Tze Ming Mok 莫志明
@tzemingdynasty.bsky.social
🏴 Race nerd, rights bore, writer (various). Read something here: www.tzemingmok.com
Opinions only my own, you can't have them
Auckland, City of Fails
Opinions only my own, you can't have them
Auckland, City of Fails
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hi new American followers, I'm a NZ-born SEAsian Chinese writer of a bunch of forms with a bunch of specialisms incl. sociology of race & racism, comparative regime transition, human rights, Asian diaspora tings, research methods... and firmly in the NZ politics shitpost cluster, sorry not sorry.
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obviously you only sell almost $6 billion in stock when you're certain a company is going to get even more valuable
Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
November 11, 2025 at 7:56 AM
obviously you only sell almost $6 billion in stock when you're certain a company is going to get even more valuable
This is an empirical and appalling measure of how far victims have to go for accountability from the senior ranks of the police, it is literally now evidenced that you need an 'I'LL DO TIME' online-harassment-case level of vengeance-seeking. It shouldn't be like this.
They prosecuted the woman who made complaints against him. #nzpol
“Over a period of years, Lack said the woman attempted to report allegations of a serious physical, psychological and sexual nature by McSkimming, who was one of the most powerful police officers in the country.” #misogny #corruption
“Over a period of years, Lack said the woman attempted to report allegations of a serious physical, psychological and sexual nature by McSkimming, who was one of the most powerful police officers in the country.” #misogny #corruption
Police bosses ignored sex complaints against top cop, charged woman for 'revenge' emails instead
Suppressions fall away to reveal the full story of the downfall of a deputy police boss.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 6:05 AM
This is an empirical and appalling measure of how far victims have to go for accountability from the senior ranks of the police, it is literally now evidenced that you need an 'I'LL DO TIME' online-harassment-case level of vengeance-seeking. It shouldn't be like this.
The Chinese, we are cursed.
imagine having a government job, dying, and waking up in hell only to be told you have to go back to work at another government job
November 11, 2025 at 5:56 AM
The Chinese, we are cursed.
oh maaaan who else just came up for air after reading 2 RNZ stories about his former deputy, the Pedo Bestiality Cop who only got busted after they *prosecuted* a female underling for not shutting up about how he is a creepy abuser, until someone finally was like 'hang on, is he a creepy abuser?'
TVNZ news reporting that Andrew Costar is "on leave" from Chief Executive role at the Social Investment Agency.
November 11, 2025 at 5:55 AM
oh maaaan who else just came up for air after reading 2 RNZ stories about his former deputy, the Pedo Bestiality Cop who only got busted after they *prosecuted* a female underling for not shutting up about how he is a creepy abuser, until someone finally was like 'hang on, is he a creepy abuser?'
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Stephen really does have the best take on this. It’s not clear that the BBC Board or indeed the rest of the News team really understood the message of the previous reviews, which were about getting detail right. Instead they wanted to know what was ‘biased’ or not like they were blotting out stains.
The impossible dream some people on the British right are chasing is that you can have a BBC News operation that retreats from detail and expertise, that takes dictation from the government, but this will only create incompetence and failure when it suits you:
To fix the BBC, focus on competence and cash
Corporation fails to learn from criticism, while politicians have consciously reduced its scope for quality journalism
www.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Stephen really does have the best take on this. It’s not clear that the BBC Board or indeed the rest of the News team really understood the message of the previous reviews, which were about getting detail right. Instead they wanted to know what was ‘biased’ or not like they were blotting out stains.
The fuuuuuuuck
Indonesia set to grant national hero status to late strongman President Suharto reut.rs/4p5fW32
Indonesia set to grant national hero status to late strongman President Suharto
Indonesia is set to award the title of national hero on Monday to late President Suharto, who was forced out of office in 1998 by violent protests that ended a three-decade rule marred by accusations of mass human rights violations, corruption and nepotism.
reut.rs
November 10, 2025 at 6:16 AM
The fuuuuuuuck
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Treasury is saying "woe is us" again and suggesting asset sales. So here's a reminder from the OECD that our Govt actually has a net worth ($191bn per Treasury) which makes us an outlier globally.
www.oecd.org/en/data/indi...
www.oecd.org/en/data/indi...
November 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Treasury is saying "woe is us" again and suggesting asset sales. So here's a reminder from the OECD that our Govt actually has a net worth ($191bn per Treasury) which makes us an outlier globally.
www.oecd.org/en/data/indi...
www.oecd.org/en/data/indi...
