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On LBC @zoejardiniere.bsky.social lists 3 previous instances where military aircraft have been targeted by campaigners in order to prevent them being used in war crimes, and she describes the govt banning Palestine Action as terrorists as an abuse of state power.
Well said.
Well said.
This is a barn-stormer.
The part about Keir Starmer is boggling.
The part about Keir Starmer is boggling.
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Lil Chief Records has a new artist - Mainard Larkin (after a dozen years of being too busy due to the incredible success of Princess Chelsea and Jonathan Bree). ‘Rattlesnake Boy’ is out now:
youtu.be/bTvzA9eJjEY?...
youtu.be/bTvzA9eJjEY?...
Mainard Larkin - 'Rattlesnake Boy'
YouTube video by Lil' Chief Records
youtu.be
February 11, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Lil Chief Records has a new artist - Mainard Larkin (after a dozen years of being too busy due to the incredible success of Princess Chelsea and Jonathan Bree). ‘Rattlesnake Boy’ is out now:
youtu.be/bTvzA9eJjEY?...
youtu.be/bTvzA9eJjEY?...
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hi i'm a former data journalist and son of a wastewater engineer*. prepare to die.
* uh, incidentally, WCC's senior wastewater engineer 1991-1999, i'll have to check whether he was involved in commissioning of Moa Point
* uh, incidentally, WCC's senior wastewater engineer 1991-1999, i'll have to check whether he was involved in commissioning of Moa Point
February 11, 2026 at 10:40 AM
hi i'm a former data journalist and son of a wastewater engineer*. prepare to die.
* uh, incidentally, WCC's senior wastewater engineer 1991-1999, i'll have to check whether he was involved in commissioning of Moa Point
* uh, incidentally, WCC's senior wastewater engineer 1991-1999, i'll have to check whether he was involved in commissioning of Moa Point
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Annie Grace doesn't normally like most strange men. but this guy sits down at my local gassy with his little sign and his dirty feet and smelly clothes and overgrown hair and missing teeth and he's so friendly and Annie Grace ADORES him. she goes all sooky & runs over, tail wagging
February 12, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Annie Grace doesn't normally like most strange men. but this guy sits down at my local gassy with his little sign and his dirty feet and smelly clothes and overgrown hair and missing teeth and he's so friendly and Annie Grace ADORES him. she goes all sooky & runs over, tail wagging
Classic New Zealand.
“I could see them on the camera. In fact, I caught them mating on the camera at my home, giving me the right royal finger,”
“I could see them on the camera. In fact, I caught them mating on the camera at my home, giving me the right royal finger,”
Our possums are a problem. Could Selena Gomez be the solution?
How one pop star's limited edition Oreo flavour became a vital weapon in the war against one of Aotearoa's biggest pests.
thespinoff.co.nz
February 12, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Classic New Zealand.
“I could see them on the camera. In fact, I caught them mating on the camera at my home, giving me the right royal finger,”
“I could see them on the camera. In fact, I caught them mating on the camera at my home, giving me the right royal finger,”
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Rep. Becca Balint's grandfather died in the Nazis' Mauthausen concentration camp.
Pam Bondi just suggested Balint was antisemitic.
Pam Bondi just suggested Balint was antisemitic.
BONDI: You didn't ask Merrick Garland anything about Epstein
BALINT: Weak sauce
BONDI: And with this antisemitic culture right now, she voted against a resolution--
BALINT: You want to go there! Really? Talking about antisemitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust! *storms off*
BALINT: Weak sauce
BONDI: And with this antisemitic culture right now, she voted against a resolution--
BALINT: You want to go there! Really? Talking about antisemitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust! *storms off*
February 11, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Rep. Becca Balint's grandfather died in the Nazis' Mauthausen concentration camp.
Pam Bondi just suggested Balint was antisemitic.
Pam Bondi just suggested Balint was antisemitic.
