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Dont forget kiwibuild stopped 480 homes from being built at Ihumatao.

@FurkanGozukara Oops

Helen Andrews drops a massive truth bomb on the collapse of modern institutions. She confirms that as organizations became demographically female they abandoned objective rules and justice for emotional consensus. The establishment traded competence for blind compliance.

A freedom of information request has revealed that, once again, the UK Met Office has been publishing temperatures from weather stations that don't even exist. "The numbers were actually coming from a model that was inventing data from phantom neighbouring stations." "This is the foundation of the UK's climate record."

Newsflash: Iran never had a nuclear weapons program, and has repeatedly agreed to not having it. But the boomer cons can't figure out the difference b/t a civilian nuclear program, protected under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty & a nuclear weapons program.

@sappholives83 Mental illness

There are trans-identifying men who freeze tomato sauce into cylinders to shove up their backsides so that when it melts, they can pretend that they’re having their period. But no, this is definitely not a fetish… or a mental health issue.

If you ever wanted to see what paid anti-China propaganda looks like, here it is. Can someone explain how Trump has China in a “chokehold”?

huh? US backed Saddam Hussein and Iraq in an 8-year war against Iran. In which chemical weapons (including sarin) were used by US proxies and in which 200-250,000 Iranians were killed. So tell me again: what has Iran "done to Humanity and the World" for which they deserve to pay a larger price than that? And if Iran deserves to pay a larger price, what price should be exacted from the nation which backed Iraq in its war against Iran?

The US created the war out of nothing and closed Hormuz to the rest of the world - China BRICS: Iran will let Chinese ships pass. ➡️ If the US blocks Chinese ships in the open seas, then China may remove the US Navy from Asian waters.

Rolling Stone moved Eric Clapton down from the top 10 of greatest guitar players of all time to 35 because he admitted to being Covid "vaccine" injured & refused to discriminate on entry to his concerts based on "vaccine" status. They even admit the reasoning in the explanation!

