Paula
@brightenthecorners.bsky.social
Croatian Kiwi | Avid Reader | News Junkie | Alternative/Post-punk Music Enthusiast |Toitū te Tiriti!
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Don’t ask Trump why we need Greenland, we just do
January 8, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Don’t ask Trump why we need Greenland, we just do
Gianni Infantino should resign and/or ask Trump to return the FIFA Peace Prize.
January 3, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Gianni Infantino should resign and/or ask Trump to return the FIFA Peace Prize.
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Washington’s refusal to regulate AI is a corruption story. Just ask Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson.
December 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Washington’s refusal to regulate AI is a corruption story. Just ask Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson.
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David Byrne’s music has grown increasingly earnest over the years, but it is still almost always about alienation. Conversely, it is also about searching for home—how to find synchronicity, peace, wholeness. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/3M5_x5
David Byrne’s Career of Earnest Alienation
At seventy-three, the former front man of Talking Heads is still asking questions about what it means to be alive. But now he’s also offering ideas of hopefulness and service.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
David Byrne’s music has grown increasingly earnest over the years, but it is still almost always about alienation. Conversely, it is also about searching for home—how to find synchronicity, peace, wholeness. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/3M5_x5
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A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
Solidarity to everyone who marched to Novi Sad. Much love to the families and friends of those who passed away in the Novi Sad rail station disaster.
NEW: Extraordinary scenes in the Serbian city of Novi Sad right now.
Hundreds of thousands of students have marched for days across Serbia.
A huge protest against Vučić’s government as they commemorate the anniversary of the Novi Sad rail station disaster, a year ago today.
(🎥 Lazar Stojakovic)
Hundreds of thousands of students have marched for days across Serbia.
A huge protest against Vučić’s government as they commemorate the anniversary of the Novi Sad rail station disaster, a year ago today.
(🎥 Lazar Stojakovic)
November 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Solidarity to everyone who marched to Novi Sad. Much love to the families and friends of those who passed away in the Novi Sad rail station disaster.
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“We’re in a bad situation, but it’s not just the shittiness of Trump. It’s the passivity of the Democratic Party to stick with a status quo that most people felt was not working.” Jon Stewart talks with David Remnick.
Will Paramount Cancel Jon Stewart?
The “Daily Show” host talks with David Remnick about his contract with Paramount Skydance, the government’s attack on political satire, and how our institutions got so weak.
www.newyorker.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
“We’re in a bad situation, but it’s not just the shittiness of Trump. It’s the passivity of the Democratic Party to stick with a status quo that most people felt was not working.” Jon Stewart talks with David Remnick.
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Was surprised to learn on Waatea News recently that the deputy PM doesn’t think politicians should change election rules without a public vote, and am expecting that Act will withdraw its support for restrictions on voter registration any day now thespinoff.co.nz/politics/01-...
October 1, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Was surprised to learn on Waatea News recently that the deputy PM doesn’t think politicians should change election rules without a public vote, and am expecting that Act will withdraw its support for restrictions on voter registration any day now thespinoff.co.nz/politics/01-...
Any Aucklander who wants change cannot rest on their laurels. It might be tricky to pick from the contenders but voting in the local body elections is better than not voting at all.
September 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Any Aucklander who wants change cannot rest on their laurels. It might be tricky to pick from the contenders but voting in the local body elections is better than not voting at all.
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We want both states to have peace and security… well apart from the one state which we today confirmed we are not sure when we want to or if we want to recognise.
But both states… I mean this is incoherent.
But both states… I mean this is incoherent.
September 27, 2025 at 5:03 AM
We want both states to have peace and security… well apart from the one state which we today confirmed we are not sure when we want to or if we want to recognise.
But both states… I mean this is incoherent.
But both states… I mean this is incoherent.
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Worth expressly noting that the ONLY reason given in Peters' speech for why AoNZ should recognise Israel and not Palestine as a state is that Palestine "does not control its own territory". So, we reward Israel for its illegal actions + will keep doing so until it chooses to stop.
September 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Worth expressly noting that the ONLY reason given in Peters' speech for why AoNZ should recognise Israel and not Palestine as a state is that Palestine "does not control its own territory". So, we reward Israel for its illegal actions + will keep doing so until it chooses to stop.
New Zealand’s goverment is run by a bunch of cowards. Thanks for embarrassing us at the UN 🫠https://www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/360830829/live-un-general-assembly
NZ ‘not ready’ to recognise Palestinian statehood, Winston Peters tells UN
The foreign secretary is expected to declare whether New Zealand recognises a Palestinian state.
www.stuff.co.nz
September 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
New Zealand’s goverment is run by a bunch of cowards. Thanks for embarrassing us at the UN 🫠https://www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/360830829/live-un-general-assembly
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New Zealand prevaricates on whether to recognise Palestine as a state, or not.
