Let's talk about what happens when oil prices go through the roof and stay there - because it really isn't pretty, it's going to hit our economy incredibly hard, and it's only peripherally about how much it costs to fill the tank.
A short 🧵
#nzpol
But also: a business which brings people happiness rather than misery!
Nearly 20 people for the @kiwirpg.bsky.social AGM, which is a pretty good pile of kiwi game designers and streamers
Another sign that Labour is taking climate change (and ice cream) seriously.
You can just install font files, but templates and stuff would be a real pain.
How do we get the fake EftPostle Brian Tamaki's Destiny Church on this register?
That is the obvious question. Because the assumption when any government agency sells public property at a loss is that it is corruption, and some minister's mate or donor got a payday.
Party of Business
(Can't even make a profit selling real estate, literally the only thing that makes money in this economy)
[RP with typos corrected]
Remember when the United States prosecuted, convicted and executed Axis war criminals for doing this kind of shit to concentration camp internees and prisoners of war? It wasn't that long ago...
(Sure, its likely a cooker. But parliamentary information should be accessible, and people shouldn't have to resort to a non-OIA to a former SC chair in an effort to get it. Parliament should just hand it out1)
This is a good example of a minister attempting to be helpful for a request for information which is absolutely held in a non-ministerial capacity
Just envision that a Government came to power and cancelled a whole raft of essential programmes which would reduce the country's dependence on fossil fuels, only for there to be a once in a century oil crisis.
Nicola Willis - along with the rest of the National government - has a performance review on 7 November this year. And the choice is pretty simple: either we vote for the ultra-rich, or we vote for ourselves.
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But also I guess Luxon doesn't have to care about our cost of living, because as long as he holds office, he's immune to it. We pay for his housing, his petrol, his flights, and the "independent" Remuneration Commission protects him against the inflationary pressures which impoverish the rest of us.
...and the Merkins have noticed that post about NZ energy and transportpolicy, so I'll be deleting it. Sorry, not here to deal with a nation of ignorant fuckwits who are destroying the world.
Pretty difficult to refute a single thing in this perfect assessment of where the f**k we are, from @iandunt.bsky.social:
Just following up on this. The bird link was, indeed, a legacy of happier days and is being removed in the website refresh. Thanks for letting me know about it
Oh, hey, @doctorow.pluralistic.net is now on Bluesky!
NZ must swiftly reevaluate its ties with this violently aggressive country that has no respect for sovereignty or international law. #nzpol
There's been a lot of hay made by Republicans about how bombing Iran "reestablishes deterrence" but what they fail to understand is Iran believed their ability to wreck oil prices WAS a sufficient deterrent.
As we can see, that wasn't the case for Trump! So now, they'll need something worse.
You should be able to criticize your government anonymously online.
Full stop.
"Age verification" legislation is just a pretty name for "forced online ID checks," meaning everything you post is associated with your government name
We have to stop this.
theintercept.com/2026/03/05/k...
FAFO
They already are - Labour supposedly closed marsden Point (they didn't; it was private owners Channel Infrastructure, and it wouldn't matter anyway because an oil refinery needs oil to run)
Yeah. Rich white guy = knighthood, regardless of actual merit.
Spoken like a true Flambeau.
Only losers use AI, so of course regime ministers do.
Unbelievably on the day Erica the North Shore racist pushes a leadership bid Marc Daalder details her getting a speech from ChatGPT.
She actually typed "I want to sounds smart and inspirational." Great use of grammar for an Education Minister.
(Currently paywalled)
Information in people's heads is official information, and they must write down their best recollection. Also "administrative in nature" is not a lawful withholding ground under the OIA.
what if Hitler was even stupider, wrestling with dementia, and had access to nuclear weapons? we're all about to find out!
Huh. We can set up our own kikorangi servers now. Which will be handy when it comes to avoiding those ID requirements pluralistic.net/2026/03/05/e...
