Jason Brown
@jasonbrownnews.bsky.social
News stalker, journalism botherer, corruption junky, #enshittification aficionado
New police commissioner last night said he would 'not go that far' to describe this as corruption?
Shows how vulnerable we are to corruption, if the top cop cannot bring himself to use the c-word.
Corruption does not have to involve money to show abuse of position for personal 'gain'.
Shows how vulnerable we are to corruption, if the top cop cannot bring himself to use the c-word.
Corruption does not have to involve money to show abuse of position for personal 'gain'.
A scathing report by the police watchdog has found serious misconduct at the highest levels of police including former Commissioner Andrew Coster over how police responded to accusations of sexual offending by former Deputy Commissioner Jevon McSkimming.
Former top cop Andrew Coster criticised in IPCA report on McSkimming case
newsroom.co.nz
November 12, 2025 at 9:11 PM
New police commissioner last night said he would 'not go that far' to describe this as corruption?
Shows how vulnerable we are to corruption, if the top cop cannot bring himself to use the c-word.
Corruption does not have to involve money to show abuse of position for personal 'gain'.
Shows how vulnerable we are to corruption, if the top cop cannot bring himself to use the c-word.
Corruption does not have to involve money to show abuse of position for personal 'gain'.
You mean blaming black men was just racism all along? Huh, what a time to be alive.
September 22, 2025 at 10:24 PM
You mean blaming black men was just racism all along? Huh, what a time to be alive.
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It’s long past time for billionaires and big corporations to pay their fair share. Sign our petition to urge Congress to tax the ultra-rich #ad
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Tax the ultra-rich
Urge lawmakers to enact bold tax reforms that put people over profits and ensure the ultra-rich and corporations pay their fair share.
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September 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
It’s long past time for billionaires and big corporations to pay their fair share. Sign our petition to urge Congress to tax the ultra-rich #ad
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"Them @pewresearch.org all commies" - Christian extremists bred from decades of education misfunding and manufactured dissent, probably
Christofascists are a greater threat to all of us than any of us.
Seeing a lot of racist pinkwashing bullshit about Muslims and homosexuality and it’s a good time to share how I was on the gay marriage beat for a decade and racist gays never believed me when I shared how US Muslims favored equal LGBT rights (52%) over Christian evangelicals (34%)!
July 1, 2025 at 4:38 AM
"Them @pewresearch.org all commies" - Christian extremists bred from decades of education misfunding and manufactured dissent, probably
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I've been getting this wrong.
For so long, thought they were chanting
"WHITE POWER !"
but it's actually
"WHITE POWDER !"
Sorry everyone. In my defence, caucasian does sound an awful lot like cocaine, especially when they've been on it for a few days and talk really fast.
For so long, thought they were chanting
"WHITE POWER !"
but it's actually
"WHITE POWDER !"
Sorry everyone. In my defence, caucasian does sound an awful lot like cocaine, especially when they've been on it for a few days and talk really fast.
November 21, 2024 at 11:36 PM
I've been getting this wrong.
For so long, thought they were chanting
"WHITE POWER !"
but it's actually
"WHITE POWDER !"
Sorry everyone. In my defence, caucasian does sound an awful lot like cocaine, especially when they've been on it for a few days and talk really fast.
For so long, thought they were chanting
"WHITE POWER !"
but it's actually
"WHITE POWDER !"
Sorry everyone. In my defence, caucasian does sound an awful lot like cocaine, especially when they've been on it for a few days and talk really fast.
Too lazy? 'These' people are plugged into social and alt-media 24/7/52 like a self-licking ice cream, lapping up misinformation scientifically calculated to engage emotions, not evidence.
Add in poverty, exhaustion, anger. Emotions fueling an energetic red tsunami. Change 'they' could believe in.
Add in poverty, exhaustion, anger. Emotions fueling an energetic red tsunami. Change 'they' could believe in.
🎻 a famous violin... now we have to suffer because of people too lazy to look at details. Don't come to me to help bale you out of the hell you helped create by voting for the orange man
November 22, 2024 at 12:11 AM
Too lazy? 'These' people are plugged into social and alt-media 24/7/52 like a self-licking ice cream, lapping up misinformation scientifically calculated to engage emotions, not evidence.
Add in poverty, exhaustion, anger. Emotions fueling an energetic red tsunami. Change 'they' could believe in.
Add in poverty, exhaustion, anger. Emotions fueling an energetic red tsunami. Change 'they' could believe in.
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A fuckton of folks are obeying in advance already & while it’s unsurprising, it’s still really sad.
If you can’t stand for what you believe in this moment, when so much we face requires it, then you weren’t meant for this fight.
Man the fuck up or shut the fuck up.
We got shit to do.
If you can’t stand for what you believe in this moment, when so much we face requires it, then you weren’t meant for this fight.
Man the fuck up or shut the fuck up.
We got shit to do.
November 18, 2024 at 10:35 PM
A fuckton of folks are obeying in advance already & while it’s unsurprising, it’s still really sad.
If you can’t stand for what you believe in this moment, when so much we face requires it, then you weren’t meant for this fight.
Man the fuck up or shut the fuck up.
We got shit to do.
If you can’t stand for what you believe in this moment, when so much we face requires it, then you weren’t meant for this fight.
Man the fuck up or shut the fuck up.
We got shit to do.
Good call, one #nzpol could do well to listen to. For profit kindergartens for example, are already legally allowed to take on 20 toddlers with just two teachers.
And that Seymour character wants regs loosened further - how many children will suffer neglect?
And that Seymour character wants regs loosened further - how many children will suffer neglect?
