we need to go back to giving the stimulant drugs to movie directors and musicians instead of nerds

How can we live in a society where you can GO TO PRISON FOR KIDDY PORN but get to keep your name secret?! This is not open justice. I am ashamed of my profession.

It has been changed in the actual article now but the preview headline "Linton Jailed Soldier Spy" was pretty good

Sucks to be someone whose family can't make a $50k donation to avoid being named

🫧🫧Simon Watts in opposition said Local Water Done Well would not increase rates compared to Labour's Three Waters. He's not saying that now.

lmao oh no other rich freaks are catching strays

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Churchill was, in many respects, a dreadful man. He was racist, imperialist, often cruel. But he made the most important decision of the twentieth century. He refused peace with Hitler when Britain stood alone at the darkest hour.

Who could've ever predicted such a thing? 😮

David Hood has rerun this chart to include the 2023 election The results will shock you (if you thought that election had changed anything regarding people's views on the Treaty remaining part of our legal framework)

I just realised that not only were this family allowed to buy special treatment from the justice system for a trifling amount of money (to them), but they also get a $20,000 tax credit for it

No. Whoever said this lied to you. We're in a bad place because so many people expect to lead lives devoid of any friction or discomfort. Relationships, art, writing, study - they can be difficult. They will exhaust you. But they're worth it.

Much as it pains me to agree with Labour, the Greens, and the Maori party, there it is……. A reminder of what a philosophically muddled party ACT is. rnz.co.nz/news/political…

I see Winston Peters is against ex MPs being appointed Diplomats. Hence the sacking of Mallard. I’m surprised about this tho as I’m sure when he was minister of Foreign Affairs once before, he appointed Brian Donnelly as the High Comissioner to the Cooks Islands.

simon civilization scale A: You can leave keys in your car B: You can leave car unlocked C: You have to lock car D: You have to lock car and conceal any valuables E: You cannot keep anything in your car F: E + and you have to leave it unlocked so they don't smash the window

The otherwise-reasonable Paris Marx coming down in favour of govts age-gating social media really shows we are stuck on the stupidest timeline

How dare people who are constantly given shit for owning things sell those things that they own to someone else

Lew People currently making lists of 46 year old rich people, and then crossing off the ones they see posting FB and Insta updates.