Frank
@fmacskasy.bsky.social
Social Democrat~Blogger~LGBTQI ally~Critic of the alt.Right/neo-liberalism~BDS~Free Palestine!~Slava Ukraine!~He/him
#NationalNotFitToGovern
TIME TO EXPEL THE ISRAELI & RUSSIAN AMBASSADORS!
I blog,sporadically,@ frankmacskasy.substack.com
#NationalNotFitToGovern
TIME TO EXPEL THE ISRAELI & RUSSIAN AMBASSADORS!
I blog,sporadically,@ frankmacskasy.substack.com
Gary Stevenson: 'They own your country' | 30 with Guyon Espiner S4 Ep3 | RNZ
YouTube video by RNZ
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January 3, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Woke up to headlines: President Pig kidnaps the leader and his wife of a sovereign nation.
It looks like Emmerson was more prescient than we realised...
And only FOUR DAYS into 2026.
Fuck Trump.
#PresidentPig
It looks like Emmerson was more prescient than we realised...
And only FOUR DAYS into 2026.
Fuck Trump.
#PresidentPig
January 3, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Woke up to headlines: President Pig kidnaps the leader and his wife of a sovereign nation.
It looks like Emmerson was more prescient than we realised...
And only FOUR DAYS into 2026.
Fuck Trump.
#PresidentPig
It looks like Emmerson was more prescient than we realised...
And only FOUR DAYS into 2026.
Fuck Trump.
#PresidentPig
Trump... the self declared ✌️President of Peace✌️...
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January 2, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Trump... the self declared ✌️President of Peace✌️...
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Aotearoa, take note...
“The transformation is astonishing. [Paris] has quietly—& quickly—become one of the most bike-friendly cities in the world. What started as a series of emergency “coronapistes” or pop-up bike lanes, built during the pandemic has evolved into a permanent bike network spanning hundreds of kilometres.”
New Study Shows How Paris Pedaled Its Way to a Cycling Revolution
Cycling through central Paris meant weaving between buses and scooters—a bold choice reserved for the fearless few.
momentummag.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Aotearoa, take note...
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Mamdani has only been Mayor for a day & criminals are already fleeing New York
January 2, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Mamdani has only been Mayor for a day & criminals are already fleeing New York
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Uh… check out what ChatGPT allegedly told a man before he killed his mother and then himself.
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December 31, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Uh… check out what ChatGPT allegedly told a man before he killed his mother and then himself.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
At airport cafe, Mojo...
Coffee - hot✔️
Scone - nicely heated✔️
Butter - rock hard, unspreadable (makes for nice Excalibur riff) ❌️
#FirstWorldProblems
Coffee - hot✔️
Scone - nicely heated✔️
Butter - rock hard, unspreadable (makes for nice Excalibur riff) ❌️
#FirstWorldProblems
December 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
At airport cafe, Mojo...
Coffee - hot✔️
Scone - nicely heated✔️
Butter - rock hard, unspreadable (makes for nice Excalibur riff) ❌️
#FirstWorldProblems
Coffee - hot✔️
Scone - nicely heated✔️
Butter - rock hard, unspreadable (makes for nice Excalibur riff) ❌️
#FirstWorldProblems
Evidently it's all our fault, for not understanding The Plan!
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Letter to the editor on Christopher Luxon - ‘People don’t always understand the plan’
. . By now, many of us would have read Luke Malpass’ piece on 20 December (2025):
frankmacskasy.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Evidently it's all our fault, for not understanding The Plan!
frankmacskasy.substack.com/p/letter-to-...
frankmacskasy.substack.com/p/letter-to-...
Missed out:
"And preparing for 1 million roadcones for the next ten years"
"And preparing for 1 million roadcones for the next ten years"
December 29, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Missed out:
"And preparing for 1 million roadcones for the next ten years"
"And preparing for 1 million roadcones for the next ten years"
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This shouldn’t be a charity, this is basic healthcare that should be provided by a functional state.
📢 A charity screening children for sight and hearing problems at schools now has a fully kitted-out optometry bus - and big plans to roll the service out for adults.
