Mark Graham Tāmaki Makaurau @markgraham.bsky.social · 19/02/2026If the logic that led to National staking a 2 million house framework was relevant then, it's relevant now. This is the govt moving from a principled stand to a politically expedient one scared of finally losing those conservative seats in Auckland. 020
Reposted by Mark Graham Tāmaki MakaurauThis ain't rock-'n'-roll, this is GENOCIDE! 🐈⬛🍉🇳🇿🇵🇸 @icyred.bsky.social · 18/01/2026 131
Mark Graham Tāmaki Makaurau @markgraham.bsky.social · 18/01/2026In fact, I’m strongly thinking of grabbing one of these costumes to use because if the excellent disruption of the desired narrative Tamaki and his fascist mates want… www.spotlightstores.com/nz/party/cos... As explained here… vt.tiktok.com/ZSadL3N1V/vt.tiktok.comTikTok - Make Your Day 120
Mark Graham Tāmaki Makaurau @markgraham.bsky.social · 18/01/2026I’m not calling for violence against Tamaki and his thugs (they’d probably welcome the chance to retaliate), but I’m all for a strong turnout to Tamaki’s divisive march against immigration January 31. I’ve got too much on to organise, I’ll def be there. www.nzherald.co.nz/world/minnea...nzherald.co.nzPardoned January 6 rioter driven from Minneapolis rally by large counter-protestJake Lang was swarmed and attacked during anti-immigration march. 020
Reposted by Mark Graham Tāmaki MakaurauChar Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 11/01/2026I mean, she has a point… 0163
Reposted by Mark Graham Tāmaki MakaurauMs . Penny Oaken, SkyWitch 🧙♀️ @skywitchy.bsky.social · 11/01/2026Tonight thinking about this all-time @ndrew.bsky.social banger 52678597
Mark Graham Tāmaki Makaurau @markgraham.bsky.social · 11/01/2026For those about to put their bodies in harm’s way. This has every sign things are going to get ugly. 030
Mark Graham Tāmaki Makaurau @markgraham.bsky.social · 11/01/2026If the Trump administration was remotely competent (which it sometimes is), then organising a misrepresented charity fraud scandal, followed by Trump’s Brownshirt invasion of the state, ending in the killing of an innocent woman, leading to a martial law declaration… 130
Mark Graham Tāmaki Makaurau @markgraham.bsky.social · 11/01/2026Interesting analysis of what’s happening in the US right now (free to read). And it’s getting worse… www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Venezuela, Renee Good and Trump’s ‘Assault on Hope’ 122
Mark Graham Tāmaki Makaurau @markgraham.bsky.social · 02/01/2026There is no universe where having a trillionaire is justified 040
Mark Graham Tāmaki Makaurau @markgraham.bsky.social · 02/01/2026Turns out bumblebees have nests. Turns out we have one hiding in the Ivy on one of our fences. Turns out bumblebees don’t like having their nests disturbed. Turns out bumblebee stings hurt LF. 4230
Mark Graham Tāmaki Makaurau @markgraham.bsky.social · 02/01/2026The @nytimes.com is showing remarkable leadership in the battle against the lawlessness of Donald Trump and they are courageous and principled in doing so. I absolutely salute them. (Free to read) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Trump Is the Jan. 6 President 030
Mark Graham Tāmaki Makaurau @markgraham.bsky.social · 22/12/2025You want to read something horrifying - it’s this from Fact Check NZ. Money is taking over our politics on the right and they’re repaying it with policies that favour the wealthy and corporations... open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...open.substack.comWHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR DEMOCRACYPart I - Money, money, money 010
Mark Graham Tāmaki Makaurau @markgraham.bsky.social · 03/12/2025He’s reached the dgaf stage and he’s just going to do what he wants regardless of anything. 110
Mark Graham Tāmaki Makaurau @markgraham.bsky.social · 03/12/2025It’s not the overfishing. It’s right there in the headline. 130
Mark Graham Tāmaki Makaurau @markgraham.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Just to be clear, is this the same Anthropic that just paid out $150b to authors whose work they stole? That one? Tbh this is a fucking disappointment @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/technology/n...theguardian.com‘The biggest decision yet’: Jared Kaplan on allowing AI to train itselfAnthropic’s chief scientist says AI autonomy could spark a beneficial ‘intelligence explosion’ – or be the moment humans lose control 010
