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Assata Shakur, black Liberation activist exiled in Cuba, dies at 78 She fled to Cuba after being convicted in the killing of a police officer but denied the shooting.

Her book was such an eye opening experience for me as a kid from the other side of the world. What a life! Rest easy #Assata
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Luxon himself handed me the Prime Minister's science prize last year. Let me say this in plain English: he's an idiot for running a govt who budgeted more for AI than for the Marsden fund. any journo reading this can quote me on it #nzpol

Meme with two sections. Top shows a blurred audience and a banner that reads People no longer believe working hard will lead to a better life, survey shows. Bottom shows caption the working class above two side by side cartoon panels of a male starship officer in a gold uniform. In the first he rests his face on his hand, looking unimpressed. In the second he covers his mouth as if pretending to be shocked. The joke suggests workers are not surprised by the survey.

Aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Thank you for coming to my TED talk

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#freePalestine
#neolibdeeznuts
#fucktommy

A campaign poster for Bird of the Year 2025 promoting the takahē, which is pictured wearing a red and white pom-pom beanie like the one worn by Wally/Waldo and partially hidden by leaves and foliage. The subtitle reads "Aotearoa Hide and Seek Champion 50 years running".

After learning that these guys have NEVER won before I have done a thing. #boty

What fucks me off the most about the Tom Phillips situation is that there are men out there who think its their god-given right to have everything go their way & when it doesn’t, they do whatever the fuck they want. This is NOT uncommon behaviour in New Zealand.

I never understand why no one asks why the court might want custody to go to mum/someone else? Maybe cos her care would be safer than Outward Bound from Temu. But nah it's all his wishes never the kids welfare

Monthly trends in emergency housing applications in New Zealand from early 2021 to early 2025 The "Total" line, representing overall emergency housing applications, shows a significant decline over the period, particularly from late 2023 onwards The number of "Grants" and "Declines" for emergency housing applications remained consistently low and relatively stable throughout the period shown

How to Deny Entitlements and Make Homeless People #NZPol

While current nurses are drowning in work

It's crazy at #Auckland hospital. I know so many stafff that forgo bathroom and meal breaks to help patients. There's a blackout on training at the moment meaning staff aren't able to get to education days easily. It's all bad and needs structural change rather than relying on superhero efforts

Four phones, three weeks: Everything we saw on teen TikTok We set up four brand-new social media accounts with teenage personas. Then we scrolled.

Really good read from #rnz on tik tok and algorithms. Both reassuring when we're fed those alarmist narratives and still scary. www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/i...

The Sunday Poem, by Hayden Pyke Lines on a flat tyre and a general sense of things falling

The wonderful crowd at Newsroom put one of my #poems up in their Reading room section plus a pic of my very handsome dog (disclaimer I am also in the photo)

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Sex work is 1000% more honorable and socially beneficial than working as an ICE agent.

We can't wait to share takahē 114 tomorrow!

Including book reviews of these incredible titles 🤩

A black and white drawing of three dachshunds arranged vertically, each holding a different optical illusion object in its mouth, and the dogs themselves drawn as if a single line optical illusion. The top dog holds a Penrose triangle, the middle dog holds a Necker cube, and the bottom dog holds a Penrose trident. The dogs’ bodies are elongated in an exaggerated cartoon style. The artwork is signed “@IndieTheIntrovert” in the bottom right corner.

Everyone stop, this is important

I like when an article or whatever quotes something with a typo and they put the little [sic] next to it. Like oooo sassy

A meme with an image of ice agents standing nearish but not accosting a person covered completely in book pages leaning against a brick wall. The caption reads, breaking news. Clever migrant wears the Epstein files to hide from Trump administration.

In today’s NZ Herald #nzpol

Total white supremacy. No one is looking at Luxembourg where most kids are learning atleast two languages at primary and going oh those poor confused Luxembourg kids. #Erica'sracism is so pathetic #nzpol

We can't stop our reliance on fossil fuels or properly tax industry so we better make asthmatics feel guilty for taking MEDICINE.

Why drilling for fossil fuels is not expected to fix our energy crisis The government is touting oil and gas exploration as the answer. But there are grave doubts it will work.

NZ’s gas supply is collapsing — and the govt’s big fix? More drilling. But experts (including Shane Jones’ advisors) say it likely won’t work, and there’s no backup plan if it fails.

My story here

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Please don't look at our failing hospitals, people going hungry or that we're gagging for a another round of drill for my oil and gas, we made NCEA achievements, letters! #nzpol

Screenshot of an online poll at Stuff.co.nz, asking “Is scrapping NCEA is a good move?” Love that extraneous copula; perfectly fine in e.g. Gaelic or French, but presumably a fail for literacy standards in English… (Checking and rechecking my alt text for any inadvertent typos…)

“Is our children is learning?” [sic]🤔

"NZ First seeks to legislate 'New Zealand' as country's official name"

A block of butter is $10

I think you're being too polite

With Resources Minister Shane Jones away, that leaves Energy Minister Simon Watts (also Climate Change Minister) the minister in charge of passing the law that will restart offshore oil and gas exploration.

Does this make him the only Climate Minister in the world to spearhead new fossil fuels?

Kiwis: Food costs!
Coalition of Chaos: Te reo road signs

K: Our health system!
CC: Shoplifters

K: Power prices!
CC: Employees earning over $200k

K: Climate crisis!
CC: Passport design

K: Unemployment!
CC: Voting reform

K: Homelessness!
CC: Scaffolding

K: Te Tiriti!
CC: Trans people in sports

#nzpol Nurses and health care workers are out campaigning today for safe staffing, decent contracts, and a properly funded public health system. They support you when you and your family need help the most. Support them today.

Govt rolls back clean-up liabilities for offshore drillers Five years after the taxpayers got left with a $300m clean-up bill for an oil field, Shane Jones is weakening the rules put in place to prevent a repeat.

Unbelievable.

The New Zealand government is rolling back clean-up liabilities for offshore oil drillers
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#nzpol