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I never thought I was a one issue voter, but: maybe I am?
Human rights:
✔️Women’s rights
✔️Trans rights
✔️Public heathcare
✔️Public education
✔️Indigenous rights
✔️The right to an unspoilt environment
✔️The right to live with dignity
… and that all of these trump property rights?
Just. One. Issue.
Human rights:
✔️Women’s rights
✔️Trans rights
✔️Public heathcare
✔️Public education
✔️Indigenous rights
✔️The right to an unspoilt environment
✔️The right to live with dignity
… and that all of these trump property rights?
Just. One. Issue.
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Luxon has a plan. It looks like this. 6 plates for him, 1 plate between 5 at the other end of the divide he’s widened. I don’t misunderstand him. I see him. #nzpol #hoarder interactives.stuff.co.nz/the-side-eye...
The Side Eye: The Table
Why is New Zealand's wealth hoarded at one end of the nation's dinner table? Toby Morris of @TheSpinoffTV explains
interactives.stuff.co.nz
December 20, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Luxon has a plan. It looks like this. 6 plates for him, 1 plate between 5 at the other end of the divide he’s widened. I don’t misunderstand him. I see him. #nzpol #hoarder interactives.stuff.co.nz/the-side-eye...
A reminder to not buy kids plastic shit for Christmas… 🎄
…consumable art supplies! Books! Even better — experiences!!! Gift love not litter 💝
…consumable art supplies! Books! Even better — experiences!!! Gift love not litter 💝
No, Salvation Army, it has not been a tough year for everyone in New Zealand. www.nzherald.co.nz/business/nbr...
List of NZ’s richest individuals in 2025 announced
The net worth of New Zealand's 119 richest topped $100 billion.
www.nzherald.co.nz
December 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
A reminder to not buy kids plastic shit for Christmas… 🎄
…consumable art supplies! Books! Even better — experiences!!! Gift love not litter 💝
…consumable art supplies! Books! Even better — experiences!!! Gift love not litter 💝
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Gift link to the best argument for properly taxing billionaires — and eliminating golden visas. It's shameful that you're being put through this, @sanjanah.bsky.social
'Seriously rotten': Lawyers go head to head over Jim Grenon-funded TVNZ defamation claim
A lawyer for Julian Batchelor has rejected the suggestion of anything untoward.
www.nzherald.co.nz
December 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Gift link to the best argument for properly taxing billionaires — and eliminating golden visas. It's shameful that you're being put through this, @sanjanah.bsky.social
Is this … hope? 👀🫱🦋
December 18, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Is this … hope? 👀🫱🦋
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"Turns out you can have it all. So long as you're prepared to be a c…t to the women who birth your kids, school your offspring and wipe the arse of your elderly parents while you stand on their shoulders to earn your six-figure, taxpayer-funded pay packet,” Vance wrote. #nzpol
Headline-grabbing quote named best of the year
The winning quote’s power lies in its purpose, say judges for the 2025 Massey University Quote of the Year.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"Turns out you can have it all. So long as you're prepared to be a c…t to the women who birth your kids, school your offspring and wipe the arse of your elderly parents while you stand on their shoulders to earn your six-figure, taxpayer-funded pay packet,” Vance wrote. #nzpol
So we obviously need to define the inverse Turing test as being for self-awareness rather than intelligence
If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
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www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
December 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
So we obviously need to define the inverse Turing test as being for self-awareness rather than intelligence
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December 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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TW: Sexual violence and child exploitation
I hate this so much. I feel sick.
280 images of toddlers & children. HUNDREDS. Accessing these has an impact on demand, therefore creating more harm to the children and others.
This man is a monster and is getting an easy ride.
I hate this so much. I feel sick.
280 images of toddlers & children. HUNDREDS. Accessing these has an impact on demand, therefore creating more harm to the children and others.
This man is a monster and is getting an easy ride.
Disgraced former top cop Jevon McSkimming avoids jail over objectionable material
Former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming sentenced to nine months home detention in Wellington District Court.
www.stuff.co.nz
December 17, 2025 at 4:56 AM
TW: Sexual violence and child exploitation
I hate this so much. I feel sick.
280 images of toddlers & children. HUNDREDS. Accessing these has an impact on demand, therefore creating more harm to the children and others.
This man is a monster and is getting an easy ride.
I hate this so much. I feel sick.
280 images of toddlers & children. HUNDREDS. Accessing these has an impact on demand, therefore creating more harm to the children and others.
This man is a monster and is getting an easy ride.
