Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by 2covet

Sarabeee #ToitūTeTiriti 🇺🇦 @sarabeee.bsky.social · 1d

Bryce has an extremely over inflated opinion of his understandings and analytical abilities. Kia kaha TW.

1 13

Reposted by 2covet

Sarah Pallett @sarah4ilam.bsky.social · 1d

For crying out loud.
Hope the article is pulled immediately.

2 16

2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 2m

#nzpol ⬇️🤔🤬

Tory Whanau @misswhanau.bsky.social · 1d

Just got sent this from an article by Bryce Edwards. This is completely false, and he never once fact-checked it with me. My campaign was run by me and my small volunteer team. Comments like this reflect a tired mindset that assumes women can’t succeed in politics without a man pulling the strings.

7:50
:.!=
73)
concerns about transparency and public trust.
The Anatomy of influence - A Wellington case study
Many of the powerful vested interests behind local politicians are barely acknowledged. For example, how many Wellington voters knew that the current Mayor of Wellington, Tory Whanau, had her successful 2022 campaign essentially run by corporate lobbyist Neale Jones?
Jones co-owns and operates the Capital Government Relations firm with fellow political commentator Ben Thomas. The firm is the epitome of the "revolving door"

2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 4m

#nzpol
A must watch, Aotearoa New Zealand 🎯💯 🤣.

And, don't forget to share it widely. 😏

the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 51m

The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!

Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

www.youtube.com

1

2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 10m

Sending thoughts and prayers to everyone around Aotearoa New Zealand who is currently still trying to extricate their local government voting forms from under their cat. 🫶

a person is petting a gray cat in front of a samsung device

ALT: a person is petting a gray cat in front of a samsung device

media.tenor.com

1

2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 19m

We still have at least one other kiwi who has been abducted by Israel from the second wave Conscience Flotilla.

1

Reposted by 2covet

David Clegg @delphijunkie.bsky.social · 5h

Looking forward to Winston Peters taking full responsibility for this. That's how this works now, right? #nzpol

The Press @thepress.co.nz · 5h

The 19-year-old will appear in a Gisborne court next week. Doyle stepped down from Parliament in September, citing the intolerable level of abuse.

Teen charged with making death threats against former Green MP Benjamin Doyle

The 19-year-old will appear in a Gisborne court next week. Doyle stepped down from Parliament in September, citing the intolerable level of abuse.

dlvr.it

3 23 87

Reposted by 2covet

Kylie @styla73.bsky.social · 7h

See also, Winston.

spooky tim dewey @tjdfotographist.bsky.social · 10h

Free speech is when I encourage people to send you death threats; hate speech is when you tell me to stop.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10h

Can you hear the words coming out of your mouth, Megan?

Yes, the guy who received so many threats because of your own actions he had to flee to Europe isn’t the real victim. No. You are, because people called you out.

8 18

Reposted by 2covet

Jack Cousteau ⚓️ @angrywaterman.bsky.social · 5h

insideclimatenews.org/news/0910202... Marineland in Niagara Falls, Ontario, “exhausted funds to care for them.”

Shuttered Canadian Marine Park Warns It May Euthanize 30 Beluga Whales, Prompting a Global Outcry - Inside Climate News

The uncertain future of 30 beluga whales still living in tanks at Marineland—a shuttered aquarium and amusement park in Niagara Falls, Ontario—has drawn global outcry from animal rights activists this...

insideclimatenews.org

1 13 13

2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 5h

#nzpol
Proudly brought to you by Chris Luxon, Winston Peters, David Seymour and their Finance Minister Nicola Willis.

They're wealthy and sorted.

Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 8h

Latest benefits data is out. More detail later, but suffice to say that we are going to need some new forecasts.

