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‘Insulted’ Wayne Brown and council tell Govt to stick its local government reform The country’s biggest council has pushed back hard against hasty rules changing local government, voting to oppose the coalition crackdown

Mayor Brown is right, the cheek of his Government imposing their rules and removing any hint of localism is astounding. Even if he is joking, count me in for a code of conduct for these over reaching MPs! #nzpol

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Picture of me outside number 10 Downing Street holding a very patient Larry the cat

The only prime minister I’ve respected and snuggled

A vintage black and white photo showing a young girl standing and holding a large ball. The child has curly hair and is wearing a light-colored outfit. Only part of an adult, standing next to the child and dressed in a light-colored outfit, is visible on the left side of the frame. The background shows a nondescript, blurry outdoor setting.

12 August 1941 | A French Jewish girl, Annie Nakache, was born in Constantine (Algeria). She lived in Toulouse. A daughter of a swimmer Alfred Nakache.

In January 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz with her parents. She was murdered in a gas chamber with her mother Paule.

4.6.0 Today, I’d like to announce Homebrew 4.6.0. The most significant changes since 4.5.0 are opt-in concurrent downloads with HOMEBREW_DOWNLOAD_CONCURRENCY, preliminary macOS 26 (Tahoe) support and a buil...

🍺 Homebrew 4.6.0 is out!

Opt-in concurrent downloads (`HOMEBREW_DOWNLOAD_CONCURRENCY`), early macOS 26 (Tahoe) support, a built-in `brew mcp-server` and lots of other fixes.

Run `brew update` to get it.

Full details at: brew.sh/2025/08/05/h...

Indeed she has.

They spelt "Zionists" wrong too 😅😅

Can we take over the VFF board? 🤨

If you joined InternetNZ to help stop the takeover by rhe FSU and Hobson's Pledge, you've done some great work tonight

Consider bringing that energy to other civil society organisations, groups like Voices for Freedom are also trying to take advantage of low participation to push their agenda

This is a really useful bit of info that folks should take seriously.

Chloe Swarbrick, yelling what we're all thinking.

That wasn’t an emergency alert, it was a wake-up call for dropkicks Were you awake at 6.30am this morning when your phone screamed at you? No? Well, you fucken should have been.

This! ⤵️

That wasn’t an emergency alert, it was a wake-up call for dropkicks!!!

#NZpol
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Simon Upton scathing on Government's proposals for freshwater reforms, accusing it of chasing 'quick wins' at the expense of coherent and enduring policy www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3607...

Credit Card Companies Are Hurting the Future of Video Games By going after Itch.io, “we’re really hamstringing the future of arts and communication.”

I talked to @halfrobot.com about what credit card companies have been doing to Itch and the impact that could have on the future of games www.404media.co/credit-card-...

Human Rights Commission condemns move to withdraw guidelines for transgender people in community sport

Wonderful to see the HRC come out in support of transgender people in Aotearoa New Zealand!

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No more same-day enrolling amid major electoral law changes

When a politician proposes a law change or policy position you always must ask 'what problem is this looking for address'...

For National / ACT / NZ First, the problem is people voting.

Someone asked me to define "actualities" in a silent film context and it was a good question, so I will discuss it a bit.

An Actuality is a nonfiction film that does not have a narrative. It's not a documentary or a travelogue, it simply presents images of the real world.

My god. We've passed the Malpass Limit for ACT bullshit.

'English-first': Changes confirmed for NZ passport will place English before te reo Māori The current passport, with te reo Māori text first, came into effect in 2021.

Fuck this racist, bunch of cunts in government. This is embarrassingly pathetic
#nzpol

Labour's comms about the voting changes are focusing on "this is how out of touch Luxon is" and not "we would repeal this immediately" - when we say give people something to vote FOR not AGAINST, this is exactly it

An AI slop factory apparently tried to rewrite our article about AI not replacing workers en masse, but hit the paywall... so just summarised the paywall. If this is the robot that takes my job I'll be v embarrassed

I’ve been to many events at Michael Fowler. But Mana Moana was by far the best. The feeling of community was almost indescribable.

Still angry.

If Goldsmith (who is too bland to have a nickname) is genuinely concerned (which he is not) that it takes too long to count the votes (which is not a thing), then, y'know, employ more people to count the votes.

This crusty old bigoted disgusting dipshit

If Fonterra is going to charge us global prices for butter, we should charge them the full price for their pollution

The rat 🐀 🐀 🐀 lobby in action.

Awful.

Feeling gutted for mates and colleagues carrying out core functions who lost their jobs today.

They are not "support staff", they hold a huge amount of institutional knowledge and critical work will stop with their loss.

Those of you familiar with my previous work on elections will be unsurprised to hear me yell

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK

love when a paywall sounds like it’s drawing a gun on you

Abuse and defamation of women and minorities online is out of control. We can change it and I’m committed to keeping the pressure on.

Follow researchers @sanjanah.bsky.social and @legallyfeminist.bsky.social for their expertise if you’re interested. #nzpol