Timothy Gassin
@timothygassin.bsky.social
Historian, former Chair of Oz Kiwi, and student of Hokkien/Taiwanese.
A Melbournian living in Wellington.
A Melbournian living in Wellington.
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“In a way, the prime minister is a manifestation of the dead end British politics finds itself in – either far-right populism, or Starmer’s all-at-once volatile, unintelligible and remote regime. What’s not to hate?”
Nesrine Malik nails it.
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Nesrine Malik nails it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Keir Starmer has a unique talent – to alienate absolutely everyone | Nesrine Malik
Who is his constituency now? Not the left or the right – and not the centre any more. That’s why there’s been a nosedive in the polls, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:58 AM
“In a way, the prime minister is a manifestation of the dead end British politics finds itself in – either far-right populism, or Starmer’s all-at-once volatile, unintelligible and remote regime. What’s not to hate?”
Nesrine Malik nails it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Nesrine Malik nails it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Libs: "we still have too many metropolitan seats, let's try to lose them all"
February 16, 2026 at 12:15 AM
The Libs: "we still have too many metropolitan seats, let's try to lose them all"
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@ytsl.bsky.social on a hot streak reposting pictures of the hardest mfers ever to do it
Winnie Yu Wai-ming. A trained nurse who was a volunteer paramedic during the 2014 Umbrella Movement and the 2019 street protest phase of the anti-extradition-turned-pro-democracy protests. She founded and chaired a labour union representing public hospital staff. Now a Hong Kong political prisoner.
February 16, 2026 at 9:31 AM
@ytsl.bsky.social on a hot streak reposting pictures of the hardest mfers ever to do it
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Lam Cheuk-ting. Independent Commission Against Corruption investigator turned Legislative Councillor turned political prisoner accused of breaking the national security law AND on trial for "rioting" with regards to the July 21 Yuen Long attacks despite actually being a bloodied victim. Nuts!
October 12, 2023 at 12:41 PM
Lam Cheuk-ting. Independent Commission Against Corruption investigator turned Legislative Councillor turned political prisoner accused of breaking the national security law AND on trial for "rioting" with regards to the July 21 Yuen Long attacks despite actually being a bloodied victim. Nuts!
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"Long Hair" Leung Kwok-hung. Social activist turned politician who's a member of the HK47 and thus a political prisoner. (He's been behind bars since February 28th, 2021.) The story has it that he didn't want to cut his hair until the Chinese government apologised for the Tiananmen Square massacre.
October 8, 2023 at 12:59 PM
"Long Hair" Leung Kwok-hung. Social activist turned politician who's a member of the HK47 and thus a political prisoner. (He's been behind bars since February 28th, 2021.) The story has it that he didn't want to cut his hair until the Chinese government apologised for the Tiananmen Square massacre.
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Gwyneth Ho was sentenced to 7 years in November 2024 for subversion against the government and remains in prison. She also received a 6 month sentence in relation to her role in a banned protest on the 31st anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre (i.e., June 4th, 2020).
Gwyneth Ho Kwai-lam. Activist and ex-journalist who many Hongkongers first came to know via a livestream she recorded of thugs attacking MTR train passengers on July 21st, 2019, on the assumption that they were pro-democracy protestors returning from a protest march that took place earlier that day.
October 10, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Gwyneth Ho was sentenced to 7 years in November 2024 for subversion against the government and remains in prison. She also received a 6 month sentence in relation to her role in a banned protest on the 31st anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre (i.e., June 4th, 2020).
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New Zealand has lost 29% of its glaciers since 2000
That means in only 25 years, we've lost almost 1/3 of our glaciers, that had been existent for millions of years prior.
Oceans continue to warm
Meanwhile this govt are pushing through bills to disband the Ministry of Environment #NZ #nzpol
That means in only 25 years, we've lost almost 1/3 of our glaciers, that had been existent for millions of years prior.
Oceans continue to warm
Meanwhile this govt are pushing through bills to disband the Ministry of Environment #NZ #nzpol
February 16, 2026 at 9:23 AM
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The three waters are floodwater, fecal contaminated water and nitrate contaminated water—
So, we've a boil-water notice in Christchurch. Sewerage being blown inland from the South Wellington coastline, and deadly floods in the King Country?
These must be the three waters they warned us about.
These must be the three waters they warned us about.
February 15, 2026 at 8:00 AM
The three waters are floodwater, fecal contaminated water and nitrate contaminated water—
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So much of our present crisis is coddled, ignorant, and short sighted people tearing down the institutions that protect them because they don’t understand that bad things can happen.
February 14, 2026 at 8:37 PM
So much of our present crisis is coddled, ignorant, and short sighted people tearing down the institutions that protect them because they don’t understand that bad things can happen.
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They assault us and then gaslight us. And what arrogance to double down and not apologise.
NSW premier won’t apologise to Muslims after police grab men praying at rally against Isaac Herzog
Chris Minns doubles down on support for NSW police, stating officers would ‘never have disrupted a prayer service … unless it was in the middle of a riot’
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 7:19 AM
They assault us and then gaslight us. And what arrogance to double down and not apologise.
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Here's a new storm-related climate change threat - Wellingtonians are being advised to stay away from seaspray whipped up by the strong winds because it will contain 💩 due to raw sewage release into the ocean. What an absolute disgrace #NZPol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Seven metre swells possible as severe weather to hit Wellington
Wellingtonians are being warned to stay off south coast beaches as severe southerly winds and heavy rain strike the region.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 15, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Here's a new storm-related climate change threat - Wellingtonians are being advised to stay away from seaspray whipped up by the strong winds because it will contain 💩 due to raw sewage release into the ocean. What an absolute disgrace #NZPol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Good to see the Libs under Taylor and Hume have decided to fight with One Nation for 35%-40% of the vote an leave the rest to Labor, the Greens and Teals.
