Roscoe Changleen
@changleen.bsky.social
Pōneke based Pākehā.
#NZPol
Humanist. We can make everyone’s lives better with deliberate choices.
Toitū Te Tiriti.
This is the worst government ever.
⚠️ Bad fucking language warning.
#NZPol
Humanist. We can make everyone’s lives better with deliberate choices.
Toitū Te Tiriti.
This is the worst government ever.
⚠️ Bad fucking language warning.
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#nzpol dirty
It seems disingenuous for The Post to publish this without acknowledging that Luke Pierson is a founding member of Vision for Wellington, especially given that Stuff owner Sinead Boucher is also a member. www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Wellington needs real solutions, not selective outrage over tunnels
OPINION: With 45,000 vehicles using the Mt Victoria Tunnel daily and strong public support for a second tunnel, the city faces a choice between practical fixes and political posturing.
www.thepost.co.nz
December 26, 2025 at 3:49 AM
#nzpol dirty
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I didn’t realise how greedy and narcissistic Wellington’s wealthy clique was until I became mayor.
No fury like a privileged Wellingtonian losing funding for their pet project, but investing in the many? Apparently that’s too much to ask.
No fury like a privileged Wellingtonian losing funding for their pet project, but investing in the many? Apparently that’s too much to ask.
December 26, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I didn’t realise how greedy and narcissistic Wellington’s wealthy clique was until I became mayor.
No fury like a privileged Wellingtonian losing funding for their pet project, but investing in the many? Apparently that’s too much to ask.
No fury like a privileged Wellingtonian losing funding for their pet project, but investing in the many? Apparently that’s too much to ask.
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If you see every tiny win for workers as a WIN against oppression, then of course you would vote for that.
If you can IMAGINE an entirely different experience of life, through taxing real WEALTH appropriately instead of basic income , then we are unstoppable. “WE”
#nzpol
If you can IMAGINE an entirely different experience of life, through taxing real WEALTH appropriately instead of basic income , then we are unstoppable. “WE”
#nzpol
December 26, 2025 at 9:37 AM
If you see every tiny win for workers as a WIN against oppression, then of course you would vote for that.
If you can IMAGINE an entirely different experience of life, through taxing real WEALTH appropriately instead of basic income , then we are unstoppable. “WE”
#nzpol
If you can IMAGINE an entirely different experience of life, through taxing real WEALTH appropriately instead of basic income , then we are unstoppable. “WE”
#nzpol
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BTW: if you were so bold as to tax the super rich, they would still be insanely rich. WE have nothing to lose on that note, but EVERYTHING to lose forever if WE don’t.
#nzpol
#nzpol
December 26, 2025 at 9:41 AM
BTW: if you were so bold as to tax the super rich, they would still be insanely rich. WE have nothing to lose on that note, but EVERYTHING to lose forever if WE don’t.
#nzpol
#nzpol
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Why did this reply make me think of Luxon?
#nzpol
#nzpol
Well, I’ve seen rich people look like absolute shit in their expensive duds and it was all due to their personality and attitude. If you’re an envious sadsack with no self-respect no tailor in the world can help you hide that.
December 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Why did this reply make me think of Luxon?
#nzpol
#nzpol
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A useful way of looking at the Atlas Network is as a guide to how right-wing interests build and maintain their influence and power.
It’s not a conspiracy, it’s an evil cult
https://www.psa.org.nz/journals/understanding-atlas-how-a-right-wing-network-is-building-global-influence
It’s not a conspiracy, it’s an evil cult
https://www.psa.org.nz/journals/understanding-atlas-how-a-right-wing-network-is-building-global-influence
Understanding Atlas: how a right-wing network is building global influence
The Atlas Network has started entering in political discussions after being linked in the media to right-wing political movements in Aotearoa and overseas. But what actually is it? And what can we learn from understanding how it works?
www.psa.org.nz
December 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
A useful way of looking at the Atlas Network is as a guide to how right-wing interests build and maintain their influence and power.
