Rupert Brackenbury

I like this new, angrier #NZLabour - I hope #Hipkins doesn't pull a Kamala Harris and pivot at the halfway point to try & court #JordonWilliams' bot farms #NZPol

From #RNZ: Apparently NZers believe #National is "good at economy" but #Labour is better at... all the things that make up the economy?
#NZPol

We all know #PublicService cuts won't help, that things will get worse, that it will ultimately cost us more. We can prove it, but #National & #Act don't care.
They believe the Earth is flat & will respond accordingly. #nzpol

The New Zealand economic cycle:
1- #National sets a budget
2- Experts say the maths is wrong.
3- National says that's not true
4- 6-12m later critics proven correct
5- National says that's not true
6- Repeat
#nzpol

When #NicolaWilis says "Beneficiaries don't need to drive to work" I assume they'll be dropping all the appointments you need to make to qualify for a benefit?
#nzpol

I would believe our current Govt's plan is to guarantee the outcome of the fuel crisis is felt after the next election, so they can blame it on #NZLabour, relying on our short memories to achieve their long term goal of reinforcing the fallacy that "#National are good with money"

But, realistically, does anyone in the current government have a plan?
#nzpol #coalitionofchaos

Honestly im too angry at this government to think of something pithy #nzpol

#Wellington is hosting *both* an #EDM festival AND the #NationalBrassBandChampionships this weekend so everytime you see people wearing, like, slutty cowgirl outfits, or matching blue tuxedos, it could go either way
#brassband #nz

They have increased homelessness & now they're trying to hide it before the #election

#Government announces #homeless move-on orders - for all town centres, not just #Auckland https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/587562/government-announces-homeless-move-on-orders-for-all-town-centres-not-just-auckland
#national #rnz #classwar #nzpol

If you believe #WinstonPeters "made a mistake" releasing emails that distance him from an unpopular PM, then I have a second harbour bridge to sell you.
#nzpol

What is this bullshit?
#RNZ: "law professor concerned US '#leftwing #terrorism' on the rise" https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/593497/waikato-law-professor-concerned-us-left-wing-terror-attacks-on-the-rise-after-washington-shooting
#uspol #nzpol #fuckery

#NicolaWillis taking food out of a child's lunchbox & giving it to someone who owns 5 houses: "WE'RE DOING THIS FOR YOUR FUTURE!"
#NZPOL

I'm not saying our government is complicit with racist, #fascist authoritarians, but if they were, how would things look any different?

#NewZealander Everlee Wihongi detained in #ICE facility https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/593630/locked-up-for-22-hours-a-day-what-life-is-like-for-new-zealander-everlee-wihongi-detained-in-ice-facility
#nzpol #uspol

Does #RichardDawkins Dream of Fighting Electric Swans?
(Has this been done already?)

I #googled "how much money do I need to feed a child for a day" & the #AI said "They prefer chicken nuggets"
#NZTwits

One of the fun things about #writing, especially #genreFiction, is your search history is like "Names meaning 'mother' ... common Welsh names... anatomically modern human first evolved? ... why is the moon moving away? ... who said 'we are the universe perceiving itself?' ... word meaning opposite of transparent..."

Rewatching #BackToTheFuture with the kids and #LeaThompson plays Marty's Paternal Great Great Grandmother, implying that His parents are at most 3rd Cousins
#nztwits #movies #80smovies

So #National, will force #Foodstuffs to split becuse the market has failed to regulate itself?
Please Nicola, I begging you to think about the implications for your trust in neoliberalism.
#nzpol #supermarkets #nz

Ive been seeing *so much* advertising for #ACT and #DavidSeymour online and it's all gross #nzpol

While I love that #National's ideological bias has crashed headfirst into reality, let's not forget that even the targets they've hit are bullshit:
Less people in emergency housing ≠ people housed, meeting climate targets ≠ doing enough about '#ClimateChange', less people taking up elective surgery ≠ a well run #HealthSystem

Jobseeker #s climbing, almost 80,000 over target | #RNZ
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics_election-2026/1298748/pm-christopher-luxon-s-targets-jobseeker-numbers-climbing-almost-80-000-over-target
#nzpol

Are we still trusting the #TPU/Curia poll?
#NZPol

Sorry I haven't been posting much lately, I have been having my semi-regular #MentalHealth breakdown
#nz #NZTwits

"The strike is politically motivated" yeah, no shit Paul, it's like you just discovered what three of those words mean.
#nzpol #NactionalFirst https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/1207896/they-should-be-at-work-christopher-luxon-on-10-000-striking-public-servants

#DollyParton seems to have been that rare type of celebrity who deserved their success & used it to leave the world a better place than they found it

Don't they look tired
#NZPol

#Luxon would like us all to vote for him despite his own party being pretty meh about the whole thing.
#nzpol

#MMP has been one if the best things to happen for representative democracy in #NZ so, of course, #National want to get rid of it
#nzpol