👉 More news/weather bots
👉 More news/weather bots
'Celia' the optometry bus hits the road to check Kiwi kids
www.rnz.co.nz
December 28, 2025 at 9:22 AM
This shouldn’t be a charity, this is basic healthcare that should be provided by a functional state.
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Imagine it being easier to just pay the 8 billion dollars and it won't affect you in the slightest. Man what have we done lol
Zuckerberg settles $8 billion lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica scandal, avoids testifying www.france24.com/en/americas/... @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
Zuckerberg settles $8 billion lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica scandal, avoids testifying
Mark Zuckerberg and current and former Meta executives agreed on Thursday to settle a $8 billion shareholder lawsuit alleging the company’s directors failed to prevent billions of dollars in fines and...
www.france24.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Imagine it being easier to just pay the 8 billion dollars and it won't affect you in the slightest. Man what have we done lol
Something a bit uplifting and guaranteed to bring a smile to your lips!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=jrwX...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=jrwX...
New Zealand's Best Inventions that changed the world! COMPILATION
YouTube video by Bogans Guide To The World
m.youtube.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Something a bit uplifting and guaranteed to bring a smile to your lips!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=jrwX...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=jrwX...
Paraphrasing Minister McClay:
"India free trade agreement excludes dairy, but that could change - minister"
Yes,and I could become a ballet dancer for the Bolshoi Ballet. But somehow,I don't like my odds...🙄
#MinisterialBullshit
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
"India free trade agreement excludes dairy, but that could change - minister"
Yes,and I could become a ballet dancer for the Bolshoi Ballet. But somehow,I don't like my odds...🙄
#MinisterialBullshit
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
India free trade agreement excludes dairy, but that could change - minister
New Zealand could continue to see improvements for the dairy industry under its Free Trade Agreement with India, the trade minister says.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 26, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Paraphrasing Minister McClay:
"India free trade agreement excludes dairy, but that could change - minister"
Yes,and I could become a ballet dancer for the Bolshoi Ballet. But somehow,I don't like my odds...🙄
#MinisterialBullshit
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
"India free trade agreement excludes dairy, but that could change - minister"
Yes,and I could become a ballet dancer for the Bolshoi Ballet. But somehow,I don't like my odds...🙄
#MinisterialBullshit
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
"The companies said the move should drive down pump prices, with Sheridan saying both companies were focused on making it easy for customers to pay less."
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
How stupid do they think we are?!?!🤪😜🤪😜🤪😜
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
How stupid do they think we are?!?!🤪😜🤪😜🤪😜
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Gull, NPD merger will drive down gas prices, companies say
The companies have 240 sites between and a combined buying power of one billion litres of fuel a year. The merger will make petrol cheaper for Kiwis, they said.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 24, 2025 at 11:09 PM
"The companies said the move should drive down pump prices, with Sheridan saying both companies were focused on making it easy for customers to pay less."
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
How stupid do they think we are?!?!🤪😜🤪😜🤪😜
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
How stupid do they think we are?!?!🤪😜🤪😜🤪😜
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
“All of our programs are a mess...I think our best (ship build) is six months late and 57% over budget”-Navy Secretary,John Phelan
Contract ship building to CHINA.Delivery guaranteed:on time;on budget,& expertise in ship building for the last 3000 years!
Youre welcome!🥳
www.cnn.com/2025/12/23/u...
Contract ship building to CHINA.Delivery guaranteed:on time;on budget,& expertise in ship building for the last 3000 years!
Youre welcome!🥳
www.cnn.com/2025/12/23/u...
Trump’s proposed battleships might look impressive on paper. But building them won’t be easy – or cheap | CNN
US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a new class of battleships bearing his name puts a fresh spotlight on a US naval shipbuilding program that has fallen short on delivering the new warships o...
www.cnn.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:26 PM
“All of our programs are a mess...I think our best (ship build) is six months late and 57% over budget”-Navy Secretary,John Phelan
Contract ship building to CHINA.Delivery guaranteed:on time;on budget,& expertise in ship building for the last 3000 years!
