Tim @timward2014.bsky.social · 12/10/2026One day, after *this* is all over, there’s going to be some very interesting research done on how and why formerly reputable news sources repeatedly treated “Trump announcements” as facts to be reported on, rather than deluded ramblings of the biggest liar the world has ever seen. #media #fantasist 031
Tim @timward2014.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“National woos farmer vote with $300m low cost loans for water storage” Wonder why farmers need more water storage? 🤔 0112
Tim @timward2014.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Less money? Is the answer less money? Because that’s the only possible outcome. 110
Tim @timward2014.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Marama “trash-talking” billionaires is a victimless crime… 040
Tim @timward2014.bsky.social · 06/10/2026But, wait, we have to subtract the methane and the NOx from the results because there’s NOTHING TO SEE IN AGRICULTURE! Nothing to see here, move on… 020
Tim @timward2014.bsky.social · 05/10/2026So, RNZ, we need to talk. About decimals… and how, much like a Highlander, there can be only one. #maths 020
Tim @timward2014.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Damn, things are looking *interesting* in Pōneke 👀😀 @julieannegenter.greens.org.nz @alicesoapbox.bsky.social 030
Tim @timward2014.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Recommit to Paris - This is not a bottom line policy that will be picked up or accepted by a National-led government. TOP have declared their hand, it would seem. 120
Tim @timward2014.bsky.social · 28/09/2026When you ask the question if there is any evidence that the “market” has ever fixed any problem caused by the “market”: #nzpol 0268
Tim @timward2014.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It’s really just clicked for me (belatedly, post-Dirty Work) how much effort is put in by my tax dollars supporting and amplifying dodgy right-wing slackers, courtesy of a public service that should know better. Shame, RNZ #nzpol 1234
Tim @timward2014.bsky.social · 25/09/2026When you ask for evidence that *anything* has been improved by “industry self-regulation”: 160
Tim @timward2014.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Modern corporations: “Trust us, we know how to make efficient use of resources to manufacture goods. Don’t regulate us. We can solve all the world’s problems using the market.” The goods they manufacture: #capitalism #climatecrisis #manufacturing #efficiency 011
Tim @timward2014.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I think about this guy’s post a lot. #nzpol Especially when: - people who want lower taxes complain about public health waiting times - people who complain about council rates then ask to be bailed out by council when climate change fucks their house up Infrastructure (even social) requires funds. 2389
Tim @timward2014.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Most NZ headline ever. Jesus RNZ, are you 100% boomer these days? #nzpol 061
Tim @timward2014.bsky.social · 20/08/2026I’m old enough to remember the US Republicans losing their fucking minds over a President sticking his dick into a staffer… 030
Tim @timward2014.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Something something something impeachment something…but it’s probably fine if a Republican does it, eh? Pretty sure the Supreme Court agrees. 000
Tim @timward2014.bsky.social · 19/08/2026In which a voter for the party that is violently opposed to “ideological governance” asks why more government resources are not being used to crush opposing viewpoints. If this dude was in the Greens, we’d have chucked him out for being a fascist. #nzpol 071
Tim @timward2014.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I am literally begging NZ conservatives to understand that society is made up of people, some of whom who have different views to you. Alternative views should not be “combatted”, but recognised and respected. If you disagree - you’re not a conservative. You’re an authoritarian. #nzpol 73710
Tim @timward2014.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Every time I hear that the US has “reopened” the Strait of Hormuz, and then the US stockmarkets shoot upwards because “everything is OK now”, I think about this graph: #hormuz #whatisreality 061
Tim @timward2014.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Middle NZ: A UBI would never work. Science: Well,… #nzpol 430
Tim @timward2014.bsky.social · 03/08/2026“A Hit Job will be Done on Religions, Corruption,Fraud, Evil Entities,Evil People…” 010
Tim @timward2014.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Mr Liu is in the running for either Most Optimistic NZer 2026, or Mr Unaware 2026… Dude, we’ve ALL been hoping that same thing continuously since 1993. #nzpol 4102
Tim @timward2014.bsky.social · 03/08/2026No. Absolutely not. The government represents all our *citizens*. The government is responsible to the *citizens*. Businesses do not feature. They are not a partner. They do not have rights. They are not “equal” to the government. They do not have a voice. They do not have a say. #nzpol 1114233
Tim @timward2014.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Congratulations to Stuff, for apparently forgetting that NZ has been a separate country from England since 1907!! Is “football coming home” a relevant phrase to use in a country in which 98% of its citizens were not born in the UK? #nzpol 2143
Tim @timward2014.bsky.social · 29/06/2026There are two ways to achieve the stated performance measure of “75% fewer households in emergency housing”: 1. Reduce homelessness by addressing the multitudes of root causes, such as education, housing supply, income inequality etc., or 2. Just throw people out of emergency housing. #nzpol 191
Tim @timward2014.bsky.social · 25/06/2026I know, I know. Sometimes it feels like that, Windows, but it’s really not *that* bad… 150
