Reposted by lwfFunksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026So far, only Te Pāti Māori, Greens, Free Palestine Party and Alliance have policies that call for decoupling from partnerships with the US. Hipkins, on the other hand, wants to keep Trump’s FBI office here 072
Reposted by lwfJennifer @jennifilm.nz · 06/10/2026BREAKING: we're no longer allowed to call nz journalists "cowards" you have to say they're "energised by fear" www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610... 58119
Reposted by lwfaethylred.bsky.social @aethylred.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Oh, that’s the face my old Zenith Applied Philosophy boss used to make when dealing with sub-optimal people 072
Reposted by lwfkyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026So.... (of particular note is my comment from July 2022: "Media and political groups need to be very prepared and refuse to platform" sadly, the opposite occurred) 0102
Reposted by lwfkyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 19/09/20261. this is a US military issue, not an AI issue 2. Why is RNZ using a picture of Chinese soldiers for this "incoming threat" story? Every one of these decisions is either intentional, structurally inevitable, or rank incompetence from media - all 3 are a nightmare in the current info environment 1175
Reposted by lwfOlivier Jutel 🇵🇸 @ojutel.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Guy DeBord called Marshall McLuhan 'the most convinced imbecile of the century'. What does that make his grandson writing for a16z about the iPhone making you a "nomadic hunter" 073
Reposted by lwfMark @maetl.bsky.social · 27/08/2026A cooked little country in thrall to oil and gas multinationals. drilled.media/news/new-zea...drilled.mediaNew Zealand to Become First Country in the World to Lock the Courthouse Door on Climate ChangeBorrowing a tactic from the United States, New Zealand will adopt a law authored by industry to give legal immunity for tort claims against fossil fuel producers and big emitters. 063
Reposted by lwfLIP @l11p.bsky.social · 28/08/2026teens: bro we should start a band 20s: bro we should open a bar 30s: bro we should start a podcast 40s: bro we should start a company 50s: bro we should get on a board 60s: bro we should run for nzf 051
lwf @liesweforgive.bsky.social · 25/08/2026no cheating. share the last picture of the sky from your camera roll 000
Reposted by lwfKieran Kelly - TOITŪ TE TIRITI @krkelly.bsky.social · 18/08/2026The US committed genocide in Korea, leaving the country devastated. This is vile shit from US "progressives" who are angry because Trump trolled them about not doing a dangerous provocative military exercise (held during an armistice) that should never happen in the first place. 074
Reposted by lwfLIP @l11p.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Private debt in NZ is 4x larger & costs 4x more to service than public debt. We've been underfunding health, emergency services, education, conservation, transport, research, state housing & infrastructure for a GENERATION. ... & establishment media attack Nats for not doing more austerity 0116
Reposted by lwfkyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 07/08/2026yeah, oops all my concerns about progressive institutions failing to build narrative, let alone pressure, is becoming far too stark as we approach an election date while people die in the cold 03511
lwf @liesweforgive.bsky.social · 07/08/2026MMP but the votes are counted using moon logic so the seats can't be revealed until you call the tolled hint line 000
Reposted by lwfkyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 04/08/2026this is an intentional step towards enabling fascist militias and you can't convince me otherwise www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...stuff.co.nz 042
Reposted by lwf🐻Iona🐻 @bewarethefish.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Why address issues of workplace weight discrimination when you can just tell fatties to medicate themselves? What next? Telling people to be less female, less brown, less disabled, less queer? It's all about making a good first impression eh. www.rnz.co.nz/news/health/...rnz.co.nzWeight loss drugs could boost chances of getting a jobInternational research suggests losing weight may help people get a job - and their New Zealand counterparts say it can't be ruled out here, either. 0248
Reposted by lwfAllison @handle.invalid · 03/08/2026Interesting when the Party knew the Post article was inbound… 0107
Reposted by lwfLIP @l11p.bsky.social · 23/07/2026'40% of NZers are taking on debt to cover increased living costs' Meanwhile these are our front pages: 073
Reposted by lwfDaily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Paul Henry left TVNZ in disgrace after being racist, but was allowed to crawl back after failing overseas thanks to friendly media stories (including The Spinoff basically doing an ad for his gin) and hosting gigs, and that's why he can now waltz into being an MP with zero work. What a charmed life. 041
Reposted by lwfkyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 14/07/2026i hope that a few people are waking up about the way western chauvinism operates given the UK's shocking move to proscribe the IRGC this is a policy that the *NZ Greens* were pushing for in part in NZ - incredibly naive at best given how "allied" atrocities are treated. it only ever goes one way 1145
