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BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
these boots are made for talkin'
and that's all I can do
and that's all I can do
November 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
these boots are made for talkin'
and that's all I can do
and that's all I can do
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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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Who would have thought that the announcement of the BYD Atto 1 selling for under $30k NZD would anger so many people on Facebook? It's crazy. Me and the other moderator have removed so many seething comments from people who feel threatened by this smöl car. 🤷
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Who would have thought that the announcement of the BYD Atto 1 selling for under $30k NZD would anger so many people on Facebook? It's crazy. Me and the other moderator have removed so many seething comments from people who feel threatened by this smöl car. 🤷
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The New York Times quickly sending out Douthat to argue that Mamdani’s victory doesn’t really matter is so predictable it borders on self-parody.
Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.
Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.
Opinion | Mamdani’s Victory Is Less Significant Than You Think
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The New York Times quickly sending out Douthat to argue that Mamdani’s victory doesn’t really matter is so predictable it borders on self-parody.
Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.
Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.
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FRESH POST: @connorsharp.bsky.social's recent op-ed on Simeon Brown's legacy for transport in our city...
...gains extra relevance with the minister now attempting to personally redesign the (not yet completed) Rā Hihi/ Reeves Road flyover, on the fly. 🤨 www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/11/06/t...
...gains extra relevance with the minister now attempting to personally redesign the (not yet completed) Rā Hihi/ Reeves Road flyover, on the fly. 🤨 www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/11/06/t...
This government’s legacy for transport in Auckland - Greater Auckland
The following is an op-ed I wrote which ran in
www.greaterauckland.org.nz
November 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
FRESH POST: @connorsharp.bsky.social's recent op-ed on Simeon Brown's legacy for transport in our city...
...gains extra relevance with the minister now attempting to personally redesign the (not yet completed) Rā Hihi/ Reeves Road flyover, on the fly. 🤨 www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/11/06/t...
...gains extra relevance with the minister now attempting to personally redesign the (not yet completed) Rā Hihi/ Reeves Road flyover, on the fly. 🤨 www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/11/06/t...
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I'll vote for whoever sets a target to get youth unemployment back below 10% in one year. I can't do ten years of centrist, round the next corner drivel. Waiting for businesses to get desperate enough to give young, disengaged or disabled people a job is fkng stupid. There is loads that needs doing.
November 5, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I'll vote for whoever sets a target to get youth unemployment back below 10% in one year. I can't do ten years of centrist, round the next corner drivel. Waiting for businesses to get desperate enough to give young, disengaged or disabled people a job is fkng stupid. There is loads that needs doing.
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Husband came home from his after school meeting saying the new social studies curriculum isn't a curriculum, it's just a list of subjects to be covered with no broader themes, guaranteed to make kids find the humanities pointless. "I've never felt more like my job doesn't matter"
November 3, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Husband came home from his after school meeting saying the new social studies curriculum isn't a curriculum, it's just a list of subjects to be covered with no broader themes, guaranteed to make kids find the humanities pointless. "I've never felt more like my job doesn't matter"
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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.
Not so much express lane as Unexpected Item in the Bagging Area
November 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Not so much express lane as Unexpected Item in the Bagging Area
National so far this term:
Getting to your meeting 30 seconds quicker is a higher priority than protecting kids from cars on their way to school
Keeping school attendance up is a higher priority than protecting kids from measles
Saving a few bucks is a higher priority than a decent lunch
Getting to your meeting 30 seconds quicker is a higher priority than protecting kids from cars on their way to school
Keeping school attendance up is a higher priority than protecting kids from measles
Saving a few bucks is a higher priority than a decent lunch
November 1, 2025 at 6:50 AM
National so far this term:
Getting to your meeting 30 seconds quicker is a higher priority than protecting kids from cars on their way to school
Keeping school attendance up is a higher priority than protecting kids from measles
Saving a few bucks is a higher priority than a decent lunch
Getting to your meeting 30 seconds quicker is a higher priority than protecting kids from cars on their way to school
Keeping school attendance up is a higher priority than protecting kids from measles
Saving a few bucks is a higher priority than a decent lunch
Thinking of lodging a bid to have the ACT party converted to a Charter School. We’d mostly be emphasising a better understanding of history and human decency.
October 29, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Thinking of lodging a bid to have the ACT party converted to a Charter School. We’d mostly be emphasising a better understanding of history and human decency.
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The man in the pub with all the reckons now has a global rage algorithm platform, instead of the 3 or 4 people who could be bothered putting up with his bullshit after 4 jugs of Speights on a thrusday afternoon - and it's shit.
October 28, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The man in the pub with all the reckons now has a global rage algorithm platform, instead of the 3 or 4 people who could be bothered putting up with his bullshit after 4 jugs of Speights on a thrusday afternoon - and it's shit.
Can’t explain it really,God. I just like awful people
October 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Can’t explain it really,God. I just like awful people
Laziest of non-thinkers gives himself another scratch
October 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Laziest of non-thinkers gives himself another scratch
You’re never too old to make worse friends than Slater
October 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
You’re never too old to make worse friends than Slater
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It's headlines like this which helped the election of one of the most economically illiterate govts in AoNZ's history. Surely the "economic story" to be reset is that of National, purported guardians of the economy.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Future Fund or future flop? Labour seeks to reset its economic story
Analysis - The 'Future Fund' is as much about optics as economics, but a lack of detail has left Labour exposed, writes Craig McCulloch.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 21, 2025 at 2:37 AM
It's headlines like this which helped the election of one of the most economically illiterate govts in AoNZ's history. Surely the "economic story" to be reset is that of National, purported guardians of the economy.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Looking forward to seeing the Trump letter to “The Late Great Charles the Conquerer” demanding to be made Duke of York #NooneIsMoreQualifiedThanMeThinkAboudIt
October 17, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Looking forward to seeing the Trump letter to “The Late Great Charles the Conquerer” demanding to be made Duke of York #NooneIsMoreQualifiedThanMeThinkAboudIt
Even Prominent New Zealander might do reasonably well in this lineup
October 16, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Even Prominent New Zealander might do reasonably well in this lineup
He’s clearly been grabbed by something in the photo
October 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
He’s clearly been grabbed by something in the photo
It's a long way from the top when you're beaten by a sausage roll
October 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
It's a long way from the top when you're beaten by a sausage roll
Reposted by David Slack
Traditionally, of course, paper runs were done by bicycle, on quiet streets that were safe for children.
So perhaps the minister is inadvertently onto something here? 🤔🤔
So perhaps the minister is inadvertently onto something here? 🤔🤔
Simeon Brown tells young jobseekers to “get a paper run” on RNZ this morning 🙀
He is so out of touch, he thinks neighbourhoods still get a daily newspaper delivered
#nzpol
He is so out of touch, he thinks neighbourhoods still get a daily newspaper delivered
#nzpol
October 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Traditionally, of course, paper runs were done by bicycle, on quiet streets that were safe for children.
So perhaps the minister is inadvertently onto something here? 🤔🤔
So perhaps the minister is inadvertently onto something here? 🤔🤔
I’ve had loaves of bread that didn’t go stale as fast as this clown
October 13, 2025 at 6:56 AM
I’ve had loaves of bread that didn’t go stale as fast as this clown
The civilisation David Seymour speaks of
open.substack.com/pub/subslack...
open.substack.com/pub/subslack...
The civilisation David Seymour speaks of
Here are four things David Seymour said last week about Te Pati Māori:
open.substack.com
October 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The civilisation David Seymour speaks of
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