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In a crowded field of evil corporates, Elsevier is unethical and antisocial enough to really stand out. Fully support unis across our part of the world refusing to bow to them.
Elsevier should be made to eat it at every opportunity.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Elsevier should be made to eat it at every opportunity.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Universities in 'battle of the century' with journal publisher Elsevier
One New Zealand university told its staff all universities in New Zealand and Australia would "lose some degree of access" to the publisher's 1600 titles from the start of next year.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 15, 2025 at 6:50 AM
In a crowded field of evil corporates, Elsevier is unethical and antisocial enough to really stand out. Fully support unis across our part of the world refusing to bow to them.
Elsevier should be made to eat it at every opportunity.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Elsevier should be made to eat it at every opportunity.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
If anyone wants to help out the street dogs of Thailand Niall is currently running the marathon for them and it is being streamed life on yt Happy Doggo channel, you can donate there.
Some former graduates now living around the world wishing him well.
Some former graduates now living around the world wishing him well.
I still remember how bad a state every single one of these dogs were in when I found them in various bad situations in Thailand.
This was a surprise from the @happydoggo.com team. Talk about emotional just 3 hours before the Marathon!
This was a surprise from the @happydoggo.com team. Talk about emotional just 3 hours before the Marathon!
November 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
If anyone wants to help out the street dogs of Thailand Niall is currently running the marathon for them and it is being streamed life on yt Happy Doggo channel, you can donate there.
Some former graduates now living around the world wishing him well.
Some former graduates now living around the world wishing him well.
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Remember cost of living is a thing bc capitalists don’t think poor people deserve to live
November 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Remember cost of living is a thing bc capitalists don’t think poor people deserve to live
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Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
November 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
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The Empire Only De-Escalates In One Area So It Can Escalate In Another
As things cool down a bit in the middle east, the US has relocated the USS Gerald Ford from the Mediterranean Sea to the Caribbean while the Trump admin discusses plans to bomb Venezuela.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-empire...
As things cool down a bit in the middle east, the US has relocated the USS Gerald Ford from the Mediterranean Sea to the Caribbean while the Trump admin discusses plans to bomb Venezuela.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-empire...
The Empire Only De-Escalates In One Area So It Can Escalate In Another, And Other Notes
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):
www.caitlinjohnst.one
November 15, 2025 at 1:26 AM
The Empire Only De-Escalates In One Area So It Can Escalate In Another
As things cool down a bit in the middle east, the US has relocated the USS Gerald Ford from the Mediterranean Sea to the Caribbean while the Trump admin discusses plans to bomb Venezuela.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-empire...
As things cool down a bit in the middle east, the US has relocated the USS Gerald Ford from the Mediterranean Sea to the Caribbean while the Trump admin discusses plans to bomb Venezuela.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-empire...
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Heavy winter storms flooded Gaza’s tent camps on Friday, collapsing shelters and soaking families already displaced by Israel’s war. Streets in Gaza City turned into rivers of mud and rubble as rain poured into...
The full report by @AbdSabbah91 (X) in Gaza and @sharifkouddous (X) is linked below.
The full report by @AbdSabbah91 (X) in Gaza and @sharifkouddous (X) is linked below.
November 15, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Heavy winter storms flooded Gaza’s tent camps on Friday, collapsing shelters and soaking families already displaced by Israel’s war. Streets in Gaza City turned into rivers of mud and rubble as rain poured into...
The full report by @AbdSabbah91 (X) in Gaza and @sharifkouddous (X) is linked below.
The full report by @AbdSabbah91 (X) in Gaza and @sharifkouddous (X) is linked below.
There's an election in NZ next year. Make the living wage the bare minimum employers can pay an election issue. Workers shouldn't have to fight their employers for a life of dignity. Many can't and many lose. End electing people who believe in slave wages.
#nzpol
#nzpol
Great to see the financial support for the workers and the campaign continue to grow. #nzpol
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givealittle.co.nz/cause/suppor...
Support Resene Paints Workers to Win a Living Wage
Raising money to support Resene Paints workers to win a Living Wage at their workplace.
givealittle.co.nz
November 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
There's an election in NZ next year. Make the living wage the bare minimum employers can pay an election issue. Workers shouldn't have to fight their employers for a life of dignity. Many can't and many lose. End electing people who believe in slave wages.
#nzpol
#nzpol
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The alienation of young people can be blamed on Covid, phones and much else. But those are exacerbations. The real cause is rent exploitation in all its forms. It is neoliberalism that is destroying the lives of young people. And that is why it has to go. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...
