Greville Whittle
@greville.bsky.social
Lefty, bit of a geek, and boring dad. Lives in Kirikiriroa. He/Him.
A few, only sporadically updated, pages about ttrpgs and other stuff:
https://grevsspace.wordpress.com/
🇵🇸Free Palestine! End the genocide! 🇵🇸
🏳️⚧️Trans rights are human rights!🏳️⚧️
A few, only sporadically updated, pages about ttrpgs and other stuff:
https://grevsspace.wordpress.com/
🇵🇸Free Palestine! End the genocide! 🇵🇸
🏳️⚧️Trans rights are human rights!🏳️⚧️
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Yet another business owner yelling at folk to buy local NZ goods this Christmas and "get off bloody Temu!", without acknowledgement that a lot of folk can't afford local thanks to the govt tanking the economy and too many not paying a living wage.
December 9, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Yet another business owner yelling at folk to buy local NZ goods this Christmas and "get off bloody Temu!", without acknowledgement that a lot of folk can't afford local thanks to the govt tanking the economy and too many not paying a living wage.
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So tempting to focus on the garishness and comic villain personas but ACT is a long term targeted project on behalf of a sect of NZ’s wealthy families, corporate beneficiaries and Mont Pelerin ‘pilled’ ideologues. Their relationship with National is emergent but very much part of the strategy.
I really think a lot of centre-left Labour-supporting people, if they truly want to change the government *and* get genuine progressive/left policies over the line, need to brush up on the history of the ACT Party
I'm quite serious
I'm quite serious
December 9, 2025 at 5:51 AM
So tempting to focus on the garishness and comic villain personas but ACT is a long term targeted project on behalf of a sect of NZ’s wealthy families, corporate beneficiaries and Mont Pelerin ‘pilled’ ideologues. Their relationship with National is emergent but very much part of the strategy.
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BONKERS!
The Luxon Govt’s rewrite of the RMA laws allows companies to claim financial compensation (from taxpayers) when councils introduce rules to limit pollution or protect the environment.
Let that sink in.
#NZPOL
The Luxon Govt’s rewrite of the RMA laws allows companies to claim financial compensation (from taxpayers) when councils introduce rules to limit pollution or protect the environment.
Let that sink in.
#NZPOL
December 9, 2025 at 4:36 AM
BONKERS!
The Luxon Govt’s rewrite of the RMA laws allows companies to claim financial compensation (from taxpayers) when councils introduce rules to limit pollution or protect the environment.
Let that sink in.
#NZPOL
The Luxon Govt’s rewrite of the RMA laws allows companies to claim financial compensation (from taxpayers) when councils introduce rules to limit pollution or protect the environment.
Let that sink in.
#NZPOL
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Good 🧵 about the difference in the way National treats Act compared to how Labour treats its potential coalition partners.
#nzpol
#nzpol
I really think a lot of centre-left Labour-supporting people, if they truly want to change the government *and* get genuine progressive/left policies over the line, need to brush up on the history of the ACT Party
I'm quite serious
I'm quite serious
December 9, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Good 🧵 about the difference in the way National treats Act compared to how Labour treats its potential coalition partners.
#nzpol
#nzpol
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Has the opinion-haver ever tried to email anyone in France during July-August? Get in the sea mate.
I didn’t have NZ media vs the people of NZ on my Xmas news cycle list, but there you have it.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Why does New Zealand take such a long summer holiday break?
Explainer - Are our summer breaks too long - and how did they become a Kiwi institution?
www.rnz.co.nz
December 9, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Has the opinion-haver ever tried to email anyone in France during July-August? Get in the sea mate.
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If the project is really to move politics left by presenting a moderate message to get people on board THEN do progressive things (something I have literally been told by multiple Labour strategists), why would you keep drawing angry lines through any idea even *slightly* more radical than your own?
December 9, 2025 at 4:55 AM
If the project is really to move politics left by presenting a moderate message to get people on board THEN do progressive things (something I have literally been told by multiple Labour strategists), why would you keep drawing angry lines through any idea even *slightly* more radical than your own?