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The best video I can find of ANYONE talking about ICE tracking protesters is from Dan Goldman. So what I'm saying is primaries are good.
WATCH: ICE's tactics are 'outright fascist,' Rep. Goldman tells agency's acting director
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:27 PM
The best video I can find of ANYONE talking about ICE tracking protesters is from Dan Goldman. So what I'm saying is primaries are good.
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Sheffield, Lancaster and Surrey join Essex, Kent and Sussex in walking away from a proposed three-year deal with world’s largest academic publisher. 📚
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
U.K. Universities Decline New Elsevier Deal
Sheffield, Lancaster and Surrey join Essex, Kent and Sussex in walking away from a proposed three-year deal with world’s largest academic publisher.
www.insidehighered.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Sheffield, Lancaster and Surrey join Essex, Kent and Sussex in walking away from a proposed three-year deal with world’s largest academic publisher. 📚
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
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Black Mirror’s episode “Common People” is an absolutely incredible piece of art — and maybe the greatest TV episode about monopoly power that’s ever been made.
February 11, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Black Mirror’s episode “Common People” is an absolutely incredible piece of art — and maybe the greatest TV episode about monopoly power that’s ever been made.
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I needed this. I bet you do too.
In Dublin last year, an annoying interviewer demanded of me: “Your country has been overtaken by fascists. Why are you smiling?” I was too jetlagged to have a sensible answer so I said, “I’m smiling because I have a knife between my teeth.” The knife might look like this:
Auspicious Omens and Excellent Insubordination
I started this out as a letter to a friend who's feeling down about where we as a nation are at in this moment, and I am still learning how this newsletter thing works so thought I could use the newsl...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:49 AM
I needed this. I bet you do too.
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they pissed off the WeRateDogs guy enough from him to break character to directly tell them off, that's genuinely impressive levels of being an asshole
February 10, 2026 at 8:22 PM
they pissed off the WeRateDogs guy enough from him to break character to directly tell them off, that's genuinely impressive levels of being an asshole
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I’ve watched Gavin Newsom’s career for 20+ years. It’s a buffet of big lies & failed hopes
Like Trump, he breaks promises, serves billionaire interests & mistakes social media theatrics for leadership.
Is that what we need in 2028?
via @us.theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Like Trump, he breaks promises, serves billionaire interests & mistakes social media theatrics for leadership.
Is that what we need in 2028?
via @us.theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Gavin Newsom’s likely presidential bid is built on broken promises | Gil Durán
The California governor has a record of failed pledges on housing, healthcare and more as he mistakes theatrics for leadership
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I’ve watched Gavin Newsom’s career for 20+ years. It’s a buffet of big lies & failed hopes
Like Trump, he breaks promises, serves billionaire interests & mistakes social media theatrics for leadership.
Is that what we need in 2028?
via @us.theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Like Trump, he breaks promises, serves billionaire interests & mistakes social media theatrics for leadership.
Is that what we need in 2028?
via @us.theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Real Paleontologists don't like de-aging.
making a list of american institutions that are meeting this moment, and so far I've got burning man and paleontology down here... guess we're rebuilding society around the study of dinosaur bones and doing drugs in the desert
February 10, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Real Paleontologists don't like de-aging.
February 10, 2026 at 1:42 AM
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Bit late to it but if you want to know the chain of events that led to us importing gas (and charging electricity users to pay for it!!), I did this deep dive for RNZ last year www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
The fuel of ‘last resort’: How imported gas became New Zealand’s first choice
It's expensive, vulnerable to price shocks and terrible for the planet. So why are we importing gas?
www.rnz.co.nz
February 10, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Bit late to it but if you want to know the chain of events that led to us importing gas (and charging electricity users to pay for it!!), I did this deep dive for RNZ last year www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
February 9, 2026 at 11:28 PM
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Just listening to this podcast episode about the Dawn Raids and how there's an assumption by some that that didn't really happen in Christchurch and remembering how my friend told me her dad got bundled up and taken to the police station. He's Māori.
