Dor HaMidbar

@DonaldClark @Steve_R_Price @DonaldClark Do you: a) Have no fucking idea? b) Work in AI?

Different. AI is used largely to support essay writing, get some research, write, refine, restructure, that's how good writing works. Sure some shortcircuit. Essay mills were one-shot purchases, largely known and tolerates by HE, as exposure would heve meant reputation damage on a massive scale.

Imagine back in the heyday of online essay mills, if the push had been to teach students to use essay mills ethically and to develop essay mill strategies. Or if we had accepted that essay mills were okay for grammar and organization but taught Ss to make the essays their own.

We found a single mass grave in Gaza containing 300 people. ​Small children were killed with their hands tied behind their backs.

Trump: "If I hadn't bombed Iran, they would have had a nuclear weapon in 2 WEEKS!" Trump has said many stupid things. This may be the stupidest. Facts pulled out of his ass.

JUSTICE THE AMERICAN WAY. 🇺🇸🔥

Never back down. #AmericaFirst

@_ZachFoster @PeteHegseth

“Crazy regimes like Iran, hell-bent on prophetic Islamic delusions, cannot have nuclear weapons” -@PeteHegseth aljazeera.com/amp/news/2026/…

The US War Machine Is Run By Deranged Armageddon Cultists They are everything they accuse Iran of being. THEY are dangerous religious fanatics. THEY cannot be trusted with nuclear weapons. THEY are the tyrants. THEY are the monsters. Reading by Tim Foley.

@mbird12 Hey Pauline Hanson, everyone can tell this is your sock puppet.

The political left in the West is pandering to Islamicism, demonstrating a profound ignorance of history (what the Ayatollah did to his Marxist allies in Iran) and recent events (Muslims bashing gay kids in Sydney). There is a place for Muslims in a liberal democracy, but co-belligerence against liberalism and democracy does not end well for anyone.

Leftist: I oppose apartheid and genocide. Rightist: I hate Jews and I want to exterminate all Jewish people. Zionist: These are both equally bad and I condemn them both equally. I'm going to focus mainly on the left one.

Carsie Blanton on Elon Musk youtu.be/jDf1ksSbSd4?si…

@WilliamWolfe @RightWingWatch @WilliamWolfe has the spirit of Antichrist

Another foolish person has lost their life trying to obstruct ICE. Here's my reaction: I don't care. It's tragic, yes, but they are bringing it on themselves. We elected Donald Trump to save our country. And that means mass deportations, no matter what.

Masculine Jesus: "Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved."

@MatuaKahurangi Fuck off racist cunt

“The governments of Western Europe, and the United States and Canada, New Zealand, and Australia did this on purpose to their own people. They opened their borders and paid for the rest of the world, the Third World, to move into their countries.” New Zealand, Australia, the United States, and Canada all get a special mention in Replacing Europe, the new documentary by Tucker Carlson. If you’ve been following my work for a while, you’ll know I often write about replacement theory. It is frequently dismissed as a conspiracy theory, however in my opinion and that of many others, it is unfolding in real time. The documentary can be viewed by signing up as a member at tuckercarlson.com #nzpol #cdnpol #uspol #auspol

@investigatemag newsroom.co.nz/2026/01/16/202…

Grok's assessment of the flame war:

Not sure where @extremetemps is sourcing his Kaikoura data from. The Met Service data says Jan 11 topped out at 33.2C. Kaikoura hottest ever was 34.4C back on 12 January 1924

@caitoz Congratulations. Everyone should aspire to being labelled 'antisemite' by genocidal nationalists from the Apartheid State of Israel.

I'm so incredibly tired of all of this. NO THEY ARE NOT. THE BARNA NUMBERS DO NOT SAY THAT. NO ONE CARES ABOUT THE TRUTH ANYMORE.

Having murdered EVERY journalist in Gaza, and many of their families. Having banned ANY international journalist from entering. Having destroyed almost every structure in Gaza and even laughing as they blew up water treatment facilities and cancer wards. Israel is now BANNING all aid agencies from operating there from tomorrow. The last thread of charitable aid removed. An evil beyond humanity. Take ACTION Free PALESTINE

@nzfirst Fuck me, left-wing views in a Labour Party. What next? NzFirst voters with goldcards?

Winston Peters: Labour is no longer the party of workers. They're riddled with left-wing, brainwashing propaganda.

@AerialKiwi In court this week, Julian Batchelor has been perpetuating the debunked myth of pre-Polynesian settlement of New Zealand by a tribe of "fair-skinned ginger-haired people. This is just one example of his utterly mistaken views. Debunked here: academia.edu/124585394/Indi…

'They Didn’t Debate Him — They Tried to Destroy Him There’s something deeply rotten in New Zealand’s political culture right now, and the Julian Batchelor saga has dragged it into the open. If you challenge race based politics or co‑governance, you don’t get argued with. You get labelled. Smeared. Treated as a problem to be neutralised rather than a citizen to be debated. And that should scare the hell out of anyone who still believes this country is a democracy. From disagreement to deplatforming Let’s be brutally honest: this was never about correcting facts or protecting the public. It was about shutting someone up. Batchelor didn’t politely disagree in an academic journal. He went on the road. He spoke to ordinary people. He questioned a political direction that many New Zealanders feel they were never properly asked to consent to. And for that, he wasn’t countered with better arguments — he was branded. Once the media sticks words like dangerous, harmful, or racist to your name, the debate is already over. Employers back away. Venues cancel. Friends distance themselves. The punishment happens long before any court ever looks at the truth of the claims. That’s not journalism. That’s social execution. Why this court case really matters. This defamation case isn’t a side show. It’s a line in the sand. It asks a very simple question: are powerful media organisations still accountable when they destroy someone’s reputation — or are they untouchable as long as they’re on the “right side” of politics? If the answer is that media can say anything about you as long as your views are unpopular, then free speech in New Zealand already died — we just didn’t bother to hold a funeral. The panic you can sense from parts of the media isn’t about press freedom. It’s about precedent. Because if one man can successfully push back, others might follow. The unspoken power imbalance State‑funded broadcasters. Established newsrooms. Editorial boards. Legal teams. On the other side: one individual with a name and a microphone. And we’re supposed to pretend this is an even fight? The media loves to posture as brave truth‑tellers holding power to account. But when they are the power, scrutiny suddenly becomes “harassment” and pushback becomes “dangerous rhetoric”. That hypocrisy is the point. Here’s the part the commentariat refuses to acknowledge: co‑governance is not beyond criticism. Believing in one person, one vote is not hatred. Questioning race‑based political structures is not extremism. Wanting laws to apply equally is not violence. These are mainstream democratic principles — and the fact they’re now treated as morally suspect should alarm everyone, not just people on one side of politics. When certain ideas are placed above challenge, democracy doesn’t evolve — it calcifies. The chilling effect is the real story Whether Batchelor wins or loses, the message sent so far is clear: Step out of line and you will be punished. Not through debate. Not through elections. But through reputation destruction and public shaming. That doesn’t just silence activists. It teaches ordinary people to keep their mouths shut. To avoid uncomfortable conversations. To self‑censor. That’s how free societies decay — quietly, politely, and with applause from people who think it’ll never be their turn. You don’t have to like Julian Batchelor. But if you’re cheering the attempt to erase him rather than challenge him, you’re not defending democracy — you’re dismantling it. Because once speech is policed by narrative and punishment replaces persuasion, the system no longer belongs to the public. It belongs to those who decide which voices are allowed to exist.'