Sun Ascendant
@saregama.bsky.social
I'm from Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm here to engage with homegrown politics (mostly) with a touch of international insanity just for the sake of it.
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"No Farmers, No Food" they love to wail, demanding we bail them out and cut the tax on their utes, and yet 27% of our kids are going hungry.
This country is a failed state when it comes to self-sufficiency. It would rather sell its soul than feed its children.
This country is a failed state when it comes to self-sufficiency. It would rather sell its soul than feed its children.
More than quarter of kids struggling for food, study finds
More than quarter of kids struggling for food, study finds
A new report shows food insecurity affects one in four homes with children in Aotearoa.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
"No Farmers, No Food" they love to wail, demanding we bail them out and cut the tax on their utes, and yet 27% of our kids are going hungry.
This country is a failed state when it comes to self-sufficiency. It would rather sell its soul than feed its children.
This country is a failed state when it comes to self-sufficiency. It would rather sell its soul than feed its children.
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Wow.
New evidence acquired under OIA by Greenpeace has revealed that dairy giant Fonterra first requested, and then helped to write, the Government’s new grass-fed standards.
New evidence acquired under OIA by Greenpeace has revealed that dairy giant Fonterra first requested, and then helped to write, the Government’s new grass-fed standards.
August 26, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Wow.
New evidence acquired under OIA by Greenpeace has revealed that dairy giant Fonterra first requested, and then helped to write, the Government’s new grass-fed standards.
New evidence acquired under OIA by Greenpeace has revealed that dairy giant Fonterra first requested, and then helped to write, the Government’s new grass-fed standards.
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What if I get shut down? mailchi.mp/e27e37c9ebb4...
August 8, 2025 at 11:14 AM
What if I get shut down? mailchi.mp/e27e37c9ebb4...
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Eternally strange to me that the RSB submissions are second only in New Zealand’s history to the Treaty Principles Bill, constituting an outpouring of public engagement in the same year on Bills championed by the same person and I can’t find reference to anyone in media who has made this key point.🤔
July 12, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Eternally strange to me that the RSB submissions are second only in New Zealand’s history to the Treaty Principles Bill, constituting an outpouring of public engagement in the same year on Bills championed by the same person and I can’t find reference to anyone in media who has made this key point.🤔
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Musk’s chatbot Grok praises Hitler forcing X to delete posts
www.channel4.com/news/musks-c...
www.channel4.com/news/musks-c...
Musk’s chatbot Grok praises Hitler forcing X to delete posts
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company has been forced to take down some of its chatbot's posts on X -- after it endorsed Adolf Hitler.
www.channel4.com
July 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Musk’s chatbot Grok praises Hitler forcing X to delete posts
www.channel4.com/news/musks-c...
www.channel4.com/news/musks-c...
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Happening now. Here. In America. It’s up to us to save us. Are we up to it? I honestly don’t know.
July 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Happening now. Here. In America. It’s up to us to save us. Are we up to it? I honestly don’t know.
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This needs to be screamed from the rooftops. If Luxon agrees to let this through, I think we should have a nationwide strike - and ask the Governor General to intervene, in the long-term interest of the country.
Official advice confirms that Regulatory Standards Bill is a fundamental threat to our ability to regulate polluting companies to achieve collective goods like clean rivers and a stable climate : www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Damning advice warns red-tape bill risks cost blow-outs, climate backsliding
Regulation Minister David Seymour argues good regulation pays for itself and that public servants don’t like the bill because it will make more work for them.
www.thepost.co.nz
June 28, 2025 at 1:35 AM
This needs to be screamed from the rooftops. If Luxon agrees to let this through, I think we should have a nationwide strike - and ask the Governor General to intervene, in the long-term interest of the country.
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@schiff.senate.gov calls out his
cowardly colleagues 💥
cowardly colleagues 💥
June 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
@schiff.senate.gov calls out his
cowardly colleagues 💥
cowardly colleagues 💥
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June 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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The Regulatory Standards Bill has been a loaded gun from the start aimed straight at Te Tiriti.
Today, the govt pulled the trigger. It’s on the Order Paper.
This isn’t just another bill. It’s part of a calculated assault.
#NZPol
Today, the govt pulled the trigger. It’s on the Order Paper.
This isn’t just another bill. It’s part of a calculated assault.
#NZPol
May 20, 2025 at 8:53 AM
The Regulatory Standards Bill has been a loaded gun from the start aimed straight at Te Tiriti.
Today, the govt pulled the trigger. It’s on the Order Paper.
This isn’t just another bill. It’s part of a calculated assault.
#NZPol
Today, the govt pulled the trigger. It’s on the Order Paper.
This isn’t just another bill. It’s part of a calculated assault.
#NZPol
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“Karma is a bitch, and she votes”
Scenes & commentary captured by the NZ Herald, from the hundreds who marched on Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden’s office in Auckland & the 200 odd who gathered outside Tama Potaka’s office in the Waikato today to protest changes to the Equal Pay Act.
