Frank
@fmacskasy.bsky.social
Social Democrat~Blogger~LGBTQI ally~Critic of the alt.Right/neo-liberalism~BDS~Free Palestine!~Slava Ukraine!~He/him
#NationalNotFitToGovern
TIME TO EXPEL THE ISRAELI & RUSSIAN AMBASSADORS!
I blog,sporadically,@ frankmacskasy.substack.com
#NationalNotFitToGovern
TIME TO EXPEL THE ISRAELI & RUSSIAN AMBASSADORS!
I blog,sporadically,@ frankmacskasy.substack.com
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@fmacskasy.bsky.social
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My wife and I were on a beach in the Wellington area and found this at a car park, in the grass.
It is approximately the size of a person's hand,made of bone, and intricately carved.
I've masked the lower half,as only the legitimate owner will be able to fully describe it.
Please share this...(1)
It is approximately the size of a person's hand,made of bone, and intricately carved.
I've masked the lower half,as only the legitimate owner will be able to fully describe it.
Please share this...(1)
Question tonight on RNZ's evening panel with Wallace Chapman,
"Should the top and bottom edges of doors be painted?"
That's it. That's the question.
*facepalm*
"Should the top and bottom edges of doors be painted?"
That's it. That's the question.
*facepalm*
Thought just hit me, apropos nothing...
Is the Human race becoming stupider?
Is the Human race becoming stupider?
February 17, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Question tonight on RNZ's evening panel with Wallace Chapman,
"Should the top and bottom edges of doors be painted?"
That's it. That's the question.
*facepalm*
"Should the top and bottom edges of doors be painted?"
That's it. That's the question.
*facepalm*
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February 17, 2026 at 4:21 AM
*THIS* speaks volumes. National simply has no plan for climate change mitigation:
"Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has said climate and resilience spending should be assessed through standard Budget processes rather than ring-fenced funds. Finance Minister Willis...
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"Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has said climate and resilience spending should be assessed through standard Budget processes rather than ring-fenced funds. Finance Minister Willis...
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February 17, 2026 at 3:55 AM
*THIS* speaks volumes. National simply has no plan for climate change mitigation:
"Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has said climate and resilience spending should be assessed through standard Budget processes rather than ring-fenced funds. Finance Minister Willis...
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"Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has said climate and resilience spending should be assessed through standard Budget processes rather than ring-fenced funds. Finance Minister Willis...
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Sweet mother of Thor, I just hope Luxon & his cronies read it before signing up to it!!
www.1news.co.nz/2026/02/15/l...
www.1news.co.nz/2026/02/15/l...
Labour sets its demands on Govt's India deal before backing it
Chris Hipkins noted Prime Minister Christopher Luxon was committed to a deal one of his coalition partners had refused to support.
www.1news.co.nz
February 17, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Sweet mother of Thor, I just hope Luxon & his cronies read it before signing up to it!!
www.1news.co.nz/2026/02/15/l...
www.1news.co.nz/2026/02/15/l...
Much of the ten point plan is jargonistic gibberish and it's hard to decipher what is actually being suggested.
Except Item5 - Managing assets.
"...and explore asset recycling opportunities" is code for asset sales.
This shabby govt cut taxes in 2024,and...(1)
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Except Item5 - Managing assets.
"...and explore asset recycling opportunities" is code for asset sales.
This shabby govt cut taxes in 2024,and...(1)
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
‘Many people will be quite shocked’ ... this is how bad it really is
Te Waihanga, the NZ Infrastructure Commission, has released its final National Infrastructure Plan.
www.stuff.co.nz
February 17, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Much of the ten point plan is jargonistic gibberish and it's hard to decipher what is actually being suggested.
Except Item5 - Managing assets.
"...and explore asset recycling opportunities" is code for asset sales.
This shabby govt cut taxes in 2024,and...(1)
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Except Item5 - Managing assets.
"...and explore asset recycling opportunities" is code for asset sales.
This shabby govt cut taxes in 2024,and...(1)
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
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Yes exactly. Holding the globe and earth's population hostage.
February 14, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Yes exactly. Holding the globe and earth's population hostage.
Civil Defence Minister,mark Mitchell complimenting First Responders such as FENZ staff.
Excellent call out for our heroes, Mr Mitchell!
NOW PAY THEM WHAT THEY'RE WORTH AND INVEST IN NEW APPLIANCES THAT DON'T BREAK DOWN EVERY DAY!!!
You're welcome.
Excellent call out for our heroes, Mr Mitchell!
NOW PAY THEM WHAT THEY'RE WORTH AND INVEST IN NEW APPLIANCES THAT DON'T BREAK DOWN EVERY DAY!!!
