Reposted by MichaelJosh O'Connor-Chen @joshoconnorchen.bsky.social · 8h"We must run the country like a business" "Cool, so we're going to borrow at favourable interest rates to invest in productive assets and people?" "No, we mean lay-offs and asset-stripping" 15320
Reposted by Michaelderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 27/07/2026being a billionaire and on the internet all day is crazy to me. if i had even five million dollars, you would not find me online whatsoever. 262149981804
Reposted by MichaelSenator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Did you see this? Home Affairs has denied a visa to the ex-ASIO source who tried to warn about the Bondi gunmen. This is a deeply political decision, and now the Royal Commission may never hear his evidence. It looks like a stitch up by those who don't want this on the record. 31310165
Reposted by MichaelSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 27/06/2026I now fervently believe this. Relatedly, I think celebrating good news and embracing joy are equally radical. You have to remember what you’re fighting for. We cannot sustainably organize around sorrow. 8165841923
Reposted by MichaelDavid Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 11/05/2026new zealander everlee wihongi was due to meet with her lawyer yesterday. then ICE moved her to their most notorious tent facility in texas: 3000 people, highest death rate, most sexual assaults. and today, she disappeared off the system. please RT: www.webworm.co/everleehasdi...webworm.coEverlee Has DisappearedEverlee Wihongi was transferred by ICE to the notorious "Camp East Montana" at Fort Bliss, Texas. Then she disappeared. 11752573809
Reposted by MichaelTeanau Tuiono @teanau.bsky.social · 26/02/2026The Government is currently negotiating an Enhanced Border Security Partnership with the US Department of Homeland Security that would grant US agencies, including ICE, automated, direct access to New Zealanders' biometric data and identity records. 917398
Reposted by MichaelBrandon Williams @stupidartpunk.bsky.social · 14/02/2026I keep hearing that the Epstein files are so big if we held everyone accountable everything would collapse. And no it wouldn’t. These rich guys don’t do any actual work. They aren’t actually important or useful they are just rich. 12599453242
Reposted by MichaelJustin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Check this one fact out: "In 2024, the total installed electricity capacity of the planet—every coal, gas, hydro, and nuclear plant and all of the renewables—was about 10 terawatts. The Chinese solar supply chain can now pump out 1 terawatt of panels every year." 5390108
Reposted by Michaelprogesterin @erinys.uwu.lgbt · 03/01/2026hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison 96194166011
Reposted by MichaelLew @lewsos.bsky.social · 07/12/2025You first m8 I'm back on 5 January, I expect to be able to tune into a post-cabinet presser at 4pm that afternoon www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...stuff.co.nzAre NZ summers too long? The PM says we’ve got to keep movingThe summer shutdown is coming but should the Kiwi summer holiday still stay sacrosanct? 911421
Reposted by MichaelAnil Dash @anildash.com · 05/11/2025Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult. 101139922266
Reposted by MichaelMountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Then Green Party co-leader James Shaw was attacked while walking to work. He suffered a fractured eye ball and black eye, but said he still felt safe. That's what de-escalation and kindness looks like #nzpolstuff.co.nzShaw back with black eyeJames Shaw walked to work a day after he was assaulted while heading to the office, and plans to keep doing so. 316140
Reposted by MichaelBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 05/10/2025A traveler from an antique land--great guy--said to me with tears in his eyes "Sir, two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert." And I said wow, that's really something. But we'll be building a big beautiful statue to my hubris and it will stand for eternity 203250529
Reposted by MichaelTeanau Tuiono @teanau.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Did you know that Israel has visa waiver access into New Zealand but Samoa, Tonga and Fiji do not. Let that sink in. 415958
Reposted by MichaelAndré Brett @drdrehistorian.bsky.social · 15/08/2025This is unforgiveable incompetence: NZ has spent $671m to get no ferries, rather than $551m to get new ferries that would be arriving within months to replace clapped-out ferries. This sort of mismanagement should bring down a government; amazingly, it's not even the worst example of their failings 23292134
