Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialMusical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I tell you what makes forecasting difficult... ignoring the leading indicators that matter, believing the often 100% wrong models in economic textbooks, relying on vibe surveys, and having blind faith in the business cycle (it's gone down so it will come up) 47420
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialMusical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026There are those among us who believe that the answer to all manner of challenges is investing more in kiwisaver, pension funds, savings etc. Kiwi households are nearly top of the world at the wealth accumulation thing folks - not you? Ah, maybe you can spot the real issue then?!? [1/3] 35718
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialMusical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The Post is running one of those 'ignore the austerity hyperbole' stories. A few things to note... 1. The article uses unadjusted figures throughout. If you adjust the $ for inflation and population, Govt operating expenditure in 2026/27 is below 2023/24 levels (by $144 per capita), and.... [🧵 1/n] 24826
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialSridhar Ramesh @radishharmers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I'm old enough to remember smoking on airplanes as a child. I hated it but they made you do it. 363213363
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialPeter Green @petergreen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Worth remembering that if it costs the government $4.5b to reverse the gender pay tax, then it costs the women affected $4.5b to leave it in place. 618497
thomasmjabraham.bsky.social @thomasmjabraham.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The only press a group like this should get is questions about its funding and the usual suspect ghouls behind it, especially in the wake of dirty work. But as usual the NZ press is too afraid of losing access to do anything other than print verbatim press releases, ask soft questions 011
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialVictoria 💚 🌏 @vebate.bsky.social · 22/09/2026New AstroTurf org released: Parents Alliance. Filled with all the usual TPU aligned folk. No doubt the ultimate purpose will be to ensure the reign of charter schools. #nzpol 76528
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.social👹 Other Sammy 👹 @swizzard.pizza · 27/09/2026there is room for you in the tent, but not on the stage 0533
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialmore mr. spice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026these agents require extremely detailed parameters explicitly establishing guardrails in front of every possible Forbidden Shortcut individually to stop them from driving through hospitals, but are intentionally being provided parameters that fail to do this. it's not rogue AI, it's rogue companies 81228
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialmore mr. spice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 16/06/2024[at the shoppers drug mart with my sniper friend] ME: listerine huh.. not scope? SNIPER FRIEND: sniping is just a job to me 760755
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialCEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The media when the right smear Green MPs: anonymous sources have raised serious questions that must be addressed and they should resign The media when Nicky Hager writes a book using sources from inside the TPU: obviously these anonymous sources mean we should dismiss this immediately 012549
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialMorgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Nicky Hager book is unusual because its main thesis seems to be "they are just doing all this bad faith money-for-racism stuff in plain sight and the media don't seem to perceive it as bad" Media: "Hmm this Hager book has no revelations in it, we knew all this already, oh well carry on as normal" 315850
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialIdiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"In Christopher Luxon's New Zealand, it is the public service and the poor which are the problem" Ouch 182
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialFarah @kiwifarah.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Another $50,000k to donated ACT today brings the coalition donation total to over $5m ($20k+). Lots more charts in the link. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... #NZPol 23930
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialIdiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Rich people: ItS tOo ExPeNsiVe To DeAl WiTh ClImAtE ChAnGe! Reality: climate change is going to kill half a million from this one event alone. And, as Budanov said: it will get worse. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comHuge El Niño projected to cause 450,000 deaths in next six monthsNew report predicts a heavy toll from Nigeria to the US – and comes on top of existing impacts of the climate crisis 296
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialPK @leftistbeard.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Foundational post tbh 029847
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialceej @ceej.online · 14/09/2026NEPO BABY CAVEMAN WHOSE DAD INVENTED HITTING STUFF WITH A ROCK: We’re innovating the product space with a planned pivot of Rock to an aspirational lifestyle brand centered around hitting stuff with a rock culture 12892102
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialCEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Once again a Labour leader looks at the structural damage inflicted upon the country by National and says "Yeah sorry, best I can do is manage that, better things aren't possible - it's about making sure the rot sets in the correct way" 1488
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialMusical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I knew this would be bad, but it's awful. Malpractice even. I'll limit my criticism to 9 posts. The Herald have added together the gross debt of NZ public & private sectors and called this debt 'we collectively owe the world'. Pure unadulterated nonsense. Literally untrue. [🧵1/n] 415188
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialDavid C Bell @moviehooligan.bsky.social · 30/08/2026The horrifying realization that Coyote Vs Acme delighted me as a 90s style legal thriller for the same reason Roger Rabbit delighted old people as a 50s noir. 444648585
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialCEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Nah this is the good shit. 23410
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialChef Kennedy🐸🏳️🌈 @kennedy.northsky.social · 29/08/2026All my drafts are basically sentence fragments such as "wouldn't it be cool if people" or "i think society needs more" and all I can do is look back and wonder what the fuck is wrong with me because how the hell did I think I'd remember what this was about 1241
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialJolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · 29/08/2026This election should be a youthquake. Kids: enrol to vote, then vote like your lives depend on it, because they do.✊ Everyone else: vote like those young people (who’ll be picking up after *all this mess*, including you in your vulnerable old age) plan to ask you how YOU voted…because they should. 28746
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialBoo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 25/08/2026Your ability to make meaningful change in national politics is very limited but your ability to make yourself feel bad about it is endless 117918
