Jen Longshaw
@jenlongshaw.bsky.social
Romani artist/writer living in rural New Zealand. Was once called a "CNN Communist" and "full of shit". Prone to sarcasm.
Murder.
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Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
As two men clung to a stricken, burning ship targeted by SEAL Team 6, the Joint Special Ops commander followed the SEC Defense's order to leave no survivors.
By Alex Horton Ellen Nakashima wapo.st/49KbUJ1
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
As two men clung to a stricken, burning ship targeted by SEAL Team 6, the Joint Special Ops commander followed the SEC Defense's order to leave no survivors.
By Alex Horton Ellen Nakashima wapo.st/49KbUJ1
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
wapo.st
November 30, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Murder.
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Hernandez was sentenced to 45 years for trafficking cocaine to the United States. Instead of blowing up his boat, Trump is giving him a pardon.
Trump says he plans to pardon former Honduran President Hernandez for 2024 drug trafficking sentence
President Donald Trump said Friday that he will be pardoning former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who in 2024 was convicted for drug trafficking and weapons charges and sentenced to 45 ye...
apnews.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Hernandez was sentenced to 45 years for trafficking cocaine to the United States. Instead of blowing up his boat, Trump is giving him a pardon.
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Filed under: Black people.
November 30, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Filed under: Black people.
Part of my gift to my Secret Santa giftee is handmade and the other is bought. Sending on Wednesday. #SecretSantaAoNZ
November 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Part of my gift to my Secret Santa giftee is handmade and the other is bought. Sending on Wednesday. #SecretSantaAoNZ
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National's Local Water Done Well will come to be recognised as a generational cock-up. Simon Watts's vague claim that rates will not increase is farcically untrue. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
Revealed: Councils expected to foot a near $48 billion bill for Local Water Done Well
Officials estimate water service infrastructure will cost $47.9 billion to 2034.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
National's Local Water Done Well will come to be recognised as a generational cock-up. Simon Watts's vague claim that rates will not increase is farcically untrue. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
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Well, I’ve been made redundant. The literal mum and dad company I worked for, and loved working for, has had so little business recently that they’ve had to let go of a quarter of their staff.
This is a direct result of the government intentionally or incompetently crashing the economy.
This is a direct result of the government intentionally or incompetently crashing the economy.
November 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Well, I’ve been made redundant. The literal mum and dad company I worked for, and loved working for, has had so little business recently that they’ve had to let go of a quarter of their staff.
This is a direct result of the government intentionally or incompetently crashing the economy.
This is a direct result of the government intentionally or incompetently crashing the economy.
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If one ding-dong uses the R-word and you think it's ok to use the same slur to describe that ding-dong, you're no better than said ding-dong, ding-dong.
I simply cannot with this.
The r-word is a demoralizing slur that should NEVER be used as an insult. Trump did it yesterday and plenty of otherwise tolerant blue accounts jumped on board using it to describe Trump instead.
Take the pledge below to stop using the r-word. It is wholly unacceptable.
The r-word is a demoralizing slur that should NEVER be used as an insult. Trump did it yesterday and plenty of otherwise tolerant blue accounts jumped on board using it to describe Trump instead.
Take the pledge below to stop using the r-word. It is wholly unacceptable.
Spread the Word
www.specialolympics.org
November 28, 2025 at 10:41 PM
If one ding-dong uses the R-word and you think it's ok to use the same slur to describe that ding-dong, you're no better than said ding-dong, ding-dong.
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One of these creatures has a brain the size of a walnut.
The other is a bird.
The other is a bird.
November 27, 2025 at 3:14 AM
One of these creatures has a brain the size of a walnut.
The other is a bird.
The other is a bird.
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Even the initial strike appears to have hit targets that were not an imminent threat to vessel safety or public and that crosses a line everyone knows not to cross. Accountability matters. Also, just saw a report that Israeli troops killed people with their hands in the air. This has to stop.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Even the initial strike appears to have hit targets that were not an imminent threat to vessel safety or public and that crosses a line everyone knows not to cross. Accountability matters. Also, just saw a report that Israeli troops killed people with their hands in the air. This has to stop.
