Stunning and historic result in the Gordon and Denton parliamentary by-election in the UK. The anti-genocide Green Party led by Zack Polanski has won the seat from Keir Starmer's governing Labour Party. Nigel Farage's Reform UK and its odious candidate Matt Goodwin beaten.

David Graeber made a warning about Keir Starmer in 2020. They did not listen

Lets make it the first of many. The Green Wave.

I don't know, maybe it's because I'm a big Carl Sagan fan but I'm super dismayed out how many people these days seem to think that Nuclear Weapons are fine. And not, you know, a completely insane way for us all to live.

Blows my mind that the USA has been constantly bombing other countries — continuously without pause for its entire history except for 25 years — and Americans are like “oh no Trump is making people hate the USA” Hate to break it to you: most people have hated the USA for decades due to its fascism

the party that wants to require ID to vote abruptly invalidating a thousand people’s IDs overnight seems like a pretty giant flashing red light

But it’s antisemitic to call out obvious war-crimes.

And who created this narrative? The fossil fuel sponsored #AtlasNetwork member (1 of 2 in NZ, and of 550+ in 100 countries) and shit-stirring propaganda unit NZTU. Here is a slide I put together during the Adern government with a sample of their social media output at the time.

Not one peep in the State of the Union or rebuttal speeches about class issues. It's still all "right" and "left." To keep us from looking up. I won't vote for another candidate who doesn't make class warfare a central tenet of their campaign. I'm tired of us getting our asses kicked.

I see Al Green got kicked out again. Good on him. If you're not getting kicked out of the fascist propaganda summit then what are you doing

Something that strikes me about this photo: Living your values is easy. You smile. You feel good. You don’t hesitate or need qualifications. It’s a huge advantage in a struggle like this. It means your corrupt opponents have to flounder around and consider their bosses; those who paid for them.

Ministers say 'tough on crime' working as new figures unveiled reveal cutting violent crimes against women out of the mix skews the data to enable bullshit rhetoric. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Israel is responsible for two in three journalist killings across the globe in 2024 and 2025. The Israeli military has committed more targeted killings of journalists than any other government’s military since CPJ began documentation in 1992. Read more in CPJ’s #2025KilledReport: cpj.org?p=553549

#OtD 25 Feb 1941 a general strike was called in the occupied Netherlands against anti-Jewish measures of the Nazis. Organised by communists it was largely repressed the next day & leaders sent to the camps although some survived the war stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9733...

this strategy has already been tried. it led to the biden interregnum, which led directly back to an even more vicious fascism. the same strategy, tried again, will produce a similar result

I think it is very possible the fascists lose power through sheer incompetency, which I imagine is what institutional Dems are counting on. They are banking on Trump losing without them having to be heroes in any way. But it is a dangerous gamble and ultimately a recipe for disaster.

If “adhering to Australian values” means leaving 11 Australian women and 23 blameless children in appalling conditions in Syria, please count me out. Jo Bond, South Melbourne The Age, letters

So many quotes, I hope the Coalition chokes on them. Willis, July 22, 2020, third reading of Equal Pay Amendment Bill "... This legislation provides a further step in the right direction, and I commend it to the House.”" #nzpol

Is anybody else disturbed that a former Minister of Health is telling everyone that it's okay to swim in a sea of sewage? He refused to legalise cannabis after the referendum now he tells us that swimming in human shit is just fine? WTF??? #nzpol

1. The New York Times, unsurprisingly, has released yet another hit piece on transgender people. This time, it comes from Jesse Singal. I fact check it in my latest piece. End your NYT subscription, and put it towards people doing good work on the issue. Subscribe to support our journalism.

So many Minneapolis teachers found out today that their jobs are being eliminated due to the massive cuts to public school funding. All that labor and love, poof, gone, and for what? Why can't Minneapolis fund schools like they can the cops?

