Jonathan King
@jonathanking.bsky.social
I make films and comics in Wellington,
New Zealand. BLACK SHEEPS coming 2026.
New Zealand. BLACK SHEEPS coming 2026.
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They saw France bust down the doors of X for being pedophiles and immediately started developing the national sex crime VPN.
Exclusive: The US State Department is developing an online portal to enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned by their governments including alleged hate speech and terrorist propaganda, sources told Reuters reut.rs/4cySsA6
Exclusive: US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere
The U.S. State Department is developing an online portal that will enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned by their governments including alleged hate speech and terrorist propagan...
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February 19, 2026 at 1:49 AM
They saw France bust down the doors of X for being pedophiles and immediately started developing the national sex crime VPN.
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Countries that ban smoking risk looking less cool, sexy, say tobacco farmers
February 18, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Countries that ban smoking risk looking less cool, sexy, say tobacco farmers
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Dog Must Make Split-Second Decision Whether To Kill Or Show Tummy To Visitor https://theonion.com/dog-must-make-split-second-decision-whether-to-kill-or-show-tummy-to-visitor/
February 18, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Dog Must Make Split-Second Decision Whether To Kill Or Show Tummy To Visitor https://theonion.com/dog-must-make-split-second-decision-whether-to-kill-or-show-tummy-to-visitor/
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I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
I’m constantly astounded at the sheer level of artistic production coming out of Iceland. Novels, movies, music. Amazing.
February 18, 2026 at 2:23 PM
I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
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she should have been allowed to kill one guy per season
February 17, 2026 at 10:13 PM
she should have been allowed to kill one guy per season
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staring at the screen, no ideas, the empty prompt window confronting you with your own mediocrity -- welcome to the work, chump, you loser.
AI filmmaking is completely unserious.
You've got people with $30k begging the internet for ideas by next week because they have nothing of their own to say, it's just slop for the sake of slop. Embarrassing state of affairs.
You've got people with $30k begging the internet for ideas by next week because they have nothing of their own to say, it's just slop for the sake of slop. Embarrassing state of affairs.
February 17, 2026 at 8:01 PM
staring at the screen, no ideas, the empty prompt window confronting you with your own mediocrity -- welcome to the work, chump, you loser.
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We are the laughing stock of the world.
February 17, 2026 at 5:20 AM
We are the laughing stock of the world.
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Honestly if NZ parties don’t front up about their plans for climate & basic infrastructure we should be deeply ashamed -NZ has a sewerage crisis in all our major cities, we have flooding & landslides causing loss of life & critical failure s- thinking we can cap rates & manage this, is crazy
February 17, 2026 at 5:40 AM
Honestly if NZ parties don’t front up about their plans for climate & basic infrastructure we should be deeply ashamed -NZ has a sewerage crisis in all our major cities, we have flooding & landslides causing loss of life & critical failure s- thinking we can cap rates & manage this, is crazy
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Hot take:
I LOVE VERTIGO.
LOVE LOVE LOVE.
My favorite Hitchcock by a country mile.
Don’t like it? All good!
Agree to disagree.
Cinema is subjective.
But seriously…I LOVE VERTIGO.
I LOVE VERTIGO.
LOVE LOVE LOVE.
My favorite Hitchcock by a country mile.
Don’t like it? All good!
Agree to disagree.
Cinema is subjective.
But seriously…I LOVE VERTIGO.
February 17, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Hot take:
I LOVE VERTIGO.
LOVE LOVE LOVE.
My favorite Hitchcock by a country mile.
Don’t like it? All good!
Agree to disagree.
Cinema is subjective.
But seriously…I LOVE VERTIGO.
I LOVE VERTIGO.
LOVE LOVE LOVE.
My favorite Hitchcock by a country mile.
Don’t like it? All good!
Agree to disagree.
Cinema is subjective.
But seriously…I LOVE VERTIGO.
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19 hours away from the next exciting installment of our #StarWars webseries #ForTheEmpire.
Hit that notify button and join us for the fun!
Hit that notify button and join us for the fun!
TRAVELLER'S TALES - A Star Wars short film made with Unreal Engine 5
YouTube video by AFK
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February 17, 2026 at 12:16 AM
19 hours away from the next exciting installment of our #StarWars webseries #ForTheEmpire.
Hit that notify button and join us for the fun!
Hit that notify button and join us for the fun!
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‘These poets are reaching across time, across ways of seeing and remembering and supposing. Reading Manhire and Bornholdt is an uncomplicated pleasure in a complicated world. I am tremendously grateful for them.’ The launch day review for two of our favourite poets. thespinoff.co.nz/books/11-02-...
Uncomplicated pleasures in a complicated world: Bill Manhire and Jenny Bornholdt’s new poetry, reviewed
Two of Aotearoa’s greatest poets are launching new collections today. We review them both.
thespinoff.co.nz
February 17, 2026 at 12:33 AM
‘These poets are reaching across time, across ways of seeing and remembering and supposing. Reading Manhire and Bornholdt is an uncomplicated pleasure in a complicated world. I am tremendously grateful for them.’ The launch day review for two of our favourite poets. thespinoff.co.nz/books/11-02-...
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So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
It took only a 15-second clip of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt duking it out on a crumbling rooftop — made by A.I. with a two-sentence prompt and the click of a button — to draw swift outrage, and sizable fear, from Hollywood.
"It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.
"It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.
Why an A.I. Video of Tom Cruise Battling Brad Pitt Spooked Hollywood
A 15-second clip created by an artificial intelligence tool owned by the Chinese technology company ByteDance appears more cinematic than anything so far.
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February 16, 2026 at 8:36 PM
So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
Louie Louie
What’s the best song lyric in history?
February 16, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Louie Louie
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Jonathan King's excellent BLACK SHEEP (2006) is having a screening at Auckland's Academy Cinema, on Thursday 26 February, 8.15pm.
The sequel - BLACK SHEEPS - is due out in the not too distant future. www.academycinemas.co.nz/movie/film-t...
The sequel - BLACK SHEEPS - is due out in the not too distant future. www.academycinemas.co.nz/movie/film-t...
February 16, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Jonathan King's excellent BLACK SHEEP (2006) is having a screening at Auckland's Academy Cinema, on Thursday 26 February, 8.15pm.
The sequel - BLACK SHEEPS - is due out in the not too distant future. www.academycinemas.co.nz/movie/film-t...
The sequel - BLACK SHEEPS - is due out in the not too distant future. www.academycinemas.co.nz/movie/film-t...
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White supremacist bigots don’t actually care about any of the peoples or histories they claim to admire - they erase all cultural specificity in a racist attempt to divide the entire world into “white” and “not white”.
February 16, 2026 at 7:44 PM
White supremacist bigots don’t actually care about any of the peoples or histories they claim to admire - they erase all cultural specificity in a racist attempt to divide the entire world into “white” and “not white”.
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A giant loss: Robert Duvall is gone. An extraordinary artist who was fluent in every dialect of film acting, from ice-cold underplayer (The Godfather) to expert naturalist (Tender Mercies, The Apostle) to balls-to-the-wall maniac (Apocalypse Now). One of our all-timers. Plunge into that filmography.
Robert Duvall, the legendary actor whose career has spanned over six decades, has died at 95, his wife announced
February 16, 2026 at 6:09 PM
A giant loss: Robert Duvall is gone. An extraordinary artist who was fluent in every dialect of film acting, from ice-cold underplayer (The Godfather) to expert naturalist (Tender Mercies, The Apostle) to balls-to-the-wall maniac (Apocalypse Now). One of our all-timers. Plunge into that filmography.
The International right’s position on climate change is that it’s just gonna happen, and we can’t help or save every (any) one that can’t afford to save themselves.
Chilling to see that position so starkly embodied by own govt – simply ignoring it, as catastrophe unfolds around the country.
Chilling to see that position so starkly embodied by own govt – simply ignoring it, as catastrophe unfolds around the country.
February 16, 2026 at 7:05 AM
The International right’s position on climate change is that it’s just gonna happen, and we can’t help or save every (any) one that can’t afford to save themselves.
Chilling to see that position so starkly embodied by own govt – simply ignoring it, as catastrophe unfolds around the country.
Chilling to see that position so starkly embodied by own govt – simply ignoring it, as catastrophe unfolds around the country.
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"I'd tap that."
~Samuel Morse
~Samuel Morse
February 15, 2026 at 11:28 PM
"I'd tap that."
~Samuel Morse
~Samuel Morse
What Trumpist malarkey is this? For Christopher Luxon?!?
February 16, 2026 at 3:49 AM
What Trumpist malarkey is this? For Christopher Luxon?!?
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Uh yes Stuff I do actually have a question, why did you start something called 'The Forever Project' in 2019 where you promised much more coverage of an issue that you yourselves labelled as 'existential' and now you don't give a shit and just rag on cycleways while the world burns? #nzpol
What you need to know: Ask us anything about this chaotic weather situation and we’ll try to help
The relentless summer of extreme weather continued this weekend with states of emergency declared for the entire Manawatū District, Ōtorohanga, Waipā, the Tararua District and the Rangitīkei District ...
www.stuff.co.nz
February 15, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Uh yes Stuff I do actually have a question, why did you start something called 'The Forever Project' in 2019 where you promised much more coverage of an issue that you yourselves labelled as 'existential' and now you don't give a shit and just rag on cycleways while the world burns? #nzpol
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also I would be remiss if I did not reference @katebeaton.bsky.social’s legendary comic when discussing a book by one of the Brontës
February 15, 2026 at 8:26 PM
also I would be remiss if I did not reference @katebeaton.bsky.social’s legendary comic when discussing a book by one of the Brontës
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On NRT: An empty suit - norightturn.blogspot.com/2026/02/an-e...
An empty suit
Another weekend, another climate change disaster in Aotearoa. Flooding, people without power, roads blocked, people dead. And the Prime Mini...
norightturn.blogspot.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:50 PM
On NRT: An empty suit - norightturn.blogspot.com/2026/02/an-e...
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if you asked me to diagnose the western game industry's current problem it would start with "landlords have absorbed basically all disposable income"
February 15, 2026 at 8:03 AM
if you asked me to diagnose the western game industry's current problem it would start with "landlords have absorbed basically all disposable income"