

On the centenary of Thatcher's birth, there have been predictable calls for a memorial to her memory. But Britain's 2300 food banks serve that purpose already.

Having given up strategic arms & having no long range ability to threaten Russia, Ukraine was subsequently rewarded with invasion & concern. And is ofc why Ukraine should believe us when we say we "have always been ready to negotiate".

OTD in 2002 🇺🇦 began decommissioning its nuclear capable Tu-22 strategic bombers & Kh-22 cruise missiles, as per the Budapest memo. 30 bombers & 230 missiles were destroyed over 2 & half years in exchange for promise 🇷🇺 would never invade. But you can believe our promises now