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The Govt's more unequal and extractive economy is no accident Opinion: The intention is to create an economy with freedom for big private capital, whatever the impact on people and the planet, argues Rob Campbell

Govt's more unequal and extractive economy is no accident -

The intention of the current policies is to create an economy with great freedom for big private capital and its holders to follow their instincts and interests, whatever the impact on people and planet
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Another female national leader doing it with empathy and making a positive difference. It's almost as though we'd be better off if we just elected women to lead.

AoNZ govts of all stripes are very keen on cost benefit analysis. What is the CBA on frigates that can’t be fully crewed for much of their life, and will never be utilised in their primary roles based on the last 70 years of activity by AoNZ defence forces? #nzpol

Might as well report on what seers are divining from the entrails of goats.

AoNZ govts of all stripes are very keen on cost benefit analysis. What is the CBA on frigates that can’t be fully crewed for much of their life, and will never be utilised in their primary roles based on the last 70 years of activity by AoNZ defence forces? #nzpol

😂 Often because of colds, ear and sinus problems, etc especially at this time of year. Really rare to have all 6 who start on a Saturday finish on the following Sunday. Most of those come back later to finish. The boss doesn’t like it if I lose lose, or drown any!

Unusually, I managed to get all 6 students on a dive course through their training over the last 2 weekends without losing any of them!

Maybe Luxon is deluding himself that his government is successful and effective, but he sure as hell isn’t convincing many AoNZers that his policies are working #nzpol

Incent billionaires?? 😂🤬

Mark Cuban demonstrates that there are no 'good' billionaires.

Radio New Zealand 'business reporter' Anan Zaki thinks crypto is here to stay as he spruiks it uncritically on the business report. In 1634 he'd have been reporting that tulips are here to stay.

"PhD-level experts in your back pocket" is a completely nonsensical description of AI but a pretty good description of social media if you follow the right people

Luxon wasn’t joking about Albanese’s plane, he was seething about it!

Also, what the hell would we do with 2 new frigates? We can’t fully crew the 2 we have, and we will never deploy them to use their combat capabilities - we haven’t deployed a warship to combat since the Korean War.

The article demonstrates pretty clearly that Seymour’s stated reasons for introducing the RSB are complete bullshit because the Regulations Review Committee already does pretty much what he claims the RSB is needed for, but in a nonpartisan way. The RSB is really a Trojan horse for libertarian dogma

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I read some Italian guy (who apparently has a father and grandfather) saying you were tired and not up for the fight. Doesn't look like it in this video. He must have been talking about another Zorhan Mamdani

This is why Trump's lickspittle henchman Kash Patel sneaking into the country and opening an FBI Office here should be of great concern to AoNZ. Asha Rangappa is a former FBI agent. The new office is like allowing the Gestapo to open an office in Wellington in 1938. #nzpol

I think less of people who are impressed by generative AI.

That’s a bit tough on English though!

You cant push labour left by voting for them. Vote green and tpm instead

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Quick video for the 'we saved too many lives, spent too much $, sent inflation to the moon, made interest rates go up, and now we have to pay for our sins 😢' crowd.
The idea that NZ could have 'opted out' of global inflation surge is daft. Almost as daft as NZ opting almost uniquely for a recession.

Just a reminder that whatever Trump discusses with Putin in IKEA or wherever the fuck they are meeting, Europe and the UK have committed to support Ukraine as long as they choose to defend their territory.
If Russia stops attacking, the war ends.
If Ukraine stops defending, Ukraine ends.

Worth remembering that our elimination strategy cost us less than most other countries (including Sweden). What the Treasury report is considering is the extent to which the government spent to protect us from those costs. We should all be prepared to carry more of the cost next time I guess.

When you say "AI is absolute shit" people will say "that shows you don't understand AI and how it's supposed to be used" and I will say "I'm not talking about AI in some imaginary rainbow world where it's used right and not fecklessly monetized, I'm talking about our world, fucknuts."

Two legacy parties. One goal. Stop Te Pāti Māori

They agree on one thing Te Pāti Māori threatens their control

We are unapologetically Māori. Protective of our whenua, wai & moana.
Fighting for pay equity, our rainbow whānau, reo, rights
A future where Te Tiriti leads &no one is left behind
#NZPol

The LLM In The Room: ChatGPT Speaks With the long-awaited and much anticipated launch yesterday of the mythical GPT-5, and observing the widespread disappointment that it isn’t just not the superintelligence we were promised, b…

"It is time to stop pretending that we are just one more model away from magic. We are not. The magic trick is over. The rabbit is not coming out of the hat."

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Israel has been violating international law for 75 years while the likes of Penny Wong and Winston Peters stand aside and let them, occasionally uttering mild rebukes when the crimes are at the genocidal level. There’s no maybe about it.

That’s some PhD level shit right there!

For giggles, and cos it's my new thing, let's look at drawdowns (new mortgage lending) vs repayments. This gives you an idea of the net flow of freshly printed bank money into the economy (pink line). Remember: new bank loans create $, repayments destroy $.
When net flow is negative, we stall [Ends]

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I've been working on it