Andy
@andydruid.bsky.social
Occasional Barrister mostly surfer
Social justice + environment, top of the list
Social justice + environment, top of the list
Story in Guardian today noting the best Mayors worldwide on Climate change action. Pretty cool people, ideologically confident,
With workable policy.
Surprise, Wayne Brown doesn’t feature - sigh.
Oh dear NZ
With workable policy.
Surprise, Wayne Brown doesn’t feature - sigh.
Oh dear NZ
November 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Story in Guardian today noting the best Mayors worldwide on Climate change action. Pretty cool people, ideologically confident,
With workable policy.
Surprise, Wayne Brown doesn’t feature - sigh.
Oh dear NZ
With workable policy.
Surprise, Wayne Brown doesn’t feature - sigh.
Oh dear NZ
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Tesla’s profit fell 37% in the third quarter. It's been in the process of laying off 14,000 workers. It had more cars impacted by recalls than any other brand in 2024.
Yet Elon Musk just got a pay package worth $1 trillion.
American capitalism is off the rails.
Yet Elon Musk just got a pay package worth $1 trillion.
American capitalism is off the rails.
November 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Tesla’s profit fell 37% in the third quarter. It's been in the process of laying off 14,000 workers. It had more cars impacted by recalls than any other brand in 2024.
Yet Elon Musk just got a pay package worth $1 trillion.
American capitalism is off the rails.
Yet Elon Musk just got a pay package worth $1 trillion.
American capitalism is off the rails.
Israel currently doing what its become most known for - slaughtering civilians. Currently bombing the shit out of Southern Lebanon. What on earth is wrong with the psyche of that Govt ?
November 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Israel currently doing what its become most known for - slaughtering civilians. Currently bombing the shit out of Southern Lebanon. What on earth is wrong with the psyche of that Govt ?
Cheney never did face trial in the Hague - he should have. Kamala Harris lamenting his loss and singing his praise —- sigh no wonder she lost.
Her ‘let’s get Republican Moms on board’ campaign, truly was dreadful
Her ‘let’s get Republican Moms on board’ campaign, truly was dreadful
November 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Cheney never did face trial in the Hague - he should have. Kamala Harris lamenting his loss and singing his praise —- sigh no wonder she lost.
Her ‘let’s get Republican Moms on board’ campaign, truly was dreadful
Her ‘let’s get Republican Moms on board’ campaign, truly was dreadful
Dems and Labour campaigns need to be - ‘the very rich are stealing all the money and all the assets and we’ve had enough’
That seemed to work, primarily because it’s correct.
That seemed to work, primarily because it’s correct.
November 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Dems and Labour campaigns need to be - ‘the very rich are stealing all the money and all the assets and we’ve had enough’
That seemed to work, primarily because it’s correct.
That seemed to work, primarily because it’s correct.
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If Trump and other autocrats are to be defeated, it will be by bold, bright, anti-establishment candidates, who speak for those who struggle with enormous rents, failing public services, lousy pay and insecure, unsatisfying jobs, rather than for those inflicting these miseries.
November 5, 2025 at 7:01 AM
If Trump and other autocrats are to be defeated, it will be by bold, bright, anti-establishment candidates, who speak for those who struggle with enormous rents, failing public services, lousy pay and insecure, unsatisfying jobs, rather than for those inflicting these miseries.
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Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.
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I’ll give Dick Cheney props for one thing. When he said New York would have a Muslim mayor over his dead body, he really meant it… 😳
November 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I’ll give Dick Cheney props for one thing. When he said New York would have a Muslim mayor over his dead body, he really meant it… 😳
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Alvin Bragg re-elected as Manhattan’s District Attorney. One of his accomplishments - convicting Donald Trump.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
Alvin Bragg Is Re-elected as Manhattan’s District Attorney
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Alvin Bragg re-elected as Manhattan’s District Attorney. One of his accomplishments - convicting Donald Trump.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
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Okay now nz labour stop looking at uk labour and look at Mamdani instead of
November 5, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Okay now nz labour stop looking at uk labour and look at Mamdani instead of
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Trump: "Hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Trump: "Hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."
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"The day NYC elects a Muslim Mayor will be the day I die."
--Dick Cheney probably
--Dick Cheney probably
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
"The day NYC elects a Muslim Mayor will be the day I die."
