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Project 2025 talked extensively about Iran. They even mentioned regime change. They told you they were going to do this.
Stop acting surprised. Especially you conservatives or you both sides are the same people.

I cannot stress how unusual it is in international relations for states to assassinate or kidnap foreign leaders. And Trump’s now done it twice in the past two months.

I’m sure it will have its problems but you can only let the the tail wag that dog for so long and it’s been long enough

Ah there’s that. National should have been able to reign act and nz first in with at least keeping the door open to a grand coalition and not pretending that’s not actually a possibility. Because it is. Other democracies have had grand coalitions to keep hard right out

Would be the fairest to the biggest number of voters. Rather a grand coalition than a minor party setting the agenda imho

Congratulations ❤️

This is my Tom Holland Lip Sync Battle. Always want to repost the most efficient traveller article when I see it

Patti helping with her first flat pack build. She would like to chew this fresh pine pls #ikeakaha #aotearoapets

Of course. Dogs are the best. It’s not fair sometimes their lives are so sped up compared to ours. You’ll do the right thing for her ❤️‍🩹

If it helps.. We had to make the same decision with our old girl. I promised her she wouldn’t have to go the vet again, that place was her worst nightmare. We just lived with it, managed her pain if any, medicated for inflammation, she had 5 more good years of moving fine after a period of rest

Ro Khanna is such a Star Wars name. Straight out of Andor

IKEA Sylvia Park super quiet yesterday afternoon so those of you who were holding out, weekdays are mellow AF now and we had a successful run

Nou ja in ieder geval weet ik wat soft ketchup is maar nooit geweten wat een kofschip is eigenlijk

Accelerationist arseholes, the lot of them

Oh true so many different starting dates! Exciting time for your daughter, hope she has a great start

Happy back to school day New Zealand parents. I am in the after years but still remember it well, when everything slots back into the semblance of some rhythm

Happy mumbles day 😄

cover of The Economist this week

AI Is Worse Than The Dot Com Bubble: Part Three Podcast Episode · Better Offline · 01/29/2026 · 14m

Here’s part 3 of week’s Dot Com Bubble series. I explain how the economics of AI are much worse than the dot com bubble, with far fewer customers, way more debt, and markets with an unhealthy obsession with one stock - NVIDIA.

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Photo of small Australian cattle dog lying on her side with her legs folded giving the side eye, in her crate, door open, blanket bunched up beside her

Pointed sighing and thumping turning in her (open) crate. She really is so (not) chill about just working from home with me today. #patti #acd #blueheeler #aotearoapets

IKEA Sylvia Park has air purifiers for around $250. Would love one in every classroom in New Zealand as the school year starts

Escaping the trap of US tech dependence Canada needs real digital sovereignty, not our own digital colonizers

When countries get hooked on US tech, their governments are constrained in reining in tech’s harms while most of the economic benefits accrue to the United States.

It’s time to break out of that trap — but that means challenging the Silicon Valley model, not creating our own digital colonizers.

stepped outside for a vibe check and saw a beast fuckin hauling ass towards Bethlehem

The Utrecht morning rush hour in the snow did not disappoint!

New Year’s Eve tragedy in Amsterdam for the Vondelkerk

Faith, Depression, and Finding Calm in the Chaos (Professor Mark Williams) Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics: Leading · 22/12/2025 · 1h 1m

Appreciate this discussion of mindfulness with Mark Williams podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/t...

The Best, the Worst and the Terrible of 2025 Podcast Episode · Cross Party Lines · 29/12/2025 · 1h

Lol at Chris Finlayson eviscerating Luxon’s tenure at Air NZ podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/c...

Another ai fail

[101] I agree with the applicant that the declaration sought here would serve a real purpose in ensuring that future recommendations for the position of human rights commissioners proceed lawfully. When potential appointees for such positions occupy an important public office intended to help ensure the human rights of New Zealander’s are upheld and promoted, there is a clear and substantial public interest in having errors in their appointment publicly declared. Conclusion [102] The judicial review application is granted. [103] I make the declaration that the Decision was unlawful because: (a) (b) the Minister applied the incorrect legal test; and the Minister failed to take into account relevant considerations. [104] The issue of costs is reserved. I encourage the parties to agree on any issue of costs that might arise. If that is not possible, the applicant is to file a memorandum on costs no longer than five pages within 30 working days of the date of this judgment, with the respondent to file a memorandum in response within a further 10 working days of receipt of the applicant’s costs memorandum. The Court will then decide the costs issues.

We won! I won my judicial review!

This could have funded Flu Tracking for years.