Dan Bishop

Replace MSM with shift in thinking and responding: Free speech also means accountability. Don’t just RT, verify. Abstract persona from data. Ad hominem, tu quoque discredits the writer + post. But still call BS out. MSM is useless, this is what we have now, engage widely and well

@saltyreigns No. You’re right

Diesel is unlikely to drop back to January prices cause fuel companies have seen that NZers will stretch to pay $4 a litre. And the govt is quite enjoying the windfall from the extra gst, which has more than doubled. Hope I’m wrong

@DrRitaDed May I have your permission to speak? I don’t celebrate Easter. When someone wishes me happy Easter, I simply smile at them and continue with whatever. They get it. I’m an adult, y’see. Try it

Reminder: Not everyone celebrates Easter. Do not wish me or them a happy Easter without consent.

@ShiraLurie @naomirwolf @grok See? Even AI evolves 🤣

@ShiraLurie @naomirwolf We are the study. Our evolution - the fact we exist and thrive. @grok, Is there any scientific study that upholds the theory of natural immunity?

Got my spring dose. And will continue to mask because there’s not a single scientific study that says I shouldn’t.

@NZFreeSpeech Agree. Just make sure you get facts right though — you mean before the web existed. Internet came first, web came 1990

The Broadcasting Standards Authority has claimed jurisdiction over The Platform, an online media outlet, under the Broadcasting Act 1989. No law was changed. No Bill was passed. The BSA simply reinterpreted a statute written before the internet existed and decided it now regulates online speech.  The complaint arose after broadcaster Sean Plunket described tikanga Maori as “mumbo-jumbo” during a programme on 22 July 2025. A complainant called the comments racist and referred the matter to the BSA. The BSA has not yet ruled on whether the comments breached any standard, but has determined it has the power to do so.  “You do not have to agree with Sean Plunket. You do not have to like The Platform,” said Jillaine Heather, CEO of the Free Speech Union. “But a four-person Wellington panel, armed with a statute older than the World Wide Web, should not be deciding what New Zealanders can say on the internet. Parliament has been declining to give the BSA this power for over 20 years. The BSA has now simply helped itself.” 🔗 Read the full release: 📌 fsu.nz/blog/bsa-grabs…

@BobbyMiller202 Now you’re just imagining your own reality ;)

I'm no fan of Hipkins, but seeing partisan shills jumping on the bandwagon of something which resulted in vastly net-positive health outcomes for the specific age group mentioned without mentioning this fact shows you the sort of dirty politics he's (still) engrossed in.

@GadSaad @NZ17Free And we see you. Will read

New Zealand! I see you. discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id…

@saltyreigns I’ll fight you: white guilt. Which feeds everything else

Racist maori. Fight me.

@PierceSuzanne x.com/piercesuzanne/…

@BlaseWager @shouldveknown11 You’re right. But three months ago the price in the US per barrel was $56-$60. Today it is $99-$101. That hurts the US. I think China will win from this

US are energy independent and an exporter. And have reserves untapped. The loss of crude from Iran was to China, India, Japan. Totally agree we have become pathetic in this country, decline in sovereign wealth, energy poverty on every front. Plus a bunch on people who think wind and solar will save them… plus taking any intel from the UK, the US in the past, and aligning with the EU in these policies have destroyed this once great little nation.

So China has just cut off Australia from jet fuel. Why was Australia getting jet fuel from China? Why did Australia and New Zealand both shut down oil refineries?

@NzFubar Yes. Create your own narrative. I’ve parked the big car up, enjoying the small car, carved out some real focus time away from the city, planned some outings with friends away from overpriced eateries. Probably will continue in this vein

There’s so many doom and gloom merchants on here pushing their msm narratives of lockdowns and car free days… Pack it in, grow a spine. We didn’t comply last time, we certainly won’t be complying this time. All you’re doing is feeding the panic 🤦🏻‍♂️take some timeout.

I’ve seen people decide not to drive into work, reducing their costs far more than the cumulative effect of a dollar extra at the pump (fuel, food etc). No overpriced unhealthy fast lunches. No parking costs. The losers here are the CBD-supporting businesses, more than commuters

@mikeofraser @shouldveknown11 Ukraine is indeed a thorn in the side of Russia. Putin’s both strength and weakness is his stubborn will

@cutaway_cafe @shouldveknown11 Russia? They're barely even in control of Ukraine.

@PierceSuzanne She’s just trying to use an oil term in a headline. At the cost of accuracy. And Labour is not being begged … we’re just noting the sudden silence

'Slick'?? So far we've seen almost zero response and no evidence of a plan. Labour is being begged to provide some ideas!! Government’s oil-crisis response slick so far but the real test is coming; Labour navigates dangerous times – Audrey Young nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/go…

@ajthompson13 I bought a ‘94 Honda Civic hatch a few years ago for maybe $3k. Saved that much in their astonishing fuel efficiency in a few years where I had to drive up and down NZ a lot. Plus it was great to drive. There’s a lot to be said for older cars

If I was buying g a new car I’d buy an EV But if I was buying a second hand car I’d buy petrol .

@796763 @ajthompson13 David, what % was it at when you bought and at what % do you consider it to be too low?

@ajthompson13 I bought a second-hand EV (Nissan Leaf) 18 months ago. I've added 200K to the odometer in that time (I'm an Uber driver). The battery has only gone down about 13 percent, so I'm pretty satisfied!

@PeterByardDavis My ship uses a 75hp diesel that came from a 1950’s London bus. It’s efficient, and it recouped its manufacturing carbon costs decades ago. If I ‘traded up’ to an electric engine, I actually harm the planet more. But this is inconvenient to talk about ;) so we press on for EV’s

@PeterByardDavis Peter, think less superficially: Batteries mine minerals. Vehicle production consumes carbon. All this has to be eventually dealt with again at end of life. Then the power — wind farms? Carbon blades, manufacture, disposal. The case against oil is an exercise in ignorance

New Zealand has failed to learn from previous oil shocks. Indeed, with key changes of government, sensible initiatives to reduce our fossil fuel dependency have been reversed. As this item states we are driving in the wrong direction! theconversation.com/driving-in-the…

Oil crisis created by West, hoping it’ll hurt China who bought 90% of Iran’s oil last year. But now China has 3x the normal oil reserves. China makes EV’s. World, including NZ, accentuates crisis to get people off oil. EV demand goes up. See how this siege warfare plays out?