This is your daily reminder that this is Fascism. Mass arrests for peaceful protest the marker of a fascist gov. They didn't hurt anybody, why are they being arrested? Because they criticize the government? If you don't recognize fascism at this point I don't know what to tell you other than wakeup

Women’s March@womensmarch.com · 14h ago

🚨 HAPPENING NOW 🚨 Women's Marchers have been arrested in the Capitol for standing vigil for the people killed by ICE. #AbolishICE llustrations by @channeldraw

Typical far right nutjob progression: Say government doesn't work - I will fix it Break government Destroy democracy

🐻Iona🐻@bewarethefish.bsky.social · 6h ago

Changing an entire voting system because you're bad at your job but won't take responsibility is peak executive suite behaviour.

#MsRachel 🇵🇸 She didn’t bring this to your door. You brought it to hers.

💢Marx Was Right.🕊@paulwalker44.bsky.social · 2d ago

“Ms. Rachel needs to stay in her lane!!” Ms. Rachel’s lane is children. GTF outta her lane!! Israelis who mass murder 21,000 children have no right.

In today’s NZ Herald

"The standard you walk past , is the standard you accept"

Jennifer@jennifilm.nz · 2d ago

“Oh it’s just a little racism, what’s four more months anyway” is what she is saying.

Oh, well then, I guess we’ve no choice but to let the foreign minister keep doing racism. Wouldn’t want to be principled, let alone call Winston’s bluff. Better things aren’t possible

henry cooke@henrycooke.bsky.social · 2d ago

Nicola Willis and Mark Mitchell suggested this morning that firing Winston Peters would bring down the Government. www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...

Liam, a middleaged white man with RW leanings, finds Luxon, a middleaged white man with RW leanings "likeable". Meanwhile, Luxon is tanking with women across the board. Could it be that we don't care about how "likeable" someone is when their policies are actively and directly harming us 🤔

Daily Indignation@dailyindignation.bsky.social · 3d ago

New Zealand journalists in 2082, as the seas have swallowed the land and we're living in a Waterworld-style society: Christopher Luxon is actually really great in person, the voters just need to get to know him.

Another study on youth transition that find that about 97% of all youth who says they're trans turn out to be. Only 1.1% who start HRT stopped it for any reason whatsoever. This is, like, the fifth youth transition study that I'm aware of, and all of their results have been identical.

Xtra @xtramagazine.com · 4d ago

Canadian researchers found that 97 percent of youth who seek treatment for gender dysphoria still identify as trans years later.

Covid lockdowns demonstrated, in a deeply imperfect way, the possibility of large-scale social solidarity for a higher cause. That is a prime reason why so many powerful people want us to run screaming away from them into the comforting arms of selfish individualist competition.

'Children only get one chance at childhood. A baby hospitalised this winter cannot wait for a stronger economy. A child growing up in poverty cannot pause their development until political consensus emerges.' - Claire Achmad. #NzPol

The plight of our children can't wait for politics

Children can't vote but inherit the consequences of government and societal failures for the longest time, writes outgoing Children's Commissioner Claire Achmad in a final plea

newsroom.co.nz

Oh, this one still works...

One of my favourite things about election time... This was one of a series from 2023. I'll have to dig out the templates.

This policy would directly lead to physical abuse of disabled and neurodivergent children. Tell your friends. I'm absolutely serious.

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

ACT candidate Paul Henry unveils plan to let teachers use 'reasonable force' on 'little shits'

Birth incentivisation polices have never worked anywhere, but of course the target audience for this policy isn't actually perspective parents, it's people who are worried that other groups aren't having enough (white) babies www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361... Crossposted with @openvibe.social

Mostly 50+ year old men who "don't recognise their country anymore" and twentysomething year old men who in theory would have big families if they could only find a submissive tradwife

#nzpol This is us. We’re a nation in deep denial about the pervasive racism. WinstonFirst gets to continue because it’s acceptable to Luxon, the Government and too many of us.

NinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈‍⬛@ninjakitty.bsky.social · 5d ago

When international school kids tell you about horrible people yelling at them to “go back where you came from” and you see the shocked & scared looks on their faces, it does irreparable damage all around

It’s really starting to grind me down

There's a lot behind this article that John Gerritson published yesterday. I'd like to share some observations I've made in my 4 years as a board member in a Dunedin high school. www.rnz.co.nz/news/educati...

More than 10,000 teens left school in 2025 with no qualifications

A jump in the number of teens leaving school with no formal qualifications has continued.

rnz.co.nz

If your state's existence requires assassinating a journalist then destroying the home of his widowed wife and orphaned children, then your state's existence is a hazard to the world. Then your state's existence must end. #EndZionism #SanctionIsrael #FreePalestine #GazaHolocaust

Jared Leto is just Russell Brand with slightly better hygiene

C. Robert Cargill@crobertcargill.bsky.social · last wk.

Tapping the sign.

Great article from @jeremyrosenz.bsky.social. "Ecological catastrophe and nuclear war are the two existential threats facing the world. Choosing to prioritise military spending over international aid and climate change mitigation brings us closer to both." www.carbonnews.co.nz/news/38018/t...

Ummm...

Zack Labe@zacklabe.com · last wk.

Wow - the average global sea surface temperature outside of the polar regions is currently tied for the all-time absolute hottest on record (in the NOAA/OISST dataset). The record was in 2024. More graphics like this at www.climatecentral.org/climate-brie... 🌊

WAR CRIMINAL 1: “So I heard you have been busy killing kids.” WAR CRIMINAL 2: “Yes, but you are quite the competition! 168 at just one school.” WAR CRIMINAL 1: “ I was told only about 120 were kids.” WAR CRIMINAL 2: “Still pretty impressive.” WAR CRIMINAL 1: “High praise coming from you.”

'Boy George has used AI to create a pro-IDF reggae song' is information I have been presented with on too many occasions today. What do Bucks Fizz think about Ukraine? Does Shakin' Stevens have a take on the Strait of Hormuz?

Federated Farmers release their updated and simplified Climate Change Policy (v13.7) #nzpol

Tim@timward2014.bsky.social · last wk.

Fixed it for me: #nzpol

-Meta glasses: disgusting -AI generated flyers, restaurant menus etc: disgusting -Subscriptionification of everything: disgusting -Corporate price gouging masked as inflation: disgusting

Palestinians are now facing renewed collective punishment – mass raids are being carried out under the guise of “counter-terror” operations, curfews were put in place, and roads were shut to Palestinian vehicles, including ambulances – while settlers continue their attacks.

This Week in Palestine: Francesca Albanese Calls Escalating Israeli Attacks in West Bank 'Pogroms' After Deadly Week

Zeteo’s weekly round-up of the stories you may have missed out of occupied Gaza and the West Bank, as Israel continues its genocidal war and apartheid policies.

zeteo.com

This report is shocking. I knew things were dire for many families in NZ but that thousands are experiencing 'food insecurity' is mind blowing. Also to hear that 40% of the take home pay of those in serious need is going into the pockets of landlords shows how deeply this government doesn't care

Huia Sue@huiasue.bsky.social · 2w ago

'10.2% of #NZ pop has relative income poverty. 473,000 people are in material hardship. 1 in 3 lives have food insecurity. #Neoliberal #Austerity #AtlasNetwork govts have done this! assetsales+privatising services, job & pay cuts. We need Greens✅ #WealthTax #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...