Reposted by MichaelBernard Hickey @bernardchickey.bsky.social · 01/08/2025So let me get this straight. We invite the FBI boss to Wellington to open an office. He then says he'll use it to spy on our top export buyer, China, who is then as pissed as. Then Trump HIKES our tariff to 15% from 10%, making us less competitive vs Australia's beef/wine exports to US - still 10%.🤷♂️ 2016667
Reposted by MichaelCEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 28/07/20251% for teachers 80% for their mates on crown boards www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...nzherald.co.nzMinisters agree to raise board members' pay ranges by up to 80%The increase for Crown bodies comes as the Govt celebrates tax relief it has introduced. 1018275
Reposted by MichaelJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 23/06/2025For the sake of comparison, 9% of Americans approve of the Black Plague. 11834851000
Reposted by MichaelBruce Buckman @brucebuckman.bsky.social · 22/05/2025So this govt’s major fiscal performance so far is: hand out billions in tax cuts it can’t afford, panic and cut essential services left and right, have a brainwave and steal billions from workers via gutting pay equity, expect applause. 62914
Reposted by MichaelThomas Nash @thomasnash.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Serious candidates in Wellington’s upcoming elections will focus squarely on improving people’s everyday material needs. This means committing to the current council’s delivery of a more reliable supply of clean water, quicker bus trips and more homes to help more people put down roots here. 1/ 36814
Reposted by MichaelLew @lewsos.bsky.social · 14/05/2025The govt's third constitutional outrage this week: the secret Equal Pay Act rug-pull, blocking the CTU and other civil society groups from the Budget lockup, now the unprecedented decision to bar democratically-elected Māori leadership from the same Budget Authoritarian populism wielded as a weapon 613766
Reposted by MichaelDave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 07/05/2025In 1942, in the middle of a war for the very survival of civilisation, John Maynard Keynes explained quite clearly: 212663
Reposted by MichaelSassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 01/05/2025As a Muslim kiwi I will clearly say that the NZ chief human rights commissioner is a threat to our lives here in Aotearoa New Zealand and his reported words in the media are is basically inciting violence against a community that has already paid with their lives because of racism like his. 20593168
Reposted by MichaelNicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · 09/04/2025For veterans of the Eurozone crisis, this is quite incredible - today Greece has a lower borrowing cost than both the UK and the US for their 10 year bonds. I had to check, all of the previous so called 'PIIGS' (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain) have lower borrowing costs than the US today. 221120465
Reposted by MichaelThe Fact of Other Minds Stan Account @csilverandgold.bsky.social · 01/04/2025I just hope people know if this guy can be sold into slavery in El Salvador by mistake, other people can be sold into slavery in El Salvador “by mistake”. 7689226
Reposted by Michaelkyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 17/03/2025It's actually wild that RNZ is publishing this without the context of what was happening between India and Canada in 2023/24 Modi is going after 'dissidents' and framing it up as a national security threat. Failing to understand the context is really bad AP article below 64212
Reposted by MichaelBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 11/03/2025WATCH: The gloves are off! It’s been an under-reported scandal for quite a while that Pierre Poilievre refuses to apply for security clearance. It was a scandal EVEN BEFORE the most recent efforts to undermine Canada’s democracy, sovereignty and economy from Trump, Musk and the GOP. Share this.youtube.comWhy Won’t Pierre Poilievre Get His Security Clearance?YouTube video by Justin Trudeau 19720339
Reposted by MichaelPatrick Reynolds for a greater Auckland @patrickreynolds.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Coup in large democracy: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...doomsdayscenario.coMusk's Junta Establishes Him as Head of GovernmentImagining how we'd cover overseas what's happening to the U.S. right now 071
