If I had a nickel for every time Franz Ferdinand was involved in the precursor events of a world war, I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird it happened twice
a number of thoughts here:
- oh my god he admit it
- what happened to the reactionary group chat?!
- commonality here is that none of these inputs will offend their sensibilities by challenging their worldview one bit
- i expect a full pivot from this class to 'filter bubbles are great, actually'
As Oil is likely to go over US$150/bbl tonight, and as 91 is already going past $3/litre it might be time to bring you closer to work, or work closer to you. As well as that bottle of milk, the cup of hot morning beverage, and places for new Start Ups
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqUE...
Mainstream America: We are obsessed with Heated Rivalry and Drag Race. We love them and can't get enough.
American Democrat politicians: LGBT people are not culturally normal. We will not speak of them.
Luxon: No one is talking about me
Us: Yes we are, we are constantly talking about how much we hate you. Why don't you fuck off? #NZPol
Conventional bombing alone has never produced regime change. All it's going to do is make Iranians hate Americans and Israelis more.
i don't care about any arguments against this. right now the sum total of my political advocacy is: crush the Republicans and make them pay. i don't care what comes after because until we do that nothing better is possible.
(4/4)
The Guardian compresses it into 4 possible outcomes:
- The swift transition
- The Maduro model
- The regime weathers the storm
- Civil war and chaos
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
If AI companies want to claim they are helping solve the climate crisis, they should be required to show their math, writes Friends of the Earth's Michael Khoo. Industry claims that AI is benefiting the climate are unfounded at best, and deceptive PR at worst, he writes.
Comment from Auckland University: More than half of children experiencing food insecurity in NZ do not get a free school meal
The world is not required to burn because some people are maladjusted
RNZ is at it again so here are some pertinent facts about pensions. #nzpol
@covie93.bsky.social
In 2013 Aaron Swartz committed suicide for facing 35 years in prison for mass downloading scientific articles.
13 years later, Meta is almost getting away with an infraction orders of magnitude larger.
The law didn't change.
torrentfreak.com/uploading-pi...
As a small country, everyone in AoNZ ought to support the rule of law and international mechanisms/ institutions to maintain it, as it is the only thing stopping someone like Trump or Putin coming here and taking whatever they want. #NZpol
Thing that really gets my goat is the way people are eager to fund this bullshit but you need eleven layers of analysis and a ton of collateral if you want to open a small grocery store in a food desert.
It already sank Luxon when he ditched EV subsidies, ditched transit, rail and active mode projects, cancel every public works project there was which spiked our unemployment then decided to think 4 lane highways and LNG terminals which are very prone to fossil fuel price shocks would be wise
"SHIT"
"FUCK"
"NO"
"FUCK"
"SHIT"
"FUCK"
This is just to say
I am ignoring
the polls
that are so bad
and so low
and which
you were probably
going to use
as an excuse for the spull
I’m not sorry
I can’t be rolled
I will have my entitlements
and I won’t be told.
‘I want to sounds smart and inspirational’: How ministers use AI newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/06/h... #nzpol Excellent capture, & use of OIA requests by @marcdaalder.bsky.social
They seem to think that being reactionary on climate policy will only have political upsides, when the whole purpose of being bought by the fossil fuel industry is that the material upsides accrue to the fossil fuel industry. Which has political downsides. People gonna be mad bro.
Well, gas is expensive, and food is expensive, and we’re doing a war nobody wants, but at least there are no jobs
Other nice adjectives for this approach, if say any opposition parties were looking to fortify their appeal at the moment: sensible, prudent, thrifty, versatile, creative, self-sufficient, adaptable, organised, strategic, ready, provident, collaborative, cooperative, united, and dare I say, popular.
okay the fact you can OIA a minister's chatGPT logs is pretty funny, sometimes the NZ administrative state is good actually
When I was in Austin I knew plenty of regular people who had second and third houses with tenants. He might be good at getting on the property ladder and being mid tier landlord and that’s about it. He is not good. He is not bright. He is not a thinker. He doesn’t have vision. That’s the truth.
Also, people don’t want to accept it but he wasn’t a good Air NZ CEO either. I would hazard a guess he also wasn’t a good Unilever exec. Just because you have the job doesn’t mean you are good at it. Leadership skills ARE transferable and there’s zero proof he is suitable for anything high profile.
I know… let’s put all our money into LNG, that will insulate us.
