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The ministerial advisory group for victims of retail crime faces criticism for spending almost $24,000 on a series of well-catered meetings around New Zealand.
Rock melon, goat's cheese and prosciutto crostini, mini chicken and leek savouries, and $9 bottles of Coke are among the items served
Rock melon, goat's cheese and prosciutto crostini, mini chicken and leek savouries, and $9 bottles of Coke are among the items served
Ministerial advisory group defends catering bill for public meetings around New Zealand
December 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The ministerial advisory group for victims of retail crime faces criticism for spending almost $24,000 on a series of well-catered meetings around New Zealand.
Rock melon, goat's cheese and prosciutto crostini, mini chicken and leek savouries, and $9 bottles of Coke are among the items served
Rock melon, goat's cheese and prosciutto crostini, mini chicken and leek savouries, and $9 bottles of Coke are among the items served
Noooo!!!
Why isn’t every large account warning about the “network state” movement? In August, “network state” leader Balaji Srinivassan—a close ally of Peter Thiel & Marc Andreessen—wrote that, “When Bitcoin wins,” it “ends the Fed,” the “battle begins,” & “it's time to build”. 1/
December 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Noooo!!!
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How does privatisation work, and who does it work for?
First billionaires give bribes to politicians, called donations
Then politicians say we need to privatise to 'save' money
Then they sell to the billionaires for peanuts and get kickbacks
Then they privatise something else
First billionaires give bribes to politicians, called donations
Then politicians say we need to privatise to 'save' money
Then they sell to the billionaires for peanuts and get kickbacks
Then they privatise something else
December 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
How does privatisation work, and who does it work for?
First billionaires give bribes to politicians, called donations
Then politicians say we need to privatise to 'save' money
Then they sell to the billionaires for peanuts and get kickbacks
Then they privatise something else
First billionaires give bribes to politicians, called donations
Then politicians say we need to privatise to 'save' money
Then they sell to the billionaires for peanuts and get kickbacks
Then they privatise something else
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Trump’s National Security Strategy document now leaves the National-led coalition government with little room to avoid reassessing its stated goal of closer strategic alignment with the US.
theconversation.com/trumps-new-s...
theconversation.com/trumps-new-s...
Trump’s new security strategy exposes the limits of NZ’s ‘softly-softly’ diplomacy
The new US National Security Strategy marks a historic break – and a problem for the NZ government’s policy of closer strategic alignment with Washington.
theconversation.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Trump’s National Security Strategy document now leaves the National-led coalition government with little room to avoid reassessing its stated goal of closer strategic alignment with the US.
theconversation.com/trumps-new-s...
theconversation.com/trumps-new-s...
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US voter suppression tactics are back in vogue and National's Coalition is bringing them to Aotearoa New Zealand-
MOUNTAIN TÙI
open.substack.com/pub/mountain...?
MOUNTAIN TÙI
open.substack.com/pub/mountain...?
This trick of National could win them the 2026 election - Submit by 1pm, 11 Sep 2025
US voter suppression tactics are back in vogue and National's Coalition is bringing them to Aotearoa New Zealand
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:09 PM
US voter suppression tactics are back in vogue and National's Coalition is bringing them to Aotearoa New Zealand-
MOUNTAIN TÙI
open.substack.com/pub/mountain...?
MOUNTAIN TÙI
open.substack.com/pub/mountain...?
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I’ll never forget the look of hatred Nigel Farage had for me at school, simply for existing
Yinka Bankole
Yinka Bankole
I’ll never forget the look of hatred Nigel Farage had for me at school, simply for existing
The Reform UK leader doubts people can recall their abuse from years ago. I’ve never forgotten his – it felt malicious
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:28 AM
I’ll never forget the look of hatred Nigel Farage had for me at school, simply for existing
Yinka Bankole
Yinka Bankole
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“The AI can’t do your job, but an AI salesman can try to convince your boss to fire you and replace you with AI,” says Cory Doctorow.
“The AI that can’t do your job is pushing on an open door because bosses are insatiably horny for firing workers and replacing them with automation.”
“The AI that can’t do your job is pushing on an open door because bosses are insatiably horny for firing workers and replacing them with automation.”
Cory Doctorow, the gatecrasher at the AI party
The writer coined the word ‘enshittification’ to describe how useful tech inevitably gets worse. Now he’s turning his sights on AI
www.thenewworld.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“The AI can’t do your job, but an AI salesman can try to convince your boss to fire you and replace you with AI,” says Cory Doctorow.
“The AI that can’t do your job is pushing on an open door because bosses are insatiably horny for firing workers and replacing them with automation.”
“The AI that can’t do your job is pushing on an open door because bosses are insatiably horny for firing workers and replacing them with automation.”
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Useful short podcast interview with Cory Doctorow on the deliberate ‘enshittification’ of the internet
pca.st/episode/38cc...
pca.st/episode/38cc...
‘Enshittification’: how we got the internet no one asked for
pca.st
December 1, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Useful short podcast interview with Cory Doctorow on the deliberate ‘enshittification’ of the internet
pca.st/episode/38cc...
pca.st/episode/38cc...
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I'm about halfway through ENSHITTIFICATION and just marvelling at how great Cory Doctorow at just explaining complicated things in a legible and accessible way. If I were a high school civics teacher it would be one of the books on the reading list.
December 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I'm about halfway through ENSHITTIFICATION and just marvelling at how great Cory Doctorow at just explaining complicated things in a legible and accessible way. If I were a high school civics teacher it would be one of the books on the reading list.
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For like ten years now but nobody listened
You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
For like ten years now but nobody listened
Neuralink has opened Horse Ranch LLC, and trying to hire brain surgeons to do experiments with. This some horror movie plot line.. be warned. Is this why they're snatching so many people up!?
youtu.be/uWwRF9OQgI0?...
#DreyDossier
youtu.be/uWwRF9OQgI0?...
#DreyDossier
Who TF Is In My Head? | Part 6: The Neuralink Ranch
YouTube video by Drey
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Neuralink has opened Horse Ranch LLC, and trying to hire brain surgeons to do experiments with. This some horror movie plot line.. be warned. Is this why they're snatching so many people up!?
youtu.be/uWwRF9OQgI0?...
#DreyDossier
youtu.be/uWwRF9OQgI0?...
#DreyDossier
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A graph Joe Rogan has brought up on SIX separate episodes of his podcast to disprove climate change explicitly says the opposite of what he claims.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1bM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1bM...
Joe Rogan Doesn't Understand Graphs
YouTube video by Climate Town
www.youtube.com
August 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
A graph Joe Rogan has brought up on SIX separate episodes of his podcast to disprove climate change explicitly says the opposite of what he claims.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1bM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1bM...
Scrub a dub - GOP : Guardians of PDFiles
November 18, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Scrub a dub - GOP : Guardians of PDFiles
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This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Musks incompetency and falling Space-X debris collided with a commerical flight, cutting through the glass and into a pilots arm. www.independent.co.uk/space/space-...
Plane struck by suspected space debris mid flight
The ‘one in a trillion’ incident, which left pilot with cuts on his arm, would be the first collision of its kind
www.independent.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Musks incompetency and falling Space-X debris collided with a commerical flight, cutting through the glass and into a pilots arm. www.independent.co.uk/space/space-...
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Trump is fighting as hard as he can to starve kids for negotiating leverage.
November 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Trump is fighting as hard as he can to starve kids for negotiating leverage.
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Weasel words Luxon wittering on, blaming Labour for the fall in vaccination rates. No, Klutz, the decline is due to the rise of anti-vaxxers, actively encouraged by NZFirst, your party and ACT, in your quest for power no matter the cost.
November 2, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Weasel words Luxon wittering on, blaming Labour for the fall in vaccination rates. No, Klutz, the decline is due to the rise of anti-vaxxers, actively encouraged by NZFirst, your party and ACT, in your quest for power no matter the cost.
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Funny* isn't that the Media complain about the 15% payrise for Train Drivers over 3 years, or the 22% payrise for Doctors over 3 years.
But they ignore the 76% payrise for CEO's over the last 5 years, or the 38% payrise for Bankers in 1 year.
*Disgusting
But they ignore the 76% payrise for CEO's over the last 5 years, or the 38% payrise for Bankers in 1 year.
*Disgusting
November 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Funny* isn't that the Media complain about the 15% payrise for Train Drivers over 3 years, or the 22% payrise for Doctors over 3 years.
But they ignore the 76% payrise for CEO's over the last 5 years, or the 38% payrise for Bankers in 1 year.
*Disgusting
But they ignore the 76% payrise for CEO's over the last 5 years, or the 38% payrise for Bankers in 1 year.
*Disgusting
Sign the petition by Citizen Initiative, #NZGovt needs to listen to the people of the country. c.org/sZFFkJgSDz
November 2, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Sign the petition by Citizen Initiative, #NZGovt needs to listen to the people of the country. c.org/sZFFkJgSDz
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‘Nothing has changed’: Gaza health workers report almost no medical aid entering the strip - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/nothing-has-changed-gaza-health-workers-report-almost-no-medical-aid-entering-strip
‘Nothing has changed’: Gaza health workers report almost no medical aid entering the strip
Israel continues to block medical supplies, equipment and assistive devices classified as 'dual-use' items
www.middleeasteye.net
October 25, 2025 at 11:05 AM
‘Nothing has changed’: Gaza health workers report almost no medical aid entering the strip - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/nothing-has-changed-gaza-health-workers-report-almost-no-medical-aid-entering-strip
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Dang. They need to retroactively address that 2-2.4% increase that slipped through then, for, uh, MPs? newsroom.co.nz/2025/05/13/c...
Ministers set to take big pay rises, right after wiping 33 pay equity claims
In July, taxpayer funds will top up MPs' pay by $669,100, despite the tight fiscal environment that's led to some big Budget trade-offs.
newsroom.co.nz
October 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Dang. They need to retroactively address that 2-2.4% increase that slipped through then, for, uh, MPs? newsroom.co.nz/2025/05/13/c...
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Bernard Hickey wielding a Monday morning flamethrower.
October 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Bernard Hickey wielding a Monday morning flamethrower.
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I sense a new kikorangi meme in the making
October 15, 2025 at 8:49 AM
I sense a new kikorangi meme in the making
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kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school
October 15, 2025 at 7:45 AM
kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school