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ACT are far more extreme than National. They campaign for many things National would never implement (at least until the Luxon era). But National have always understood that having an ally to their [far] right normalises their ideology and gives them cover for more extreme policies
December 9, 2025 at 4:44 AM
ACT are far more extreme than National. They campaign for many things National would never implement (at least until the Luxon era). But National have always understood that having an ally to their [far] right normalises their ideology and gives them cover for more extreme policies
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I really think a lot of centre-left Labour-supporting people, if they truly want to change the government *and* get genuine progressive/left policies over the line, need to brush up on the history of the ACT Party
I'm quite serious
I'm quite serious
December 9, 2025 at 4:41 AM
I really think a lot of centre-left Labour-supporting people, if they truly want to change the government *and* get genuine progressive/left policies over the line, need to brush up on the history of the ACT Party
I'm quite serious
I'm quite serious
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If Hipkins/Labour have a plan in the background, as we keep being assured, it's going to need to be pretty fucking spectacular to undermine the perceived faffing, capitulation, and standing for next to fuck all that they've shown us so far.
December 9, 2025 at 3:11 AM
If Hipkins/Labour have a plan in the background, as we keep being assured, it's going to need to be pretty fucking spectacular to undermine the perceived faffing, capitulation, and standing for next to fuck all that they've shown us so far.
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Former #NZpolice Assistant Commissioner Basham breaks silence after scathing police report ... to say "I've hired a lawyer and will not be making any further comment at this time"
Not much of a story RNZ!
#NZpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Not much of a story RNZ!
#NZpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Former Assistant Commissioner breaks silence after scathing police report
Paul Basham is one of three staff the IPCA report recommended employment investigations into.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 9, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Former #NZpolice Assistant Commissioner Basham breaks silence after scathing police report ... to say "I've hired a lawyer and will not be making any further comment at this time"
Not much of a story RNZ!
#NZpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Not much of a story RNZ!
#NZpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Meanwhile if Chippy isn't calling for Mitchell's resignation like a proper leader of the opposition, he's either weak as piss or guilty of something #nzpol
December 9, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Meanwhile if Chippy isn't calling for Mitchell's resignation like a proper leader of the opposition, he's either weak as piss or guilty of something #nzpol
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It’s not okay.
Given the deliberate erosion of norms over the last couple of years, and normalised behaviour which absolutely helps inform our wider culture, it’s more important than ever to say this out loud.
Thanks to those who refuse to normalise it - and to dissent out loud on behalf of others.
Given the deliberate erosion of norms over the last couple of years, and normalised behaviour which absolutely helps inform our wider culture, it’s more important than ever to say this out loud.
Thanks to those who refuse to normalise it - and to dissent out loud on behalf of others.
Proud to stand with Louisa Wall, Marama Davidson, Rawiri Waititi and Green MPs as we delivered a 30k strong petition calling on the PM to bring his ministers into line. Whether it’s Seymour calling academics “deranged,” or Peters taking cheap shots at anyone who disagrees with him, it’s not ok.
December 9, 2025 at 3:52 AM
It’s not okay.
Given the deliberate erosion of norms over the last couple of years, and normalised behaviour which absolutely helps inform our wider culture, it’s more important than ever to say this out loud.
Thanks to those who refuse to normalise it - and to dissent out loud on behalf of others.
Given the deliberate erosion of norms over the last couple of years, and normalised behaviour which absolutely helps inform our wider culture, it’s more important than ever to say this out loud.
Thanks to those who refuse to normalise it - and to dissent out loud on behalf of others.
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It's funny how obviously anti-worker 'you should take leave less often for the sake of the economy' is. Turns out people going on holiday and doing recreational activities is actually kinda important to large parts of our service economy aside from any issues of dignity and ethical behaviour
December 9, 2025 at 3:41 AM
It's funny how obviously anti-worker 'you should take leave less often for the sake of the economy' is. Turns out people going on holiday and doing recreational activities is actually kinda important to large parts of our service economy aside from any issues of dignity and ethical behaviour
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"at least I'm not as horrible as Ruth Richardson" has got to be the faintest praise anyone has ever been damned with
Nicola Willis going thermonuclear on Ruth Richardson and TPU's upcoming campaign against her.
She says she wants Ruth Richardson to stop "lurking in the shadows with secretly funded ads in the paper" and debate her directly on her "tolerance for human misery".
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
She says she wants Ruth Richardson to stop "lurking in the shadows with secretly funded ads in the paper" and debate her directly on her "tolerance for human misery".
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Nicola Willis challenges Ruth Richardson to debate on ‘tolerance for human misery’
The Finance Minister hits back at her National Party predecessor - but Richardson is not interested in “pistols at dawn”.
www.thepost.co.nz
December 9, 2025 at 3:50 AM
"at least I'm not as horrible as Ruth Richardson" has got to be the faintest praise anyone has ever been damned with
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I haz reckons ...
Judge deciding whether Papatoetoe will face rare by-election
An Auckland District Court judge has reserved his decision on whether alleged voting irregularities in Papatoetoe's local board election are serious enough to trigger a by-election.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 9, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I haz reckons ...
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This is what banning under-16s from social media looks like for EVERYONE
December 9, 2025 at 3:26 AM
This is what banning under-16s from social media looks like for EVERYONE
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There's something really weird going on with this McSkimming stuff. Nats and Labour all trying to sweep it under the carpet.
December 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
There's something really weird going on with this McSkimming stuff. Nats and Labour all trying to sweep it under the carpet.
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whenever some judge outside their circle of complete freaks looks at a case it’s like “hey wtf”
December 9, 2025 at 12:32 AM
whenever some judge outside their circle of complete freaks looks at a case it’s like “hey wtf”
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It’s a pretty bleak time to be trans, but the recent batch of court cases all coming down against TERFS has given me some small sparks of hope
December 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
It’s a pretty bleak time to be trans, but the recent batch of court cases all coming down against TERFS has given me some small sparks of hope
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Every new thing I learn about how Thiel spends his money makes me loathe him more. We need to cancel his NZ Citizenship stat!
December 8, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Every new thing I learn about how Thiel spends his money makes me loathe him more. We need to cancel his NZ Citizenship stat!
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I realised a couple of years ago that she'd taken on "the look" of one but had no idea that she was all god-botherer with it.
Hard to believe she's the "I'm just a girl" Gwen Stefani.
Hard to believe she's the "I'm just a girl" Gwen Stefani.
December 9, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I realised a couple of years ago that she'd taken on "the look" of one but had no idea that she was all god-botherer with it.
Hard to believe she's the "I'm just a girl" Gwen Stefani.
Hard to believe she's the "I'm just a girl" Gwen Stefani.
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“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said
Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic
THE ARCTIC CIRCLE—With a vow to destroy the abomination she had created if it was the last thing she ever did, television host Oprah Winfrey has spent weeks on a ship pursuing Dr. Phil through the Arc...
theonion.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said
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We're just backwards
Behind on solar, EVs, still installing gas heating and cooking still buying more and more diesel and petrol, importing more coal
Like its still the 20th century
Behind on solar, EVs, still installing gas heating and cooking still buying more and more diesel and petrol, importing more coal
Like its still the 20th century
Australia has had solar subsidies for so long that some of my Aussie colleagues are eligible for a second round of upgrades because it's been ten years.
NZ meanwhile, we can't have nice things. It might upset the status quo.
NZ meanwhile, we can't have nice things. It might upset the status quo.
December 9, 2025 at 12:59 AM
We're just backwards
Behind on solar, EVs, still installing gas heating and cooking still buying more and more diesel and petrol, importing more coal
Like its still the 20th century
Behind on solar, EVs, still installing gas heating and cooking still buying more and more diesel and petrol, importing more coal
Like its still the 20th century
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Even if there isn't anything dodgy going on*, why the fuck wouldn't you support an inquiry for the purposes of flushing out systemic issues and rebuilding trust and confidence?
*yeah fucking right.
*yeah fucking right.
There's something really weird going on with this McSkimming stuff. Nats and Labour all trying to sweep it under the carpet.
December 9, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Even if there isn't anything dodgy going on*, why the fuck wouldn't you support an inquiry for the purposes of flushing out systemic issues and rebuilding trust and confidence?
*yeah fucking right.
*yeah fucking right.
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Is it really too much to ask for that these "tough on crime" politicians give even a fraction of a shit about the victims of sexual assault.
Fucking compare and contrast with the support given to retail crime grifter Sunny Kaushal.
Fucking compare and contrast with the support given to retail crime grifter Sunny Kaushal.
December 9, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Is it really too much to ask for that these "tough on crime" politicians give even a fraction of a shit about the victims of sexual assault.
Fucking compare and contrast with the support given to retail crime grifter Sunny Kaushal.
Fucking compare and contrast with the support given to retail crime grifter Sunny Kaushal.