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I despise Hegseth, but people need to remember that the United States is not a party to the Rome Statute. No U.S. officials are going to be handed over to the International Criminal Court, and anyone who did assist with any such extradition to the Hague would be violating our own laws.
December 2, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I despise Hegseth, but people need to remember that the United States is not a party to the Rome Statute. No U.S. officials are going to be handed over to the International Criminal Court, and anyone who did assist with any such extradition to the Hague would be violating our own laws.
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Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
December 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
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A prize for whomever asks this flag bearer for “free speech” to specify *exactly how many times per calendar year* any members of the public (and of affected professions) may speak publicly about the impact of his policies on people they care for, before being rudely dismissed as “frequent flyers” 🏆
In March this year I emailed Peggy Burrows to voice my support for her public stance re the school lunch disgrace. I noted the courage it takes as a Principal to speak up.
Her lovely reply made me tear up. She takes her role as a strong advocate for her students and their whānau deeply seriously.
Her lovely reply made me tear up. She takes her role as a strong advocate for her students and their whānau deeply seriously.
Seymour labels principal at centre of mouldy school lunches a media 'frequent flyer'
The principal has hit back saying the food is delivered daily and leftovers removed.
www.nzherald.co.nz
December 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
A prize for whomever asks this flag bearer for “free speech” to specify *exactly how many times per calendar year* any members of the public (and of affected professions) may speak publicly about the impact of his policies on people they care for, before being rudely dismissed as “frequent flyers” 🏆
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Sure, they've made an environmentally catastrophic mass hallucination disinformation plagiarism Clippy that will destabilize the world, but also their other goal is to replace human workers entirely and let us humans starve. A boycott of AI is the most important boycott of your entire life.
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Sure, they've made an environmentally catastrophic mass hallucination disinformation plagiarism Clippy that will destabilize the world, but also their other goal is to replace human workers entirely and let us humans starve. A boycott of AI is the most important boycott of your entire life.
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It irks me that we have picked up the contagion of COVID denialism and anti-vax sentiment from the States. Most people went through the lockdowns with a certain amount of grace and humour. I was pleased to be part of a community that cared.
November 30, 2025 at 5:56 AM
It irks me that we have picked up the contagion of COVID denialism and anti-vax sentiment from the States. Most people went through the lockdowns with a certain amount of grace and humour. I was pleased to be part of a community that cared.
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Biosecurity New Zealand escalates response to yellow-legged hornets
Biosecurity New Zealand escalates response to yellow-legged hornets
So far, 27 queens, seven workers and 17 nests have been successfully located and removed from Auckland's North Shore.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 30, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Biosecurity New Zealand escalates response to yellow-legged hornets
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That's right! They were repatriation flights, I had forgotten that. Because Lufthansa must do codeshares with more local companies, surely
I remember that, it was significant because I don’t think that carrier had ever flown to New Zealand, they repatriated all the German tourists who were stuck here when flights ceased to exist. It was certainly a time! (I do miss the lack of traffic though!)
November 30, 2025 at 2:29 AM
That's right! They were repatriation flights, I had forgotten that. Because Lufthansa must do codeshares with more local companies, surely
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Feeling like the government actually had my back for the first time in my life
What's a charming memory you have from the worst period of the pandemic?
November 30, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Feeling like the government actually had my back for the first time in my life
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Thanks, Moore Wilson’s, for the kind offer to fund Russian bombs and bullets used for killing Ukrainian children, but I’ll pass, thanks…
Interesting to see NZ businesses happy to support this type of thing.
#nzpol
Interesting to see NZ businesses happy to support this type of thing.
#nzpol
November 30, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Thanks, Moore Wilson’s, for the kind offer to fund Russian bombs and bullets used for killing Ukrainian children, but I’ll pass, thanks…
Interesting to see NZ businesses happy to support this type of thing.
#nzpol
Interesting to see NZ businesses happy to support this type of thing.
#nzpol
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I don't know if it's "charming" exactly but I'll always remember the last Lufthansa flight circling over Auckland to say goodbye after we closed our borders, and not knowing when they'd be back, but knowing it was the right thing to do
What's a charming memory you have from the worst period of the pandemic?
November 30, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I don't know if it's "charming" exactly but I'll always remember the last Lufthansa flight circling over Auckland to say goodbye after we closed our borders, and not knowing when they'd be back, but knowing it was the right thing to do
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@dimsie.bsky.social a little treat in the paper for you
November 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
@dimsie.bsky.social a little treat in the paper for you
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Since Stephen Miller is in the midst of another of his Aryans-only trantrums, we should note that his family are 20th century immigrants from the shtetl of Antopol (Антопаль) then in the Hrodna gubernia of Russia. Applying his immigration rules, they would all have perished in the Holocaust.
Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.
If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out.
www.politico.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Since Stephen Miller is in the midst of another of his Aryans-only trantrums, we should note that his family are 20th century immigrants from the shtetl of Antopol (Антопаль) then in the Hrodna gubernia of Russia. Applying his immigration rules, they would all have perished in the Holocaust.
