Jeremy Cullen
@jeremycullen.bsky.social
New Zealand Composer and Music Editor
Where we're at now. 'Let them eat...nothing': "An analysis of the documents showed the ministry increasingly used the reason over time, declining applications on the basis food was non-essential on more than 8000 occasions." www.1news.co.nz/2026/09/07/m...
MSD told thousands food was 'not an essential need'
The Ministry of Social Development declined Special Needs Grant applications on that basis on more than 8000 occasions.
1news.co.nz
I appreciate that Dolly Parton refused to participate in "dress respectability" and, by her own account, modeled her aesthetic after a town "tramp," who she thought was beautiful. She separated aesthetics from character and understood "classiness" to be about how you treat people, not how you dress.
This entire disgusting situation with Arday has shown the horrible priorities of a society built for the ruling class. Our press isn't free, and it is used solely and exclusively to pursue the interests of the ruling class which owns it.
My RNZ Concert interview about the completion of Liszt’s Revolutionary Symphony is here: www.rnz.co.nz/concert/prog...
Finished Symphony
Liszt started writing his Symphonie Révolutionnaire in Paris in 1830. Two hundred years later, New Zealander Jeremy Cullen has almost completed it.
rnz.co.nz
****PLEASE REPOST**** I have just published Rights Aotearoa's submission to the Select Committee on the Legislation (Definitions of Woman and Man) Amendment Bill. Please use our arguments for your own submission if you wish. www.rightsaotearoa.nz/submission-t...
Submission To The Social Services and Community Commity On The Legislation (Definitions Of Woman And Man) Amendment Bill
Submitted by Rights Aotearoa
rightsaotearoa.nz
Something I’ve been working on that’s now in the final proof-reading stage: the first ever completion of Liszt’s unfinished and virtually unknown ‘Revolutionary Symphony’. If anybody knows an orchestra or conductor willing to give the premiere, hit me up!! jeremybcullen.substack.com/p/the-comple...
The Completion of Liszt's Forgotten Symphony (Part 1)
Reconstructing a Revolution: the Story of the 'Symphonie Révolutionnaire'
jeremybcullen.substack.com
“What this analysis shows is that trans people’s wellbeing & public attitudes towards trans people have worsened since 2017, in conjunction with the rise of an organised GC movement.” New analysis by Amnesty International exposes how UK media enable transphobia. media.amnesty.org.uk/documents/Li...
JK Rowling referred to Posie Parker as a "genius" years ago, in her capacity as an an anti-trans leader in her movement. Posie appeared at a Tommy Robinson march on the weekend calling for Islam to be banned in the UK. You'd think a mainstream journalist might seek a quote from Rowling on it, right?
TAPPING THE SIGN: trans issues are important not only because trans people are cool, but also as a vital litmus test of someone's politics: do they stand with the oppressed against conservatism and patriarchy, embracing the beauty and diversity of our human community or are they a fucking fascist
Luxon must act after Peters caught making false claims on employment bill www.greens.org.nz/luxon_must_a...
Luxon must act after Peters caught making false claims on employment bill
We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.
greens.org.nz
I couldn't let that Confessore piece slide. It was such a disgusting hit piece on a vulnerable community in a moment of crisis. I dissected the article and why its framings are dishonest at best and outright lies of ommission at worst. www.thedissident.news/anatomy-of-a...
Anatomy of a Hit Piece: Deconstructing The New York Times' Attack on Transgender Rights in U.S. v. Skrmetti
Seemingly not content with the US v. Skrmetti decision issued by the court siding with Tenessee to ban gender affirming care for trans youth, the New York Times was ready to pour salt on the fresh wou...
thedissident.news
Had an awesome time chatting with Jon Stewart & @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social talking about how to fight the dumpster fire. Gear up. It’s time to brawl.
The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart@weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social · 2y ago. @aoc.bsky.social on the dangers of a newly normalized Trump and his billionaire feeding frenzy. New pod out now! #JonStewart #TheWeeklyShow
The Govt's frothing at the prospect of turning NZ into a Pacific Norway through oil mining & make us all rich. OK. One minor detail. Here, we take a royalty of FIVE PERCENT from oil companies. Norway taxes oil companies at SEVENTY EIGHT PERCENT. Spot the difference? Coz political journos can't.
Astronomers Discover Planet Identical To Earth With Orbital Space Mirror theonion.com/astronomers-...
Sad to see the USA experiencing a ‘rapid unscheduled disassembly.’
"Ambushed" by a plea for mercy is a real language choice.
Nate O@nateo.bsky.social · 2y agoWe’re going to see any expression of virtue in the face of vice depicted by legacy media as a vicious attack on an innocent victim
Rep AOC: "republicans, who have voted consistently against the violence against women's act, who have taken the rights of all women to have control over their own body, who as women are bleeding out in parking lots, now want to pretend today that they care about women."
AOC: I don’t celebrate RAPISTS, so no, I’m not going to the inauguration tomorrow
Important THREAD about the highly problematic nature of the Cass Review...
Taking a break from Meta in protest at their new hate-enabling content moderation policies. Zuck says that people like me are just ‘virtue signalling’. That hurt, Mark! You know what didn’t hurt? Deleting Threads because it fucking sucks.