Shifty Cow
@supergoofnz.bsky.social
Geek, dog nut, player of video games. Middle-aged idle. May contain coarse language & traces of nuts. Tangata Tiriti, Aotearoa. She/her. #Kikorangi. #ToituTeTiriti / #TransRightsAreHumanRights / #BLM
kyle@kyledchurch.bsky.social · 16h agoNot for *government duties* for his role as leader of the National Party for a party *fundraiser* for the *election* Surely this is outside the bounds of what the Air Force should be used for?? Seems like an enormous breach of his access to public assets! www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
At some point we — all of us — have to have a serious conversation about priorities. We can't just keep squeezing corporate profits out of everything and insisting everyone just make do somehow.
RNZ News Feeds@rnzrss.bsky.social · 22h agoOlder Kiwis choosing between 'starving or heating' as price increases bite
“It’s time to make oil giants pay up to repair the climate breakdown they’re driving. Think how many fire and flood defences we could build, or how many solar panels we could install, if big oil paid their fair share in taxes.” www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
theguardian.com
LOL so I dreamed that I was holding two stainless steel egg cups upside-down on my head like antennae, and singing "I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien" (a la Sting / The Police). Apparently I'm a dork in my dreams, too. 😂
Police investigate Tamaki over ‘heaven’s hit list’ video www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610... #nzpol
Police investigate Tamaki over ‘heaven’s hit list’ video
The Destiny Church leader targeted government agencies, political parties, religions and more in his ‘Heaven’s hit list’.
stuff.co.nz
Point taken Andrew, but my study of the Hansard from 2024 onwards is a clear record of how Winston Peters, far more than any other MP, is responsible for the decline in the standards of the House, which ironically he so often decries. The Speaker appears to be complicit in enabling this. #nzpol
Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa@sanjanah.bsky.social · 3d agoThe wrong, dishonourable MPs: Targeted harassment in New Zealand’s legislature sanjanah.wordpress.com/2026/08/03/t... (WordPress) www.linkedin.com/pulse/wrong-... (LinkedIn) #nzpol
Just heard that. Absolute bullshit and Brownlee should step down. #nzpol
Chlöe Swarbrick kicked out of House after challenging Speaker's 'double standards'
The Greens co-leader has been kicked out of the House, after challenging what she called the Speaker's "double standards".
rnz.co.nz
Take a close look at who funds The Opportunity Party. Whether built on fitness empires, software companies, or bitcoin fortunes, these donors hold vast wealth outside of real estate. That is no accident; it is precisely why the meteoric rise of donor money must be questioned. #nzpol
Vote for Tamatha Paul, who immediately put out a call for support for organisations who are on the frontlines of an increase in “people in our communities sleeping out in the open in sub zero conditions through freezing southerlies, hail, rain and flooding”. 👇 Link: www.instagram.com/reel/DbmeuHu...
So Luxon claims he has official advice that Data Centres won't increase energy costs but, when the Greens requested a copy of the advice via an OIA, his office says there wasn't any advice and Luxon was just repeating their talking points, then Nicola says MBIE gave her advice ....🤡 #nzpol
Luxon backpedals after office says 'official' data centre advice actually 'media talking points'
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has landed in another controversy about the OIA.
nzherald.co.nz
Hey NZ parents, what can we do to get your young adult kids enrolled to vote? I know it's the responsibility of the young adults, but is there something we can do to help things along?
I ordered 10 voter enrollment forms from the electoral commission & my son got his mates to update or register for the first time. They're free & if you meet someone not enrolled, you can have it done in a minute & post it on their behalf if they want.
I just signed a petition: Australia's biggest ocean protection opportunity in 10 years.. Sign here: www.saveourmarinelife.org.au/actions/prot...
Australia's biggest ocean protection opportunity in 10 years - Save Our Marine Life
The Australian Government has listened to island communities, and just announced plans to massively expand marine sanctuary protection around the stunning Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. But before it becomes a reality, the government wants to hear from YOU on the proposed expansions, AND on what other improvements are needed across Australia’s offshore marine parks. […]
saveourmarinelife.org.au
There is no good faith position on being against trans people participating in sports, there's only bad faith people and the dipshits that fall for it.
This is gold, and I need people to understand how much this is a foundation build, for others to build upon.
#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 4d agoWhenever a Democrat wins statewide in a swing state people begin fantasizing about their presidential bid potential— Abdul rejects this idea outright and says that his ambition is to leverage his position to influence the primary as an endorser.
NZ Public service bosses race to submit #jobcut plans, for almost 3,000 workers, by order of the Coalition govt- with which jobs to go being kept secret until you’ve voted -ripples will mean more local business closures #AtlasNetwork #Neoliberal #austerity newsroom.co.nz/2026/07/31/p...
Public service bosses race against clock to submit job cut plans
With job losses and structural changes on the way for the public sector, unions and the opposition argue for greater transparency
newsroom.co.nz
Capital One just told a court they shut down hundreds of tRump Organization accounts because an anti-money laundering review found suspicious transaction patterns. Not “woke politics.” Actual banking red flags. finance.yahoo.com/markets/curr...
Capital One Cites Money Laundering Review in Trump-Related Suit
(Bloomberg) -- Capital One Financial Corp. said in a court filing late Friday that it closed accounts belonging to President Donald Trump’s sprawling real estate company in 2021 for legitimate reasons...
finance.yahoo.com
“Chevron just announced its highest quarterly earnings ever. Shell clocked its second-highest quarterly profits. And while ExxonMobil's profits came in beneath what Wall Street analysts had expected, it still managed to double its earnings compared with this time last year.“ Tax them into oblivion.🤬
Oil companies report sky-high profits thanks to wartime crude prices
Chevron reported its highest quarterly earnings ever. Shell had its second-biggest quarter, and ExxonMobil doubled its earnings compared with the same time last year.
npr.org
A must watch given NZs headlong rush to fast track these power hungry monsters
Climate News@climatenews.bsky.social · 4d agoData center water use is misunderstood. This energy process engineer worked for many years designing and building large scale heat exchange systems and cooling loops that move heat and water on an industrial scale. Worth watching:
It would be easy to call this the “new normal“ but that’s incorrect. In actual fact, “normal” is going to keep getting worse and worse and worse. Just how bad it will get depends entirely on how fast & far we go on real, legitimate (not performative) #ClimateAction. We know how. It’s about will.
Nahel Belgherze@wxnb.bsky.social · 5d agoBordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.
Children: as problems in schools to be controlled; financial benefits to the state, but also burdens that must therefore be incentivised, for parents to have them; not in need of decent nutrition but still to be shamed for their bodies; & oh btw the Children’s Commissioner is sacked. FFS #nzpol
Kate@knhannah.bsky.social · 4d agoIn times like these, it’s important to pay attention to the grand unifying narratives ideas are hooking on to. Like that children are there to be controlled by adults, like babies and birth are commodities to be controlled by the state, like citizenship is a state more valuable than non-citizenship.