Matt Whitehead
@mjwhitehead.bsky.social
Sometimes writer, ironically straight man-style humour, Wellington NZ
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oh you mean the billionaire that joined a right wing influence op and pressure campaign during local elections (against cycling infrastructure!!) that ended up massively failing despite the corrupt inclusion of NZ’s largest media company?
January 23, 2026 at 8:36 PM
oh you mean the billionaire that joined a right wing influence op and pressure campaign during local elections (against cycling infrastructure!!) that ended up massively failing despite the corrupt inclusion of NZ’s largest media company?
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Lots of good signs here, but I have to confess my favorite is a rebel alliance where they replaced the red insignia with blue and the Minnesota loon.
January 23, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Lots of good signs here, but I have to confess my favorite is a rebel alliance where they replaced the red insignia with blue and the Minnesota loon.
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The cognitive dissonance to have 'Paris agreement is destroying our lives' signs on farms the length of the South Island of NZ while we are experiencing fatal climate 1 in 1 year weather events again.
I might take a chainsaw on the next Dunedin to ChCh trip - the fuckers don't have the right
I might take a chainsaw on the next Dunedin to ChCh trip - the fuckers don't have the right
January 23, 2026 at 7:50 AM
The cognitive dissonance to have 'Paris agreement is destroying our lives' signs on farms the length of the South Island of NZ while we are experiencing fatal climate 1 in 1 year weather events again.
I might take a chainsaw on the next Dunedin to ChCh trip - the fuckers don't have the right
I might take a chainsaw on the next Dunedin to ChCh trip - the fuckers don't have the right
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— Israel kills 3 journalists, including CBS contributor
— AFP, the other impacted outlet, condemns killing & calls for investigation
— CBS doesn't, instead peddles Israel's claim that they were targeting a group with "a drone affilliated with Hamas"
Inside the Bari Weiss-led CBS response:
— AFP, the other impacted outlet, condemns killing & calls for investigation
— CBS doesn't, instead peddles Israel's claim that they were targeting a group with "a drone affilliated with Hamas"
Inside the Bari Weiss-led CBS response:
Bari Weiss’s CBS News Won’t Even Condemn Israel for Killing a CBS Contributor
Instead, the network’s new top anchor Tony Dokoupil peddles Israel’s talking points about it killing a Palestinian journalist. A CBS source calls it a ‘disgrace.’
zeteo.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:42 PM
— Israel kills 3 journalists, including CBS contributor
— AFP, the other impacted outlet, condemns killing & calls for investigation
— CBS doesn't, instead peddles Israel's claim that they were targeting a group with "a drone affilliated with Hamas"
Inside the Bari Weiss-led CBS response:
— AFP, the other impacted outlet, condemns killing & calls for investigation
— CBS doesn't, instead peddles Israel's claim that they were targeting a group with "a drone affilliated with Hamas"
Inside the Bari Weiss-led CBS response:
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This all feels inevitable. What we’re describing isn’t just OpenAI failing, or Coreweave failing, but a tidal wave of hurt coming to punish everyone that ever believed in Sam Altman or bought a GPU.
www.wheresyoured.at/premium-timebomb/
www.wheresyoured.at/premium-timebomb/
January 23, 2026 at 6:23 PM
This all feels inevitable. What we’re describing isn’t just OpenAI failing, or Coreweave failing, but a tidal wave of hurt coming to punish everyone that ever believed in Sam Altman or bought a GPU.
www.wheresyoured.at/premium-timebomb/
www.wheresyoured.at/premium-timebomb/
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This is the top headline on the NYT today
January 23, 2026 at 8:59 PM
This is the top headline on the NYT today
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This is sad for those who are experiencing delays in getting medical assistance.
HOWEVER, this is what is to be expected when a govt choses to eliminate jobs of essential frontline healthcare workers in order to fund tax cuts for landlords, the tobacco lobby and their wealthy cronies. #nzpol
HOWEVER, this is what is to be expected when a govt choses to eliminate jobs of essential frontline healthcare workers in order to fund tax cuts for landlords, the tobacco lobby and their wealthy cronies. #nzpol
Nurses and doctors ‘in tears’ as ED goes into code red four times in one night
More than 200 patients turned up at Wellington Hospital’s Emergency Department on Tuesday.
www.stuff.co.nz
January 23, 2026 at 8:37 PM
This is sad for those who are experiencing delays in getting medical assistance.
HOWEVER, this is what is to be expected when a govt choses to eliminate jobs of essential frontline healthcare workers in order to fund tax cuts for landlords, the tobacco lobby and their wealthy cronies. #nzpol
HOWEVER, this is what is to be expected when a govt choses to eliminate jobs of essential frontline healthcare workers in order to fund tax cuts for landlords, the tobacco lobby and their wealthy cronies. #nzpol
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James saying this right after Winston Peters congratulated the US on leaving WHO is just shocking levels of being uninvolved
January 23, 2026 at 8:58 PM
James saying this right after Winston Peters congratulated the US on leaving WHO is just shocking levels of being uninvolved
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A gentle reminder that Vladimir Putin rejected all peace deals in 2025, and would therefore be a horrible pick for any "Board of Peace".
