This is the noise that keeps me awake
@morefasterer.bsky.social
Kiwi. He/him.
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1. I think most liberals are probably familiar with one part of what has become known as Wilhoit’s Law – that the true goals of the right are inequality, injustice, repression and control. This is how composer Frank Wilhoit put it in 2018:
crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
February 4, 2026 at 2:09 PM
1. I think most liberals are probably familiar with one part of what has become known as Wilhoit’s Law – that the true goals of the right are inequality, injustice, repression and control. This is how composer Frank Wilhoit put it in 2018:
crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
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Darren Shields (aka the "weekend spearfisherman" as Shane Jones called him) has replied. This reply illustrates how much Shane Jones is disconnected from the New Zealand voter in general.
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February 5, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Darren Shields (aka the "weekend spearfisherman" as Shane Jones called him) has replied. This reply illustrates how much Shane Jones is disconnected from the New Zealand voter in general.
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Gotta side with members of your own party though... I wonder if Kaushal will stand for Papakura this year, now that Crusher is retiring?
Hoo-boy. Goldsmith has certainly made a choice here. Siding with Sunny Kaushal against the chief executive of Retail NZ – when all but one other member of his retail crime advisory group has now quit – could go very wrong. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/justice-m...
‘Total beat-up’: Justice Minister ‘happy’ with retail crime taskforce after three members quit
Retail NZ's CEO left the taskforce after her relationship with chair Sunny Kaushal soured.
www.nzherald.co.nz
January 27, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Gotta side with members of your own party though... I wonder if Kaushal will stand for Papakura this year, now that Crusher is retiring?
Meanwhile, NZ's coalition of cuts stifles innovation by putting its boot on the financial throat of our research centres.
Many forces affect productivity, but one stands out in Korea’s case: its commitment to innovation. The country spends nearly 5% of GDP on research and development, among the highest shares in the world, and it files far more patents per million people than any other nation.
December 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Meanwhile, NZ's coalition of cuts stifles innovation by putting its boot on the financial throat of our research centres.
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It is unclear whether humanity as a species could possibly survive a full-scale nuclear war with the current stockpiles. A nuclear war might well be humanity’s final war.
Read more in @maxroser.bsky.social's article on why reducing the risk of nuclear war should be a key concern of our generation:
Read more in @maxroser.bsky.social's article on why reducing the risk of nuclear war should be a key concern of our generation:
Nuclear weapons: Why reducing the risk of nuclear war should be a key concern of our generation
The consequences of nuclear war would be devastating. Much more should – and can – be done to reduce the risk that humanity will ever fight such a war
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December 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
It is unclear whether humanity as a species could possibly survive a full-scale nuclear war with the current stockpiles. A nuclear war might well be humanity’s final war.
Read more in @maxroser.bsky.social's article on why reducing the risk of nuclear war should be a key concern of our generation:
Read more in @maxroser.bsky.social's article on why reducing the risk of nuclear war should be a key concern of our generation:
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I've seen protecting kids used as an excuse to demonise; Muslims, trans and queer folks, cycle lanes for some reason, sexual and relationships education, healthcare provision, informed consent and each time it comes from people who want to exercise weird control of their kids or hate minorities.
December 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I've seen protecting kids used as an excuse to demonise; Muslims, trans and queer folks, cycle lanes for some reason, sexual and relationships education, healthcare provision, informed consent and each time it comes from people who want to exercise weird control of their kids or hate minorities.
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Social media is bad, but it's because the companies trying to extract data to sell from you who run them have made them bad. Banning kids from using it won't stop social media still being bad.
It won't stop the boiling of boomer and gen x brains in algorithmic toxic waste. So what are we doing here?
It won't stop the boiling of boomer and gen x brains in algorithmic toxic waste. So what are we doing here?
December 11, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Social media is bad, but it's because the companies trying to extract data to sell from you who run them have made them bad. Banning kids from using it won't stop social media still being bad.
It won't stop the boiling of boomer and gen x brains in algorithmic toxic waste. So what are we doing here?
It won't stop the boiling of boomer and gen x brains in algorithmic toxic waste. So what are we doing here?
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Banning children from social media really means a push for adult digital ID. Tech giants failed at their first generation ‘real names policies’. This time, they‘ve outsourced the work to corporate-supporting politicians and useful idiots.
December 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Banning children from social media really means a push for adult digital ID. Tech giants failed at their first generation ‘real names policies’. This time, they‘ve outsourced the work to corporate-supporting politicians and useful idiots.
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Has the National Party contemplated the bold step of them improving productivity by not being in power. There is more evidence for that than the justifications I am seeing in the media about worker holiday rights.
December 8, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Has the National Party contemplated the bold step of them improving productivity by not being in power. There is more evidence for that than the justifications I am seeing in the media about worker holiday rights.
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Every right-wing “grassroots”organisation in New Zealand is just Jordan Williams, David Farrar, and one randomly-selected Atlas Network apparatchik in a trenchcoat
There's a new "grassroots" website automating supportive emails to Erica Stanford / signatures on an open letter endorsing her attacks on te Tiriti and you have until the end of this skeet to guess who registered the domain name
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Did you guess Jordan Williams' Campaign Company? Gold star
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Did you guess Jordan Williams' Campaign Company? Gold star
November 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Every right-wing “grassroots”organisation in New Zealand is just Jordan Williams, David Farrar, and one randomly-selected Atlas Network apparatchik in a trenchcoat
Being a computer mechanic earns a better income than being a car mechanic.
