James W

Local democracy at it's finest

shit in our sea, shit in our water, shit in our government

Almost like we've put more thought into this than the ANZAC party

Plus that's a super weird name given what the AC stands for

Seems plausible while they're trying to stop an even bigger brain drain from the new state of NZ to the rest of AU and the ecojomic effects are of the significant downsizing or migration of all the corporate offices in NZ

The Guardian on Tiktok has been teaching me about Australian Federal politics and the more I learn the more baffled I get 😂😂

You're acting like time in customs is the barrier rather than cost of travel across the Tasman

Saving time I'm the airport wouldn't significantly reduce that cost

This discussion has gotten silly at this point

You forgot the definitely independent reviews to shift blame elsewhere

The recession will be experienced primarily as a series of faux-optimistic, desperation-laden LinkedIn posts until you're the one hitting the post button.

70k of 5m is insignificant and this is possibly the stupidest reason ever to do this given how easy it already is

Also fail to consider the impact of internal migration of people and business to Canberra or other Australian cities to be closer to the federal govt or larger markets

Listening to Ryan Bridges trying to gotcha Tamantha Paul then get annoyed when she doesn't play his stupid game was pretty funny #bzpol

Isn't that just the usual external facing corporate bs designed to maintain a certain reputation and perception just applied on an individual level?

Like the whole thing is just career marketing pretending to be social media

Might be worth it just to watch the Boomers meltdown over that

Does all include government pensions?

Just curious cause that'd be the only difference to current NZ benefits where everything else is means tested against individual or partner income

@drdrehistorian.bsky.social

How is Australia still a functioning country with these people as the opposition parties?

This is not a serious take. There's practically realities and impacts of such a merger of systems which you're just hand waving away because they're inconvenient to your desired outcome.

Gotta be a thought leader to get ahead which mostly means being quick to identify and adopt the latest hype cycle and buzzwords then write nothing for 5k words to show you know them

Good thing they also cancelled the contract for the only ocean going tug in Wellington too

Anyone buying these deserves what they get based just on the stupid fucking financial shell games Big Tech is already playing to support this shitty technology

The videos are crazy

unsurprisingly the australian police show themselves to be utter pigs, not there to protect the people, but to protect the institutions that carry out and endorse genocide

It'll be a double act with famous podcaster Katie Miller

Fiscal responsibility in action #nzpol

Small price to pay for some of the worst ideas I've ever heard

Really going to miss all those great ideas they were coming up with

Fiscal responsibility in action #nzpol

NZ First to campaign on ministers getting final say in fast track projects Deputy leader Shane Jones says he will campaign on a system where politicians "failed or flourished" by making big calls.

NZ First to campaign on undoing a bunch of db shit they chose to enable to gain power this term #nzpol

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

This government so fucken transphobic they won't let the entire country transition off gas power.

Drove my LNG Chevy to the LNG Levy but the LNG Levy was a tax.

NZ First to campaign on ministers getting final say in fast track projects Deputy leader Shane Jones says he will campaign on a system where politicians "failed or flourished" by making big calls.

NZ First to campaign on undoing a bunch of db shit they chose to enable to gain power this term #nzpol

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

An accessible events guide for Auckland Pride 2026 It’s Auckland Pride season! The D*List has curated a list of accessible, joyful events happening throughout February to enjoy. Happy Pride!

It’s Auckland Pride season! The D*List has curated a list of accessible, joyful events happening throughout February to enjoy. Happy Pride!