January 19, 2026 at 1:41 PM
A gentle reminder that Vladimir Putin rejected all peace deals in 2025, and would therefore be a horrible pick for any "Board of Peace".
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Looks like long hot summers without an array of weekly killer storms is now another bit of populist nostalgia.
Thanks War Baby/Boomer govts, you gone done fucked it.
Thanks War Baby/Boomer govts, you gone done fucked it.
January 23, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Looks like long hot summers without an array of weekly killer storms is now another bit of populist nostalgia.
Thanks War Baby/Boomer govts, you gone done fucked it.
Thanks War Baby/Boomer govts, you gone done fucked it.
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Why are people bent out of shape about He-Man having pronouns when the actual thing we should be upset about is Jared Leto playing Skeletor
January 23, 2026 at 4:59 AM
Why are people bent out of shape about He-Man having pronouns when the actual thing we should be upset about is Jared Leto playing Skeletor
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Some of you sound exactly like the people who blame parents for ICE detaining a 5 year old when free school lunches come up. I said what I said.
January 23, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Some of you sound exactly like the people who blame parents for ICE detaining a 5 year old when free school lunches come up. I said what I said.
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All I want is for the gallery and commentariat to grill Luxon and Hipkins about this dogshit with HALF the energy they give any time the Greens announce a reasonable, costed, popular policy
January 23, 2026 at 5:38 AM
All I want is for the gallery and commentariat to grill Luxon and Hipkins about this dogshit with HALF the energy they give any time the Greens announce a reasonable, costed, popular policy
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I know NZ is real estate focused to a fault, but RNZ doing PR for Jared Kushner's genocidal land grab of Gaza is fucking disgusting
Genuinely what is wrong with every person working there that this gets across the line with no notes, let alone criticism
www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
Genuinely what is wrong with every person working there that this gets across the line with no notes, let alone criticism
www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
US touts 'New Gaza' filled with luxury real estate
US officials at Davos presented their vision for a "New Gaza" that would turn the Palestinian territory into a glitzy resort of skyscrapers by the sea.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 23, 2026 at 6:35 AM
I know NZ is real estate focused to a fault, but RNZ doing PR for Jared Kushner's genocidal land grab of Gaza is fucking disgusting
Genuinely what is wrong with every person working there that this gets across the line with no notes, let alone criticism
www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
Genuinely what is wrong with every person working there that this gets across the line with no notes, let alone criticism
www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
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National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 22, 2026 at 8:25 PM
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
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I just thought everyone should see this
January 22, 2026 at 11:02 PM
I just thought everyone should see this
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This kind of rhetoric was once the domain of fringe groups like Voices for Freedom, but NZ First now represents those fringe groups in parliament
January 23, 2026 at 5:39 AM
This kind of rhetoric was once the domain of fringe groups like Voices for Freedom, but NZ First now represents those fringe groups in parliament
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meanwhile cabinet ministers seek advice, ignore it to do the opposite, often corrupt, option and then suppress the information
www.stuff.co.nz/business/360...
www.stuff.co.nz/business/360...
RBNZ governor sorry for signing letter of support for US Fed chair without seeking advice
The new governor got a dressing down from Finance Minister Nicola Willis.
www.stuff.co.nz
January 23, 2026 at 7:29 AM
meanwhile cabinet ministers seek advice, ignore it to do the opposite, often corrupt, option and then suppress the information
www.stuff.co.nz/business/360...
www.stuff.co.nz/business/360...
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Our own Green Party is a partner in the Global Greens with the Green Party of England. And this brilliant ad is just as applicable here as there
Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
January 23, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Our own Green Party is a partner in the Global Greens with the Green Party of England. And this brilliant ad is just as applicable here as there
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"we'll look weak and out of touch"
ICE is underwater with non-college whites including 41% "strong disapprove"
there's no polling to hide behind, if you're not willing to fight here it's because you don't want to, not because it's a losing fight
ICE is underwater with non-college whites including 41% "strong disapprove"
there's no polling to hide behind, if you're not willing to fight here it's because you don't want to, not because it's a losing fight
January 22, 2026 at 6:44 PM
"we'll look weak and out of touch"
ICE is underwater with non-college whites including 41% "strong disapprove"
there's no polling to hide behind, if you're not willing to fight here it's because you don't want to, not because it's a losing fight
ICE is underwater with non-college whites including 41% "strong disapprove"
there's no polling to hide behind, if you're not willing to fight here it's because you don't want to, not because it's a losing fight
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Luxon turning up late to get a photo op at a disaster because it gives him an excuse for not attending Rātana? Yep, that's our PM. #nzpol
January 22, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Luxon turning up late to get a photo op at a disaster because it gives him an excuse for not attending Rātana? Yep, that's our PM. #nzpol
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