Aotearoa New Zealand, 1893. #NZpol

In 1979, French philosopher Jean-Francois Lyotard argued that capitalism reduces knowledge to performativity or efficiently improving the existing system.

"What we don't tell you is that what you will pay for private services is much more than the taxes that cover the public services we won't to destroy". #NZpol

I went to see Supergirl yesterday, and, yes, as a film it is not well made. It suffers from very basic storytelling flaws, but the theme of Supergirl vs the Manosphere is a very important one, and the villain in that context really has Andrew Tate vibes.

Crisp/chip lovers, we've arrived! The quest for the ultimate blend of all the important food groups (fat, carbs, salt) can now be found in this bag.

Currently watching an excellent series called "Infiniti". A science/space themed political thriller. Languages are French, English and Russian.

This is him cheering on Trump's dissolution of the Department of Education.

I hope these are readable.

I was asked to write a piece for this week's The Listener magazine as part of a section on the 250th anniversary of US independence. "America needs its captain" is the result. #USpol #comics #fascism

To everyone obsessed with the 'English' name of this country, New Zealand is named after the southern region of The Netherlands known as Zeeland. #Aotearoa #NZpol

The Japanese manager likes to use a notebook, so ...

Thinking about Germany and Deniz Undav, and how much the World Cup is a celebration of migration (see also the US team that Trump is trying to use to promote policies that would destroy that same team).

In-fighting amongst fascists is always amusing.

Shameless corporate shilling. He identifies with the donor, not the club, not the region, not the mana.

Viz Comic, 1987

A conversation unfortunately reminded me of this character who was triggering way before I knew triggering was a thing.

I'm currently, preparing to delete my Gmail accounts and instead use Proton. An encrypted mail app developed by scientists at CERN (!), and very good. So, that's me, so far. 5/

Now, I'm working with Google alternatives. My search engine is now the excellent Qwant, while Google Maps has been replaced by HereWeGo. 4/

Musk takeover of Twitter was when I left that shithole. The obvious replacement of Mastodon and then Bluesky once available. 3/

Next up was replacing another Meta app, What'sApp. The obvious choice is Signal. 2/

Cleansing my digital comms, a thread. First off was getting rid of Facebook followed by Instagram. Technically alternatives are available (Firendica & Pixelfed) but given the limited users they won't be an alternative w/o lots of hard work. Others below are easier. 1/

I always liked Hockney's paintings but I thought his photo montages were under appreciated.

On the walk to get fish and chips in Devonport.

Tilly says hi. Sound on.

Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way The time has come The song is over Thought I'd something more to say

If you like solo piano, check out the work of Alex Kozobolis. Current listening is The Seasons Are Not Four.

Somewhere an advertising exec is proud of the fact that they have dumped so much shit in your brain and for such a long time that this works.

Currently watching the fascinating portrayal of the Mitford sisters, and thinking of getting a copy of Nancy Mitford's satire of British fascism from 1935 entitled Wigs on the Green.

If we are committed to democracy, we have to ween ourselves off US tech. We can start by moving from Google to Qwant, a very good French search engine.