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Disgusting. US/Russia plan was about carving up Ukraine and joint business plans. This is what Ukrainian and Russian soldiers died for…so these greedy men could dictate the future. It is symbolic of all that is wrong with this world. www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Disgusting. US/Russia plan was about carving up Ukraine and joint business plans. This is what Ukrainian and Russian soldiers died for…so these greedy men could dictate the future. It is symbolic of all that is wrong with this world. www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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Just in last 48 hours:
-President pardons Honduran prez serving 45 years for conspiring to smuggle cocaine to US
-BUT ALSO on verge of war w/VZ based on unsupported claims its govt. is smuggling cocaine to US
-DefSec openly committing war crimes
-Trump envoy selling out Ukraine for deals with Russia
-President pardons Honduran prez serving 45 years for conspiring to smuggle cocaine to US
-BUT ALSO on verge of war w/VZ based on unsupported claims its govt. is smuggling cocaine to US
-DefSec openly committing war crimes
-Trump envoy selling out Ukraine for deals with Russia
November 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Just in last 48 hours:
-President pardons Honduran prez serving 45 years for conspiring to smuggle cocaine to US
-BUT ALSO on verge of war w/VZ based on unsupported claims its govt. is smuggling cocaine to US
-DefSec openly committing war crimes
-Trump envoy selling out Ukraine for deals with Russia
-President pardons Honduran prez serving 45 years for conspiring to smuggle cocaine to US
-BUT ALSO on verge of war w/VZ based on unsupported claims its govt. is smuggling cocaine to US
-DefSec openly committing war crimes
-Trump envoy selling out Ukraine for deals with Russia
I'd be interested if Americans are subjected to Black Friday month like we were here in New Zealand.
November 28, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I'd be interested if Americans are subjected to Black Friday month like we were here in New Zealand.
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Scoundrel Stephen Miller is not compatible with any form of civilization.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Scoundrel Stephen Miller is not compatible with any form of civilization.
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The suspect was granted asylum in April, this year. Trump was in fact the president (and likely golfing).
The suspect is only here because Trump made a deal with a terrorist organization to give them a country to terrorize and release 5,000 of their friends from prison.
The suspect is only here because Trump made a deal with a terrorist organization to give them a country to terrorize and release 5,000 of their friends from prison.
Crazy Nancy Mace: “This would never have happened with President Trump in The Oval Office.”
She’s right in a way, he was golfing instead. 🥴
She’s right in a way, he was golfing instead. 🥴
November 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The suspect was granted asylum in April, this year. Trump was in fact the president (and likely golfing).
The suspect is only here because Trump made a deal with a terrorist organization to give them a country to terrorize and release 5,000 of their friends from prison.
The suspect is only here because Trump made a deal with a terrorist organization to give them a country to terrorize and release 5,000 of their friends from prison.
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Donald Trump created this situation, entirely.
1. He pulled ALL our military forces out of Afghanistan and didn't even intend to hold Bagram (see his agreement with Taliban).
2. He unnecessarily deployed uniformed troops near White House when DC Civil Authority is capable of law enforcement.
1. He pulled ALL our military forces out of Afghanistan and didn't even intend to hold Bagram (see his agreement with Taliban).
2. He unnecessarily deployed uniformed troops near White House when DC Civil Authority is capable of law enforcement.
November 28, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Donald Trump created this situation, entirely.
1. He pulled ALL our military forces out of Afghanistan and didn't even intend to hold Bagram (see his agreement with Taliban).
2. He unnecessarily deployed uniformed troops near White House when DC Civil Authority is capable of law enforcement.
1. He pulled ALL our military forces out of Afghanistan and didn't even intend to hold Bagram (see his agreement with Taliban).
2. He unnecessarily deployed uniformed troops near White House when DC Civil Authority is capable of law enforcement.
Three businesses have shut down in Waipukurau in the last week but "green shoots". One couldn't afford their rent anymore and this is also affecting a community op shop which will have to close if they can't find cheaper premises.
November 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Three businesses have shut down in Waipukurau in the last week but "green shoots". One couldn't afford their rent anymore and this is also affecting a community op shop which will have to close if they can't find cheaper premises.
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Health NZ should use the $500 million that @clrenney.bsky.social pointed out has not been spent.
youtu.be/RqdjXKSIMi4
youtu.be/RqdjXKSIMi4
November 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Health NZ should use the $500 million that @clrenney.bsky.social pointed out has not been spent.
youtu.be/RqdjXKSIMi4
youtu.be/RqdjXKSIMi4
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Trickery and fuckery.
'Trickery and f...ery': Agency under fire over senior manager's 'serious' privacy breach
A senior manager at the Crown Response Office accidentally exposed the identities of more than 30 Lake Alice torture survivors in a breach former staff say was predictable
www.stuff.co.nz
November 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Trickery and fuckery.
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Hey, gonna shamelessly plug my wares:
Charlie Tangaroa and the God of War is now a year old and, sadly, despite brilliant reviews, has kinda been ignored. It's a bit longer than book 1 but is very exciting
Please buy my book
bookhub.co.nz/p/charlie-ta...
