The US is so embarrassing rn

This is the key indicator that this gov is corrupt. They won by such a thin margin they had to create a RW 3-way just to be in power… yet they decide to drastically alter NZ & pay off rich mates by breaking rules that THEY would be screaming about if they were in opposition. #nzpol

Are TRANSformers biological men? Bro they're not even cis-robots, they only became cars once they moved to Earth to conform to our gender norms (the two genders being cars and small electronic appliances)

At this point in the Dipshit PM Cycle I would actually applaud a teen punching this oblivious, mean-spirited asshole in the nuts

who exactly is the free press target market

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

I had pretty much been non practicing, but in the past few years it’s been invigorating to see what Judaism can be. I didn’t go to temple yesterday but standing on the steps of Borough Hall felt more meaningful.

Famous words of many Nobel Peace Prize winners.

This was always the plan. Project 2025 was Donald Trump's blueprint to seize unchecked power within the federal government and restrict Americans' freedoms. And he is implementing it right in front of our eyes.

Just to keep banging my drum: I think the Trump administration using every possible government website to blame the shutdown on the Democrats is a sign they’re really nervous that this is going to blow up in their faces. It’s once again a show of weakness, not strength.

Here’s the cheaper of two quotes we received today to paint our house. The cheaper one. Yes. The cheaper one. By 20k.

Sir, I’m a Republican, I was not told I’d have to do any governing or understanding of things.

As someone who has looked at every 4+ bed house listing in her area for the last 6 months at least, I am continually alarmed by the NZ obsession with a bright red backsplash in the kitchen. Like. Why. It’s so ugly. That and an unnatural obsession with painting everything grey, of course.

Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance. Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn. We have been sent here to fight for people.

I feel like you should be able to have a heater on for a couple of hours at night and cook dinner and have four showers without selling a kidney

Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com

The alleged shooter in Michigan. Weird that Vance and Patel haven’t tweeted out this info. 🤷🏽‍♂️👇🏽 www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Buried in the detail about reducing earthquake strengthening is the removal of requirements for disabled access and fire safety. You know who does that? Sociopaths.

Countries that recently recognised Palestine e.g. UK, Canada, Australia, France etc. ALL put in conditions to exclude Hamas - our NZ govt is using it as a shield for their moral failures #nzpol

jesus christ

In case anyone has forgotten what happened in Christchurch only 14 years ago

Somehow, this government has pulled off a kick in the nuts of three separate areas in one single announcement, fucking over small towns, the construction industry, *and* Wellington all at once

“A building’s overall risk status is determined by its weakest part, meaning even a small defect can result in an entire building being classified as earthquake-prone” - yes Mr Penk, that's how risk works. And people can be inside buildings, not just beneath their facades. Even in small towns!

incredible how transphobia is such a reliable bellwether for all the other terrible opinions someone holds

Said countries will say, "we just want 'high-quality immigrants'", meaning those in STEM and IT, bilingual 30-year-old PhDs, and the independently wealthy. They still need poor, brown people to tend the fields, clean the streets, and raise their children, but heaven forfend they think they can stay.

Early this morning, daylight saving began in New Zealand for another year. This is, I think, a good opportunity to highlight two Kiwi innovations: it was the first country in the world to establish a national mean time and a New Zealander invented DST. How did that happen? Well, read on... 1/20

Just got to pull the nunya / nunya business on the 6-year old, A++

the Command & Conquer series is 30 years old today we so have an excuse to share this iconic moment with Tim Curry

Just in from the ICE facility in Portland

Unless it’s the guys we like, when they storm, I dunno, the capitol??

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

from the latest print edition of ‘The Onion’

🚨 New directive NSPM-7 targets "anti-capitalism," “anti-Christian,” and “anti-American" opinions as indicators of extremist violence, authorizing an army of 4,000 counter-terrorism officers to prevent crimes that haven't happened: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...

An intellectually dishonest position riddled with internal inconsistencies concluding with a retreat into a defensive crouch? Par for the course then.

good lord

Kimmel won. Winning matters, wins are how we’re going to prevent this autocratic slide.

With both Nexstar and Sinclair predictably caving, I'm happy to say my column from this morning has become even more true: Jimmy Kimmel won, and it wasn't even close. Others should take note. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Gonna have to teach everyone from scratch that the president isn't your boss, he's your employee

“In the last year, we've been able to say a lot of stuff that other places are afraid to say,” says @bencollins.bsky.social. “We're going to keep doing it.” Jimmy Kimmel's cancellation was rightfully front page news -- the attempted silencing of the Onion should be too. (go subscribe!!)

It rocks that this sort of thing is just playing with the sound on in every waiting room in the country once you get 50 miles outside a major city. Two people with stuffed animal eyes shaking their heads sadly over footage of the president being inconvenienced briefly.

Trump: 'We are so broke 15 million people need to lose their health insurance.' Also Trump: www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-...

What I’d say to you is the best way for the game is just play the games and not play the games that are played in your own home

The Govt's stated reason for restricting voter enrolment in the last two weeks of the election has been speeding up the final count. But the Electoral Commission just told the Justice Select Committee that wouldn't happen - with or without the law change it would take 20 days. t.co/N0vRXHMbMt

Huntington's disease has been successfully treated for the first time, doctors tell BBC

One thing we've learned in the last 12 hours: The Sinclair-Nexstar ban on Kimmel, in terms of his reach, means nothing in an era when late-night shows have an afterlife or simultaneous life on streaming. Kimmel's average audience is 1.6M. On YouTube, last night's monologue is already at 8.4M views.

I love this