Reality bites

Nothing says we’re the good guys like refusing to support an anti slavery bill www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

Who needs enemies etc

Tofa Soifua

Look Mmmbop was annoying but this is a bit harsh

Europe hit a historic milestone as EV sales surpassed gas cars for the first time, despite geopolitical headwinds. insideevs.com/news/785541/...

Ahhhh I hear Mordor is lovely this time of year.

lol if you tell yourself something often enough you will begin to believe it.

It’s tight. It’s clear Luxo will be relying on Winston to drag his unpopular ass back into office. If that is what happens NZ First will be running the next government to an even greater extent than they are now. Shit could get really weird. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/go...

This completely misunderstands the purpose of the city rail link. Why do we platform ignorance like this?

In 2000 95% of Poland's electricity was from coal. Today it is 51%. Total coal generation in TWh dropped by 36%. Source is new @ember-energy.org European Electricity Review.

From Angry Catfish, independent bicycle shop in Minneapolis

Since it’s an election year I hope we can talk about how this government is responsible for deliberate withholding of healthcare to make some numbers on a piece of paper look good for their donors

Womp womp

Trump is a less educated Papa Doc Duvalier.

How many more innocent people will these masked thugs murder? Bodies are piling up. Enough.

Why does anyone take him seriously anymore? It’s clear, and has been for a long time, that he’s an idiot and a compulsive liar.

ICE detain yet another minor child—chase him down his own street and tackle him to pavement. "I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish. Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature. Minneapolis, MN

One of the few people in history to make an enemy of Zeus and live to tell about it. If nothing else, you’ve gotta respect that I guess… www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

RNZ: We welcome Chris Brandolino. Niwa Principal Scientist to answer the question on everyone's lips, has climate change made the weather worse? Chris Brandolino: Yes (basically) #NZPol

Will be interesting to see what the RBNZ does here. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

At this point I'm honestly surprised at how little we've heard from the Government as thousands face weather-related emergencies and multiple people are missing, possibly deceased. Like, I don't have high expectations, but this is still well below those.

Ah, ok. Seems unlikely you’d align on much but could be fun to watch. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

I somehow missed this story. Hilarious chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/05...

These soulless ICE ghouls.🤬😡

A month ago he told us to uncork the champagne

Is it just me or does Luxo look tired?

Fox News reports that "the FBI has just served subpoenas to several officials here in Minneapolis, including members of the office of Gov. Tim Walz"

USA & Belarus, a solid start to TrumpUNO

Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "

The mad king www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...

Nothing says “peace” like inviting a fellow war criminal who’s actively invading a sovereign nation to help solve another war.

In 2022, Treasury forecasted inflation would be down to 5.2% in June 2023 before dropping to 3.6% in 2024 and back within the reserve bank target band of 3% the year after. (Stuff news May22)

Someone needs to pull Luxo up in his claim he reduced inflation from 7% to 3%.Inflation annually in Q1 2024 was 4%. He’s just lying and being allowed to.

Trade agreements with Trump are worthless. Meaningless. If he hits a bad golf shot he will jump in his cart, grab his phone, and fire off a post revoking one, or changing one. It looks like that may finally be starting to sink in, although China seems to have known it all along.

The Plebs hate Luxo. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland. They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”

Anyone with a shred of class and decency would have politely refused it, so naturally Trump took it.

Again, I ask who he does this stuff for?

Simply horrifying. The whole of DHS has got to be disbanded. We did just fine without them before.

🇺🇸🇩🇰👀

For non-German speakers: “Dear media, I can’t stand the headline "No agreement between the US and Denmark” any longer. If an armed man storms a bank, you don't run the headline: "Robber and cashier can't reach an agreement on money transfer." Stop framing imperial aggression as normal diplomacy.”

Trump is a terrible businessman and that should be said more: "The enormous trade surplus for the full year came despite efforts by President Trump to use tariffs to contain China’s factories." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/b...