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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 1m

This is different from that though if I'm understanding the article correctly. They asked who people would choose to lead National into the next election. That's a bit more than the preferred PM question they ask every time.

nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 2m

Do pollsters and papers usually intervene quite this overtly?

My impression is that they at least try to maintain the fiction that they're not shaping the story but just reporting on it.

This, however, looks like an open effort to create a ditch Luxon to save the coalition government narrative.

nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 14m

I find this article so strange - it's just blatantly putting an editorial thumb on the scale for Chris Bishop. Why?

And how usual is it for a political poll to include questions about rolling the current PM?

#nzpol

New poll suggests Chris Bishop is PM’s successor-in-waiting

The latest The Post/Freshwater Strategy poll signals a leadership swap could lead to boost, with half of voters wanting Christopher Luxon gone.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 9h

The problem with everyone thinking that the housing market is the be all and end all, is that no one can afford to repair and do the minimum to fix their houses
In 10+ years time we see a large number of houses with large mortgage's falling apart because everyone thought housing was the golden egg

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Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 38m

Even saying "two executives" appears to be generous. It's 1.32FTE so it's one executive (King) and a part-timer doing about 1.5 days a week.

Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 1h

This stinks more than a soggy gumboot , King's execs get 527k which is what some other charities run on per year if they haven't been cut altogether by this cretinus gov..

#nzpol

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 1h

This stinks more than a soggy gumboot , King's execs get 527k which is what some other charities run on per year if they haven't been cut altogether by this cretinus gov..

#nzpol

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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 1h

They seem to be skipping embattled and going straight to just fire this muppet already.

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Kevin Veale 😷 (Toitū Te Tiriti) @krveale.bsky.social · 2h

I am thoroughly hoping that the newspapers starting to pick horses in the Luxon Replacement Race kicks off a stampede of people trying to take his chair.

Even better if they start fighting for it while he's 'still alive.' #nzpol

Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 4h

Stuff going with Lurch, the Grenon-Joyce Herald going with St John Key's favourite (as long as she ties her hair into a ponytail) Stanford.

Fight fight fight !!!

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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 2h

So impressive. Well done to miss y9!!

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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 2h

Stanford and Penk singing from the same songbook this week. Both directing their comments at the kind of people who say 'in MY day, blah blah blah' and are affronted and appalled when things and people persist in not being like that now.
Paper runs appeal to them and so do school cert exams.
#nzpol

Kaz @serenity22.bsky.social · 9h

More misleading BS from min of Ed, Stanford. #nzpol

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Amanda Heidt @scattercushion.bsky.social · 3h

🧪Did I really have time for this story? No, I did not, for reasons I'll be sharing soon. Did I absolutely feel compelled to write it anyways? You know I did! A viral mystery solved by science. Read on @sciencenews.bsky.social

Also, I have a new to-do for my trip to Chicago for #SciWri25 next month!

The viral Chicago ‘Rat Hole’ almost certainly wasn't made by a rat

Researchers used methods from paleontology to analyze the quirky local landmark, created when a rodent of a certain size fell into wet concrete.

www.sciencenews.org

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Thinking about how much of their violence has been normalized already, how scenes that caused shockwaves 6 weeks ago are now part of the rhythm of daily life. Watched a TikTok from a daughter who has to do her parents' laundry & get their groceries because they're in hiding. This is just it now

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 6h

Crime is soaring under the National Party. Thousands of retail crimes are ignored, sexual assault is up, violent crime is up, homicide is up, gangs are up.
But fortunately landlords are back on the menu- Luxon & Carl Bates still profiting bigly #nzpol

PS Look at that body language

Crime Soaring, National Party Dropping

Plus: Jacinda Ardern remains NZ's most popular politician

mountaintui.substack.com

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🐻Iona🐻 @bewarethefish.bsky.social · 3h

Now that she's been made aware of the issues Keira Knightly will be respecting trans people by pulling out of this JK Rowling venture right? Naaah she just expects people should respect her decision to sign up for this transphobic shit show and not criticise her.

Get in the fucking bin lady.

Knightley said: “I was not aware of that, no. I’m very sorry. You know, I think we’re all living in a period of time right now where we’re all going to have to figure out how to live together, aren’t we? And we’ve all got very different opinions.”

She added: “I hope that we can all find respect.

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Jessica de Heij @jdeheij.bsky.social · 7h

Wayne Brown calling ACT Te Pāti Pākehā on Ryan Bridge’s show, is a scene to behold. 😂

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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 4h

Gendered disinformation, harassment, threatening online behaviour is causing democratic decay (and not just in NZ). We should all care about that. #nzpol

www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-...

Polls and trolls: is violent online abuse turning women off local politics?

Tory Whanau's candid speech on the relentless online abuse she faced as Wellington mayor would not been reassuring for candidates waiting for local election results.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Hungrymama @hungrymama.bsky.social · 8h

Getting rid of Art History is just another part of this government’s war on critical thinking. Art History asks students to view things in their wider cultural/social/political context. It teaches vital skills that translate across so many areas. Also, it’s really fun. Please sign the petition.

Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 1d

Could you pls do an old ex-Art History teacher a solid, sign this petition to save the subject in our schools, and pass it on.

These philistines need to hear from you all.

Thank you

petitions.parliament.nz/a1acf19a-72f...

Edvard Munch's 'Scream' but with the text 'I can't believe they're cancelling Art History' in a speech bubble

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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 3h

Chris Bishop! 🫣
He’s so unlikeable.
But clearly much more competent than Luxon.
For our purposes it’s better if they keep Luxon I think.

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Bernard Hickey @bernardchickey.bsky.social · 5h

Worst in 11 years.

Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 20h

Same data but just for September months. Completely unnecessary self flagellation. It's like all the lessons learned on the need for fiscal kick-starts are being roundly ignored. Small island, housing ponzi, rogergnomics, 8-wire, whip the poor exceptionalism. (2/2)

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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 16h

Be sure of this: many of the horrors the west allowed in Gaza will come closer to home | Owen Jones

History shows the crimes of empire were later mirrored on European soil. Dehumanisation and militarised terror both seem normalised now, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

www.theguardian.com

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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 17h

Yeah, we don't hear about the fact that the govt had to bail them out just after he left.

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Alison @finger-post.blog · 8d

My favourite Jilly Cooper story is recounted in Graham Hoyland's 2013 book Last Hours on Everest. What a trooper.

"We lay in a tent for three days in a blizzard. After the first morning we had each told our life stories, and we lay there gazing at the roof of the tent, wondering what to do next.

Luckily Mark had brought a copy of Jilly Cooper's Rivals, a breathily written romance, and Brice had a penknife. We carefully cut it up into three parts. Mark, as owner, was allowed to read it in sequence: A, B, then C. Brice got B, C, then A, but I - as the youngest - was lumbered with C, A, then B, and struggled to comprehend both the plot and the characters.

On our return Mark contacted Jilly Cooper and told her the story. She was delighted to have been able to satisfy three large men at once with only one book."

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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 21h

Everyone thought I was a Fish-bender while I ran around as a Beef twister, missing my old life as a Sampler of drugs and aspired to be an Examiner of underclothing, but the truth is that I spent Fifty-two years as an imbecile (classically trained as an Emasculator). Ah, the dreams of a Cow-banger...

waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 2d

Job occupations, from an 1881 census. Every one of these sounds like something a sorely provoked Captain Haddock would should at someone in times of heavy stress.

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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 19h

Oh, this is so tough.
I'm glad hospice is able to help you.

nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 19h

Less than I thought.

I've obviously been saying lots of variations of bloody hell that's some bullshit. 😊

I'd have thought there'd be a few more fucks and fuckings in there though.

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