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secondzeit.bsky.social
Journalist in Christchurch, New Zealand. Senior writer with The Press. Reviewer of the year (Voyager Media Awards 2022). Author of The Quiet Hero (Allen & Unwin, 2023), the story of a peaceful volunteer’s death in Ukraine. Films, books, music.
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submitted 28 minutes ago • 10 comments

Sir Ian Taylor vs David Seymour www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

submitted 1 hour ago • 0 comments

Labour's arts spokesperson struggles to think of NZ authors

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submitted 1 day ago • 6 comments

One day the remote control device we put up Trump's ass will take pride of place in KGB museum.

submitted 2 days ago • 23 comments

Everyone should read this, about that debacle in the Oval Office, and what it means

submitted 23 hours ago • 0 comments

Always a highlight of the Oscars season

submitted 23 hours ago • 0 comments

Who was the MAGA reporter who asked the dumb question about Zelenskyy’s suit? www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

What are the Tankies saying about that disgraceful scene in the Oval Office?

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

The attempted mugging of a visiting president was about the world war that Musk, Trump, and Vance have chosen. If we attend to what Vance and Trump said yesterday, we can work our way to the unreason of American policy, and to the chaos that will follow. snyder.substack.com/p/the-war-tr...

submitted 1 day ago • 133 comments

Good stuff, JC. Better at putting up with this shit that I was …

submitted 1 day ago • 11 comments

NEW: The first front pages of Saturday’s newspapers in the UK. “Ukraine Hero Ambushed” “Trump stuns world with vile rant at Zelensky” “A spectacle to horrify the world” Trump is obliterating the global reputation of the US.

submitted 2 days ago • 130 comments

"We’re witnessing the self-sabotage of the United States" from @davidfrum.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

submitted 2 days ago • 1658 comments

“Trump just presided over one of the greatest diplomatic disasters in modern history. Tempers flared, voices were raised & protocol was shredded…As Trump got into a shouting match with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a horrified Europe watched the post-second world war order crumble before its eyes.”

submitted 2 days ago • 346 comments

Trump and Vance wait for their meeting with Zelenskyy

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

What a couple of assholes

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

This scrum of pot-bellied, sunken-chested betas trying to bully an all-black clad badass Eastern European wasteland survivor while dressed like Men’s Wearhouse mannequins is peak cinema.

submitted 2 days ago • 3408 comments

Zelenskyy flew to Washington and got a meeting with the Kremlin. A day of national shame.

submitted 2 days ago • 73 comments

Tonight's screener (full review coming soon to AV Club)

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submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

Hobson's Pledge trustee and FSU member sarcastically offered a hug during Treaty Principles Bill hearings www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3605...

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

"What I would say to you ..." No "what I would say", Chris. "Take a step back ..." No "steps back" "The reality is ..." No "reality". etc www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVDz...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Thank you. We love you.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

One in five trans people in Aotearoa have been threatened with physical violence because of their gender in the last four years. Rates of psychological distress have increased since 2018. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

Owen Marshall, scaring them on the world stage

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

"Setting a new tone"

submitted 5 days ago • 6 comments

This is like that David and Victoria Beckham meme but stretched out forever

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

webworm can report that legal threats have been made to gender-affirming healthcare professionals in new zealand. the letter puts recipients “on notice” that they may one day face “legal action” for offering gender affirming care. health NZ has responded: www.webworm.co/p/legalthrea...

submitted 5 days ago • 11 comments

How did I only just discover Mark Lanegan's cover of the Gun Club's "Carry Home"? Utterly beautiful.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

“Woke just means you give a damn about other people,” Jane Fonda said at the #SAGAwards. Read the full list of winners: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

submitted 6 days ago • 55 comments

National’s Andrew Bayly has resigned as a minister, issuing an apology to a staff member. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

submitted 7 days ago • 4 comments

Remember all the right-wingers on X who thought Alex Garland's Civil War was fanciful

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submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

Dear manager: 1. that’s me in the corner 2. that’s me in the spotlight 3. losing my religion 4. trying to keep up with interagency mandates to improve efficiencies in government operations 5. and I don’t know if I can do it

submitted 7 days ago • 8 comments