Reposted by lwfJennifer @jennifilm.nz · 13/07/2026Victoria, our lawyer, started this morning with words from the people who most often don't get to speak about these decisions - trans rangatahi and their whānau. There's some incredibly brave and proud rakatahi across Aotearoa who have lent their voices to this case and I'm eternally grateful. 19212
Reposted by lwfFunksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 12/07/2026The claims in the article are all based on western intel propaganda (incl. NZ). And if you read carefully, you'll find that the the racist 'China-watching' industry is all a grift: "The event [was] convened by an insurance industry cybersecurity organization" 121
Reposted by lwfFunksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 12/07/2026If you're looking for solid evidence to back the article's claims, you're out of luck. In fact, as the article notes, its' all an "exercise in imagination." 111
Reposted by lwfFunksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 12/07/2026You know you're reading complete hogwash when an article contains the following: "Imagined scenario" "China-watchers in the cybersecurity world agree" And my favourite: "China has effectively strapped the digital equivalent of explosives to the backbone of American society" 🤡🤣 🧵wired.comWhat Happens if China Hacks the US Water Supply? I Went to a Secret War Game to Find OutBurst water mains. Evacuated hospitals. In a closed-door simulation, insurers played out their response to a mass disruption by China’s Volt Typhoon hackers—and found a nightmare scenario. 331
Reposted by lwfkyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 08/07/2026wild to me that one of the most evidentially bigoted astroturfs breaking into NZ mainstream at the moment - Pillar NZ - is getting laundered by the likes of RNZ as a “civil liberties group” simply because they are rabidly anti-china our newsrooms are incredibly co-opted and audiences arent prepared 0142
Reposted by lwfkyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 04/07/2026utter and pathetic subservience there are numerous MPs within NZ's government who would give EVERYTHING to the USA we're beyond just embarrassing, this has reached the level that we should worry sovereignty and foreign interference 5466
Reposted by lwfkyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 03/07/2026calling on NZ Labour and @greens.org.nz to get a press release to media TONIGHT immediately ruling this out actually absurd that reporters here have asked ZERO current politicians & parties what their stance is before releasing a story - especially during election year. It's discourse manipulation 15115
Reposted by lwfPatrick Galey @patrickgaley.bsky.social · 01/07/2026This has to be one of the largest non-nuclear bomb attacks in history. By Israel. On Lebanon. Yesterday. In the middle of a “ceasefire” The world must remove and try this demented regime aje.news/o2p070aje.newsIsrael triggers huge explosion in southern LebanonA massive explosion triggered by the Israeli military shook the southern Lebanese village of Majdal Zoun. 613280
Reposted by lwfOlivier Jutel 🇵🇸 @ojutel.bsky.social · 01/07/2026on a page full of AI slop and again their whole agenda is based on defining Muskism as the global gold standard for democracy, hollow out the public sector and put everything in the hands of American oligarchs www.nzpillar.com/foreign-inte...nzpillar.comForeign Interference Campaign Page | Take Action for Democracy — PILLAR.Learn about protecting New Zealand's democracy from foreign interference and influence. Discover our campaigns, legislation efforts, and how you can support sovereignty and transparency. 142
Reposted by lwfFunksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 30/06/2026While we’re rightfully outraged about the danger posed by extremists like Brian Tamaki, it would pay to note that NZ's military & govt openly talk of acquiring lethal weapons & celebrate training with Trump’s military to kill foreign ‘enemies’ who might ‘threaten our shared values’ ... #nzpol 182
Reposted by lwfFunksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 25/06/2026🫠🫠🫠 H/T @liesweforgive.bsky.social #NZpol [1/2] 141
Reposted by lwfTze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 20/06/2026More racial purges: Australian edition 13216
Reposted by lwfMark @maetl.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Little thing I am putting together for the CGDA June Meetup: Retrofantasy UI: Remixing the past in the future Join me on a tour through the weird and wild world of remixing legacy UI patterns and visions of computing in other worlds. www.meetup.com/christchurch...meetup.comJune CGDA Meetup - Mark Rickerby, Mon, Jun 22, 2026, 6:00 PM | MeetupWelcome to the June 2026 Christchurch Game Developers' Meetup! **Location:** EPIC Innovation, 106 Manchester St, Christchurch 8011 **The meetup will also be streamed onli 032
lwf @liesweforgive.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Someone close to me, like they're more than a friend, we're extremely close, do everything together etc, soulmates I suppose, they just told me they wanted to sign a TPU petition about MP expenses... I had to ask them straight up, what's more important to you, really? Signing this stupid petition or 110
Reposted by lwfDaily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 11/06/2026The fact that NZME is out here arguing their broadcasters should be allowed to call a non-binary person "it" because they're not protected under the Human Rights Act tells you all you need to know about that company and the people who run it. 1124
Reposted by lwfLIP @l11p.bsky.social · 11/06/2026every new article about top is like : (heroically) i would like to be in power 096
