MartinL_NZ ☑️

@Martin_NZ
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Linux. Aotearoa.
Vegetarian Snowflake Boomer (ok).
German-born NZer.
Green guy from way back.
Maintainer of an old house and an old boat.
Twitter? Nein Danke! 'X' is my ex.

Brooke van Velden cannot commit to another 4 years of destroying society as the warming climate is making the ice in her veins unsuitable to sustain life, so she must return to her crypt to sleep the tormented sleep of the damned.

https://newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/24/van-velden-to-step-down/

Act deputy Van Velden to step down

The MP for Tāmaki won't be seeking reelection in November, saying she could not "hand on heart" commit to another four years.

Newsroom

How I feel about the Andrew formally known as who-give-a-shit

... in the words of the brilliant Josh Jonson.

404 Media just had an ad during the #SuperBowl! We Googled "smallest TV markets in the United States" and bought an ad for $2,550 that only ran in Ottumwa, Iowa, population 25,000. That still counts

https://www.404media.co/watch-404-medias-super-bowl-ad/

Watch 404 Media’s Super Bowl Ad

WE BOUGHT A SUPER BOWL AD.

404 Media
If the US National Guards/Army doesn't step in NOW and arrest this incompetent, insane and criminal 'administration' of the US govt, what would it take to do so?
Tropical rain storm. It's very, very, very wet. And warn and humid. Worrying and quite calming at the same time.
Very special, met quite a few dolphins yesterday. They were hanging around the boat for quite some time, checking things out, being serene. Nice.
same procedure as every year ....

The year in review - Aotearoa style

For everyone in other great little countries - yes we too had to put up with trumpian neoliberal-on-steriods for the 0.1% politics.

Coherently (which is not that easy these days) put together by Barlow and Bruce

https://youtu.be/P6DLA4nW3ew

Barlow and Bruce - Recap 2025!

YouTube
Klare Worte von Bundesaußenminister Johann Wadephul (CDU) an die USA https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/reaktionen-einreiseverbot-hateaid-usa-100.html
Scharfe Kritik an "inakzeptablen" US-Sanktionen gegen HateAid-Spitze

Von den USA verhängte Einreiseverbote für die Geschäftsführerinnen der Organisation HateAid ziehen massive Kritik der Bundesregierung nach sich. Die EU verteidigt ihre Digitalgesetze - und will sich gegen "ungerechtfertigte Maßnahmen" wehren.

tagesschau.de
I thought up the phrase and had to make a DARE-like image out of it. It's a work in progress. #CantSlopWontSlop #noai (updated with the version I settled on.)