Keith Ng

Given he got in on the seventh iteration of votes, it is a good example of why it can be important to rank every candidate in an STV election rather than just those you like.

He was down to the 7th (last) round! Not exactly razor thin, but definitely could've lost.

Oh yeah, that half counts.

Andrea Compton was elected in Takapū/northern. She started her campaign as part of them. But she was one of them that distanced themselves after Chungs comments about Whanau.

I wonder if the distancing might have favoured her? But not sure, given how the ward can vote

It's gotta be half a mil, if you include the value of all the commercial billboards, right?

I hope Better Wellington has to declare its electoral expenses (does it, @graemeedgeler.bsky.social?), mostly just so we can get the maths on the "how much did they spend per WCC councillor elected?"

A shame that Ray Chung didn't lose his ward seat (though it was close), but all and all a good repudiation of Independent Together.

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest. There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day. What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid. It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

PEOPLE. THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. MY GOD THERE ARE LUNATICS STANDING FOR SEATS

RFK Jr.'s medical book

The GOP caved. The Dems caved. Wall Street caved. Big Law caved. The Ivy League universities caved. The DOJ caved. The FBI caved. The media caved. At America's moment of crisis, the only ones who stood strong against tyranny were the furries.

the cave art of our people

The girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa

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Claude Rains in Casablanca, smirking impishly.

The girlfriend of one of the founders of Antifa.

Why did the Department have to outsource a basic review to Deloitte in the first place? Because they do not know how their own system -- which is unlawfully punishing ppl -- actually works. And haven't documented its processes

Here is the Secretary, in February, confessing that

An FOI I put in at the start of the year found that senior officials at the Department of Employment were aware of these significant issues in 2020, but refused to act

It took until DECEMBER 2024 to get Deloitte to review the system & report back

The Deloitte report was received by the Department last year but was not publicly released until almost 12 months later

DEWR tried to hide it as long as possible — not because of AI errors — but because it documents the widespread unlawful administration of Mutual Obligations

Now that the Deloitte report, about the government's unlawful administration of mutual obligations, is making international headlines, it's worth looking at what's actually in it (apart from AI slop) and WHY it was actually commissioned

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“No protest in the free speech zone”

Entirely persuasive, no explanation required.

"Tactical frog costume is a mech" in the same way "burrito is a sandwich". I will not be elaborating further.

Joey Mannarino in a dark brown tailored jacket. The low armhole is causing his jacket to lift.

Someone in an inflatable frog costume. The high armhole allows them to raise their arm without disturbing the rest of the garment

a high armhole allows for freer and more comfortable movement

"Edwards’ completed research was listed as mostly opinion columns" hahaha

Money-trail aside, Bryce just ain't a real academic. He doesn't seem capable of normal qual research, let alone have the methodological chops to deliver a 'Political Integrity Index'. Clearly, he just couldn't do the work.

I hadn't considered the possibility of... the tactical frogsuit

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

I love malicious overcompliance. Hope y'all have it in your toolbox!