1 5

2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 11h

It's privately owned and they're now doing some focussed scribbling above the sea opposite Ōwhiro Bay. Hhmm, I wonder why. 🤔

1

2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 11h

🎯💯

Perfect, Sharon. 👏👏👏

1 6

Reposted by 2covet

Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 12h

Govt to cut #JobSeeker benefit for 18 & 19 year olds who’s parents earn over $65,000, even if the teens have a disability or health condition. With #CostOfLiving & the job shortage they’re cranking up stress levels to 11, all to meet a target.
My #cartoon today about hard-nosed #NZpol

Cartoon. Title: “Job Seeee-e-e-e” Image shows PM Christopher Luxon at the open hatch of a small plane, high above farmland. He’s leaning out, and holding up a parachute pack, labelled “Job Seeker” He’s calling out to someone falling from the plane, “And I’ve kept your parachute because you kids from low-income homes need some motivation” Then he adds, “Don’t let that disability slow you down!”

14 140 350

Reposted by 2covet

Baxtermack🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @baxtermack.bsky.social · 12h

National: making Australia look good since 2024!

1 3

2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 11h

Surprised to be woken up by the sound of a passing Iroquois. I've missed that sound.

2

Reposted by 2covet

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20h

ICE getting tailed like it’s a heist movie. Chicago is turning the tables.

890 6.5K 22K

2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 21h

Oh, nooo, WTF, your council needs to explain itself, and confirm if they have verified their tree maintenance contractor's qualifications, because that really does not look like it has been done a professional. 🤬

1

Reposted by 2covet

💞Sabrina💞 @sabrinarina.bsky.social · 2d

Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.

130 2.2K 7.4K

Reposted by 2covet

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 22h

Russia attacks Ukraine’s energy and railway infrastructure in deadly overnight strikes – Europe live

Zelenskyy accuses Russia of wanting to sow ‘chaos’ as it repeats similar tactics from previous winters that left millions of Ukrainians without access to energy or heating President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of wanting to sow “chaos” in Ukraine by launching strikes on his country’s energy grid and railway infrastructure, in comments published on Thursday, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports. Moscow, whose forces invaded Ukraine in 2022, have in recent weeks escalated aerial attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities and rail systems. Russia’s task is to create chaos and apply psychological pressure on the population through strikes on energy facilities and railways. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

5 44 74

Reposted by 2covet

Tory Whanau @misswhanau.bsky.social · 23h

Radio bros gon hate

4 26 150

Reposted by 2covet

Cory, on Rails 🚂 @aitkesandpains.bsky.social · 22h

The Tranzalpine was voted the 20th best train trip in the world by Condé Nast Traveler in 2025 🛤️

Now that Intercity has started a competing Chch-Greymouth bus service, I hope that Kiwirail might drop their steep ticket prices to stay competitive, and more people will get to enjoy this amazing trip!

The Tranzalpine train departing Greymouth Railway Station on the 14th of July 2025, taken by me off the Grey River Bridge. On the right you can see the river, on the centre is the floodwall, on the centre right the train crosses Mawhera Quay and the town of Greymouth is visible on the background

1 3 19

2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 21h

Oh I do love a good collective noun. 😉 *wobble 🤣

Reposted by 2covet

MAGA Don’t Surf 🌊 🏄 @spacemonkeygleek.bsky.social · 1d

Portland’s culture is summed up by this wobble of Darth Vader bagpipers on unicycles: unfiltered weirdness, creative eccentricity, and proud celebration of the unexpected—just another day in the city that made “Keep Portland Weird” a living motto.

4 13 46

2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 21h

I'm sorry you're being singled out like this. 🫂

He's such a petty misogynistic man child. 🙄 TBH, I don't understand how he can still be considered to be employable... but then again... it is ZB, the man child station.

5

Reposted by 2covet

George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 22h

Modern business is out to kill us all. Our post-industrial business model may be profitable for the business owner, but it is overwhelmingly a loss maker for equality, environment, climate and everything that lives and breathes on Earth
open.substack.com/pub/georgets...

1 18 39