The Guardian view on children’s homes: cap profits and don’t stop there | Editorial
The Guardian view on children’s homes: cap profits and don’t stop there | Editorial
Private sector reform is overdue, but councils need funding if young people are to have the chances they deserve
Curbs on profiteering in the children’s social care sector cannot come soon enough. It is getting on for three years since the Competition…
dlvr.it
November 18, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Good call, one #nzpol could do well to listen to. For profit kindergartens for example, are already legally allowed to take on 20 toddlers with just two teachers.
And that Seymour character wants regs loosened further - how many children will suffer neglect?
And that Seymour character wants regs loosened further - how many children will suffer neglect?
France last month attempted to broker a 21-day cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah, "scuppered when Netanyahu ordered strikes against the group’s headquarters, killing its leader Hassan Nasrallah."
.. scuppered ?
strikes ?
Remarkably restrained language for news. Killed? Bombing raid?
.. scuppered ?
strikes ?
Remarkably restrained language for news. Killed? Bombing raid?
French President Emmanuel Macron accused his own ministers and journalists of “a lack of professionalism” for leaking controversial remarks he made about Israel at a closed-door Cabinet meeting.
Macron slams French ministers and journalists over leaked Israel comments
French president goes on attack to try put lid on brouhaha that sparked row with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
www.politico.eu
October 18, 2024 at 1:30 AM
France last month attempted to broker a 21-day cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah, "scuppered when Netanyahu ordered strikes against the group’s headquarters, killing its leader Hassan Nasrallah."
.. scuppered ?
strikes ?
Remarkably restrained language for news. Killed? Bombing raid?
.. scuppered ?
strikes ?
Remarkably restrained language for news. Killed? Bombing raid?
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Resistance to this crazy idea spreading
Hawaii congressman calls for moratorium on ‘destructive’ deep sea mining
www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2023/12/19/u...
www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2023/12/19/u...
Hawaii congressman calls for moratorium on ‘destructive’ deep sea mining
The call for a ban comes as a Canada company is hoping to extract rare minerals from the bottom of the Pacific.
www.hawaiinewsnow.com
December 25, 2023 at 6:23 PM
Resistance to this crazy idea spreading
What she says, make it a habit. Like, as a newsy, I know that news media disproportionately quote men over women.
So, I made a conscious decision to follow, ask and share women quotes ahead of men when and wherever possible.
Women of colour, especially so.
#solidarity
#unity
So, I made a conscious decision to follow, ask and share women quotes ahead of men when and wherever possible.
Women of colour, especially so.
#solidarity
#unity
The BIPOC Attention Tax. It’s the penalty you pay in engagement for being non-white on social media, taken in less shares/visibility. While it affects most BIPOC, it affects sex workers, content creators, and those who rely on mutual aid the most. You *have* to share our shit more.
December 25, 2023 at 11:26 AM
What she says, make it a habit. Like, as a newsy, I know that news media disproportionately quote men over women.
So, I made a conscious decision to follow, ask and share women quotes ahead of men when and wherever possible.
Women of colour, especially so.
#solidarity
#unity
So, I made a conscious decision to follow, ask and share women quotes ahead of men when and wherever possible.
Women of colour, especially so.
#solidarity
#unity
One very existentialy drained journo
December 21, 2023 at 3:36 AM
One very existentialy drained journo
Hopefully, looking back, my
random post stuff looks okay ay
random post stuff looks okay ay
December 21, 2023 at 3:31 AM
Hopefully, looking back, my
random post stuff looks okay ay
random post stuff looks okay ay
Let's restart with something different.
Gratitude. As a son of artists, and a journo from fifteen?
Truly blessed were my steps.
Gratitude. As a son of artists, and a journo from fifteen?
Truly blessed were my steps.
December 20, 2023 at 11:55 PM
Let's restart with something different.
Gratitude. As a son of artists, and a journo from fifteen?
Truly blessed were my steps.
Gratitude. As a son of artists, and a journo from fifteen?
Truly blessed were my steps.
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Two months later, i finally got around to #it, and wrestled my password manager into #bluesky
#beafraid
#beveryafraid
. . .
Two months later, i finally got around to #it, and wrestled my password manager into #bluesky
#beafraid
#beveryafraid
. . .
December 20, 2023 at 11:50 PM
. ..
Two months later, i finally got around to #it, and wrestled my password manager into #bluesky
#beafraid
#beveryafraid
. . .
Two months later, i finally got around to #it, and wrestled my password manager into #bluesky
#beafraid
#beveryafraid
. . .
For my first bluesky post, would like to proffer a shot taken earlier today.
A salute to this empty community board, bleaching ever whiter, at Point Chevalier, Auckland, New Zealand, Aotearoa.
Production credits: Auckland Transport, bus driver, New Zealand Transport Authority, and Alcatel.
A salute to this empty community board, bleaching ever whiter, at Point Chevalier, Auckland, New Zealand, Aotearoa.
Production credits: Auckland Transport, bus driver, New Zealand Transport Authority, and Alcatel.
October 3, 2023 at 10:01 AM
For my first bluesky post, would like to proffer a shot taken earlier today.
A salute to this empty community board, bleaching ever whiter, at Point Chevalier, Auckland, New Zealand, Aotearoa.
Production credits: Auckland Transport, bus driver, New Zealand Transport Authority, and Alcatel.
A salute to this empty community board, bleaching ever whiter, at Point Chevalier, Auckland, New Zealand, Aotearoa.
Production credits: Auckland Transport, bus driver, New Zealand Transport Authority, and Alcatel.