kyle
@kyledchurch.bsky.social
Critical view from the imperial periphery
Co-founder and Executive Producer for https://www.1of200.nz/podcast
Co-creator of trestle.nz
https://www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/7641-help-1of200-keep-independent-leftwing-critique-alive-in-aotearoa
Co-founder and Executive Producer for https://www.1of200.nz/podcast
Co-creator of trestle.nz
https://www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/7641-help-1of200-keep-independent-leftwing-critique-alive-in-aotearoa
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kyle
@kyledchurch.bsky.social
· Mar 1
Still waiting for that big Tim Jago / ACT party / David Seymour investigation from any NZ media
Still waiting for ANY sustained pressure at all
Do NZ media support sexual assault??
Still waiting for ANY sustained pressure at all
Do NZ media support sexual assault??
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Anyone told Simon Watts?
Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Anyone told Simon Watts?
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Why are we assuming there are any *good* apples? Have there been a spate of whistleblowers that I don't know about?
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Why are we assuming there are any *good* apples? Have there been a spate of whistleblowers that I don't know about?
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I want to see a strong commitment from opposition parties to protecting academic freedom, properly funding research, and rolling back these regressive social engineering laws.
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 AM
I want to see a strong commitment from opposition parties to protecting academic freedom, properly funding research, and rolling back these regressive social engineering laws.
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Depending on which agitators and cookers decide to cause disruptions over which particular issues, we're sadly going to see publicly just how much the self-nominated "classical liberals" actually value liberalism.
November 11, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Depending on which agitators and cookers decide to cause disruptions over which particular issues, we're sadly going to see publicly just how much the self-nominated "classical liberals" actually value liberalism.
really important thread about ACTUAL freespeech
Staff at NZ universities will now have to deal with govt mandated free speech complaints process designed to facilitate far right agitprop infiltrating campus spaces and threatening our academic freedom under the guise of protecting it.
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/ensu...
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/ensu...
www.beehive.govt.nz
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
really important thread about ACTUAL freespeech
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Staff at NZ universities will now have to deal with govt mandated free speech complaints process designed to facilitate far right agitprop infiltrating campus spaces and threatening our academic freedom under the guise of protecting it.
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/ensu...
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/ensu...
www.beehive.govt.nz
November 11, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Staff at NZ universities will now have to deal with govt mandated free speech complaints process designed to facilitate far right agitprop infiltrating campus spaces and threatening our academic freedom under the guise of protecting it.
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/ensu...
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/ensu...
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I have no doubt it goes much further among the undeserving 'elite' .... An 'untouchable club' and enablers
November 11, 2025 at 6:10 AM
I have no doubt it goes much further among the undeserving 'elite' .... An 'untouchable club' and enablers
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Bad apples grow on diseased trees in sour ground. Rather scary anyone still needs to be told that, but here we are I guess.
November 11, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Bad apples grow on diseased trees in sour ground. Rather scary anyone still needs to be told that, but here we are I guess.
can we discount the fact that things have been buried, perhaps actively by police, at this stage?
Still waiting for someone to publicly investigate what David Seymour knew about sex criminal Tim Jago and when.
November 11, 2025 at 5:12 AM
can we discount the fact that things have been buried, perhaps actively by police, at this stage?
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Still waiting for someone to publicly investigate what David Seymour knew about sex criminal Tim Jago and when.
November 11, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Still waiting for someone to publicly investigate what David Seymour knew about sex criminal Tim Jago and when.
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In case Alex's post is too subtle APOLOGISE TO TAMATHA PAUL THIS INSTANT YOU COWARDS
Just seems a little short while ago that various government politicians, and people acting as their media surrogates, were outraged and scandalized by, and poured scorn on, comments from younger women politicians for suggesting many people don't trust cops.
Highest levels of the force - filth.
Highest levels of the force - filth.
Well, this story just got a lot fucking worse. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/jevon-mcs...
November 11, 2025 at 4:51 AM
In case Alex's post is too subtle APOLOGISE TO TAMATHA PAUL THIS INSTANT YOU COWARDS
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Of course she was charged under the Harmful Digital Communications Act, rather than treating the allegations as serious (and they were serious). This is awful.
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Police 'failed' woman who accused Jevon McSkimming of sexual offending, her lawyer says
The allegations arose from an affair between McSkimming and the woman who at the time was a junior non-sworn police employee.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Of course she was charged under the Harmful Digital Communications Act, rather than treating the allegations as serious (and they were serious). This is awful.
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
It's fucking horrific, but the McSkimming case is very much beyond 'bad apple' territory into "how many others did McSkimming enable" and I'd be unsurprised if it reached beyond just the police as well, given the kompromat potential over him.
November 11, 2025 at 5:10 AM
It's fucking horrific, but the McSkimming case is very much beyond 'bad apple' territory into "how many others did McSkimming enable" and I'd be unsurprised if it reached beyond just the police as well, given the kompromat potential over him.
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They’re also completely setting up misuse of drugs act searches.
Got a cannabis Rx?
Kiss your vehicle contents privacy goodbye.
Got a cannabis Rx?