Young people are alienated by neoliberalism
As the FT notes today, in another excellent article by John Burns-Murdoch:
In the UK [the number of] ... young people who are increasingly disengaged from not only the economy but the rest of society ...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 8:02 AM
The alienation of young people can be blamed on Covid, phones and much else. But those are exacerbations. The real cause is rent exploitation in all its forms. It is neoliberalism that is destroying the lives of young people. And that is why it has to go. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...
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Whoa boy ‘controversial’ doing a lot of heavy lifting there. ‘Almost universally unpopular and condemned by legal and constitutional experts’ was obviously too long for the headline.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Controversial Regulatory Standards Bill passes third reading
The bill got the backing of the coalition parties
www.rnz.co.nz
November 13, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Whoa boy ‘controversial’ doing a lot of heavy lifting there. ‘Almost universally unpopular and condemned by legal and constitutional experts’ was obviously too long for the headline.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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24 hours after the Israeli army announced it would reopen the Zikim crossing, it remains closed, with no trucks entering Gaza, Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud reports.
The shutdown leaves all of northern Gaza without a functioning entry point for humanitarian or commercial supplies...
Image: Anera
The shutdown leaves all of northern Gaza without a functioning entry point for humanitarian or commercial supplies...
Image: Anera
November 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
24 hours after the Israeli army announced it would reopen the Zikim crossing, it remains closed, with no trucks entering Gaza, Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud reports.
The shutdown leaves all of northern Gaza without a functioning entry point for humanitarian or commercial supplies...
Image: Anera
The shutdown leaves all of northern Gaza without a functioning entry point for humanitarian or commercial supplies...
Image: Anera
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There were 159,000 written submissions on the Regulatory Standards Bill (on top of over 23,000 submissions last year) - numbers that are second only to the Treaty Principles Bill in NZ’s history.
More than 98% of public submissions were opposed.
There’s a word for this, but it’s not democracy.
More than 98% of public submissions were opposed.
There’s a word for this, but it’s not democracy.
Controversial Regulatory Standards Bill passes third reading
The bill got the backing of the coalition parties
www.rnz.co.nz
November 13, 2025 at 9:16 AM
There were 159,000 written submissions on the Regulatory Standards Bill (on top of over 23,000 submissions last year) - numbers that are second only to the Treaty Principles Bill in NZ’s history.
More than 98% of public submissions were opposed.
There’s a word for this, but it’s not democracy.
More than 98% of public submissions were opposed.
There’s a word for this, but it’s not democracy.
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"One day, everyone will have always been against this" was a condemnation. Not a one-step guide for revitalizing your career.
‘We Should’ve Done More’: Kamala Harris Slams Biden Admin Over Netanyahu Support and Praises Pro-Palestine Protesters
‘We Should’ve Done More’: Kamala Harris Slams Biden Admin Over Netanyahu Support and Praises Pro-Palestine Protesters
Kamala Harris criticized Joe Biden's Administration, saying they should have been more willing to publicly criticize Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu over Gaza
The post ‘We Should’ve Done More’: Kamala Harris Slams Biden Admin Over Netanyahu Support and Praises Pro-Palestine Protesters first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
November 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
"One day, everyone will have always been against this" was a condemnation. Not a one-step guide for revitalizing your career.
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NEWS: Airlines whose profits were threatened by Trump’s flight reductions funneled huge cash to the Senate Democrats who voted to help the GOP end the shutdown without preventing huge cuts to Americans’ health care.
Airlines’ Favorite Democrats Just Voted To End The Shutdown
The Senate Dems who voted to end the shutdown without extending ACA subsidies took in a third of airlines’ PAC-driven election spending last year.
www.levernews.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
NEWS: Airlines whose profits were threatened by Trump’s flight reductions funneled huge cash to the Senate Democrats who voted to help the GOP end the shutdown without preventing huge cuts to Americans’ health care.
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As well they should! The US is preparing for an illegal coup out in the open!
November 11, 2025 at 11:13 PM
As well they should! The US is preparing for an illegal coup out in the open!
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At what point do we publicly accept that NZ is deeply corrupt and the only reason why we don’t have a culture of direct payoffs and bribery (that we cite as the evidence for us not being corrupt) is because it’s not needed? The boys club gets what it wants through people playing their social roles.