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Not a single company in human history has ever had $1 trillion in revenue, to give you some sense of how insane this prediction is. Amazon, which is currently the company with the highest revenue on the planet, reported $716 billion in revenue last year. 51978238
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialFunksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Great to see the principal of Apanui School on 1News this morning pointing out poverty, cuts to sick leave, and limits on vaccine access as contributors to the severity of the flu outbreak. But I still haven’t seen media challenge the PM or Health Minister about the govt’s lack of action 🧵 #nzpol 13112
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialRobot Muldoom @robot-muldoom.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Since the coalition was elected, landlords have received benefits equivalent to more than 25 years of Treaty settlement redress. #nzpolnzherald.co.nzLandlord tax break cost rose by $800m to $2.9bNational’s pre-election fiscal and tax plans costed the policy at $2.1b. 8177111
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.social🐻Iona🐻 @bewarethefish.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Have the Labour Party been paying any attention during this current term of Parliament? This is delusional thinking. 0278
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialL Ron Mexico @lronmexico.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Every couple years all the just-asking-questions racists in academia have to sign an open letter about free speech or some shit. It’s basically how they declare eligibility for right wing dark money. 143571
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialGrozz @grozz.bsky.social · 22/08/2026there are no 'correct' grounds for being a socialist to people with a vested interest in defending the capitalist order. if you're poor, you're lazy. if you're middle class, you're envious. if you're wealthy, you're hypocritical. it's all a goalpost-moving shell game. 82124483
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialDavid Clegg @delphijunkie.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Can we piss off with this “slashing debt” bullshit? We’re not a broke country. Our debt levels are far from unserviceable. We are, however, a country with serious deficit in infrastructure maintenance. Why can’t we address that? It’s far cheaper than continuously kicking the can down the road. 620475
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialGrumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social · 23/08/2026WHAT IS THE POINT OF A FISCAL SURPLUS WHEN THERE ARE PEOPLE HOMELESS? WHEN THERE ARE KIDS IN POVERTY? WHEN WE ARE FUCKING THE VERY ENVIRONMENT WE RELY UPON? WHAT FUCKING GOOD IS A SAVINGS ACCOUNT STUFFED WITH CASH WHEN WE'RE DEAD???? I despair 38622
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialIdiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 20/08/2026They can't say they support something popular, or oppose something unpopular, in case a rich person who will never vote for them anyway criticises them. 1193
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them. 585216886240
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialJon of The North @krauza.bsky.social · 16/08/2026The US wants Cuba to fall because the Revolution remains a permanent embarrassment for them. Not only has the US failed repeatedly to oust the Communist Party, but has to explain why this small country under an embargo has better healthcare, education, and literacy than they have. 0154
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialChris Ward @chrisward.de · 16/08/2026The reason I've gone more left in recent years is that I previously accepted that we simply couldn't afford decent cheap housing, heavily subsidised transport, a universal basic income, etc. Then in 20 years in politics I saw what we actually could afford. And it's a lot. It's just never for you. 643795833
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Wife: The trash is overflowing. Can you-- Me: Well I can't take it out but here's what I'll say. We need a strong trash can. And I'm committed to reforming the kitchen so the trash doesn't pile up 415151641
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialByron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Watching Tubi in Aotearoa you get a much smaller library but almost no ads (since no one is buying them for this market) When I switch my VPN to the US for the bigger library it's exactly like this: Crossposted with @openvibe.social 2194
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.social2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Mustn't forget Paul Goldsmith is also the Minister for Arts, Culture & Heritage, Min. of Justice, Minister for Media and Communications, Min. for the Public Service and Digitising Government, Min. for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations and Min. for Pacific Peoples. So he has 11 portfolios now. #nzpol 3259
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialGarth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 10/08/2026the skeleton key to understanding contemporary consumer culture is that doing a good job costs money so corporations have abandoned the concept 71106259
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialHelm @helmll.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Willing to smash the security camera. Willing to destroy the robot dog. Willing to burn down the data center. Willing to set up the town square guillotine 0252
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialEd BooOOooOOmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 10/08/2026You don’t have to like this guy‘s politics to recognize that everyone who has insisted for decades that The Issues are almost all too complicated and too nuanced to explain to voters let alone address was lying to you. 75123763000
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialGary Alexander @garyalexander.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Best I could remember, people experienced what they call "woke," in one of two ways: Maximalist scolds on social media who had absolutely no power whatsoever that blocking them wouldn't wipe out; or through annoying but trivial work training reminding you that prejudice was bad. That's 99% of it. 612015
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialnewimprovedtom.bsky.social @newimprovedtom.bsky.social · 10/08/2026“No one has any answers!” Greens: “here is a solution…” “But how will you pay for it?” Greens: “by taxing wealth and…” “No one has any answers!” 19934
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialJon of The North @krauza.bsky.social · 10/08/2026If I was a young person being told that the best our economic system can ever offer me is working longer and longer hours to live with more and more roommates and eat worse and worse food, I might start getting this crazy idea that we need a new economic system. 42513467
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialTze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 09/08/2026The beatings will continue until morale improves 0479
Reposted by @thomasmjabraham.bsky.socialamanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 09/08/2026If a man told me he takes risks at his job, I would find that relatable before ultimately laughing in his face if he explained he sat at a desk and played with someone else’s money all day. 821689186