Idiot/Savant

New Caledonia activist says France is impeding travel home after prison release Exclusive: Kanak leader Christian Tein, who was freed from prison in June, says France is ‘deliberately dragging out’ re-issue of his passport

France, like other shitty empires, is using internal exile as a tool to suppress dissent in Kanaky www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

I'd guess he's never had to cook for someone with allergies or intolerances, where you need to check every label at preparation just to be sure. A QR code on a shelf is not going to help with this.

Given these guidelines are *Australasian* the only logical conclusion is that an NZ business has given ACT a bunch of money to make it easier for them to sell us cheap overseas slop

Now, wealth tax. Sure, tax away. But, it's after the fact - pissing in the wind. The rules needs to change - bring assets into public ownership, seize rentals that are unfit for humans (3 strikes and you're out for rentiers), provide fixed-rate state mortgages so banks can't suck us dry etc. [Ends]

How to disable Gemini on Android, Gmail, Chrome, Photos, & Google apps. Opt out of AI tracking now! Earlier this year, we warned you to turn off Gemini on Android because Google decided that its AI would have access to its users' apps - even if they had previously turned tracking for Gemini Apps Activity off. So regardless of whether you told Google’s Gemini not to track you in the past, its AI tool might be able to run tasks like send WhatsApp messages, set timers, and even make calls on your Android device. Worryingly, Google's AI invasion does not stop there. Now, Google has turned on settings like smart features, without your consent, and Gemini can scan your Gmail emails, Photos, Drive, and other apps. In this guide, we show you how to turn off Gemini on Android and all your Google apps – Gmail, Chrome, Photos, and more. Protect your privacy and your data from invasive AI tracking!

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If AI was so great they wouldn't have to force it on everyone.
#FuckYouGoogle

Duncan Webb has spoken up bsky.app/profile/dunc...

Blue background with signs SNAP ACTION: words in white letters on broken red ribbon STAND UP FOR TRANS KIDS in white letters on pink band. rally against NZ government ban on puberty blockers This Sunday 23 November 2pm Te Aro Park Dixon Street Wellington Open microphone - chalk drawing - next steps

Community rally on Sunday from 2pm Te Aro Park, Dixon Street Wellington to oppose NZ government ban on puberty blockers for trans teens as part of their healthcare. The event will include create street art with chalk and planning next steps.
#NZpol

Hipkins jumped on bluesky after a 2month break to support Winston Peters here

Has so far refused to do the same to support the trans community in the face of destructive and, frankly, fatal policy that NZF and National delivered this week

Really showing his, and Labour's, priorities

Socialism is what they called public power.

Socialism is what they called social security.

Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.

Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.

—Harry Truman, 1952

Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.

Did a lil write-up of physical gift ideas for #ttrpg fans! Anyone know a kiwi dice maker I could add to the accessories section? #kiwirpg

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All the rape, torture, and murder will be brushed under the carpet, a great lesson for any future war criminals.

This government has not taken a single meaningful step to tackle the causes of the horrendous inefficiencies in the criminal justice system, instead rushing to dismantle trial by jury.

Legal professionals have offered numerous alternatives to address the backlog.

Ministers are not listening.

Anyway, the US stabbing an ally in the back like this isn't just repugnant - it's going to set really unpleasant incentives for nuclear proliferation, and that's bad for _everyone_.

'Expression of kotahitanga': More than 1000 schools reaffirm commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi It comes after the government removed Treaty obligations from the Education and Training Act.

Over 1000 schools say "Smeg off, Rimmer!" www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu...

(And likewise, anything less than this is obviously worse for Putin, because he doesn't care how many of his own people he kills in his illegal invasion, so he might as well demand everything)

Zelenskyy to negotiate with Trump over US-Russia peace deal requiring painful concessions Ukrainian president’s office issues statement after other officials condemn ‘absurd’ plan to end conflict

The problem witht his "peace" (capitulation) deal is that its obviously worse for Ukraine than just killing more invading Russians www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

There is more than one way to do it!

(I _want_ to put coriander on them, but it doesn't grow well here and I'm cheap)

Meanwhile, great to see ACT - "the party of law and order" - saying fraud that endangers the public is totally fine and we should look the other way on it.

(Sarcasm, for the impaired)

Warning over looming driver shortages following commercial licence revocations The Transport Agency revoked hundreds of commercial driving licences earlier this month after discovering false documentation that converted overseas licences to domestic equivalents.

I guess this tells us that the transport industry is dependent on unqualified drivers www.rnz.co.nz/news/indonz/...

On NRT: Climate Change: No ambition - norightturn.blogspot.com/2025/11/clim...

And you'd hope the NZ media will be keeping an eye on him, an dnot let him walk into another job (in Oz or whereever) without his potential employer being fully aware of his poor integrity.

Reminder that juror fees have not been increased since 2004 (yes 21 years ago). The maximum payable is $127 for more than 3 hours and beyond 9 pm.

The usual daily rate is $62 for more than 3 hours but not beyond 6 pm.

Jury duty is obviously nowhere near as important as being on a board.

Cop turned aviation boss Chris de Wattignar quits following scathing IPCA report Chris de Wattignar has quit his role at the Civil Aviation Authority following the police watchdog's scathing report.

Good riddance.

Next do Coster.

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Police Minister's staff replied to Jevon McSkimming accuser's emails Emails containing allegations about Jevon McSkimming were forwarded to Mark Mitchell's minsiterial office, months before he says he was made aware of charges.

So the Police Minister knew, or ought to have known, about the devious deeds of his departmental leadership, and if he did not know it was because he was intentionally kept in the dark by his staffers ... one of whom is his sister

Now about the PM ...

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Turning off AI everywhere feels like whack-a-mole and anyway we shouldn't have to live like this

Trump’s plan is to make a democracy that is fighting for its very existence, a vassal to a brutal and oppressive dictatorship. He is making the USA an accomplice to Ukraine’s eventual destruction.

Tempted to talk about what to do when IT GROWS, but honestly that sounds even worse.

Should add the disclaimer that obviously no-one is growing corn in Aotearoa because that would of course be illegal.

Likewise spring onions. We can't grow them to put in our street corn either. Or chillis. Nope.