Reposted by RoachieJenny Nicholls @jenster.bsky.social · 06/10/2026#nzpol winner of the nz leader’s debate is the girl in red who is not having it. 623545
Roachie @groach.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It would be fascinating to see an in-depth article exploring exactly who has thrived over this period. 000
Reposted by Roachie𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Your smile for this morning. Edouard Jacqmin all around the world doing people's favorite dances with them. 43712
Reposted by RoachieDavid Clegg @delphijunkie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Wrong question. It should be "Which political party would make us all better off?". #nzpol 913124
Reposted by RoachieGrandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Fatuous [FA-choo-us] (adj.) - Foolish, inane, or absurd, especially in a smug, complacent, or unconscious manner. From Latin “fatuus” (foolish, silly, insipid). Of uncertain origin. Recorded in English from the 1530s. 37819
Reposted by RoachieDavid Clegg @delphijunkie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026So according to Willis, pay equity for women isnt needed because they’ll be better off because of tax cuts. And fuck all pushback on the nonsensical nature of this. I’m so sick of the media going soft on her and her incompetence. 69725
Reposted by RoachiePat Casey @patcasey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Perhaps some delicious candy will lure children into my windowless van 1278
Reposted by RoachieMarc Chamberlain @marcchamberlain.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Derek Mahon passed away six years ago today. Here he is on autumn, what might have been, and what might yet become, from The Snow Party (1975). #poetry 0267
Reposted by RoachieManu Caddie @manucaddie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/30/f... - hopefully the politicians will start taking climate commitments more seriously if it has trade consequences #nzpolnewsroom.co.nzFormal complaint that NZ climate backsliding breaches Europe trade dealThe Government's top law officer warned that if ministers blocked Mike Smith's Fonterra lawsuit, the next case would target the Crown directly. She's been proven right, reports Jonathan Milne. 13916
Reposted by RoachieTim Gaedke @timgaedke.com · 24/09/2026in the age of AI, making art is a radical act 2083423180
Reposted by RoachieFrank @fmacskasy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026>>Willis and PM Christopher Luxon have also started talking about using the fiscal space from an expected lowering of forecast deficits in today’s Pre-Election Fiscal Update to fund tax cuts,rather than repaying debt earlier.<< Or more funding for health...(1) thekaka.substack.com/p/willis-eye...thekaka.substack.comWillis eyes real spending cuts to fund tax cutsWillis says National to lower Govt spending below 30% of GDP from 33% now, not just to 30%; Labour capping spending at 33% GDP; Willis & Luxon talk up using budget space for tax cuts, vs lowering debt 114
Reposted by RoachieNeil @realneilc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026bell hooks was right as always, and on top of that, America always uses kids as pawns. Denying kids school lunches to make cruelty the point. Using "kids online safety" as a Trojan Horse for feeding more data to Big Tech and denying resources to kids in the LGBTQ+ community 18518
Reposted by RoachiePhil Wheeler @phil-wh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We need to call this government what it is: a government of deprivation in favour of corporate interest and greed. There's no provable growth here; just an entrenchment of the same "rich get richer" entitlement. We deserve so much better and people need to learn how economies actually work. 0145
Reposted by RoachieTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Technology enthusiasts severely overestimate the average person’s desire or willingness or capacity to build and use AI agents. I understand some work roles that could mandate or encourage it but that is no way a tech revolution. Agents are best for structured, clearly delineated tasks. 331888304
Reposted by RoachieSheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 26/08/2026Let's talk about lawyering and AI. I've talked a lot about how using consumer generative AIs for legal matters is a bad idea, and I get a lot of pushback and questions about that. So let's talk! As always, this is NOT legal advice. This IS, however, a gross oversimplification, 617445
Reposted by RoachieKent Duston @kentduston.bsky.social · 25/09/2026For a bunch of people who are meant to be the government, they’re exceedingly shit at the actual business of being a government #nzpol 3205
Reposted by RoachieDavid Cooper @davidbcooper.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Starting my day making some art. 281625488
Reposted by RoachieDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026Y'all it's getting increasingly hard not to cry and smoke in front of my students. 26581113
Reposted by RoachieKent Duston @kentduston.bsky.social · 24/09/2026As someone pretty senior in local government remarked on a Teams call this afternoon, “I think what this demonstrates is that we don’t need better proposals, we need better Ministers” 14210
Reposted by RoachieThe Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 24/09/2026Tomorrow: #PoemsAbout #DeadLetters. Some words miss their destination. Some reach it twenty years too late. Write from there. Don’t post before Friday. Tag #PoemsAbout. Use Alt Text. 0138
Reposted by RoachieSacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Government taking the piss after insisting on urgency. #NzPolrnz.co.nzGovernment hits pause on council amalgamation plan until after electionThe Government has told mayors around the country it's deferring decisions on amalgamating councils until after the election. 55813
Reposted by Roachiephillip crymble @phillipcrymble.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A poem for the equinox by Elizabeth Bishop as it first appeared in The New Yorker 70 years ago this month. This one hits a little different if you've spent time in Bishop's childhood home. 25016
Reposted by RoachieAssociation for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 21/09/2026My seventy-seven-year-old father put his reading glasses on to help my mother do the buttons on the back of her dress… —Jackie Kay, “George Square” from LIFE MASK, @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social 2005 Today, 21 September, is the International Day of Peace #peace #poem #poetry www.un.org/en/observanc... 513346
Reposted by RoachieDr Mel T @drmel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Just give weird obsessed academics money, we will reward the gift!!! 092