Mark Graham Tāmaki Makaurau @markgraham.bsky.social · 20/09/2025Honestly, fuck the Washington Post and its owner 000
Mark Graham Tāmaki Makaurau @markgraham.bsky.social · 13/09/2025Been a bit absent lately - busy doing our kitchen, amongst other things (will provide pictures for those who’d like to see 🤠). Those other things include running for Albert-Eden Local Board in the Maungawhau subdivision (Kingsland, Mt Eden, Epsom). Here’s me… www.instagram.com/reel/DOiIPHo...instagram.comLogin • InstagramWelcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world. 030
Mark Graham Tāmaki Makaurau @markgraham.bsky.social · 21/08/2025Evidence-based. Means the Greens are ahead of the curve. Again. 030
Reposted by Mark Graham Tāmaki MakaurauDavid Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 21/08/2025The New Zealand Election Study data for the 2023 general election is now out, and available publicly at dataverse. I have remade my Treaty graph, replacing 2020 with 2023. The long term trend towards Toitū Te Tiriti is unchanged. 1010046
Mark Graham Tāmaki Makaurau @markgraham.bsky.social · 17/08/2025Of all the people who have moved south in the past few years, the @nzherald finds and features that numptie, Peter Williams,.🙄 020
Reposted by Mark Graham Tāmaki MakaurauTee Vixen Sutton @vixenbite.bsky.social · 15/08/2025I can’t believe that people are still not seeing what’s really happening. JC. WAKE THE FUCK UP 151337501
Reposted by Mark Graham Tāmaki MakaurauDr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Weaponising social media against academics: David Seymour's problematic posts www.linkedin.com/pulse/weapon... (LinkedIn) sanjanah.wordpress.com/2025/06/23/w... (WordPress) #nzpol 25319
Reposted by Mark Graham Tāmaki MakaurauBen Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 04/07/2025As cities heat up in an ever-warming world, Green Infrastructure becomes ever more important to cool cities, its people, and the fauna that reside in them 042
Reposted by Mark Graham Tāmaki MakaurauMusical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 04/07/2025I like this little story because it illustrates how Govt accounting works. There is no bank account full of cash collected. Govt issues liabilities (cash, bonds, NZUs), which become our assets, then Govt tax those assets out of the economy (destroying our assets). [Ends] 0161
Reposted by Mark Graham Tāmaki MakaurauDavid Cormack @davidcormack.bsky.social · 01/07/2025wild to me to have no agenda to grow a tanking economy other than tax cuts to landlords and businesses, make it harder to get a benefit, make active choices that punish people struggling, and then create instant $1000 fines for shoplifting. shit is vile. just say you hate the poors and be honest. 714734
Mark Graham Tāmaki Makaurau @markgraham.bsky.social · 01/07/2025So Canadian city, Calgary, in the Redneck state of Alberta, has just voted to bring back fluoridation in its water supply because of worsening child dental health. There are people here I wish would read this article. (It’s free to read) www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/w...nytimes.comA Canadian City Brings Fluoride Back to Its Drinking Water 02712
Mark Graham Tāmaki Makaurau @markgraham.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Safer speeds also mean better neighbourhoods in which we live - less noise, less pollution and, of course, safer for our kids and cyclists. Putting limits back up in our residential streets is retrograde and stupid. www.bikeauckland.org.nz/auckland-tra...bikeauckland.org.nzAuckland Transport’s flawed approach to speed reversals under the Speed Rule: the full briefing - Bike AucklandThis paper has been prepared for Auckland Council covering the critical risks, avoidable errors and safety implications relating to Auckland Transport’s interpretation of the Speed Rule. 23211
Mark Graham Tāmaki Makaurau @markgraham.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Door knocking in the rain again. Feels familiar…great response from Kingsland makes it worthwhile! 1110
Reposted by Mark Graham Tāmaki MakaurauKim Tairi (ia/she/her) Nā te mea he Māori ahau ia rā ia rā @kimtairi.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Ngā whetū o Matariki ✨ 26925
Mark Graham Tāmaki Makaurau @markgraham.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Next up, DDT will be allowed to be used again, and lead is being added back to petrol and paint… 061
