byroncclark

byroncclark, 20 days ago to random

It's getting to that time of year when North Islanders post about the cold like "had to take a coat today!" and South Islanders respond like "ha! It's been below zero here all week, I've forgotten what the sun looks like and am no longer capable of human emotion

byroncclark, 22 days ago to random

If this happened in Australia the little fish and chip shop would get to keep the name and the American fast food company would just have to call their stores 'Ravenous Petes' or something
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/515839/no-more-popeye-fish-n-chip-shop-forced-to-drop-name-by-fast-food-giant

byroncclark, 27 days ago to random

This is an important point

From Naomi Klein's Doppelganger

byroncclark, 2 months ago to random

"Massey University distinguished professor Paul Spoonley told The Front Page, the Herald’s daily news podcast, that far-right extremism is by far the biggest threat to national security." https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/the-threat-of-far-right-extremism-in-new-zealand-the-front-page/SHAP2MZTVJGFXAQTHA5XSRVIH4/

byroncclark, 2 months ago to random

Part 2 of 'Fear one year on' looking chapter by chapter at how the political landscape has changed since my book 'Fear: New Zealand's Hostile Underworld of Extremists' was published a year ago

https://www.feijoadispatch.nz/p/fear-one-year-on-part-2

byroncclark, 3 months ago to random

byroncclark, 3 months ago to random

Always amusing to contrast the Freemasons in conspircist discourse vs the Freemasons in real life, shadowy cabal controlling the world vs free cuppa and a sausage sizzle

byroncclark, 4 months ago to random

I wrote about the conspiracy theories driving opposition to urbanism, and how being able to bike to work isn't actually a sign of creeping global communism
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/18-01-2024/fear-of-a-15-minute-city

byroncclark, 4 months ago to random

confused shed owner

byroncclark, 5 months ago to random

People are posting "2 sleeps till Christmas!" But really you can have as many sleeps as you want over the next 48 hours, there's no rule

byroncclark, 6 months ago to random

Conspiracy theorists are celebrating their success in the election. They infiltrated NZ First, got policies over adopted, then, though the coalition agreement with National, they are getting those policies implemented by the new coalition government
https://web.archive.org/web/20231125225251/https://www.garymoller.com/post/pop-the-corks-the-coalition-agreement-has-been-signed

The Fight to Take Back Our Country! The fightback began on many fronts with the formation of organisations such as Voices for Freedom. I'll focus here on what our small team got up to. I'll begin with a shout-out to my brother Bruce. He came up with the idea, in late 2021, of backing an existing political party rather than attempting the almost insurmountable task of starting a new party from scratch, let alone getting into parliament. Although its leader, David Seymour, was going to be a challenging hurdle to leap, we initially went for the ACT Party. This was because its constitution looked like it had been written with us in mind: Then, at the beginning of this year, the government introduced its latest iteration of the Therapeutic Products Bill. Winston Peters and NZ First had prevented this from becoming law since 2007. Each time, he sa

byroncclark, 6 months ago to NewZealand

Well, say goodbye to Fair Pay Agreements under new workplace relations minister Brooke van Velden #nzpol

byroncclark, 6 months ago to random

Of the 14 nations voting against a ceasefire at the UN, six were Pacific nations. Titilua Ikenasio looks at the factors at play
https://feijoa.substack.com/p/six-pacific-islands-vote-no-on-israeli

byroncclark, 6 months ago to random

“We cannot stay silent. Otherwise, we’re going to wake up one day to see an entire ethnic group completely annihilated, and we will all be responsible for it.”

https://www.analystnews.org/posts/dear-god-this-is-going-to-be-a-genocide-a-bosnian-genocide-survivor-on-israels-siege-on-gaza

byroncclark, 7 months ago to random

Twitter usage on the decline https://www.axios.com/2023/10/26/x-twitter-usage-statistics-elon-musk-owner

byroncclark, 7 months ago to random

"I'm here for the festival"

What it means: I wrote a book, I'm speaking on a panel

What it feels like: I'm a folk horror protagonist, unaware that I am to become this year's sacrifice to improve the harvest

byroncclark, 7 months ago to random

"Stuff, New Zealand’s biggest independently owned news business, will stop sharing content to X (formerly Twitter), effective immediately."
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300988705/stuff-group-withdraws-from-x-formerly-twitter?cid=app-android

byroncclark, 7 months ago to random

The 'Freedom Movement' realised their path to parliament was taking over an existing political party, as uniting their small parties wasn't happening. They tried, and failed, with ACT, but when they tried with New Zealand First, they had more success

https://www.waikatotimes.co.nz/a/nz-news/350084986/awakening-how-freedom-movement-found-its-man-winston-peters

byroncclark, 7 months ago to random

I recently spoke with a journalist from Stuff about my experience getting a court order against a far-right stalker. The legislation we have against harassment and stalking is inadequate, but there is a civil court process available for victims

https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/132933208/what-it-took-to-stop-harassment-from-a-white-supremacist

byroncclark, 9 months ago to random

Trying to reach a goal of 450 subscribers to Feijoa Dispatch by the end of the month. It actually has nothing to do with feijoas and instead is about disinformation and the alt-right. You can sign up for a free or premium tier at

https://feijoa.substack.com

byroncclark, 9 months ago to random

byroncclark, 9 months ago to random

"An anonymous Telegram poster isn’t typically worth covering in a news article. But Polly was recently announced as a candidate for NZ First"

And she's just one of several conspiracy theorists standing for NZ First this year

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300945108/chemtrails-911-and-vaccine-nanobots-the-digital-trail-of-nz-firsts-couldbe-mps

byroncclark, 9 months ago to random

50 years ago Westworld predicted how we'd identify which humans were actually machines