February 15, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Good to see the Libs under Taylor and Hume have decided to fight with One Nation for 35%-40% of the vote an leave the rest to Labor, the Greens and Teals.
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February 15, 2026 at 4:07 AM
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A single image that captures NZ's dominant belief system and economic model #nzpol
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February 15, 2026 at 3:19 AM
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The book is in press! HK Lennon Wall cover fuck yeah ✊ @keithng.bsky.social , harking back to Te Papa's first round of Asian activist materials collections. I wrote the intro & a few other bits & bobs. Can't wait to see how Grace has let our history speak through objects in the national collection.
Between Dreams: Resistance and Representation in Asian Aotearoa | Te Papa
This landmark collection presents fresh, progressive perspectives on what it means to be ‘Asian’ in Aotearoa.
www.tepapa.govt.nz
February 14, 2026 at 3:34 AM
The book is in press! HK Lennon Wall cover fuck yeah ✊ @keithng.bsky.social , harking back to Te Papa's first round of Asian activist materials collections. I wrote the intro & a few other bits & bobs. Can't wait to see how Grace has let our history speak through objects in the national collection.
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lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard
February 14, 2026 at 11:47 PM
lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard
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About 10 years ago, at least in NZ, there was a genuine chance for queer rights to cease being a left/right faultline. Key voting for same-sex marriage, a few out National MPs etc.
The policy choices of the right the last 5/6 years have meant that the faultline v much remains. And that's on them.
The policy choices of the right the last 5/6 years have meant that the faultline v much remains. And that's on them.
Decent audience responses for Green, Labour, Te Pati Māori... National MP booed so loudly that I'm not even sure who it was. Couldn't hear the introduction.
Followed by a chant of "National Off The Stage!"
Followed by a chant of "National Off The Stage!"
February 15, 2026 at 1:25 AM
About 10 years ago, at least in NZ, there was a genuine chance for queer rights to cease being a left/right faultline. Key voting for same-sex marriage, a few out National MPs etc.
The policy choices of the right the last 5/6 years have meant that the faultline v much remains. And that's on them.
The policy choices of the right the last 5/6 years have meant that the faultline v much remains. And that's on them.
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Putting the lord in landlord
A single image that captures NZ's dominant belief system and economic model #nzpol
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February 15, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Putting the lord in landlord
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Concentration camps. Say it. Concentration camps.
Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Concentration camps. Say it. Concentration camps.
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How dare they try to patronise powerful and principled women like this while they obsessively attack their every utterance. This paper is a disgrace.
February 14, 2026 at 9:12 PM
How dare they try to patronise powerful and principled women like this while they obsessively attack their every utterance. This paper is a disgrace.
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And he that is know as Hipkins cometh from the Hutt. He saith to the people 'I shall tax thine gains of capital.' A great sadness overcometh the Lord's people and the best amongst them, the landlords, were unamused.
Verily they beseeched the Lord, 'Lord, mayest thou smote he that is called Hipkins.'
Verily they beseeched the Lord, 'Lord, mayest thou smote he that is called Hipkins.'
February 14, 2026 at 10:35 PM
And he that is know as Hipkins cometh from the Hutt. He saith to the people 'I shall tax thine gains of capital.' A great sadness overcometh the Lord's people and the best amongst them, the landlords, were unamused.
Verily they beseeched the Lord, 'Lord, mayest thou smote he that is called Hipkins.'
Verily they beseeched the Lord, 'Lord, mayest thou smote he that is called Hipkins.'
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e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-... @ahikaroa.bsky.social Tautoko this reading of an article by article interpretation.
What the PM said at Waitangi was wrong | E-Tangata
“When the prime minister spoke at Waitangi he set out a terribly distorted view of the country’s founding document.” — Carwyn Jones.
e-tangata.co.nz
February 14, 2026 at 7:02 PM
e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-... @ahikaroa.bsky.social Tautoko this reading of an article by article interpretation.
A single image that captures NZ's dominant belief system and economic model #nzpol
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February 14, 2026 at 8:26 PM
A single image that captures NZ's dominant belief system and economic model #nzpol
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'In sum, smashing up the equipment of an Israeli arms manufacturer isn’t lawful – but neither is arming a state committing war crimes, and indeed genocide. Which should we treat as the most serious?'
The Palestine Action ruling vindicates the courageous – and shames the complicit | Owen Jones
The home secretary has vowed to fight the judgment, but she and the government are on the wrong side of history, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:01 PM
'In sum, smashing up the equipment of an Israeli arms manufacturer isn’t lawful – but neither is arming a state committing war crimes, and indeed genocide. Which should we treat as the most serious?'
The BBC World Service is a great cultural asset for the UK.
However, through short-sighted cuts, Western nations have really dropped the ball in terms of international broadcasting.
In NZ, most easily receivable SW stations are from the PRC.
However, through short-sighted cuts, Western nations have really dropped the ball in terms of international broadcasting.
In NZ, most easily receivable SW stations are from the PRC.
The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial
Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:32 PM
The BBC World Service is a great cultural asset for the UK.
However, through short-sighted cuts, Western nations have really dropped the ball in terms of international broadcasting.
In NZ, most easily receivable SW stations are from the PRC.
However, through short-sighted cuts, Western nations have really dropped the ball in terms of international broadcasting.
In NZ, most easily receivable SW stations are from the PRC.