Nandor Tanczos

A bit late resharing here but hei aha.

Now this is news and actual progress 👇

Definitely not a place you want to move to.

Looks like I'm gonna be mayor. 500 special votes to count and I'm expecting them to widen my lead.

Whakatāne has a small population and voted yes by a wide margin. I'm sure sure that there are simple answers to where voted how.

Yes I saw an analysis that said that. Haven't checked myself, but I agree that it is useful to understand that.

MĀORI WARDS
40% of areas chose to keep Māori wards. Some by a wide margin.

A better result than I expected, given the demographics and embedded racism in our country.

In areas that lost, I'd love to know whether the numbers have improved since any previous referendum.

Aotearoa on the move.

TBH this is much better than I expected, given the demographics and embedded racism in our country. 40% of areas chose to keep Māori wards.
In areas that lost, I'd love to know whether the numbers have improved since any previous referendum on it.

so many levels of stupidity

What the heck is up with the rates? Rates are going through the roof and people are struggling. Even so, I’m going to say something that most mayoral candidates won’t admit. Rates are going to keep going up and anyone who promises th…

Time to be straight up about the rates.
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Government promises to give police more information-collecting powers, details scant But details on the upcoming law change are still scant.

Police carried out an unlawful program of mass surveillance for years. They created a database of thousands of photos of Māori children who were under no suspicion. Police have failed over and over to meet deadlines to delete the photos. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

I love Judaism. I love the teachings of the sages, the profound reasoning in Mishnah and Midrash. I love the wisdom of the ancient Rabbis like Hillel & Gamaliel, & the joyful worship of the Baal Shem Tov. I love the preeminence of ethics and humanitarianism within Judaism.
Israel is not Judaism.

James Coussey surveillance picture

This is a story about spies. Though they are highly trained, they don’t work for an intelligence agency. They work for paying clients.

One target was James Coussey. He'd been a criminal prosecutor. Why were they after him? My new @theguardian.com investigation (1/8)

Beyond the Numbers with Nandor Tanczos: Leading Through Listening | Calc Learn how nonviolent communication in leadership helps resolve conflict, build trust, and boost team performance—starting with how you listen.

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Orange jumpsuit, or orange wig?

lots of people now think that Mandela was a pacifist. The founder of Umkhonto We Sizwe lol

1. Researching this week’s column, I felt that I understood at last just why, on so many issues – benefits, Gaza, environmental and planning laws, anti-protest laws, bank deregulation, fiscal rules etc - Labour is out-Torying the Tories. Why it has become so cruel, so destructive and so spineless. 🧵

I'm not here much & only recently active. The genocide in Gaza has been acute during that time, so it's been a focus. Point is, I'm not a partisan in a propaganda war. I started off very pro-Israel, before evidence about what was happening in the Occupied Territories became overwhelming

not if it's actual scholarship rather than right wing propaganda. I've provided real evidence from multiple independent or Jewish sources.

I read as far as I could before it wanted me to sign up. It was a weak defence to that point. It'll take the view of the actual genocide expert thanks.

I have posted on socmed about Ukraine, women in Iran, US in the middle east, the Uyghurs & Tibetans, Western Papua, Western Sahara etc.
But the west isn't funding those to the tune of billions of dollars a year
Neither is the scale comparable.
Unlike you I condemn all war crimes, not just my enemies

you're joking surely?
You're putting an op ed by a pro-Israel right wing US think tank up against a number of legal analyses by numerous distinguished genocide scholars, including Israeli ones?
C'mon now.

Historian Omer Bartov on why he believes Israel is committing genocide in Gaza NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Omer Bartov, Holocaust and genocide studies scholar at Brown University, about his essay outlining why he believes Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

this guy must be Hamas
www.npr.org/2025/07/17/n...

Is Israel Committing Genocide in Gaza? New Report from BU School of Law’s International Human Rights Clinic Lays Out Case The report comes from researchers at the University Network for Human Rights, a consortium of human right centers

My opinion is irrelevant. As is yours.
www.bu.edu/articles/202...

Anyone who truly wants governance and politics done well owes thanks to @misswhanau.bsky.social for exposing dirty politics + misogyny + bullying. We need to know who we are dealing with. Questioning HER motives is sooooo revealing.

1. OP was talking about Arab countries around Palestine, so not sure yr point
2. I'd call Oct 7 an atrocity & a war crime.
3. Genocide scholars, incl. Israeli ones, are saying that Israel is, in fact, committing genocide. Sticking your fingers in your ears and going "la la la" changes nothing

Israeli public figures accuse judiciary of ignoring incitement to genocide in Gaza Letter to attorney general and state prosecutor demands action to stop ‘explicit calls to commit atrocious crimes’

Just listen to your leaders. They aren't disguising anything.
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/j...

It is hard to understand. Many holocaust survivors are equally bewildered.
As to your 1st point - that's ironic from a guy who says that almost every international human right org, media channel and intergovernmental organ is wrong and only the IDF is trustworthy.
Cognitive dissonance is real.

Evidence of ‘execution-style’ killings of Palestinian aid workers by Israeli forces, doctor says Forensic consultant says multiple bullets were used from short range in attack that has caused global outrage

The thread was about IDF firing on people waiting for food aid. As testified by IDF soldiers.
That's not even talking about the execution of bound aid workers.
Of course you find it hard to admit what is in front of your eyes. It would be too much to bear.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Keep telling yourself that. Maybe it'll silence your conscience. But probably not. Which is why you need to shout so much.