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Cartoonist by night, PR consultant by day. Music, movie & stand-up comedy enthusiast at all times! #Kiwi & #Aussie!

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Cartoons by Jim. @cartoonsbyjim.bsky.social · 13h
“There is a live question as to whether the National Party’s election campaign is, in itself, a misstep. For its dogged single-mindedness, the ‘no new taxes’ mantra is pure Simeon Brown. But is it really working?” New cartoon for Pattrick Smellie’s column on @businessdesknz.bsky.social #nzpol
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BusinessDesk @businessdesknz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Maria Slade: A new style of retirement living should put village operators on notice. #Opinion
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Growing grey vote is tiring of lack of options
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BusinessDesk @businessdesknz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Dileepa Fonseka: The old economic normal is fading. #Opinion
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Getting back on track isn’t what it used to be
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BusinessDesk @businessdesknz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Scott Weenink: Netball’s grassroots strength does not guarantee a professional competition. #Opinion
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The hard road ahead for NZ netball
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BusinessDesk @businessdesknz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Pattrick Smellie: Everyone still living in NZ wants the country to do better. #Opinion
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Fear of AI backlash or lack of leadership?
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BusinessDesk @businessdesknz.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Maria Slade: The developer better hope its shareholders don't mind a gamble. #Opinion
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Winton is betting big on Sunfield
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A valediction. My @smh @theage cartoon.
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BusinessDesk @businessdesknz.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Maria Slade: Labour's plan to reintroduce a maximum payment period does at least send a signal. #Opinion
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Mandated payment times – a death knell for SMEs?
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BusinessDesk @businessdesknz.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Pattrick Smellie: Big new investment announcements have made datacentres an election issue. #Opinion
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Datacentres done well: What would that look like?
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BusinessDesk @businessdesknz.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Maria Slade: With Chris Penk’s departure, there is time for politicians to see some sense. #Opinion
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The wrong research levy to scrap
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BusinessDesk @businessdesknz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Dileepa Fonseka: Luxon needs to listen to John Key’s message that politics is not like business. #Opinion
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The limits of the CEO Prime Minister
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Guy Body @bodycartoon.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
For Thomas Coughlan's article: www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
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BusinessDesk @businessdesknz.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Dileepa Fonseka: Tracking the PM's lecture from Opposition sheen to overdue-invoice energy. #Opinion
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Christopher Luxon's tough love routine has lost its shine
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BusinessDesk @businessdesknz.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Maria Slade: The poor old homeowner will bear some of the pain of the transition. #Opinion
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Mandatory building warranties a welcome shift in risk
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BusinessDesk @businessdesknz.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Dileepa Fonseka: NZ’s Government machinery around trade may need rethinking. #opinion
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Certainty is the new free trade, the FIT Partnership and the US$20b India FTA clause
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BusinessDesk @businessdesknz.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Opinion Maria Slade: The election-year lolly scramble is providing overdue scrutiny of retirement villages. #opinion
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Retirement village buyback policies at 10 paces
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BusinessDesk @businessdesknz.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Dileepa Fonseka: New Zealand has a recurring dream in which the future is painless and costless. #Opinion
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NZ wants growth without the awkward bits
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Cartoons by Jim. @cartoonsbyjim.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
New Zealanders are increasingly turning to to #AI platforms as their first port of call for #health information, but should they trust in AI-generated health advice? My NEW cartoon for Health Informatics NZ, inspired by this article: www.hinz.org.nz/news/729008/...
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Cartoons by Jim. @cartoonsbyjim.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Did you know that more than 50% of first home buyers in New Zealand get help from their parents - ie. the Bank of Mum and Dad (BoMaD) - to do so? My new cartoon on @businessdesknz.bsky.social today alongside Maria Slade’s column. See here businessdesk.co.nz/article/opin... [paywalled] #nzpol
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Cartoons by Jim. @cartoonsbyjim.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Rejected cartoon. “Too on the edge” for a Christian magazine, apparently. Thoughts?
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Cartoons by Jim. @cartoonsbyjim.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
NEW cartoon for Dileepa Fonseka's column on @businessdesknz.bsky.social today reflecting on NZ's big problem when it comes to regulatory reform. #nzpol Read it here [paywalled]: businessdesk.co.nz/article/opin...