Scenes & commentary captured by the NZ Herald, from the hundreds who marched on Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden’s office in Auckland & the 200 odd who gathered outside Tama Potaka’s office in the Waikato today to protest changes to the Equal Pay Act.
May 9, 2025 at 10:25 AM
“Karma is a bitch, and she votes”
Scenes & commentary captured by the NZ Herald, from the hundreds who marched on Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden’s office in Auckland & the 200 odd who gathered outside Tama Potaka’s office in the Waikato today to protest changes to the Equal Pay Act.
Scenes & commentary captured by the NZ Herald, from the hundreds who marched on Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden’s office in Auckland & the 200 odd who gathered outside Tama Potaka’s office in the Waikato today to protest changes to the Equal Pay Act.
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People Over Profit 💚 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #ToitūTeTiriti #TangataTiriti #TaxWealthMore #TaxWorkLess #Aotearoa #NZ #VoteSmarter
May 2, 2025 at 8:07 AM
People Over Profit 💚 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #ToitūTeTiriti #TangataTiriti #TaxWealthMore #TaxWorkLess #Aotearoa #NZ #VoteSmarter
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Yesterday I told the story of an apparent request from a Trump-run government agency that Amazon de-list my book. As a result, in the last 16 hours, the book has shot to number 6 across all of Amazon out of millions of books. I am absolutely stunned.
April 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Yesterday I told the story of an apparent request from a Trump-run government agency that Amazon de-list my book. As a result, in the last 16 hours, the book has shot to number 6 across all of Amazon out of millions of books. I am absolutely stunned.
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In any normal time this video would be the end of someone's career. This sums up all of these MAGA propagandists perfectly. (via @projectliberal.org)
April 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
In any normal time this video would be the end of someone's career. This sums up all of these MAGA propagandists perfectly. (via @projectliberal.org)
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@stuff.co.nz @nzherald.bsky.social Journalist - watch this to remind you what journalism is. @chrishipkins.bsky.social @duncanwebbmp.bsky.social All MPs of the left - watch this to ask journalists to hold this govt to account. @patbrittenden.bsky.social @chewienz.bsky.social Thanks for doing it 👍
April 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
@stuff.co.nz @nzherald.bsky.social Journalist - watch this to remind you what journalism is. @chrishipkins.bsky.social @duncanwebbmp.bsky.social All MPs of the left - watch this to ask journalists to hold this govt to account. @patbrittenden.bsky.social @chewienz.bsky.social Thanks for doing it 👍
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Elon Musk was asked at his “town hall” when the DOGE checks would be sent out to people. They have no idea they have been scammed. There are no DOGE checks and Elon is quitting next month.
March 31, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Elon Musk was asked at his “town hall” when the DOGE checks would be sent out to people. They have no idea they have been scammed. There are no DOGE checks and Elon is quitting next month.
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Whoever did this website - good work. www.seymourslop.nz
Frozen food to a school w/o heating facilities today was more brilliant public-private market work from the libertarian party.
Last week they were burning kid's skin off, sending them to ED.
This week, it's stone cold and frozen.
#nzpol
Frozen food to a school w/o heating facilities today was more brilliant public-private market work from the libertarian party.
Last week they were burning kid's skin off, sending them to ED.
This week, it's stone cold and frozen.
#nzpol
March 14, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Whoever did this website - good work. www.seymourslop.nz
Frozen food to a school w/o heating facilities today was more brilliant public-private market work from the libertarian party.
Last week they were burning kid's skin off, sending them to ED.
This week, it's stone cold and frozen.
#nzpol
Frozen food to a school w/o heating facilities today was more brilliant public-private market work from the libertarian party.
Last week they were burning kid's skin off, sending them to ED.
This week, it's stone cold and frozen.
#nzpol
Not sure why Americans think viruses and bacteria from around the globe can't enter their matrix Raw milk anyone?
“The Trump administration’s pause on foreign aid has hobbled programs that prevent and snuff out outbreaks around the world, scientists say, leaving people everywhere more vulnerable to threatening viruses and bacteria.”
How Foreign Aid Cuts Are Setting the Stage for Disease Outbreaks
Organizations funded by the United States helped keep dangerous pathogens in check around the world. Now many safeguards are gone, and Americans may pay the price.
www.nytimes.com
March 9, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Not sure why Americans think viruses and bacteria from around the globe can't enter their matrix Raw milk anyone?
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It's 80 days to the Budget. Too early for an analysis of what is possibly going on? Absolutely not! I'm surprised I held out this long. More at: craigrenney.substack.com/p/your-early...
Your early guide to the 2025 Budget
Budget decisions will be made soon & the language of government might change
craigrenney.substack.com
March 3, 2025 at 8:58 AM
It's 80 days to the Budget. Too early for an analysis of what is possibly going on? Absolutely not! I'm surprised I held out this long. More at: craigrenney.substack.com/p/your-early...
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Mass protests happening at the Tesla dealer in New York City today.
March 2, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Mass protests happening at the Tesla dealer in New York City today.