This reminds of the time the British meat lobby monstered Blue Peter for accurately telling kids that eating less beef was one of the best things they could do to reduce their personal warming impact, and the BBC caved and replaced this advice with unevidenced meat industry talking points

Voting as Fire Extinguisher

Looks like a good time in the news cycle to tackle three big myths 🧵 ❌ NZ pension costs are an unsustainable burden ❌ Seriously, no, for lots of reasons. 1. Our current Govt spending on pensions is low compared to most other advanced economies. And... [1/n]

❌ The whole world is doing it tough ❌ No, we are pretty much going it alone with our crush the economy and set ourselves back a decade or two strategy. Orr started it, Robertson helped it along, and then Willis doubled-down on stupid - letting let the TPU, Act and NZI loons call the shots. [Ends]

Purveyors of fines wines, spirits and ales, and warm hospitality Woof! is on the market www.odt.co.nz/business/cen... #Ōtepoti #Dunedin #Woof🍸

What does he think will happen when he doesn't deliver?

“..the collective wealth of the country's wealthiest went up by $4.5b last year - while the net worth of all households declined by $4.2billion.“ Recession for some. But not all. #nzpol

So the alarming part about this isn't publicizing medbeds, which I doubt Trump personally even knows about. The bad part is he doesn't want — or even need — to adhere to reality anymore. He needs his base ready to go to war for him, maybe literally. He is in the endtimes prophecy business now.

Have they counted all the votes yet!? #SlowestFolkOnThePlanet

Every wanker who had ‘stop 3 waters’ signs up should pay for the rates increases.

okay, you win, you successfully trolled bluesky, we’re all annoyed now

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It's a tale as old as the hills.

It's happening again

I'm in the wrong business.

Personally think we should consider making this not just the way it is

"Treat work like a sprint" says the MD of Mighty Ape. 😬 Forget about finishing the race then, I guess? Nap-nap time.

Had to witness this for myself – it’s real, and even worse as seen from the footpath. (Context: these narrow back-streets had a community-supported 30kmh speed limit… but in mid-2025, were forcibly reverted to 50kmh by the current govt.) Dangerous, petty, ridiculous kneejerk vice-signalling, ugh.

I'm glad to see House Democrats are pressing to get Rep-Elect Grijalva seated, because the fight over this is just a prelude to what the House Republicans will try in January 2027, when charges of "voter fraud" will lead to "serious questions" that will delay the seating of several new Democrats.

Even I thought this one was a long shot

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Nathan Gill is no fringe politician. He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales. A Brexit Party MEP. A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him: "terrific," and "as honest as the day is long." This is a MASSIVE story www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

# of paragraphs for news orgs to mention there's no discernable need to deploy troops to Portland, Oregon The Guardian: 1st paragraph BBC: 4th paragraph AP: 5th paragraph Time: 6th paragraph Politico: 8th paragraph NPR: 9th paragraph CNN: 10th paragraph NBC: 12th paragraph Fox News: never mentions

I thought their nuclear enrichment programme had been "totally obliterated"?

Free tickets or free Palestine ... tough choice for him.

Hard to tell which bubble pops first: Gen AI or “I hope Trump only fucks my enemies.” Either way, expect demands for the biggest bailout in human history.

Aerosmith was so bad it needed an intervention from a hip hop group to reboot it's career in the middle of a hair metal boom, a genre it invented.

“Even the most skilled school leader is constrained by the ongoing failure of the state to address the deep inequity in our education system. New Zealand ranks 33rd out of 38 developed countries for its overall equality in education.” — Rebecca Macfie, author of ‘Hope and Hardship’.

Local Bird Elections are on. Do your avian duty and vote for the Kākā. Just joking. Vote for whoever you like. But the Kākā really is best. Voting closes today. My Stuff #cartoon today #BirdOfTheYear

At least my DNA kinsmen have got it right. “To do nothing is not neutrality. It is complicity,” youtu.be/-YqoY7xAluY?...

Reminder: National has always taken the side of Apartheid regimes.

The Portland Metro Chamber, which over the past five years has constructed the narrative that Portland is a crime-infested city where you can't go anywhere to feel safe, said in a press conference that Portlanders should fight against Trump's deployment of federal agents by purchasing more things.

It's Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) migration season in Texas. At least 90% of all southward migration passes through Texas, either along the coast, or through central Texas. They'll overwinter in Mexico, then return. Let's talk about the utter weirdness of generational migration.

We asked people in 17 advanced economies what gives them meaning in life. Americans were much more likely to mention religion as a source of meaning. www.pewresearch.org/global/2021/...

Israel falsely claimed a Hamas camera was the target of a deadly strike that killed 22 people, including journalists.

Trump is releasing Amelia Earhart records for no reaso….. oh of course

COUNCILS DON'T NEED YOU TO PROVE YOUR IDENTITY IN ORDER TO REPORT A POTHOLE. THEY DON'T EVEN NEED YOU TO *REVEAL* YOUR IDENTITY.

Space 1999 set design. Production designer / art direction by Keith Wilson with Michael Ford (Space 1999 first aired 1975-77)

"And for my next witness, I call upon... the Ghost That Never Lies! Uh, no, you can't see or hear him, but I'll tell you what he says."

If I was a tutoring company and I wanted to convince you that I could teach your kids maths, I would probably not have an advert that said “3=2” on it! That’s just me though.

Well don't I feel stupid

it's 2007. you're scrolling your favorite rss feeds in google reader. the internet ad market has led to a boom in mid-sized blogs that can employ tens of writers and editors in a relatively niche subject. you don't know it, but this is the last time journalism will be any good.

WATCH: Here’s where Netanyahu says the purchase of TIKTOK is important so Israel can “battle” for public opinion 🤔 (Sure sounds like they plan to manipulate the algorithm, with the help of the Trump allies buying it — and sounds like Elon is helping them too)

Palestine is not Hamas any more than Ireland is the IRA or Aotearoa is ACT

The gutting thing is when I speak to anybody under 25 or so, and they… don’t know this is unusual. The only America they’ve ever known is this openly corrupt, broken one.

Some big implications for journalism, too, where reporters often mistake trending posts as a reasonable reflection of public opinion.

Reminder When emailing MPs - be polite. NEVER make threats, of any sort. A template email is easy to be automatically sorted into a folder which will be ignored. Probably. Same goes for cc emails. Email your MP and say ‘I am a constituent’. Postcards (& letters) can be sent free to Parly.

Once again: PLEASE STOP tweeting screenshots of headlines instead of proper links. Bluesky will NOT hide your tweets if you include a link to the story like a civilized person.

Feel like our priorities on what's urgent may be a bit skewed