Pete
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There is nothing more morally bankrupt and intellectually dishonest than pretending that criticism of the state of Israel’s war crimes is actually just antisemitism and yet it’s the only move the dead-end defenders of genocide have left.
People get off on accusing Jews of genocide. They'll keep at it no matter how many times they have to change their underwear.
The genocide will continue until morale improves.
December 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
There is nothing more morally bankrupt and intellectually dishonest than pretending that criticism of the state of Israel’s war crimes is actually just antisemitism and yet it’s the only move the dead-end defenders of genocide have left.
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Biological sex is complicated. Before you discriminate against someone on the basis of “biological sex” & identity, ask yourself: have you seen YOUR chromosomes? Do you know the genes of the people you love? The hormones of the people you work with? The state of their cells?
August 9, 2024 at 10:41 PM
Biological sex is complicated. Before you discriminate against someone on the basis of “biological sex” & identity, ask yourself: have you seen YOUR chromosomes? Do you know the genes of the people you love? The hormones of the people you work with? The state of their cells?
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“As tangata whenua there is a sacred responsibility to uphold the tikanga of manaaki manuhiri. That is our law before law.
Haka is not a political tool for harassment."
- Oriini Kaipara, MP for Tāmaki Makaurau.
Haka is not a political tool for harassment."
- Oriini Kaipara, MP for Tāmaki Makaurau.
Tāmaki Makaurau MP calls out use of haka in Sikh standoff
Oriini Kaipara has taken to social media to speak out on the stand-off involving a group linked to Destiny Church and the Sikh community gathering in Manurewa at the weekend.
www.teaonews.co.nz
December 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
“As tangata whenua there is a sacred responsibility to uphold the tikanga of manaaki manuhiri. That is our law before law.
Haka is not a political tool for harassment."
- Oriini Kaipara, MP for Tāmaki Makaurau.
Haka is not a political tool for harassment."
- Oriini Kaipara, MP for Tāmaki Makaurau.
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Interesting how the framing is all put on Labour / Greens to do the right thing and not the crisis of a gov that can't get its own legislation through.. #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Labour, Greens in the hot seat over India free trade agreement
Analysis - Winston Peters' opposition to the India free trade deal has turned what could have been a huge win for the prime minister into a complex political scrap.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Interesting how the framing is all put on Labour / Greens to do the right thing and not the crisis of a gov that can't get its own legislation through.. #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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If given a choice
between being called
a “zero Covid zealot”
for still taking precautions,
and being called
“next patient, the doctor
is ready to see you now,”
you would be wise
to choose the first option.
between being called
a “zero Covid zealot”
for still taking precautions,
and being called
“next patient, the doctor
is ready to see you now,”
you would be wise
to choose the first option.
December 23, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If given a choice
between being called
a “zero Covid zealot”
for still taking precautions,
and being called
“next patient, the doctor
is ready to see you now,”
you would be wise
to choose the first option.
between being called
a “zero Covid zealot”
for still taking precautions,
and being called
“next patient, the doctor
is ready to see you now,”
you would be wise
to choose the first option.
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You can't invent the lightbulb by improving the candle. You can't create new shit just by reading, regurgitating and rewording old shit. AI would tell you to build an iron lung to treat the symptoms but the human brain discovers penicillin to kill the cause of the symptoms.
it's so goofy to believe making software that mimics human thought is related in any meaningful way to making software that thinks. building the most amazing lifelike animatronic horse the world ever saw does not represent progress if your goal is to create a real horse. huge waste of time actually
December 22, 2025 at 5:33 AM
You can't invent the lightbulb by improving the candle. You can't create new shit just by reading, regurgitating and rewording old shit. AI would tell you to build an iron lung to treat the symptoms but the human brain discovers penicillin to kill the cause of the symptoms.
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...is the birb the baby jesus??
December 22, 2025 at 4:50 AM
...is the birb the baby jesus??
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Fifteen Jewish people getting killed on Bondi Beach doesn’t magically make genocide and apartheid okay, and it doesn’t magically make it okay to support those things. Supporting Israel was evil the day before the shooting, and it remained evil the day after. None of that changed.
December 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Fifteen Jewish people getting killed on Bondi Beach doesn’t magically make genocide and apartheid okay, and it doesn’t magically make it okay to support those things. Supporting Israel was evil the day before the shooting, and it remained evil the day after. None of that changed.
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This is how Steve met Brad...
December 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
This is how Steve met Brad...
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Even though it’s unenforceable, as of today it is illegal to prescribe puberty blockers to a trans child in Aotearoa. We now know that the Ministry recommended against this, that no one asked for it, and no one thought it was a good idea except for cabinet. This ban is a stain on our history.
December 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Even though it’s unenforceable, as of today it is illegal to prescribe puberty blockers to a trans child in Aotearoa. We now know that the Ministry recommended against this, that no one asked for it, and no one thought it was a good idea except for cabinet. This ban is a stain on our history.
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Wise words, Steve...
December 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Wise words, Steve...
