Mathew Onipe
@onimisionipe.bsky.social
Ordinary Magician in New Zealand 🇳🇿
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Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
January 22, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
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January 21, 2026 at 5:52 AM
That’s just tasteless.
NEW: Glasgow City Council has just approved a massive AI-generated mural to be painted in the city centre.
The illustration of Scottish elements inexplicably contains a bald eagle.
The planner says those upset about it are "keyboard warriors" who should "calm down"
The illustration of Scottish elements inexplicably contains a bald eagle.
The planner says those upset about it are "keyboard warriors" who should "calm down"
January 20, 2026 at 2:30 PM
That’s just tasteless.
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A decade ago, when Trump one the first time, I and other Black writers tried to make us see that racism — both explicit and deeply seeded — was at the root of Trump’s rise. We were dismissed even as late as last year as people attributed economic anxieties to Trump’s wins.
DO YOU BELIEVE US NOW?
DO YOU BELIEVE US NOW?
January 12, 2026 at 9:05 PM
A decade ago, when Trump one the first time, I and other Black writers tried to make us see that racism — both explicit and deeply seeded — was at the root of Trump’s rise. We were dismissed even as late as last year as people attributed economic anxieties to Trump’s wins.
DO YOU BELIEVE US NOW?
DO YOU BELIEVE US NOW?
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This.
The challenge is that people were taught *that* the nazis were bad, but not *why* the Nazis were bad.
Studying Black History, Indian History, and African History, would have revealed why Hitler didn't see himself or the Nazis as bad, and the danger and rot lurking in our societies.
The challenge is that people were taught *that* the nazis were bad, but not *why* the Nazis were bad.
Studying Black History, Indian History, and African History, would have revealed why Hitler didn't see himself or the Nazis as bad, and the danger and rot lurking in our societies.
This exactly. U.S. and European culture uniformly showing the villainy of the Nazis, and the heroism of the leaders and the millions of volunteers on the Allied side—Evelyn Waugh, Kurt Vonnegut, James Stewart, Audrey Hepburn!—every film, every TV show, every thriller in the bookshop. And now this?
It's weird thinking about all the history classes where we were sold ideas about decency, inclusiveness, democracy etc. Even if they were aspirational simplifications of nuanced history, I can't believe how many people were like, 'No. The Nazis were cool, slavery is good, ethnic cleansing is good.'
January 13, 2026 at 2:17 PM
This.
The challenge is that people were taught *that* the nazis were bad, but not *why* the Nazis were bad.
Studying Black History, Indian History, and African History, would have revealed why Hitler didn't see himself or the Nazis as bad, and the danger and rot lurking in our societies.
The challenge is that people were taught *that* the nazis were bad, but not *why* the Nazis were bad.
Studying Black History, Indian History, and African History, would have revealed why Hitler didn't see himself or the Nazis as bad, and the danger and rot lurking in our societies.
💯 this! However I’m not sure this will happen. Folks impression about the Green Party for instance is quite crappy. I try my best to educate at any chance but it feels like there’s a missing gap.
On a purely electoral level if you don't want what's happening in the US to happen here in NZ you actually have to vote as far left as possible. The back and forth between major parties to slowly edge us towards fascism is VERY well established at this point.
January 10, 2026 at 9:57 AM
💯 this! However I’m not sure this will happen. Folks impression about the Green Party for instance is quite crappy. I try my best to educate at any chance but it feels like there’s a missing gap.
Looks like Annas archive is down 😔
January 6, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Looks like Annas archive is down 😔
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Luxon has a plan. It looks like this. 6 plates for him, 1 plate between 5 at the other end of the divide he’s widened. I don’t misunderstand him. I see him. #nzpol #hoarder interactives.stuff.co.nz/the-side-eye...
The Side Eye: The Table
Why is New Zealand's wealth hoarded at one end of the nation's dinner table? Toby Morris of @TheSpinoffTV explains
interactives.stuff.co.nz
December 20, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Luxon has a plan. It looks like this. 6 plates for him, 1 plate between 5 at the other end of the divide he’s widened. I don’t misunderstand him. I see him. #nzpol #hoarder interactives.stuff.co.nz/the-side-eye...
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I am seeing people debate the business value of LLMs for software development and so I will share again my essay using feminist anthropology and critical pedagogy lenses to guess at how widespread adoption of AI will play out. I think it is holding up! www.winstonhearn.com/wrote/2025/f...
Feral Tech
I think the shitty pedagogy and false assumptions that underly the LLM boosters' beliefs about how human knowledge operates will have similar risk profiles to unleashing a preschool class without supe...
www.winstonhearn.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I am seeing people debate the business value of LLMs for software development and so I will share again my essay using feminist anthropology and critical pedagogy lenses to guess at how widespread adoption of AI will play out. I think it is holding up! www.winstonhearn.com/wrote/2025/f...
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Tech bros shocked that normal human beings enjoy thinking
December 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Tech bros shocked that normal human beings enjoy thinking
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Queen Street - A Street for civic and Civilised action 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 #citycentre
December 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Queen Street - A Street for civic and Civilised action 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 #citycentre
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Happy Halloween, y’all 🐍 🐍 🐍
November 1, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Happy Halloween, y’all 🐍 🐍 🐍
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JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
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Remember to check in on your champagne socialist friend with 3 rental properties and remind them that all of their gains over the last 20 years are entirely untaxed.
It’s a hard time for them, but don’t let them stealth-vote National because of ignorance.
It’s a hard time for them, but don’t let them stealth-vote National because of ignorance.
October 28, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Remember to check in on your champagne socialist friend with 3 rental properties and remind them that all of their gains over the last 20 years are entirely untaxed.
