andrewreckons.bsky.social

Tense game. #SilverFerns #CinstellationCup

Warm. #SilverFernsvDiamonds

No shit Sherlock And that of course has nothing to do with senior politicians encouraging cookers on parliament's lawn who were advocating hangings of govt MPs No not gonna criticize those senior politicians www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

We're more scared of gangs in politics than billionaires in politics One is playing a massive role in shaping our world the other is not Climate destruction, poverty, price gouging, crumbling health & infrastructure Neoliberalism is the most aggressive gang to walk the earth #WealthTax #NZpol

Reminder: If voting didn't matter Luxon wouldnt be doing everything he can to make it harder for you to do it. He purposely chose a date he knew would be harder for most kiwis to vote.

Daughter trained the cat to sit while being brushed. She then collected the fur. Now, behold, the Felted Cat Fur Downward Dog sculpture.

Nice headline Stuff. How about 'Greens co-leader targeted in personal attack' #nzpol

This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...

While it rolls out lines about iPads, National's actual record is scrapping the 20 hours free ECE for two-year-olds it had already promised, cutting support funding by nearly 40%, and lifting the core subsidy just 2% in a year inflation ran at 4. #nzpol www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...

In the year 2027, the DSM-5 added Artificial Intelligence Reification Syndrome. A form of psychosis. Sufferers became colloquially known as AIR heads.

A barrow wight

These are political deaths caused by ideological commitment to austerity and privatisation. Responsibility not only falls on politicians, but also donors, media and economists who continue to promulgate myths about public and private debt and block much-needed change. www.rnz.co.nz/news/health/...

Shows how far the ACT party has (not) come since 2013 when its former leader Rodney Hide wrote his famous defence of the Confederacy's chattel slavery www.nbr.co.nz/a-southern-s...

@beefaerie.bsky.social could have worn a tan suit. While knitting.

Maybe instead of querying knitting we could, I don’t know, query NZ First candidates spreading misinformation about abortion and, I don’t know, query NZ First about their policy positions, and I don’t know, ensure that those who think it’s okay to use their platform to do this are held to account.

There are lots and lots of children in every school who are struggling with learning, literacy and mental health because their language needs have not been identified. DLD needs far greater awareness. Be part of the change. Learn about Developmental Language Disorder at radld.org #DevLangDis

Light Vehicle users should not be cross subsidising heavy trucks that destroy our roads. Put all class 5 trucks on 100% cost recovery and HPMVs on 140%. Dont like it, then I suggest investing in rail, shipping and next ot both www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Access to AI should be like a Pen License in Primary School.

the taxes line is fully locked in by National - wild (not wild) that media are moving in concert with them willis now claiming Labour want 9 new taxes following Luxon ruling out bed tax he proposed 2 weeks ago (but acc & fuel levies might still go up hehe) next to no focus on collapse of services

All Blacks. One person in our house suggests that Amua should be on the Christmas Tree this year. His impact on the scrum has been godlike.

ACT is the party of morality. Only, they don’t know the Anglo-Saxon spelling rules well enough. Their entire policy set, based on small government and individual freedoms, is warped by a need to punish any sign of vulnerability.

Just a reminder at how poorly served farmers are by agribusiness lobby groups, like Fed Farmers, which vociferously oppose action on climate change, leaving ordinary farmers to deal with the climate disruption. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Semi regular reminder that Kornbluth and Pohl’s The Space Merchants is still one of the most accurate depictions of the future we are building. Prophetic, and awful. www.goodreads.com/book/show/39...

The Free Speech Union is once again bravely holding journalists to account for the heinous crime of Attempted Journalism Free Speech Union attacks reporter for asking minister questions www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...

‘Tax relief’ frame. It’s almost as though the people with wealth need special treatment, and can’t really cope with the burden of being grown ups. Can’t do life without support Weirdos needing special conditions just to live. Like they’ve got something wrong with them. So needy. Such babies.

Because ACT aren't even fake libertarians. They just genuflect in the direction of liberty while seeking to arrogate to themselves more state power So what they won't tell you is that the status quo is that NZ has easier, more accessble, more free hunting than any industrialised nation in the world

Because you can’t have a garden in New Zealand there’s a community one out the back of every Mitre 10. Compared to supermarkets it’s pretty cheap and anyone can use it - you just have to pay for at least one item you don’t need every time you go.

Henry talking about cost of living. I’m officially a fan of this creator’s work vt.tiktok.com/ZSXXD4RXx/

It's amazing how many NZ First candidates you can fit it one vehicle.

We are currently looking for adults with DLD to take part in an interview study looking at your experiences going to the GP or going to see a nurse in your GP practice. #DevLangDis If you are interested, please start by filling in this short survey: uniofbath.questionpro.eu/t/AB3vC3yZB3...

So many arguments against Land Value Tax are focussed on individuals and (often) emotion. Henry Fudge is developing an argument that the property market is broken, but we see the symptoms in other places. He’s worth a listen. vt.tiktok.com/ZSXhtaMeL/

Greens - Our water needs less shit in it National - Thats a war on farmers! #nzpol

Why we pay more for accommodation during major sporting events. #HenryGeorge #LVT #Rentier vt.tiktok.com/ZSCsvScmQ/

@taniaroxborogh.bsky.social talking about you 😁 with Curly Lines aka Dr Christine Braid.

Hearing from an expert researcher in complexity in education. Learning looked at through the idea of ontological stacking. What is the stack we use? What do we value? How do we act in the world? How we make ‘normative’ judgements about the causes and effects. #ontology #education

When travellers found a Neanderthal in a swamp near Baton Rouge, they realised it was a missing link in bayou.

can’t believe a narcissist is being so publicly humiliated by a reflecting pool

I think we should start measuring government programmes in Hayden Donnell's 'metres of roading'. Lowering the age of bowel cancer screening to 45? 5 metres of road. A year of Three Waters? 63 metres of road. Reading recovery? 13mm of road.

every time you see a headline that begins with “we have to,” replace the “we” with “you” and you’ll immediately understand the purpose of the piece and the power dynamics at play