Princess Buttercup ☠

I remember when a protester punched the co-leader of the Greens in the face.

Hana Maipi-Clarke had her home broken into by a political stalker.

I recall VFF protesting outside Clarke's parents' home while Jacinda was on holiday.

I dont remember hearing about National's concerns back then??

When people ask what it’s like having ADHD

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.

Greta Thunberg On Her Detention: I'm "Not The Story" — It's Israel Violating International Humanitarian Law “I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story.”

Greta Thunberg, deported to Greece, says the targeting of the Sumud Flotilla is "not the story" @teenvogue.com — instead, she says:

"Israel once again violated international humanitarian law by preventing aid from getting into Gaza while people are being starved.”

TBF it was more about him being a candidate who's a "whyte male saviour" rather than physical position.

TRP: A beautiful spring day in Pōneke. The sun is shining, the sky is clear & the mayoral candidate is making me feel uncomfortable - serious ick factor at his positioning.

A commuter walks past two posters of Andrew Little in sunglasses looking like a capable Whyte guy who's relaxed but "capable" in the sunshine with the tag line "Serious Leadership, Real Change". Positioning himself in contrast to Mayor Whānau giving serious let a Whyte guy handle it love vibes.

He rangi Kōanga paruhi ki Pōneke. Ko te rangi tāko, kei te whiti te rā, me te mayoral candidate i a au pehea manawarau - serious ick factor at his positioning.

Excellent news for Ireland's artists 💃😀

She was arrested for holding a sign reading:

“I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action”

How that would warrant arrest is very unclear. I wonder if the police here even understand the boundaries of the bizarre law they’ve been forced to enforce.

I just made a three panel heat map in R and I did indeed do a happy dance. It needs tidying up but the bones are good.

#takingmywins

I'm very concerned about all the #GlobalSumudFlotilla detainees, but especially Hannah Schafer, who seems likely to be held in extended detention in Israel. Israeli armed forces have committed grave and multiple breaches of international law in attacking the flotilla and mistreating its crew.

We've submitted on the Demonstrations Near Residential Premises Bill, we'll have it online soon but if you want the PDF before the 2pm submission cutoff time you can read it here: nzccl.org.nz/wp-content/u...

Oh buddy - give him a pat for me.

It is completely unconscionable to require job losses for the economy to function (supposedly) and then to blame them for their own unemployment that they DID NOT CHOOSE.

On a black wall in small upper case letters the word vote sits. The pov is looking up a hilly street and the wall.is to the left. Photo is in black and white.

Most polite directive ever. E aroha tonu ana au i te tāngata o Pōneke.

'The world doesn’t owe you a living’: PM says 4300 teens will lose Jobseeker benefit next year

god help me. this is just cruelty. these are human beings, you monsters.

PM refuses to condemn kidnappers; claims victims were asking for it…

On the bus, looking out the window and there are Palestinian flags flying.

I te haere au ki tāku kainga, i kite au i runga i ngā arawhata o te hōhipera i ngā haki Parihitini 🇵🇸

Going home I saw Palestinian flags on the steps of the hospital 🇵🇸

Over ILI- it is flu not covid

What ad-hoc raw data from non-hospital labs are reporting - flu

ad-hoc collection of samples from GPs, vs hospitalisation for respiratory illness in the Auckland region

For the late season influenza surge here, it looks (to me) a lot like influenza A (n.f.d) is very differently represented (third screenshot) in the (ad-hoc) GP ILI sampling vs the (Auckland region) hospitalisations. But this doesn't distinguish between random chance, regionality, or seriousness.

My new t-shirt commemorates 50 years since the land march. It has signatures and a graphic of whaea whina and her moko walking.

I tēnei ata kei te whakamau au i taonga hou.

RP: This morning I'm wearing my new treasure.

#50years #landmarch

Jane Fonda relaunches free speech group started by her father during the McCarthy era In wake of the Trump administration’s censorship threats, the actor re-established the Committee for the First Amendment with A-list support

“I wish there were a secret playbook with all the answers – but there never has been. The only thing that has ever worked – time and time again – is solidarity: binding together, finding bravery in numbers too big to ignore, and standing up for one another.”

- Jane Fonda

YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla 24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA

Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza.

Israel seems to be intercepting right now.

All eyes needed.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...

ggplot2 styling This post discusses one function in ggplot2: `theme()`. Find out about the glamour of graphics in this deep-dive article.

🎨 Theming got a huge overhaul with the latest #ggplot2 release. In honour of that @teunbrand.bsky.social has written a comprehensive deep-dive into styling your plots, covering both old and new functionality. Grab a coffee and dive in!

#rstats

Exciting about being on the organising crew for the open-access, virtual Te Tiriti based futures + Antiracism 21-26th March 2026. Check out the draft programme. Registrations open later in the year.

The image is a photograph of a Living Wage event in Wellington overlaid with a reddish-brown filter and yellow and white text. The text reads “VOTE FOR THE LIVING WAGE. VOTE FOR A BETTER FUTURE. People, just like pipes, need to be paid a decent wage. And, just like infrastructure, you get what you pay for. Workers who are not stressing about how they’re going to pay for their kid’s shoes or dog-tired from working a second job, are better workers. Better workers make for better services for local communities – whether that be rubbish collection, running the library, or repairing roads. FIND OUT MORE: psa.org.nz/local2025 There is a PSA logo in the bottom right-hand corner.

To live a dignified, full life in Aotearoa, a person needs to be paid at least $28.95 an hour. In this local election, your vote can support the living wage in local government.
Visit psa.org.nz/local2025 to find out more about the living wage in local government, and which candidates support it.

A stinging rebuke of the government from the deputy prime minister A politician changing the rules in a way that benefits his election prospects has condemned politicians changing the rules to benefit their election prospects.

"A politician whose government is changing the rules in a way that benefits its election prospects has condemned politicians changing the rules in ways that benefit their election prospects."

thespinoff.co.nz/politics/01-...

I was trying to find out if Lighthouse was going to show it on Sunday!

BREAKING: The Global Sumud Flotilla organisers have declared a state of emergency on board, as they prepare for the expected Israeli interception of their mission to break the blockade of Gaza.

Education Minister Erica Stanford accused of 'manufacturing a crisis' Reforms will unleash a "tsunami of work", says a former school principal and NZQA executive.

Shades of the ferries and Dunedin hospital and the polytechs. Scrap the existing programme without warning or planning, create an expensive muddle, then replace it with something less good and more expensive. All for the sake of ideology.
#nzpol

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91