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This is how you do it. Other news agencies like Axios and CBS, stop rolling over! Grow a spine, stand up straight and fight!

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A hypothesis. As society gets less equal, and rent-generating assets are increasingly owned by the top few percent, Govt spending and taxation have to increase to keep the system running. Thus, if you want a low-spending, low-taxing Govt, address inequality & nationalise rent-generating assets.

submitted 57 minutes ago • 1 comment

nothing works if u just unplug it and plug it back in anymore every single modern piece of technology is built like an HP printer from 2006

submitted 1 hour ago • 6 comments

Worst. Episode. EVER.

submitted 18 hours ago • 801 comments

My laptop has done an update, and now Word is forcing Copilot on me, and I am livid. I want it to go away. It's not enabled, but I have to see the icon hovering on the side of the page, begging to be used. The tips and tricks for removing Copilot aren't working. @microsoft.com, this is TRASH.

submitted 1 day ago • 170 comments

Send Dems into rural America to talk about what Trump is doing. The Republicans are too scared and won’t show their faces…in the vacuum of messaging, there is power. Tell the folks who is hurting them. Point to the GOP. Be the foil to the shit that’s happening. Be the party of the people.

submitted 22 hours ago • 172 comments

Sublime tribute to a beautiful soul

submitted 18 hours ago • 3 comments

“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

submitted 18 hours ago • 551 comments

ProPublica has released another study related to the effects of abortion bans in the U.S., this time showing a spike in sepsis cases in Texas following the implementation of that state's "heartbeat" abortion ban in 2021.

submitted 1 day ago • 520 comments

This is Israel's most read daily newspaper, openly calling for genocide and saying there are no innocent people in Gaza. This is who Biden sacrificed the country to arm.

submitted 1 day ago • 18 comments

Where's the clamouring for Napier to get a Crown observer or for the government to be running the show? Almost as if the fuss in Wellington was politically motivated www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-t...

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lol time to cut your losses Fran. Sometimes you just have to admit you bet on a dud horse.

submitted 1 day ago • 6 comments

There are basically 5 ways to accumulate a billion dollars: 1) Profiting from a monopoly 2) Insider-trading 3) Political payoffs 4) Fraud 5) Inheritance Don’t believe the self-made myth.

submitted 1 day ago • 252 comments

NZ media really did say "we're literally going to stop covering Tim Jago and not challenge ACT about their role at all", didn't they. Any "NZ media defenders" still out there who want to have a go?

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

This is why he is such a unique liar - he repeats the lie that has been repeatedly debunked and discredited, even in front of him (as it was in the Oval Office the other day).

submitted 1 day ago • 163 comments

I've been living in Wellington for over a decade now and mayors have come and gone. Whanau is the first one who has taken on the city's failing infrastructure and our housing issues. She's been bold and we're already seeing benefits.

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

#nzpol

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Today is a challenging day for many as we remember the Ōtautahi Christchurch earthquake of 2011. Sending love to all, especially those who lost loved ones, their health or their homes. My deepest gratitude to our emergency responders and to all the countries who rushed to our aid. We remember ❤️

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Posting my embroidery so people can find me... 🐯 #embroidery #handembroidery

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Get Ready For Delayed Tax Refunds, Long Hold Times After Mass IRS Firings But wealthy tax evaders will enjoy “a feast” as the strained federal agency lacks the resources to hold them accountable, said one tax policy expert.

submitted 1 day ago • 898 comments

This is so cool. I hope the Takahē thrive in their new home.

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Lol. Fell for the obvious red herring Connections Puzzle #622 🟨🟪🟩🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

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Destiny should not receive a single cent in tax subsidies, nor should they be awarded the title of ‘charity’. IMO their actions are uncharitable in the extreme and profoundly un-Christian. Good to see @philtwyford.bsky.social calling for them to have their charitable status revoked. #nzpol

submitted 1 day ago • 11 comments

The privately-owned Marsden Point refinery - in a sunset industry - closed because it was not commercially viable. Nothing to do with the last government. But sure, donate more public money to big oil, you chumps.

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

WTF. There's no possible good reason to invest in a technology that's becoming obsolete because it's destroying the planet. Gods preserve us from greedy selfish drongos like him and his cronies. #nzpol

submitted 1 day ago • 9 comments

‘This is the price of the dairy boom’: Selwyn residents confront council about nitrate contamination of drinking water. Meanwhile, the Luxon Govt is relaxing regulations to make polluting easier. #TooManyCows #nzpol

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

Here's some lunches for you Seymour. Get those in your big gob. Great way to treat our children you loser.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Good to see Labour calling it out for what it is….it would be pretty funny, if wasn’t so destructive. #nzpol #Aoteaeoa #nz #OneTermGovernment

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Hi Government, how are the new ferries coming along? When will you be announcing you've signed a contract? When will you release details of what you've ordered? When will they be delivered? Signed, the taxpayers.

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The magic of photorealistic portraiture is the feeling of that person being brought to life in front of you and seeing the light shining in Efeso’s eyes today as his mural nears completion, was powerful, and emotional. One year today, and the loss is still immeasurable. Our #SouthAuckland legend.

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

This is like opposing a joint resolution declaring that the Sun sets in the West America doesn’t just look like an idiot here, we look like goddamn Flat Earthers

submitted 1 day ago • 1070 comments

At least with Mac n Cheese & Peas you’re only insulting people with no taste. Seriously though, this is a complete fuck up by David Sleazemour & ACT, completely wasting taxpayers money which you’ll never ever hear about from the Taxpayers Onion & their fucked up understanding of taxpayer waste

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I'm still supporting a Free Palestine. At some point the killing has to stop. At some point the apartheid has to stop. At some point the oppression has to stop. Don't let them manufacture consent for more atrocities.

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Movies you’ve watch more than 6 times using gifs

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

Squandered the week re-reading a stack of vintage dystopian cyberpunk, and rather charmed at how severely it underestimated the speed with which humanity would lean hard into the banality of evil.

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This is what happens when you have climate denial in Government. NZ companies quietly quitting climate schemes www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...

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I have long had objections to the imperialism and misogyny inherent in Bond even if some of the films were fun but uh making him a soulless corporate shill is somehow way way worse In other words I guess this is a microcosm for the current world.

submitted 2 days ago • 15 comments

FFS😩🤬 Have said on here before that recently we’ve noticed an increase in parents declining vaccinations, way more noticeable since Covid when the world went mad with conspiracy theories, etc. Today I contacted a mother to book her baby for 6 week vaccinations & she said “we’re just not sure now…”

submitted 2 days ago • 17 comments

Turns out that profit-seeking multinational corporations are not reliable allies on climate or LGBTQ rights. Whodaguessed?

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