November 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Being a computer mechanic earns a better income than being a car mechanic.
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"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
July 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
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Should be going all in on this line - unearned income is a drain on our economy.
October 30, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Should be going all in on this line - unearned income is a drain on our economy.
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When the heroes at Stats NZ are screaming at the world to take notice. A clear separation between the cost of living for the wealthy and sorted folks who are seeing a rapid easing, and the bottom-feeders who are getting properly screwed.
October 28, 2025 at 8:50 AM
When the heroes at Stats NZ are screaming at the world to take notice. A clear separation between the cost of living for the wealthy and sorted folks who are seeing a rapid easing, and the bottom-feeders who are getting properly screwed.
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A timely reminder.
October 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
A timely reminder.
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Yes, of course. Here's our spending on education as a % of NZ GDP. It's a useful case in point. Let's say that we decided to spend as much on education - relative to our economy - as Denmark and Finland. We would be spending about $4bn per year extra. [10/n]
October 19, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Yes, of course. Here's our spending on education as a % of NZ GDP. It's a useful case in point. Let's say that we decided to spend as much on education - relative to our economy - as Denmark and Finland. We would be spending about $4bn per year extra. [10/n]
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The next time someone says the Atlas Network is just a figment of our left wing paranoid imagination show them this X post:
October 13, 2025 at 3:18 AM
The next time someone says the Atlas Network is just a figment of our left wing paranoid imagination show them this X post:
Handy to know that now Hate Speech includes "the consequences of my own actions"
Going against the tide, the final local election votes have broken left at the expense of conservative Northland leaders. Jonathan Milne reports.
Latest mayor to be ousted claims he's a victim of 'hate speech'
newsroom.co.nz
October 13, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Handy to know that now Hate Speech includes "the consequences of my own actions"
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98.7% of approximately 166,300 public submissions opposed the RSB
But the majority of the committee has recommended it go forward with only really cosmetic changes.
But the majority of the committee has recommended it go forward with only really cosmetic changes.
October 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
98.7% of approximately 166,300 public submissions opposed the RSB
But the majority of the committee has recommended it go forward with only really cosmetic changes.
But the majority of the committee has recommended it go forward with only really cosmetic changes.
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Yep, it's the same old "bash a beneficiary" or "lazy youf" rhetoric to gain a couple of votes.
Lazy Luxon chasing 4000 kids to save approx $1.3M year but won't chase Destiny church charitable trust or Gloriavale, with charities estimated to be avoiding $2.0B year in tax avoidance.
Lazy Luxon chasing 4000 kids to save approx $1.3M year but won't chase Destiny church charitable trust or Gloriavale, with charities estimated to be avoiding $2.0B year in tax avoidance.
October 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Yep, it's the same old "bash a beneficiary" or "lazy youf" rhetoric to gain a couple of votes.
Lazy Luxon chasing 4000 kids to save approx $1.3M year but won't chase Destiny church charitable trust or Gloriavale, with charities estimated to be avoiding $2.0B year in tax avoidance.
Lazy Luxon chasing 4000 kids to save approx $1.3M year but won't chase Destiny church charitable trust or Gloriavale, with charities estimated to be avoiding $2.0B year in tax avoidance.
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Me reading half the internet lately:
I can’t tell if you’re a bot or a dipshit
September 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Me reading half the internet lately:
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Totally out of touch with reality. This "report" from Treasury omits any form of wealth or capital gains tax. As usual, workers would be targetted and the wealthy untouched.
It should be binned.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
It should be binned.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
GST at 32 percent, pension age of 72 among Treasury solutions to financial crunch
Someone is going to have to pay to keep the country's finances in order while the population ages, but who and how need to be decided soon.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 25, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Totally out of touch with reality. This "report" from Treasury omits any form of wealth or capital gains tax. As usual, workers would be targetted and the wealthy untouched.
It should be binned.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
It should be binned.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
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The hypocrisy as an expression of power is a thing, so the contradictions don't actually matter, but if David Seymour really wants to commemorate people killed for free speech in parliament, there have been over 270 journalists killed in Gaza. But I understand David Seymour might object to that.
September 12, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The hypocrisy as an expression of power is a thing, so the contradictions don't actually matter, but if David Seymour really wants to commemorate people killed for free speech in parliament, there have been over 270 journalists killed in Gaza. But I understand David Seymour might object to that.
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JKR just called Charlie Kirk a Totalitarian. Surprising!
His quote:
“Directly confronting the left, and promising to fight their illiberal ideology with state power when necessary, is the key to winning everyday Americans.
His quote:
“Directly confronting the left, and promising to fight their illiberal ideology with state power when necessary, is the key to winning everyday Americans.
September 11, 2025 at 10:47 PM
JKR just called Charlie Kirk a Totalitarian. Surprising!
His quote:
“Directly confronting the left, and promising to fight their illiberal ideology with state power when necessary, is the key to winning everyday Americans.
His quote:
“Directly confronting the left, and promising to fight their illiberal ideology with state power when necessary, is the key to winning everyday Americans.