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Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%

There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
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For the record, I don’t support a social media age ban.

Leaving aside that it won’t work, and it will cause negative externalities by having kids hide illegal activities and being less likely to talk to parents about such, not to mention impacting queer kids more, it’s a sop for real regulation.

Bishop is trashing environmental protection laws while Watts is trashing climate laws

basically any decision like this it's about 80%+ chance that it's a direct result of heavy freight lobbying

they barely get covered but are one of the most corrupt but effective lobbies of the last 3 decades

bsky post from that has a content warning "Rude (Account)" hiding the text of the post which reads: "Two ceasefires that Israel broke with no consequences, and he only stopped one type of bomb from being shipped and it was only a delay. He called Rafah a red line then did nothing when Israel crossed it. He knew they were using starvation before it hit the news."

hadn't seen one of these before, but it confirms that Bluesky seems to be using the forced content settings changes to intentionally limit views for criticism of Israel

Parmjeet Parmer, ACT MP, her husband owns a liquor chain and she has introduced laws restricting community into alcohol legislation. This reads like a softening up ahead of her introducing more legislation tbh.

Novara Media on Instagram: ""Who wrote this, Tommy Robinson?" Last week, the US published a new national security strategy that says the quiet part out loud. They're worried that in the future, "Euro... 6,271 likes, 333 comments - novaramedia on December 9, 2025: ""Who wrote this, Tommy Robinson?" Last week, the US published a new national security strategy that says the quiet part out loud. They're...

The US state is effectively now arguing that European countries becoming too ‘non-European’, aka non-White majority, is a national security threat

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“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”

Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻

Zach Woods is on a generational run

From New Jersey to Minnesota, from Georgia to Virginia, from Pennsylvania to California, Democrats have been overperforming in race after race all year. And tonight we added Florida and Georgia (again) to that list with margins that should set off alarm bells for Republicans everywhere.

are we still on about em dashes and ai. imo human writers should just use the em dashes even harder. we should be out here pummeling out those em dashes like we're emily dickinson

‘Sleazy’: Exec who paid for underage sex faced separate workplace probe before sacking Former colleague calls for independent investigation into workplace conduct.

If this workplace is where I think it is, then they *absolutely* knew about the issues with this guy and it's not *just* this guy who behave like this despite being in a senior position. A fair amount more to come out here I reckon.

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Select Committee Reports

The Parliamentary Inquiry into Online Harm and Young People has published their report. Let's get into it! 🧵

The following is my opinion, informed by my own research background. #nzpol
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Gotta admit "the font is DEI" is a stage of absurdity I could not have predicted

New investigation by B'Tselem and @index_ngo refutes the Israeli army's claim that two brothers it shot and killed in Nablus in June 2025 were "terrorists" who endangered Israeli soldiers. B'Tselem says the report shows that the soldiers killed the brothers “without justification and without them posing a threat.”

See new posts Conversation B'Tselem בצלם بتسيلم @btselem Translated from Hebrew On June 10, 2025, in Nablus, Israeli soldiers executed Khaled Amira and shot his brother Nidal to death. A forensic investigation by B'Tselem and Index @index_ngo refutes the Israeli army's claim that the two brothers were "terrorists" who endangered soldiers. The investigation shows that the soldiers killed the brothers without justification and without them posing a threat. The Israeli army implements a permissive and unrestrained open-fire policy in the West Bank, and grants absolute immunity to those responsible The full investigation>>

New investigation by B'Tselem & Index Investigation (X: @index_ngo) refutes the Israeli army's claim that 2 brothers it shot & killed in Nablus in June 2025 were "terrorists" who endangered Israeli soldiers.

B'Tselem says the report shows that the soldiers killed the brothers “w/o justification...

⭕️ Gaza journalist Asem Alnabih joined the Drop Site News livestream from Gaza City to discuss the deteriorating humanitarian conditions under severe ongoing aid restrictions and continued bombings and ceasefire violations. He described a city being deliberately rendered unlivable under Israel’s ongoing assault. Alnabih said this is Gaza’s third winter in tents built to last “a few weeks, not two years,” as sewage systems, water networks, and fuel supplies collapse. “More than 250,000 tons of solid waste accumulated in every corner of this city… 75% of water wells have been destroyed. One hundred percent of sewage pumps are not working.” “This lovely city has been destroyed in the past 24 months… hundreds of thousands of families are staying in tents, without any basic services,” he told us. Alnabih told Ryan Grim that Israel has only “stopped the war on television,” while bombardment continues. “The strikes continue every day… food insecurity, water scarcity, huge damage to infrastructure.” He said Israel is openly pursuing mass expulsion: “Netanyahu said Rafah would open one way only, for people to leave, and no one would be allowed to return. That’s a very clear plan.” Though his own children are outside Gaza, Alnabih said many refused to flee the territory and Gaza City in the north that has come under renewed Israeli attacks recently: “More than 300,000 people stayed in Gaza City and refused to leave,” he said. ”We will not allow Israel to take our city.” “What we are asking for is not special. We are asking to be treated like any human around the world.” @ryangrim | @AsemAlnabeh

⭕️ Gaza journalist Asem Alnabih joined the Drop Site News livestream from Gaza City to discuss the deteriorating humanitarian conditions under severe ongoing aid restrictions & continued bombings & ceasefire violations.

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The thing that is sooooo funny to me about the Oz under 16 social media ban is that it's only illegal for the social media companies to not comply and ALREADY I have seen an adult talking to Oz media saying "I have helped my child bypass the ban" which is not illegal..

One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential

A scroll through Bishops posting history is enough to void him as any ally of anyone who even pretends at moderate social or economic centrism, let alone leftism. He is, at best, an ecological fascist.

My greatest opp-shop find EVER!

Its from The Campaign Company, a political theater event manufactured for The Media Marketplace. They will schedule it like its a Netflix release with talk show couch runs before and after. Its "kayfabe" Yes its a political broadcast constructed to exploit loopholes in electoral advertising rules

How does this not count as a Party Political broadcast? A current RW finance minister 'debating' RW finance policies with a former RW finance minister, using the minister's time (and our money) so she can somehow justify the fuck up she's overseen

435. Schoolwork Will Set You Free After discussing the Council of Neo-Nicaea — but like, what if Jesus was an AI? — we then discuss an incredibly harrowing story of abusive practices at Alpha School, charter schools structured around

In the new TMK, we discus the Council of Neo-Nicaea and then get into an incredibly harrowing story of abusive practices at Alpha School, charter schools structured around a personalized form of AI authoritarianism. soundcloud.com/thismachinek...

Ezra Klein might not know his role anymore, but his sycophants sure do; keep peddling the Bidenomics Playbook until the money runs out.

How Australia's social media ban works – and could it happen in NZ? Messaging apps such as WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger are not covered.

Here I am on the NZ Herald podcast TheFrontPage talking about the Australian social media ban for under 16s.

Enjoy the many facial expressions as I forget all I was taught in media training. #nzpol

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Legislative override (potentially retrospective) in 3 … 2 … 1 …

i’m not sure ive seen a boot throated as proficiently as in this nz “abundance” piece

that said the gallery and business pages have certainly been setting the baseline at knee-deep for the last 18 months

Officials shelved judge's trans-Tasman family violence probe A top judge commissioned work to see how families in custody battles could be screened for domestic violence, but officials shelved it.

Officials shelved work to see how families in custody battles could be screened for domestic violence!!!

Seconded. Stonking great read.

In today’s NZ Herald