You're welcome.
February 15, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Civil Defence Minister,mark Mitchell complimenting First Responders such as FENZ staff.
Excellent call out for our heroes, Mr Mitchell!
NOW PAY THEM WHAT THEY'RE WORTH AND INVEST IN NEW APPLIANCES THAT DON'T BREAK DOWN EVERY DAY!!!
You're welcome.
Excellent call out for our heroes, Mr Mitchell!
NOW PAY THEM WHAT THEY'RE WORTH AND INVEST IN NEW APPLIANCES THAT DON'T BREAK DOWN EVERY DAY!!!
You're welcome.
While the media & commentators witter on about semantics - tax/levy/charge/impost/etc, THIS is the im[poprtant stuff our esteemed Fourth Estate seems unable to comment on.
Kudos to #BHN for their work:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=hHpO...
Kudos to #BHN for their work:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=hHpO...
#BHN When National made its case for LNG, it never compared it to renewables
YouTube video by Big Hairy Network
m.youtube.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:04 AM
While the media & commentators witter on about semantics - tax/levy/charge/impost/etc, THIS is the im[poprtant stuff our esteemed Fourth Estate seems unable to comment on.
Kudos to #BHN for their work:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=hHpO...
Kudos to #BHN for their work:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=hHpO...
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Trump's deregulation of greenhouse gas emissions is a disaster for the Environment, and it's based on lies.
apnews.com/article/gree...
apnews.com/article/gree...
A look at false claims made by the Trump administration as it revokes a key scientific finding
While announcing that he was rolling back the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2009 endangerment finding, President Donald Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin made false claims regarding the gover...
apnews.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Trump's deregulation of greenhouse gas emissions is a disaster for the Environment, and it's based on lies.
apnews.com/article/gree...
apnews.com/article/gree...
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Brutte merde!
Agents Suspended After Their Story of Shooting an Immigrant Falls Apart
Agents Suspended After Their Story of Shooting an Immigrant Falls Apart
Agents Suspended After Their Story of Shooting an Immigrant Falls Apart
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Brutte merde!
Agents Suspended After Their Story of Shooting an Immigrant Falls Apart
Agents Suspended After Their Story of Shooting an Immigrant Falls Apart
The gangsters in the White House have made an ✌️offer✌️ Gallup couldnt refuse...
thehill.com/homenews/med...
thehill.com/homenews/med...
thehill.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:21 PM
The gangsters in the White House have made an ✌️offer✌️ Gallup couldnt refuse...
thehill.com/homenews/med...
thehill.com/homenews/med...
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Bye bye planet Earth. Wish our children and grandchildren good luck. Only a true dictator would say this:
"President Trump on Thursday announced he was erasing the scientific finding that climate change endangers human health and the environment,"
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
"President Trump on Thursday announced he was erasing the scientific finding that climate change endangers human health and the environment,"
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Bye bye planet Earth. Wish our children and grandchildren good luck. Only a true dictator would say this:
"President Trump on Thursday announced he was erasing the scientific finding that climate change endangers human health and the environment,"
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
"President Trump on Thursday announced he was erasing the scientific finding that climate change endangers human health and the environment,"
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
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Sure! Why not? Let’s put another unqualified person that will personally gain financial increase…. When is this going to stop?
Trump nominates a hospitality executive to lead the National Park Service
President Donald Trump has nominated for director of the National Park Service an executive from a hospitality company that has extensive contracts with the agency he would lead.
apnews.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Sure! Why not? Let’s put another unqualified person that will personally gain financial increase…. When is this going to stop?
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Every last one of them will be identified and made to face consequences.
Even if the Authorities drop the ball, individual citizens will research and unmask them.
It will be like the Nazi Hunters in the 1970's.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Even if the Authorities drop the ball, individual citizens will research and unmask them.
It will be like the Nazi Hunters in the 1970's.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
ICE List: the small European website exposing US immigration agents
Netherlands-based site uses public information and tips to reveal identities of agents involved in crackdowns across US
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Every last one of them will be identified and made to face consequences.
Even if the Authorities drop the ball, individual citizens will research and unmask them.
It will be like the Nazi Hunters in the 1970's.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Even if the Authorities drop the ball, individual citizens will research and unmask them.
It will be like the Nazi Hunters in the 1970's.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
District court judge Ema Aitken called Winston Peters a liar - and Peters complained?!
Another thin-skinned free speech warrior.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Another thin-skinned free speech warrior.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
District court judges give evidence at conduct hearing for fellow judge Ema Aitken
Judge Ema Aitken is before the panel accused of yelling at Winston Peters during an event at Auckland's Northern Club in 2024, calling him a liar.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 13, 2026 at 4:12 AM
District court judge Ema Aitken called Winston Peters a liar - and Peters complained?!