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Cartoons by Jim. @cartoonsbyjim.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
NEW cartoon for Maria Slade’s column on @businessdesk today [paywalled] about Auckland’s housing situation. Warning: It’s intense! 😅 #nzpol Read here: businessdesk.co.nz/article/opin...
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Cartoons by Jim. @cartoonsbyjim.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Another fun - but also slightly more serious - cartoon for Pattrick Smellie's column 'Cuddling the Panda' on BusinessDesk NZ today @businessdesknz.bsky.social Read the [paywalled] article here: businessdesk.co.nz/article/opin... #China #NewZealand #nzpol
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Cartoons by Jim. @cartoonsbyjim.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
NEW cartoon for Maria Slade’s column on BusinessDeskNZ today - ‘All’s Fair in Love and Liquidation’ - about the collapse of Teak Construction and the subcontractors’ ongoing battle to get what they are owed. businessdesk.co.nz/article/opin... (paywalled)
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Cartoons by Jim. @cartoonsbyjim.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
To mine or not to mine in New Zealand? That is the question addressed in this NEW cartoon alongside Pattrick Smellie's column on BusinessDesk NZ, 'Mining and the Productivity Conundrum' [paywalled] #nzpol businessdesk.co.nz/article/opin...
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Cartoons by Jim. @cartoonsbyjim.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
It’s been a while, but good to be back into the cartoons again with this new one for Dileepa Fonseka’s new column on BusinessDesk! #nzpol www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...
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Cartoons by Jim. @cartoonsbyjim.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
"We now have a national #AI strategy, but relative to other countries’ approaches, its a bit of a nothingburger. I guess if you don’t know what to do, it’s best to just stay out of the way." NEW cartoon for @petergnz.bsky.social's column on ITPNZ Techblog today: itp.nz/techblog/gri...
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Dark Times Academy @darktimesacademy.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Dr Eric Repphun, instructor for our upcoming course 'Unmasking Theocracy' was interviewed this week for the 50th episode of the Head2Head podcast with Bryan Bruce. A great chat and excellent preview of Eric's course, starting June 14. Check it out! bryanbruce.substack....
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EP 50 - Head2Head with Dr Eric Repphun - On Christian Nationalism
6/6/25
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Cartoons by Jim. @cartoonsbyjim.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
"Elon Musk’s stint in Washington will be remembered less for its accomplishments and more for its chaos.” NEW cartoon featuring alongside @petergnz.bsky.social’s column on Techblog.NZ today. Read more here: itp.nz/techblog/gri...
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Dr Sarah Hendrica Bickerton 🏳️‍🌈 @sarahhbickerton.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Ok, seriously, our own Melanie Lynskey, Robyn Malcolm, and Lucy Lawless?! This will destroy me, but I am so going. youtu.be/1YOnuqAzTj4?...
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Pike River - Official Trailer
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Cartoons by Jim. @cartoonsbyjim.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
There are things more important than swear words. #PayEquity is a big one. This is another. (More at techblog.nz)
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Dark Times Academy @darktimesacademy.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
There are just TWO places left in our 'Fighting the Broligarchy!' course, which starts in just TWO days! DON'T MISS OUT! Go here to register for this 8-week online course with our 8 brilliant speakers: fightingthebroligarc...
Fighting the Broligarchy! Everything is on fire. With Trump back in the White House and Musk at his side, America - and by entension, the rest of the world - is in deep, deep trouble. And there's no doubt much of this trouble comes from Silicon Valley's oligarchs, the Techbros. This course brings together eight brilliant guest speakers - a new one each week - to explore the question of how we got here and what we do now. With a focus on action and solidarity building, this course will leave you energised and with everything you need to know to start fighting back.
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Cartoons by Jim. @cartoonsbyjim.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
My cartoons must be pretty sexy considering all the sexy bots that seem to be following me lately. Case in point … my latest cartoon for Techblog.NZ about the current NZ government’s lack of a coherent digital strategy. (Ooh! So hot! 😄)
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Cartoons by Jim. @cartoonsbyjim.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
My new curmudgeonly cartoon for ITPNZ Techblog this week.
