Jason Danner
@jpdanner.com
Analytical chemist & techie
Reluctant American & proud Kiwi
Chief Beer Officer @ aerorock.co.nz
Director of HOPS @ usablebalance.com
@jpdanner from Tweeter
He/him
Friendliest asshole you'll ever meet
Reluctant American & proud Kiwi
Chief Beer Officer @ aerorock.co.nz
Director of HOPS @ usablebalance.com
@jpdanner from Tweeter
He/him
Friendliest asshole you'll ever meet
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Going to war with our NATO allies probably isn’t going to happen, but seeing smarmy fucks like this fantasizing about how easy and cool it would be to spill the blood of our NATO allies helps strain the bonds of our international relationships in ways that can’t be mended for generations.
Rep. Greg Steube: "You see Macron and the French sending troops to Greenland. I would love to see the US military up against French troops in Greenland, because it would not last very long. It would be a very small skirmish ... we don't care about what Macron and the French want."
January 23, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Going to war with our NATO allies probably isn’t going to happen, but seeing smarmy fucks like this fantasizing about how easy and cool it would be to spill the blood of our NATO allies helps strain the bonds of our international relationships in ways that can’t be mended for generations.
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“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed... History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.”
- 1984, George Orwell
- 1984, George Orwell
January 23, 2026 at 3:50 AM
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed... History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.”
- 1984, George Orwell
- 1984, George Orwell
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This is embarrassing and we are fucking doomed.
January 23, 2026 at 4:33 AM
This is embarrassing and we are fucking doomed.
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This is a banger of an ad.
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January 22, 2026 at 8:57 PM
This is a banger of an ad.
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
It is somehow both unsurprising and yet completely infuriating to see the suggestion from someone whose name is a byword for leadership failure that New Zealand should abandon any efforts at international leadership.
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
January 22, 2026 at 5:43 PM
It is somehow both unsurprising and yet completely infuriating to see the suggestion from someone whose name is a byword for leadership failure that New Zealand should abandon any efforts at international leadership.
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
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Also: eye contact! I’ve never made so much eye contact with strangers while walking before.
We’re all checking in with each other and there are so many little gestures of connection.
We’re all checking in with each other and there are so many little gestures of connection.
This is serious enough I'm reposting my own posts.
Minnesotans are talking to and befriending strangers.
And being openly emotional and swearing a lot in public.
People who would never in a million years so much as boo or heckle anyone at a sporting event are heckling ICE like whoa.
Minnesotans are talking to and befriending strangers.
And being openly emotional and swearing a lot in public.
People who would never in a million years so much as boo or heckle anyone at a sporting event are heckling ICE like whoa.
January 22, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Also: eye contact! I’ve never made so much eye contact with strangers while walking before.
We’re all checking in with each other and there are so many little gestures of connection.
We’re all checking in with each other and there are so many little gestures of connection.
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Art of the Heel Turn.
Imagine becoming custodian of a century of accumulated cultural and political capital, possibly the worlds’ largest such hoard, and blowing it all on Greenland.
January 22, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Art of the Heel Turn.
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Unfortunately, if Labour lose the election (which I think is likely), we'll all be left to wonder why on earth they decided to run a second election with Hipkins, a man with no political imagination or charisma.
January 22, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Unfortunately, if Labour lose the election (which I think is likely), we'll all be left to wonder why on earth they decided to run a second election with Hipkins, a man with no political imagination or charisma.
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At this point I'm honestly surprised at how little we've heard from the Government as thousands face weather-related emergencies and multiple people are missing, possibly deceased.
Like, I don't have high expectations, but this is still well below those.
Like, I don't have high expectations, but this is still well below those.
January 22, 2026 at 12:54 AM
At this point I'm honestly surprised at how little we've heard from the Government as thousands face weather-related emergencies and multiple people are missing, possibly deceased.
Like, I don't have high expectations, but this is still well below those.
Like, I don't have high expectations, but this is still well below those.
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Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
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I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.
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If Mark Carney is right and the rules-based order is gone, where are we as a nation? New Zealand was an actor in the creation of the post-war consensus, but it's hard to imagine a leadership less fit to meet the moment than the current lot.
January 21, 2026 at 7:28 PM
If Mark Carney is right and the rules-based order is gone, where are we as a nation? New Zealand was an actor in the creation of the post-war consensus, but it's hard to imagine a leadership less fit to meet the moment than the current lot.
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Yep. Luxon seems intent on burying his head in the sand and waiting for this to all blow over. 🤦♂️ #nzpol
If Mark Carney is right and the rules-based order is gone, where are we as a nation? New Zealand was an actor in the creation of the post-war consensus, but it's hard to imagine a leadership less fit to meet the moment than the current lot.
