I'm not sure why they're not naming him. Apropos of nothing, RNZ named a 'well-known New Zealander' accused of sexually assaulting someone in 1995 last month as Act's Tim Jago. Prominent New Zealander charged over further alleged sexual offending www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/prominent...

Probably because the Australian Federal Court is involved. www.accc.gov.au/media-releas...

Looks like Microsoft have finally realised moving people onto the more expensive AI bundled 365 without asking was a shitty thing to do.

I wonder if the cookers and transphobes have figured out he's only playing them for media attention yet. The brilliant performative politics of NZ First’s fake members’ bills thespinoff.co.nz/politics/06-...

Government has 'Trumpian accent' - human rights activist www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

88% counted and Mamdani is at 50.3%

Only 36% counted but this looks promising.

Te Anihana is still missing. Unclear if police are actively looking for her as well as 'appealing to the public'. Auckland police renew appeal as Te Anihana Pomana missing for over 10 weeks www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland/...

I don't think the crew would have walked away from this one. 😢 UPS cargo plane crashes in Louisville, Kentucky www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...

We need to do much, much more to reduce emissions. Instead we're doing much less. Please can we take this seriously at the ballot box next year? World on track to dangerous warming as emissions hit record high - UN www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...

The Smoking Man just endorsed Andrew Cuomo

Gargamel has just endorsed Andrew Cuomo

The Vogons have just endorsed Andrew Cuomo

My cartoon In today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608... Eradication of this new biohazard in Auckland should be priority number one. Unfortunately the MPI (Ministries for Primary Industries) is opting for a soft approach. Flyers and chats... #NzPol #Biohazard #Cartoon #Wasp #KingKong #Skytower

It would be very funny if Winston torpedoes it in a surprise middle finger to the coalition agreement. The Regulatory Standards Bill is back in parliament – here’s what you need to know thespinoff.co.nz/politics/04-...

China scolds Kiwi MPs in a brazen letter that few want to talk about www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

Drag queens left almost broke because of Brian Tamaki and Destiny Church, judge says www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

'The White House Effect' on Netflix is a depressing look at how and why America shit the bed on climate change.

Free political advice: Do not flap your dirty laundry in the media, for fuck's sake. Have an adult debate about the issues away from those who love the drama. I'm regretting my party vote.

Good. Prince no more: Andrew to be stripped of royal titles, forced out of home www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...

Exciting day today. Not only is it Halloween, but my crowdfunding campaign is also live! Please support me by making a pledge and/or sharing on all your socials and with your friends, family, and colleagues. Thanks to everyone offering rewards. You rock! www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...

At a time when academics are under sustained right-wing attack, Dr Siouxsie Wiles stood up to the neoliberal regime of university management and won, but it came at a cost. If you can, please consider supporting Siouxsie, one of the most courageous scholars I know. www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...

Change one letter, ruin a candy Russian Pudge

Change one letter, ruin a candy Milky Wax

A selection of the 3.1K comments: "It’s a killer recipe" "That looks to die for" "Ahh, the old beef farewellington" "Time consuming = life in prison" "Listens to Death Cap for Cutie once..." "Aussies has left the chat"

Tech behemoths like Amazon and Microsoft are too foundational to daily life now to just have outages like a normal company. They have squillions of dollars available to make sure their processes allow no chance of an "inadvertent configuration change" knocking govts, banks and airlines offline.

Sigh.

Measles vaccination: Done! ✅️ All up to date now, safe to be around.

'Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head www.theguardian.com/environment/...

'What's good for Māori is good for workers' - iwi and unions unite in solidarity www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu...

Today is Rā Maumahara, the national day of commemoration for the New Zealand Wars and anniversary of the signing of He Whakaputanga. Act marked the occasion by sending out an email with the subject line "Aotearoa Histories Curriculum is History". Can we expect "Poppies banned!" for ANZAC day? 🤦‍♀️

On this day in 1835: He Whakaputanga and the vision of a whenua rangatira | Carwyn Jones thespinoff.co.nz/atea/28-10-2...

The unwitting drift into authoritarianism www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

I'm really weirded out by my Sky box. Went in to see what I've recorded to watch and there are a bunch of shows on channels I never look at that have recorded or were set to record on series link. Like baseball from ESPN (I don't watch sport) and 'MILF Manor 2' on TLC (WTF??!). HOW?

Denying redress to abuse in care survivors who've committed crimes is unconscionable. Essentially they're saying the Crown will only show remorse for their failings to people who don't show their damage on the outside.

"The sign of a mature movement isn’t the absence of disagreement, it’s the ability to harness its generative power rather than letting it tear us apart." Sacha McMeeking: Between cohesion and collapse e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...

While the government accuses health care unions of playing politics over safe staffing, this same government is playing politics, bowing to anti trans pressure, and preventing the release of updated gender affirming healthcare guidelines, absolutely unprecedented. www.1news.co.nz/2025/10/25/g...

The secrecy is a bit silly. It's not like we're friends with unnamed foreign country or that they would reach out to an inept neo-Nazi loser who's in jail for being pretty shit at espionage if they knew his name. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Protesters: NZ space launches are enabling genocide Judith Collins: "Perfectly comfortable" with the ethics and work of the industry, the protesters "live in another world" 1 News: Yeah, actually, we OIAd that shit and the human rights abuse warnings about the launches were there from the start

Sweet baby AI jesus this is grim. Silicon Valley Has a God Problem www.webworm.co/newgods/

I finished Virginia Roberts Giuffre's memoir and have only one thing to say: Release the Epstein files. Every man who abused a trafficked girl needs to be named, shamed and shunned, since it doesn't look like they're being prosecuted.

This is arguing about what equipment to kit the ambulance with at the bottom of the cliff. Stop unnecessary urgency, stop accepting rubbish bills that don't clear the quality bar, and you won't end up with a firehose of outrage from a disrespected public. 🤷‍♀️ newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/23/t...

“One video with more than 60,000 views shows a man in body armour holding a gun before a crowd waving Australian flags.” | The AI avatars rallying Australians to their cause www.aap.com.au/factcheck/th...

All the best today to everyone striking! ✊️ #Oct23Strike

Violent cult Destiny Church is more vocally Islamophobic than ever, and white supremacism groups who hate Jewish people are trying to grow too. If we can afford more killy toys for Judith we can afford to protect these communities. newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/20/m...

Luxon is a mean, clueless rich nothing who keeps failing up, Seymour is racist and amoral and Peters is the right wing bandwagon guy. But while those guys get most of the headlines, Collins and her determination to sell us to Trump may be the most dangerous of them all.

This is sad news for Ōtautahi. Whenever people were emailing their MPs to urge them to advocate for justice I never had to, Duncan was always openly fighting our corner anyway. Labour MP Duncan Webb announces retirement from politics www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

"It was clear that the Government cared more about how they looked to voters than acting on their promises to survivors." Abuse in care bills: Minister needs to finish what she has started www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

David thinks burning the coastal raupatu bill is the same as burning a book. Silly lad. It has less value than even the worst-written old Mills & Boons with the dodgy power dynamics. Protesters plan beach fires nationwide over Marine and Coastal Area Bill www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/protest...

Tim Jago again. Well-known New Zealander charged with indecent assault can be named www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...