Reposted by AlexThe Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 5hWay back when, I canvassed Twitter for similar tales. My favourite, and one I still think about eight years later, was this. 2041791
Reposted by AlexEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 6hI also think discourse around disinformation keeps falling into the trap of treating it as a supply side issue, rather than examining the demand side and what to do about that. That is a far more pressing, and far more complicated, problem. 519537
Reposted by AlexMusical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 7hTwo charts (ftpoo). First shows Govts actual financial position. Yep, we are one of the few countries where Govt has a positive financial worth. Graph two, related to the first, Govt interest payments, net. These two charts should be force fed to the commentariat. Scarcity mindset is killing NZ. 15022
Reposted by AlexJosh | writer, painter, tinkerer @tworuru.com · 8hThis is as good as measured but pointed media critique gets 2114
Reposted by AlexSean Northridge @seannorthridge.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Mood: Fuck Ernest Cline 14643156
Alex @shakingstick.bsky.social · 9hShe may as well just get some leopards eating faces party merch 190
Alex @shakingstick.bsky.social · 9hI'm not going to suggest that any of you were wondering how deep in the shit Ani is swinming these days but... it's this deep: 2120
Reposted by AlexCharles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 14hThese fucking chuds are getting on my last nerve. 3639
Reposted by AlexMy Password is Louvre @bmceuen.bsky.social · 15hIt’s like this guy wished on a monkeys paw to be the exact opposite of JK Rowling 822833
Reposted by AlexLew @lewsos.bsky.social · 17hLike clockwork, the govt that has done more to destroy employment than any other in decades is trying to get re-elected by blaming people for being unemployed. No solutions, only punishment. Pure cynicism. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...stuff.co.nzWhat about drug testing at Parliament? Luxon is ‘quite open’ to itFollow the election campaign live. 410536
Reposted by Alexbryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 18hah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare... 92129354373
Reposted by AlexEric Harris Bernstein @ehbinmn.bsky.social · 20hThey started texting with a 16-year-old. After two years, they offered to sell him a gun. They consider that "stopping a terrorist attack." And they are calling it heroic. What an absolute embarrassment. 491667433
Reposted by AlexRussell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 18hJust piss off, you desperate creeps. You've done this before, and it was a total waste of time and money. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...rnz.co.nzNational promises random drug testing for jobseeker beneficiariesNational is promising to introduce random drug testing for those on the jobseeker benefit to ensure they're "ready for work". 3029369
Reposted by AlexEddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 21hI teach statutory interpretation. For part of the course we look at how to translate policy ideas into final legislation - identifying the need to legislate, crafting wording, advice from officials, select committees, SOPs etc etc. The eg we use is conversion practices: a short piece of topical law.nzherald.co.nzPeters keen to revisit conversion-practices law, likens abortion to murderThe NZ First leader aired his views but stopped short of announcing new policy. 36121
Reposted by AlexMicah @rincewind.run · 20hnot included in this process: an actual plan for how additional strikes on iran will reduce gas prices 2269357
Reposted by AlexB. A. Friedman @bafriedman.bsky.social · 22hstatic.klipy.comLil Yachty & Drake Reacting to LaptopALT: Lil Yachty & Drake Reacting to Laptop 0671
Reposted by AlexKevin Beaumont @doublepulsar.com · 22hAnother 2k viewers down. This is an amazing car crash. They have less viewers now than were at the countdown clock before the event. 423911
Reposted by AlexAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21hTrump: "If we decided not to buy watches from Switzerland, they wouldn't be elite anymore and we would save about $40 billion" 341598138
Reposted by AlexScott @smadin.net · 07/10/2026"becoming an epidemic, like divorce in the '70s" oh, you mean when the advent of no-fault divorce and women finally being able to get bank accounts and credit cards in their own names meant they could actually leave their abusive husbands? That "divorce epidemic"? 26317
Reposted by AlexHK @hkesvani.bsky.social · 07/10/2026What does it tell us about the value of “public debate” when the political party that clearly understands what is happening in reality is admonished for not towing the line in pursuing a fantasy that every ‘side’ has said is just not possible and never will be 29513
Reposted by AlexErica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The mayor of Saint-Denis, Bally Bagayoko, literally used himself as a human shield to protect students from police violence 5354361674
Reposted by AlexWill de Cleene @zippygonzales.bsky.social · 07/10/2026If McAnulty can't be dragged kicking and screaming for the leadership, he'll make a damn fine attack dog like Prebble or Mallard to Arena Williams. 3142
Reposted by AlexOdd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Roses are red Knights carry shields 1524951
Reposted by AlexTze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Also, this is advertorial for a university application-padding consultancy 147314
Reposted by AlexMovies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 07/10/2026You wouldn't know his hobbies, they go to another school 823323
Alex @shakingstick.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The obvious answer would be something like "if this party didn't exist i guess id start it, none of the other parties are offering what i want..." 140
Reposted by AlexKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 07/10/2026My man looks like he owns a restaurant called Serf and TERF 1439318
Alex @shakingstick.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Drinking Jack all by myself They're choosin taxes, i can tell 083
Reposted by AlexPaparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Seven years on, it's finally public knowledge that Neo-Nazi Wargus Christi, Dominion Movement and Action Zealandia co-founder Jack Captein/Johann Wolfe is the New Zealand Army soldier that is currently imprisoned for attempting espionage. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crime/jac... 47043
Reposted by AlexCK DexterHaven 🍂🍁🍂 @ckshowalter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Y’all, Catholics don’t applaud in church. Ever. This is a thing. You don’t have to like the church or organized religion. You do need to understand that up until the 90s and the US church pivot to abortion as a primary issue, the Catholic Church has long been a powerhouse in immigrant communities 426557
Reposted by Alexᴀɴᴅʀᴇw вıԍԍs @biggsky.bsky.social · 06/10/2026please don’t put in the paper that I care, I definitely do not care 3595
Alex @shakingstick.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"Sweet Mary mother of God, he said what?" - his entire comms team 182
Reposted by AlexTze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Dan beat me to it but it's actually a reaction to this moment... Luxon: [rules out Opportunity because 'no new taxes'] Hipkins: But you're happy to work with racists. 515838
Alex @shakingstick.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Tame: "would you; fuck, marry, or kill, the Kiwibank sheep?" Chrises "the kiwibank sheep is the best of us and I would hope for her to have the best life and making that happen is what I am in politcs for, but at the end of the day after that best life ..." Tame: "disgusting" 47015
Alex @shakingstick.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Can't believe chris just told chris 'your moms got an unfunded hole', 071
Alex @shakingstick.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It's hard to even make jokes about what they're saying because it's all so fucking infected by the format. 140
Alex @shakingstick.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This is a tough watch. Fuck these debates and the stupid political culture that inflicts them on me and my beautiful brain. 3130
Reposted by AlexCEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Royston Morgan you are DRUNK 322
Alex @shakingstick.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Seen the opening statements, fighting the impulse to reach for the remote already. 3100
Alex @shakingstick.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Most voters kinda know which side they want to come for, so this would help them decide. And we'd see where they agree amd where friction is. 040
Alex @shakingstick.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Like a debatesl between nats act and nzf, and one between lab greens and tpm. 160