Another thin-skinned free speech warrior.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Another thin-skinned free speech warrior.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Purchased from the Johnsonville SPCA op-shop...
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February 12, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Purchased from the Johnsonville SPCA op-shop...
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"Transmission Gully will move to a 110km/h speed limit from next week."-Chris Bishop
YOU'RE F*****G KIDDING ME,BISHOP!!!
Road works have the speed limit down to one lane,at 30KPH between Haywards interchange & Waitangirua!
Its a joke;Entire sections have been dug up on a road only FOUR YEARS OLD!
YOU'RE F*****G KIDDING ME,BISHOP!!!
Road works have the speed limit down to one lane,at 30KPH between Haywards interchange & Waitangirua!
Its a joke;Entire sections have been dug up on a road only FOUR YEARS OLD!
February 12, 2026 at 1:59 AM
"Transmission Gully will move to a 110km/h speed limit from next week."-Chris Bishop
YOU'RE F*****G KIDDING ME,BISHOP!!!
Road works have the speed limit down to one lane,at 30KPH between Haywards interchange & Waitangirua!
Its a joke;Entire sections have been dug up on a road only FOUR YEARS OLD!
YOU'RE F*****G KIDDING ME,BISHOP!!!
Road works have the speed limit down to one lane,at 30KPH between Haywards interchange & Waitangirua!
Its a joke;Entire sections have been dug up on a road only FOUR YEARS OLD!
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Thank you, Jamie Raskin for always working to save the country.
#USDemocracy
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
#USDemocracy
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Jamie Raskin accuses DoJ of cover-up after viewing unredacted Epstein files
Ranking member of House judiciary panel said ‘mysterious redactions’ in files obscured names of abusers
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Thank you, Jamie Raskin for always working to save the country.
#USDemocracy
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
#USDemocracy
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Guyon Espiner on RNZ's Mid-Day Report interviewed the so-called Taxpayers ✌️Union✌️ on Nationals proposed levy on consumers to pay for its new billion dollar Think Big project, LNG Terminal.
Why didnt he interview Tax Justice Aotearoa?
Why does media always go to the TU,never Tax Justice Aotearoa?
Why didnt he interview Tax Justice Aotearoa?
Why does media always go to the TU,never Tax Justice Aotearoa?
February 9, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Guyon Espiner on RNZ's Mid-Day Report interviewed the so-called Taxpayers ✌️Union✌️ on Nationals proposed levy on consumers to pay for its new billion dollar Think Big project, LNG Terminal.
Why didnt he interview Tax Justice Aotearoa?
Why does media always go to the TU,never Tax Justice Aotearoa?
Why didnt he interview Tax Justice Aotearoa?
Why does media always go to the TU,never Tax Justice Aotearoa?
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Upsetting Epstein update: Ghislaine Maxwell is seeking clemency from the President in exchange for testifying that he’s innocent of any wrongdoing. Another corrupt shakedown. youtube.com/shorts/brQbP...
Maxwell offers to exonerate Trump in exchange for a pardon
YouTube video by Lawyer Oyer
youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Upsetting Epstein update: Ghislaine Maxwell is seeking clemency from the President in exchange for testifying that he’s innocent of any wrongdoing. Another corrupt shakedown. youtube.com/shorts/brQbP...
"A White House staffer erroneously made the post. It has been taken down."
- blaming the racist meme,posted on Trump's "Truth Social" website, on a junior staffer?
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www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
- blaming the racist meme,posted on Trump's "Truth Social" website, on a junior staffer?
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www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
US President Donald Trump shares video depicting Obamas as apes on Truth Social, then removes it
The White House blamed a staffer for the video posted to Trump's Truth Social account and said the post had been removed.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 8, 2026 at 11:35 PM
"A White House staffer erroneously made the post. It has been taken down."
- blaming the racist meme,posted on Trump's "Truth Social" website, on a junior staffer?
(1)
www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
- blaming the racist meme,posted on Trump's "Truth Social" website, on a junior staffer?
(1)
www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
Sadly, social media will be inundated more and more with this kind of cr@p. We all need to be on guard...
www.popsci.com/technology/w...
www.popsci.com/technology/w...
No, North Carolina's wild horses were not wrapped in insulation
AI-generated images spread fast ahead of a record-breaking winter storm, fooling plenty of people along the way.
www.popsci.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Sadly, social media will be inundated more and more with this kind of cr@p. We all need to be on guard...
www.popsci.com/technology/w...
www.popsci.com/technology/w...