Charlie Tangaroa and the God of War is now a year old and, sadly, despite brilliant reviews, has kinda been ignored. It's a bit longer than book 1 but is very exciting
Please buy my book
bookhub.co.nz/p/charlie-ta...
bookhub.co.nz
November 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Hey, gonna shamelessly plug my wares:
Charlie Tangaroa and the God of War is now a year old and, sadly, despite brilliant reviews, has kinda been ignored. It's a bit longer than book 1 but is very exciting
Please buy my book
bookhub.co.nz/p/charlie-ta...
Charlie Tangaroa and the God of War is now a year old and, sadly, despite brilliant reviews, has kinda been ignored. It's a bit longer than book 1 but is very exciting
Please buy my book
bookhub.co.nz/p/charlie-ta...
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so anyone who has like an ounce of experience with the outdoors knows bamboo actually burns really poorly. Also anyone who has been following this and isn't a racist freak knows this was almost certainly an issue of the cladding like Grenfell was but I know that doesn't get the weird sinophobia hit!
While bamboo scaffolding is considered a treasured Hong Kong tradition, it’s recently drawn scrutiny for being combustible and prone to deterioration over time.
Hong Kong’s bamboo scaffolding, a centuries-old technique, comes under scrutiny after city’s deadliest fire in years | CNN
The Hong Kong residential towers engulfed by smoke and flames on Wednesday were surrounded by an ancient construction material familiar to anyone who’s spent time in the one of the world’s most densel...
www.cnn.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM
so anyone who has like an ounce of experience with the outdoors knows bamboo actually burns really poorly. Also anyone who has been following this and isn't a racist freak knows this was almost certainly an issue of the cladding like Grenfell was but I know that doesn't get the weird sinophobia hit!
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Trump is responsible for these two guard members being shot.
Civil authority (DC police) are well capable of handling crime in DC and always have been. The city did not want troops deployed there and didn't ask for troops to be deployed there. It's Thanksgiving, they should be home with family.
Civil authority (DC police) are well capable of handling crime in DC and always have been. The city did not want troops deployed there and didn't ask for troops to be deployed there. It's Thanksgiving, they should be home with family.
November 27, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Trump is responsible for these two guard members being shot.
Civil authority (DC police) are well capable of handling crime in DC and always have been. The city did not want troops deployed there and didn't ask for troops to be deployed there. It's Thanksgiving, they should be home with family.
Civil authority (DC police) are well capable of handling crime in DC and always have been. The city did not want troops deployed there and didn't ask for troops to be deployed there. It's Thanksgiving, they should be home with family.
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I spent years in Afghanistan, I think (re)vetting refugees is a good idea.
That said, our nation promised these people a free and democratic Afghanistan and then Trump reneged on those promises and set a bunch of terrorists free who then hunted the families of these refugees. That's the crime.
That said, our nation promised these people a free and democratic Afghanistan and then Trump reneged on those promises and set a bunch of terrorists free who then hunted the families of these refugees. That's the crime.
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I spent years in Afghanistan, I think (re)vetting refugees is a good idea.
That said, our nation promised these people a free and democratic Afghanistan and then Trump reneged on those promises and set a bunch of terrorists free who then hunted the families of these refugees. That's the crime.
That said, our nation promised these people a free and democratic Afghanistan and then Trump reneged on those promises and set a bunch of terrorists free who then hunted the families of these refugees. That's the crime.
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Stolen off @darienfenton.bsky.social FB
National are in line to produce the worst economic returns for a Govt term, even worse than the Bolger/Richardson disastrous govt.
Austerity does not work. End of. #NZPol
National are in line to produce the worst economic returns for a Govt term, even worse than the Bolger/Richardson disastrous govt.
Austerity does not work. End of. #NZPol
November 27, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Stolen off @darienfenton.bsky.social FB
National are in line to produce the worst economic returns for a Govt term, even worse than the Bolger/Richardson disastrous govt.
Austerity does not work. End of. #NZPol
National are in line to produce the worst economic returns for a Govt term, even worse than the Bolger/Richardson disastrous govt.
Austerity does not work. End of. #NZPol
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As Craig Renney revealed to a shocked Dr Gary Payinda, Te Whatu Ora underspent its wages budget by $500m which has been signed off by Willis & returned to general coffers. Let that sink in. The money was there, but they deliberately underspent. On orders?
November 27, 2025 at 12:36 AM
As Craig Renney revealed to a shocked Dr Gary Payinda, Te Whatu Ora underspent its wages budget by $500m which has been signed off by Willis & returned to general coffers. Let that sink in. The money was there, but they deliberately underspent. On orders?