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Dark Times Academy @darktimesacademy.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
8 weeks. 8 amazing speakers. 1 online course. Get ready to Fight the Broligarchy with: @alexhanna.bsky.social @alinasu33.bsky.social @bcmerchant.bsky.social @hypervisible.bsky.social @danmcquillan.bsky.social @jathansadowski.com @parismarx.com @ubiquity75.xyz Register at fightingthebroligarc...
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Jathan Sadowski @jathansadowski.com · 28/04/2025
I'm looking forward to being a guest speaker for this virtual class on Fighting the Broligarchy — along with many other amazing comrades. You can register now through Dark Times Academy, which is a great online education organisation out of New Zealand that runs courses about critical tech studies.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 27/04/2025
I’m going to be speaking as part of a fantastic lineup of experts contributing to the Fighting the Broligarchy course. Check out what @darktimesacademy.bsky.social is up to and consider joining the course!
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Dark Times Academy @darktimesacademy.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Sick of hearing about the latest dumpster fire coming from the tech bros in Silicon Valley? It's time to learn how to FIGHT THE BROLIGARCHY! With 8 brilliant guest speakers, this new online course will help you do just that! More info and regos here: fightingthebroligarc...
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Cartoons by Jim. @cartoonsbyjim.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
My new curmudgeonly cartoon for ITPNZ Techblog this week.
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Cartoons by Jim. @cartoonsbyjim.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
New cartoon for ITPNZ Techblog today, alongside Peter Griffin’s column on the impacts on #NewZealand from the US #LiberationDay #tariffs. Check it out at techblog.nz
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Cartoons by Jim. @cartoonsbyjim.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
On 31 March I’m becoming an exhibitionist … for the Nelson AI Sandbox, that is! 😄 Check out the event details at the link below, and if you’re in that lovely NZ South Island town that day, get yourself along to it. It’s free! www.linkedin.com/posts/nelson...
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#nelsonaisandbox #ai #freeai #technology #nais #aiart #cartoonsbyjim… | Nelson AI Sandbox
🎉 Nelson AI Sandbox 1st Birthday with Brendan Boughen’s (Cartoons By Jim) Exhibition! 🤖 🎨 Join us for a thought-provoking and entertaining cartoon art…
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Cartoons by Jim. @cartoonsbyjim.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
New cartoon for Techblog. itp.nz/techblog/tru...
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Dark Times Academy @darktimesacademy.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Our very own @narwhallibrarian.bsky.social in the Spinoff today writing about why evidence-based counter disinformation programmes matter for New Zealand.
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We are in an information war – and we are losing
If there is one hard lesson we in New Zealand know all too well, it’s that when hate spreads online, it doesn’t stay there.
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Sallymander 🦎 @narwhallibrarian.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Oh look I did a podcast!
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Episode 35 Mandy Henk- The Dark Times Academy
Where the love of learning meets the desire to have better communities.
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Cartoons by Jim. @cartoonsbyjim.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
“It's exhilarating to consider the options that open up when this technology is no longer the domain of a small handful of US companies spending hundreds of billions building data centres and nuclear reactors in the race to reign supreme in AI." @petergnz.bsky.social via itp.nz/techblog/dee...
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Cartoons by Jim. @cartoonsbyjim.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
My first new Techblog cartoon for 2025, alongside this first column from @petergnz.bsky.social itp.nz/techblog/gri...
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Rod Emmerson @rodemmerson.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
For friend and colleague @anntelnaes.bsky.social who took a courageous and principled stand against editorial hypocrisy. As requested by Steve 👍 @sbrodner
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Cartoons by Jim. @cartoonsbyjim.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
My cartoon for ITPNZ #Techblog this week on the sad news of #stemeducation initiative Nanogirl Labs going into liquidation. :(
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Cartoons by Jim. @cartoonsbyjim.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
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Cartoons by Jim. @cartoonsbyjim.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
At the Pixies and Pearl Jam show in Auckland. Well-timed music therapy to help recover from a truly terrible week.
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