What China just did with the blocking statutes against U.S. extraterritorial sanctions sets quite a major precedent, probably the financial equivalent of what happened with rare earths last year (in the sense that this is China taking a major step to push back against a U.S. hostile measure as opposed to taking it on the chin). It's a little complex but, to start with, what many people ignore (and will probably be surprised by) is that - by and large - Chinese companies and financial institutions have largely complied with extraterritorial U.S. sanctions. Anecdotal story on this: I know for a fact, because I personally know the person, that a very famous guy (whose name I won't reveal but that everyone of you would know) sanctioned by the U.S. was in China recently and tried to exchange money at the counter of a random Chinese bank. Just simply exchange dollars for a Chinese yuan, in mainland China. And he was refused, because he is sanctioned by the U.S. - despite the fact that China as a country has absolutely no problem with the person. This goes to illustrate just how much goodwill China extended to the U.S. on this - a Chinese bank, in China, refusing to serve someone China has no problem with, just to comply with U.S. extraterritorial sanctions. It also goes to illustrate why this blocking order marks such a sharp departure. What triggered it is not new sanctions by the U.S. but recent efforts under the so-called "Operation Economic Fury" to dramatically ramp up enforcement of existing sanctions on Iran. The U.S. notably issued at the end of April alerts to financial institutions worldwide - including in China - on "the sanctions risks associated with independent 'teapot' oil refineries in China, primarily in Shandong Province, given their continued role in importing and refining Iranian crude oil" (home.treasury.gov/news/press-rel…) Even more importantly, they also specifically went after Hengli Petrochemical Dalian (home.treasury.gov/news/press-rel…), one of China's largest private refineries, with 400,000 barrels per day capacity and a parent company (the Hengli Group) that's a Fortune Global 500 company. In effect, what the U.S. extraterritorial sanctions mean is that Hengli - and all other Chinese 'teapot' oil refineries being targeted - is cut off from the dollar system, and any bank, insurer, or trading partner anywhere in the world - including in China - that deals with them risks being cut off too. Which is obviously a major hostile move by the U.S. against China (and, of course, Iran). Except that China, this time around, is not having it. Since 2021 they've had regulations ("Measures to prevent the improper extraterritorial application of foreign laws and measures", mofcom.gov.cn/zcfb/zhzc/art/…) that gives the Chinese government power to formally prohibit compliance with foreign sanctions, and that, since this April (morganlewis.com/pubs/2026/04/c…) are also extraterritorial in nature. In effect what these regulations - and their April addendum - say is that if you comply with U.S. extraterritorial sanctions by cutting off a Chinese company, you are violating Chinese law. Any entity - Chinese or foreign - that refuses to deal with a sanctioned Chinese company because Washington told them to can be sued in Chinese courts, fined by MOFCOM, and since April, placed on a 'Malicious Entity List' with asset freezes and trade restrictions. In a nutshell on one side you have the U.S. saying "cut them off or we cut you off" and now China says "well, if you do cut us off we're going to be real nasty with you, in China and potentially beyond." These regulations were - until yesterday - purely theoretical: they've never actually been applied. But, yesterday, China's MOFCOM made it crystal clear this time is different: they used a statement with a triple negative, saying the U.S. sanctions "shall not be recognized, shall not be enforced, shall not be complied with" ("不得承认、不得执行、不得遵守", mofcom.gov.cn/zwgk/zcfb/art/…). In effect you now have companies that are in the middle of this - for instance financial institutions serving Hengli - caught in quite a bind: face U.S. or Chinese hostility. It's a no-win, they need to choose a camp on this. Concretely speaking, given that the overwhelming majority of companies affected are operating inside China, they'll obviously choose the China side. The real question therefore is: Is the U.S. ready to act on its threat and cut off Chinese banks or other institutions that keep servicing these refineries? Because that probably means sanctioning major Chinese financial institutions, which is a whole different level of escalation. The moment the U.S. designates a major Chinese bank for dealing with Hengli, this stops being about Iranian oil and becomes a direct financial confrontation between the two largest economies on earth, which is a much bigger deal with probable consequences for the entire global financial system. Or will the U.S. back off, meaning China would have effectively caught their bluff, showing that extraterritorial sanctions are a lot of bark but not a lot of bite? We'll know in the next couple of weeks I guess. One thing is sure though: whatever happens with these refineries, the broader damage is done. China used to extend remarkable goodwill on sanctions compliance - voluntarily cooperating with extraterritorial sanctions inside its own borders even though it had no legal obligation to respect them. That goodwill has been spent. And, from a U.S. standpoint, a China with less goodwill vis a vis U.S. financial hegemony is undoubtedly a far bigger issue than a few teapot refineries buying Iranian oil.

Oops... The end result of U.S. semiconductors export controls is: Nvidia down to 0% market share in the world's largest semiconductors market, and China's AI is on par with the U.S. "Backfired" is the understatement of the century. (tomshardware.com/tech-industry/…)

🇺🇸 🇨🇳 Trump: “I think that China has neither the courage nor the will to open the Strait of Hormuz.” ➖️ China: “The Strait of Hormuz was already open before the war. You are the ones who created the war out of nothing and closed the strait to the rest of the world.”

It is hardly surprising the media is lashing out at me. I’m outspoken about how much damage the current crop of journalists have done to trust in the profession and that I think they’re negligent and biased. They are attempting to gatekeep the dissemination of info but that train has already left the station. Kiwis are looking elsewhere for news. And the more we offer alternatives, the more they will try to cast us as illegitimate, audacious, and having political biases. That last one cracks me up given how completely politicised and partisan our media has been for some time. I’m right wing? And that’s a problem. Okay. This from a media class that was polled as being almost entirely far left or left. Their anger is entirely predictable.

