JCPOA looks pretty good now.

‘mother cows’ - OMG: OnlyFans creators defend farm videos amid animal rights backlash nzherald.co.nz/nz/onlyfans-cr…

Flabergasting: “The use of a helicopter for property access in the AUP [Auckland Unitary Plan] residential zones is a permitted activity, being an activity that is inherently associated with residential land use." via nzherald nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland/he…

Dear Chief Rabbi I am a British Jew but you do not speak for me What was said at Glastonbury was not “Jew-hatred” It was directed against an ARMY which is perpetrating a GENOCIDE on unarmed civilians in Gaza All decent people should call for an end to GENOCIDE right NOW

So thoughtful and considered by ⁦Hugo Rifkind⁩: It’s fine to talk about Gaza, the question is how thetimes.com/article/4604a0…

The BBC claims impartiality over Gaza but there is a conflict of interest at its heart: ⁦alan rusbridger⁩ nails it again on the true issues inside BBC management. app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/70354/co…

Genuinely thoughtful obituary: Lord Tebbit obituary: true blue Thatcherite and scourge of the unions thetimes.com/article/040884…

Why is Watercare silent on the fact that the inner Waitemata - especially both sides of the Hilton on Princess Wharf - awash in raw sewage? All those seagulls around the ferries are not chasing fish

A sad little #cartoon today about the number of people, and particularly skilled medical people, leaving Aotearoa New Zealand. #NZpol #Emigration #Health #MentalHealth

It's Clear – Israel Now Has a Plan for the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians From Gaza - Opinion - Haaretz.com haaretz.com/opinion/2025-0…

Interesting to watch former Conservative minister condemning inaction and complicity by UK and other signatories to the Gaza letter signed by Winston Peters New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade. Quite a sobering take.

What do you do for a broken health system and burnt out healthcare workers? My #cartoon today #NZpol #Healthcare #Nurses

Nice twist at the end of the #podcast I do with Bernard Hickey, where we honour Tom Lehrer and our producer Simon Josey fits in the great man and his Periodic Table. You might also value the climate news, Gaza and diplomacy discussion, and housing too: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…

This Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso with David Mamet is remarkable. I hadn't listened to Sam Fragoso for a while, but love Mamet's work. Sam is patient, persistent, revealing, and Mamet is prickly, cynical, passionate. Whatever his politics it's great #journalism: open.spotify.com/artist/0LNUSuu…

I am pretty sure Chlöe Swarbrick could argue her comment that led to her expulsion from parliament was in fact an homage to Muldoon, who said of Bill Rowling: "A shiver looking for a spine to run down."

Argh, Dear Mark Galeotti: Homage to Catalonia was Orwell not Hemingway which I am sure was a slip of the tongue. Excellent pod this week but also worth thinking about non-embedded journalists really chancing their arms and other bits.

Summer reading. Thanks to William Dalrymple son Sam Dalrymple and Empire Podcast

I do not always agree with ⁦Ezra Klein⁩ but this conversation between him and Ta-Nehisi Coates is impressive and illuminating. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…

“No more beardos," Hegseth slams 'fat generals,' says U.S. officers should resign if they don't support his agenda - reuters.com/world/us/trump…

Finally, some subtle reporting on how crazy this all is: Trump Gave the Military’s Brass a Rehashed Speech. Until Minute 44. nytimes.com/2025/09/30/us/… via @NYTimes