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‘I will be standing at the edge
of that fathomless crowd with an orange for you’ 🍊
of that fathomless crowd with an orange for you’ 🍊
Today’s poem is selected by Sam Herschel Wein (@samforbreakfast.bsky.social) as part of the 20th anniversary of Read A Little Poetry.
“Kiss of the Sun” appeared in Indeed I Was Pleased With the World by Mary Ruefle, Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2007. Shared here with deep gratitude.
“Kiss of the Sun” appeared in Indeed I Was Pleased With the World by Mary Ruefle, Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2007. Shared here with deep gratitude.
November 8, 2025 at 11:11 AM
‘I will be standing at the edge
of that fathomless crowd with an orange for you’ 🍊
of that fathomless crowd with an orange for you’ 🍊
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In the scheme of things 9 million dollars isn't a lot. Bit sure as shit ain't nothing. Its 9 million dollars somehow spent on getting Michelin to review some restaurants. How does that even work. It cost the crown 9 million dollars to get some restaurants reviewed. wtf. Honestly, how is that 9M.
November 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
In the scheme of things 9 million dollars isn't a lot. Bit sure as shit ain't nothing. Its 9 million dollars somehow spent on getting Michelin to review some restaurants. How does that even work. It cost the crown 9 million dollars to get some restaurants reviewed. wtf. Honestly, how is that 9M.
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Regular reminder that RBNZ publish real data on mortgage costs. National and the bank reckonomists love to talk about the costs of *new* mortgages only, but what drives the cost of living is what kiwis *actually* pay on our $384bn mortgage pile. Here's the real data... [🧵1/n]
November 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Regular reminder that RBNZ publish real data on mortgage costs. National and the bank reckonomists love to talk about the costs of *new* mortgages only, but what drives the cost of living is what kiwis *actually* pay on our $384bn mortgage pile. Here's the real data... [🧵1/n]
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‘I vote with the hand that holds
this knife. I vote for the fish, the bird,
the ocean and a raised land shaped
by explosion, erosion and willful life.’
Dinah Hawken reads from her poem ‘The Uprising’ after receiving the Prime Minister’s Award for Poetry last night.
this knife. I vote for the fish, the bird,
the ocean and a raised land shaped
by explosion, erosion and willful life.’
Dinah Hawken reads from her poem ‘The Uprising’ after receiving the Prime Minister’s Award for Poetry last night.
November 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
‘I vote with the hand that holds
this knife. I vote for the fish, the bird,
the ocean and a raised land shaped
by explosion, erosion and willful life.’
Dinah Hawken reads from her poem ‘The Uprising’ after receiving the Prime Minister’s Award for Poetry last night.
this knife. I vote for the fish, the bird,
the ocean and a raised land shaped
by explosion, erosion and willful life.’
Dinah Hawken reads from her poem ‘The Uprising’ after receiving the Prime Minister’s Award for Poetry last night.
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Since quite a few of you liked the excerpt from Dinah Hawken’s poem ‘The Uprising’ posted in the wake of her PM’s Award, just re-upping the link so you can read the whole thing here
Dinah Hawken 2014 - ŌRONGOHAU | BEST NEW ZEALAND POEMS
1. Here we are a skinny country in the largest ocean on earth spell-bound, windswept, lashed. The land is like a canoe heading south to an icy continent or heading north to equatorial islands. No one ...
www.bestnewzealandpoems.org.nz
November 7, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Since quite a few of you liked the excerpt from Dinah Hawken’s poem ‘The Uprising’ posted in the wake of her PM’s Award, just re-upping the link so you can read the whole thing here
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I think we need a law that once someone hits a certain level of wealth they need to have someone assigned to them in the spirit of a court jester or the guy who whispered in the ear of Roman generals getting a triumph.
A personal hater to remind them that everyone else around them is a suck up.
A personal hater to remind them that everyone else around them is a suck up.
November 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I think we need a law that once someone hits a certain level of wealth they need to have someone assigned to them in the spirit of a court jester or the guy who whispered in the ear of Roman generals getting a triumph.
A personal hater to remind them that everyone else around them is a suck up.
A personal hater to remind them that everyone else around them is a suck up.
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Paywall lifted: At every turn, the Govt has opted for whatever would actually lead to more pollution and a warmer world – even if it costs more, jeopardises NZ’s reputation, overturns a campaign promise or clashes with the Govt’s other priorities.
The long retreat:
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/g...
The long retreat:
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/g...
Govt's climate strategy: Let it burn
Comment: The Government has relentlessly pursued policies that boost climate pollution – even if they cost more or jeopardise NZ's reputation, Marc Daalder writes
newsroom.co.nz
November 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Paywall lifted: At every turn, the Govt has opted for whatever would actually lead to more pollution and a warmer world – even if it costs more, jeopardises NZ’s reputation, overturns a campaign promise or clashes with the Govt’s other priorities.