My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #Palestine #Gaza
My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #Palestine #Gaza
September 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
New Zealand prevaricates on whether to recognise Palestine as a state, or not.
My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #Palestine #Gaza
My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #Palestine #Gaza
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So Simeon Brown just announced $20m "investment" in ED frontline staff, immediately after it was revealed Christchurch hospital is in code red every single day.
But it turns out it's just OLD money from the 2025 budget & already allocated. Brown strikes again #nzpol #Kiwi
But it turns out it's just OLD money from the 2025 budget & already allocated. Brown strikes again #nzpol #Kiwi
September 21, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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“It was a way for me to let out my frustration and to feel like I was doing something, even if it was just a little part. Chanting genuinely gave me a purpose, a way to keep going.” — Nadine Mortaja, who led last week’s March for Humanity in Auckland.
Nadine Mortaja: Finding my calling | E-Tangata
“It was a way for me to let out my frustration and to feel like I was doing something, even if it was just a little part. Chanting genuinely gave me a purpose, a way to keep going.” — Nadine Mortaja, ...
e-tangata.co.nz
September 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
“It was a way for me to let out my frustration and to feel like I was doing something, even if it was just a little part. Chanting genuinely gave me a purpose, a way to keep going.” — Nadine Mortaja, who led last week’s March for Humanity in Auckland.
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#NoMusicForGenocide is a cultural boycott of Israel. Over 400 initial artists and labels have geo-blocked and removed their music from that territory - Massive Attack, Primal Scream, Amyl and The Sniffers etc etc
Expect to see some Aotearoa artists on the list today nomusicforgenocide.net
Expect to see some Aotearoa artists on the list today nomusicforgenocide.net
September 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
#NoMusicForGenocide is a cultural boycott of Israel. Over 400 initial artists and labels have geo-blocked and removed their music from that territory - Massive Attack, Primal Scream, Amyl and The Sniffers etc etc
Expect to see some Aotearoa artists on the list today nomusicforgenocide.net
Expect to see some Aotearoa artists on the list today nomusicforgenocide.net
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#nzpol Me aro koe ki te hā o Hine-ahu-one. Respect us. Value us. Pay us. This was the message that came from thousands of New Zealanders today, as we gathered across the motu to celebrate wāhine and fight back against the Government’s horrendous attacks on pay equity.
September 20, 2025 at 6:14 AM
#nzpol Me aro koe ki te hā o Hine-ahu-one. Respect us. Value us. Pay us. This was the message that came from thousands of New Zealanders today, as we gathered across the motu to celebrate wāhine and fight back against the Government’s horrendous attacks on pay equity.
Decent gig on a Saturday afternoon. AW (Andrew Wilson from Die! Die! Die! and his pals) at Auckland Old Folks Ass. Generally, I think day gigs need to be more of a thing.
September 20, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Decent gig on a Saturday afternoon. AW (Andrew Wilson from Die! Die! Die! and his pals) at Auckland Old Folks Ass. Generally, I think day gigs need to be more of a thing.
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AOC: All in the name of Charlie Kirk, Trump and the FCC are now cynically threatening to shut down ABC and any outlets who give air time to the administration's political critics.
This is a disgusting attack on the American people and the very first amendment rights that define us as a country.
This is a disgusting attack on the American people and the very first amendment rights that define us as a country.
September 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
AOC: All in the name of Charlie Kirk, Trump and the FCC are now cynically threatening to shut down ABC and any outlets who give air time to the administration's political critics.
This is a disgusting attack on the American people and the very first amendment rights that define us as a country.
This is a disgusting attack on the American people and the very first amendment rights that define us as a country.
An absolutely brilliant response to Trump’s terrifying stance on media censorship.
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youtu.be/_GXNJ3V9lzg?si
Jon Stewart's Post-Kimmel Primer on Free Speech in the Glorious Trump Era | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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September 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
An absolutely brilliant response to Trump’s terrifying stance on media censorship.
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youtu.be/_GXNJ3V9lzg?si
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The largest pro-Palestinian rally New Zealand has ever seen. This is the importance of speaking up and educating. More will join. Free Palestine.
September 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The largest pro-Palestinian rally New Zealand has ever seen. This is the importance of speaking up and educating. More will join. Free Palestine.
I’m in my late 30s and today, I hit the third milestone on that list. I’m shock by the fact I never knew it was a cover. I always assumed it was the original version 🤯
September 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I’m in my late 30s and today, I hit the third milestone on that list. I’m shock by the fact I never knew it was a cover. I always assumed it was the original version 🤯
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On a wall outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London, a new Banksy piece appeared this morning before being covered up within hours. The work depicts a judge in traditional robes beating a protester with a gavel.
www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/09/bank...
www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/09/bank...
September 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
On a wall outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London, a new Banksy piece appeared this morning before being covered up within hours. The work depicts a judge in traditional robes beating a protester with a gavel.
www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/09/bank...
www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/09/bank...