A detailed, symbolic painting inspired by the movie "Pulp Fiction," featuring Samuel L. Jackson's character depicted as a Jesus-like figure with a glowing halo and radiant hands, blessing a sick man lying in a hospital bed. Surrounding them are other characters from the film—John Travolta and Uma Thurman—both praying, and a nurse and another man watching solemnly. Above, three cherubic angels with the faces of other "Pulp Fiction" characters float in the sky. The background includes iconic American symbols such as the U.S. Capitol, the Statue of Liberty, an American flag, flying bald eagles, military jets, and fireworks, blending religious imagery with patriotic and cinematic elements.

This is great! 😂

Secret new election strategy just dropped: Fill the air with shit so that no one can tell that your policies are also shit.

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There are very few people I will hate unreservedly in this world. People who experiment on animals is one of them.

Fruit so damn low it's practically a root vegetable.

How else is an embattled PM meant to behave, I aks ya?

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Coalition spat deepens as Christopher Luxon fires back at Winston Peters

Seriously, we're in the middle of multiple international crisis and domestic states of emergency and these cunts are busy stabbing each other in the back

You are not a functional government, so give it up and call a snap election so we can vote someone competent to power

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I get the feeling that National are sleep walking to defeat in November so that they clean sweep Luxon out. It's always someone else's fault. Never something *they* did wrong. Never admit fault. Hope the electorate forgets by 2029 how bad they were in 2026.

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The hypocrisy is something else, nē?

Nicola Willis has launched a broadside at Winston Peters, saying he has a "track record of picking Labour over National, and that's the risk you run with him".

She went on to say that Labour was "choosing to get into bed with the party that referred to Indians choosing to come to New Zealand as a 'butter chicken tsunami'".

Oh. My. God. Someone tell Willis who National’s coalition partner is, that they chose that partner, and that they will almost certainly choose that partner again should the votes fall that way.

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Me at the Ardern government:

It's actually quite shocking that they did that. Like futures prices are somehow useful for stress-testing? Stunning that anyone in MBIE thinks this kind of analysis can be signed off.

Basic project management 101 is examining the impact of price volatility. Even more incredible when the project is entirely about a traded commodity. No way it wasn't done. I suspect it was omitted on purpose by the CoC.

Survivor wants good character discounts scrapped from sex offender sentencing Sam Troth has created a petition calling for changes to the Sentencing Act, saying sex offenders should not get credit for their supposed good character.

💯 this. An abuser described as “of good character” is in many ways worse: they’re a good liar, someone who’s adept at hiding who they really are…
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But if the government bans under-16s, everything will be sorted.

/s

Hearing from a colleague of cars being swept down to the beach and potentially out to sea. 🙄

I wish. Druncle is all hat, no cattle.

Hard not to conclude that he is a narcissist.

The long goodbye: 'I’m not sure what love looks like now' How do you continue to love and care for a partner who shows no affection, has no empathy and may not even know who you are?

Tough but good read about caring for spouses suffering dementia.

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"This is important." - NZ @greens.org.nz Co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick, 5:50pm, 20 April 2026. Luxon lies to Aotearoa. #CoC have cut flood protection spending and investment by 💥41%💥 (compared to the previous govt) #FloodsNZ #ClimateCrisis

Embattled New Zealand prime minister survives leadership vote and blames media for ‘soap opera’ Christopher Luxon says caucus meeting ‘clearly’ proves he has party support ahead of November national election

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Now,... would those be the school boilers that the previous govt had budgeted to phase out but incoming Finance Minister Nicola 'No Boats' Willis stopped and redirected the money to give tax cuts to landlords?

Just asking questions. 😏

What I'd say to you is that I am not the personification of the letter "L".

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I don't want to "adapt" to terrifying weather Devastating climate change is here, thanks to oil companies and politicians. What are we going to do about it?

This piece from @emilywrites.co.nz is really worth reading, on the human impact of this weather and exactly how much this government has not just refused to act, but instead consistently acted against the interests of us all. www.emilywrites.co.nz/i-dont-want-...

I'm one of the moaners and so's my wife!

I see Shane Jones appears on far-right network that regularly platforms, & promotes Christchurch terrorist's violent extremist ideology (rebranded as 'remigration'), & amplifies the same anti-Indian racism, & xenophobia through his "butter chicken tsunami" framing. Dangerous, & disgusting. #nzpol

Looking forward to seeing our confidently numerate PM chopper in with buckets of KFC. That'll show the bottomfeeders.