Amazing to live in a country where the secret police are handling inter-chud beefs. It's like the Night of Long Knives playing out in the parking lot of a Dollar General.

Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 8h ago

Laura Loomer is taking credit for Milo getting detained by ICE.

There's no forgiving this. No living it down. It's a stain on our humanity. When all this is over, the monsters who did this should be pariahs. And the soulless thugs who cheered it on while dehumanizing Haitian immigrants should be reminded of what they did every day of their lives.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 6h ago

The situation in Haiti is terrifying. On Sunday, 150 gunmen swept down on a town to kill, rape, loot, and burn. 22 people were executed in a churchyard. 52 were taken hostage. Stephen Miller mockingly says Haiti is safe and ICE just sent its second deportation flight this month; with kids on board.

Reb Fountain on 95bFM right now

Sing, O goddess, the anger of Jonathan son of Pearce, that brought countless Excels upon the Achaeans. Many a brave soul did it send summarising down to Hades, and many a hero did it yield a pivot table to dogs and vultures

Russell Brown@publicaddress.bsky.social · yesterday

“Sometimes my rage manifests in the making of spreadsheets” - Jonathan Pearce of The Beths on the importance of staying on top of the numbers.

“Sometimes my rage manifests in the making of spreadsheets” - Jonathan Pearce of The Beths on the importance of staying on top of the numbers.

Needed to print my question line for a seminar panel this morning. Computer talks to printer, says printer is out of ink. Oh no. Printer prints anyway. It's just toying with me at this point.

Absolutely incredible how this bill gets dumber and dumber the more you look at it. Any child protection effort about social media should include Roblox, obviously. 😅

Ice Nine@theicenine.bsky.social · 2d ago

So #NZPol the Online Safety (Minimum Age and Child Safety Risk Assessment) Bill specifically excludes Roblox... www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...

Remember, the only reason to have crypto currency is to launder money.

ACT promises tax-free crypto gains after a year

The ACT party wants to allow people to make tax-free profits from cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin, as long as they hold onto it for more than a year.

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Because it is very likely to be relevant, there are some NIWA shiny pages with a public drought forecast tool shiny.niwa.co.nz/drought-fore...

Gareth@grenow.bsky.social · 2d ago

How out of touch can a mainstream economist be? Westpac's "guru" manages to produce a forecast that ignores the likelihood of a major drought caused by the record-breaking El Niño that's already here. Last big drought (12/13) cost NZ$1.5 billion. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

Have you received an orange man letter in the mail yet, confirming your enrolment details? If you didn't, you may not be correctly enrolled to vote! Check and update your details NOW at: vote.nz #nzpol

I went to a little preview of Anthonie Tonnon's new show, 'Cinematographer', last night. Turns out it's a neo-Situationist manifesto with a focus on the built urban form of Whanganui before and after economic reform. An entertaining and informative evening you can dance to.

This 1982 interview with Dolly Parton, as she was coming back from a health crisis, is incredible. She lays out her goals, most of which she went on to achieve. She's smart, determined, confident in herself. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahEs...

At home with Dolly Parton in 1982

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Dolly Parton regularly supported LGBTQIA+ people and BIPOC communities and spoke out against bigotry and hate, so I don't know how it's your take away from all this that she was "neutral" on culture wars or she was a "crossover icon."

CNN@cnn.com · 3d ago

"At a time when no American celebrity seems immune from the country’s many divisions, Dolly Parton was a crossover icon who stayed neutral in the culture wars while still speaking her mind," writes Zachary B. Wolf. | Analysis

This was fun to write and Lil Regie are good people.

Lil Regie@lilregie.com · 3d ago

What makes a good gig? We asked the inimitable @publicaddress.bsky.social for his views, from decades of experience attending some of the best. lilregie.com/blog/the-goo...

Today I've learned that Dolly Parton gave Black high schools band uniforms and wrote Eminem a nice letter when he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Jay Willis@jaywillis.net · 3d ago

I have really enjoyed the experience of reading story after story about how good and selfless and beloved a recently deceased famous person was

Currently in Australia and this is what I see when I try to access my Bluesky chat history. Welcome to the the world of verifying you’re an adult.

Texas’s drag ban was found to be unconstitutional this morning and one of the plaintiffs who brought the suit was an Austin-based drag queen who often impersonates Dolly Dolly was named in the final judgement itself and after hearing about the lawsuit, she sent that drag queen a signed guitar

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library gifted more than 332,000,000 books since it was first created 31 years ago.

Street art in her honor from SE Seattle

Dolly Parton, US country star, actor and philanthropist, dies aged 80

Dolly Parton, US country star, actor and philanthropist, dies aged 80

Songwriter of I Will Always Love You, Jolene and 9 to 5 also invested millions in child literacy, Covid-19 vaccine development and other causes Dolly Parton, one of the greatest singer-songwriters in country music who was also much cherished for her philanthropy, has died aged 80. Her death was announced by nephew Brian Seaver on Instagram. Continue reading...

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This wanker got Bill English to write a shit piece to have a go at KāInga Ora for *building and owning houses* for New Zealand. Then cancelled all the housing builds. Chris Bishop, Minister of HOUSING, 2023. Give yourself another uppercut Bishop. Fuckwit. #nzpol

RNZ News Feeds@rnzrss.bsky.social · 4d ago

Housing an 'enormous challenge' in this country, housing minister Chris Bishop admits

I don't think it's unprincipled for the Labour party in NZ for being on the centre side of centre left. It's honestly what makes most sense for them under MMP. I do think they're unprincipled for their allergy to any belief in anything that doesn't focus group well. Another example of that today.

This government really want it to be the 1980s again

Russel Norman@russelnorman.bsky.social · 4d ago

Just got an email from MfE telling me that the Govt will NOT be phasing out PVC and polystyrene from food and drink packaging. In Nov 2024 they had rescinded the 2025 phaseout, they claimed the delay was so they could do more work on it. But it seems that wasn't serious.

So, let’s rush through 1000s of houses under Fast Track in a subdivision the council rejected as being too costly to provide infrastructure to and not aligned with council plans effectively overruling council AND then make sure councils can’t pay for the new infrastructure this demands #nzpol

The irony here is that the law holds local authorities to much more rigorous standards than apply to central government. If councils acted like this, there would actually be consequences.

Julie Fairey (she/her)@juliefairey.bsky.social · 4d ago

I really hope the public are starting to see the insincerity. "Here's a huge new cost, you're welcome" "Here's a rates cap, you're welcome" "Here's a last minute law change, ditto" "Here's an agreement to maybe do a thing widely supported, oh wait taksie backsies, etc". All The Time.

Local government has been the punching bag for this government, and I can't tell you how desperate some councils were for a city deal. The fact they continue to reneg on contracts and agreements... I know even former National-aligned councillors are starting to give up on them.

Richard Hills @richardhills.bsky.social · 5d ago

National broke our Auckland Deal agreement just four months after signing it. I was in the room when the Prime Minister committed to work with us on a bed night levy policy in 2027 and to create stable events and destination funding for our city. www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

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Lee Hurley@hleehurley.com · last wk.

My granny has discovered that, somehow, her TV has access to the cctv feeds around the outside of her building and is loving life.

If Labour do support this bill it'll likely strengthen the ACT and NZF vote and not benefit National or Labour. The privacy concern, NZ First corralling of cookers - all point that way. The exception being the bigots who want to isolate queer kids from community. It's a bad bill, don't back it.

“A social media ban for under-16s has an obvious political appeal. It sounds clear, tough, and protective … National will not pass it without Labour’s support. Labour should choose not to give it.” psychotherapy.nz/social-media...

A Social Media Ban Is Not Mental Health Policy - Off the Couch - Kyle MacDonald

Banning social media for under-16s may sound decisive, but young people’s mental health deserves something more thoughtful than a politically convenient shortcut.

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Well, this is fucking embarrassing. Thanks Winston and Luxon for enabling and encouraging dragging the country back in to the dark ages. #nzpol

Princess Daisy 🏳️‍⚧️🇮🇪👑 🇵🇸🇨🇺🇸🇩🇺🇦🇮🇷🇻🇪🇨🇩🇪🇭@daisygeekytgirl.bsky.social · 6d ago

You are now advised to exercise a high degree of caution in New Zealand. While the nation has long been seen as progressive, the government is working with far-right organisations against trans rights and are working on laws to define people based on “biological sex” so it can be risky there. (3/7)