Che Tibby
@chetibby.bsky.social
Deranged liberal and Bluesky Elder: public-sector researcher on terrorism and violent extremism, and I am such, such the biggest nerd.
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Lead Post reporter on that story Alex Horton served in the infantry in Iraq.
Q: So you didn't see any survivors after that first strike?
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
December 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Lead Post reporter on that story Alex Horton served in the infantry in Iraq.
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I’ve opened this one up to all to read, listen & share after requests from paying subscribers to make it publicly available as part of my public interest journalism mandate. Many thanks to paying subscribers who allow me to put some of this work in public. #nzpol thekaka.substack.com/p/a-rates-ha...
A rates (handi)cap to throttle GDP 'growth, growth, growth'
Govt to limit council rates growth in 2-4% range from mid-2029; Councils & infrastructure builders warn it will limit GDP growth & frustrate Govt's own investment plans; Rates inflation self-inflicted
thekaka.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I’ve opened this one up to all to read, listen & share after requests from paying subscribers to make it publicly available as part of my public interest journalism mandate. Many thanks to paying subscribers who allow me to put some of this work in public. #nzpol thekaka.substack.com/p/a-rates-ha...
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This tweet didn’t work the first time, but I think he should try it again.
December 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This tweet didn’t work the first time, but I think he should try it again.
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
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They were 8 and 11 years old
December 2, 2025 at 6:50 AM
They were 8 and 11 years old
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Oh interesting, whose fault is that?
December 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Oh interesting, whose fault is that?
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What we are seeing in the wake of the National Guard shooting in DC is a shift from Christian nationalism to Western supremacy. It's not one or the other. But the latter category is a bigger tent - and allows for Xtian nationalists to more easily make room for Elon Musk, Stephen Miller, and others.
December 2, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Welp, Kiwibank has lost me as a business customer. They're now charging a fee on ALL int'l transactions in NZD, meaning all of my subscriptions/marketing/etc etc.
It sucks bc I believe in them as an institution, but I can't afford the extra costs when the other banks aren't charging those fees.
It sucks bc I believe in them as an institution, but I can't afford the extra costs when the other banks aren't charging those fees.
December 2, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Welp, Kiwibank has lost me as a business customer. They're now charging a fee on ALL int'l transactions in NZD, meaning all of my subscriptions/marketing/etc etc.
It sucks bc I believe in them as an institution, but I can't afford the extra costs when the other banks aren't charging those fees.
It sucks bc I believe in them as an institution, but I can't afford the extra costs when the other banks aren't charging those fees.
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Roundup / glyphosate has not been high on my list of things to worry about but this may actually bump it up a notch or two.
I’m no expert, but I’ve seen this paper described as an important justification for claims about the safety of Roundup. And now it has been retracted by the journal it appeared in. 🧪
RETRACTED: Safety Evaluation and Risk Assessment of the Herbicide Roundup and Its Active Ingredient, Glyphosate, for Humans
This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy)This article has b…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Roundup / glyphosate has not been high on my list of things to worry about but this may actually bump it up a notch or two.
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Ahem!
That $66 Billion was rather well spent it seems.
Thank you Jacinda Ardern, Grant Roberston, and Dr Ashley Bloomfield.
🫂🫶💪👏🎯
That $66 Billion was rather well spent it seems.
Thank you Jacinda Ardern, Grant Roberston, and Dr Ashley Bloomfield.
🫂🫶💪👏🎯
Worldwide mortality experience since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2024) shows excess deaths over that period in almost every country measured. Australia (+6%) was below average, and New Zealand (+0.1%) the lowest we measured.
December 2, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Ahem!
That $66 Billion was rather well spent it seems.
Thank you Jacinda Ardern, Grant Roberston, and Dr Ashley Bloomfield.
🫂🫶💪👏🎯
That $66 Billion was rather well spent it seems.
Thank you Jacinda Ardern, Grant Roberston, and Dr Ashley Bloomfield.
