Some amazing quotes in this article about how Ford replaced hundreds of engineers with AI, which broke a bunch of shit causing billions in damage and forcing them to rehire those people. www.the-independent.com/tech/ford-ai...

Wow!

@garrykasparov.bsky.social Eventually, all of Russia’s defenses will surround government buildings and the palaces of Putin and his elites. And by that point they will be aimed as much at Russians as at Ukrainian weapons. x.com/kasparov63/s...

Credit where it’s due this is a good call www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

All Whites fought hard but just completely outclassed.

Exhibit A

Seeing a massive amount of fear and loathing of the Opportunity party on both the left and right. Both sides seem to think they're a wolf in sheeps clothing out to spoil their coalitions chances of election.

These idiots have no idea how to get out of this www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...

Up to 35 degrees in the UK. There will be shirtless gammons everywhere bellies turning from pink to bright red.

The Save Neck of the Woods crowdfunder is at $145,196 of its $150,000 goal, inside four days. This is extraordinary. It's also notable who started the whole thing: a group of queer dance party promoters. The tribes are manifold. givealittle.co.nz/cause/savenotw

Pretty dumb thing to do www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/eru-kapa-...

This idiot needs to go www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

David is the GOAT of subscription publishers in NZ. Well worth subscribing to Webworm!

TVNZ poll tonight. Good for the left overall. Labour drops a fair bit. National in the 20s for the first time in this poll. Opportunity nearing 5%. www.1news.co.nz/2026/06/23/p...

every time you see a headline that begins with “we have to,” replace the “we” with “you” and you’ll immediately understand the purpose of the piece and the power dynamics at play

The rational response to this would be crack on with decarbonising our economy asap. However I’d wager our government will probably begin cutting money out of health/education to pay Iran’s tolls.

Nicola Willis really thinks we're stupid.

It appears all the alcohol may have impacted Barry's memory. newsroom.co.nz/2026/06/22/o...

Surely we can do both?

Was good while it lasted

Yep, coalitions only exist after elections. Before that you try to get as much of the vote for your party as possible to give you the best possible leverage.

Let’s goooo!!!!

I hope Labour and the Greens have something coming on Kiwisaver. The National/ NZ First policy makes sense and will be quite popular I think (maybe not on here but in the wider electorate)

Thousands of guys earning 60k a year stand ready to charge, their swords drawn.

This seems like a strong and not at all dysfunctional relationship.

Apparently Duncan Garner is clairvoyant he knows the GDP, unemployment and inflation figures for the current quarter before they’ve even calculated them. Impressive. www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener...

Putin lost the war in Ukraine. Trump lost the war in Iran. This will be written in history books.

I think this type of thing sums up the government’s world view. They see arts as just another product subject to the law of comparative advantage. “Why would bother to make that here when you can just buy it from overseas?” www.rnz.co.nz/life/music/w...

"If Ukraine is burning, then your Moscow will also be burning," - President Zelenskyy.

Oddly asked, perfectly answered.

What absolute bullshit. www.stuff.co.nz/home-propert...

lol

They just keep coming www.rnz.co.nz/life/music/t...

More misery, more lost jobs. Seems to be one every day now. www.rnz.co.nz/life/food/i-...

What a jackass www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

Another day another poll. This one positive for the left. Labour on 34% Greens on 13%. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

Well played New Zealand. Did us proud.

Yet we still persist with the Britain's Farm mentality. On population our urban centres make up around 90% of population. GDP wise the rural sector is about 6% of GDP with the service sector making a fair decent whack. thespinoff.co.nz/politics/16-...

I don't personally know David Seymour but from what I can see he seems stuck in some sort of perpetual adolescence. Most 40 yr olds are not this petulant & hyper sensitive. He knows how to communicate via soundbites, not so much with other human beings. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

Watching the Dom Harvey podcast with Barry Soper. Safe to say Barry is no raconteur.

They’ll still complain the media is too left wing

Calling a press conference to do this feels pretty desperate.

Hard to believe this is from a guy who inherited $413 million from his father only to declare bankruptcy 6 times before convincing an NBC producer to bail him out by creating a fictional show that he was a successful businessman.

Changes in the NZ car market

What a whiney loser

But why? What has this guy done that marks him as a “future PM”?

I'm a street-walking cheetah With a heart full of napalm I'm a runaway son of the nuclear A-bomb I am a world's forgotten boy The one who searches and destroy Honey, gotta help me, please Somebody gotta save my soul Baby, detonate for me!

The deep problem isn't even that they are bad at maths or forecasting (though they are also bad at those things) It's that people won't vote for Labour & Greens' imaginary fiscal maths Whereas, for whatever reason, they apparently are willing to vote for National & ACT imaginary maths, repeatedly