MadSheahan
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This is an excellent article on how Winston Peters's populist rhetoric ultimately endangers #NZ lives and health
"WHO is most effective when it is least visible. When surveillance works, outbreaks are smaller. When standards hold, medicines are safe. When coordination succeeds, crises are quieter"
"WHO is most effective when it is least visible. When surveillance works, outbreaks are smaller. When standards hold, medicines are safe. When coordination succeeds, crises are quieter"
WHO membership doesn't threaten NZ's sovereignty - walking away from it would
Part of the problem for the WHO is not that it is too powerful, but that it is oddly invisible, writes vaccinologist Helen Petousis-Harris.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 7, 2026 at 10:13 PM
This is an excellent article on how Winston Peters's populist rhetoric ultimately endangers #NZ lives and health
"WHO is most effective when it is least visible. When surveillance works, outbreaks are smaller. When standards hold, medicines are safe. When coordination succeeds, crises are quieter"
"WHO is most effective when it is least visible. When surveillance works, outbreaks are smaller. When standards hold, medicines are safe. When coordination succeeds, crises are quieter"
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The files reveal the deep-rooted ambivalence, disdain and hatred for women that sits at the root of masculinity. It’s something good men have to fight against every day, but power corrodes that will and leaves you totally unaccountable
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Sex and snacks, but no seat at the table: the role of women in Epstein’s sordid men’s club
Files reveal a world of flattery and fratboy tones, where rich men are cultivated and women provide services
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:45 AM
The files reveal the deep-rooted ambivalence, disdain and hatred for women that sits at the root of masculinity. It’s something good men have to fight against every day, but power corrodes that will and leaves you totally unaccountable
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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It’s sad to see crypto speculators lose money when they are doing so much for humanity.
February 7, 2026 at 1:02 AM
It’s sad to see crypto speculators lose money when they are doing so much for humanity.
We’re not going back ❤️🖤🤍
www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/02/04/m...
www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/02/04/m...
Most New Zealanders back Te Tiriti, Human Rights survey finds
Dayle Takitimu, Rongomamau Taketake of the New Zealand Human Rights Commission, says the findings challenge the perception that Te Tiriti is a deeply divisive issue.
www.teaonews.co.nz
February 6, 2026 at 6:53 AM
We’re not going back ❤️🖤🤍
www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/02/04/m...
www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/02/04/m...
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No matter who is to blame for the moldy school lunches, the programme is clearly not meeting food traceability standards. Hard to understand what MPI is up to here www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Haeata Community Campus disputes MPI's mouldy school lunch claim
The school says an internal investigation has found no evidence to support the Ministry for Primary Industries' claims.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 5, 2026 at 8:34 AM
No matter who is to blame for the moldy school lunches, the programme is clearly not meeting food traceability standards. Hard to understand what MPI is up to here www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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I think it should probably be a bigger story that the president of the United States is a raving lunatic
Trump at the National Prayer Breakfast: "We hit 'em. And we want to hit 'em right, sir, and we want to hit them from the top! East, west, north, south. Sir, they won't know what the hell! And we'll knock them out. We did it politically correct. Five years."
February 5, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Our PM mansplaining the articles of te tiriti to an audience of tangata whenua and tangata tiriti yesterday wasn’t on my bingo card. But duh, god alone knows why not 🥱🤡🙄
February 6, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Our PM mansplaining the articles of te tiriti to an audience of tangata whenua and tangata tiriti yesterday wasn’t on my bingo card. But duh, god alone knows why not 🥱🤡🙄
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Very big win here. A federal judge says it's just fine for funds and pension plans to boycott fossil fuels
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/c...
Federal Judge Blocks Texas Law Targeting Critics of Fossil Fuels
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Very big win here. A federal judge says it's just fine for funds and pension plans to boycott fossil fuels
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/c...
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Waitangi 2026. A government of Atlas Network slogans confronts a complex nation unwilling to be neoliberal roadkill. Toitū te Tiriti Toitū te Taiao
February 5, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Waitangi 2026. A government of Atlas Network slogans confronts a complex nation unwilling to be neoliberal roadkill. Toitū te Tiriti Toitū te Taiao
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/sa...
Save Our National Passenger Rail Network
Tell KiwiRail and the Government that you support keeping our national passenger rail network by signing the #SaveOurTrains petition https://our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/save-our-national-passen...
our.actionstation.org.nz
February 5, 2026 at 7:43 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/sa...
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This
Fundamentally flawed economic models mean #climatecrisis could crash global economy, experts warn
- Shocks from extreme weather disasters and tipping points are entirely missed by the current models used by governments and financial institutions
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Shocks from extreme weather disasters and tipping points are entirely missed by the current models used by governments and financial institutions
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn
States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:00 AM
This
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The win against seabed mining was built on the win to change the fast track law. We forced Govt to move the decision point from ministers to an expert panel. Everyone who marched against the fasttrack, submitted, signed a petition or donated, you made this possible www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
Massive win for moana as Taranaki seabed mining application rejected - Greenpeace Aotearoa
Greenpeace along with iwi and environmental groups are calling the decision to reject Trans Tasman Resources proposal to mine the Taranaki seafloor “a massive win for people power and the…
www.greenpeace.org
February 5, 2026 at 10:43 AM
The win against seabed mining was built on the win to change the fast track law. We forced Govt to move the decision point from ministers to an expert panel. Everyone who marched against the fasttrack, submitted, signed a petition or donated, you made this possible www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
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When it’s EVs:
“The grid will collapse from EV electricity demand!!”
When it’s data centers:
“We need to build nuclear plants and gas fired plants to meet demand!”