Kiss your vehicle contents privacy goodbye.
These devices DO NOT DETECT IMPAIRMENT.
The Minister had to change the law to allow them to be used because the law originally specified detecting impairment.
If you believe anything this head-up-its-own-arse Government says about substance use issues YOU'RE the problem.
#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol
The Minister had to change the law to allow them to be used because the law originally specified detecting impairment.
If you believe anything this head-up-its-own-arse Government says about substance use issues YOU'RE the problem.
#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol
Police poised to roll out new roadside drug test
Police are poised to begin testing drivers for drugs with a device that involves a quick swipe of the driver's tongue.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 4:13 AM
They’re also completely setting up misuse of drugs act searches.
Got a cannabis Rx?
Kiss your vehicle contents privacy goodbye.
Got a cannabis Rx?
Kiss your vehicle contents privacy goodbye.
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Almost like there’s a common theme here. Lies, selective distortions, and motivated reasoning gets amplified because it’s not impartial or objective to interpret whether “some people say” is accurate or not.
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Almost like there’s a common theme here. Lies, selective distortions, and motivated reasoning gets amplified because it’s not impartial or objective to interpret whether “some people say” is accurate or not.
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Rejuvenating community scale news has potential to make a huge difference if audiences take it seriously. The PIJF was a huge opportunity for this but was frittered away by centralised media orgs on operational expenses, not allocated strategically in a transformational way.
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Rejuvenating community scale news has potential to make a huge difference if audiences take it seriously. The PIJF was a huge opportunity for this but was frittered away by centralised media orgs on operational expenses, not allocated strategically in a transformational way.
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One major thing we’ve lost in the era of hegemonic finance/mergers and acquisitions is the rich networks of local papers and locality-based news gathering.
November 11, 2025 at 3:56 AM
One major thing we’ve lost in the era of hegemonic finance/mergers and acquisitions is the rich networks of local papers and locality-based news gathering.
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Not talking consistently about ideology, power or the funding networks promoting certain positions is one of the reasons so many people view media orgs as unreliable narrators. Need to talk about this, not handwave it by falling back on the truism that people just want their bias reflected back.
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Not talking consistently about ideology, power or the funding networks promoting certain positions is one of the reasons so many people view media orgs as unreliable narrators. Need to talk about this, not handwave it by falling back on the truism that people just want their bias reflected back.
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The RNZ MediaWatch attempt to self diagnose the ongoing destruction of NZ media and emergence of a polarised low trust information environment is welcome, but falters for reasons related to the macro problems.
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 AM
The RNZ MediaWatch attempt to self diagnose the ongoing destruction of NZ media and emergence of a polarised low trust information environment is welcome, but falters for reasons related to the macro problems.
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I agree. The narrative explanation for declining trust has become ‘political polarisation’ rather than ‘lying is now the norm’ which massively limits opportunities for adaptation and resilience to manipulation.
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I agree. The narrative explanation for declining trust has become ‘political polarisation’ rather than ‘lying is now the norm’ which massively limits opportunities for adaptation and resilience to manipulation.
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If Coster failed to act on McSkimming he needs to be fired from his current public service job as well www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Former top cop Andrew Coster criticised in IPCA report on McSkimming case
RNZ understands the final IPCA report was critical of former Commissioner Andrew Coster in terms of his action and inaction in response to allegations about McSkimming.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
If Coster failed to act on McSkimming he needs to be fired from his current public service job as well www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Oh the government hasn't fixed the economy? You mean...
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Oh the government hasn't fixed the economy? You mean...
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“NZ’s far-right coalition govt, elected in 2023, had no intention of resolving the crisis in essential services. Instead, it launched a radical program of austerity, imposing enormous public service cuts to fund billions of $$$ in tax breaks for landlords, tobacco companies, & big business.” #nzpol
Mega Strike in New Zealand Demands Funding for Public Services, Raises
New Zealand’s streets filled with nurses, doctors, teachers, health care assistants, public workers, and firefighters on October 23 in a massive one-day strike demanding that the government fully fund...
labornotes.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
“NZ’s far-right coalition govt, elected in 2023, had no intention of resolving the crisis in essential services. Instead, it launched a radical program of austerity, imposing enormous public service cuts to fund billions of $$$ in tax breaks for landlords, tobacco companies, & big business.” #nzpol
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📢 Biosecurity New Zealand says it has confirmed and removed a total of five queen hornets and their nests since mid October.
Queen hornet and nest found in Auckland suburb of Glenfield in past week
www.rnz.co.nz
November 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Crikey. First NZTA designs for retrofitting a busway to the northwestern, including a bus station between the Point Chev shops and the motorway and a dramatic-looking elevated busway to go over(!) St Lukes Rd and the existing eastbound on and off ramps. greaterauckland.substack.com/p/more-progr...
November 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Crikey. First NZTA designs for retrofitting a busway to the northwestern, including a bus station between the Point Chev shops and the motorway and a dramatic-looking elevated busway to go over(!) St Lukes Rd and the existing eastbound on and off ramps. greaterauckland.substack.com/p/more-progr...