After Farage used Widdecombe's death into an opportunity to deflect from corruption, my satirical deep dive examines how right-wing populists weaponise tragedy and perform victimhood by turning our outrage into political capital. This one’s for free! 👇🏻 supertanskiii.substack.com/p/mournhub-w...

MournHub: What Farage's Hardcore Mourn Says About Reform

Nigel Farage's response to Ann Widdecombe's murder was a case study in how right-wing populism turns tragedy into political opportunity.

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When I am made President-for-Life of Aotearoa, my first dictum will be to make all patsy questions in parliament invalid.

Hang on. Hold up. Wait just a minute. A graph is a graphic way of presenting the data in the first place. How is "it's not a graph, it's a graphic" an argument? They're the same damn thing. #nzpol

ACT's 'visually misleading' post: Is it a graphic or a graph?

An ACT Party post about the gap between new medicines funded in Australia and New Zealand is "visually misleading," according to a statistics professor.

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Reposty of interestymost threadlopper. Deep joy. Reposty every post in the threadlode. Deep folly and unfalollow.

More snow in Crofton Downs.

For those that have seen it before, this is quite wonderful: youtu.be/UpGaIDm0azU?...

Snow on Cuba Mall in Wellington

YouTube video by Ro Tierney

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Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.

close to calling the cops on this guy with the teletubby avatar getting in my mentions to drone humorlessly about how the vatican arranges scented dried flowers when visiting france’s capital. yep, it’s the po-po for po-faced po posts re: posed paris pot pourri popery

I’m old enough to remember when George W Bush was the stupidest President there ever could be, and Sepp Blatter was the most shamelessly corrupt head of FIFA In history.

Only took photos one day in July so #BestOfJuly for #BirdoftheDay was pretty easy for me 🪶

Alan H@alan678.bsky.social · 3d ago

One of my many cohosts Rob 😂 @robcrank68.bsky.social has said that: “ Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #BestOfJuly so no need for an Alt Theme. “ I’m going with this young Stonechat as I loved how the colours of the bird blended with everything. #birds #photography #ECK

WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!! OMG YES YES YES!!! (sorry, niche data-nerd news here, but as a social scientist this is huge wonderful news) newsroom.co.nz/2026/08/03/g...

Govt’s census overhaul thrown into doubt after Labour pulls support

Opposition parties warn relying on government agency data instead of a full census risks undercounting Māori and minority groups.

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I get it, Prime Minister, I wouldn’t want to call Winston Peters either

I get it, Prime Minister, I wouldn’t want to call Winston Peters either

The prime minister had a bad weekend. It didn’t get any better during his regular Monday morning RNZ interview....

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Ah, this warms the cockles of my cold, dead heart. Wait til you see the price a TERF had to pay for lying about a trans woman. "...also be required to publish a court-approved apology that must remain pinned on their social media channels for three months" www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/07/an-a...

An anti-trans activist lied about a trans athlete injuring cis women. Now she has to pay the price. - LGBTQ Nation

Kirralie Smith admitted in court she didn't have any evidence to back up her claim about a trans woman injuring two cis women.

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Judge rules Crown must protect buried remains of ancient waka in Chatham Islands www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu...

Judge rules Crown must protect buried remains of ancient waka in Chatham Islands

A judge has ruled the government cannot sidestep its statutory responsibilities for a centuries-old voyaging canoe buried in Rēkohu sand dunes, rejecting the Crown's argument that its obligations exte...

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I mean look at her 💙

Reporting dog abuse allegations and coming home to this face

Why Thunder has been getting more cuddles lately

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Endometriosis takes nine years to diagnose. That’s about to change. NICE has approved two tests: a saliva test reading microRNA markers, and a gut-sensor test returning results in 45 minutes, sparing women the keyhole surgery currently needed. buff.ly/QX3jHk8 #ShareGoodNewsToo

Rapid endometriosis tests to be made available on NHS in England and Wales

Saliva and gut sensor-based tests hailed as ‘gamechanger’ for millions of women who can wait years for diagnosis

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🚨 After 40 years of research, Brazilian scientist Dr. Mariangela Hungria wins the World Food Prize for pioneering a $2 nitrogen-fixing bacteria treatment that replaces costly fertilizers, saves farmers $25 billion annually, and cuts 230 million tons of CO₂ emissions.

A photo of UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin, or as I like to call it FIFA foe thumb

Music FACT: Cardi B’s real name is Cardigan Bellybutton.

A Māori MP has drawn praise for defending New Zealand’s native language in a heated parliamentary debate - citing Wales as an example of a nation valuing its indigenous language and identity

‘English is a bastard language’: Māori MP praises Wales' bilingualism in passionate speech

Stephen Price A Māori MP has drawn praise for defending New Zealand’s native language in a heated parliamentary debate – citing Wales as an example of a nation valuing its indigenous language and iden...

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Sunrise, Saturday, 1 August, from Okitu Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Happy August! Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Our vets are a rural vet group so mostly about large animals - dairy cows and horses. Their response to euthanasia of small animals is always something of a surprise, maybe even bordering on OTT now.

A country can change its name just like that. Like just do it.

Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · 6d ago

Pacific island nation Nauru officially changes name to ‘Naoero’ https://aje.news/izcl6b

This is going to make it very difficult to know which sports we should ban them from.

Kat Kerlin@katkerlin.bsky.social · 7d ago

Some avocados are female in the morning and male in the afternoon, while others are on the opposite schedule. This helps them avoid self-pollination. How do they do it? A @ucdavis.bsky.social study explains. www.ucdavis.edu/food/news/st...

In fact "top 5" undersells it -- Labour seen as most capable to handle 16 of the top 20. TThe Greens get two. Te Pati Māori gets one. National gets two, including one tie with Labour (Repost because I linked to the wrong Ipsos release, this one isn't up yet) www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Can't wait for the UK High Court challenge.

Kat Kerlin@katkerlin.bsky.social · 7d ago

Some avocados are female in the morning and male in the afternoon, while others are on the opposite schedule. This helps them avoid self-pollination. How do they do it? A @ucdavis.bsky.social study explains. www.ucdavis.edu/food/news/st...

New picture. An emergency cup of tea on its way to you. Or cup of coffee. Or mug of drugs. Whatever you need x

Earlier today, my Uber driver in Dublin (Emmanuel) was listening to this on our mad dash to the airport and I just *had* to ask what it was because - well - Christ - just listen to it. youtu.be/6PTTgbci4Kg

Derek Gripper & Ballaké Sissoko / Ancient Stone Quarry - Gümüşlük / July 23, 2023

YouTube video by Gumusluk Music Festival

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I am fucking BEGGING media to stop saying the government has removed election-day enrollment, or same-day enrollment. It’s the entire advance period. Please. Don’t confuse people.

Reminder that any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message: they can't win on their ideas alone.