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Yep, wouldn't trust any of their assurances *at all*.
This is the same lot that made *election* promises about Dunedin hospital... oh wait, until they broke them. That their tax cuts were 'definitely costed'... oh wait, until forced to admit they weren't.
On and on their gaslighting goes.
Yep, wouldn't trust any of their assurances *at all*.
This is the same lot that made *election* promises about Dunedin hospital... oh wait, until they broke them. That their tax cuts were 'definitely costed'... oh wait, until forced to admit they weren't.
On and on their gaslighting goes.
I keep thinking about how Peters said the hīkoi was a waste of time because the bill isn't going to pass. But (a) I don't trust any of these arseholes to do what they say they will, and (b) if there was no pushback I'm sure Luxon et al would happily vote it through into law. #ToituTeTiriti #NZpol
Never trust a Tory or a Neoliberal
What we know about the coalition:
They will carry out their policies and the coalition agreement.
Everything else they say is lies.
Easy way to analyse any of their comments, media releases etc
What we know about the coalition:
They will carry out their policies and the coalition agreement.
Everything else they say is lies.
Easy way to analyse any of their comments, media releases etc
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The government yesterday passed a law that basically makes it possible for every NZ employee to be reclassified as a specified contractor, so they don’t get minimum wage, holidays, rights to fairness etc. Not only Uber Drivers. NZ First supported btw.
February 17, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The government yesterday passed a law that basically makes it possible for every NZ employee to be reclassified as a specified contractor, so they don’t get minimum wage, holidays, rights to fairness etc. Not only Uber Drivers. NZ First supported btw.
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"It would be funny if it weren’t so depressing. Because while politicians are dragging their feet, hoping someone else will be in charge by the time New Zealand runs out of time and has to start making difficult decisions, climate change is already here."
#NZpol #climatechange
#NZpol #climatechange
NZ must reckon with the grim reality of our future: more storms, floods and heat.
This is a confronting situation. And yet, if we are to shield our communities, our infrastructure and our economy from the worst excesses of climate change, it is one we must confront.
newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/18/c...
This is a confronting situation. And yet, if we are to shield our communities, our infrastructure and our economy from the worst excesses of climate change, it is one we must confront.
newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/18/c...
Climate change is here. NZ isn't ready
Analysis: A serious approach to climate adaptation requires reckoning with the grim reality the future holds: more storms, more floods, more heat.
newsroom.co.nz
February 19, 2026 at 5:28 AM
"It would be funny if it weren’t so depressing. Because while politicians are dragging their feet, hoping someone else will be in charge by the time New Zealand runs out of time and has to start making difficult decisions, climate change is already here."
#NZpol #climatechange
#NZpol #climatechange
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This means that we could do it even cheaper with grid-scale solar elsewhere (and spend the extra on batteries to really kill gas peaking), but putting it on industrial rooftops puts power right on top of demand, a significant co-benefit.
Good study by William & Peter Bisley: solar on 10% of NZ's available commercial & industrial roofs would cost $3b, earn $600m a year, and add 1.5 TWh of winter storage to the lakes – the same amount of energy the cracked LNG scheme is supposed to deliver.
bisley.substack.com/p/abundant-e...
bisley.substack.com/p/abundant-e...
Abundant energy for business
Reinvigorating the private sector with rooftop solar
bisley.substack.com
February 19, 2026 at 5:35 AM
This means that we could do it even cheaper with grid-scale solar elsewhere (and spend the extra on batteries to really kill gas peaking), but putting it on industrial rooftops puts power right on top of demand, a significant co-benefit.
We have entered John Key part of the term. Policy be focus group then presented to the court of public opinion. Enough backlash and they walk it back. Or, alternatively, ram it through under urgency
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
The Government backed down on housing - could they back down on the gas levy too?
ACT Party leader David Seymour has said his party is “actively listening” and “open to the possibility” of another way of doing it
www.stuff.co.nz
February 19, 2026 at 6:52 AM
We have entered John Key part of the term. Policy be focus group then presented to the court of public opinion. Enough backlash and they walk it back. Or, alternatively, ram it through under urgency
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
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Join me, with a full chest and great joy, saying out loud:
SUCK IT, TRANS-TASMAN RESOURCES!
