Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet.
This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.
“The shift has been dramatic. Before the solar project launched, the village of about 130 people had no restaurant or easy [transport] & little communal infrastructure.
Now solar revenue pays for meals, a village “happiness bus” for older people, a table-tennis facility & cultural activities.”
Plenty of time for reading down at the bolt hole
The callousness of these bastards can't be overstated.
TONIC are thrilled to be putting on their first tour and inviting Australian producer Insula to Aotearoa for their first tour of Aotearoa, playing five shows in Te-Ika-a-Māui
Support from
Ludus, Hasji, Kraus
Saturday 4 April, 7:30 @ AF
Tickets from @undertheradarnz.bsky.social
Awkward for Shane Jones.
Former head of Marsden Oil refinery:
"Most other countries in the world outside MAGA US states and New Zealand are [going for 100% renewables and electrifying transport] now, at pace. For some reason, New Zealand 's going down the 1980s' path."
#nzpol
Great point by @thebenshaw.bsky.social
In Ireland they pay their creatives (artists, musicians etc) a universal basic income
In NZ we pay foreign multi millionaires & their conglomerate promoters to come here for their 4th or 5th tour
F-ing NeoLiberalism is a brain worm that runs a cult
Eric & Don Jr. are turning the Iran war into a family business.
Trump starts war.
Trump bans foreign drone rivals (DJI).
Sons merge their golf co with Powerus to sell 10k drones/mo to the Pentagon.
Their own bank brokers the deal.
The ultimate conflict of interest.
Headline from The New Zealand Herald: Christopher Luxon begins his most challenging week as fresh poll results shows Chris Bishop and Erica Stanford less unpopular
‘Less unpopular.’
What a headline.
#nzpol
Government cuts are directly responsible for people dying. This government’s thirst for landlord tax cuts is killing people.
Another quarry show today! 4-7pm, top of Ellice St, Mt Vic. Koha ☀️
The United States of America and Israel has just bombed a school full of students in Iran.
~40 students killed and 48 injured.
This violates Article 52 of Additional Protocol (I) Geneva Conventions, but international law clearly doesn't apply to the U.S. and Israel.
chloe.swarbrick • 9h yasmineinaotearoa Instagram repost of a picture of a packed church overlaid with text: This afternoon we got to see the community come together to learn about the "Move on" orders The church was packed. Next actions: Follow @kick back make change for the day of action Sign this petition
If you want some good news that hasn’t been reported, Chlöe Swarbrick held a packed community hui yesterday called “Move on to Where? Real solutions to homelessness”.
It’s nice to know that there are adults in the room who realise sweeping human beings aside is not a solution and are acting to help.
The richest man owns X.
The second and third richest men control Google.
The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post.
And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.
See the problem here?
total disaster, holy shit
complete control of most of the media in the hands of the fucking ellisons
Got my letter from the government today saying my license is retroactively invalid since last Thursday. They took away trans people's licenses with no warning or grace period. It would be illegal for me to drive to the DMV to get it replaced.
Fuck this and everyone who helped get things to this point. Trans rights are human rights—full stop.
The pattern is clear. This Government is secretly locking New Zealand into deeper alignment with the US without ever putting it to the public, whether it's critical minerals deals, AUKUS Pillar 2, or now handing over our biometric data.
Dammit, why do online communities always have to be ruined by surveillance capitalism? I wish these things were public utilities..
Running a show in Mt Vic Quarry today, 4-7pm, koha: Tondo, Bone Chapel & vegetable machine animal. All welcome! www.pyramidclub.org.nz/quarry-conce...
That $6 billion climate resilience fund would be useful right now if NATIONAL HADN’T SCRAPPED IT!
At least the landlords got their handouts though.
#nzpol #ClimateEmergency
One of the things that really fucking annoys me about AI is that people *do not understand it* (on purpose, bc these companies want it that way) and they assume it’s as reliable as the computers they’ve been using their whole life when it’s actually about as reliable as your least capable intern
My photo collage shows five cylindrical Minoan cups each with a single handle and a slightly flaring rim. Each cup is decorated with a different geometric polychrome motif as follows: Top left: on a black background, a central band delineated by an upper and lower white line contains evenly-spaced dark-orange circles, each orange circle is outlined by a white line. Above and below the central band are swirling white vine-like lines. Top right: on a black background, a large white spiral on the front of the cup and beside it a dark-orange oval with stylised white petals at each end which looks like a wrapped sweet! Middle left: a central band of white and dark orange diagonal lines runs around the cup. Above and below the central band are alternating black and white diagonal shapes, the black ones look like shark fins Bottom left: a central reddish-orange band delineated with a white line. Above the central band are swirling, spiralling white lines against a black background, and below the central band are alternating white and black diagonal lines. Bottom right: all set against a black background. A central band delineated with white lines contains white ‘s’-shaped diagonal white stripes. Above the central band a row of red dots outlined with white circles. Below the central band a single white line on the black background. This type of Minoan pottery is known as Kamares Ware, named after the Kamares Cave on Mount Ida on the Greek island of Crete where this kind of pottery was first discovered. Kamares Ware vessels were luxury items produced by palace workshops at Phaistos and Knossos on Crete. These five cups were excavated at Phaistos and are dated 1800-1700 BC.
Something lovely for the weekend!
Minoan cups made by Bronze Age potters some 3,800 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Pete Hegseth to Rocket Lab:
“You are the engine of America’s new arsenal of freedom to project our will anytime, anywhere."
Fuck’s sake.
Motherf...
It's a new year and I'm open for business.
BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
The final show of the year at Pyramid Club tonight!
Ft. mHz: The Brutalist Noise Ensemble (electro-mechanical club music) & Te Tumu (experimental, indigenous, slow dance) : tickets from @undertheradarnz.bsky.social / www.undertheradar.co.nz/gig/99751/mH... 💗
Tonight at Pyramid Club! Taonga pūoro, electronics and percussion by these 3 lovely mega-talents. Tix here: www.undertheradar.co.nz/gig/99615/Al...