It’s a hard time for them, but don’t let them stealth-vote National because of ignorance.
It’s a hard time for them, but don’t let them stealth-vote National because of ignorance.
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October 27, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The release of genetically modified crops or organisms outside the lab carries many significant risks to Aotearoa. Join me in signing the petition to support a safe GE free future! community.greenpeace.org.nz/petitions/st...
Keep GE technology in the lab!
The release of genetically modified crops or organisms outside the lab carries significant environmental risks to Aotearoa. Sign the petition to support a safe GE free future!
community.greenpeace.org.nz
October 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The release of genetically modified crops or organisms outside the lab carries many significant risks to Aotearoa. Join me in signing the petition to support a safe GE free future! community.greenpeace.org.nz/petitions/st...
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When the NZ's coalition govt took office nearly two years ago, its #WarOnNature started.
In that time, they've made a bewildering number of changes leading to environmental harm.
Greenpeace Aotearoa head @russelnorman.bsky.social has undertaken the gargantuan task of tracking them all👇
#nzpol
In that time, they've made a bewildering number of changes leading to environmental harm.
Greenpeace Aotearoa head @russelnorman.bsky.social has undertaken the gargantuan task of tracking them all👇
#nzpol
Luxon’s War on Nature Timeline - Greenpeace Aotearoa
It has been nearly 2 years since the formation of the Luxon-led Government. It has been two years of a war on nature.
www.greenpeace.org
October 13, 2025 at 9:38 AM
When the NZ's coalition govt took office nearly two years ago, its #WarOnNature started.
In that time, they've made a bewildering number of changes leading to environmental harm.
Greenpeace Aotearoa head @russelnorman.bsky.social has undertaken the gargantuan task of tracking them all👇
#nzpol
In that time, they've made a bewildering number of changes leading to environmental harm.
Greenpeace Aotearoa head @russelnorman.bsky.social has undertaken the gargantuan task of tracking them all👇
#nzpol
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More ICE analogies to understand criminal justice reform:
Some of y'all still say that I am "anti-cop" and don't believe me when I say that some of my followers are current and former cops, and that they don't disagree with what I say, or get mad at me when people say "ACAB!" or "Defund!"🤷🏿♂️
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Some of y'all still say that I am "anti-cop" and don't believe me when I say that some of my followers are current and former cops, and that they don't disagree with what I say, or get mad at me when people say "ACAB!" or "Defund!"🤷🏿♂️
Cont'd
October 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
More ICE analogies to understand criminal justice reform:
Some of y'all still say that I am "anti-cop" and don't believe me when I say that some of my followers are current and former cops, and that they don't disagree with what I say, or get mad at me when people say "ACAB!" or "Defund!"🤷🏿♂️
Cont'd
Some of y'all still say that I am "anti-cop" and don't believe me when I say that some of my followers are current and former cops, and that they don't disagree with what I say, or get mad at me when people say "ACAB!" or "Defund!"🤷🏿♂️
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coates is genuinely a generational writer
September 17, 2025 at 4:50 AM
coates is genuinely a generational writer
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I don't want a thinner phone, I want good battery life and repairability!
September 9, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I don't want a thinner phone, I want good battery life and repairability!
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Although it's rarely expressed in outright terms, people often use a very simple heuristic when solving fashion problems: they wish to look rich, which is often disguised as "respectable."
I will show you why this rarely leads to good outfits. 🧵
I will show you why this rarely leads to good outfits. 🧵
September 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Although it's rarely expressed in outright terms, people often use a very simple heuristic when solving fashion problems: they wish to look rich, which is often disguised as "respectable."
I will show you why this rarely leads to good outfits. 🧵
I will show you why this rarely leads to good outfits. 🧵
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Voting in local elections is kicking off: keep an eye out for your ballot paper arriving next week.
Find your local candidates on our website: www.greens.org.nz/local
Find your local candidates on our website: www.greens.org.nz/local
September 7, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Voting in local elections is kicking off: keep an eye out for your ballot paper arriving next week.
Find your local candidates on our website: www.greens.org.nz/local
Find your local candidates on our website: www.greens.org.nz/local
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No.
If I say "I want to build a Mars base!" That's "Wanting to build stuff?"
But if I say, "I want to end all fossil fuel cars by 2030!" That's holding back progress?
🙂🙃
"I want to build murder drones!" I'm a builder?
"I want to build enough housing to end homelessness this decade!" Leftist?
🙂🙃
If I say "I want to build a Mars base!" That's "Wanting to build stuff?"
But if I say, "I want to end all fossil fuel cars by 2030!" That's holding back progress?
🙂🙃
"I want to build murder drones!" I'm a builder?
"I want to build enough housing to end homelessness this decade!" Leftist?
🙂🙃
There is a lot to hate about the politics of the silicon valley right, but they do actually want to build stuff, and I would prefer if the left didn't cede "we should be able to build stuff" to the right.
September 6, 2025 at 7:48 AM
No.
If I say "I want to build a Mars base!" That's "Wanting to build stuff?"
But if I say, "I want to end all fossil fuel cars by 2030!" That's holding back progress?
🙂🙃
"I want to build murder drones!" I'm a builder?
"I want to build enough housing to end homelessness this decade!" Leftist?
🙂🙃
If I say "I want to build a Mars base!" That's "Wanting to build stuff?"
But if I say, "I want to end all fossil fuel cars by 2030!" That's holding back progress?
🙂🙃
"I want to build murder drones!" I'm a builder?
"I want to build enough housing to end homelessness this decade!" Leftist?
🙂🙃