that more public figures would have the courage and dignity of Sally Rooney

www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

the obscene chain of equivalence has no end @altnamackin.bsky.social

Loved hearing Max Harris use his allocated 1 minute to show the breadth of his support for te Tiriti. Audience loved it!! Most energetic debate yet in Tāmaki. #nzpol

this sounds great. @mohanjdutt.bsky.social in conversation with Alana Lentin about the bourgeoning "civility industry"

It's not a "Leaders Debate" when the moderator speaks more than either of the leaders. Ryan Bridge pontificated endlessly speaking 39% of the words over the 90 minutes.

This is what happens when media outlets hire a pompous windbag who thinks his opinion is the most important in the room.

#NZPol

...if you arrived in Aotearoa yesterday, and wanted to know how neoliberalism impacted the country, you wouldn't need to look beyond the frivolity of the #leadersdebate format and the host's questions. The reasons why people hate politics are baked into the whole spectacle #nzpol

high level stuff so far. The format is basically the Ryan Bridge's Show, in all its tabloid vacuity, in primetime. Quite a contrast to the relative substance of last night's debate #nzpol #leadersdebate

Join us! With the amazing @sean-phelan.bsky.social, releasing the CARE white paper on the Tertiary Education Strategy.

Thursday 15 October 2026 · 12.30pm NZST

Enclosure by Metric: A Culture-Centered Critique of the Tertiary Education Strategy 2025–2030

On Zoom: massey.zoom.us/j/82396418635

yep, the recording will be uploaded to the CARE YouTube site and Facebook page - see here www.youtube.com/@caremassey

I'm helping @mohanjdutt.bsky.social launch his White Paper critique of the current govt's Tertiary Education Strategy on Zoom tomorrow at 12.30pm. Join us if you'd like to better understand the govt's desire to hyper-commercialise the sector. And DM me if you'd like the Zoom link #nzpol

APA* invites you to the first in a series of public talks in collaboration with orgs creating possibilities beyond the limits of our existing institutions. Register at bit.ly/APeoplesAcademy 🤓

I'd love to know if Peters has read any other books on "neoliberalism" (his favourite election-time word) other than Roger Douglas' Unfinished Business 😅...he hates the "globalists" and, at the same time, wants to go back into coalition with ACT and the National Party...what a bullshitter #nzpol

appreciated how Qiulae Wong has got up Peters' skin and called him out on his racist and far-right bullshit #nzpol

Listen to me talk 🗣️ Lynch, Lost Highway & Lacan on 13 Oct at 10am NZT in Burns 4 or on zoom Rego here: forms.gle/td8UDiHTqTBk...
I use Lacan’s notion of the ‘semblant’ to discuss the intersection btw Lost Highway and the OJ Simpson trial - which apparently inspired Lynch. #DavidLynch #Lacan