Hayley
@writagal.bsky.social
Forever learning, opinions mine. Generally annoyed about something.
Aotearoa.
https://whereyouare0.substack.com/
Aotearoa.
https://whereyouare0.substack.com/
This is why politicians don’t move from X, why people still engage with it as a platform, why our appalling stats on abuse remain appalling.
100% the below - there’s no consequences and no accountability if the people targeted have been dehumanised to the point they’re no longer considered people.
100% the below - there’s no consequences and no accountability if the people targeted have been dehumanised to the point they’re no longer considered people.
One of the things that gets me about them people who are like “they are ending the constitution to distract from the Epstein files, don’t fall for it” is that nobody in power cares about little girls.
January 14, 2026 at 6:08 PM
This is why politicians don’t move from X, why people still engage with it as a platform, why our appalling stats on abuse remain appalling.
100% the below - there’s no consequences and no accountability if the people targeted have been dehumanised to the point they’re no longer considered people.
100% the below - there’s no consequences and no accountability if the people targeted have been dehumanised to the point they’re no longer considered people.
The US is clearly hurtling into full blown fascism with global consequences and, in Aotearoa, our government can’t stop using the word friend to describe the administration.
I can’t recall a time when we’ve ever been a friend of fascism, but then, democracy in NZ is quickly looking different, too.
I can’t recall a time when we’ve ever been a friend of fascism, but then, democracy in NZ is quickly looking different, too.
It goes without saying that in the US you’re not supposed to have a masked secret police that snatches people off the streets without knowing if they’ve committed a crime. That’s about as basic a requirement for a democracy as exists.
Having seen several abductions up close, it is really hard to convey how much the thing they’re doing is roaming in military convoys until they see someone who is alone and isn’t white, and then jumping out in large numbers, pulling them into a van, and screeching off, all in 90 seconds or so.
January 14, 2026 at 6:00 PM
The US is clearly hurtling into full blown fascism with global consequences and, in Aotearoa, our government can’t stop using the word friend to describe the administration.
I can’t recall a time when we’ve ever been a friend of fascism, but then, democracy in NZ is quickly looking different, too.
I can’t recall a time when we’ve ever been a friend of fascism, but then, democracy in NZ is quickly looking different, too.
Interesting reading the Guardian article this morning and the Newsroom one tonight.
The Olympic-level twisting to justify operating on the same platform as deepfakes that overwhelmingly target women and girls is really something.
The Olympic-level twisting to justify operating on the same platform as deepfakes that overwhelmingly target women and girls is really something.
January 14, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Interesting reading the Guardian article this morning and the Newsroom one tonight.
The Olympic-level twisting to justify operating on the same platform as deepfakes that overwhelmingly target women and girls is really something.
The Olympic-level twisting to justify operating on the same platform as deepfakes that overwhelmingly target women and girls is really something.
“Government ministers cannot be making policy announcements in a space that hosts AI-generated, near-naked pictures of young girls. Journalists cannot share their work in a place that systematically promotes white supremacy.“
Relevant to #nzpol and the choices being made by those we place trust in.
Relevant to #nzpol and the choices being made by those we place trust in.
To anybody still using X: sexual abuse content is the final straw, it’s time to leave | Marie Le Conte
It was hard for me to quit Elon Musk’s poisoned platform, but I urge others to do the same, especially in light of Grok’s imagery of women and children, says journalist Marie Le Conte
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:21 PM
“Government ministers cannot be making policy announcements in a space that hosts AI-generated, near-naked pictures of young girls. Journalists cannot share their work in a place that systematically promotes white supremacy.“
Relevant to #nzpol and the choices being made by those we place trust in.
Relevant to #nzpol and the choices being made by those we place trust in.
“Rama and I feel lucky to be starting a new chapter the way so many New Yorkers have, by moving to a new part of the city.
We're grateful for the welcome to the UES and humbled to be tenants of Gracie Mansion, a home that belongs to the people.”