🫂🫶💪👏🎯
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here's an updated guide on how to remove all of the AI from Firefox
November 22, 2025 at 8:53 PM
here's an updated guide on how to remove all of the AI from Firefox
I named my fists Star and Galatica, because they're just waiting for a battle.
I named my fists Vladimir and Estragon because they are just waiting for a chance to go
I named my fists Common and Sense because I'm about to bring the Paine
December 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I named my fists Star and Galatica, because they're just waiting for a battle.
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Invoking "color revolutions" as a boogeyman like this really goes to show how much these guys have cooked their brains on Russian propaganda specifically.
Sen. Eric Schmitt: "This is the language of a color revolution where you're calling on military men and women to disobey orders."
December 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Invoking "color revolutions" as a boogeyman like this really goes to show how much these guys have cooked their brains on Russian propaganda specifically.
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Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
December 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
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Private jets are booming while communities everywhere face climate chaos.
The most polluting way to fly is becoming more accessible for the wealthy and more costly for everyone else.
#BanPrivateJets
The most polluting way to fly is becoming more accessible for the wealthy and more costly for everyone else.
#BanPrivateJets
Flying private jets is no longer just for the ultra-rich – DW – 11/07/2025
Corporate executives and the rich are increasingly heading for the comfort and security of private jets, despite calls to ground their environment-harming business planes. Can anything stop this growi...
www.dw.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Private jets are booming while communities everywhere face climate chaos.
The most polluting way to fly is becoming more accessible for the wealthy and more costly for everyone else.
#BanPrivateJets
The most polluting way to fly is becoming more accessible for the wealthy and more costly for everyone else.
#BanPrivateJets
Species with ancient, ancient languages almost driven extinct by monkeys bored of candles
This would be a wonderful positive AI use-case. Although a strange, difficult reality for a lot of people in 2025.
Mind-blowingly cool use of AI
“Altogether, these findings are leading us to an extraordinary conclusion: Whales may possess a communication system more intricate than our own, one that possibly predates human language by tens of millions of years.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
“Altogether, these findings are leading us to an extraordinary conclusion: Whales may possess a communication system more intricate than our own, one that possibly predates human language by tens of millions of years.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
December 1, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Species with ancient, ancient languages almost driven extinct by monkeys bored of candles
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Sure be good for the country’s economy if all the people giving free ads to a foreign flatpack megacorp were giving as much airtime and money to local businesses employing skilled local people.
December 1, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Sure be good for the country’s economy if all the people giving free ads to a foreign flatpack megacorp were giving as much airtime and money to local businesses employing skilled local people.
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My constructive question to this student is, how would you articulate your concerns and your reasoning to someone who does not share your faith in the Bible as an authority? Being able to do this is an important objective for education, both for self-awareness and for living in society.
Turning Point at OU posted this girl's essay in full and man is it rough
December 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
My constructive question to this student is, how would you articulate your concerns and your reasoning to someone who does not share your faith in the Bible as an authority? Being able to do this is an important objective for education, both for self-awareness and for living in society.
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Public Service Commission's social media advertising under independent review
Public Service Commission's social media advertising under independent review
The Commission purchased the adverts with a small amount of public money and ran them during the public sector strikes.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 1, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Public Service Commission's social media advertising under independent review
A cautionary tale in one photo.
December 1, 2025 at 4:33 AM
A cautionary tale in one photo.
obviously not for factory-standard males, we only need one of these tucks.
December 1, 2025 at 4:03 AM
obviously not for factory-standard males, we only need one of these tucks.
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I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
November 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
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Farewell Tom Stoppard. I know I'm supposed to consider "Arcadia" your best work, but there's no improving on Brazil's taut first hour & the office dialogue in particular.
November 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Farewell Tom Stoppard. I know I'm supposed to consider "Arcadia" your best work, but there's no improving on Brazil's taut first hour & the office dialogue in particular.
This is a betrayal of cuisine as large as her betrayal of the American people.
Karoline Leavitt's Thanksgiving spread. Please dissect.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
November 29, 2025 at 10:07 PM
This is a betrayal of cuisine as large as her betrayal of the American people.