WE WON! 🌊 🐳
Seabed mining company TTR gives up on the Fast Track process – Greenpeace […]
SUCK IT, TRANS-TASMAN RESOURCES!
WE WON! 🌊 🐳
Seabed mining company TTR gives up on the Fast Track process – Greenpeace […]
Original post on mastodon.nz
mastodon.nz
February 19, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Join me, with a full chest and great joy, saying out loud:
SUCK IT, TRANS-TASMAN RESOURCES!
WE WON! 🌊 🐳
Seabed mining company TTR gives up on the Fast Track process – Greenpeace […]
SUCK IT, TRANS-TASMAN RESOURCES!
WE WON! 🌊 🐳
Seabed mining company TTR gives up on the Fast Track process – Greenpeace […]
The narorw definition of politics is the way societies organise themselves and rules they follow. The broader one is about power and resources. The main point of politics is to allocate that fairly because doing it unfairly leads to conflict and wars.
Luxon seems keen on the very narrow definition
Luxon seems keen on the very narrow definition
February 19, 2026 at 6:42 AM
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Hmmm, it turns out our government has the whole prioritisation thing back to front. Even for their stated goals of commercialisation. Who would have thunk it!
#NZPOL
#NZPOL
“they should be careful not to deprioritize the kind of curiosity-driven, investigator-led research that has a strong track record in advancing humanity’s knowledge, producing the types of innovation that prosperity and well-being depend on.”
🧪 #Research
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
🧪 #Research
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Don’t deprioritize curiosity-driven research
Around the world, governments are demanding that research funding follow broader political priorities. They should be careful what they wish for.
www.nature.com
February 18, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Hmmm, it turns out our government has the whole prioritisation thing back to front. Even for their stated goals of commercialisation. Who would have thunk it!
#NZPOL
#NZPOL
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Remind you of anybody #nzpol?
“Our transition to EVs is aimed at ensuring our energy sovereignty,” said Ethiopia’s state minister for transport and logistics. “As a net importer of fuel, we are affected by global supply and price fluctuations. In contrast, EVs use electricity, which we produce locally and can price ourselves.”
Electric Vehicle Sales Boom as Ethiopia Bans Fossil-Fuel Car Imports
The East African country is making use of cheap hydropower and Chinese electric vehicles to ditch the internal combustion engine.
www.bloomberg.com
February 18, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Remind you of anybody #nzpol?
Gear up #mzpol
Our election is going to be like this
Our election is going to be like this
Dr Jeremy Walker details the “enormous war chest” of Advance & lists funders inc Gina Rinehart, James Packer, IPA board, Woodside’s Charles Goode & “the priv foundation of Jillian Segal” - who pay Advance to “flood social media with aggressive Far Right disinformation”🔥 #auspol
February 18, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Gear up #mzpol
Our election is going to be like this
Our election is going to be like this
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Another set of RBNZ forecasts, another pushing back of the recovery. At some point *surely* they will start to question their silly models of how the economy works. I mean, the decisions they take based on these numbers are pretty important, ay? Quick zoom in to make the point... [🧵1/n]
February 18, 2026 at 6:37 AM
Another set of RBNZ forecasts, another pushing back of the recovery. At some point *surely* they will start to question their silly models of how the economy works. I mean, the decisions they take based on these numbers are pretty important, ay? Quick zoom in to make the point... [🧵1/n]
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"[We] do need households to stop being cautious and get out and spend if we want to see the recovery continue to broaden."
February 18, 2026 at 8:58 AM
"[We] do need households to stop being cautious and get out and spend if we want to see the recovery continue to broaden."
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China has previously criticised the role, accusing the US of interfering in China’s internal affairs.
Washington appoints new US envoy on Tibetan human rights
China has previously criticised the role, accusing the US of interfering in China's internal affairs.
www.aljazeera.com
February 18, 2026 at 6:30 AM
China has previously criticised the role, accusing the US of interfering in China’s internal affairs.
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Can't. I'm halfway there
Can't. I'm on smoko, so leave me alone
Can't I'm living on a prayer.
