Don’t believe the claims about ‘kids safety’ behind the push for Online ID checks. They are and always have been about surveillance and censorship. @cassiewillson.bsky.social is spot on in this video

As we’ve seen in #nzpol, women and non-binary politicians are forced out of politics, men’s unacceptable behaviour is rewarded, and media are complicit in both by actively participating in one and deliberately staying silent on the other.

I really can’t see how this is good for NZ. Do you? #nzpol

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World Facebook was an awesome resource, with so many stats on many countries. Sad.

NEW: What’s happening in the US is TECHNOFASCISM. It’s fascism + surveillance technologies. Palantir is playing a central role. And the UK is next in line. My latest for @thenerve.news 1/ www.thenerve.news/p/technofasc...

NZ has fallen into a 'crisis and response' pattern on climate disaster, experts say. Billions have been spent on storm recovery since 2023, while key climate adaptation funding and planning tools have been cut. My story looking at last week’s storms www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Get ur mates registered to vote. Winston gets his numbers up in the polls, he's got a figure in mind, when it hits that he pulls the coalition, early election, huge number of voters not registered in time for early elections and coalition re elected for more grifting chaos. #nzpol

AI tools are immensely powerful. The use of AI as a general purpose chat bot that is used like an encyclopaedia is the worst possible use of AI. AI is now, given good instructions from a knowledgeable user, capable of doing absolutely vast amounts of work extremely fast.

Solar-covered parking could match entire U.S. power output (~4,400 TWh/yr). Australia’s even better placed: brutal sun, vast car parks, grid-edge stress, #EV demand. Globally this is pre-cleared land + instant generation. Not tech-limited—planning-limited. Shade → power. ⚡🌞🅿️ #Bettrification #Solar

One of the most interesting aspects of leaderless organisation is discipline. Note the remarkable lack of violence by the ICE protesters movement so far. It would be remarkable if a charismatic leader managed to maintain this level of discipline. But *nobody* is doing this, *everybody* is.

This is one of the things that I find is most shocking to people outside Minnesota who don’t realize it yet—the scale at which everyone who isn’t white has been forced into a spectrum of hiding. Very good article drawing out the Tahrir Square comparison.

NZ taxpayers spent $6M to bring Michelin stars here and only paid $3M to the WHO. Contributing to world health seems like a much better spend to me. #nzpol

#nzpol #Election26 #TwoTicksGreen #DitchThePricks

Anyway, to recap, our deficit with the rest of the world, high private debt levels, clueless Treasury/Govt, and interest rates stuck at 2.25% (unless the world takes a dive) mean I have zero confidence that we will see meaningful job growth in twenty-twenty-sux. Today's data was baaad. [Ends]

Why don’t people believe experts? A lot of public communication still relies on the deficit model. But this approach consistently fails, and here I explain why. For more science content follow my channel on YouTube > youtube.com/shorts/IkKdD...

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

I made the most of my time whilst living in the UK…

Walking along the Heathcote to meet a friend for a coffee and I’m getting raindrops from a very distant rain cloud. Very windy though! #Ōtautahi #Christchurch

The deepfake porn site owned by the richest man in the world. It feels fairly indefensible to be a user of it at this point. I'm not one to shame anyone for their choices there, but we're sort of past the point of it being remotely reasonable.

I just want people to remember that what this was was transparently obvious at the time and universally condemned. Hold on to that fact and don't let people change it under you.

In today’s Weekend Herald

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That's a BILLION DOLLARS this government is underspending in health. A BILLION DOLLARS taken out of healthcare! They have the money, they just don't want to spend it. Not on on hospitals or doctors or nurses or admin staff or regional health care, or anyone of a myriad of needed items. #nzpol

Good grief. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Indian all-women tri-services naval vessel arrives in Lyttelton

Chat in my Chch smoko room yesterday was how the Bondi attacks had reawakened the sadness of the 15 March, and how Aus based kiwi friends and family are rethinking plans to attend New Year events through fear. The mosque attacks affected all kiwis regardless of race, religion and creed. #nzpol

It was infuriating to hear on RNZ at 9.30 that contractors ( Datacom) had been engaged this year to fill Health NZ help desk roles that were previously done by Health NZ employees, who had been cut by the NACT1 govt earlier this year. (1/2) #nzpol www.nzdoctor.co.nz/article/news...

Goldsmith's Crimes Amendment Bill just gets worse and worse. There are the accidentally missing sections. But there's also this - a deliberate attempt to bypass scrutiny by simply leaving out controversial sections and then asking to have them added back in later. #nzpol

For a glimpse of just how complex, fascinating and unexpected soil ecosystems are, have a watch of this video, and see if it doesn't blow your mind. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyGI...

My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’

Yeah I'm calling utter BS on that one. Strong 'you didn't tell us this would be in the exam' vibes. FFS

Look what I found in my mailbox today. #nzpol

Flip Grater has nailed it. “This Government’s decisions - in a shockingly apparent and unapologetic way - are focused entirely on short-term gain and greed. And the result is an economy in tatters and an environment in grave danger.” #nzpol

Wonder what this heat map of Australia will mean for AoNZ weather in the coming days / weeks?

With the asbestos laced play sand debacle, NZ is getting a case study of what a low/no level of regulation means for pushing cost onto consumers and tax payers … in realtime. User pays. www.1news.co.nz/2025/11/17/m... #nzpol

Until govts prioritise funding public health systems (pay well, realistic resourcing and invest in workforce planning and training), there will be a dependency on overseas trained staff to fill gaps. And even they are going to leave for better places. In NZ’s case that Australia and beyond. (1/2)

Here's weekly jobs data as per. Sliding sideways, ready for a quick summer boost, then what?? There is not enough demand in the economy. Lower interest rates are terrible stimulus. If only we had a Govt with half a clue. (2/2)

NZ govt going hard out on not wanting to deal with impacts of climate change. <Looking wistfully at the Port Hills> “The PSA said FENZ wanted to cut four wildfire jobs just as the smoke was clearing from the big blaze at Tongariro National Park.” #nzpol #otautahi

An indictment on the limping state of the NZ media ecosystem. “A single shared source of truth makes it harder for partisan echo chambers to form, or for divisive narratives to dominate. It’s good for social cohesion and compromise.” #nzpol

Lovely. 👏👏👏

A pretty major omission IMHO. #ClimateCrisis #nzpol

NZ’s climate law to change – Expert Reaction

interesting viewpoint that has touched a chord. The enemy of cynicism and passivity is curiosity, optimism, agency and possibility.

Meanwhile NZ struggles with an energy-price crisis ... a little policy creativity and innovation could make a massive difference to cost of living and productivity. #nzpol

This event should be in our headlines all around the world #COP30 #LastChance

A movie you've seen more than 7 times with a gif

and not a single one of them in the south www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

This thread puts the NZ NACT govt proposals around Modernising Conservation Land Management into a more alarming perspective. thespinoff.co.nz/atea/20-08-2... #nzpol