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Jane Goodall said she would launch Trump and Musk on one-way trip into space Primatologist said in interview released after her death she would also put Putin, Xi and Netanyahu on that spaceship In a lifetime studying the behavior of chimpanzees, Jane Goodall became something of an authority on the aggressiveness of alpha male adults. Now, in an interview released just days after her death, the famed primatologist reveals what she would do with Donald Trump, Elon Musk and other human beings she saw as showing similar traits: launch them on a one-way trip into space. The insight into Goodall’s thinking comes in the Netflix documentary Famous Last Words, recorded in March and kept under wraps until her death last week at the age of 91. Continue reading...

Jane Goodall said she would launch Trump and Musk on one-way trip into space

How many job hunters are there for each job ad? Finding work may not be as easy as "getting off the PlayStation", data on jobs and job hunters shows.

The Prime Minister lied. The whole policy to remove benefits from 18/19 year olds is based on a lie. The PM knows it but doubles down anyway showing his usual callous disregard and contempt for New Zealanders and the truth.

“How many job hunters are there for each job ad?” #nzpol

This is overt classist bullshit, making sure the poor stay poor and that those with their heads just above water don't ever climb out of their pond.

‘Not sound economics’: 20 economists slam government’s economic strategy The signatories – including former Productivity Commission chair Ganesh Nana and economist Susan St John – say the Government’s fiscal approach has worsened the recession, weakened public services, an...

The data in this article is absolutely damning. In the face of this, Nicola Willis’ response is idiotic.

It’s a long article. If you don’t have time for all the words, the graphs tell the story.

www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

if your response to this - a basic statement of sympathy about an attack on a synagogue - is to bring up Israel, please delete your account

Cartoon. Title: “Shake-Up”. Image shows the Beehive surrounded by debris of collapsed buildings. A voice (David Seymour) is saying from the Beehive, “This is a win for logic over emotion” from the right of the frame a speech bubble is rising up from the wreckage, groaning. An arrow is pointing to this, and labelled, “A surfeit of emotion” while in the lower right is written, “So said the man in the building on base isolators”

NZ government overhauls earthquake-prone building classification. Let’s not forget that 185 people died, and several thousand were injured, in the 2011 earthquake in Christchurch.
My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #earthquakes #Insurance #TheCostOfALife

Te Pāti Māori: Government’s Refusal to Recognise Palestine Entrenches Colonial Double Standards As a Māori political movement we are guided by our tikanga and will always fiercely advocate for the interests of our whānau, Hapū and Iwi in Parliament and Government.

✅ Te Pāti Māori

"Rewarding Hamas for terrorism" my arse. Winston is rewarding Israel for genocide.

NZ not yet recognising Palestinian state, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announces | RNZ News The government has decided against recognising Palestinian statehood at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

New Zealand will not recognise Palestine, putting us in a shrinking minority of countries, and demonstrating that the government is out of step with the voting population, and allowing foreign policy to be dictated by it's minor coalition partners

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

Cartoon. Image shows NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon in Gaza’s ruins, talking to a gaunt woman, huddled with her two children. He’s saying, “New Zealand is a very principled nation. We won’t be rushed”

New Zealand prevaricates on whether to recognise Palestine as a state, or not.
My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #Palestine #Gaza

Charlie Kirk saying "Black lives matter"

Hoowee, that reaction suggests maybe he was onto something... 🤔

Internet discourse in 2025: wHy ArEnT yOu DeBaTiNg ThE gUy WiTh A cOnFeDeRaTe FlAg PrOfIlE pIcTuRe WhO sAyS mĀoRi WaRdS aRe RaCiSt?