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It's really hard to overstate the conservation significance of this, and what doors it unlocks for future conservation.
Mood among my global endangered species conservation colleagues is off-the-charts happy today.
Mood among my global endangered species conservation colleagues is off-the-charts happy today.
WCS Celebrates Historic and Sweeping Trade Protections for Sharks and Rays Adopted at CITES CoP20 > Newsroom | All CITES shark and ray proposals pass – marking the most comprehensive advance in global shark conservation in CITES history.
WCS Celebrates Historic and Sweeping Trade Protections for Sharks and Rays Adopted at CITES CoP20
Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Nov. 28, 2025 – The following statement was issued today from CITES CoP20, celebrating the adoption of sweeping and historic adoption of new international trade protections for…
newsroom.wcs.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It's really hard to overstate the conservation significance of this, and what doors it unlocks for future conservation.
Mood among my global endangered species conservation colleagues is off-the-charts happy today.
Mood among my global endangered species conservation colleagues is off-the-charts happy today.
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👀👀👀
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The transparency project that went dark: Inside the collapse of Bryce Edwards’ Integrity Institute
A million-dollar political integrity project has imploded with little transparency, revealing a tangle of broken promises, stalled research and an institution unwilling to explain what went wrong.
www.thepost.co.nz
November 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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The Reserve Bank dropped the official cash rate by 25 points this week – but the big banks have no plans to pass on a single shiny penny of that in fixed mortgage cuts, reports Jonathan Milne.
Cash, not cuts: Banks avoid reducing home loan rates
newsroom.co.nz
November 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The Reserve Bank dropped the official cash rate by 25 points this week – but the big banks have no plans to pass on a single shiny penny of that in fixed mortgage cuts, reports Jonathan Milne.
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Hotspots forming in unusually dry conditions
Hotspots forming in unusually dry conditions
Earth Sciences New Zealand has identified areas where soils are severely drier than normal in Wairarapa, Hawke's Bay, North Otago, South Canterbury and North Canterbury.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 28, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Hotspots forming in unusually dry conditions
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58 seconds of relaxation with the nearby Pōhutukawa. Sun’s out but there is also a gentle rain. You can hear the cicadas, the Tūī, and other birds.
November 28, 2025 at 4:40 AM
58 seconds of relaxation with the nearby Pōhutukawa. Sun’s out but there is also a gentle rain. You can hear the cicadas, the Tūī, and other birds.
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The bill which recognised the heritage value of wild horses in horses in Kosciuszko National Park but was widely criticised by conservation groups will be scrapped after a vote to repeal the law passed NSW parliament.
Controversial 'Brumby Bill' recognising horses' heritage value dumped
The bill which recognised the heritage value of wild horses in horses in Kosciuszko National Park but was widely criticised by conservation groups will be scrapped after a vote to repeal the law passed NSW parliament.
www.abc.net.au
November 27, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The bill which recognised the heritage value of wild horses in horses in Kosciuszko National Park but was widely criticised by conservation groups will be scrapped after a vote to repeal the law passed NSW parliament.
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Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
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Happy Thanksgiving everybody
Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
November 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Happy Thanksgiving everybody
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Whenever NZers have an option to say publicly that they don't believe in what this government is doing to Māori, there are more on the side of right than the side of wrong
- more people voted for Māori wards than against them
- more schools decided to give effect to Te Tiriti than did not
#nzpol
- more people voted for Māori wards than against them
- more schools decided to give effect to Te Tiriti than did not
#nzpol
November 27, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Whenever NZers have an option to say publicly that they don't believe in what this government is doing to Māori, there are more on the side of right than the side of wrong
- more people voted for Māori wards than against them
- more schools decided to give effect to Te Tiriti than did not
#nzpol
- more people voted for Māori wards than against them
- more schools decided to give effect to Te Tiriti than did not
#nzpol
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@tracyquannyc.bsky.social this is basically my dad’s trajectory (b. 1936 d. 2018).
November 27, 2025 at 10:09 PM
@tracyquannyc.bsky.social this is basically my dad’s trajectory (b. 1936 d. 2018).
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People are calling my lede here "appalling," "nightmare fuel," "actively evil," and "a desecration of the human spirit"
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
People are calling my lede here "appalling," "nightmare fuel," "actively evil," and "a desecration of the human spirit"
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i’m so angry that we’re apparently going to be getting even what... three more of these? i can’t take this. it’s sickening bsky.app/profile/oliv...
this fuckin guy ...dropping allegations of journalistic malpractice and source betrayal in separate piece meal events like it’s delicious media gossip and then writing, “we haven’t reached the halfway point, and I haven’t yet described the most bizarre, consequential, and newsworthy events”
November 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
i’m so angry that we’re apparently going to be getting even what... three more of these? i can’t take this. it’s sickening bsky.app/profile/oliv...
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In today’s NZ Herald
November 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
In today’s NZ Herald