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.
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!

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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.)
And Juice Media is bang-on as usual: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxRB5qWphJE The 'under 16' social media ban is precisely the wrong approach. The right approach would involve regulating US BigTech by leading the formation of a global consortium of countries. Sadly, few politicians have sufficient spine to do that.
Honest Government Ad | Social Media Ban

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I was just reading about the Prince formally known as Duke, who now is also not a 'Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter' anymore nor a 'Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order' because ... sex, lies and videotapes ... all of which was well known for a decade.

Time to extend the #nokings protests to the common wealth countries.

Thank you @FreeTube for never giving up and fixing the app again and again and again when google beaks it.

Very much appreciated :-)