Reposted by RoachieJanne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · 17/09/2026As far as I know, 1. #Climate impacts of LLM use are often exaggerated, sometimes wildly 2. Claims that “AI” would be net climate positive are unadulterated horseshit. No efficiency improvement can, by itself, reduce emissions meaningfully and over the long term. What is needed are *limits.* 1104
Reposted by RoachieCEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Happy second iRex ferry arrival week! This is the week the second rail enabled bigger ferry would have arrived in Aotearoa, six months after the first. We currently will not receive any new ferries until 2029, and at present have one ferry working and will go 4 years without a rail enabled ferry. 816467
Roachie @groach.bsky.social · 15/09/2026A healthy population without high levels of unemployment, low incomes, unstable housing, and homelessness would probably be a good buffer against a crisis in emergency health care. 020
Reposted by RoachieGreen Party of Aotearoa New Zealand @greens.org.nz · 13/09/2026Ake, Ake, Ake: A Forever Language. For our forever language to flourish, it must be properly funded to do so. A Green Party in Government will proudly fund te reo Māori to thrive for generations to come. 26427
Reposted by RoachieKo Ess Ahau ☀️😷 @occasio.bsky.social · 13/09/2026We are going to make 40,000 by 11:59pm tonight when petition for govt to stop removing the Treaty of Waitangi from NZ legislation closes. Spread it around and sign please. #kikorangipetitions.parliament.nzPetitions are addressed to the House of Representatives and ask that the House do something about a policy or law, or put right a local or private concern. 67259
Reposted by Roachiephillip crymble @phillipcrymble.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Must you have a part in everything? William Carlos Williams, in Nancy Willard's Step Lightly: Poems for the Journey (1998) 0268
Reposted by RoachieRobert McLachlan @robertmclachlan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026NZ: Oil consumption fell more than 10% in the second quarter of 2026. Since oil is such a dominant part (>75%) of our CO2 emissions, this took quarterly emissions back to their lowest since March 1996, more than 30 years ago. The drop was even fast than that during the GFC in 2008. [1/2] 33820
Reposted by RoachieDavid Clegg @delphijunkie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026It’s also a message for Kiwi voters too, considering the overall theme of this election from both major parties. 35418
Reposted by Roachienzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 10/09/2026This is what happens when you rush through ill-advised, undercooked, and punitive legislation. It’s also what happens when you pile extra demands on an organisation that was previously forced to make swingeing financial and staff cuts. #nzpolstuff.co.nzTens of thousands of people underpaid after ministry errors, review findsThe Ministry of Social Development (MSD) has released its review into two issues that left tens of thousands of pensioners, veterans and beneficiaries underpaid. 65318
Reposted by RoachieBernard Hickey @bernardchickey.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Where we're at now. 'Let them eat...nothing': "An analysis of the documents showed the ministry increasingly used the reason over time, declining applications on the basis food was non-essential on more than 8000 occasions." www.1news.co.nz/2026/09/07/m...1news.co.nzMSD told thousands food was 'not an essential need'The Ministry of Social Development declined Special Needs Grant applications on that basis on more than 8000 occasions. 1821296
Reposted by RoachieOli - something or other @olimnz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026KiwiMart not a silly idea, says Singapore, Mexico, Bulgaria and Sri Lanka. #nzpol 66825
Reposted by RoachieJon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I picked up a copy of the collected letters of JRR Tolkien for reasons, and this is the most bullshit table of contents I've ever seen. I'm actively angry that it exists 2261741062
Reposted by Roachiekyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 04/09/2026i think reporters owe it to the NZ public to stop using euphemisms like "unusual" or adding 'humanising' details to soften what these public figures are doing - associating with extremists and calling their political opponents "barely human". This is very clearly fascist behaviour.nzherald.co.nz'They're barely people': Paul Henry takes pot shot at Greens during country pub visitHenry spoke to 60 supporters beneath Confederate flag in a pub that burned Ardern's book. 1316149
Reposted by RoachieKAMALA NATION @kamalanation.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Today's jam is dedicated to Milo and those gullible farmers who regret voting for Mango Mussolini : 15756141421
Reposted by RoachieTom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Liam & Noel Gallagher, 1993 549765
Reposted by RoachieLostArcNZ @lostarcnz.bsky.social · 10/08/2026My most "radical" idea I don't think is radical at all. Look at how much policies - especially in health, education, welfare - return in the long term. If the return is more than you can borrow money at, then you do it. 54311
Reposted by RoachieMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 30/08/2026"People assume scanning is the exciting part. And, sure, it is impressive. They shear off the spine, separate the pages, and run everything through these machines so the computer can absorb every sentence ever written and use it to create some fairly compelling LinkedIn posts." buff.ly/uz8GBcLmcsweeneys.netI’m the Guy Who Destroys Antique Books After We Scan Them into Our Company’s Insatiable AI Platform“One minute, they are a treasured record of human thought. The next, they are twelve searchable megabytes and a manageable quantity of mixed paper strips goi... 17424
Reposted by RoachieMusical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 30/08/2026We end up with an ecocidal economy that is working overtime for the few - an economy where only 45% of net company income gets spent on actual wages and 30% of renters' income goes to landlords. An economy where the wealthy buy political parties to protect the rort. It's incredible really. [Ends] 34419
Reposted by RoachieChris Smith @ledredman.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Thatcher applied the brakes to the UK economy just as we were entering a recession in 1980. An economic cock up for the ages, based on voodoo economics. 30 years later the Tories did it again. An insane policy of austerity based on a huge error in the calculations: 11813