HOW @BBC THANKED THE WOMAN WHO TRIED TO EXPOSE JIMMY SAVILE In November 2011, a woman named Karin Ward sat in front of a @BBCNewsnight camera and told the truth about Jimmy Savile. She was the first victim to go on camera. She was undergoing treatment for advanced bowel cancer at the time. She did it anyway. @BBCNewsnight producer Meirion Jones (@MeirionTweets) and journalist Liz MacKean had built the investigation. BBC management spiked it. Instead of broadcasting the story, the BBC aired Christmas tributes to Savile. The man the corporation had just learned was a serial child abuser got a warm festive send-off. The spiked interview footage was then handed to Panorama, which broadcast it in 2012 as Jimmy Savile: What the BBC Knew. Nobody asked Karin Ward. She never gave permission. The BBC had promised her Freddie Starr would not be identified in her interview. He was identified. Starr sued her. Not the @BBC. Not @ITV. Her. A private individual with bowel cancer, fighting a £300,000 defamation claim for words she said on someone else's programme, for a story she was pressured to give, about footage she never authorised. Both the BBC and ITV refused to provide financial support. The BBC eventually offered money three days before trial. Karin Ward's lawyers took the case on a no-win-no-fee basis. She fought it alone for two years. On 10 July 2015, Mr Justice Nicol ruled entirely in her favour. The judge found her account to be true. Freddie Starr was left with a costs bill estimated at around £1 million. Karin Ward said afterward: the BBC's handling of her case was a shameful indictment of how large corporations deal with vulnerable people. Meirion Jones put it more bluntly. He said the BBC behaviour would frighten whistleblowers away from going to the corporation. He suspected the abandonment was deliberate, in the hope the court would find Ward a liar, so the BBC could justify the original decision to suppress the story. Sources: @pressgazette | @guardian | @ITVNews | @BBCPanorama | @pressgazette |

1. First Study Finds COVID-19 "Vaccines" Increase Risk of Multiple Cancers: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12… 2. Second Study Finds COVID-19 "Vaccines" Increase Risk of Multiple Cancers: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12… 3. CDC data shows 138,000+ excess cancer deaths in the U.S. since the beginning of mass mRNA vaccination: theethicalskeptic.com/2026/03/13/the… 4. Systematic Review Documents 300+ Peer-Reviewed COVID Shot Turbo Cancer Cases Across 27 Countries: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41498242/ 5. mRNA "Vaccine" Genomic integration Demonstrated: ijirms.in/index.php/ijir… 6. mRNA Injections Induce Severe, Long-Lasting Genetic Disruption Linked to Cancer and Chronic Disease: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12… 7. mRNA "Vaccine" Spike Protein Detected in Both the Cytoplasm and Nuclei of Metastatic Breast Cancer Cells: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41076388/ 8. First Peer-Reviewed Paper Defines COVID-19 Vaccine-Induced Turbo Cancer: journalofindependentmedicine.org/articles/v01n0… 9. 17 Ways mRNA Shots Induce Cancer, According to 100 Studies: thefocalpoints.com/p/17-ways-mrna…

You think you've cut sugar. You haven't. Hidden sugars to watch out for: - Bread - Pasta - Rice - Oats - Potatoes - Couscous - Cereal - Crackers - Pastry - Tortillas - Noodles - Bagels - Crumpets - Pretzels - Pizza base - Breadcrumbs Starches are glucose molecules holding hands.

@nzpoliticsgroup If a farmer allowed a single none consented release of effluent on his property or leakage into a stream, he'd be fined thousands of dollars, why is Wellington Council not being prosecuted for the hundreds of thousands of shit flowing into the sea?

California has built one of the largest solar fleets in the world. Panels are strewn across deserts, rooftops and valleys, costing taxpayers billions of dollars. It was promised as the power of the future. But then the duck curve hit. Solar floods the grid during the height of the day, far more than California can use, so operators are forced to dump gigawatts of "green" power. Then the sun sets and solar output collapses to zero, just as evening demand spikes. California then scrambles to fire up gas plants to keep the lights on, with billions more spent on this backup generation. The world's solar capital ends every day running on fossil fuels. A 24-7 gas grid would cost far less to construct and maintain than solar, and it would actually work 24-7.

This is one of the all-time funniest stories. As it turns out, true-blind selection makes most fields - from music to nursing - LESS diverse in gender and sometimes race terms. So, we don't do it anymore.