Reposted by @leaflemming.bsky.socialBenjamin @benjaminschneider.ch · 6hWerner Herzog will be the last human being whose next word no language model can predict 8423116
Reposted by @leaflemming.bsky.socialBrett @brettcd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I'm from Nuzlind and I endorse this ad. #NZPol youtube.com/shorts/bRP1k...youtube.comNZ Election 2026 | 100% Pure S*itF@^keryYouTube video by thejuicemedia 24020
Reposted by @leaflemming.bsky.socialDr Neil & Mr Price @drneil.bsky.social · 22hanyone who understands how buffered systems work is petrified by this 0196
Reposted by @leaflemming.bsky.socialCrawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 18hwww.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comAntarctic winter sea ice falls to third-lowest level on record as scientists warn of ‘now problem’Coverage levels fall a million square kilometres short of the long-term average, with global heating likely driving losses 06237
Reposted by @leaflemming.bsky.socialWill Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Daily bunny no.3455 prefers the classics 132718527
Reposted by @leaflemming.bsky.socialFreyja Valentine, Girl IRL Cat URL @freyjavalentine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026You ever notice how if leftists have a majority presence online it's treated as a problem to be solved, but if right wingers have a majority online presence it's treated as inclusive 923472
Reposted by @leaflemming.bsky.socialTara @taracomics.bsky.social · 19/09/2026taracomics.substack.com/p/friends?ut... More of a situationship. #birdoftheyeartaracomics.substack.comFriends?Last day for Bird of the Year voting 012
Reposted by @leaflemming.bsky.socialSassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Well I sure am glad that every day New Zealanders will never find out about this. 76722
leaflemming.bsky.social @leaflemming.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Today our prime minister was told a major cost of living crisis is harming the people he governs, and he responded, “Cry me a river”. Aotearoa, please show this man that trying to sound like America’s all-time worst president isn’t how you win elections here. #nzpol 18133
Reposted by @leaflemming.bsky.socialDork Knight Forever @dorkknightrises.bsky.social · 15/09/2026It's very funny to me that Americans represent more illegal immigrants in Aotearoa than any other group. It's an incredibly American statistic. #nzpolrnz.co.nzMore than 900 Americans have overstayed their visa in last three yearsAmericans top the list of people who have overstayed their visa in the last three years. 3226
leaflemming.bsky.social @leaflemming.bsky.social · 11/09/2026It's remarkable and alarming how willing our current government is to straight-up lie, and how rarely they're getting called on it in places their voters will notice. #nzpol 1169
Reposted by @leaflemming.bsky.socialBrad Company @waeherebro.bsky.social · 10/09/2026For those in the back: The total amount the New Zealand government has spent on all historical Waitangi Tribunal settlements over the last 30+ years is less than the cost of a single year of the 2024 tax cuts for Landlords. 1180105
Reposted by @leaflemming.bsky.socialBernard Hickey @bernardchickey.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This ok? Or more important the NZ Govt bond yield is a fraction of a basis point lower than it otherwise would be? That's the choice. 37725
leaflemming.bsky.social @leaflemming.bsky.social · 08/09/2026If you were wondering why people are being left to die in toilets in our hospitals currently, a quick glance at this graph of health workforce numbers under the last two governments tells you which one stopped hiring nurses and has been lying about it. #nzpol 18957
Reposted by @leaflemming.bsky.socialNick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Get this! Cleaning up pollution caused by the dairy industry’s nitrogen fertiliser costs NZ ten times more than farmers spend buying the fertiliser in the first place. One of the many ways we subsidise the dairy industry. #TooManyCows newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/01/t...newsroom.co.nzCostly, harmful and addictive – the huge hidden cost of our synthetic fertiliser habitComment: Cleaning up nitrogen pollution costs 10 times more than buying the fertiliser in the first place, freshwater ecologist Dr Simon Stewart argues. 411054
leaflemming.bsky.social @leaflemming.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Bird of the Year voting is now open, and obviously you've already voted for Takahe. Why not celebrate by reading some TAKAHE FOR BIRD OF THE YEAR comics? Here we begin the saga of Titipounamu's terrifying encounter with the competition's smelliest previous winner. taracomics.substack.com/p/hoihotaracomics.substack.comHoihoOpinions on yellow-eyed penguins 110