So desperate for decency I burst into tears at this.
We're grateful for the welcome to the UES and humbled to be tenants of Gracie Mansion, a home that belongs to the people.”
So desperate for decency I burst into tears at this.
January 13, 2026 at 8:45 AM
“Rama and I feel lucky to be starting a new chapter the way so many New Yorkers have, by moving to a new part of the city.
We're grateful for the welcome to the UES and humbled to be tenants of Gracie Mansion, a home that belongs to the people.”
So desperate for decency I burst into tears at this.
We're grateful for the welcome to the UES and humbled to be tenants of Gracie Mansion, a home that belongs to the people.”
So desperate for decency I burst into tears at this.
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Re-sharing for the new year, which is also an election year! If you agree, help us out by emailing your local MP asking why Labour and National have not yet signed this letter or committed to regulating AI deployment in NZ. #nzpol
We’ve published an Open Letter calling on NZ leaders to deliver risk-based AI regulation & a national oversight body. AI has huge potential, but harms (deepfakes, gendered abuse, bias) are real and rising. Read the Letter (and sign it if you agree!) #nzpol
regulateai.nz
regulateai.nz
Home
A call to the NZ Parliament to regulate AI
regulateai.nz
January 6, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Re-sharing for the new year, which is also an election year! If you agree, help us out by emailing your local MP asking why Labour and National have not yet signed this letter or committed to regulating AI deployment in NZ. #nzpol
Mostly no, because non-consensual intimate images are generated overwhelmingly by men, overwhelmingly targeting women, and New Zealand demonstrably employs misogyny as a tool in every sphere of life with zero qualms whatsoever, including our media, our politicians, and as evidenced here, our policy.
are any NZ media talking about grok and applying pressure, let alone any politicians??
BREAKING: Technology Secretary Liz Kendall says creating ”non-consensual intimate images”, including with X’s Grok, will be made illegal this week
January 13, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Mostly no, because non-consensual intimate images are generated overwhelmingly by men, overwhelmingly targeting women, and New Zealand demonstrably employs misogyny as a tool in every sphere of life with zero qualms whatsoever, including our media, our politicians, and as evidenced here, our policy.
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1/200 S2E178 - Interim Order on Puberty Blockers
@mythros.bsky.social hosts @jennifilm.nz to discuss in depth the interim order regarding the puberty blocker ban, what led up to it and what the next steps might be.
@mythros.bsky.social hosts @jennifilm.nz to discuss in depth the interim order regarding the puberty blocker ban, what led up to it and what the next steps might be.
1/200 S2E178 - Interim Order on Puberty Blockers — 1/200
Simone hosts Jennifer Shields to discuss in depth the interim order regarding the puberty blocker ban, what led up to it and what the next steps might be.
www.1of200.nz
January 13, 2026 at 2:21 AM
1/200 S2E178 - Interim Order on Puberty Blockers
@mythros.bsky.social hosts @jennifilm.nz to discuss in depth the interim order regarding the puberty blocker ban, what led up to it and what the next steps might be.
@mythros.bsky.social hosts @jennifilm.nz to discuss in depth the interim order regarding the puberty blocker ban, what led up to it and what the next steps might be.
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They expect us to hold their hurt feelings as more pressing than our very lives. They’re not unclear about Ross killing Good. They’re trying to “but technically” their way into publicly saying she deserved to die like that.
Sorry, what? The federal “investigation” into ICE’s killing of an American is investigating the *victim*?
January 13, 2026 at 3:19 AM
They expect us to hold their hurt feelings as more pressing than our very lives. They’re not unclear about Ross killing Good. They’re trying to “but technically” their way into publicly saying she deserved to die like that.
It’s almost like we live in a societal structure that consistently dehumanises and undermines women to the point where their participation, expertise and lived experience in any sphere is so devalued that all the worst men retain power and nobody does anything about it because those are the rules.
She warned us. Like Hillary, Kamala was right about everything.
