Jasmin Taylor

Aerospace Blockade - Fighting Fund Blockade the National Aerospace Conference 2025!

Peace Action Ōtautahi has this fundraiser linked to their insta linktree:

almost at the two thirds mark, just need 34 more people to pledge $5. In my experience, the closer you get to the goal the more pledges pick up, so if you can space $5 please do (note you won't be charged until November 1st, and then only if the goal is met)

When the PM says ‘we don’t owe them a living’, we should be clear that this is not a metaphor.

A living is life. And I want to live in a society in which it is clear that this is the least we owe each other, and are owed. 💞

I’d like us to aim for lives lived in dignity and with joy, personally 🤷‍♀️

The graphic has a violet background and white text. The text reads: Wellingtonians are you interested? Pinball wizards aren't required, but a mask is. Dividing the text is a photograph of the interior of an empty pinball arcade. There are also small graphic images of an N95 mask, and Aotearoa Covid Action's logo.

Wellingtonians - Are you interested?

An hour of unlimited play on the machines at Ye Olde Pinball Shoppe before regular opening hours on a Sunday from 10-11 am. N95 or better masks to be worn at all times and there is an air purifier. $20/person and we need 25 people to make the event happen.

This government is fucking us all over. The policy of cutting support to folk IS FUCKING BULLSHIT.

Living in a society means we live by a social contract. Part of the contract is that we all contribute towards supporting each other. Sometimes the support is financial assistance. We CAN afford it

Ocean

image: sea swirling past my legs, the water is foamy white on the top (perspective is looking straight down towards my feet, which can't see because foam and sand)

Open Letter to Winston Peters, Minister of Foreign Affairs: The New Zealand Government must recognise the State of Palestine As students, staff and alumni of the university community in Aotearoa (New Zealand), we express our profound dismay at the Government’s recent decision not to recognise the State of Palestine. Aotearo...

Open letter from staff, students, and alumni of the New Zealand community of universities.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

& it matters here in Aotearoa cos just as Trump has influence, so does Sanders.

What's happening in Palestine is Israel committing genocide against Palestinians. Hamas has every right to fight back against that. Israel needs to be held accountable. The soft-peddling approach ain't going to cut it.

Sanders' statement on anniversary of 7th Oct is pretty typical of him, as I understand it - can't even say the word genocide, repeats the bullshit long-discredited tropes.

I mention this cos he often gets held up as some sort of "reasonable" alternative

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oh yay for getting tasks ✅✅✅🥳

😄 how's it going?

this is funnier than perhaps it is but heck, kā mihi nui for the laugh 😂

Really exhausted by so many progressive anti-racist, queer-affirming folks still being ableist af

Lack of diversity in survey of 1000 council candidates Newsroom's survey of more than 1000 local election candidates shows those running for council who responded are less diverse than their constituents.

Newsroom’s survey shows local government candidates are still overwhelmingly older, male, and white.
It’s a familiar pattern, but we rarely connect it to the digital spaces that shape public life 🧵
#nzpol

newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/06/l...

Peters insists Kiwis detained in Israel 'can find their own way home', taxpayers won't foot flights The family of the trio detained were in tears asking for the Govt to bring them home.

The three achieved more diplomatically than the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Perhaps he should reimburse NZ for funds wasted on his UN trip last month, so those resources cover their return flights. After all, they had their own transport until unlawfully detained by another government.

Candle Lit Vigil Memorial and celebration of Palestinian Sumud Wānaka Tuesday October 7 7:30 pm Dinosaur Park, Wānaka illustrated with a photo of a candle with flame shining bright

Otago/Upper Clutha: Palestine solidarity

Candle Lit Vigil
Memorial and celebration of Palestinian Sumud

Wānaka

Tuesday October 7
7:30 pm
Dinosaur Park, Wānaka

image: same info as above, illustrated with a photo of a candle with flame shining bright

organised with support from PSNA

Aotearoa: there's been at least 21 people in hospital with covid PER WEEK (if I'm reading this correctly)

Please keep up to date with your covid-19 booster vaccinations, if you can

I'm currently recovering from my 2nd bout. Being boostered & masking helped reduce my risk of being hospitalised

Candle Lit Vigil Memorial and celebration of Palestinian Sumud Wānaka Tuesday October 7 7:30 pm Dinosaur Park, Wānaka illustrated with a photo of a candle with flame shining bright

Otago/Upper Clutha: Palestine solidarity

Candle Lit Vigil
Memorial and celebration of Palestinian Sumud

Wānaka

Tuesday October 7
7:30 pm
Dinosaur Park, Wānaka

image: same info as above, illustrated with a photo of a candle with flame shining bright

organised with support from PSNA

Any discussion about political violence, & this event is going to be *milked* for that, must as a matter of context include discussion about the rhetoric of NZF and ACT & the impacts it has already had. This is pure projection from Peters, no one in leftwing spaces is even close to either of them.

I’m going to wrap here. TL;DR:

- The feedback isn’t personal.
- Loud users are engaged users.
- Communicate + set clear expectations. Own mistakes.
- Get a listing up for a T&S role, even if it takes time to find the right fit.

Almost everyone here wants Bluesky to succeed. We know y’all do too.

Cartoon. Title: Youth 'Pep' talk... A tiny Luxon is in the hall talking to young people. He's standing on a stool with his hand casually in his pocket lecturing a room of youth. He's saying, "The world doesn't owe you a living! BUT... if you grow up to be a landlord..." In the audience over 20 young people with varying expressions react to his speech. One in particular is looking at us with a distinct angry face.

My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Luxon giving his 'best' advice to unemployed youth...

#NzPol #Caricature #Cartoon #PoliticalCartoon #EditorialCartoon #Luxon

A Mother’s Struggle in Gaza — Sabreen’s Story - by Sabreen A typical day for us is a struggle for the most basic needs. Still, I refuse to give up.

www.feijoadispatch.nz/p/a-mothers-...

It's 2025 and our economic model is still reliant on maintaining a decent bufferstock of unemployed people. This model was *designed* to ensure that employers have the upper hand (and labour could be uberised). Govt distract us from this reality by bashing beneficiaries and abdicating responsibility

Aotearoa Te Waipounamu: tips for future submission writing

includes my main recommendation, to draft somewhere you can either attach or copy & paste from

Another tip - if you hit submit and find it's not working, try a different browser

Throwing a brick through a window is criminal behaviour already, btw. Before anyone gets ideas of using this event to suggest changing the law on lawful/not lawful protests.

Is it uncomfortable to talk about the racism pandemic in professional circles? Well, let’s get over that discomfort! We need to show solidarity with eachother. Keep calm & carry on doesn’t work here. The overton window has shifted so much it’s our job to restore its centre to sensibility & fairness.

Also: back in May, MSD said: “How many people will be affected?
It is estimated that approximately 17,800 people aged 18 and 19 will not be eligible for Jobseeker Support in the first two years of implementation.”

So where does the “only 4300” number come from?

www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-an...

IWCNZ Urges NZ Government To Act On International Law, End Silence, And Recognise Palestine A principled stance requires that Aotearoa honours its agreements and insists that all states we interact and conduct business with do so as well.

Many mainstream outlets may be silent, but we cannot be.

IWCNZ calls on the NZ Govt to act with integrity: recognise Palestine, uphold international law, and end silence in the face of injustice.
Read the full press release here:

#Palestine #NZPolitics #HumanRights #NZPol

update: its Albertson Ave (not Alberston)

and Kainga Ora Cheif Executive is Matt Crockett (email format is same)

happy birthday!