George Laxton

A political compass chart titled "Parking Reform Political Compass." The horizontal axis is labeled "Pro-Free Parking" at the top and "Pro-Parking Reform" at the bottom. The vertical axis is labeled "right wing" on the right and "left wing" on the leftmost border. The chart is divided into a grid of 25 boxes, each featuring a persona and a humorous quote representing different viewpoints on parking policy. On the left side of the compass, personas range from "Free Parking Revolutionary" and "Anti-Capitalist Car-User" at the top left corner, to "Anarcho-Urbanist" and "YIMBY Keyboard Warrior" at the bottom right corner. On the right side, personas range from "Conspiracy Theorist" to "Freedom Loving Business Owner." In the middle are personas like "Burt-Out," with the quote: "We'll form a committee to study the committee that studied the parking reform study. The report will be due never." Overall, this political compass satirizes perspectives across the political spectrum, including left-wing, right-wing, centrist, libertarian, and niche cultural stances like "Anti-Gentrification Warrior" and "Data-Driven Dad."

Turns out the real political spectrum is just how people feel about free parking 😂

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It’s insane what powerful people are doing to our precious planet and saying it’s all our fault. We have the solutions, we need to implement them, from the plant roots up! I want a planet where my children grow up in wonder at the beauty of our world. Not this unfolding disaster #whatifwegetitright

Omg yes! Such a great movie.

we need to protect both the independent, expert creation of evidence and information *and* the communication of it by independent, non-partisan, media organisations.

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I’m glad you’re giving it a read!

Which wealthy NIMBY neighbourhood are you referring to?

Incredibly sobering and important article to read, understand and share with others.

PM Luxon: Uphold Codes of Conduct - Call David Seymour into line Responsible leaders welcome advice from experts when they are creating laws and policies. They know good decision making means planning for the long term, considering diverse points of view and making...

When will our out of touch Prime Minister actually stand up for himself instead of letting the tail wag the dog?

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BlueSky shoutout on Abbot Elementary!

Report on the breaking down of democracy in the United States and the current climate crisis over this nonsense.

Billionaires owning media is killing democracy

NZ Professional Firefighters Union doing a geat job on a daily basis showing up David Seymour for the liar he is. #nzpol

I'm here outside Speaker Johnson’s office because he is starving families and gutting health care to cover up the Epstein Files.

Change my mind.

NZ Professional Firefighters Union keep responding to David Seymour’s lies about the state of fire trucks. #nzpol

There is a place for all types of power generation on the grid, but why you hating on the cheapest form of electricity generation (and the safest)

We could do this too!

Imagine a world where there is so much abundant clean energy that we have to pay people to use it.

That world is possible!

Ah yes, you’re right it was the 29, not the 27 which I said in a different comment 😊

Yeah 8 is way more convenient, more frequent and for me takes us a few minutes walk from a stop.

It only works currently in the 27 as a trial.
I just saw that it’s going live across the network on November 10th.

Got an email today saying it’s going live November 10th! Finally! Hopefully there’s no more delays! 🤣

Neat! So NZTA confirms that Tesla have no special approval to release "full self-driving" in New Zealand, and that there has been no advice sought or provided regarding whether the product is safe to deploy in New Zealand.

Good luck if you're sharing the road with these things.

The onion strikes again

The undermining democracy bar chart almost looks exponential…

Prof Christina Pagel does great work in showing in data all the things Trump is doing. Great work, much easier to digest than the constant stream of the latest insane thing he’s done and shows how things are progressively getting worse.

Fantastic thread

Thanks Christina for breaking down all the actions trump and his republican yes men/women are doing to destroy democracy in the US. Along with @99pi.org trump con law podcast.

Book held in left hand. Boon title is what is we get it right visions of climate futures by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

Just started reading this @ayanaeliza.bsky.social and oof your reality check chapter hit me real hard. Looking forward to reading on and finding out “What if we get it right” 💚🥰🌎🌍🌲

Map with stylised lines in the style of a subway map showing all the MCR’s of Christchurch completed and planned.

@adamlines.bsky.social are you the designer of this T-Shirt? @spokescanterbury.bsky.social would love to use this design again and possibly get an updated version.

Choices.

This should be seen as what it is: a huge step towards ending free and fair elections.

Satellite shows what’s really happening at the East Wing of the White House “Now it looks like the White House is physically being destroyed.”…

Trump's teardown of the presidential mansion's East Wing has drawn criticism and surprise from Democratic lawmakers, former White House staffers, and members of the public.

Aren’t there multiple news stories daily about how understaff and under pressure our health care system is. I don’t think these health care workers would be striking if not for that?

Mega strikers shouldn’t expect mega sympathy OPINION: State sector unions are in a battle for hearts and minds as they launch a mega strike. Should they expect a public wind beneath their wings?

@clrenney.bsky.social can you please respond this this opinion piece.

www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...