Good place to stop for lunch on the way south.

NZ Coalition Govt cuts flood protection money by almost half as 'notorious' woke insurance companies call for urgent action

Weather claims rise by 256% and IAG says storms are increasing in intensity and volume: "Every 8 days"

Below is Berhampore in #NZ capital Wellington

This is ours:
Tongariro National Trout Centre share.google/jCrxFi9dZPh6...

Before they were arrested- Vets are demanding an end to the war on Iran at the Cannon Building in Washington, D.C.

Meta just paid the lowest effective federal tax rate in its history.

Thanks to tax breaks and loopholes, it avoided $13.7B in 2025 federal income taxes.

But now it's planning to lay off 10% of its global workforce (8,000 people) by May 20 — with more job cuts later this year.

Trickle down hoax.

Today I turn 89. I’ve seen this country at its best and its worst, and I know how much community matters. For my birthday, I’m asking you to stand with PFLAG and support the work that’s helped so many in the LGBTQ+ community, including me. give.pflag.org/page/95493/d...

WOW: A stunning new report in the WSJ reveals that military advisers intentionally excluded Donald Trump from the command room during the recent high-stakes operation to extract a downed U.S. airman in Iran, because they feared his erratic behavior could jeopardize the mission. 1/

Little known fact, but the NZ household sector is really very wealthy compared to our economy and the rest of the world. This data doesn't include land or weatherboard palaces, it's just a huge stack of financial assets - shares, equity, cash etc. How do we do it? [🧵 1/n]

"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."

-FDR, 1937

Disney's new CEO, whose pay package is worth nearly $45M, just announced 1,000 layoffs.

Reminder that Disney paid an effective federal income tax rate of ZERO in 2025 and aims to buy back $7B of its own stock in 2026.

This is what corporate greed looks like.

This is Molly. She was finally found a week after her human fell down a 180-foot waterfall while hiking together in New Zealand. Her human was badly injured and rescued by helicopter, but Molly was missing. A week later, Molly was found at the base of the waterfall and reunited with her human. 14/10

Another word you might use for it is "looting".

"This appears to be the first administration to take such widespread advantage of taxpayer-funded military housing to accommodate political appointees who do not have a direct connection to the military..."

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/u...

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And that’s just his immediate family.

A Reductress post features a photo of Kristi Noem with the headline, “Kristi Noem Put Down for Being Too Hard to Train”

Screaming

Yellow bird with black face and red eye, all puffed out and slightly damp.

Let me start a belated thread of Aotearoa New Zealand silvan birds.

To lead things off, a New Zealand Bellbird photographed on Kapiti Island.

No

If you're doomscrolling, guess what? So far there are 51 kākāpō chicks hatched and thriving this season, the same number of birds as we had in TOTAL in the 90s! Only one chick has died and there are still fertile eggs waiting to hatch!

Radiohead TV YouTube video by Radiohead

Radiohead just randomly started streaming live performances and random songs from their catalogue yesterday, and it's still going.....................

👀👀👀

www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6ga...

Christchurch to Wellington this evening. Mana Island foreground, Kapiti Island background. #newzealand

Wonderful observations of life in Aoteoroa New Zealand.

At least Aussie are doing something. Unlike our useless lot.

Redacted to Epstein:
I give you permission to kill him.'
He is apparently with Olga.
He lied to you and he lied to me.

Epstein:
whoops

Redacted:
No one will lie to you and get away with it from me. No one. Whoops is correct.

Bluesky in 2026: Predictions - Bluesky As we head into 2026, we wanted to share a few predictions about what we think people will do online this year, with a taste of how we're building Bluesky to meet them there.

After a whirlwind 2025, we took a pause to reflect on what 2026 might bring, and how Bluesky can help build the sort of future we all want to see online. Check out a few of our predictions, and let us know if you agree: bsky.social/about/blog/0...

ICE Denies Detainee's Request to Attend His Son's Funeral, Attorney Says Maher Tarabishi was the primary caretaker of his son, Wael Tarabishi, 30, who died on Friday, Jan. 23, from complication

Maher Tarabishi was detained in October during a scheduled check-in at an ICE facility.

He was the primary caretaker of his son, who died last week.

The family is seeking Maher's release so he can attend his son's funeral.

ICE reportedly denied the request.

Unimaginable cruelty.

Bondi’s Shakedown Gives Away The Game The DOJ is demanding voter data, and what they could do with it should alarm us all

Pam Bondi is trying to shake down Minnesota for its voter roll data. And when the federal government demands voters' most sensitive info, it’s worth asking why—and what comes next.

Light earthquake occurred 40 km north-west of Levin: [https://geonet.org.nz/quakes/2026p070370]
A gentle swaying on the 4th floor.

Jim Kebbell (1938–2026): A Tōtara Has Fallen. — Organics Aotearoa New Zealand A tribute to Jim Kebbell (1938–2026), one of the great pioneers of New Zealand’s organic movement. A friend to many and a tireless advocate for organics for over 50 years, Jim, alongside his wife Mari...

RIP Jim Kebbell (1938-2026).

Founder of NZs first Trade Aid shop in 1973, Common Property (an early NZ organic farm) in 1975, and Commonsense Organics shops in 1991. Among other accomplishments.

www.oanz.org/new-blog/jim...

I am watching what is happening in Minneapolis on Ali Velshi and one of the ICE officers (off camera) literally says, “It’s like Call of Duty. Pretty cool huh?” as they shoot whatever it is they are shooting. Agents walking around, guns unholstered for no reason. This is insanity

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.

White. Hot. Rage.