--Dick Cheney probably
--Dick Cheney probably
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Seriously? Do you think they cease to exist if we can’t see them?
Bunch of absolute fucking idiots. And cruel. #NZPol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Bunch of absolute fucking idiots. And cruel. #NZPol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Rough sleeping ban in central Auckland considered by government
Government ministers have confirmed they are considering measures to move homeless people out of Auckland's city centre - but the exact details remain unclear.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Seriously? Do you think they cease to exist if we can’t see them?
Bunch of absolute fucking idiots. And cruel. #NZPol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Bunch of absolute fucking idiots. And cruel. #NZPol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
How will AIPAC recoup the millions they just spent on Andrew Coumo’s campaign lol
November 5, 2025 at 4:57 AM
How will AIPAC recoup the millions they just spent on Andrew Coumo’s campaign lol
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Historian here. I'll allow it.
#skystorians
#skystorians
November 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Historian here. I'll allow it.
#skystorians
#skystorians
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If Mamdani wins I will leave New York. I will go live in one of the other 5 houses I have, perhaps the one in South Florida, or the one in Paris, or Napa, or Cabo, but I will definitely leave New York. I will keep my apartment, though, because it's awesome and New York is great. But I will leave.
November 4, 2025 at 1:59 AM
If Mamdani wins I will leave New York. I will go live in one of the other 5 houses I have, perhaps the one in South Florida, or the one in Paris, or Napa, or Cabo, but I will definitely leave New York. I will keep my apartment, though, because it's awesome and New York is great. But I will leave.
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Lisa Owen on Checkpoint is ROASTING the NZ Police spokeswoman over the cops who faked indicative breath tests … any defence lawyer going forward should open their examination of police witnesses with “are you one of the 120 who just makes stuff up?”
November 4, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Lisa Owen on Checkpoint is ROASTING the NZ Police spokeswoman over the cops who faked indicative breath tests … any defence lawyer going forward should open their examination of police witnesses with “are you one of the 120 who just makes stuff up?”
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
November 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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UNRWA says October 'on track to be the most violent month' since it began tracking settler violence in 2013.
Israeli attacks on olive harvest ‘threaten Palestinian way of life’: UN
UNRWA says October 'on track to be the most violent month' since it began tracking settler violence in 2013.
bit.ly
November 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
UNRWA says October 'on track to be the most violent month' since it began tracking settler violence in 2013.
Disgraceful Israel continues its terror on children. Just kills Palestinian civilians when it feels like it now, more ruthless
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
‘We don’t feel safe’: after week of bombings, people in Gaza are losing faith in ceasefire
After initial enthusiasm, people fear ceasefire does not mean end to war but just less frequent, more unpredictable violence
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Disgraceful Israel continues its terror on children. Just kills Palestinian civilians when it feels like it now, more ruthless
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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The media is about to blitz us with stories about how awful Maduro is and I want you to remember that even if they're all true, they are being issued solely for the purpose of manufacturing consent for invading Venezuela and killing innocent people.
October 31, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The media is about to blitz us with stories about how awful Maduro is and I want you to remember that even if they're all true, they are being issued solely for the purpose of manufacturing consent for invading Venezuela and killing innocent people.
Noticing a pattern ? Another day passes another record breaking weather event.
October 31, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Noticing a pattern ? Another day passes another record breaking weather event.
Freedland (Guardian) doesn’t know which way Dems should
go - Mamdani new deal or Cuomo crooked centrist. Oh the dilemma. lol
So Freedland. So tepid.
go - Mamdani new deal or Cuomo crooked centrist. Oh the dilemma. lol
So Freedland. So tepid.
October 31, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Freedland (Guardian) doesn’t know which way Dems should
go - Mamdani new deal or Cuomo crooked centrist. Oh the dilemma. lol
So Freedland. So tepid.
go - Mamdani new deal or Cuomo crooked centrist. Oh the dilemma. lol
So Freedland. So tepid.
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If you're wondering why the roads are always full, we now have more cars per person that the USA. We sit behind a few tax havens and principalities. All research on this tells us more roads just brings more cars. #NZpol
October 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
If you're wondering why the roads are always full, we now have more cars per person that the USA. We sit behind a few tax havens and principalities. All research on this tells us more roads just brings more cars. #NZpol