Andrew
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· Oct 14
Netanyahu was never interested in a #ceasefire.
It was always about ethnic cleansing, colonialism and genocide.
The west won’t act as he burns children alive.
It is the biggest moral failure of our time, and the failure to stop it hasn’t even done what the Democrats hoped - secure re-election.
It was always about ethnic cleansing, colonialism and genocide.
The west won’t act as he burns children alive.
It is the biggest moral failure of our time, and the failure to stop it hasn’t even done what the Democrats hoped - secure re-election.
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Tieke: ECO News, Alerts & Events November 2025 - Fast Track Amendment Bill and Climate change back sliding, etc
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Tieke ECO newsletter
ECO's newsletter of news and events for the ECO community
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November 16, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Tieke: ECO News, Alerts & Events November 2025 - Fast Track Amendment Bill and Climate change back sliding, etc
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Rrrrgh, there's a word for when a family blends its business interests with governance in a democracy, it's on the tip of my tongue but I just can't think of it!! I hate it when this happens.
November 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Rrrrgh, there's a word for when a family blends its business interests with governance in a democracy, it's on the tip of my tongue but I just can't think of it!! I hate it when this happens.
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Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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#whatsapp links now require that you share your contacts in order to work
https://discuss.techlore.tech/t/whatsapp-links-now-require-that-you-share-your-contacts-in-order-to-work/15944
#privacy #meta
https://discuss.techlore.tech/t/whatsapp-links-now-require-that-you-share-your-contacts-in-order-to-work/15944
#privacy #meta
WhatsApp links now require that you share your contacts in order to work
I hate WhatsApp, but I am forced to occasionally use it for work and interact with businesses. Years ago, I decided to stop sharing my contacts with WhatsApp to limit the amount of data they got from me. That used to mean that people often had to text me first, because I couldn’t initiate a chat with a new contact without sharing my contacts with Meta. That’s when WhatsApp links came in handy. CHAT FUEL: A WhatsApp link is a clickable URL that lets people start a chat with you instantly, with...
discuss.techlore.tech
November 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
#whatsapp links now require that you share your contacts in order to work
https://discuss.techlore.tech/t/whatsapp-links-now-require-that-you-share-your-contacts-in-order-to-work/15944
#privacy #meta
https://discuss.techlore.tech/t/whatsapp-links-now-require-that-you-share-your-contacts-in-order-to-work/15944
#privacy #meta
We really need to fix the prevalence of the Peter Principle in NZ politics.
one minute you've got a sweet gig driving brand new BMWs with Crown number plates, with sideline hocking off single-use shovels and Red Bands as new on TradeMe, the next you're just doing laps of the precinct so guys can film copium tiktoks in the back 20 times a day
November 16, 2025 at 12:44 AM
We really need to fix the prevalence of the Peter Principle in NZ politics.
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This from @status.news is all true. But an even wider campaign is to punish and intimidate those who would theaten his *freedom from fact.*
Here we have to learn to group the news media with the research universities, vax confusion created by RFK, Jr., the Bureau of Labor Statistics mess, etc.
Here we have to learn to group the news media with the research universities, vax confusion created by RFK, Jr., the Bureau of Labor Statistics mess, etc.
November 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This from @status.news is all true. But an even wider campaign is to punish and intimidate those who would theaten his *freedom from fact.*
Here we have to learn to group the news media with the research universities, vax confusion created by RFK, Jr., the Bureau of Labor Statistics mess, etc.
Here we have to learn to group the news media with the research universities, vax confusion created by RFK, Jr., the Bureau of Labor Statistics mess, etc.
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www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/bbc-...
Cogent comprehensive refutation of allegations that BBC is left wing and anti Israel biased. The evidence shows the opposite- BBC is targeted by billionaire funded media corporations and politicians. One indefensible editing error cannot refute this
Cogent comprehensive refutation of allegations that BBC is left wing and anti Israel biased. The evidence shows the opposite- BBC is targeted by billionaire funded media corporations and politicians. One indefensible editing error cannot refute this
BBC too left wing? Really?
Read below Jonathan Cook’s merciless dismantling of the BBC’s current crisis. He calls it “just the latest, particularly damaging skirmish…
www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk
November 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/bbc-...
Cogent comprehensive refutation of allegations that BBC is left wing and anti Israel biased. The evidence shows the opposite- BBC is targeted by billionaire funded media corporations and politicians. One indefensible editing error cannot refute this
Cogent comprehensive refutation of allegations that BBC is left wing and anti Israel biased. The evidence shows the opposite- BBC is targeted by billionaire funded media corporations and politicians. One indefensible editing error cannot refute this
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Sanctions on Israel: Basque steel executives investigated for secretly arming genocide machine www.thecanary.co/global/world...
