Aunt Benjy 🇳🇿
@auntbenjy.bsky.social
Sci tech person.
TTRPG player.
“Fuck every cause that ended in murder and a child screaming.” ~ Iain M. Banks
Ace, ally, Pākehā, Tangata Tiriti.
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#AoNZ
TTRPG player.
“Fuck every cause that ended in murder and a child screaming.” ~ Iain M. Banks
Ace, ally, Pākehā, Tangata Tiriti.
Toitū te Tiriti
She/Her
Don't do DMs
#AoNZ
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“Te Tawhiti Roa: The Crown’s Broken Promises and the Cost of Shallow Accountability” - 20 December 2025
open.substack.com/pub/themaori...
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“Te Tawhiti Roa: The Crown’s Broken Promises and the Cost of Shallow Accountability” - 20 December 2025
Iwi forced into legal action over Treaty settlements to make Crown uphold commitments – report
open.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:16 PM
“Te Tawhiti Roa: The Crown’s Broken Promises and the Cost of Shallow Accountability” - 20 December 2025
open.substack.com/pub/themaori...
open.substack.com/pub/themaori...
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OUCH and LOL Shane Jones
Another Victory today
Another Victory today
Supreme Court finds government must consider climate change when offering oil and gas tenders
Supreme Court finds government must consider climate change when offering oil and gas tenders
The country's highest court says climate change is "a pressing concern" that must be considered whether deciding to open up new blocks for exploration and extraction.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
OUCH and LOL Shane Jones
Another Victory today
Another Victory today
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Luxon, and whomever is draughting his speeches, is very clearly pushing an agenda positioning NZ as a safe-space for white supremacist thinking dressed up as 'equality'. It's colonialism 101, being implemented by US imperial interests.
It's disgusting and dangerously regressive.
It's disgusting and dangerously regressive.
Not only is 'mass uncontrolled immigration' not a thing (not even an invading military could be considered 'uncontrolled'), it's really obviously NOT A THING in Aotearoa NZ because we're in the arse end of beyond and famously hard to reach.
Am just not interested in any coverage of this in the context of 'debate' or 'litigating' or starting a 'discussion' beyond the fact that he said 'mass uncontrolled immigration' which is specifically a white supremacist/nazi/far right line and a fake made-up thing that doesn't exist.
December 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Luxon, and whomever is draughting his speeches, is very clearly pushing an agenda positioning NZ as a safe-space for white supremacist thinking dressed up as 'equality'. It's colonialism 101, being implemented by US imperial interests.
It's disgusting and dangerously regressive.
It's disgusting and dangerously regressive.
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“How Billionaire Jim Grenon’s Litigation Gambit Exposes the Corruption of New Zealand’s Media Democracy” - 19 December 2025
open.substack.com/pub/themaori...
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“How Billionaire Jim Grenon’s Litigation Gambit Exposes the Corruption of New Zealand’s Media Democracy” - 19 December 2025
HIDDEN WEAPONRY
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December 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
“How Billionaire Jim Grenon’s Litigation Gambit Exposes the Corruption of New Zealand’s Media Democracy” - 19 December 2025
open.substack.com/pub/themaori...
open.substack.com/pub/themaori...
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PRESS RELEASE:
The Luxon government rushes through a major rollback of environmental protections in and around wetlands and other precious areas.
#nzpol #climatecrisis
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
The Luxon government rushes through a major rollback of environmental protections in and around wetlands and other precious areas.
#nzpol #climatecrisis
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
Mining rules rolled back - wetlands and biodiversity hotspots in the firing line
The Government has rolled back environmental protections, clearing the way for mining in and around wetlands, significant natural areas, and highly productive soils.
www.greenpeace.org
December 18, 2025 at 1:10 AM
PRESS RELEASE:
The Luxon government rushes through a major rollback of environmental protections in and around wetlands and other precious areas.
#nzpol #climatecrisis
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
The Luxon government rushes through a major rollback of environmental protections in and around wetlands and other precious areas.
#nzpol #climatecrisis
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
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There’s a direct line from ‘just asking questions about women’s sports’ to criminalizing our health care, we warned you it was coming, you said it would be fine and you just had a few more questions.
December 18, 2025 at 4:25 AM
There’s a direct line from ‘just asking questions about women’s sports’ to criminalizing our health care, we warned you it was coming, you said it would be fine and you just had a few more questions.
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It's even worse because this was a settlement paid by Masterton Council because of a fuck up so Masterton ratepayers have shouldered this financial burden and are still stuck with the substandard hospital
December 17, 2025 at 9:34 AM
It's even worse because this was a settlement paid by Masterton Council because of a fuck up so Masterton ratepayers have shouldered this financial burden and are still stuck with the substandard hospital
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The real ~politics of envy~ is the right telling people they should feel hard done by when other people's lives get better. Your value is based on how many other human beings you're standing on top of. It's inhuman and unnatural thinking which is why they have to push it so hard
Absolutely fuck all the way off with this shit. What a ghoulish thing to say.
December 17, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The real ~politics of envy~ is the right telling people they should feel hard done by when other people's lives get better. Your value is based on how many other human beings you're standing on top of. It's inhuman and unnatural thinking which is why they have to push it so hard
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You're not meant to SAY the "we have to keep the lowest paid poor so everyone else knows they're better than them"
Absolutely fuck all the way off with this shit. What a ghoulish thing to say.
December 17, 2025 at 4:01 AM
You're not meant to SAY the "we have to keep the lowest paid poor so everyone else knows they're better than them"
Longish read, but worthwhile:
@maorigreenlantern.bsky.social
themaorigreenlantern.substack.com/p/the-demago...
@maorigreenlantern.bsky.social
themaorigreenlantern.substack.com/p/the-demago...
“The Demagogue Who Cried Demagogue: David Seymour’s Textbook Projection” - 17 december 2025
Paywalled Article
themaorigreenlantern.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Longish read, but worthwhile:
@maorigreenlantern.bsky.social
themaorigreenlantern.substack.com/p/the-demago...
@maorigreenlantern.bsky.social
themaorigreenlantern.substack.com/p/the-demago...
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BREAKING: The High Court of New Zealand has granted PATHA’s application for interim relief, declaring that the Crown should not take any steps to enforce the incoming ban on new prescriptions of puberty blockers to transgender children and young people. More to come:
www.courtsofnz.govt.nz
December 16, 2025 at 10:20 PM
BREAKING: The High Court of New Zealand has granted PATHA’s application for interim relief, declaring that the Crown should not take any steps to enforce the incoming ban on new prescriptions of puberty blockers to transgender children and young people. More to come:
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Wrote something a bit longer - is still rather unfiltered and ranty - about the proposed changes to the Total Mobility scheme for disabled persons.
It's still a sh*tty proposal and now I go into this in more detail in the post:
open.substack.com/pub/drbex/p/...
It's still a sh*tty proposal and now I go into this in more detail in the post:
open.substack.com/pub/drbex/p/...
December 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Wrote something a bit longer - is still rather unfiltered and ranty - about the proposed changes to the Total Mobility scheme for disabled persons.
It's still a sh*tty proposal and now I go into this in more detail in the post:
open.substack.com/pub/drbex/p/...
It's still a sh*tty proposal and now I go into this in more detail in the post:
open.substack.com/pub/drbex/p/...
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bring it Rimmer! if you think the country responded overwhelming negatively toward your divisive hatred last time, try it again and see what happens you bell-end!
#nzpol
#nzpol
December 16, 2025 at 3:18 AM
bring it Rimmer! if you think the country responded overwhelming negatively toward your divisive hatred last time, try it again and see what happens you bell-end!
#nzpol
#nzpol
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How Netanyahu Turned Antisemitism Into a Political Weapon
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How Netanyahu Turned Antisemitism Into a Political Weapon
12.15.2025
open.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:08 AM
How Netanyahu Turned Antisemitism Into a Political Weapon
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A bystander seen in a widely circulated video disarming a gunman during a deadly shooting rampage at a popular Australian beach is being heralded as a hero who saved lives.
Bystander shown in videos disarming gunman during Australian beach shooting commended for bravery
A bystander seen in a widely circulated video disarming a gunman during a deadly shooting rampage at a popular Australian beach is being heralded as a hero who saved lives.
bit.ly
December 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Not only are LLMs speedrunning a post-truth world where actual heroes who stop violent crimes get erased, but they have already contributed to convincing people to commit violent crimes.
Love yourself too much to let yourself be poisoned.
Love yourself too much to let yourself be poisoned.
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Not only are LLMs speedrunning a post-truth world where actual heroes who stop violent crimes get erased, but they have already contributed to convincing people to commit violent crimes.
Love yourself too much to let yourself be poisoned.
Love yourself too much to let yourself be poisoned.
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December 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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If you're wondering why Julian Batchelor is so against Māori sovereignty, it's because he's still bitter about Keyan Sovereignty #nzpol
E.g. I found out Julian Batchelor's family moved to Kenya in the middle of the Mau Mau rebellion, with a relative of Batchelor (likely his uncle) being part of the Royal Army Ordinance Corps whose job was to help snuff out the rebellion and Julian's family fled to NZ after Kenya gained independence.
December 14, 2025 at 4:05 AM
If you're wondering why Julian Batchelor is so against Māori sovereignty, it's because he's still bitter about Keyan Sovereignty #nzpol
Got a minute?
All wrong doors.
December 11, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Got a minute?
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Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.