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The Press@thepress.co.nz · last wk.

Cause racism is on the agenda 7 days a week, baby

The three bills went through first reading on a rare Saturday sitting.

The Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social · last wk.

Louise Upston was advised not to invest in concerts. She did it anyway

What 300 pages of documents released under the Official Information Act tells us about the government’s $40 million concert fund.

thespinoff.co.nz

Bullshit call

Glad they took the game to a field they’ve won one game on….

For all the improvements they try implement at the airport, the commitment to having a declaration area which is just chaos is impressive.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 2w ago

Brother picks me up in Brisbane, we meet his family who were driving around to surprise my iramutu. They roll up, i knock on the window. They look at me nonplussed, and i hear “what’s he doing here” Nothing like family love 😭

BREAKING: Human rights and anti-war organizations are launching a campaign to demand the top Biden officials who promoted or lied about the Gaza genocide be boxed out from future Democratic administrations and other liberal spaces. Rashida Tlaib & Chris Rabb signed on. More expected to join.

EXCLUSIVE: Biden’s Genocide Accomplices Targeted by New Accountability Campaign

#DroptheGenocide20 demands Biden admin aides who enabled the Gaza genocide not be given roles in liberal spaces – like the role it turns out JD Vance pursued in 2016, when he ‘hated’ Trump.

zeteo.com

Happy birthday to you, @lydiacolemusic.bsky.social! Love to you e hoa

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 2w ago

Moe mai rā Matua Jim Peters. Sat in a few hui with him for the James Henare Ctr and he was a committed man, who like his brother, always had a word to say lol

Fan-run Ed Sheeran tour account announces it will take a break: "LoopTourUA is deeply saddened & disappointed by Ed & his team's decisions…it is not a political stance to be against the massacre of innocent people and their homes and we hope Ed Sheeran can see this…"

Tweet from @looptourUA, with a patched up heart in the tweet text:

The Loop Tour UA
@looptourUA
In light of the recent disappointing events regarding Ed Sheeran and his tour, this update account will be taking a break from updating the shows - except if they are related to the Macklemore ‘boycott'.
Loop TourUA is deeply saddened & disappointed by Ed & his team's decisions. Here's to hoping a decent statement will come out from the british artist's team.
It is not a political stance to be against the massacre of innocent people and their homes and we hope Ed Sheeran can see this and reflect on his decisions.
Thank you all for understanding.

Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · 2w ago

New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.

I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour.
But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families.

The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that.

Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened.

Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other
stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues.

Ed was in …

Andrew Jull NZRN (he/him)@andrewjull.bsky.social · 2w ago

Settlements and settlers, expressions of terrorism.

About 10% of the Israeli population is now living in illegal settlements in the West Bank (750,000 ppl).

Each person who played a role in this Macklemore situation is a genocide apologist.

Lovely lil gig in Aotea Sq yesterday with our new jammy jam group, Ok Ok. Into Aaradhna prep mode for a couple weekends in Aus before moving from kōrero to jamming prep for the Home Brew tour. Couple of fun months coming up

Thank you, North Harbour. At least one team i support won this weekend lol

That tape on Taylor’s head pulling back his eyebrows into full villain mode

Only Marshall can comment his way incorrectly through how an injury happened, as the replay of the injury is being played.....

Well, fuck.

The smile when he was doing that hit up lol

Like we know it’s there and growing but the way the parties of hate have gone full blown war on society has part its genesis in our weak af PM taking a racist bill that wasn’t a bottom line and saying “you know, Dave, or should I call you Rawiri *wink wink*” let’s give it a fucking go

Hitting the ground running with a smashload of interesting gigs/tours leading up to a Dec off with the family (unless i get more gigs lol) and fuck i hate how much it makes me happy cause the flip side when i ain’t busy, ooooohweeee

evacide@evacide.bsky.social · 2w ago

It is fucking wild that this whole trajectory was predicted, so well that even a dumb fuck like me with a cursory look could see, and that society is just being marched towards it. Backward fucks.

I'm sure lots of other people have said this, but if I worked for a company on a product that I thought had a >10% chance of killing all humans within the next decade and we had no plan for how to stop it, I would quit and devote myself full time to destroying this product.

Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 3w ago

It's always a good time to share this.

Memorialising when terror came to the terrorists. I think i’ll pass. How’s that investigation on rhe terror strike on the girls school in Iran going? Gaza, anyone? Racists.

Pete Husky@petehusky.bsky.social · 3w ago

Never forget the master negotiator took something that wasn’t a bottom line in negotiations and let it jump in the mix.

It's great news that Seymour has jumped the shark ahead of the.leaders debates. First question for all other party leaders: Will you support a coalition agreement that includes scrapping Waitangi? And for National -.why should kiwis trust you on this given what you agreed to last time? #nzpol

I don’t even bother reading articles abt ACT cause it’s just different spews of the same racism; the underlying thread of hate which courses through that lil fella’s being. Self hate is a motherfucker, especially when you don’t think you possess it.