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top cop, ya know, the ones we rely on to protect our vulnerable, who confessed to being a paedophile, sentenced to 9 months home detention!
once again i find myself disgusted by how prominent white men are treated by the NZ justice system.
it's a fucking outrage!
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
once again i find myself disgusted by how prominent white men are treated by the NZ justice system.
it's a fucking outrage!
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Disgraced former top cop Jevon McSkimming avoids jail over objectionable material
Former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming sentenced to nine months home detention in Wellington District Court.
www.stuff.co.nz
December 17, 2025 at 2:36 AM
top cop, ya know, the ones we rely on to protect our vulnerable, who confessed to being a paedophile, sentenced to 9 months home detention!
once again i find myself disgusted by how prominent white men are treated by the NZ justice system.
it's a fucking outrage!
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
once again i find myself disgusted by how prominent white men are treated by the NZ justice system.
it's a fucking outrage!
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
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How the fuck is this justice?
Even Ron Brierly did jail time for possessing child porn. McSkimming doesn't even get put on the sex offenders register? His remorse, previous career, etc should mean nothing. If anything they are aggravating factors 🤬
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Even Ron Brierly did jail time for possessing child porn. McSkimming doesn't even get put on the sex offenders register? His remorse, previous career, etc should mean nothing. If anything they are aggravating factors 🤬
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Jevon McSkimming avoids jail sentence over possession of child sexual exploitation material
The disgraced former top cop was sentenced to nine months' home detention and does not need to register on the child sex offending registry.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 17, 2025 at 2:40 AM
How the fuck is this justice?
Even Ron Brierly did jail time for possessing child porn. McSkimming doesn't even get put on the sex offenders register? His remorse, previous career, etc should mean nothing. If anything they are aggravating factors 🤬
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Even Ron Brierly did jail time for possessing child porn. McSkimming doesn't even get put on the sex offenders register? His remorse, previous career, etc should mean nothing. If anything they are aggravating factors 🤬
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
It’s the lack of self-awareness inside the racists who deny their self-evident racism that I believe is the issue
It is very, very, very important to note that Julian Batchelor is neither racist nor prone to seeing fair-skinned, ginger-haired people where none exist ...
December 15, 2025 at 11:55 PM
It’s the lack of self-awareness inside the racists who deny their self-evident racism that I believe is the issue
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If 40 people a year were dying from say rancid steak n cheese pies, there would be a national outcry (justifiably), but because it's 'a mystery' in our waterways from the untouchable agriculture sector - meh it's fine.
What a shit country.
What a shit country.
Researchers identified nitrate-rich cow urine as a primary cause of contaminated groundwater.
A 2021 study found up to 100 cases of bowel cancer and 40 deaths might be caused by nitrate-contaminated drinking water each year - 800,000 New Zealanders exposed to potentially hazardous levels.
#nzpol
A 2021 study found up to 100 cases of bowel cancer and 40 deaths might be caused by nitrate-contaminated drinking water each year - 800,000 New Zealanders exposed to potentially hazardous levels.
#nzpol
What's really going on with Canterbury's water
Luis Arevalo fears his grandson will never be able to drink water straight from the tap because of the nitrate in the local water supply.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
If 40 people a year were dying from say rancid steak n cheese pies, there would be a national outcry (justifiably), but because it's 'a mystery' in our waterways from the untouchable agriculture sector - meh it's fine.
What a shit country.
What a shit country.
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A million Muslims live in New York City. We belong here, as does every other New Yorker.
This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
December 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
A million Muslims live in New York City. We belong here, as does every other New Yorker.
This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
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#NZ Labour was a heck of a lot better- but Greens are better still.
🍃🌹🌿 Greens “Green Budget” is fully costed & fantastic. Free GPs, Dentists & childcare. Less tax for the most NZers, & the wealth tax is very similar to Australia’s! #nzpol
www.greens.org.nz/green_budget...
🍃🌹🌿 Greens “Green Budget” is fully costed & fantastic. Free GPs, Dentists & childcare. Less tax for the most NZers, & the wealth tax is very similar to Australia’s! #nzpol
www.greens.org.nz/green_budget...
Green Budget
We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.
www.greens.org.nz
December 15, 2025 at 7:17 AM
#NZ Labour was a heck of a lot better- but Greens are better still.
🍃🌹🌿 Greens “Green Budget” is fully costed & fantastic. Free GPs, Dentists & childcare. Less tax for the most NZers, & the wealth tax is very similar to Australia’s! #nzpol
www.greens.org.nz/green_budget...
