Byron C Clark
@byroncclark.bsky.social
Author of 'Fear: New Zealand's Hostile Underworld of Extremists, but I seem to mostly post about movies
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Why hasn’t Luxon gone to COP 30?
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New Zealand’s adoption of a 'no additional warming' target, rather than pursuing more ambitious reductions, was "an embarrassing and humiliating capture by industry". Says a climate expert at #COP30 in Brazil.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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New Zealand’s adoption of a 'no additional warming' target, rather than pursuing more ambitious reductions, was "an embarrassing and humiliating capture by industry". Says a climate expert at #COP30 in Brazil.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
'Embarrassing’: International climate expert at COP30 scorns NZ’s methane target
A veteran climate scientist says it's "unbelievable" that New Zealand has gone to the annual climate summit with a weaker target as global temperatures continue to rise.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 14, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Why hasn’t Luxon gone to COP 30?
Oh..
New Zealand’s adoption of a 'no additional warming' target, rather than pursuing more ambitious reductions, was "an embarrassing and humiliating capture by industry". Says a climate expert at #COP30 in Brazil.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Oh..
New Zealand’s adoption of a 'no additional warming' target, rather than pursuing more ambitious reductions, was "an embarrassing and humiliating capture by industry". Says a climate expert at #COP30 in Brazil.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
No country should have a 'population problem' when there are 123.3 million forcibly displaced people in the world, 40% of whom are children
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/how...
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/how...
How to solve New Zealand’s population problem – Michael Johnston - NZ Herald
OPINION: New Zealand's fertility rate has fallen to 1.6, well below replacement level.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
No country should have a 'population problem' when there are 123.3 million forcibly displaced people in the world, 40% of whom are children
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/how...
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/how...
I went and saw 'Predator: Badlands' the "Yautja are people too" entry in the franchise
(I joke, but it is interesting to see another example of sci-fi/fantasy grabbling with the modern understanding that assigning inherent negative traits to a 'race' is kinda iffy even in fiction)
(I joke, but it is interesting to see another example of sci-fi/fantasy grabbling with the modern understanding that assigning inherent negative traits to a 'race' is kinda iffy even in fiction)
November 13, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I went and saw 'Predator: Badlands' the "Yautja are people too" entry in the franchise
(I joke, but it is interesting to see another example of sci-fi/fantasy grabbling with the modern understanding that assigning inherent negative traits to a 'race' is kinda iffy even in fiction)
(I joke, but it is interesting to see another example of sci-fi/fantasy grabbling with the modern understanding that assigning inherent negative traits to a 'race' is kinda iffy even in fiction)
Tonight's watch is the Indian crime drama Raees
November 12, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Tonight's watch is the Indian crime drama Raees
There's an Hbomber guy video essay where he talks about how in the dystopian future of THX 1138 people purchase moulded shapes of plastic just to experience the joy of buying something, and he quips "George Lucas predicted Funko Pops"
I think about that a lot
kotaku.com/funko-pop-st...
I think about that a lot
kotaku.com/funko-pop-st...
Funko Pop Sounds Like It's In Serious Trouble With Massive Debt
The collectibles company is crashing out
kotaku.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:48 PM
There's an Hbomber guy video essay where he talks about how in the dystopian future of THX 1138 people purchase moulded shapes of plastic just to experience the joy of buying something, and he quips "George Lucas predicted Funko Pops"
I think about that a lot
kotaku.com/funko-pop-st...
I think about that a lot
kotaku.com/funko-pop-st...
What Ōtautahi has lacked since the earthquakes is boarding houses, I feel like it wouldn't take many to be able to actually end homelessness in the city
www.odt.co.nz/star-news/st...
www.odt.co.nz/star-news/st...
Not enough houses for rough sleepers in Chch | Star News
Christchurch Methodist Mission's executive director says her organisation already has about 100 people on its Housing First waitlist - and the...
www.odt.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
What Ōtautahi has lacked since the earthquakes is boarding houses, I feel like it wouldn't take many to be able to actually end homelessness in the city
www.odt.co.nz/star-news/st...
www.odt.co.nz/star-news/st...
Christchurch's playground elephant: demure, unassuming, shaped like a friend
Oamaru's playground elephant: ready for the next Punic war
Oamaru's playground elephant: ready for the next Punic war
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Christchurch's playground elephant: demure, unassuming, shaped like a friend
Oamaru's playground elephant: ready for the next Punic war
Oamaru's playground elephant: ready for the next Punic war
🎄 Christmas is only 50 days away, consider giving the gift of anti-fascist journalism this holiday season
Linking to fishpond as they currently have the best price (under $30)
www.fishpond.co.nz/Books/Fear-B...
Linking to fishpond as they currently have the best price (under $30)
www.fishpond.co.nz/Books/Fear-B...
Fear, Byron Clark - Shop Online for Books in New Zealand
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November 10, 2025 at 11:21 PM
🎄 Christmas is only 50 days away, consider giving the gift of anti-fascist journalism this holiday season
Linking to fishpond as they currently have the best price (under $30)
www.fishpond.co.nz/Books/Fear-B...
Linking to fishpond as they currently have the best price (under $30)
www.fishpond.co.nz/Books/Fear-B...
On my way to Dunedin, counting cooker adjacent signage on state highway 1
Qanon: 1 (hand painted 'WWG1WGA' sign)
Groundswell: 1 (a "The Paris Agreement is Destroying Us" billboard)
Qanon: 1 (hand painted 'WWG1WGA' sign)
Groundswell: 1 (a "The Paris Agreement is Destroying Us" billboard)
November 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
On my way to Dunedin, counting cooker adjacent signage on state highway 1
Qanon: 1 (hand painted 'WWG1WGA' sign)
Groundswell: 1 (a "The Paris Agreement is Destroying Us" billboard)
Qanon: 1 (hand painted 'WWG1WGA' sign)
Groundswell: 1 (a "The Paris Agreement is Destroying Us" billboard)
I watched a clip of Brian Tamaki speaking at the Free Speech Unin AGM, some of the audience appaulded when he called for banning the burka, banning halal, and banning foreign religions.
At the Free Speech meeting. The meeting for people who support Free Speech.
At the Free Speech meeting. The meeting for people who support Free Speech.
November 10, 2025 at 6:08 AM
I watched a clip of Brian Tamaki speaking at the Free Speech Unin AGM, some of the audience appaulded when he called for banning the burka, banning halal, and banning foreign religions.
At the Free Speech meeting. The meeting for people who support Free Speech.
At the Free Speech meeting. The meeting for people who support Free Speech.
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
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In NSW, white supremacist neo-nazis are allowed to run free with their hate, racism and anti-semitism, while those standing up for justice for Palestine are relentlessly attacked, policed and vilified.
Shame on the Minns Labor government.
Shame on the Minns Labor government.
Police allowed Nazi rally outside NSW parliament
More than 60 people attended Saturday morning’s rally after notifying police more than a week ago. The police commissioner said he had no idea it was going to happen.
www.smh.com.au
November 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
In NSW, white supremacist neo-nazis are allowed to run free with their hate, racism and anti-semitism, while those standing up for justice for Palestine are relentlessly attacked, policed and vilified.
Shame on the Minns Labor government.
Shame on the Minns Labor government.
I know linear TV is a sunset industry, but I think Duke bringing in a Sci-fi Saturday line up (like TV4 at the turn of the century) would be a smart idea
(Currently the Saturday line up is four back to back episodes of Love Island Australia)
(Currently the Saturday line up is four back to back episodes of Love Island Australia)
November 8, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I know linear TV is a sunset industry, but I think Duke bringing in a Sci-fi Saturday line up (like TV4 at the turn of the century) would be a smart idea
(Currently the Saturday line up is four back to back episodes of Love Island Australia)
(Currently the Saturday line up is four back to back episodes of Love Island Australia)
Karaoke has just began at a party I'm at so I'm now playing a game of bingo using this as my card
November 8, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Karaoke has just began at a party I'm at so I'm now playing a game of bingo using this as my card
Share this to scare Brian Tamaki
November 8, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Share this to scare Brian Tamaki
"Extremist forces peddle untruths to obtain electoral gains and imprison future generations in an outdated model that perpetuates social and economic disparities and environmental degradation."
www.gov.br/planalto/en/...
www.gov.br/planalto/en/...
November 8, 2025 at 3:53 AM
"Extremist forces peddle untruths to obtain electoral gains and imprison future generations in an outdated model that perpetuates social and economic disparities and environmental degradation."
www.gov.br/planalto/en/...
www.gov.br/planalto/en/...
It might just be because I'm now studying media and communications and everything looks like a nail to this fancy new hammer, but I really hope someone is academically studying the social media accounts of US govt departments, I feel like critical discourse analysis was made for this moment
It would be impossible to overstate how deranged and fascistic the US government’s social media accounts have become. Protect “the west” against Spanish speaking Catholics?
November 8, 2025 at 3:26 AM
It might just be because I'm now studying media and communications and everything looks like a nail to this fancy new hammer, but I really hope someone is academically studying the social media accounts of US govt departments, I feel like critical discourse analysis was made for this moment
Reposted by Byron C Clark
For some reason the media is not mentioning that the reason GTA6 is being delayed is they fired 40 staff over threats of unionization and now the rest of their staff are revolting
November 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
For some reason the media is not mentioning that the reason GTA6 is being delayed is they fired 40 staff over threats of unionization and now the rest of their staff are revolting
As typical for the FSU, the speakers are a mix of transphobes, Christian Nationalists, and other unpleasant people
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
November 7, 2025 at 10:16 AM
As typical for the FSU, the speakers are a mix of transphobes, Christian Nationalists, and other unpleasant people
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
Are Americans calling Mamdani a hypocrite for being such a fine dresser or is it a particularly New Zealand thing to expect any self identified socialist to dress like they spend 12 hours a day down a mine?
November 7, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Are Americans calling Mamdani a hypocrite for being such a fine dresser or is it a particularly New Zealand thing to expect any self identified socialist to dress like they spend 12 hours a day down a mine?
“We’re seeing a velocity of killing that can only be compared to the Rwandan genocide,” Yale lab executive director Nathaniel Raymond told CNN this week, saying sources had told his lab that thousands of people were dead.
www.smh.com.au/world/africa...
www.smh.com.au/world/africa...
El Fasher massacre: Satellite images suggest mass burials after RSF seize Sudanese city
The first satellite pictures showed pools of blood on the sand and clusters of bodies. The latest suggest the next step of a large-scale massacre is under way.
www.smh.com.au
November 6, 2025 at 11:54 AM
“We’re seeing a velocity of killing that can only be compared to the Rwandan genocide,” Yale lab executive director Nathaniel Raymond told CNN this week, saying sources had told his lab that thousands of people were dead.
www.smh.com.au/world/africa...
www.smh.com.au/world/africa...
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We're having our next @darktimesacademy.bsky.social Reading Room discussion group this weekend! Friday evening if you're in the USA. The registration form is in the link in the quoted thread. It's a safe third space for people to talk about what we're reading!
More info on the time and date here:
More info on the time and date here:
November 6, 2025 at 6:57 AM
We're having our next @darktimesacademy.bsky.social Reading Room discussion group this weekend! Friday evening if you're in the USA. The registration form is in the link in the quoted thread. It's a safe third space for people to talk about what we're reading!
More info on the time and date here:
More info on the time and date here:
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Head in hands wondering how this could happen to me, the popular president who posted a video of myself shitting on everyone 2 weeks ago
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Head in hands wondering how this could happen to me, the popular president who posted a video of myself shitting on everyone 2 weeks ago