Reposted by @leaflemming.bsky.socialMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Vaccine conspiracism is overwhelmingly clustered among the religious, white and affluent. It’s a function of conservative ideology and bad faith media. Being nicer to MAHA types will not ‘bring them into the fold,’ it will only increase their sense of entitlement. 534299791
Reposted by @leaflemming.bsky.socialCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 04/09/2026Here's the thing about statistics: there are statistics you do BEFORE you have information and statistics you do AFTER you have information. 1850977
Reposted by @leaflemming.bsky.socialestarianne @estarianne.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Most local people are concerned that data centers use up a lot of resources but are unlikely to be good neighbors. 1167
Reposted by @leaflemming.bsky.socialmanuwai.bsky.social @manuwai.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Message to all Kiwis! Especially to those living in the South Island See this! Hear this! Tell your politicians NO DATA CENTRES!! #NZPol 3139
leaflemming.bsky.social @leaflemming.bsky.social · 02/09/2026How it's going under #NZworstgovernment #nzpol 150
Reposted by @leaflemming.bsky.socialNick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 01/09/2026Good choice. Great read. 6523
Reposted by @leaflemming.bsky.socialRyan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 01/09/2026$9,000,000,000 to save some drivers 5-10 mins When we have a healthcare system that is crumbling and costing 1000s of people FIFTY HOURS in an ED, or MONTHS for surgeries. "We're not a poor country. We make poor decisions" - Craig Renney, the "should be" Labour shadow finance minister. #nzpol 1116
leaflemming.bsky.social @leaflemming.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Ursula Le Guin’s Earthsea is one of the greatest fantasy creations, but the Wizard of Earthsea graphic adaptation getting the graphic novel Hugo while Tongues and Drome didn’t get shortlisted tells you that Hugo voters mostly don’t read comics. 120
Reposted by @leaflemming.bsky.socialMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 31/08/2026It doesn’t get any cuter than this, folks. 😍 1023200894774
Reposted by @leaflemming.bsky.socialScotty - I’m the CEO - NZ @scotty-nz.bsky.social · 30/08/2026This is my new mantra 042
leaflemming.bsky.social @leaflemming.bsky.social · 30/08/2026The next swing right here won't just undo what the incoming government does, it will arrive harder, tear out everything that government builds, and it will come hard for Te Tiriti. So, my friends, that only leaves us with extraordinary legislation, aka constitutional protection of Te Tiritipatreon.comThe Price of *Not* Entrenching Te Tiriti | Tina NgataWe are living under the most right-wing government this country has seen in over five decades. In three short years, we have seen decades o 010
Reposted by @leaflemming.bsky.socialDylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 30/08/2026One of the things I find most frustrating about modern politics, after the neoliberal reforms of the 1980s, is that it's not as if we've forgotten what came before. We can literally see what Government was able to achieve previously. It's still visible all around us! 713436
Reposted by @leaflemming.bsky.socialEnzo Giordani @enzogiordani.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I’m a finalist in New Zealand Geographic Photographer of the Year for the second year running! This year they have selected my chiaroscuro coots. The exhibition opens at Britomart soon, and I'd love your support in the People's Choice award! Vote for up to 5 favs here: www.nzgeo.com/photography/... 511237
Reposted by @leaflemming.bsky.socialkororā @davejac.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Who wants a heavy handed metaphor 1223682
Reposted by @leaflemming.bsky.socialMarshelle Woodward @mwoodward.bsky.social · 27/08/2026That any public service should be run like a business. 16815
leaflemming.bsky.social @leaflemming.bsky.social · 22/08/2026The NZ Energy blog is essential reading if you want to know why our economy is, in both senses, running out of gas.newzealandenergy.substack.comBetween two worlds.Cracks are appearing in the old energy systems and the new systems have yet to emerge. How much economic damage will we be able to withstand in the time between. 010
Reposted by @leaflemming.bsky.socialKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 20/08/2026FOLKS - when we stop burning fossil fuels, oversizing agriculture and killing nature, the warming of Earth also stops worsening No floppy optimism here; no hollow appeal to hope. The laws of physics that created this problem also govern the fact we can choose to stop it. 3311137
Reposted by @leaflemming.bsky.socialkyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 20/08/2026its like the Labour spokesperson turning up to a climate adaptation panel today, which was scheduled, & having to say there was no policy & that Hipkins would release some later would feel really bad to be in that caucus i reckon. the amount of obeisance to mr policy bonfire himself is untenable 3306