Reposted by Mark Graham Tāmaki MakaurauGreenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 19/06/2025You have only three days left to make a submission on the Regulatory Standards Bill. Let’s bury it together, just like we did the Treaty Principles bill. We've made it easy: greenpeace.nz/gpv4ob 38435
Mark Graham Tāmaki Makaurau @markgraham.bsky.social · 19/06/2025History doesn’t repeat, but it does rhyme… 020
Mark Graham Tāmaki Makaurau @markgraham.bsky.social · 18/06/2025History never repeats, but it does rhyme 083
Mark Graham Tāmaki Makaurau @markgraham.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Driving down Pt Chev Rd this morning behind the Outer Link and we had to stop when it stopped to pick up a passenger. That’s 15 seconds of productive time we’ve lost and will never get back Simeon Brown. . Bloody @AklTransport ! 030
Mark Graham Tāmaki Makaurau @markgraham.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Is Fletcher Building in charge of the New World Vic Park renovation? 000
Reposted by Mark Graham Tāmaki Makauraureb of Melbourne @guttertwits.bsky.social · 14/06/2025In other news, Police are searching for the artist who painted a tunnel and the Roadrunner on the side of a bridge. One unlucky driver said "it's very realistic." 44529
Reposted by Mark Graham Tāmaki MakaurauKyle MacDonald @kylemacd.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Moral Ambition by Rutger Bregman review – why you should quit your job to make the world a better placetheguardian.comMoral Ambition by Rutger Bregman review – why you should quit your job to make the world a better placeA bracingly hopeful call for high-flyers to ditch corporate drudgery in favour of something far more ambitious 042
Mark Graham Tāmaki Makaurau @markgraham.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Brilliant story on Vienna’s approach to housing (social housing on steroids with design competitions rewarding those with Green solutions), and how local govt is leading the way in the US even as Trump pulls back. www.npr.org/2025/06/15/n...npr.orgCould this city be the model for how to tackle the housing crisis and climate change?Vienna has a way to make affordable housing and combat climate change all at the same time. Now U.S. cities want in, and they're building their own green housing. 020
Mark Graham Tāmaki Makaurau @markgraham.bsky.social · 08/06/2025As a candidate for local govt in Maungawhau subdivision of Albert-Eden - one of the oldest areas of the city - this particularly resonates with me. The “But Council Inefficiency and Waste” mantra drowns out any reasoned debate that inevitably ends with this realisation 040
Mark Graham Tāmaki Makaurau @markgraham.bsky.social · 08/06/2025Anti-ICE battles turning into potential massacres by police forces. 020
Mark Graham Tāmaki Makaurau @markgraham.bsky.social · 02/06/2025History never repeats, but it does rhyme… 061
Mark Graham Tāmaki Makaurau @markgraham.bsky.social · 30/05/2025See a doc, post a docmedia.tenor.coma man in a wheelchair is standing in front of a group of men in uniforms .ALT: a man in a wheelchair is standing in front of a group of men in uniforms . 010
Reposted by Mark Graham Tāmaki MakaurauStephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 30/05/2025"Wellington City Council spokesperson Richard MacLean said "it would be nice if the people involved would just grow up and stop being dicks"." PUBLIC SERVICE MEDIA RESPONSE OF THE YEAR 316245
Reposted by Mark Graham Tāmaki MakaurauMs Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 30/05/2025#nzpol Senior National MP Chris Bishop - drunk, mouthy, uncouth and racist at NZ Music awards last night - 😬 what a POS - 86821
Reposted by Mark Graham Tāmaki MakaurauSarah Chambers @sarahpolo10.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Hey, hey it's Monday that wonderful day of the week where we celebrate all the small to big wins with everything in between. Mine is that my new boiler system was installed at the pool & we are now back up and running after a stressful 3 weeks. What's yours? 16496
Mark Graham Tāmaki Makaurau @markgraham.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Not that I'm trying to depress you, but more people need to understand what's happening...it's really not good... qr.ae/pAbEr6 110