Jonathan Ayling is Baptist preacher and former NZ Free Speech Union spokesperson. He's not an economist. He may believe in feeding hordes with two loaves of bread and some fish but he's not Jesus and he can't deliver miracles. #NZpol

Looking forward to recieving a Cease & Desist from McDonald's for having the last name McNulty. www.thepost.co.nz/business/361...

white peony

it's the collective record of dogged perseverance in the pursuit of defending and clawing back the rights of disabled, homeless, beneficiary and rangatahi New Zealanders that help to determine the party i give my vote to. @greens.org.nz in a league of their own in Aotearoa, truly. @chloe.swarbrick

He can fuck back off to where he came from

that's also more or less where i'm landing on this whole thing. i will also say, as someone with a historical fiction graphic novella in the works, this is an eye opening discussion all around and also i know where i won't be shopping my gn around hah.

here's my ultimate take: if drawn & quarterly were serious about defending Tillie Walden, they would say "this is on us. we fucked up and we will take responsibility for any legal repercussions that ensue, bc it's our fault that this happened, not hers." anything short of that is cowardice

#nzpol Ahem, do pay attention National/NZ First/ACT coalition government. 🙄

“Politicians are easily accused of being hysterical, but last week in the Herald it was Act supporter and former head of the Free Speech Union, Jonathan Ayling, who drew a bow so long it betrayed his limited economic understanding.” #nzpol Tbh, same as for everything Ayling opines about.

#NZpol Open for anyone to read -

AX ’26: Manga Mavericks announces MOTIONLESS, plus THE SWORD OF PAROS & HERO COMPANY omnibus editions At Anime Expo 2026, Manga Mavericks announced English print editions of Motionless, The Sword of Paros, and Hero Company for 2027.

Jorja Smith announces new album 'What Are The Odds'; hear her join forces with Wizkid on "Alive"

Happy 40th birthday to Lindsay Lohan

In the third video in our series on the NZ Taxpayers' Union, 'Who Counts as a Taxpayer' we take a dive into how the NZTU talks about the public service, particularly the language of the 'bloated bureaucracy'. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTc7... #nzpol

I always imagined the Grim Reaper to be a smidge taller in person, but who knows, even without his vintage hooded robe on, his “cutting implement”still appears to be very lethal indeed. ☠️ We should refer to him as Death Tax Brown, coz it’s a grave & costly mistake to trust this predatory guy #nzpol

Not only has Simeon Brown attacked the Medical Council, causing them to stop working on their cultural safety statements, but he has also whitened the Nursing Council, no doubt aiming to reel them in from their Te Tiriti-based approach to the code of conduct. #nzpol kaitiaki.org.nz/article/excl...

#nzpol 🇳🇿 I unpolitely suggest the American Billionaire can go take his ass and his empirialism back to where he belongs. Stop giving these chuckleheads airtime just because they’re rich.

“Politicians are easily accused of being hysterical, but last week in the Herald it was Act supporter and former head of the Free Speech Union, Jonathan Ayling, who drew a bow so long it betrayed his limited economic understanding.” #nzpol archive.today/qm3Lo

Strands #852 “It's like talking to a brick wall” 💡🔵💡🔵 💡🔵💡💡 🔵💡🔵🟡

Good. If you are going to fund spurious cases, then you also need to pay costs when your racist litigants lose. #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...

Preach 🙌 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ

I hope NZ Ministry of Education has sense to consult experts to scan for what's under classrooms built on land formerly by Whenuapai RNZAF base runway. Check records too. Leaks from buried fuel tanks will only get worse. Fumes risky for kids' breathing. #NZpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/educati...

Sigh. Capitalism. Posts $1/2bn profits, cuts worker benefits #nzpol www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/bnz-staff...

That's a ridiculous world where your fuel can be literally free, yet the NZ government takes so much tax that a petrol car is cheaper to run. Mind you that's: crude oil 🚢ed to -> Singapore/S.Korea, refining -> 🚢ed to NZ -> 🚚ed to petrol station -> driving to fuel up there. vs 😎->🔌->🚗 #nzpol

Worse, the choice to use such performance indicators is the choice of MSD’s chief executive. Ministers don’t order CEs to do this. In this regard Power has more agency than the camp commandants who tried to rely on the ‘following orders’ defence at Nuremberg. #nzpol

'It appears that Luxon is surrounded by people either too incompetent to check a basic fact before putting it in his mouth, or too cynical to care whether it was true.' #NzPol

Ladies & gentlemen, presenting the party of personal responsibility. They all have a choice. They can choose to sacrifice their career and refuse this cruel policy. They each chose their own cushioned jobs & the most vulnerable are paying the price. Revolting people. All of them. #nzpol

One of my favorite Astronaut paintings, commissioned by a pair of collectors back in 2014 from a rough concept drawing they saw in my sketchbook. My daughter Cecilia modeled for the young listener, mesmerized by the stories of far off places. Whispers 24" x30" Oil on Panel 2015 private collection

What a beautiful letter across generations...

This is Cupcake. She is either living her best life or really going through it. Either way, probably best to give her a moment. 14/10 (TT: bundleofbullies)

This is Hina, Sasha, Momo, and Kikko. They just got in line behind their turtle friend. Not sure what the line is even for, but man is it moving slow. 12/10 for all (IG: yokokikuchi_ks)

Its been over a month and I'm still thinking about this

This is so funny to me because influencers are not critics. They are yes men. They sell flattery for a living. They will tell you your product is amazing if you wine and dine them. And then they will tell the public something entirely different just to be popular.

“Take back America and give it to me” is a hell of a campaign slogan.

The 1991 Ragman series. Way out of circulation, never collected, not digitally available anywhere. #ngl

Sketch of a Supergirl commission 💥

DC/Wildstorm's Grifter vs. Marvel's Hawkeye by Dexter Vines, from the 1997 Marvel. vs. Wildstorm card set.

Original painted art for a DC Comics Birds of Prey poster by Greg Land and Brian Stelfreeze, from 1997.

Wizard Magazine was pretty shit, but I do love that they got Art Adams to draw the idea of an Elseworld War, Red Rain Batman vs the Red Son Superman, but even more iconic the Dark Knight Returns Batman backhanding Rorschach

With video games going all digital, it will basically kill license games as we have seen in the past decade how quickly they can get delisted like look at the Deadpool or Transformers games of the 2010s, if you can find a physical copy of them they are insane prices

NZFirst. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

This is Harley. She's never rolled down a hill before, but she's super proud of her first attempt. 13/10 nailed it (TT: jesskoselke)

For whites only.

For a start, any use of blue green renders you spurious. The Green Party are right there #NZPol

Prejudice against transgender people, takatāpui, non-binary and intersex people in Aotearoa will not win. Not just because the NZ First bigot bill is badly drafted. But because we as a country are better than that. Inherent dignity for all members of human family will always be fought for. #nzpol

Chris Bishop at the business awards was a grumpy old man during the last speech. #nzpol

Labour promising to repeal the Disability Support Services Bill if they're elected is a good start but we also need real accessibility legislation from them and real support for disabled people and their families so we can have good lives where we're not expected to accept living in poverty #nzpol

Wrecking as much as they can #nzpol

Chris Bishop Wellington business awards 2026 I should've recorded it because he said something that was so bad regarding previous mayors. Something like "Good to see Andrew Little as a strong mayor, we have needed solid leadership because it's been lacking for quite a while" #nzpol

Trump uses AI slop. So does the National party. Ffs, can't they come up with anything original? Well said Chloe. Resorting to AI tells us they're panicking. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...