Murray Watt really is an arsehole #auspol

NT environmentalists ‘gobsmacked’ at federal green light to bulldoze nearly 3,000 hectares of tropical savanna

Jewish orgs call Tony Burke to cancel Israeli hate journo visa #auspol The trip is funded by same charity exposed by @sstephanietrann.bsky.social for funding IDF michaelwest.com.au/jewish-group...

In 2025, the U.S. added 53 GW of new electricity capacity, the most since 2002. In 2026, it's on track for 86 GW, mostly solar/storage. To put that in perspective, the U.S. is expected to add more capacity in the next two years than it did in an entire decade of the 2000s combined.

It's only february.

When I was growing up they never had a class at school on “keeping your sanity amongst the unceasing horrors” to prepare you for life

Sleeping rough is a particular type of homelessness - and it is currently increasing at record proportions due to this govt's cuts to emergency housing. Systemic factors like policies must be a focus - because we're all accountable and politicians can, and do, change them.

Where exactly are we going to “move-on” all the people in need of housing? Won’t be into the 3,500 cancelled new state home builds, or the 900 up for sale: yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/where-exac...

This was how NACT funded their tax cuts for the wealthy and tax breaks for tobacco - off the backs of working women

Cartoon by Jonathan Brown

The ICE surge in Minnesota cost $280M to detain 4k people. Of those- only 30 were accused of violent crimes. $9 million per capture of the "worst of the worst". Renee Good and Alex Pretti were unavailable for comment….dead by ice

You could make this up, but you don’t need to.

When talking about ICE murders, we should not forget those in ICE detention. Last year was already the deadliest year in two decades, with 32 deaths in ICE custody. 2026 is on pace to exceed that with 6 deaths already. ICE plans to build more detention centers. The death toll will only rise.

NACT's refusal to let more houses be built is the flipside of their plan to criminalize #homeless people. #NZpol

Hey remember when we illegally abducted the president of another country and still hold him hostage but no one seems to even care anymore?

Wait did another Republican voter try to kill trump that's so fucking funny

Alright, listen. This is a Free Palestine account. Israel is ABSOLUTELY committing genocide. Israel ABSOLUTELY has to give land back to the Palestinians. And I find murdering women and children in the name of Judaism to be real antisemitism. If that's a fucking problem, block me. 🍉

ICE wants to spend 38 billion to house immigrants. It would cost 20 billion to end homelessness in the US. America first my ass

If you took the world back to the 1970's every single politician in every major party in the Western World would be classed as Far Right.

No, Russia hasn't started World War III, it has invaded and illegally attacked one country - Israel meanwhile in the same space of time has attacked Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Yemen and Qatar; Netanyahu is in fact doing his best to start World War III.

Even more relevant now - @domesticanimal.bsky.social on National's plan to chase #homeless people from cities, where tourists might see them, to suburbs #NZpol

When John Key sold 1000 state homes, it made headlines & sparked debate Now Chris Bishop has cancelled 3500 builds & selling 900 houses (with land extra) in what's been called a private developers' lolly scramble, it's hardly making a splash How #NZ has changed #nzpol

Labor & the Liberals dont mind kids in concentration camps. The return of zionist IDF veterans to Australia straight from genocidal service in Gaza is no issue to them either.

Luxon getting all the good headlines today. This from Stuff. It is not photoshopped. #nzpol

"I don't take advice". Well, there's a great big surprise. Perhaps if luxon did take a little real advice, his tenure as PM wouldn't be the disastrous rock show it has been...? #nzpol #MostMockedPM #OneTermGovernment #Election26

#AngusTaylor says his bill targets #Terrorist sympathisers, and I just wonder if he realises that his support for #Israel during a genocide makes him look like a terrorist sympathiser in the eyes of most people in the Australian community… #auspol #libspill #liberals #gaza

breaking news the left was correct again and must be stopped at all costs

In #China, new #nuclear capacity in 2025 amounted to 2.5 GW whereas #solar capacity installed in the first 11 months of 2025 amounted to an estimated 275 GW.