Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by kyle

David Clegg @delphijunkie.bsky.social · 6h

Labour have committed to repealing this within the first 100 days.

Imagine having such an unpopular piece of legislation, be trending downwards in the polls, with a leader uniformly disliked by voters, and STILL letting Seymour coerce you into ramming this through? #nzpol

Duncan Webb MP @duncanwebbmp.bsky.social · 7h

The select committee report on the Regulatory Standards Bill is in.
📝166,000 submissions.
❌98.7% opposed.
Yet National are going to continue supporting it.
🗣New Zealand could not have been louder, but Luxon still isn’t listening.

Regulatory Standards Bill:
Select Committee Report:
166,000 submission total
0.7% supported
0.6% unclear
98.7% opposed

AUTHORISED BY DUNCAN WEBB MP, PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS WELLINGTON

1 15 45

Reposted by kyle

Duncan Webb MP @duncanwebbmp.bsky.social · 6h

We will repeal it in the first 100 days.

5 18 100

Reposted by kyle

Sarah Chambers @sarahpolo10.bsky.social · 8h

Hey, hey it's Monday that great day of the week where we celebrate all the small to big wins with everything in between. Mine is business has been a bit rough over the past year but being at my pool the last week people have taken the time to give me nice feedback. What's yours?

8 3 32

Reposted by kyle

flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 9h

Cards on the table: I assume we’re about two years max from a collapse of the Soviet Union-level realignment, because every year since 2008 has been worse and more insane than the one that preceded it, and we have to hit rock bottom eventually.

2 3 26

Reposted by kyle

Julie Blommaert @drjulieb.bsky.social · 12h

Imagine running a country and thinking unions and workers are different things

What a fucking ignoramus

Luxon told Morning Report the disruption is a shame and he believes workers want to reach a pay deal.
"It's a shame, really. I think people are getting sick of unions prioritising the politics over patients, or kids in education and parents being mucked around," he said.

8 26 110

Reposted by kyle

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11h

Green party reaches 100,000 members for first time after Polanski becomes leader

Green party in England and Wales has had near-50% rise in membership since Zack Polanski took over last month The Greens in England and Wales have more than 100,000 members for the first time, the party has announced, a near-50% rise since Zack Polanski took over as leader last month. It puts them on a potential course to overtake the Conservatives and comes little more than a week after the Greens announced they had moved past the Liberal Democrats in membership numbers, getting to 83,500. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

12 82 310

Reposted by kyle

Nandor Tanczos @nandortanczos.bsky.social · 1d

MĀORI WARDS
40% of areas chose to keep Māori wards. Some by a wide margin.

A better result than I expected, given the demographics and embedded racism in our country.

In areas that lost, I'd love to know whether the numbers have improved since any previous referendum.

Aotearoa on the move.

6 17 62

Reposted by kyle

Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 6d

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

4 980 3.1K

Reposted by kyle

Cam Bennett @cambennett.bsky.social · 15h

I feel like I misunderstood what they meant by back on track

12 44 150

Reposted by kyle

Jason Adams @jamnpp.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.

260 3.4K 14K

Reposted by kyle

Hugh Dingwall @objectivereality.bsky.social · 1d

Kia ora New Zealand friends, do I know anyone with lived experience of chronic illness or disability who'd be up to talk to my wife about it on a podcast? The talk would be ~10 minutes (but allow 30 for general chat) pre-recorded via Zoom, and she'll send you a copy post-edit for approval.

3 8 11

Reposted by kyle

Spiderweb Software @spiderwebsoftware.bsky.social · 14h

The demo of Avernum 4: Greed and Glory is out! For Steam Next Fest, you can play the next chapter of our cult classic indie rpg epic. The underworld awaits. Full game out Oct. 22!

Get the demo for Windows and Mac here, and wishlists are a big help ...

store.steampowered.com/app/3882020/...

Avernum 4: Greed and Glory on Steam

The cult-classic saga is back! Battle for fame, power, and wealth in the subterranean nation of Avernum. Conquer an enormous underworld in this epic turn-based fantasy RPG. Features huge, clever dunge...

store.steampowered.com

1 2 8

kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 1d

If there's one thing fascist governments and businessmen of the past have enjoyed it's a bit of meth. I wonder if the usage is being boosted by the people who can easily afford regular use and it's hand in hand with the escalation of far-right rhetoric and radicalisation of the capital class

FookyFBSandcat @funkypuffin56.bsky.social · 1d

Drugs in New Zealand are 15 times more expensive than they are in North America so we are now seeing international drug cartels come into the Pacific – including Australia and New Zealand – because the pricing is very attractive,” Luxon said.
#GrowthGrowthGrowth /s

www.1news.co.nz/2025/03/29/g...

Gangs making large profits amid 'bizarre' increase in meth use

New Zealand’s meth consumption rose from 732kg in 2023 to 1434kg in 2024.

www.1news.co.nz

3 4 12

Reposted by kyle

Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 1d

Just want to note that the local paper in Wellington spent an entire term of council proactively and in many cases irrationally campaigning against any urbanist initiatives whatsoever and the result has been a mayor perhaps slower on it but not opposed & a council table substantially more urbanist.

14 99

Reposted by kyle

Ryan @boynamedshit.bsky.social · 1d

The center right is just gone they don’t exist anymore

Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 1d

Mind blowing.

The Luxon Government has confirmed it will rewrite NZ’s once bipartisan climate change law to dilute methane reduction targets and PERMANENTLY exclude dairy from the Emissions Trading Scheme – a move Greenpeace says amounts to full-blown climate denial.
#nzpol

2 8 17

Reposted by kyle

Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 1d

Mind blowing.

The Luxon Government has confirmed it will rewrite NZ’s once bipartisan climate change law to dilute methane reduction targets and PERMANENTLY exclude dairy from the Emissions Trading Scheme – a move Greenpeace says amounts to full-blown climate denial.
#nzpol

15 110 210

kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 1d

Mick Hall on the Nobel Peace Prize - again the best critical analysis you'll find

mickhall.substack.com/p/nobel-priz...

Nobel Prize dovetails with US war plans

Venezuelan Far Right opposition leader given Nobel Peace Prize as the US builds up its naval attack forces in the Caribbean.

mickhall.substack.com

2 11 18

Reposted by kyle

Allison @m-e.allison683etc.servegame.com · 1d

I could tell this Video was AI before I even noticed the hand but we are all at risk of accidentally in the heat of the moment posting AI fakes. We should all be prepared to own these mistakes and also to be kind to each other about it.

Cohen is a Ghost @skullmandible.bsky.social · 1d

"even if it's AI, it's at least true" hard to overstate the damage this stuff is doing to people's brains. we're gonna be cleaning the slop out of archives for decades

1 3 9

Reposted by kyle

SeroRPG @serorpg.com · 2d

We have 491 titles on the #SoloRPG List and it's only been one week, baby! Go and check them out!

SoloRPGList @solorpglist.com · 2d

It's our 2nd week in existence! Big thanks if you submitted Solo and Duet #TTRPGs, joined the mailing list or spread the word.
Did you notice the themed showcase on the front page of our site? It changes weekly and is Halloween flavoured! Check it out solorpglist.com

#soloTTRPG #TTRPGsky #GMless

Solo RPG List - Find Solo and Duet TTRPGs

Discover amazing solo and duet tabletop role-playing games that can be played with—or without—dice, tarot cards, playing cards, pen and paper, etc.

solorpglist.com

1 18 30

Reposted by kyle

Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 2d

Honestly has there ever been an election result more worthy of the adjective "uninspiring"

2 4 45

Reposted by kyle

Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 2d

Well fuck - Selwyn has elected a majority of Council with links to VFF, Act, and Trump fans. Maybe put that on the no fly list for the next three years

6 8 40

Reposted by kyle

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 2d

is this what people on the right side of history say

9 140 440

kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 2d

There are these very specific details he mentions, the plywood stuff in this case, which just seem to indicate to me he’s fixating on something he’s seen in his briefings

4

kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 2d

Questions about mental state aside, every time he discusses this I become that much more convinced that is handlers have media-gated him and are feeding a diet of AI generated civil war propaganda

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

2 1 12

kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 2d

Given the electoral interference over this, the media taking the side of bigots AND failures by the election company, this is very heartening

Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 2d

Lower Hutt:

I VOTE TO KEEP THE MĀORI WARD / 14,816

I VOTE TO REMOVE THE MĀORI WARD / 9,279

Yessss

thespinoff.co.nz/politics/11-...

2 21