Sanctions on Israel: Basque steel executives investigated for secretly arming genocide machine
Sanctions on Israel in spotlight as Spanish prosecutors probe Basque steel bosses for funnelling materials to weapons makers during genocide
www.thecanary.co
November 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Sanctions on Israel: Basque steel executives investigated for secretly arming genocide machine www.thecanary.co/global/world...
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I don’t generally chase rare species but if one lands right next to me, what’s a guy to do? A tara-iti (New Zealand fairy tern) at Omaha this morning. There are less than 40 individuals and only 9 breeding pairs left in the world. 🪶🇳🇿
November 15, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I don’t generally chase rare species but if one lands right next to me, what’s a guy to do? A tara-iti (New Zealand fairy tern) at Omaha this morning. There are less than 40 individuals and only 9 breeding pairs left in the world. 🪶🇳🇿
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At some point, for the love of God, will someone ANYONE at long last take the council funding crisis seriously?!?
Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.
Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books
Survey finds 60% of key cities councils are planning to sell assets to meet costs of adult and children’s social care
English councils are planning to sell social clubs, sports centres and shopping arcades as they bet on a fire sale of assets to balance the books, according to a survey of local authorities.
The key cities group of councils, which represents second-tier cities in England, said 60% of councils were planning to sell assets to meet the escalating costs of adult and children’s social care. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
At some point, for the love of God, will someone ANYONE at long last take the council funding crisis seriously?!?
Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.
Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.
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From the first @bloomberg.com story in Sept on Jeffrey Epstein's Yahoo emails we obtained
A spreadsheet that reveals 2K gifts, luxury items & payments totaling $1.8M. Notations indicated they were intended for Epstein’s friends, biz associates & victims
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www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
A spreadsheet that reveals 2K gifts, luxury items & payments totaling $1.8M. Notations indicated they were intended for Epstein’s friends, biz associates & victims
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www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Jeffrey Epstein Email Trove Reveals Ghislaine Maxwell’s Secrets
A cache of 18,000 messages obtained by Bloomberg News reveals Maxwell’s deep ties and involvement with the disgraced financier and sex offender.
www.bloomberg.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
From the first @bloomberg.com story in Sept on Jeffrey Epstein's Yahoo emails we obtained
A spreadsheet that reveals 2K gifts, luxury items & payments totaling $1.8M. Notations indicated they were intended for Epstein’s friends, biz associates & victims
1/
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
A spreadsheet that reveals 2K gifts, luxury items & payments totaling $1.8M. Notations indicated they were intended for Epstein’s friends, biz associates & victims
1/
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
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1. A $71K Lexus for Dershowitz (he told us it was for his wife)
2. An $11K Rolex for Tom Barrack (his rep said he never received it)
3. A $35K Audemars Piguet watch for former Bill Clinton aide Doug Band
The spreadsheet was created by one of Epstein’s accountants
2. An $11K Rolex for Tom Barrack (his rep said he never received it)
3. A $35K Audemars Piguet watch for former Bill Clinton aide Doug Band
The spreadsheet was created by one of Epstein’s accountants
November 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
1. A $71K Lexus for Dershowitz (he told us it was for his wife)
2. An $11K Rolex for Tom Barrack (his rep said he never received it)
3. A $35K Audemars Piguet watch for former Bill Clinton aide Doug Band
The spreadsheet was created by one of Epstein’s accountants
2. An $11K Rolex for Tom Barrack (his rep said he never received it)
3. A $35K Audemars Piguet watch for former Bill Clinton aide Doug Band
The spreadsheet was created by one of Epstein’s accountants
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Palestinian woman recounts harrowing details of rape and torture in Israeli prisons www.thecanary.co/global/world...
Palestinian woman recounts harrowing details of rape and torture in Israeli prisons
This article contains graphic harrowing details of rape and sexual violence against a Palestinian woman that some readers will find upsetting
www.thecanary.co
November 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Palestinian woman recounts harrowing details of rape and torture in Israeli prisons www.thecanary.co/global/world...
The attention given by this government to rewriting the school curriculum isn’t just about culture wars.
It’s also about perpetuating the decades-long ignorance of political economy, so people vote on the basis of government being run like a poorly managed household.
It’s also about perpetuating the decades-long ignorance of political economy, so people vote on the basis of government being run like a poorly managed household.
It's infuriating that local council services discussions have become all about rates, especially that truly most dumbarse of dumbarse complaint of "Why have my rates gone up so much when everything is broken and expensive to fix?"
People, for a species so supposedly intelligent, we're thick as shit
People, for a species so supposedly intelligent, we're thick as shit
November 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The attention given by this government to rewriting the school curriculum isn’t just about culture wars.