🍃🌹🌿 Greens “Green Budget” is fully costed & fantastic. Free GPs, Dentists & childcare. Less tax for the most NZers, & the wealth tax is very similar to Australia’s! #nzpol
www.greens.org.nz/green_budget...
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“That’s our message to people - we can change this.”
It’s great to see a party leader being so matter of fact about policy basics and unequivocal about the fact they are absolutely possible to achieve for New Zealanders.
It’s great to see a party leader being so matter of fact about policy basics and unequivocal about the fact they are absolutely possible to achieve for New Zealanders.
December 15, 2025 at 5:40 AM
“That’s our message to people - we can change this.”
It’s great to see a party leader being so matter of fact about policy basics and unequivocal about the fact they are absolutely possible to achieve for New Zealanders.
It’s great to see a party leader being so matter of fact about policy basics and unequivocal about the fact they are absolutely possible to achieve for New Zealanders.
Men’s groups… ftw 😱🙌
Good news story to cheer you up!
"It's like I walked through a different doorway into a different realm of the society we live in. And all I can say is, before that - my knowledge of what's been going on is probably about, a quarter of an inch."
"It's like I walked through a different doorway into a different realm of the society we live in. And all I can say is, before that - my knowledge of what's been going on is probably about, a quarter of an inch."
Group calls for second Zealandia
December 15, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Men’s groups… ftw 😱🙌
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THIS. One of the most charming and weirdly moving things about FARGO is the glimpses of Marge with her stolidly loving and supportive husband, Norm (first time John Carroll Lynch grabbed my attention). A gentle but pointed subversion of this tired trauma porn trope.
WORD I am really, really tired of "we tease the tragic backstory of the detective" can't a detective just detect, the murder is surely sufficient drama.
my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
December 14, 2025 at 11:26 PM
THIS. One of the most charming and weirdly moving things about FARGO is the glimpses of Marge with her stolidly loving and supportive husband, Norm (first time John Carroll Lynch grabbed my attention). A gentle but pointed subversion of this tired trauma porn trope.
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i don't think this is even a real statistical anomaly anymore. it seems like there's someone in the crowd at every mass shooting who has been through it before. this doesn't have to be our shared cultural experience.
Two survivors of Brown University attack escaped other school shootings
Mia Tretta was shot in the abdomen in 2019 at a school near LA and Zoe Weissman witnessed a Florida shooting in 2018
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
i don't think this is even a real statistical anomaly anymore. it seems like there's someone in the crowd at every mass shooting who has been through it before. this doesn't have to be our shared cultural experience.
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
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Now is an *excellent time* to turn off autoplaying video and gifs Absolutely Everywhere, folks.
And here's @rahaeli.bsky.social's guide to avoiding traumatising media (and responding after exposure) as a resource, too: synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/803314.html
And here's @rahaeli.bsky.social's guide to avoiding traumatising media (and responding after exposure) as a resource, too: synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/803314.html
December 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Now is an *excellent time* to turn off autoplaying video and gifs Absolutely Everywhere, folks.
And here's @rahaeli.bsky.social's guide to avoiding traumatising media (and responding after exposure) as a resource, too: synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/803314.html
And here's @rahaeli.bsky.social's guide to avoiding traumatising media (and responding after exposure) as a resource, too: synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/803314.html
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Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
December 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
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This is a sincerely good idea.
It'd be additionally funny if it were scheduled against the fash one, but that might not be an option. #nzpol
It'd be additionally funny if it were scheduled against the fash one, but that might not be an option. #nzpol
chloe swarbrick and craig renney should do a debate and show everyone how much of a farce the tpu one is
December 11, 2025 at 5:06 AM
This is a sincerely good idea.
It'd be additionally funny if it were scheduled against the fash one, but that might not be an option. #nzpol
It'd be additionally funny if it were scheduled against the fash one, but that might not be an option. #nzpol
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here in NZ, when a woman makes a reliable complaint of serious sexual abuse against a very senior police officer & that man is found to indeed be very bad, we eventually whisper NAUGHTY BOY very softly then just prosecute the woman for sending too many emails about it
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Police press on with prosecution of Jevon McSkimming accuser 'Ms Z'
The woman who accused the former Deputy Commissioner of sexual offending faces charges of harassing another police officer and his wife.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
here in NZ, when a woman makes a reliable complaint of serious sexual abuse against a very senior police officer & that man is found to indeed be very bad, we eventually whisper NAUGHTY BOY very softly then just prosecute the woman for sending too many emails about it
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...