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Cartoon. Five frames. Title “Taxonomy” First frame a duck is reading a newspaper headline “Levy to Fund Dirty LNG Energy” The duck says, “Tax? Quack” 2nd frame the duck is walking and says, “Tax! Quack”, as it does in the 3rd and fourth frame. In the last frame the duck is on PM Christopher Luxon’s head, saying, “Tax! Quack” and has done a poo. And Christopher Luxon says, “This … is not a duck”

Quick, dirty and expensive. The govt is going to build a $1 billion liquid natural gas (LNG) import terminal, instead of investing in clean energy. And as for the levy…if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck…
My #cartoon today #NZpol #FossilFuels #Climate

Kim Workman: My life in the criminal justice system | E-Tangata “My first response to going inside Kohitere was one of anger and disbelief… Anger that no one understood that the offenders of today were almost always the victims of yesterday.” — Tā Kim Workman refl...

“..our prison pop has soared to 11k inmates. The muster is disproportionately Māori (53.4%) & trending upward. PM Luxon declared increase in prison muster a ‘good thing’, characterising it as price of ‘restoring law & order”

MP’s said same 64yrs ago. It wasn’t true then, & it’s not true now. #nzpol

Fancy white gloves

Part 237 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd

White gloves made of leather with large cuffs embroidered with polychrome silks, gold thread, lace and sequins. Circa 1610 CE

Everything my husband puts out will now be FREE!

Read on:

a bumper sticker that says my other ride is a deteriorating body of flesh and bones

World of Warcraft
Fallout 3
Fallout 4
Morrowind
Skyrim
Marvel Heroes
Rift
Idle Wizard
NGU Idle
Clicker Heroes

NZ has normalised inequality. As the cost of living rises, Govt has to expand into every corner of life so people don't starve and end up homeless.
We need to reduce inequality and rampant rentierism so that people and communities have the resources they need to look after themselves.

One down...
#nzpol

'Never seen anything like' weather that hit Waipā - local A Waikato man says he had never seen damage like the scenes on his parent's Waipā farm following Friday's intense rain.

But it's nothing to do with climate change, right?
#nzpol #climatechange

That tech is a tool, and so are their users.

valentine's day isn't just for couples, it's also a day to celebrate love. for instance, i would love it if housing prices came down.

A book I highly recommend on electronic slot machines—which fully convinced me they should be illegal for how they systematically mislead our brains—is Natasha Dow Schüll‘s ADDICTION BY DESIGN

Gamified online gambling seems much worse, & is becoming much more ubiquitous

It will immiserate so many

Screenshot of Reddit post imagr of dinosaur tail r/BeAmazed u/Soloflow786 says “Today I learned scientists discovered a dinosaur tail perfectly preserved in amber. It is full of feathers.”

“Today I learned scientists discovered a dinosaur tail perfectly preserved in amber. It is full of feathers.”

🐣

In after "oh no, I missed it"

What the PM said at Waitangi was wrong | E-Tangata “When the prime minister spoke at Waitangi he set out a terribly distorted view of the country’s founding document.” — Carwyn Jones.

“When the prime minister, Christopher Luxon, spoke at Waitangi last week, he set out a terribly distorted view of the country’s founding document, Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Here are some of the things he got wrong.” #nzpol e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...

this is still relevant. it's not safe to be friends with people who have made it clear they want you dead. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/it-may-not...

What the PM said at Waitangi was wrong | E-Tangata “When the prime minister spoke at Waitangi he set out a terribly distorted view of the country’s founding document.” — Carwyn Jones.

“At Waitangi this year, the prime minister structured his speech around the three articles of Te Tiriti, and explained what each article says and means.

The problem is that he was just plain wrong, writes legal scholar Carwyn Jones.” #NZpol e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...

Enamel pin featuring a bowl of ramen with the words "SEND NOODS" styled as yellow noodles. The bowl includes traditional toppings like soft-boiled egg, nori, and narutomaki, set against a white background with gold-colored metal outlines.

Today's Low Quality Ad is for this Send Noods Pin. We all want the same thing for Valentine's Day. Delicious noodles delivered straight to our door.
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Digital drawing of a stylized orchid mantis holding a green candy heart that says “BITE U”.

happy valentines day to the lovers and the biters 💗

He'll just kill the most Americans. Musk is going to top the leaderboards in total deaths for some time yet.

#nzpol 🎯💯😲⬇️

Doomscrolling.

And I see David Seymour is going to provide a state of the nation address from Christchurch tomorrow, entitled ‘Telling it like it is’. I wonder if that means he’s going to tell everyone not to drink the water if they want to avoid talking to god on the porcelain telephone

#nzpol

I think Wellingtonians can smell it by the water.

Quadrisexual maybe? (That's a fourplay line just waiting to happen)

we're working on a very cool game, and will eventually need some very cool help. spread the word for us?

(@secretlab.games is our sister studio!)

A very good explainer piece on economic vision #nzpol

A commodore 2001 Series PET with the Teacher's PET label. A little dusty but still so pretty.

Teacher's PET
Donated by Commodore

I'm still getting necessary tools before I start, but ... I'm seriously intimidated by them right now.

Come on, don't forget the roadkill.