January 21, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Yep. Luxon seems intent on burying his head in the sand and waiting for this to all blow over. 🤦♂️ #nzpol
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Trump posts what appears to be a private text message sent to him by Macron
January 20, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Trump posts what appears to be a private text message sent to him by Macron
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Luxon opens election year without a spark
Luxon opens election year without a spark
The prime minister’s state of the nation speech failed to stir his own party faithful....
thespinoff.co.nz
January 19, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Luxon opens election year without a spark
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We were warned what would happen When The Cows Came Home by @asym.bsky.social.
Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS
January 19, 2026 at 6:17 PM
We were warned what would happen When The Cows Came Home by @asym.bsky.social.
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they’re going to need to impose consequences that are felt in a personal way by the people in charge
ruining Trump’s big sports show, travel bans for the GOP (or, hell, all of congress), travel bans for rich Trump allies, sanctions on the Trump family
they feel invincible, change their minds
ruining Trump’s big sports show, travel bans for the GOP (or, hell, all of congress), travel bans for rich Trump allies, sanctions on the Trump family
they feel invincible, change their minds
Honestly boycotting the World Cup would be the most effective and probably the least disruptive of all of the options available to Europe. I’m not sure how you can send teams and fans to contribute to a spectacle designed entirely to celebrate a guy trying to invade your territory.
January 19, 2026 at 5:01 PM
they’re going to need to impose consequences that are felt in a personal way by the people in charge
ruining Trump’s big sports show, travel bans for the GOP (or, hell, all of congress), travel bans for rich Trump allies, sanctions on the Trump family
they feel invincible, change their minds
ruining Trump’s big sports show, travel bans for the GOP (or, hell, all of congress), travel bans for rich Trump allies, sanctions on the Trump family
they feel invincible, change their minds
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I see Bryce Edwards has posted his triennial piece on how the Greens are suffering because of their support for "identify politics"
Also published today, the CTU mood of the workforce survey showing Sawbrick is the most favored leader (Davidson & Hipkins 2nd equal)
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
Also published today, the CTU mood of the workforce survey showing Sawbrick is the most favored leader (Davidson & Hipkins 2nd equal)
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
January 19, 2026 at 4:11 AM
I see Bryce Edwards has posted his triennial piece on how the Greens are suffering because of their support for "identify politics"
Also published today, the CTU mood of the workforce survey showing Sawbrick is the most favored leader (Davidson & Hipkins 2nd equal)
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
Also published today, the CTU mood of the workforce survey showing Sawbrick is the most favored leader (Davidson & Hipkins 2nd equal)
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
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Seems notable that Stuff is leading with this and not the actual speech as news.
January 19, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Seems notable that Stuff is leading with this and not the actual speech as news.
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i just feel like america has no business starting fights with the country that makes ozempic
January 19, 2026 at 8:05 AM
i just feel like america has no business starting fights with the country that makes ozempic
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civics education isn't a silver bullet (who decides what gets taught?) but *organising* can be
I think the electorate is much more switched on than people give it credit for, they know what they need and want, its been a failure of the left, and sorry *particularly* the Greens, to tap into that
I think the electorate is much more switched on than people give it credit for, they know what they need and want, its been a failure of the left, and sorry *particularly* the Greens, to tap into that
[my hot take] I suspect the reason the Greens do better among educated people is, in part, the lack of civics education in schools. I've met numerous people who tell me they prefer the Greens but vote Labour to "keep National out" not realising that under MMP a Green vote has the same effect
January 19, 2026 at 5:25 AM
civics education isn't a silver bullet (who decides what gets taught?) but *organising* can be
I think the electorate is much more switched on than people give it credit for, they know what they need and want, its been a failure of the left, and sorry *particularly* the Greens, to tap into that
I think the electorate is much more switched on than people give it credit for, they know what they need and want, its been a failure of the left, and sorry *particularly* the Greens, to tap into that
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Laser focused on the cost of... er....
"For two years, National has been fixing the basics. Now heading into the election this year, National will campaign on a bold plan to build the future and leave a legacy of prosperity and opportunity for future generations," he said.
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Price of meth drops to its lowest ever, research shows
New research out today shows the street level price of methamphetamine has dropped to the cheapest it's ever been in New Zealand.
www.stuff.co.nz
January 19, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Laser focused on the cost of... er....
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To be fair, National's policies *HAVE* resulted in the price of at least one ✌️consumer good✌️ dropping...
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Price of meth drops to its lowest ever, research shows
New research out today shows the street level price of methamphetamine has dropped to the cheapest it's ever been in New Zealand.
www.stuff.co.nz
January 19, 2026 at 4:49 AM
To be fair, National's policies *HAVE* resulted in the price of at least one ✌️consumer good✌️ dropping...
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
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The irony is that Aotearoa NZ is one of the few places in the world where things could get a lot better if we stopped trying to be like the UK and USA
January 19, 2026 at 3:42 AM
The irony is that Aotearoa NZ is one of the few places in the world where things could get a lot better if we stopped trying to be like the UK and USA