"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk

Again a systemic story that's bigger than the individual bits: a govt which ran into power in large part based on banging the localism drum about water has accelerated the pace of centralised - and personal Ministerial - decision-making. This is a big story about this govt. Someone should tell it.

New fast-track amendments provide effectively a parallel #OIA regime for fast-track cronies _with_no_withholding_grounds_ #WTF www.legislation.govt.nz/bill/governm...

An absolute thrill to publish this.

Over the last months, we’ve entirely rebuilt search on Our World in Data — we just launched it: ourworldindata.org/introducing-... Let me know what you think. Does it work for you?

how many things are women ruining today nyt

Actually yeah, let's "move on" the people responsible for the rise in "rough sleepers". You'll find them in their fancy apartments, receiving accommodation entitlements, and frolicking through the beehive.

I wish people would stop whitewashing Cheney’s legacy by only telling charming benign anecdotes like how he shot his friend in the face then forced him to apologise for being shot.

It doesn't get said enough that Nats have built just 45 State houses since coming into government, no one is being housed in your ghost houses Bishop and now you want to hunt people off the streets? Where worse can you send them, the sewers where you slither? #NZPol

It's funny how much of twitter is convinced Mamdani is simultaneously both a communist and an Islamist. I mean there *was* an NYC mayor who is now an unironic MEK shill. His name is Rudie Giuliani

The Government is laying the groundwork for not meeting our international carbon reduction commitments through offshore credits and then also not meeting these commitments through domestic carbon reductions environment.govt.nz/assets/publi...

Remember when this government got really mad about public musings on its growing resemblance to “a death cult that hates children”? One tries to resist hyperbole, but every day it gets harder to quibble with that take. *not just death: disability, denialism, dismantling democracy—what else? #nzpol

Today, 144 years ago, 1600 Crown troops invaded a pacifist settlement that was the centre of resistance against British colonialism. The leaders were arrested, the settlement sacked, the people violated. For many in Aotearoa, November 5th is Parihaka Day, or Te Rā o te Pāhua: The Day of Plunder.

Woke up today to the news

Love how National proudly opposed the Treaty Principles Bill, and wore it like a badge of honour. Then basically rolled it out anyways. They’re dismantling and removing anything that honours the treaty, and undermining Māori. Without consultation too like yesterday. Depressing.

It's also embarrassing for the Herald to give the government free advertising, are you a noble pillar of the fourth estate or a shitty karaoke machine

I'm sorry, it's actually embarrassing that a senior minister of the Crown is resorting to op eds to get her point across without critique If your policy is defensible, defend it under questioning by an actual journalist, without a paywall in the way

Hi, my name is Erica Stanford, and instead of having the guts to got through the proper regulatory process and make my case to the sector, I'm going to use sneaky, undemocratic means to strike at the heart of what it means to be a learner in New Zilund, and then hide behind my media mates.

5th of November - Parihaka Day.

As a former school board member, this is fucking outrageous. If you are a parent, find the details for your school board members and email them immediately to tell them you expect them to give effect to Te Tiriti whether it's mandated by legislation or not.

if there was a rich person with the will, you could build the most incredible news organization that has ever existed just from the wreckage of this year alone.

Elizabeth Rata wanted it gone, and so it is done.

"If the minister is going to use TALIS data, she should also look at the TALIS data that says the biggest cause of stress for New Zealand teachers is government changes, that only 14 percent of teachers believe the government values them."

Now reversed, but only after eight months of disruption, cancellation of some work, and threats of legal action. Appalling. My former colleague @arthurkaufman.bsky.social interviewed @lauratmurphy.bsky.social about her work in 2022:

"Sources at Parliament, who wouldn’t speak on the record for fear of retribution, said the letter ...revealed how China’s government monitors New Zealanders ...they believe China is sending people to spy on events organised by Kiwi supporters of Taiwan."

Bring joy to your timeline with this one werid trick! Am I click baiting right? I think I'm click baiting right!

"All my friends are poor Please think about this poverty Soon this will be your matter too This land is in need of a shock" Enamored by this Korean indie folk artist Lang Lee (이랑/李瀧) lately www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4Tq...

I was fighting fascism with the power of love and kindness and just really getting my ass handed to me. proteanmag.com/2025/11/01/w...

Look folks gen AI videos are out in the wild so if you weren't already being careful about sharing rage bait videos then now is a great time to start If you can't trace a video back to a trusted source then I recommend leaving it where it is, like a slice of bologna you found on the street

If this were a bunch of Pakeha farmers having to go back to court to relitigate an award of water rights because the government had changed allocation rules the media, business and legal establishments would be united in decrying it as the death of the rule of law.

Now onto the relationship between advances in depreciation accounting and controlling the fertility of enslaved persons to produce more enslaved babies. Definitely the most "jesus fucking christ" chapter so far.

Now we know how National would have handled the Covid pandemic. The 20,000 we saved would be dead.

Folks, people who appreciated Siouxsie's work during the pandemic and/or who like free speech and academic freedom should help out here if they can. And that's all of us, one way or another, right? www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...

It’s been 5 yrs since the coup in Myanmar and the military junta’s reign of terror continues - 7,427 people have been murdered and another 22,587 have been wrongfully imprisoned. Just this month, the junta bombed a Festival of Lights in Sagaing, killing 20, incl children 💔 #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

It‘s still three years until the next national election, the Nazis are leading several polls, and you’ve got fascists in the middle of Berlin acting like this. Good luck, Germany, if you’re trying to attract a sufficient number of non-white migrants to boost your economy. Good luck: you’ll need it.

Bits tacked on about to get some help.

“The govt doesn’t owe people food” well fuck then I don’t owe the govt taxes either what the fuck. Stop fucking giving my money to fucking landlords.

I've gone back and forth on whether to post about this -- part of me that is so, so tired of flaying open the details of our grief just to beg the world to care. They killed my friend. They fucking killed him. His wife is struggling immensely to feed their children. Anything you can donate helps.

As a reward for supporting @siouxsiew.bsky.social I've donated 6 signed copies of #TheCovidResponse. And if you want to know how important Siouxsie's case was for academic freedom in Aotearoa, I've written a piece for the NZSR on what I think it means: ojs.victoria.ac.nz/nzsr/article...

It's wild that the new zealand govt sees what's going on in the states and rather than going "wow we have a huge opportunity to recruit foreign talent, let's invest" (like aus, canada, EU etc have done) instead they're like "ooh cutting science to the bone, cool idea bro" #nzpol

"But doctor," she said with tears in her eyes, "I *am* Camille Paglia"

[at unicorn fuck club] Elon Musk: [rising from bushes] eyyyy it'sa me, elon! JRR Tolkien: elon musk?! Tolkien: my word! I don't think we've ever had you at OUR campfire before! Tolkien: you're usually over there with that Tolkien: [grumbling] midnight society

This is where I pitch my movie proposal with Qing Gondor, steppe nomad Rohirrim, and British Mordor

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...

In this moment, coal miners turned their red bandanas into a symbol of solidarity — both to distinguish themselves from the enemy and to show that, across racial lines, coal miners were united along class interests For this reason, they were known as the "Redneck Army."

Not sure what territory Musk thinks the forces of Nazi Engerland are going to take in this civil war. Bermondsey? They'd be surrounded. Luton? Can keep it tbh.

Send her straight to the Hague I don’t care