A more egalitarian, fairer, better everything Aotearoa is possible . Politicians who refuse to commit to that are not only benefitting from the status quo they’re going into parliament to preserve it. #nzpol

I’d rather them that ‘services to business’ all day long.

And those given it for 'business and philanthropy' can fuck right off too. Flicking a few of your ill-gotten untaxed gains to charity is not worthy of recognition.

This is not hard. Artists are not responsible for ensuring the Kennedy Center remains relevant and successful. The center’s board is responsible for that, in a fiduciary way. All of this energy being directed at artists should be re-directed at the board.

this is going to do numbers on LinkedIn. Series A funding confirmed.

Plenty of people with nice tits who aren’t fascists

Be like Norway 🇳🇴not the UK 🇬🇧 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment

Gingerbread 2025 Dumpster 🔥

every time I see a headline framing this as being primarily an issue of the student having controversial opinions, and not the student being an asshole with a right wing podcaster mom who wanted to ruin a trans person’s career for the clicks, I age another ten years

@paullecomtephoto.nz your calendar rather stole the show this Christmas morning. In-laws casting longing looks at it etc.. Hope your mum's doing okay.

This was exactly Adolf Eichmann's job.

building coalitions with only people on the right doesn't seem like intending to lead a unified council

#nzpol Ahem ⬇️

One of the more important stock-taking moments to watch a bootlegged news program censored in your country.

In Canada, the 60 Minutes clip about CECOT that Bari Weiss canned was broadcast. @jasonparis.bsky.social‬ captured it. Enjoy. Bluesky only allows 3 minute videos max. I hope this works. 1/5.

Tania Waikato, yes THAT Tania Waikato has announced their candidacy for the 2026 elections with THE GREEN PARTY Can we get a WOOT WOOT! tr.ee/Ad9tdSLyZ0

Teenager me: everyone in charge is so stupid Young adult me: politics corporations and science are incredibly complex topics that require thorough research and discussion and we shouldnt jump to conclusions Me now: everyone in charge is so stupid

I don’t know where white people who stand on stolen indigenous land get the audacity to talk about mass uncontrolled immigration like have some shame.

TW: Sexual violence and child exploitation I hate this so much. I feel sick. 280 images of toddlers & children. HUNDREDS. Accessing these has an impact on demand, therefore creating more harm to the children and others. This man is a monster and is getting an easy ride.

Not that I'm Christian, but a forced relocation of folks away from where they have chosen to be, to make their own way to sleep in makeshift areas elsewhere, seems like a bit on the nose for this time of the year.

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“Oh you should be online to try to provide value to your political side” fuck that that’s nerd shit you should be online because you’re unwell and need to tell people about weird animals you saw

Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama. Us: Across your entire career? Reiner: In a 6 year period. Us: That sounds- Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.

like all minorities, Jews are not a monolith. Juliet Moses may be positioned as "Jewish community leader" in Aotearoa and she may speak for some, but she doesn't speak for all. certainly not for me when she's using the murder of Jews to slag off Chlöe Swarbrick. also fuck the ACT Party. #nzpol

I've done this piece of ocean. My recommendations is skip the paperwork and just make them citizens. Capable, determined and passionate to be in NZ to the point of crazy is the minimum

i believe people when they say linux has gotten better in the last few years. what i'm skeptical of is that linux Guys have improved. i will not use an OS where i'm at high risk of someone calling me stupid for not liking some aspect of the experience. i must be allowed to hate the computer

The first IREX ferry would have been online THIS WEEKEND if Nicola did not cancel them Now we have 4 more years of dodgy shit while we wait for the TEMU option....

Still one of the most incredible video game trailers of all time, 11 years ago. Watch it again. youtu.be/yPq_NVi-TC4

Ladies and gentlemen, this is Capt. Jones and I'll be your pilot today and, uh damn that's a lot of buttons. That's a lot of fucking buttons

Despicable, firstly because she had few options but she persisted & imo they’re persecuting her for the temerity & secondly, the police refuse to use the legislation they’re using against her to prosecute the men who digitally harass/abuse women. They only use it to protect systems/abusers. #nzpol

I think you've got a pretty shallow view of this one I'm afraid Rod. It's not a simple choice, and does nothing to address larger issues.

this is similar to what I've come to think of as the "reverse turing test" when people find synthetic text is "good enough" to complete a task (homework, business report, email) it doesn't mean the machine is smart. it means they were asked to produce something that didn't matter it's diagnostic

Way back Wednesday: who remembers these little cuties?

You NEVER see National's leaders leaping to denounce ACT policies. They don't have to endorse them; they just brush off the question. Then when they get into power, they form a coalition and suddenly a whole bunch of stuff which didn't fit National's ~responsible manager~ brand gets done on day one

Productivity isn't measured about how much people work or produce, it's also about investment into productive sectors, something we're HORRENDOUS at in NZ (part of why kiwis have low productivity measures despite long work hours). I suspect what you're seeing evidence of is sovereign wealth funds.

I remain adamant that rare wine fraud is the most pro-social, most economically productive, most just, and most hilarious crime that exists. The prison sentence for anyone convicted of it should be two weeks in a resort and extra training to help them do it better.

no idea

Thank you NZ Greens for saying this so clearly.

Toss Grumley is a perfect name for some little libertarian weasel

If *I* were trying to win a national popularity contest, I'm not sure I'd lead into summer with "Holidays are bad, actually"

Right, and they sliced up that 700k into 3 different districts to be diluted amongst the simple folk.

A night out in Cedar-Riverside

I’m just gonna refer to AI as “Big Autocorrect” from here on out.

Jeezus the warranties on IKEA products..... 5yrs for appliances 10 years for furniture 10 years for kitchen knives 25 years for kitchens!!! Gonna be some serious damage done to homeware/appliance/lighting/kitchen stores around the Motu

Anyway, National's new shoplifting law is a reminder that if you see someone stealing food or other essentials in the supermarket, no you didn't.

Michael was the kind of guy who was listening to a woman call into a show and talk about how heart crushing infertility was and how expensive IVF was so he contacted the show and paid for her to have the procedure, and thus, the baby. He was a good one.

This is Magnus. He just beat cancer. His family wrote the big news on their car and bought him balloons to celebrate. Magnus got so much love from strangers the whole way home. His human said, "I hope everyone has a Magnus in their lives, who shows them what determination and strength are." 14/10

Minister Stanford’s clumsy, racist efforts to bully schools into disavowing te Tiriti (& thus betray māori students & whanau) has backfired SPECTACULARLY thanks to a groundswell of community repugnance. Memo to editors and senior media execs: this is what an actual *groundswell* looks like.