It’s also about perpetuating the decades-long ignorance of political economy, so people vote on the basis of government being run like a poorly managed household.
It’s also about perpetuating the decades-long ignorance of political economy, so people vote on the basis of government being run like a poorly managed household.
I’m sure all the ACT/Atlas people who bleet on about academic freedom at universities will be outraged to hear about this.
The Israel lobby has just shut down a conference on Palestine www.thecanary.co/global/world...
The Israel lobby has just shut down a conference on Palestine
The French government reportedly intervened to get the conference on Palestine cancelled - amid a growing controversy
www.thecanary.co
November 15, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I’m sure all the ACT/Atlas people who bleet on about academic freedom at universities will be outraged to hear about this.
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The people saying ‘actually this is quite sensible’ to me earlier today should take note of this endorsement.
Tommy Robinson is claiming credit for the language/policy being used by the Labour government (about deporting people found to be refugees once their home country is deemed safe)
November 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The people saying ‘actually this is quite sensible’ to me earlier today should take note of this endorsement.
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SST describing landlords as an *industry*.
Soooo what do landlords produce? Nothing. They produce nothing. They do not convert labour or goods to something else and add value.
They are nothing more than middlemen who inflate the cost of housing and skim yields from a human need.
Soooo what do landlords produce? Nothing. They produce nothing. They do not convert labour or goods to something else and add value.
They are nothing more than middlemen who inflate the cost of housing and skim yields from a human need.
November 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
SST describing landlords as an *industry*.
Soooo what do landlords produce? Nothing. They produce nothing. They do not convert labour or goods to something else and add value.
They are nothing more than middlemen who inflate the cost of housing and skim yields from a human need.
Soooo what do landlords produce? Nothing. They produce nothing. They do not convert labour or goods to something else and add value.
They are nothing more than middlemen who inflate the cost of housing and skim yields from a human need.
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Israel has now destroyed over 282,000 homes in Gaza www.thecanary.co/global/world...
Israel has now destroyed over 282,000 homes in Gaza
UNRWA said that the ongoing Israeli bombardment has left tens of thousands of Palestinian families homeless in Gaza
www.thecanary.co
November 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Israel has now destroyed over 282,000 homes in Gaza www.thecanary.co/global/world...
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“A democracy is held together not by statutes alone but by the character of leaders who know that power is lent, not owned. Once that character is lost, leadership fragments, especially among new, or new to New Zealand, public servants.”
A simple, clear, chilling summary
#nzpol
A simple, clear, chilling summary
#nzpol
“We have a government willing to reshape constitutional understandings without genuine consultation, careful process, or respect for long-standing norms.” — Mark Feary.
The slow demolition of our democracy | E-Tangata
“We have a government willing to reshape constitutional understandings without genuine consultation, careful process, or respect for long-standing norms.” — Mark Feary.
e-tangata.co.nz
November 15, 2025 at 9:31 PM
“A democracy is held together not by statutes alone but by the character of leaders who know that power is lent, not owned. Once that character is lost, leadership fragments, especially among new, or new to New Zealand, public servants.”
A simple, clear, chilling summary
#nzpol
A simple, clear, chilling summary
#nzpol
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Whodathunk that a science denying, in hock to private interests ideologue whose first action on gaining power was to try and kill more trans kids would be useless as a health minister?
November 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Whodathunk that a science denying, in hock to private interests ideologue whose first action on gaining power was to try and kill more trans kids would be useless as a health minister?
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What I love most about this story is the NYT’s obliviousness to the fact that in other anglophone cultures the slang for tight male underwear or swimwear is ‘budgie smugglers’ www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...
Man Who Stuffed Parakeets in His Pants Faces Smuggling Charge
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:11 PM
What I love most about this story is the NYT’s obliviousness to the fact that in other anglophone cultures the slang for tight male underwear or swimwear is ‘budgie smugglers’ www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...
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Please believe me when I say that this meaningless, historically suspect slogan is being used to sell "AI." Here it is in the just-released November 2025 report on AI by Microsoft. www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
November 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Please believe me when I say that this meaningless, historically suspect slogan is being used to sell "AI." Here it is in the just-released November 2025 report on AI by Microsoft. www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
Pretty sure Switzerland’s government has been leaned upon very heavily by the Five Eyes people. Encryption for the plebs just isn’t acceptable to them.
November 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Pretty sure Switzerland’s government has been leaned upon very heavily by the Five Eyes people. Encryption for the plebs just isn’t acceptable to them.
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This is a very useful graphic of the blockade.
November 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This is a very useful graphic of the blockade.