"Hi -------, Peter Williams here. I'm retired from Broadcasting nowadays, but still take a very keen interest in politics and especially efforts to improve local council transparency and accountability. I reached out to the Taxpayers' Union last night to find out who has (and who hasn't, yet) signed the 'pledge' to keep rates at the level of inflation and population growth, improve democracy and transparency. The Taxpayers' Union tell me that your name is missing from the list. With the greatest respect, that's not good enough. If you want to say you stand for ratepayers, you need to sign it before midday Monday. Other candidates in your race have signed the pledge, and the Taxpayers' Union will be making sure your potential voters know it! Sign the document, take a picture, and send it back to me on this email. I'll even chat to the Taxpayers' Union and ask them to send you some free signage (or run some local adverts) to support your campaign! But you must get off the fence and send me back the signed pledge. If you can't agree to all three limbs (though all three seem very reasonable), at least tick just those you can get on board with, sign, and return. You can download the Ratepayer Protection Pledge here. I hope to see your name, ------. Peter Williams Peter Williams sig Peter Williams Financial Supporter and Former Board Member New Zealand Taxpayers' Union ps. The list I have was from last night, so if you've signed and returned the document since yesterday, thank you for signing. I wish you the best of luck for next month." **** From a ratepayer:

I hope to see your name, ------. Peter Williams Peter Williams sig Peter Williams Financial Supporter and Former Board Member New Zealand Taxpayers' Union ps. The list I have was from last night, so if you've signed and returned the document since yesterday, thank you for signing. I wish you the best of luck for next month." From a ratepayer: Hi ------, I'm emailing you as a voter in the local elections and asking you if you have not done so already to please sign the pledge. As you can only count on my vote if I see you have done so ! Regards ############

re: Local Elections NZ - thought you might be interested to see what the fuck Jordan and his band of evil vermin are up to with council candidates around the country. They are sending this out to everyone standing for council who hasn’t signed up to their cult #nzpol

Just a reminder that John Key (NZ National Party) gifted Peter Thiel NZ citizenship after only 12days on our shores. The same Peter Thiel that lies at the heart of the rise of authoritarian dictatorship in the USA. He buys his power from fools. 🇺🇸 ☠️ #nzpol

i will not apologise for the forthcoming allcaps

RICKETS IS CAUSED BY CALCIUM AND VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY

THE ISRAELI MILITARY ARE CONFISCATING BABY FORMULA FROM MEDICS

THE "IMPORTANT CONTEXT" IS THAT ISRAEL IS DELIBERATELY STARVING GAZAN CHILDREN YOU FUCKING GHOULS

Given the results on the economy, you'd think he'd be trying to pass it off as NOT having been his focus at all. I mean, to put so much focus on it and simply make it worse...

This is unforgiveable incompetence: NZ has spent $671m to get no ferries, rather than $551m to get new ferries that would be arriving within months to replace clapped-out ferries. This sort of mismanagement should bring down a government; amazingly, it's not even the worst example of their failings

He said the B word

I direct NZers attention to who was asking in the House if politicians had backbone in 2008

As America slides into full scale fascism our Government's response is to sidle up closer.Reich envy's a terrible thing.

Slightly diminish a band:
Sonic Boomer

On When Racism Comes Disguised As Anti-racism The meaning of the word “racism” is being deliberately blurred, for political reasons. Lets re-state the obvious: when people are chronically experiencing worse social outcomes and lower life expectan...

From Gordon Campbell:
“When people are chronically experiencing worse social outcomes & lower life expectancy due to the colour of their skin, that’s racism. But the targeting of measures to redress those wrongs is not racism – it is justice, long overdue.

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Even if you think you're enrolled, please double check.

Here's an idea.

"We can't increase the minimum wage because small businesses can't absorb it. The price of my latte will increase!"

"Small businesses just need to absorb transaction fees charged by the big banks"

Trying to spot the difference here. 🤔

#nzpol

We're not talking about hypotheticals. We're talking about the reality of a people defending itself against genocide. I can't believe I'm even having a conversation with someone so utterly disconnected from reality.

Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Should Britain recognise the state of Palestine?"

Sarah Champion, "Yes"

Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Should Britain call this a genocide?"

Sarah Champion, "I can't see it as anything other than a genocide"

It's not self defense. It was never self defense; just theft, murder and colonisation, which has now reached the point where it can only be called genocide.
Self defense is what the indigenous people of Palestine have been forced into since 1947.

“This is the worst I’ve ever seen."

🧵 Read the words of WFP’s Deputy Executive Director Carl Skau describing the conditions, danger, and shortages driving hunger in #Gaza.