February 18, 2026 at 6:33 AM
Can't. I'm halfway there
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It’s my birthday AND you have less than a week to pre-order this tee! 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀
First tee of 2026 and it's a BANGER: Trees Please, feat. seven Aotearoa native tree species in a three-colour screenprint of verdant greens, plus painstakingly hand-lettered text (nearly killed me ngl).
Pre-order open: please do pre-order to help gauge demand and secure your size: pepperraccoon.com
Pre-order open: please do pre-order to help gauge demand and secure your size: pepperraccoon.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:44 PM
It’s my birthday AND you have less than a week to pre-order this tee! 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀
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This is unironically a symptom of the modern rise of global fascism youtu.be/19PLc6hpTvA?...
THE BREADWINNER - Official Trailer (HD)
YouTube video by Sony Pictures Entertainment
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February 17, 2026 at 9:38 PM
This is unironically a symptom of the modern rise of global fascism youtu.be/19PLc6hpTvA?...
Advertise your account with a GIF
February 17, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Advertise your account with a GIF
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This belongs to the genre of "inherently political thing should not be political", a form of fantastical take that gives us similar nonsense about "take politics out of local govt!"
Infra cannot be divorced from politics. I wrote a whole damn book about how it brought down NZ's provincial system!
Infra cannot be divorced from politics. I wrote a whole damn book about how it brought down NZ's provincial system!
February 17, 2026 at 9:41 AM
This belongs to the genre of "inherently political thing should not be political", a form of fantastical take that gives us similar nonsense about "take politics out of local govt!"
Infra cannot be divorced from politics. I wrote a whole damn book about how it brought down NZ's provincial system!
Infra cannot be divorced from politics. I wrote a whole damn book about how it brought down NZ's provincial system!
#science
Sci Sky?
Sci Sky?
Can I please ask the #geneticists a really dumb question that bugs me sometimes?
Does every cell in our body have exactly the same DNA throughout our lifespan? If you took multiple samples from different organs of a middle-aged adult, at the same time, would they all be the same?
Does every cell in our body have exactly the same DNA throughout our lifespan? If you took multiple samples from different organs of a middle-aged adult, at the same time, would they all be the same?
February 17, 2026 at 6:36 PM
#science
Sci Sky?
Sci Sky?
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Wuthering slights: why are film-makers afraid of casting Yorkshire actors as Cathy Earnshaw?
Wuthering slights: why are film-makers afraid of casting Yorkshire actors as Cathy Earnshaw?
Wuthering Heights is inseparable from its landscape – but northern actors seldom get the lead role, instead are pigeonholed as stereotypical or supporting characters. This Bradford-born actor objects
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Wuthering slights: why are film-makers afraid of casting Yorkshire actors as Cathy Earnshaw?
Absolutely agree 😁
in this month's sports column! I advocate for the creation of Universal Basic Karate: observer.co.uk/news/columni...
February 17, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Absolutely agree 😁
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I did not know this, and it's clearly time to stop buying their products.
"The French-owned jams and preserves maker has applied to the Department of Conservation to discharge the 12,000 cubic metres of remaining industrial wastewater stored in ponds, near its South Canterbury factory, onto the Hae Hae Te Moana River Conservation Reserve."
newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/16/e...
newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/16/e...
Endgame for Barker’s wastewater pond issues becomes clear
Despite buying the neighbouring property, the fruit processor Barker’s applies to spread wastewater on a conservation reserve
newsroom.co.nz
February 17, 2026 at 8:41 AM
I did not know this, and it's clearly time to stop buying their products.
Wait, wait, wait up!
The genetics company is called Colossal Biosciences?
Colossal BS?
They're straight up trolling us for the $
The genetics company is called Colossal Biosciences?
Colossal BS?
They're straight up trolling us for the $
Today I heard Paul Scofield, Senior Curator of Natural History at Canterbury Museum, give a public talk on moa resurrection and the museumʻs partnership with Colossal Biosciences (the “dire wolf” people).
February 17, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Wait, wait, wait up!
The genetics company is called Colossal Biosciences?
Colossal BS?
They're straight up trolling us for the $
The genetics company is called Colossal Biosciences?
Colossal BS?
They're straight up trolling us for the $
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February 17, 2026 at 9:32 AM
In a world with so many barriers to doing research the right way, you *need* friends and allies to persist. You might find them here: