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I can’t do bitchy. Just wizard AF.

Important point: if you cast a valid vote in 2023, you will be able to vote at this election.* If you've moved and haven't updated an address, it might only count as a party vote, but that's the important one. * assuming you aren't in prison, or some other thing that would disqualify you etc.

Trans women who spent entire childhood trying to avoid school PE and anything involving changing rooms discovered to have no aptitude for sport..

Flawless victory. The messages are: * really hot people come to our gym * we like it that way and are not going to change anything * if you're weird about it we will put you on blast Wānaka gym hits back at review complaining about womens' clothing rnz.co.nz/news/communi...

Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision and Heritage NZ are the latest cultural agencies to propose significant job cuts, with nearly a third of the former’s workforce proposed to be axed in a restructure the Public Service Association is describing as cultural vandalism.

Those insipid "X Movie EXPLAINED" Youtube videos would be destroyed if movies just went back to having a mediocre hip hop summary at the end. It's win-win

In this age of media illiteracy, modern films should adopt the early 90s movie trend of having an end credits rap song that explains the premise.

The simplest explanation for the early election seemed to be that David Eby saw his chance to carve out a larger majority against a weakened opposition, and took it — consequences be damned. Stewart Prest writes. thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Simeon Brown refuses to compel Health NZ to release health privatisation cost numbers as he continues to fearmonger about debt and rewrite history Figures show nearly 50% of the health budget, and 80% of all new health spending has gone to CORPORATE and private healthcare #NZPOL

Brazil has an open-list proportional representation system, which is generally a bad idea and probably the worst aspect of the 1988 constitution, but it does allow me to point out also that she is the lower house member from São Paulo with the second most votes cast for her, third nationwide.

the contrast between seeing US democrats fall over themselves to embrace idiot transphobia all year and tonight seeing footage of the president embracing my (trans) congresswoman, Erika Hilton, at the election night party

💯 - and at the risk of sounding catty, it's also intellectual and political laziness. Find me any movement for political, economic or social progress where progress wasn't unthinkable... until someone started making the idea a reality, and gave others ground to make the impossible irresistible.

'Renters deserve a fair deal' - Labour promises to ban no-cause evictions

Economic narrativium innit www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

Some Lula supporters apparently shouted his name out their window when it was announced he won and a cop pointed his gun at him and they took what is possibly the greatest image of a cop ever taken, like genuinely this would go hard as a cover for a Rage album its so poetic.

New: "The State Department will issue visas to Flavio Bolsanaro and his family and allow them entry into the United States," per a senior State Department official

Aliens (1986) James Cameron: "[Franchise producers David Giler and Walter Hill's] outline said something like, 'Ripley gets rescued and goes back to the planet with a bunch of soldiers. They are attacked and eaten'. That was pretty much it. Except—and I'll never forget this—..." 🔽

Ten years ago Gerard Peters (allegedly) scammed millions. Seven years ago he fled the country. Six years ago I got onto the case and pressed the SFO to investigate. Four years ago he got charged. This week he finally stepped onto NZ soil and into handcuffs. www.nzherald.co.nz/business/ger...

Kevin O'Neill

Israel's first election since October 7 appears deadlocked, with neither Netanyahu nor Eisenkot on track for a majority.

…finance spokesperson to a public debate to compare our fiscal plans and our economic strategies side by side for the benefit of New Zealanders,” Chlöe Swarbrick said. ⭐️🤛💚✅✅

“In just the past week alone, I have personally featured 13 times on the National Party’s Instagram page, while their own current Minister of Finance features just twice. Given this clear obsession with talking about the Green Party and our plans, I am officially, formally inviting the National…

Chlöe Swarbrick wants to be the Minister of Finance. What if she isn't? newsroom.co.nz/2026/10/27/w...

TL;DR: The Greens will have a list of cheap policies as backup in case Labour insists on austerity. You know what's cheap and delivers to ordinary people? Smashing the cartels.

Erica Stanford calls Opportunity a 'bunch of flakes'

Reserve Bank holds OCR at 2.75% in split decision

Flavio Bolsonaro flees Brazil after election loss, US says will grant visa https://aje.news/bc0jyd

Election live: Simeon Brown refuses to explain National's coalition costs as he demands Labour's

Health insurer ordered to pay customer after declining to cover ADHD diagnosis

How negatively impacted was your country financially because of the Hormuz closure? The US was hit extremely hard.

NZ hit fourth hardest per person.

Health privatisation well underway. #NzPol

Having robbed women in the middle of the night by voiding pay equity deals, National is now sabotaging efforts to make their new law work by refusing to allow govt employees to be used as comparators #KeepingWagesLow www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3611...

GENERAL ELECTION 2026 VOTING IS NOW OPEN Find a booth near you here: https://vote.nz/2026-general-election/voting-in-the-election/find-a-voting-place #nzpol

NZ first in 1990s: blame everything bad on asians 2000s: you should panic about muslims 2010s: now you should panic about maori 2020s: and now the problem is women

hey bird nerds what’s the smallish bird with a black head and orange breast that goes “AAAAAAHHHHHH” like a cartoon witch? I’m in the southwest united states

Nigel chucks Reform's staffers (unclear whether junior and/or emotional) under a bus (unclear whether said bus had any spending/saving commitments/suggestions on its side)

Still mashing up games for @b3ta.com

The gap between National and Labour is irrelevant