Jamie Sands Author

So all it takes is Wattie's having to lay off 350 people for One News to go after the government for the dire unemployment situation #NZPol

Lockdown, vaccine decisions 'considered and appropriate' – Royal Commission The Covid-19 Royal Commission has broadly backed the decisions taken during the pandemic, while identifying areas for improvement.

The Covid-19 Royal Commission's second report has been published, I've read (almost) all of it and here are the key takeaways:
newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/10/l...

I designed and made a lil guy, a pocket goblin!

I think he's adorable, my partner says he has the cold, dead eyes of a killer. What do you think?

#thingsImade #newproduct

Friends, I need a Switch 2 so I can play the Ditto startdew Valley game. Please to be buying my books ? This one has autism rep, career burnout, a trans man coming out and a fast burn gay romance....maybe even a little spice?

books2read.com/u/mKMvqv

🤣🤣🤣people are strange on this platform at times!

oh so . . alarming. . yes, thats the word 👀

He participated in the conversation, but he didn't exhale.

Let's establish now, before it starts, NZ does not have an immigration problem.

This approach is borrowed from the UK and USA. Let's not buy into it.

I wonder if they've realized that a lot NZers aren't that keen on Māori bashing so they are going for a new approach.

NZ has 'healthy stock levels' of fuel - MBIE Iran has said the Strait of Hormuz, through which about 20 million barrels of the world's traded oil moves each day, is closed.

We have just 3 weeks supply of Diesel before our country grinds to a halt

Know what we dont have a limited supply of? Wind and Solar.

#nzpol

www.rnz.co.nz/news/top/588...

IT IS NOT THE JOB OF A PUBLIC BROADCASTER IN A DEMOCRACY TO REPORT THE NEWS IN A WAY THE GOVERNMENT LIKES. IT IS ESPECIALLY NOT OKAY FOR MINISTERS AND POLITICALLY-APPOINTED BOARD MEMBERS TO DICATE INDIVIDUAL EDITORIAL DECISIONS. THIS SHOULD BE FUCKING OBVIOUS.

TVNZ board chair rang senior minister to discuss negative coverage Justice minister won't reveal exactly what the public broadcaster's board chair said, while police minister doubles down on concerns about bias.

Right-wing commentators were *obsessed* with what they fancied was the former Labour govt's control of the media. Yet now we have what looks like direct political interference with reporting that ministers didn't like. Far out. newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/04/t...

In a world where everything is being "fact checked" and "created" by GenAI. Please just support the arts.

Pay your artists.
Get some crazy nsfw art.
Get some sick illustration.
If you want to, learn to doodle yourself
I will never let the machine win.
I'll always support humans

Hey horror fans and movie buffs, what are your favourite found footage horror movies?

Jevon McSkimming avoids jail sentence over possession of child sexual exploitation material The disgraced former top cop was sentenced to nine months' home detention and does not need to register on the child sex offending registry.

And another man found guilty of multiple child pornography charges also avoids jail time - and is not placed on the sex offenders register. Ha & Howard Temple should win jail. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

I'm sorry, I can't believe NZME journalists are STILL using Labour MP Clare Curran as a synonym for fumbling to answer questions.

Do you know what she did? She used a personal Gmail account for Ministerial use in 2018.

Know who did that more recently? Current MP and media darling Erica Stanford.

Did the launch week frenzy pass you by? No worries! Rainbow Stars Unite is still shiny, new, and waiting to be read. Perfect for your weekend TBR. Discover 13 unforgettable LGBTQ+ works of literature today: books2read.com/RainbowStars

I have said it before & I will say it again: sometimes nothing sells a book like a 1 star review.

I am certain this 1 star review will sell this book to at least one of you.

“The forces we are up against have made peace with mass death. They are treasonous to this world and its human and non-human inhabitants.”

What's that? I'm a published author now and folks should pick up a copy of the anthology my debut short story 'Speakeasy' can be found in among a bevy of great works with all the proceeds going to charity at books2read.com/RainbowStars ? Well, I never!

How Covid Quietly Rewires the Brain Researchers keep discovering more about the long-term neurological effects of SARS-CoV-2.

Explicitly capitalist media is telling you that getting/continuing to get COVID is really bad for you and is, mortifyingly, still doing more to warn you than most public health leaders are.

www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

🎁 Link below

lil froggy buys a mystery potion 🐸🧪

BREAKING: Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been convicted of insurrection for declaring martial law in December 2024, and has been sentenced to life in prison.

This glorified Tamagotchi is turning ordinary people into monsters.

Judge rules CDOC, Gov. Jared Polis violated Colorado Constitution by forcing prisoners to work It's been four years in the making, but a judge has finally ruled in a class action lawsuit against the CDOC and Gov. Polis, finding they violated the state constitution by forcing prisoners to work.

A judge has ruled that Colorado cannot force prisoners to work.

The ruling states that the Colorado Department of Corrections and Governor Jared Polis violated the state's constitution by coercing prisoners to work.

www.denver7.com/news/state-n...

Booming hobby community fuels shop expansion While many eyes were on the hotly-anticipated arrival of a pharmacy giant to Palmerston North, a shop trading in fantasy and strategy sparked its own opening day excitement.

You love to see it www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

such a lovely couple too!

Big things this morning:

📲 Report in damage via the FixIt App or 04 499 4444
❌️ Stay away from the Newlands Community Centre as crews are still securing the site
🏠 Work from home or limit unnecessary travel if possible

A strong wind warning remains in place.

If ICE and CBP don't want to be called secret police, then don't wear masks. 
 
If they don't want to be accused of kidnapping, then don't drag people out of cars & houses without warrants.
 
And if they don't want to be accused of being lawless, then start following the law.

His GoFundMe is here: www.gofundme.com/f/support-le... - I donated a few days ago.

Please please please for the love of god don't fall for the "AI is democratizing creativity and making it more accessible" lie that AI companies have been pushing ever since this shit first started.

If you think AI "art" is good for anything besides making tech bros rich you have been fooled