January 12, 2026 at 11:53 PM
It’s almost like we live in a societal structure that consistently dehumanises and undermines women to the point where their participation, expertise and lived experience in any sphere is so devalued that all the worst men retain power and nobody does anything about it because those are the rules.
Aside from these specific details being insane, a decade ago, if you’d pitched “US President declares total ownership of multiple countries within a two week period while posting in all caps and dismissing the murder of US citizens by his own Gestapo”, you’d have been kicked out of the writers room.
I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
January 12, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Aside from these specific details being insane, a decade ago, if you’d pitched “US President declares total ownership of multiple countries within a two week period while posting in all caps and dismissing the murder of US citizens by his own Gestapo”, you’d have been kicked out of the writers room.
This is how you do it. Would love to see something similar from NZ Greens.
January 12, 2026 at 5:57 PM
This is how you do it. Would love to see something similar from NZ Greens.
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“Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has become the latest international headline act to pull out of the 2026 Adelaide writers’ week in protest over the Adelaide festival board’s decision to rescind its invitation to Palestinian-Australian academic Randa Abdel-Fattah.”
Good to see 👇
Good to see 👇
Jacinda Ardern pulls out of Adelaide writers’ week as fallout over Randa Abdel-Fattah’s axing continues
Ructions within festival board over Palestinian-Australian academic’s inclusion began in October, email reveals
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:38 AM
“Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has become the latest international headline act to pull out of the 2026 Adelaide writers’ week in protest over the Adelaide festival board’s decision to rescind its invitation to Palestinian-Australian academic Randa Abdel-Fattah.”
Good to see 👇
Good to see 👇
Trump once said “I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters.”
This is demonstrably true; he hasn’t fired the gun but US citizens have been killed over and over again in his name.
Democracy only works when representatives act on behalf of their citizens.
This is demonstrably true; he hasn’t fired the gun but US citizens have been killed over and over again in his name.
Democracy only works when representatives act on behalf of their citizens.
January 11, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Trump once said “I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters.”
This is demonstrably true; he hasn’t fired the gun but US citizens have been killed over and over again in his name.
Democracy only works when representatives act on behalf of their citizens.
This is demonstrably true; he hasn’t fired the gun but US citizens have been killed over and over again in his name.
Democracy only works when representatives act on behalf of their citizens.
Reflecting that systemic, cultural, deliberate dehumanisation of women and girls has meant that there’s no broader change when a “shocking” revelation occurs.
It’s demonstrably clear what Trump is, but the pattern is that those with power and wealth choose dehumanisation over accountability any day.
It’s demonstrably clear what Trump is, but the pattern is that those with power and wealth choose dehumanisation over accountability any day.
Still waiting for those Epstein files to be released
January 11, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Reflecting that systemic, cultural, deliberate dehumanisation of women and girls has meant that there’s no broader change when a “shocking” revelation occurs.
It’s demonstrably clear what Trump is, but the pattern is that those with power and wealth choose dehumanisation over accountability any day.
It’s demonstrably clear what Trump is, but the pattern is that those with power and wealth choose dehumanisation over accountability any day.
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The only government agencies in any democratic country that should still use X--the Nazi bar and deepfake pedo porn site formerly known as Twitter--are security agencies monitoring extremism.
January 11, 2026 at 1:27 AM
The only government agencies in any democratic country that should still use X--the Nazi bar and deepfake pedo porn site formerly known as Twitter--are security agencies monitoring extremism.
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This is open white-supremacist fear-mongering, just a reminder to boycott anything tied to Elon Musk.
January 11, 2026 at 6:01 PM
This is open white-supremacist fear-mongering, just a reminder to boycott anything tied to Elon Musk.