“The grid will collapse from EV electricity demand!!”
When it’s data centers:
“We need to build nuclear plants and gas fired plants to meet demand!”
February 4, 2026 at 5:16 PM
When it’s EVs:
“The grid will collapse from EV electricity demand!!”
When it’s data centers:
“We need to build nuclear plants and gas fired plants to meet demand!”
“The grid will collapse from EV electricity demand!!”
When it’s data centers:
“We need to build nuclear plants and gas fired plants to meet demand!”
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38% of young people ... this is a disaster and every journalist should be highlighting this fact rather than the nonsense about green shoots #nzpol
Youth unemployment rate is now over 16% (1 in 6). The underutilisation rate - young people wanting work or more work - is 38% ffs - 190,000 young kiwis. That's nearly half of the total. It took a fking decade for youth unemployment to recover last time. Same plan this time. No plan.
February 4, 2026 at 10:21 PM
38% of young people ... this is a disaster and every journalist should be highlighting this fact rather than the nonsense about green shoots #nzpol
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Given the chance to rewrite history,
would I still post about not being sad
that proud bigot Charlie Kirk died,
knowing UCLA would terminate me as
capitulation to Trump and Project 2025?
100% yes, no question.
would I still post about not being sad
that proud bigot Charlie Kirk died,
knowing UCLA would terminate me as
capitulation to Trump and Project 2025?
100% yes, no question.
February 4, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Given the chance to rewrite history,
would I still post about not being sad
that proud bigot Charlie Kirk died,
knowing UCLA would terminate me as
capitulation to Trump and Project 2025?
100% yes, no question.
would I still post about not being sad
that proud bigot Charlie Kirk died,
knowing UCLA would terminate me as
capitulation to Trump and Project 2025?
100% yes, no question.
It ought to be easy to get Meta to shut down a page like this but bla bla free speech something bla bla
New by me today - a page calling itself NZ News Hub is flooding Facebook with AI NZ slop - including grotesquely using AI to animate a still photo of a dead teenage Mt Maunganui landslide victim: www.aap.com.au/factcheck/nz...
NZ 'media outlet' misrepresents news with AI images and video
An expert says a Facebook page's use of AI-generated
www.aap.com.au
February 4, 2026 at 11:28 PM
It ought to be easy to get Meta to shut down a page like this but bla bla free speech something bla bla
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Please somebody get this passage in front of the eyes of everyone in NZ Labour #nzpol
This part of our response essay is where I'm at. Boiling down all of politics to electoralism has been absolutely terrible for resisting rising authoritarianism.
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
February 4, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Please somebody get this passage in front of the eyes of everyone in NZ Labour #nzpol
“New Zealanders are crystal clear they want cheaper power and cleaner energy, and they know that hunting for more gas won’t deliver either. Propping up sunset fossil fuel industries makes no economic sense and won’t secure our energy future,” says WWF-New Zealand’s CEO, Dr Kayla Kingdon-Bebb.
New nationwide polling shows strong public support for renewable energy over fossil fuels, growing concern about New Zealand’s climate backsliding, and widespread unease that a return to offshore oil and gas exploration could expose the country to trade and legal risks wwf.org.nz/news/climate...
Kiwis back renewables over fossil fuels, polling reveals
New polling on the Government's repeal of the offshore oil and gas exploration ban.
wwf.org.nz
February 4, 2026 at 10:00 AM
“New Zealanders are crystal clear they want cheaper power and cleaner energy, and they know that hunting for more gas won’t deliver either. Propping up sunset fossil fuel industries makes no economic sense and won’t secure our energy future,” says WWF-New Zealand’s CEO, Dr Kayla Kingdon-Bebb.
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I am absolutely genuine when asking this:
Are there any significant economic indicators for New Zealand that are now better than they were ahead of the last election?
Inflation is lower, but was trending down heading into 2023 election, and is trending up now.
Are there any significant economic indicators for New Zealand that are now better than they were ahead of the last election?
Inflation is lower, but was trending down heading into 2023 election, and is trending up now.
February 3, 2026 at 10:28 PM
I am absolutely genuine when asking this:
Are there any significant economic indicators for New Zealand that are now better than they were ahead of the last election?
Inflation is lower, but was trending down heading into 2023 election, and is trending up now.
Are there any significant economic indicators for New Zealand that are now better than they were ahead of the last election?
Inflation is lower, but was trending down heading into 2023 election, and is trending up now.
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The thing is, you didn't have to be Nostradamus to see it. You just had to be independent of the ultra-rich. Unfortunately, the great majority of the media is in the plutocrats' pockets. So the people pointing it out are shunned. In 2009 I tried and tried to get the BBC to pick this up. But ...⛔🤐
1. In 2009 I wrote this. I argued that Peter Mandelson's department “functions as a fifth column within government, working for corporations to undermine democracy and the public interest.”
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
Mandelson’s Fifth Column
The British government’s business department exists to undermine democracy.
www.monbiot.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:28 AM
The thing is, you didn't have to be Nostradamus to see it. You just had to be independent of the ultra-rich. Unfortunately, the great majority of the media is in the plutocrats' pockets. So the people pointing it out are shunned. In 2009 I tried and tried to get the BBC to pick this up. But ...⛔🤐
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1. In 2009 I wrote this. I argued that Peter Mandelson's department “functions as a fifth column within government, working for corporations to undermine democracy and the public interest.”
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
Mandelson’s Fifth Column
The British government’s business department exists to undermine democracy.
www.monbiot.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:32 AM
1. In 2009 I wrote this. I argued that Peter Mandelson's department “functions as a fifth column within government, working for corporations to undermine democracy and the public interest.”
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...