"You're not building protected bike lanes for the people who are biking today, You're building it for the people who aren't biking today because it's not safe" @notjustbikes

The right, once again surprised by the connection between "We'll remove support for the very poor" and "Why are there all these homeless people living on the street and making our cities less appealing?"

If they can't manage compassion you'd think they're at least recognise self-interest, but apparently ideology trumps pragmatism.

The business geniuses of the party of Economic Growth™ are spiting the country's largest trade partner, and likely to be the world's next main economy, in order to lick the soiled boot of a declining fascist regime that immediately hit NZ with unjustified tariffs.

All while regressing on environmental issues in the chase of yesterday's extractive and fossil fuel economies, while harming every prospect of a future stable, clean economy and already agreed trade deals.

👏
They don't have a clue about what they are doing.
#NZPol

This is bound to bring some joy to your day. Everything about it is delightful.

(And the engineering is amazing.)

#Joy #JoyScrolling #Happy #Laughter #Play #Engineering #RollerCoaster

@EevaXTiina @mhalila

That's what it all comes down to, isn't it? People tend to be and do good. We gotta stop letting the assholes fuck us over.

“The key thing is this is not about all of humanity creating these threats. It is not about human nature. It is about small groups who bring out the worst in us, competing for profit and power and covering all [the risks] up.”

“Today, people find it easier to imagine that we can build intelligence on silicon than we can do democracy at scale, or that we can escape arms races. It’s complete bullshit. Of course we can do democracy at scale. We’re a naturally social, altruistic, democratic species and we all have an anti-dominance intuition. This is what we’re built for.”

And the last paragraph:

“But even if you don’t have hope, it doesn’t really matter. This is about defiance. It’s about doing the right thing, fighting for democracy and for people to not be exploited. And even if we fail, at the very least, we didn’t contribute to the problem.”

5/5 no notes. Gotta keep on going just to spite the assholes. And build local communities because prepping is not the solution, co-operation is

What an unexpectedly heartening and optimistic read in the Guardian on social collapse.

None of the above was sarcasm. I love that there seems to be a counterconsensus emerging to the neoliberal-fascist mentality. We need more democracy and more equality, or we face destruction. This gives me hope. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/02/self-termination-history-and-future-of-societal-collapse

Odds look bleak, I agree.

But that's a reason to try harder, not to give up.
To amp up the resistance for a liveable future, not to concede to doom and despair.
There will never come a time when it's not worth fighting for a better world.
And the worse things get, the more important it is to come together and turn them around.

"Collapse isn’t just caused by structures, but also people. If you want to save the world then the first step is to stop destroying it. In other words: don’t be a dick. Don’t work for big tech, arms manufacturers or the fossil fuel industry. Don’t accept relationships based on domination and share power whenever you can.”

Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/02/self-termination-history-and-future-of-societal-collapse

Then: "Save a tree, don't print this email"
Now: "Burn the trees, AI the email"

God bless GOG:

"Censorship is quietly deciding which games you can buy.

"We are fighting back.

"Some games vanish. Not because they broke the law but because someone decided they shouldn’t exist.

"For 48 hours, these games are free, because if a game is legal, you should be free to buy it."

https://freedomtobuy.games/

Excellent interview from #1of200 #podcast with Rosemary from #ClimateLiberationAotearoa, talking about their ongoing #directAction against the #FossilFools at #StocktonMine and the fight to #EndFossilFuels.

Inspiring and current, listen and support them anyway you can! These are heroes standing to protect our collective futures! ✊🏽🌏❤️

Climate Action
https://pca.st/episode/1db2c212-eb16-403a-bdc6-a467cb09f6b2

Word is both TPM and the Greens have committed to close Trump's spy office when in power. ✊🏽

Labour?
🦗🦗🦗

#NZPol

Divestream: Argentinean scientists using a ROV to try and catch a crab at 2100 metres underwater. 🦀

They can't use the vacuum tube because a previous white crustacean refuses to come out of it.

Excellent television (for me)

Lance 39.1 Mar Del Plata Canyon | SOI Divestream 818 PART 2
https://youtube.com/live/Fa-iwwxiDr0

"Feel Inside (and stuff like that)" by Flight of the Conchords.

I love this. Flight of the Conchords took suggested lyrics from children and wrapped them into a song and had a group of NZ musicians perform it for charity.

Here's the official Cure Kids long version. (The song is at the end of the video.)

"We all just wanna' be bubbles."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py_30jZGUYk

#JukeboxFridayNight
#SongsToMakeUsSmile

#indigenous #blackpeople #hispanic #latino #latinx #blackmastodon

Spotify - It's bad but is it also evil? Yes! https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2025/aug/01/everyone-loves-music-but-nobody-loves-music-apps-its-time-to-leave-spotify

The new US spy base ties New Zealand deep into America's empire of death.

Join Kaiāwhina, People Against Prisons Aotearoa and more tomorrow outside of the US consulate at 1pm to show that we reject these torturers and genocidaires.

#protest #NoFBI

Israeli forces have raided and demolished the Palestinian seed bank in occupied Hebron, West Bank. They used heavy machinery to destroy the seeds and the equipments required to store them. Israel’s war is against Life itself. More here www.instagram.com/p/DMyWONPujY6

Such an honour and a precious opportunity to learn everyday, working with staunch, courageous individuals like Juressa.

Read their words and join us resisting this new wave of old colonialism and extraction.
Say no to seabed mining! 🌊
✊🏽

Forty years of resistance in the Pacific - Greenpeace Aotearoa
https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/story/forty-years-of-resistance-in-the-pacific/

#ProtectTheOcean #StopSeabedMining #oceans #greenpeace

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