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/s...
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/s...
Speak up – Kōrerotia podcast: Legacies of the Dawn Raids
Episode of human rights radio show with recommended reading on the topic of the Dawn Raids and the Polynesian Panthers.
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Just listening to this podcast episode about the Dawn Raids and how there's an assumption by some that that didn't really happen in Christchurch and remembering how my friend told me her dad got bundled up and taken to the police station. He's Māori.
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/s...
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/s...
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So I have to pay more on my power bill, which is powered by hydro - a long term investment in energy security made by a past National Govt - to pay for a gas terminal which will be entirely beholden to foreign gas markets, a dying industry.
February 9, 2026 at 5:24 PM
So I have to pay more on my power bill, which is powered by hydro - a long term investment in energy security made by a past National Govt - to pay for a gas terminal which will be entirely beholden to foreign gas markets, a dying industry.
What stage of Heated Rivalry addiction are you at? I'm actually at the taking dozens of screen grabs of my fave HR reactors stage thank you for asking #heatedrivalry
February 9, 2026 at 5:40 PM
What stage of Heated Rivalry addiction are you at? I'm actually at the taking dozens of screen grabs of my fave HR reactors stage thank you for asking #heatedrivalry
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It's not even midnight and we're already at "Deport Elmo."
February 9, 2026 at 3:15 AM
It's not even midnight and we're already at "Deport Elmo."
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And the plantation* immediately reminded me of the Hank Willis Thomas piece, “The Cotton Bowl.”
But the street corner, bodega, and home sets were just as powerful.
*people are saying the bushes were people!
But the street corner, bodega, and home sets were just as powerful.
*people are saying the bushes were people!
February 9, 2026 at 2:53 AM
And the plantation* immediately reminded me of the Hank Willis Thomas piece, “The Cotton Bowl.”
But the street corner, bodega, and home sets were just as powerful.
*people are saying the bushes were people!
But the street corner, bodega, and home sets were just as powerful.
*people are saying the bushes were people!
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Gaht-damn.
February 9, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Gaht-damn.
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#NZPol Luke Mallpass has some gall blaming Labour’s ‘mishandling‘ of 3 Waters as a blame factor for Moa Point failure, ignoring his own significant efforts to sell the lies and racism that doomed it. What a cunt.
February 9, 2026 at 1:13 AM
#NZPol Luke Mallpass has some gall blaming Labour’s ‘mishandling‘ of 3 Waters as a blame factor for Moa Point failure, ignoring his own significant efforts to sell the lies and racism that doomed it. What a cunt.
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Gurdeep is the best.
Joy doesn't wait for permission or perfect timing. It doesn't postpone itself until every wound has healed, until the chaos settles, until the ledger of life balances itself. Instead, joy emerges like wildflowers through concrete — in the spaces we least expect it.
February 8, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Gurdeep is the best.
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"Eighty-two years after his execution by the Gestapo on June 16, 1944, the Jewish historian and resistance fighter Marc Bloch will be inducted into the Pantheon on June 23... His family requested that 'the far right, in all its forms, be excluded from any participation in the ceremony.'"
Marc Bloch, historien et résistant juif, entrera au Panthéon le 23 juin
Marc Bloch, historien et résistant juif, entrera au Panthéon le 23 juin
La date du 16 juin avait été dans un premier temps pressentie pour son entrée au Panthéon, mais la cérémonie a dû être décalée de quelques jours en raison du G7 à Evian-les-Bains.
www.lemonde.fr
February 8, 2026 at 7:02 PM
"Eighty-two years after his execution by the Gestapo on June 16, 1944, the Jewish historian and resistance fighter Marc Bloch will be inducted into the Pantheon on June 23... His family requested that 'the far right, in all its forms, be excluded from any participation in the ceremony.'"
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BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
February 8, 2026 at 5:07 PM
BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors