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Sometimes writer, ironically straight man-style humour, Wellington NZ
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rnz is a disaster on so many fronts: its unforgivable war propagandising, the disdain it holds for its core broadcast audience, the disastrous hiring decisions, the declining news standards, the “digital first” tabloidisation strategy, the transfer of power from editorial roles to management roles

submitted 3 hours ago • 16 comments

There it is, ACT are running local candidates to get party command and control to oppose climate change measures through local democratic mandate.

submitted 1 day ago • 8 comments

The RNZ article by Ruth Hill about the death of a young person from anorexia is so editorialised it feels like a hate crime. The opening lines describing their remains as "naked, skeleton-like" & "shrouded in the black nylon of a police bag" is so provocative I can't believe it was published.

submitted 1 day ago • 6 comments

The US is a decade or so further along, but this is the track we're on in NZ following the partisan use of the (Powerful) Parliamentary Privileges Committee to discipline opposition members

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

"Liberate this city from socialists and burdensome leadership." If that's not regime change, I don't know what to tell you. The inflection point is now.

submitted 1 day ago • 371 comments

If it was about illegal immigration then employers would be fined and prosecuted for hiring undocumented workers. It’s about punishing people and spreading fear to terrorize vulnerable people.

submitted 2 days ago • 8 comments

The idea that the progressive left used the internet to bully institutions into accepting unpopular, far-left positions is the exact opposite of what has actually happened. The alt-right used the internet for ideological capture and they are now in the White House bragging about it daily

submitted 2 days ago • 272 comments

This! WFF and the accommodation supplement are subsidies given to employers not paying workers enough and landlords charging too much. Because they can. And they can because the taxpayer is picking up the tab. They might not see themselves as such, but they are the biggest beneficiaries. #nzpol

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

I am not a Labour person, and that's fine: they're for other people. So what I want is for *Labour to be effective FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE LABOUR PEOPLE,* or even more importantly, *the non-voters who might vote Labour but nobody else.* And instead Hipkins is... pursuing Nat voters? #nzpol

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Demanding your military allies increase their spending but refusing to have military alliances

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Gavin Newsom speaks truths

submitted 4 days ago • 32 comments

Gavin Newsom full troll mode. #NoKings

submitted 2 days ago • 18 comments

a new washington post / GMU poll finds trump 15 points net negative on immigration, soft disapproval of his handling of LA protests (with lots of don't knows). the narrative that these protests are good for trump is not supported by data at this point. see: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/why-the-la...

submitted 2 days ago • 40 comments

Booing is merciful though, did you even watch the show?

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

The new IREX boat would have been online 6 months from now if it was not for Willis and National Now we have to wait until 2029

submitted 2 days ago • 10 comments

"you're unhappy because you spend too much time on your phone" speak for yourself i'm posting this shit from desktop like a true lunatic

submitted 2 days ago • 74 comments