November 11, 2025 at 5:06 AM
At what point do we publicly accept that NZ is deeply corrupt and the only reason why we don’t have a culture of direct payoffs and bribery (that we cite as the evidence for us not being corrupt) is because it’s not needed? The boys club gets what it wants through people playing their social roles.
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‘The BBC is punished for the wrong things. It loses its leaders over an editing error, while escaping accountability for its editorial failures on Gaza.’
BBC Trump row: Pro-Israel bias over Gaza is the real scandal
The corporation stands at a crossroads. Down one path lies self-censorship and hollow apologies; down the other lies the public it was built to serve
www.middleeasteye.net
November 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
‘The BBC is punished for the wrong things. It loses its leaders over an editing error, while escaping accountability for its editorial failures on Gaza.’
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Honestly, the IPCA report into the police (mis)handling of the McSkimming case makes for jaw-dropping reading.
But it’s 135 pages long so I’ve read it for you.
Here’s my report on one of the most serious failures of integrity in modern policing history⬇️⬇️
But it’s 135 pages long so I’ve read it for you.
Here’s my report on one of the most serious failures of integrity in modern policing history⬇️⬇️
The inside story of how police protected a senior cop, and prosecuted his accuser instead
For years, police leadership ignored warnings about Jevon McSkimming. The IPCA has set out the chain of failures.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Honestly, the IPCA report into the police (mis)handling of the McSkimming case makes for jaw-dropping reading.
But it’s 135 pages long so I’ve read it for you.
Here’s my report on one of the most serious failures of integrity in modern policing history⬇️⬇️
But it’s 135 pages long so I’ve read it for you.
Here’s my report on one of the most serious failures of integrity in modern policing history⬇️⬇️
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This moment’s health care emergency was created a generation ago. Ignoring this history now dooms us to repeat it in the future.
The Health Care Crisis Origin Story
A generation ago, Democrats helped the insurance industry shut down a rare opportunity - leading to this moment of chaos.
sirota.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This moment’s health care emergency was created a generation ago. Ignoring this history now dooms us to repeat it in the future.
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“They are willing to genocide others but I’m safe probably”
It’s the same shit they make fun of republicans for. Leopards and Faces
It’s the same shit they make fun of republicans for. Leopards and Faces
Amazing moment in time right now where people who yelled at us for sticking to genocide as a red line are now also disgusted with Democrats and threatening not to vote for them. So your health insurance becoming more expensive was your red line?
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
“They are willing to genocide others but I’m safe probably”
It’s the same shit they make fun of republicans for. Leopards and Faces
It’s the same shit they make fun of republicans for. Leopards and Faces
To get this you have to first let politicians know what you demands are and that your vote is dependent on them. These policies don't magic up without pressure from voters.
Savings advice. I have some.
1. Vote in a Govt that DOESN’T gut employment, lower wages & kick pay equity to touch.
2. Vote in a Govt committed to affordable housing for all.
3. Vote in a Govt that is committed to affordable childcare, PT and free healthcare - including dentistry. 1/2 #nzpol
1. Vote in a Govt that DOESN’T gut employment, lower wages & kick pay equity to touch.
2. Vote in a Govt committed to affordable housing for all.
3. Vote in a Govt that is committed to affordable childcare, PT and free healthcare - including dentistry. 1/2 #nzpol
Five smart ways to boost your savings (without living a boring life)
Self denial never lasts and isn't even the best approach to fast-tracking your savings. Here are five tips for cultivating an effective saver's mindset.
www.1news.co.nz
November 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
To get this you have to first let politicians know what you demands are and that your vote is dependent on them. These policies don't magic up without pressure from voters.
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Laffer's curve: the tax myth that promoted inequality youtu.be/lrO9VpQCXZU?...
Laffer's curve: the tax myth that promoted inequality
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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November 9, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Laffer's curve: the tax myth that promoted inequality youtu.be/lrO9VpQCXZU?...
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I'm old enough to remember Treasury officials setting Govt finance within a macro context. Now we get silly 'geeing up the ghouls' scare stories. For a start, all the OECD countries on the left side of this chart have run Govt deficits on average since 2010. It's normal. [🧵1/n]
November 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I'm old enough to remember Treasury officials setting Govt finance within a macro context. Now we get silly 'geeing up the ghouls' scare stories. For a start, all the OECD countries on the left side of this chart have run Govt deficits on average since 2010. It's normal. [🧵1/n]
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Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
OpenAI faces 7 lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide, delusions
OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.