Reposted by lwfkyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 10/06/2026actually omg though they went a step FURTHER to launder this extremist. wild 1116
Reposted by lwfFunksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Western tech companies run by Dr Evil clones are currently hoovering up govt cash to run key parts of security, surveillance, data, health, military and policing systems. The call is coming from inside the house. bsky.app/profile/scot... 021
Reposted by lwfOlivier Jutel 🇵🇸 @ojutel.bsky.social · 05/06/2026The $1.5 trillion pentagon budget will be used as a massive bail out program for the Israeli state as it faces global isolation. I never thought it could be so brazen. open.substack.com/pub/weareund...open.substack.comIsrael moves to embed military tech in US defense partnershipLegislation inserted into the annual military spending bill would guarantee long-term funding and material support for Israel's genocidal settler-colonial project without accountability to the public 061
Reposted by lwfCEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 04/06/2026This was always the plan, at the reading in Parliament Simon Bridges brought up the UK anti trans lobby's issues which had nothing to do with it - if we don't fight every single time they'll undo everything we've achieved. 13814
Reposted by lwfkyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 03/06/2026we’re at the point where the national broadcaster has become so routinely obsequious to american fascism that it syndicates obvious propaganda even beyond the obvious military and imperialist requirements its just sad and embarrassing now 83810
Reposted by lwfkyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 01/06/2026I just don't think this walk back should be trusted in ANY way, and if media and other politicians take this at face value they're failing their democratic duty. Penk let the plan slip. I would basically guarantee that NZ's nuclear policy is 100% gone if they get back in. 86315
Reposted by lwfkyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 01/06/2026I can guarantee that "Labour" parties will generally use this polling to then pivot even MORE rightwards to "win" the votes back - seeking false justification in the numbers completely, & deliberately, ignoring that far right nationalist parties are winning votes by lying about economic solutions 0132
Reposted by lwfFunksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 30/05/2026… its military alliance & training with US+Israeli forces through the first Trump admin, the Palestinian genocide, & war on Iran. If those weren’t enough warning for NZ to decouple from the US war machine, then what will be? More people need to support the call by Te Pāti Māori that this must end. 052
Reposted by lwfkyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Do you think the state broadcaster might have some journalists who could FUCKING FIND OUT WHAT THE SITUATION IS?? Or are we stuck in an endless loop of pro-government framing 'both sides' reportage that accelerates the demise of the public service INCLUDING RNZ?? 65614
Reposted by lwfCEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 23/05/2026lmao at the mention of "the left" when everything else in it is 100% about the rise of the fascists 0101
Reposted by lwfFunksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 23/05/2026In June, NZ is sending 350 personnel to take part in RIMPAC military exercises in Hawaii again, where they’ll train alongside US & Israeli forces. It sucks how govt & media always boost NZ’s alliances with warmongers who keep killing 1000s of people in Palestine, Iran, Lebanon & elsewhere #nzpol 🧵 285
Reposted by lwfDaily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 19/05/2026You never see cuts discussed this way in our media. The cuts are framed as economic common sense & the other side is an emotional story, i.e. "what about the families who rely on these paychecks". I'd like to see media commentators point out cutting these jobs is actually bad for the economy, too. 1122
![Excerpt from BSA decision: "[14] In later submissions, responding to the Authority’s provisional decision upholding the complaint under the discrimination and denigration standard, NZME argued the Authority’s reasoning was ‘fundamentally flawed’:
a) The Authority considered gender non-binary people constitute a ‘section of the community’ under the discrimination and denigration standard on account of ‘sex’ – but this reasoning is ‘wrong’. ‘Sex and gender are distinct and separate concepts.’
i) In reaching this conclusion, the Authority relied on the Te Kāhui Tika Tangata I Human Rights Commission (HRC) and Crown Law Office’s ‘interpretation of the relevant section of the Human Rights Act 1993’. (NZME’s emphasis)
ii) This interpretation has never been confirmed by a New Zealand court. By extension, the United Kingdom Supreme Court determined ‘sex’ in the Equality Act 2010 – the UK’s equivalent to the Human Rights Act (HRA) – ‘refers to biological sex’.
iii) In the 2025 Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission report Ia Tangata1, the Law Commission recommended amending the HRA ‘to provide “clearer protection to people who are transgender or non-binary or have an innate variation of sex characteristics (sometimes known as intersex)”’. The Government considered this amendment was not a legislative priority. NZME submitted: ‘It is clear that the legislation as currently drafted does not capture gender identity.’"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qww25tudku2ftgzkp2hxzvjl/bafkreicx6qtuzrptv3ideae74rkukpni5oo2grjtmtd6goiyosayhgteq4)