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This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
January 11, 2026 at 4:55 AM
This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
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This is Minneapolis:
-drop the kids off for a day with their grandparents
-go to brunch with your wife
-get a text from neighbors who don’t have enough food & can’t leave home or they might be abducted by fed govt
-get groceries as helicopters roar overhead
-deliver food & this vehicle passes you
-drop the kids off for a day with their grandparents
-go to brunch with your wife
-get a text from neighbors who don’t have enough food & can’t leave home or they might be abducted by fed govt
-get groceries as helicopters roar overhead
-deliver food & this vehicle passes you
January 10, 2026 at 8:20 PM
This is Minneapolis:
-drop the kids off for a day with their grandparents
-go to brunch with your wife
-get a text from neighbors who don’t have enough food & can’t leave home or they might be abducted by fed govt
-get groceries as helicopters roar overhead
-deliver food & this vehicle passes you
-drop the kids off for a day with their grandparents
-go to brunch with your wife
-get a text from neighbors who don’t have enough food & can’t leave home or they might be abducted by fed govt
-get groceries as helicopters roar overhead
-deliver food & this vehicle passes you
“They were people like us.
But they also perpetrated horrible, monstrous acts on behalf of the ideology they believed in. Dehumanizing all the “others" was a tool that helped them achieve their goal.
The perpetrators thought of themselves as moral people.
And this is the scary part of this history.”
But they also perpetrated horrible, monstrous acts on behalf of the ideology they believed in. Dehumanizing all the “others" was a tool that helped them achieve their goal.
The perpetrators thought of themselves as moral people.
And this is the scary part of this history.”
January 10, 2026 at 10:19 PM
“They were people like us.
But they also perpetrated horrible, monstrous acts on behalf of the ideology they believed in. Dehumanizing all the “others" was a tool that helped them achieve their goal.
The perpetrators thought of themselves as moral people.
And this is the scary part of this history.”
But they also perpetrated horrible, monstrous acts on behalf of the ideology they believed in. Dehumanizing all the “others" was a tool that helped them achieve their goal.
The perpetrators thought of themselves as moral people.
And this is the scary part of this history.”
Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.
- Margaret Atwood
- Margaret Atwood
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.
- Margaret Atwood
- Margaret Atwood
If they declare martial law in the US are we still friends with them?
Do we keep the FBI office in Wellington?
We’ve just undermined our elections with the passing of the Electoral Amendment Bill, following the US blueprint - the threat is real, and the next election the most consequential to date.
Do we keep the FBI office in Wellington?
We’ve just undermined our elections with the passing of the Electoral Amendment Bill, following the US blueprint - the threat is real, and the next election the most consequential to date.
January 10, 2026 at 5:11 AM
If they declare martial law in the US are we still friends with them?
Do we keep the FBI office in Wellington?
We’ve just undermined our elections with the passing of the Electoral Amendment Bill, following the US blueprint - the threat is real, and the next election the most consequential to date.
Do we keep the FBI office in Wellington?
We’ve just undermined our elections with the passing of the Electoral Amendment Bill, following the US blueprint - the threat is real, and the next election the most consequential to date.
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The "news" is not "man filmed thing", the "news" is THE USA IS A FAILED STATE AND THE MASKED GOONS OF ITS DESPOTIC REGIME ARE OPENLY MURDERING PEOPLE ON THE STREET and if you're not reporting it that way (ok ok you can say "allegedly murdering" if you must) you're not doing journalism
RNZ choosing to syndicate CNN here, and specifically an article that platforms, and even promotes, Vance and other fascists' views that the shooting was justified, while introducing doubt as to the actual reality we've all seen, is an absolute failure of RNZ staff. Wtaf are you all doing over there
ICE agent's cellphone captures fatal confrontation in Minneapolis
Video captured by Jonathan Ross gives up-close perspective surrounding his fatal shooting of Renee Good.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 10, 2026 at 3:01 AM
The "news" is not "man filmed thing", the "news" is THE USA IS A FAILED STATE AND THE MASKED GOONS OF ITS DESPOTIC REGIME ARE OPENLY MURDERING PEOPLE ON THE STREET and if you're not reporting it that way (ok ok you can say "allegedly murdering" if you must) you're not doing journalism