The long retreat:
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/g...
The long retreat:
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/g...
Chinese women inventing micro-anarchofeminist co-op houses (two families in an apartment), because they know that any bigger and you spend too long in meetings
Single mothers in China find a new kind of partner – other single mothers
Posts from women seeking like-minded parents to share a home and child-rearing responsibilities are appearing on social media
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Chinese women inventing micro-anarchofeminist co-op houses (two families in an apartment), because they know that any bigger and you spend too long in meetings
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Every word is true
1. This is a thread on freedom, and how easy it is to lose.
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Every word is true
Is Borat the White House's new designer
November 7, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Is Borat the White House's new designer
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
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Again a systemic story that's bigger than the individual bits: a govt which ran into power in large part based on banging the localism drum about water has accelerated the pace of centralised - and personal Ministerial - decision-making.
This is a big story about this govt. Someone should tell it.
This is a big story about this govt. Someone should tell it.
Yet another power grab.
“These approvals would be given directly to the Minister of Conservation without the input of either the Conservation Boards or the NZCA.
"This board also has concerns that the proposed draft document also appears to limit input by iwi."
www.1news.co.nz/2025/11/06/c...
“These approvals would be given directly to the Minister of Conservation without the input of either the Conservation Boards or the NZCA.
"This board also has concerns that the proposed draft document also appears to limit input by iwi."
www.1news.co.nz/2025/11/06/c...
Conservation Boards set to lose functions under new law
Conservation Minister Tama Potaka says the boards and the New Zealand Conservation Authority will continue to play an important role in managing conservation land.
www.1news.co.nz
November 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Again a systemic story that's bigger than the individual bits: a govt which ran into power in large part based on banging the localism drum about water has accelerated the pace of centralised - and personal Ministerial - decision-making.
This is a big story about this govt. Someone should tell it.
This is a big story about this govt. Someone should tell it.
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New fast-track amendments provide effectively a parallel #OIA regime for fast-track cronies _with_no_withholding_grounds_ #WTF
www.legislation.govt.nz/bill/governm...
www.legislation.govt.nz/bill/governm...
Fast-track Approvals Amendment Bill 219-1 (2025), Government Bill 25 Section 46 amended (EPA decides whether substantive application is complete and within scope) – New Zealand Legislation
www.legislation.govt.nz
November 7, 2025 at 1:54 AM
New fast-track amendments provide effectively a parallel #OIA regime for fast-track cronies _with_no_withholding_grounds_ #WTF
www.legislation.govt.nz/bill/governm...
www.legislation.govt.nz/bill/governm...
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An absolute thrill to publish this.
For the last day of our Subscriberthon we have set aside something *very* special: a gallery of stunning portraits of Palestinian activists by Tia Kasambalis, with an introduction by Tasnim Mahmoud Sammak.
Here’s PORTRAITS OF RESISTANCE.
Here’s PORTRAITS OF RESISTANCE.
Portraits of resistance - Overland literary journal
Tia’s Portraits of Resistance are a radical break from this assault against being a Palestinian settler in Australia. In these drawings we meet Palestinians, young and old, who found themselves holdin...
overland.org.au
November 7, 2025 at 1:18 AM
An absolute thrill to publish this.
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Over the last months, we’ve entirely rebuilt search on Our World in Data — we just launched it:
ourworldindata.org/introducing-...
Let me know what you think. Does it work for you?
ourworldindata.org/introducing-...
Let me know what you think. Does it work for you?
Introducing our new, more powerful search
Finding what you’re looking for, or discovering something new, has never been easier.
ourworldindata.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Over the last months, we’ve entirely rebuilt search on Our World in Data — we just launched it:
ourworldindata.org/introducing-...
Let me know what you think. Does it work for you?
ourworldindata.org/introducing-...
Let me know what you think. Does it work for you?
how many things are women ruining today nyt
November 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
how many things are women ruining today nyt
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Actually yeah, let's "move on" the people responsible for the rise in "rough sleepers".
You'll find them in their fancy apartments, receiving accommodation entitlements, and frolicking through the beehive.
You'll find them in their fancy apartments, receiving accommodation entitlements, and frolicking through the beehive.
November 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Actually yeah, let's "move on" the people responsible for the rise in "rough sleepers".
You'll find them in their fancy apartments, receiving accommodation entitlements, and frolicking through the beehive.
You'll find them in their fancy apartments, receiving accommodation entitlements, and frolicking through the beehive.