It’s not a conspiracy, it’s an evil cult
https://www.psa.org.nz/journals/understanding-atlas-how-a-right-wing-network-is-building-global-influence
It’s not a conspiracy, it’s an evil cult
https://www.psa.org.nz/journals/understanding-atlas-how-a-right-wing-network-is-building-global-influence
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You know, we're always told we view the past with rose-tinted glasses & the olden days were never really that good, but I remember when journalists used to piss & moan about having to do human interest stories instead of hard news because there wasn't enough news to fill half an hour.
I miss that.
I miss that.
December 23, 2025 at 10:48 PM
You know, we're always told we view the past with rose-tinted glasses & the olden days were never really that good, but I remember when journalists used to piss & moan about having to do human interest stories instead of hard news because there wasn't enough news to fill half an hour.
I miss that.
I miss that.
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Roadside drug testing will lead to more switching to drugs that don't stay in your system for as long as cannabis does (weeks even months).
Unknown drugs that may carry far more risk.
New synthetic drugs are a by-product of prohibition enforcement.
#EndProhibition
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Unknown drugs that may carry far more risk.
New synthetic drugs are a by-product of prohibition enforcement.
#EndProhibition
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Warning after multiple people hospitalised after using synthetic cannabis
High Alert is warning people to use "extreme caution" if using synthetic drugs.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 24, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Roadside drug testing will lead to more switching to drugs that don't stay in your system for as long as cannabis does (weeks even months).
Unknown drugs that may carry far more risk.
New synthetic drugs are a by-product of prohibition enforcement.
#EndProhibition
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Unknown drugs that may carry far more risk.
New synthetic drugs are a by-product of prohibition enforcement.
#EndProhibition
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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I hope this govt gives Brad Olsen a knighthood for Services to Toadying on the way out the door
December 23, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Techbro: You may wonder why we allowed the torment nexus we put in the middle of the mall to slash up a dozen passing shoppers with jagged serrated blades. The thing is, this field deployment of the torment nexus was a stress test that gave us a lot of valuable feedback about how to improve the […]
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December 22, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Techbro: You may wonder why we allowed the torment nexus we put in the middle of the mall to slash up a dozen passing shoppers with jagged serrated blades. The thing is, this field deployment of the torment nexus was a stress test that gave us a lot of valuable feedback about how to improve the […]
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#NZPol Once again our major ’news’ websites are essentially a grab-bag of tabloid trash, 95% news-free, phoning it in clickbait bollocks. There’s a lot of important stuff happening in the world, but you’d never know it from reading the bilge we get served up. Stay ignorant NZ! 💩💩💩💩
December 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
#NZPol Once again our major ’news’ websites are essentially a grab-bag of tabloid trash, 95% news-free, phoning it in clickbait bollocks. There’s a lot of important stuff happening in the world, but you’d never know it from reading the bilge we get served up. Stay ignorant NZ! 💩💩💩💩
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Same in New Zealand, it's almost like there's a common game plan #nzpol
Shock collars. Puppy farms. Caged hens. Farrowing crates. Years of Tory rule and they did f*ck all. Now there’s a bill to stop animal cruelty and the Tories are screeching again. Cruel, rotten, amoral b**tards. Same f**th, different day. #ukpolitics
December 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Same in New Zealand, it's almost like there's a common game plan #nzpol
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RBNZ/Treasury still pulling $ out of the economy (net) as cvid era QE gets undone. See how bond sales (red) are way higher than needed to soak up Govt deficit spending (pink)? This is discussed quite a bit in countries with a functional economics commentariat. Worth a look at Govt deficits... [1/2]
December 22, 2025 at 9:20 AM
RBNZ/Treasury still pulling $ out of the economy (net) as cvid era QE gets undone. See how bond sales (red) are way higher than needed to soak up Govt deficit spending (pink)? This is discussed quite a bit in countries with a functional economics commentariat. Worth a look at Govt deficits... [1/2]
#NZPol This is a depressing article. We’re a ‘advanced’ economy who’re about to buy wool from India and sell them wood. Fuck me. Agriculture is 6% of our GDP but listening to Luxo & our media you’d think it was 60%. Get some fucking ambition. Where are the articles about our gaming industry?