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nz media intentionally failed to learn the lesson that reporting PR verbatim is bad, now we're here
neither Seymour, OR any people reporting on him, would have a career in a half-decent society. But that's not where we are. Both the far-right and nz media have been inching towards outright libel
neither Seymour, OR any people reporting on him, would have a career in a half-decent society. But that's not where we are. Both the far-right and nz media have been inching towards outright libel
December 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM
nz media intentionally failed to learn the lesson that reporting PR verbatim is bad, now we're here
neither Seymour, OR any people reporting on him, would have a career in a half-decent society. But that's not where we are. Both the far-right and nz media have been inching towards outright libel
neither Seymour, OR any people reporting on him, would have a career in a half-decent society. But that's not where we are. Both the far-right and nz media have been inching towards outright libel
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BREAKING: The High Court of New Zealand has granted PATHA’s application for interim relief, declaring that the Crown should not take any steps to enforce the incoming ban on new prescriptions of puberty blockers to transgender children and young people. More to come:
www.courtsofnz.govt.nz
December 16, 2025 at 10:20 PM
BREAKING: The High Court of New Zealand has granted PATHA’s application for interim relief, declaring that the Crown should not take any steps to enforce the incoming ban on new prescriptions of puberty blockers to transgender children and young people. More to come:
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Not Santa.... my #nzpol cartoon #NZListener
December 16, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Not Santa.... my #nzpol cartoon #NZListener
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Austerity appeals to racists and bigots because it reinforces the delusion that their position is due to hard work and merit, not privilege.
Austerity appeals to colonisers and imperialists to justify indigenous oppression.
Austerity is the primary tool of 21st century White Supremacy.
Austerity appeals to colonisers and imperialists to justify indigenous oppression.
Austerity is the primary tool of 21st century White Supremacy.
December 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Austerity appeals to racists and bigots because it reinforces the delusion that their position is due to hard work and merit, not privilege.
Austerity appeals to colonisers and imperialists to justify indigenous oppression.
Austerity is the primary tool of 21st century White Supremacy.
Austerity appeals to colonisers and imperialists to justify indigenous oppression.
Austerity is the primary tool of 21st century White Supremacy.
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Among unrealistic promises is that a tax rate of which the only country lower in the OECD is Chile is enough to preserve a historical expected level of public service. Maybe go hard on preserving services.
"We've had a series of governments now who have encouraged people to be aspirational for New Zealand and have promised things that have been completely unrealistic. ... I'm not going to fall into that trap."
#NzPol
#NzPol
'Opportunity to stamp my own mark': Chris Hipkins promises a different Labour
The last election saw Labour's six years in government come to an end, and Hipkins returning to the opposition benches just 10 months after becoming prime minister.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 14, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Among unrealistic promises is that a tax rate of which the only country lower in the OECD is Chile is enough to preserve a historical expected level of public service. Maybe go hard on preserving services.
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Final new thought on this, but the reason it works when Zohran Mamdani says 'I'm only making promises I can keep' and it's not working here is that Mamdani's policy pledges are still aspirational. The things he's promising are meaningful improvements on the status quo and will genuinely help
"We've had a series of governments now who have encouraged people to be aspirational for New Zealand and have promised things that have been completely unrealistic. ... I'm not going to fall into that trap."
#NzPol
#NzPol
'Opportunity to stamp my own mark': Chris Hipkins promises a different Labour
The last election saw Labour's six years in government come to an end, and Hipkins returning to the opposition benches just 10 months after becoming prime minister.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Final new thought on this, but the reason it works when Zohran Mamdani says 'I'm only making promises I can keep' and it's not working here is that Mamdani's policy pledges are still aspirational. The things he's promising are meaningful improvements on the status quo and will genuinely help
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Lots of Starmerite style red flags in the Hipkins interview, one that stands out is when he states 'we can't keep throwing money into health' that old neoliberal chestnut which is code for privatising health through (public private partnerships) #nzpol
December 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Lots of Starmerite style red flags in the Hipkins interview, one that stands out is when he states 'we can't keep throwing money into health' that old neoliberal chestnut which is code for privatising health through (public private partnerships) #nzpol
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He got high on catnip, then passed out after trying to open a bag of cat treats he pilfered from an upper cabinet somehow. Happy #Caturday
December 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
He got high on catnip, then passed out after trying to open a bag of cat treats he pilfered from an upper cabinet somehow. Happy #Caturday
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This is what billionaires buying an election looks like.
As we are now in a period where one party has, in the past two months, bought enough political ads on YouTube to have shown 1 to everyone in the country if they were evenly distributed, just a reminder that the Google Ads Transparency Centre is still a thing & the Political Ads tab tracks showings
December 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This is what billionaires buying an election looks like.
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And Goldsmith’s disappeared from the headlines already. Dishonesty is fine for powerful white men.
Let's see if Goldsmith's fraudulent dealings are treated like Metiria Turei's minor transgression. #NZPol
December 13, 2025 at 4:55 AM
And Goldsmith’s disappeared from the headlines already. Dishonesty is fine for powerful white men.
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A point I find myself raising repeatedly: people focus on tech policy within a silo (privacy, speech, safety, copyright, competition, etc.), without understanding the actual impact on the system, where you push on just one of those levers and don't realize it's disastrous for the other ones.
A vital point here, first driven home to me by Cory Doctorow in the context of copyright policy, is that many forms of tech regulation that strike lots of folks as appealing and commonsensical would in practice require a fairly massive surveillance apparatus to meaningfully enforce.
“In fact, it would not have occurred to any liberal before the 1950s that one could settle these issues by rejecting the desirability of human flourishing; and that without some conception of the good, even the public good, one could decide what policy is ‘best’ (and how to rank its kinds).”
December 12, 2025 at 10:21 PM
A point I find myself raising repeatedly: people focus on tech policy within a silo (privacy, speech, safety, copyright, competition, etc.), without understanding the actual impact on the system, where you push on just one of those levers and don't realize it's disastrous for the other ones.