Reposted by MichaelMae Nick Phra Khanong @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 28/01/2025What Francis Fukuyama failed to mention is when you get to the End of History the tape automatically rewinds 12743162
Reposted by MichaelTory Whanau @misswhanau.bsky.social · 25/01/2025We’re finally starting to see the results of prioritising water in our budget. Work crews have fixed over 4,000 leaks in the last year. The city also reduced its water consumption by a massive 20 mil litres per day. This is huge news for the Wellington region. wellington.govt.nz/news-and-eve... 915833
Reposted by MichaelVote for hope in November! Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 23/01/2025The Govt's frothing at the prospect of turning NZ into a Pacific Norway through oil mining & make us all rich. OK. One minor detail. Here, we take a royalty of FIVE PERCENT from oil companies. Norway taxes oil companies at SEVENTY EIGHT PERCENT. Spot the difference? Coz political journos can't. 1015258
Reposted by MichaelAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 16/01/2025A ceasefire agreement has been announced between Israel and Hamas, but what will displaced Palestinians come back to? We look at what’s left of Gaza and its people aje.io/l2jnor 17835519
Michael @michaelsharp.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Two cookies and a coke for breakfast anyone? It’s phenomenal 010
Reposted by MichaelMae Nick Phra Khanong @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 07/01/2025What if I told you the US already has military bases in Greenland that satisfy whatever strategic gain hypothetically owning a large island of 50,000 people who do not want to be ruled by the US would obtain but with none of the costs? 2850483
Reposted by MichaelSean Morrow @snmrrw.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Cyber Monday is a great opportunity to unsubscribe from all the brand mailing lists youre on. I'm someone who gets annoying emails and just ignores them, but today I'm taking a step to removing that little annoyance from my life: whenever a sale email comes in, I unsubscribe. 215713
Reposted by MichaelGrapie Deltaco @grapiedeltaco.bsky.social · 19/11/2024“What radicalized you?” Bro I was told to treat people the way I would want to be treated in kindergarten and it made sense idk what else there is to say 2293333811530
Reposted by MichaelCEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Just a heads up that this $10 billion + difference is the cost of the Cook Strait ferries, Picton and Wellington upgrades, Dunedin Hospital at gold standard, reversing mental health service cuts, and doing the Transport Choices programme. 612572
Reposted by MichaelRohan MacMahon @rohmac.bsky.social · 21/08/2024New Zealand has similar solar capacity to Japan, but barely 10% of the level of solar installed. Time for a rooftop solar scheme, surely? 103718
Reposted by MichaelMike Bartley @anothermike100.bsky.social · 12/07/2024The fence at the top of the cliff is woke and the ambulance at the bottom is an irresponsable use of money that could be going to party donors. 1185
Reposted by MichaelDavid Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 07/07/2024I have seen it reported it was the largest French voter turnout since 1981, so we can see where the silent majority's sympathies lie. 34612
Reposted by MichaelScott @scottypnz.bsky.social · 24/06/2024I feel for the people impacted by the power outage. But find it very funny that when the govt is looking to push privatisation this fuck up was done by a private company. Also ACT looking to remove red tape and pesky h&s regulations like 'don't undo all the nuts at once' 47622
Reposted by MichaelIdiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 30/05/2024If Luxon and Mitchell think these (perfectly orderly) protests are "illegal", then that says something very ugly about their attitude to democracy. 0163
Reposted by Michaelf*male b*tch 🇵🇸 @ahhmandah.bsky.social · 29/04/2024hear me out. appliances don't have to beep at all. not nine times, not five times, not three times. never. when they're done they're done. enough noise 6272
Reposted by MichaelTim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 12/04/2024I've been fiddling with Australian government death data today. Here's the age-adjusted rate of deaths due to lung cancer (per 100,000 people) for eastern Melbourne and south and central Gippsland 2017–2021. What does Latrobe City Council have that none of its neighbours do? 84427
Reposted by MichaelMartyn Pepperell @martynpepperell.bsky.social · 22/03/2024Even the vibiest person you know is probably on the verge of running out of vibes right now. 032