FTA with India: 'Bad deal' or 'strategically significant milestone'?
FTA with India: 'Bad deal' or 'strategically significant milestone'?
NZ First says it is a bad deal, but there is widespread support for the Free Trade Agreement with India among the New Zealand business community.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 22, 2025 at 8:38 AM
#NZPol This is a depressing article. We’re a ‘advanced’ economy who’re about to buy wool from India and sell them wood. Fuck me. Agriculture is 6% of our GDP but listening to Luxo & our media you’d think it was 60%. Get some fucking ambition. Where are the articles about our gaming industry?
#NZPol With trump doing extrajudicial killings of fishermen and ceasing oil tankers in blatant acts of piracy, using a fascist police force to round up non-whites into literal concentration camps where people are dying: a) WTF are our media basically silent on this? b) Why are we still in 5 eyes? 💩
December 22, 2025 at 7:49 AM
#NZPol With trump doing extrajudicial killings of fishermen and ceasing oil tankers in blatant acts of piracy, using a fascist police force to round up non-whites into literal concentration camps where people are dying: a) WTF are our media basically silent on this? b) Why are we still in 5 eyes? 💩
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Very much worth a read. #NZPOL
'Today, only 3% of bank activity consists of "lending to firms and individuals engaged in the production of goods and services."'
Productivity much?
'Today, only 3% of bank activity consists of "lending to firms and individuals engaged in the production of goods and services."'
Productivity much?
Pluralistic: A perfect distillation of the social uselessness of finance (18 Dec 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow pluralistic.net/2025...
December 22, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Very much worth a read. #NZPOL
'Today, only 3% of bank activity consists of "lending to firms and individuals engaged in the production of goods and services."'
Productivity much?
'Today, only 3% of bank activity consists of "lending to firms and individuals engaged in the production of goods and services."'
Productivity much?
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We've got to get out of '5 eyes', & get them out of AoNZ! #NZpol
www.csis.org/analysis/nss...
This is extremely significant. We may as well admit, under the Trump administration, democracy is an endangered species. What's next, a full alliance with Putin and authoritarianism against democracies in Europe and beyond?
This is extremely significant. We may as well admit, under the Trump administration, democracy is an endangered species. What's next, a full alliance with Putin and authoritarianism against democracies in Europe and beyond?
The NSS That Could Destroy the NATO Alliance
The latest U.S. National Security Strategy doesn’t just sideline Europe—it seeks to reshape its politics, backing nationalist parties and challenging the European Union in ways that could push the tra...
www.csis.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
We've got to get out of '5 eyes', & get them out of AoNZ! #NZpol
Who fucking voted for this dickhead? JFC.
How's that chair appointment going, Wellington?? #nzpol
Ray Chung questioned by mayor after voting to give funding to relative
Chung says he didn’t realise a relative’s name was on the council paper when he voted.
www.nzherald.co.nz
December 22, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Who fucking voted for this dickhead? JFC.
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While this is good news and should be celebrated as such, it stuns me that the UK managed to phase out coal generation before NZ has, thanks to the stupidity of neoliberal economics
#nzpol
#nzpol
New Zealand just recorded its first-ever day of zero coal- or gas-fired electricity. In fact two days, 20 & 21 December. (Still some co-gen, about 1.8%.)
December 22, 2025 at 1:23 AM
While this is good news and should be celebrated as such, it stuns me that the UK managed to phase out coal generation before NZ has, thanks to the stupidity of neoliberal economics
#nzpol
#nzpol
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LMAO. I wonder why Nicola doesn't fancy her chances in Wellington 🤔 www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Finance Minister Nicola Willis not standing for electorate seat at election
The finance minister will stand as a list-only candidate at the election and says she will campaign across New Zealand to re-elect a National government.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 21, 2025 at 11:59 PM
LMAO. I wonder why Nicola doesn't fancy her chances in Wellington 🤔 www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...