The richest 10% of Americans own roughly 87% of stocks.

The richest 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks.

It's worth pointing out once again that the stock market is not the economy.

You’d be able to if you ever met him. He interviewed me once and made me stand downhill so he could be as tall as me 😁

They really, really did. So-called checks and balances 🙄

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NZ rejects WHO pandemic rule changes, aligning with 'fringe' RFK Jr NZ is now one of just five countries to have rejected the post-pandemic changes to the WHO's global health rules without providing a reason. Marc Daalder reports.

Scoop: NZ has rejected post-pandemic changes to the WHO's global health rules without providing a reason, making it one of just five countries to do so.

"This is reputation-wrecking. People will think that we’ve lost our mind," says former PM Helen Clark.
newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/18/n...

At. His. Request.

Reaching net zero by 2050 ‘cheaper for UK than one fossil fuel crisis’ Climate change committee finds move to renewable energy would also bring health, economic and security benefits

"Achieving the UK’s net zero target by 2050 will cost less than a single oil shock and bring health and economic benefits while insulating the country against future costs, the government’s climate advisers have forecast."

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I was a middle-aged New Zealander when Obama was elected & I can tell you people around the whole fucking world felt optimistic. My 70yo Aunt baked a celebratory cake.

Ok, known bug after the last update. Restart fixed it.

Okay, face isn’t being recognised on any of my apps. Same face 😊

Anyone else having this issue after last update?

All the apps being weird today. Anyone else finding Face ID arbitrarily not working on WhatsApp?

*imagining, even 🙄

Enjoying imaging a world where Facebook is forever down.

Merz is a man.

Yes, te Mōtū 😊

It happens 100% of the time 🙄. If they can tell I visited the page they can also tell if I purchased the damn item already, surely.

I know, right? I have thoughts, but then I am mortified that I actually have thoughts.

I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.

And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.

Smells like a classic “let’s get ahead of this” PR move

😔

That’s really odd. I’m just watching it and no probs here.

So many levels of awful in this pic… that she had a photo taken with Noem at all, that she actually snuggled the woman, and that she happily posted it. Multitudes of purposely awfully decisions.

Ug.

FBook group for women dealing with very shitty male behaviour...

Brown woman: I'd love to hear from other brown women who experience xyz with men
White woman: I've had so many bad experiences with xyz with men, it's not a colour thing
Brown women:
#wypipo

Didn’t think Hinge was the place for squirrelly words. Feeld, though.

You have to share now.

Is it just me or has the Wordle Bot got dumber?

Wel that's ok :)

Just realised (duh) that the Chinese calendar gives us all a gift in the year we turn 60 - I was born a Fire Horse and this coming year is a Fire Horse year.

Greens go face-to-face against the outrage-generating machine The Green Party hopes an in-person campaign push will appeal to voters who, like party leadership, have seen new fears realised online

“We absolutely, genuinely would like to work across party to address the core issue of tech billionaires not obeying New Zealand laws, not paying their fair share of tax, hosting harmful digital content on their platforms, not being transparent with how their algorithms work.” - Marama D

#nzpol

🙄

Someone just poked me on Facebook and wtaf?