Reposted by @leaflemming.bsky.socialStephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 19/08/2026"Okay girls, in today's self defence class we're going to cover smacking that shit cleanly off his face while loudly and clearly stating his full name and home address" 69033
Reposted by @leaflemming.bsky.social2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 19/08/2026The Hoiho Penguin needs urgent cross party support now. We only have 117 breeding pairs left. We have to act fast to develop a vaccine to treat the virus killing their chicks. #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...stuff.co.nz‘Violent virus’ wiping out rare baby penguins - expert predicts extinction within five yearsThe mystery illness is killing hoiho chicks within hours, adding another devastating threat to a species already down to 326 birds. 12419
Reposted by @leaflemming.bsky.socialTheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 18/08/2026This must be the third video of wonderful voices singing global scales I have seen, and each is mesmerising and has taught me things I didn't know. Such as: That these scales exist and how they, the bare backbone of tunes, reflect and unlock whole world regions' music. This is amazing. 1373289890
Reposted by @leaflemming.bsky.socialInterest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 14/08/2026📢 IAG NZ warns it may have to withdraw insurance from NZ’s flood-prone areas in the future if the Government doesn’t speed up natural hazard risk reductioninterest.co.nz‘There comes a point where there’s no price you can charge that can cover the risk’ 02515
Reposted by @leaflemming.bsky.socialAunt Fancy @auntiefancy.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Bamboo fabric is almost always just rayon. Rayon is made by using chemicals to turn cellulose into a goo and extruding it into a fiber, and the process is usually quite toxic. There's a lot I like about rayon as a fabric, but it's not really sustainable and you shouldn't pay a premium for bamboo. 15913279
Reposted by @leaflemming.bsky.socialthene @thene.bsky.social · 13/08/2026out it goes: my long post about Rachel Hope Cleves's claim that Tillie Walden plagiarised her book. It's long because Cleves's claim is much, much more bizarre than it looked on first reading. I'm not going to bury the lede here. Cleves's claim does not hold up. buttondown.com/thene/archiv... 671495624
Reposted by @leaflemming.bsky.socialMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I am generally skeptical of boycotts. But I don't think one can overstate the degree to which J.K. Rowling has chosen to make loathing of trans people and cruelty about them into her primary identity. Nobody on earth will suffer from skipping the Harry Potter series. Let's not make her richer. 10810162
leaflemming.bsky.social @leaflemming.bsky.social · 12/08/2026“He didn’t understand how deeply divisive the NZ First and ACT attacks on Te Tiriti would be… He didn’t understand New Zealand‘s economy or its social fabric. He still doesn’t. Yet, he’s still PM.” 021
leaflemming.bsky.social @leaflemming.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Rejoice, my people, for our best hope at a change of government has just headed off a leadership challenge and survives to disappoint and enrage his base right through to the election. #nzpol 062
Reposted by @leaflemming.bsky.social𝔾𝕆ℝ𝔸ℕ @gorangligovic.bsky.social · 09/08/2026If a warlock wanted to curse a genre he could perhaps 1) make every single written work within its confines feature a foreword by the same sex criminal or maybe 2) have the most lucrative entry be authored by a crazed bigot and hang on a minute 15426107
leaflemming.bsky.social @leaflemming.bsky.social · 09/08/2026In this week's episode of TAKAHE FOR BIRD OF THE YEAR, we consider whether competitions might be fundamentally silly. (We do not consider it very long.) #BOTYtaracomics.substack.comAttitudeTakahē and titipouname debrief 010
Reposted by @leaflemming.bsky.socialTara @taracomics.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Takahē is not just a bird that needs your vote on the upcoming Bird of the Year competition, it's a magazine in which I have a non-takahē themed comic. 11810
leaflemming.bsky.social @leaflemming.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Worth checking the alt text on this one 010
Reposted by @leaflemming.bsky.socialf*male b*tch 🇵🇸 @ahhmandah.bsky.social · 12/10/2023vote, you little shits. vote because - your landlord will vote - your boss will vote - every nasty little greedy bitcoin bro who thinks women should be assigned to men for sex will vote - anti abortionists will vote - evangelist christians will vote - your racist uncle will vote FUCKING VOTE 4636431362
Reposted by @leaflemming.bsky.socialRob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 06/08/2026On point from Hipkins The country elected a spineless empty suit and this is what we get, understand if you vote for any of the coalition parties you are voting for more of this 34319