Youre welcome!🥳
www.cnn.com/2025/12/23/u...
Contract ship building to CHINA.Delivery guaranteed:on time;on budget,& expertise in ship building for the last 3000 years!
Youre welcome!🥳
www.cnn.com/2025/12/23/u...
🎉Merry 🎁christmas 🎄to 🎁 everyone 🎊 and 🧨 a ✨️bright 🎈new 🎉 year for 🎀 us 🎁 all! 🥳
- Frank & Dee
- Frank & Dee
December 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
🎉Merry 🎁christmas 🎄to 🎁 everyone 🎊 and 🧨 a ✨️bright 🎈new 🎉 year for 🎀 us 🎁 all! 🥳
- Frank & Dee
- Frank & Dee
Bought at SPCA op shop in Johnsonville early this afternoon.
Funny thing,Iwas thinking this morning that Peter Capaldi was easily one of my favourite Doctors:the lonely,angry man.
So there's the 2015 Annual,his stern visage staring at me from the shop's bookshelf...
The Universe can be so odd...
Funny thing,Iwas thinking this morning that Peter Capaldi was easily one of my favourite Doctors:the lonely,angry man.
So there's the 2015 Annual,his stern visage staring at me from the shop's bookshelf...
The Universe can be so odd...
December 23, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Bought at SPCA op shop in Johnsonville early this afternoon.
Funny thing,Iwas thinking this morning that Peter Capaldi was easily one of my favourite Doctors:the lonely,angry man.
So there's the 2015 Annual,his stern visage staring at me from the shop's bookshelf...
The Universe can be so odd...
Funny thing,Iwas thinking this morning that Peter Capaldi was easily one of my favourite Doctors:the lonely,angry man.
So there's the 2015 Annual,his stern visage staring at me from the shop's bookshelf...
The Universe can be so odd...
This rotten govt has passed TWENTYSEVEN Bills, fully, under Urgency.
The next Labour-Green-TPM coalition now has license to do likewise.
I EXPECT NO - ZERO! - complaints from National, Act,and NZ First.
Whats good for them, is good for the Left.
The next Labour-Green-TPM coalition now has license to do likewise.
I EXPECT NO - ZERO! - complaints from National, Act,and NZ First.
Whats good for them, is good for the Left.
December 21, 2025 at 6:12 AM
This rotten govt has passed TWENTYSEVEN Bills, fully, under Urgency.
The next Labour-Green-TPM coalition now has license to do likewise.
I EXPECT NO - ZERO! - complaints from National, Act,and NZ First.
Whats good for them, is good for the Left.
The next Labour-Green-TPM coalition now has license to do likewise.
I EXPECT NO - ZERO! - complaints from National, Act,and NZ First.
Whats good for them, is good for the Left.
Something to be wary if you use OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude, Google’s Gemini, DeepSeek, and xAI’s Grok...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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Millions of Private ChatGPT Conversations Are Being Harvested and Sold for Profit
Over six million conversations with private AI chatbots were scraped and sold to data brokers for profit, according to new security research.
futurism.com
December 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Something to be wary if you use OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude, Google’s Gemini, DeepSeek, and xAI’s Grok...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
December 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
While the media preoccupies itself with christmas hams and how to wrap a prezzie that eventually ends up in landfill, the state of our healthcare remains dire.
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my prep notes for a convo with craig renney, economist
talking about healthcare funding
open.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:19 PM
While the media preoccupies itself with christmas hams and how to wrap a prezzie that eventually ends up in landfill, the state of our healthcare remains dire.
open.substack.com/pub/drgarypa...
open.substack.com/pub/drgarypa...
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If any journalist wants to talk to a trans man with a PhD in Human Genomics who was trained in labs that studied the evolution of sex, I'm right here
Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻♂️
Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻♂️
December 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
If any journalist wants to talk to a trans man with a PhD in Human Genomics who was trained in labs that studied the evolution of sex, I'm right here
Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻♂️
Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻♂️