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2026-08-12 01:10:04 UTC

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I have the full confidence of the caucus after my second vote of confidence just to double check confidence.
Double confidence even.
#NZPol #shitpost

2026-08-12 01:03:08 UTC

I've got a really awesome caucus that fully supports me, but you wouldn't know them. They go to a different school.
#NZPol #shitpost

2026-08-06 00:02:55 UTC

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@nprofile…dgek look under the hashtag #internetNZ and you see many of us, mostly agreeing, on the candidates. 😃

2026-08-05 01:00:18 UTC

Really happy with my new Tangata Tiriti hoodie, merch from the candidate from Māngere, Michel Mulipola, the Bloody Samoan. 💚
Get your own at
https://bloodysamoan.ezymerch.co.nz/
Proceeds go to the South Auckland Greens campaign.
#NZPol #voteGreen
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2026-07-16 01:47:58 UTC

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Also see how the capitalists, bosses, Nats and Act are terrified of a unionised working force?
See how they squirm at the mere thought of workers having organised power?
We should 100% do it. 💚
#NZPol #voteGreen #UnionStrong

2026-07-16 01:39:26 UTC

Hell yeah.
Of course I'm biased: recently my union helped me negotiate for nearly 10k/year before taxes over the original employment offer.
The 23 nzd monthly fee more than justifies that alone.
Join your union, and party vote green. 💚
Green Party to take automatic union membership bill to the election | Stuff
https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361006822/green-party-take-automatic-union-membership-bill-election
#NZPol #UnionStrong #voteGreen

2026-07-15 07:23:50 UTC

Honestly? I have little to no confidence in the Minister, a federated Farmers-Act stooge with no scientific background or curiosity who has consistently ignored or undermined expert advice.
Also, part of the government that has mindlessly cut all the "back office" and endlessly pandered to the cooker antivax crowd.
But here we go.
Seabird found on Wellington beach tests positive for H5 bird flu https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/environment/723404/seabird-found-on-wellington-beach-tests-positive-for-h5-bird-flu
#NZPol #H5N1

2026-07-10 08:39:09 UTC

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@nprofile…2gg0 yeah oopsie.
Apparently the website is being upgraded and will be brand spanking new on monday... so perhaps a bad time for me to boost that.

2026-07-03 08:58:02 UTC

Want to help change this awful government?
You can volunteer with Te Pāti Kākāriki o Aotearoa! (Aka the Green Party 💚)
There are events happening almost every single day day until election day (November 7, don't forget to register!) all over the motu.
So many ways to get involved!
Go click the link, have a look, join one or two or more and help us build the movement that will build an Aotearoa for all of us.
https://www.greens.org.nz/events_near_you
#NZPol #voteGreen

2026-06-17 06:26:50 UTC

Kia ora e hoa mā.
I've joined the Green Party's election campaign until November. It'll be interesting to be on the front line building the movement to change the government and aim for an Aotearoa that looks after all of us, including nature and people alike!
If I get too noisy or annoying, feel free to mute me. .. No hard feelings, I get it.
But hopefully you won't. 😉
Anyway, let's get rid of the fossil fools in charge, #VoteGreen 💚
#NZPol

2026-06-08 22:12:06 UTC

Meanwhile, the Peruvian election is the definition of a national knife's edge, being fought to the third decimal digit.
As tight as an election can possibly be.
Worth noting that this is Ms Fujimori's fourth run as a presidential candidate. She's always been unsuccessful so far.
#peru #LatAmElections
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2026-05-29 03:05:13 UTC

This is a pretty cool submission tool.
Have a go!
The government is rushing eight stink bills through Parliament. We'll help build your submission on every one - quicker than a coffee.
https://yeahnahbills.org
#NZPol

2026-05-25 07:24:23 UTC

Last year I joined #InternetNZ to vote against the racist bigots.
Haven't really done much with my subscription since then, but apparently it is now time to renew it.
With all the redundancy and job insecurity happening in my life I don't think I will be in a position of throwing $21 at it right now, so I think I will let it lapse.
Hopefully the bigots have given up on their hostile takeover. Or at least there are enough of you lovely woke nerds to outvote them.
I might join again next year if I have a job and a spare few dollars. This year I truly don't.
Fight for the Internet, friends.
Sorry I can't do it right now.

2026-05-25 03:55:31 UTC

It's honestly depressing how much of the media, video editing, job market is overrun with "AI workflows", "AI generated video", and so on.
You kind of have to be a slop merchant if you want to compete at all in that field. Breaks my heart. 💔

2026-05-12 06:46:26 UTC

The shithouse economy of the CEO of NZ and his mates strikes again.
People have no money, they can't donate, yadda yadda... End result: My position is disestablished and I find myself redundant for the second time in as many years.
"Last in, first out" is real tough one to swallow, but it is what it is.
If you read me here you have seen how much I have enjoyed being part of Greenpeace Aotearoa’s shenanigans. I've found purpose in being part of the environmental activist movement and hope that I can find a way to keep causing some Good Trouble into the future.
I was proud to be a voice for the ocean while it lasted. I will always treasure this period.
For now, it's back to the CV, the job listings and applications because there's a small whānau that depends on me.
But let me tell you: it's quite bleak out there in the Party of the Economy's job market.

2026-05-11 06:40:42 UTC

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Little One has ultimately decided they'd rather keep the tooth as a memory than sell it to the tooth fairy.
Proud anti-capitalist dad moment, I suppose.
#parenting

2026-05-11 02:09:40 UTC

So the Little One just had their first baby tooth fall off. 🦷
In Colombia, it is not a fairy but a mouse that comes for teeth an exchanges them for money. (Raton Perez) But I worry that biosecurity will not let them through. 🐭
Anyone aware of the going rates for the local tooth fairy in New Zealand? are they affected by inflation and supply chain logistics? 🧚
#parenting

2026-05-06 05:58:23 UTC

Last call for submissions! 🚨
Closing at midnight tonight.
Go tell Shane Jones his Amendment is regulatory capture and we do not want it. 🌊 🐟
#NZPol #BanBottomTrawling #ProtectTheOcean

2026-04-28 04:20:46 UTC

Nonsensical oil crisis response from the coalition #NZPol
- If you take things out of your car, it will be lighter and use less petrol.
- If you allow heavier loads in trucks they can carry more things and use less petrol too.
Very good logic here. They have clearly thought this through.
We are in good hands.... not.
#fossilFools

2026-04-24 00:50:10 UTC

Another week, another weather crisis.
And yet, not a peep about climate action, because the climate denying #fossilFools are still in charge.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/weather/593294/weather-orange-heavy-rain-warning-for-parts-of-north-island
This doesn't stop until we take meaningful action. And it starts by getting these corrupt stooges out of power.
#NZPol #climateCrisis

2026-04-23 07:01:08 UTC

The Fisheries Amendment Bill is a rotten piece of legislation that only benefits big commercial fishers. 🎣
It removes oversight and gives license to plunder the ocean and leave it empty of life. 🌊
We must tell the government to Kill the bill, because it is a corporate giveaway of our ocean to the few fat cats on top of the industry. 🐋
Make your submission in a few clicks with our online tool! 📢
https://greenpeace.nz/fisheries-submission
#killTheBill #protectTheOcean #banBottomTrawling #oceans #NZPol

2026-04-20 06:27:25 UTC

Fifth red warning for a climate event in NZ this year.
It's April.
News reports explicitly linking this to the ongoing climate crisis: 0
Polluters brought us here.
They must be held accountable.
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateDiary #EndFossilFuels

2026-04-17 00:44:40 UTC

New Zealand call to action! 📢
Cycling Action Network have prepared an Open Letter calling for emergency bike networks, free public transport, lower speed limits and other points, in an urgent response to the fuel crisis. 🚲
Please add your name and share with your networks.
It can be signed by both individuals and organisations!
https://www.can.org.nz/open-letter-fuel-2026
#NZPol #bikeTooter #Aotearoa #NewZealand #paihikara #NocarNoProblem #fossilFools #EndFossilFuels #PublicTransport

2026-04-08 02:48:37 UTC

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@nprofile…d8yk brilliant! Happy to help you amplify as much as I can. :)

2026-04-07 23:25:29 UTC

This is the most Taco Tuesday a Taco Tuesday has ever Taco Tuesdayed.
🌮
#shitpost #TACO

2026-04-07 20:15:28 UTC

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Once: proudly Nuclear Free, whatever the diplomatic consequences.
Now: standing by quietly while the crumbling fascist regime threatens "destruction of a civilisation".
Are we back on track yet?
#NZPol #howFarWeHaveFallen

2026-04-07 20:00:44 UTC

Seeing Peters standing sheepishly next to Rubio it is hard to believe that NZ once bravely and proudly put principles over deference to power and declared itself Nuclear Free.
#NZPol

2026-04-07 07:44:22 UTC

Like with climate change, and now with the energy crisis, the government's plan seems to ignore it, pretend it's all going okay and hope it eventually goes away.
But that's clearly not working, in any case.
Almost 200,000 New Zealanders are now living with long Covid - where is the government plan? | RNZ News
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-inside/591674/almost-200-000-new-zealanders-are-now-living-with-long-covid-where-is-the-government-plan
#CovidIsNotOver

2026-04-05 01:07:31 UTC

Trump is probably not dead but I'll be putting some beers and champagne in the fridge just in case.

2026-04-04 04:10:07 UTC

Jono Ridler has finally arrived in Wellington, broken a world record and raised the issue of bottom trawling! What an achievement! 🌊 🏊
Anti-bottom trawling long distance swimmer breaks world record, arrives in Wellington https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/591508/anti-bottom-trawling-long-distance-swimmer-breaks-world-record-arrives-in-wellington
#BanBottomTrawling #ProtectTheOcean #oceans #NZPol

2026-04-03 08:33:21 UTC

Back on track? 🚬
Aotearoa plummets from 2nd to 53rd in Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index ranking
https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/aotearoa-plummets-2nd-53rd-global-tobacco-industry-interference-index-ranking
#NZPol #ditchThePricksIn26

2026-03-29 09:09:31 UTC

If I was a bit more petty, a bit less lazy, and knew how to search my own archive of pointless toots, I'd find a poll I posted sometime in 2023 asking how much fossil fuel reduction you all thought we'd achieve in New Zealand in the next 5 years.
You all broke my heart by saying things would not change at all and now I am very close to being right (for unexpected reasons, although tbf collapse was always on the table).

2026-03-27 06:18:31 UTC

Phase 1: Nothing. It's fine, don't even ask.
Phase 2: Maybe take a bus? Work from home sometimes perhaps, if your boss says you can. Otherwise nothing.
Phase 3: Ooops. Should do something but we don't really know what. Plus we criticised covid response so much, can't really do much. We're in trouble.
Phase 4: Fuck. We screwed up. Should've saved some fuel, huh? Well too late now. Mad Max, I guess?
#NZPol #FossilFools

2026-03-26 20:44:33 UTC

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@nprofile…kpvg thankfully, no. 🙏

2026-03-26 19:44:24 UTC

I think it was me, personally, and my powerful posting that caused Shane Jones to tremble and back down. 😂
Still, the bill is a disaster and should be entirely rejected.
Fishing fight: Everyone in New Zealand vs Shane Jones
https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/27-03-2026/everyone-in-new-zealand-vs-shane-jones
#ProtectTheOcean #BanBottomTrawling #oceans #fisheries #NZPol

2026-03-25 08:20:45 UTC

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@nprofile…yzxf this has no right to go so hard. 🚀

2026-03-25 07:05:56 UTC

🚲
#AKLBikeLife #paihikara #BikeTooter #NoCarNoProblem #shitpost
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2026-03-23 07:19:23 UTC

6 years ago, March 23 2020, New Zealand went into lockdown to prevent transmission of Covid-19.
We had little information on what would come, but we stood together and made a sacrifice to protect each other. We had solidarity and empathy to guide us.
Today we face another crisis, perhaps an even more impactful one. But the message from our "leaders" is the opposite:
We can't possibly help each other, no way anyone can be expected to sacrifice anything for the common good. To each their own and too bad if anyone falls behind.
Money first. Me first.
Not only did we not learn the lesson, we've swung the opposite way.
Hard times are ahead, may we find our solidarity again.

2026-03-23 04:40:14 UTC

Here's a free idea:
No refuelling private jets. ✈️
No matter what price they can afford.
Should be an obvious step 0 in a fuel crisis.
But we wouldn't ever do anything to inconvenience the ultra rich, wouldn't we?
#FossilFools

2026-03-22 08:22:56 UTC

Yes but surely the New Zealand bound ships would never be cancelled, right?
Right?
Six fuel ships bound for Australia cancelled
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/22/six-fuel-ships-bound-for-australia-cancelled-as-bowen-concedes-flow-of-oil-to-asian-refineries-has-slowed
#FossilFools #EndFossilFuels #NZPol

2026-03-21 21:23:31 UTC

This is a pretty nifty dashboard to track the oil situation in NZ (and Australia).
https://nzoilwatch.com/#/
#NZpol #EndFossilFuels #FossilFools

2026-03-20 04:21:55 UTC

From Wikipedia:
"Paper tiger" is a calque of the Chinese phrase zhǐlǎohǔ (simplified Chinese: 纸老虎; traditional Chinese: 紙老虎). The term refers to something or someone that claims or appears to be powerful or threatening but is actually ineffectual and unable to withstand challenge.
Just an useful word to know these days. 🧻🐯

2026-03-09 04:39:35 UTC

Imagine if our ministers of transport, energy and climate change had taken serious steps towards electrification, regional rail and multi modal transport (yes bikes and cycle lanes) instead of playing foolish culture war games.
If the energy sector was actually moving at pace with electrification and renewable energy production.
If instead of the pointless shitfight about seabed mining we were already building offshore wind capacity.
If the dairy industry's reliance on imported fertiliser was mitigated somewhat ...
The incoming shock would still be rough as, but there would be alternatives, a bit of wiggle room.
Now? We're headed to the cliff at full speed and with no brakes. 🫤
#NZPol #FossilFools

2026-03-05 06:34:24 UTC

Yeah, uhm... Weird question but...
How many countries need to be involved before we call it a world war?
Hypothetically, of course.

2026-03-04 01:25:23 UTC

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@nprofile…58zd subtooting?

2026-03-03 04:54:57 UTC

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@nprofile…xjxf are you sure?
This one is not paywalled.
I've read it without an account several times today.
The Greenpeace paper is publicly available anyway, just a lot harder to read than the media article.
You can find it here
https://www.sprfmo.int/assets/Meetings/01-COMM/14th-Commission-2026/Observer-/COMM14-Obs05-VME-identified-from-the-2024-VME-encounter-area-a.pdf

2026-03-03 03:36:39 UTC

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'“Virtually nothing Greenpeace says or does will ever sway the way I approach New Zealand fisheries policy,” he [Shane Jones] told the Herald.'
-- when your country's Minister for the Oceans is sensible, rational, evidence based and open for robust discussion.
🙄
#NZPol

2026-03-03 01:55:23 UTC

Our Seamounts expedition scientific results are starting to get out into the world and have some effects! Particularly important with the governments outrageous proposal to allow for more coral to be thrashed without consequence in international waters of the South Pacific.
Lord Howe Rise deep-sea coral ‘proof’ ramps up bottom trawling clash
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/lord-howe-rise-deep-sea-coral-proof-ramps-up-bottom-trawling-clash/N5AXLNFJFBHVPNPPIE44M3ZPZQ/
#greenpeace #BanbottomTrawling #ProtectTheOcean #corals #oceans #fisheries #NZPol #TeamorangeRoughy

2026-03-02 19:49:50 UTC

Great time to become absolutely reliant on a brittle supply chain for a dirty fossil fuel for your country's energy needs!
/s
Why QatarEnergy’s LNG production halt could shake up global gas markets | Explainer News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/3/2/why-qatarenergys-lng-production-halt-could-shake-up-global-gas-markets
#FossilFools #EndFossilFuels #NZPol

2026-03-02 03:49:19 UTC

With everything (terrible and not so much) that is going on, one thing is clear: Democracy is important.
So let's focus on the one democratic process we can all agree is fun and enjoyable, and where the candidates are pretty cool and trustworthy.
Fish of the year voting has opened!
And we are once again suggesting you give your precious vote to the Orange Roughy, an emblematic species of the threat of bottom trawling to ocean health.
Vote Orange Roughy for Fish of the Year!
🐟 👑
https://www.mountainstosea.org.nz/fish-of-the-year
#FOTY
#OrangeRoughy #fisheries #ProtectTheOcean #BanBottomTrawling
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2026-03-01 05:38:01 UTC

Resist the urge to tell the newly minted Iran experts that Khamenei and Khomeini were, in fact, two different people.

2026-02-28 08:50:05 UTC

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@nprofile…5mvz gottem.

2026-02-28 08:44:15 UTC

It's barely the end of February.
How does 2026 already feel like a decade?

2026-02-28 06:46:25 UTC

shit.
they (Israel-US) are now bombing Iran.

2026-02-21 22:48:49 UTC

Here we go.
Performative cruelty that doesn't at all address the causes of the issues, further antagonises an already marginalised vulnerable community, undermining police authority to them, and multiplies the harm of an already punitive approach.
So yeah, classic National.
I'd say it's pointless too, but the cruelty is the point.
Government announces homeless move-on orders - for all town centres, not just Auckland https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/587562/government-announces-homeless-move-on-orders-for-all-town-centres-not-just-auckland
#NZPol #ditchThePricksIn26

2026-02-20 23:37:15 UTC

Little One has friends with two mums, two dads, a single mum, an adopted family, divorced parents and a friendly adult who has transitioned their gender while we knew them.
We've been to drag queen story times, which Little One enjoys, because dressing up and telling stories and singing is Fun.
None of that has been confusing or an issue at all.
You know what this child finds confusing and upsetting?
That there are people with no home, sleeping in the streets.
That makes no sense to them. And rightly so, because it has no justification.
#parenting #socialJustice

2026-02-19 07:59:42 UTC

In less important news, me and the Greenpeace crew are currently 2nd on our category in the #AotearoaBikeChallenge! 🚲 🥈
I need to recruit a few more cyclists to knock MOTAT out of their first spot.
#AKLBikeLife #paihikara #NoCarNoProblem
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2026-02-12 22:18:58 UTC

Unreasonably excited about going to Kirikiriroa by train!
Go Te Huia!
Imagine if we could travel to any city in the country in the comfort and whimsy of a train with a proper little café on board. 😍
🚉
#transport #PublicTransport #trains

2026-02-12 20:27:26 UTC

New Zealand still dragging its feet while Pacific nations lead the way.
Bit embarrassing, eh?
High Seas Treaty takes effect as New Zealand misses the first vote
https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/02/12/high-seas-treaty-takes-effect-as-new-zealand-misses-the-first-vote/
#ProtectTheOcean #GlobalOceanTreaty #BBNJ #oceans #NZPol

2026-02-09 10:22:02 UTC

Let's build our energy system around a brittle supply chain where we are the last link, requires complex refrigeration and transport of a toxic substance around the entire planet dealing with unstable geopolitics. Because the sun and the wind are too unreliable and expensive.
Apparently that makes sense.
#NZPol #FossilFools

2026-02-09 07:36:18 UTC

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The typo stays, goddammit. 😤

2026-02-09 07:34:49 UTC

Imported LNG?
Why, oh why, are we under the thumb of absolute #FossilFools?
We could have energy independence with cheap offshore wind and solar power. We could phase out fossil fuels and transition to a carbon free economy.
But not with these crapitalist bootlickers in charge.
This is tying us to expensive imports of dirty fossils, subsidising war and sacrificing independence.
😩
#NZPol

2026-02-07 06:30:41 UTC

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@nprofile…dr33 Much as I want to get rid of all kings, and colonial royalty, I agree this site looks very sus.
In terms of a vision for the future of Aotearoa, I am much more for something like Matike Mai.
https://matikemai.maori.nz/

2026-02-07 00:19:28 UTC

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@nprofile…qtg5 OMG you brought one back!?

2026-02-05 08:35:14 UTC

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My happy place right now is imagining Alan Eggers (CEO of mining company TTR/Manuka Resources) on crisis call with Shane Jones yelling:
"BuT yOU promised this Fast Track Bill of yours would sort it out!?" 😡
It may or not be happening... But it's an awesome win!
#stopSeabedMining #ProtectTheOceans

2026-02-05 08:28:49 UTC

Some #goodNews for everyone but Shane Jones:
Fast-track panel drafts refusal of Manuka’s Taranaki seabed mining bid
https://archive.ph/2gfG5
🥳
When we stand together, we win! ✊🏽
#ProtectTheOcean #stopSeabedMining #oceans #NZPol

2026-02-04 10:36:46 UTC

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@nprofile…lhfg @nprofile…r0uz absolutely, I don't blame the people who do it. They might have good reasons.
I blame the culture that made it reasonable or even necessary.

2026-02-04 09:54:11 UTC

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@nprofile…lhfg driving to the gym so you can run on a treadmill is 🧑‍🍳💋

2026-02-03 19:04:00 UTC

Everything is fine. Climate change is a hoax by radical green extremists. Move along, nothing to see here. Drill, baby, drill, etc.
/s
Major insurer declines new home insurance policies for Blenheim https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/585844/major-insurer-declines-new-home-insurance-policies-for-blenheim
#NZPol #FossilFools

2026-02-01 10:52:15 UTC

I really enjoyed 28 Years Later.
It is a weird film, but I think it build on the zombie genre and finds a unique balance of beauty, darkness, heart and silliness.
From what I can see, people mostly hate it for plot holes and the bizarre ending. I will not spoil anything by going into details but i was willing to suspend disbelief a little to let the film explore this post apocalyptic zombie world.
And the ending is bizarre, but it is clearly a cliffhanger for the Bone Temple, and in that sense it really does work.
8/10 good fun, would watch again.
#film #movies #28YearsLater

2026-01-31 08:37:40 UTC

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@nprofile…xpag ohh such a great film!
I wish I had that delivery. :)
thanks for reminding me of it!

2026-01-31 07:45:23 UTC

"BuT yOU CaLL EvErYOnE yOu dOn'T Like a FaSCisT"
Categorically not true. I dislike a wide variety of people, and I'm quite willing to call them different names.
For example I also don't like centrists, liberals, tories, prudes, tankies, brown-reds, purists, snobs, fossil fools, billionaires, golfers, and I'm very touch and go about motorists.
#shitpost

2026-01-31 05:42:43 UTC

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And of course you'll get journalists painting this as "both sides", and "two groups of protesters".
But one group had banners said "this is not China, this is not India, this is NZ". Same people who have stormed libraries to stop kids' events and pride parades where they were never invited.
The other had banners saying "you're welcome here", and "uniting our communities".
These are not at all the same thing and the media pretending they are by preserving "neutrality", "objectivity" and simply presenting both sides, is precisely how we got fascists in charge elsewhere.
When one side preaches hate and the other love, when one side has a history of violence and actual convictions for it, while the other clearly doesn't... pretending you can stand in the middle is beyond cowardice.
It's complicity.
#NZPol

2026-01-30 02:58:29 UTC

The current NZ government sure loves the delicious taste of those fascist boots.
NZ in talks with US on Trump minerals deal
https://newsroom.co.nz/2026/01/30/nz-in-talks-with-us-on-trump-minerals-deal/
#NZPol #warOnNature

2026-01-28 07:22:14 UTC

My most important contribution to the Community Cycling Co-design group today was being the one participant who arrived and left the meeting by bike.
🚲

2026-01-27 21:16:04 UTC

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A closure to allow rockpools to recover and a reassessment of existing regulation, which may need to be adjusted to the conditions of the natural environment.
Not racist rhetoric, scapegoating and division, but meaningful action to protect natural life.
Iwi push rāhui as Whangaparāoa rock pools stripped bare
https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/01/26/iwi-push-rahui-as-whangaparaoa-rock-pools-stripped-bare/
#NZPol #protectTheOcean

2026-01-27 21:11:52 UTC

NZ First doesn't usually care about the environment, you may remember Jones himself saying that frogs or kiwis aren't going to stand in the way of his profit motive.
BUT, if he can blow the racist foghorn, then he might pretend to be concerned about wildlife.
The racist rhetoric is being deployed again: must be an election year. Don't fall for it.
Support Ngāti Manuhiri's proposed rāhui to allow life to recover, and ignore the noise about blaming ethnicities.
Tired tropes and racist rhetoric: How Asians became scapegoats in the rockpool row
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/28-01-2026/tired-tropes-and-racist-rhetoric-how-asians-became-scapegoats-in-the-rockpool-row
#NZPol

2026-01-27 03:19:00 UTC

So cool that our "Climate Emergency Fund" has been used up by the Luxon govt to pay for tax cuts for landlords.
Not that we need it because of recent events or anything.
It's fine.
/s
#NZPol #climateChange #climateCrisis #fossilFools #oneTermGovt

2026-01-22 02:15:46 UTC

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I have plenty of criticism for Ardern, but she did know how to read the room and genuinely empathise with what was happening in the country.
She was a leader. Imperfect and flawed, but she could lead.
This lot?
They are not even remotely trying to look like they care.
#NZPol

2026-01-22 02:13:31 UTC

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just go have a look at the mainstream NZ news sites: Stuff, RNZ, Herald, One News, etc.
All the headlines are currently mudslide, flooding, missing people, rescue operations.
And next to those:
Politicians on the (figurative) horse race, who leads the latest poll, the election date being announced, etc.
It is like they live in a separate country. One where there are no emergencies and people aren't suffering, looking for their loved ones, wondering if they are even alive.
I find it quite jarring.
#NZPol

2026-01-21 23:08:38 UTC

For anyone who wondered what the NACTFIRST coalition disaster response would be like, I guess now we know.
They just don't.
'Leadership' completely Missing in Action.
#NZPol

2026-01-21 06:12:39 UTC

So... are we planning on doing anything about this whole 'climate change' thing, or nah?
Weather bomb in pictures: North Island reels under torrential rain, flooding | RNZ News
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/584629/weather-bomb-in-pictures-north-island-reels-under-torrential-rain-flooding
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateDiary #FossilFools

2026-01-16 23:18:26 UTC

Perhaps controversial opinion but I am fine with Luxon not returning to work yet, or ever, to be quite honest.
May he wander into the sea and never ever be seen again.
#NZPol

2026-01-13 02:40:59 UTC

Unfortunately I don't have a lot of disposable income for all the books I want.
But I have a library card and my local library has a book request form... so you do the math.
Time to put in a #solarpunk book wishlist request to Auckland City Libraries.
📖 🤓

2026-01-12 05:25:42 UTC

Running a role playing campaign for the Little One and mum.
Kiddo is really into it.
Thank you once again @nprofile…d43q, the game is well loved in its new home. 😁
#parenting #ttrpg
https://o.mastodon.nz/media_attachments/files/115/880/456/962/311/076/original/9ce1e4cd0811ddfc.jpg

2026-01-07 22:32:00 UTC

Currently exercising my right to remain silent. 🤐

2026-01-04 02:58:22 UTC

My 2026 resolution to cut back on news and doomscroll less is not going great.
To put it mildly.

2026-01-03 08:56:19 UTC

Shocked that the one and only FIFA peace prize recipient has started airstrikes and potentially even a boots on the ground invasion of Caracas.
No to war anywhere.
Only class war everywhere.

2025-12-31 11:41:12 UTC

As usual, Aotearoa is the advance scout for 2026, and we can safely report it's not noticeably worse than 2025 (so far).
With the times we live through, that'll have to suffice.
Hop in, rest of the world, the water is nice!
Happy new year to all. 🌍🎉❤️

2025-12-28 05:39:26 UTC

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@nprofile…fe2s got a link? would love to know more.

2025-12-25 08:15:25 UTC

Last year's Christmas photos confirm that I have unfortunately worn the exact same shirt to the Christmas get together.
This is the problem of having one (1) cool festive-ish summery shirt that fits.
Dear Santa, etc etc.

2025-12-08 23:39:26 UTC

My #secretSantaAoNZ package has arrived. 🎄 🎁
Yay!
Can't wait to open it!

2025-12-06 20:02:41 UTC

Went to the market for some onions, the grocer had no change for a fiver, so he offered me a Peace Prize instead.
Anyone want it?

2025-11-30 10:33:03 UTC

I would never be a billionaire for the same reason that I wouldn't ever hoard more food than I need while people around me starve.

2025-11-26 03:23:47 UTC

*Obviously the best way of distributing this food is to give it all to the people who are already full and don't need it.
They will hopefully then pass it to the hungriest people and everyone will be better off.
-Why not feed the hungry, directly?
*That'll just make them lazy.
Doesn't make sense right?
That, with money instead of food, is our dominant economic model and it also makes no sense at all.
#antiCapitalism #trickleDown #CapitalismIsADeathCult

2025-11-23 07:28:31 UTC

Just stumbled across this and thought it would be something @nprofile…kkpz would enjoy.
I know I did. 🎶
https://youtu.be/EQAUupOFarw

2025-11-23 06:00:31 UTC

We really love plating table top games at home.
🎲
#SecretSantaAoNZ

2025-11-20 23:44:16 UTC

Got my #SecretSantaAoNZ victim, I mean giftee, assigned.
Ho, ho, ho.
🎅 🎁

2025-11-19 05:54:39 UTC

Fuck this transphobic government of bigots.
Puberty Blockers Banned For Children - New Zealand First
https://www.nzfirst.nz/puberty-blockers-banned-for-children
#NZPol #getThemOut #dumpThePricksIn26

2025-11-15 08:15:28 UTC

For the first time ever today we got a mildly aggressive dude on the train saying "Take the mask off the kid, they can't breathe!"
To which I responded, "Not your problem, dude."
"Yes it's my problem, I'm in the military" and he pointed to his camouflaged hat (whut?)
"Still not your problem."
And he walked away mumbling.
The three of us (partner, kiddo, and me) ALWAYS mask on the train. And pretty much anywhere we go. Other people today told the Little One "I like your mask", which is a more common event. 😷
Never before in NZ had anyone bothered to tell us l, and this guy went away quickly.
Only remarkable for being the first in nearly 6 years now to have a problem with our masking.
#CovidIsNotOver #yallMasking #MaskUp