David Harvey: Justice Should Be Seen By All - A Sequel

Why Courts Chose Bluesky to Notify Decisions of Public Interest

On 27 March I wrote an article querying why the Courts of New Zealand had decided to abandon X in favour of Bluesky as a means of disseminating information about the release of decision of the Courts that were of public interest.

One of my criticisms of the move was that no reasons had been given for the move. It appeared to be a shift from a platform where there was a wide following to one that was something of a niche, “progressive” bent.

Ani O'Brien: RNZ’s X/Grok political hit job is not a child-safety story

X is simply the space the managerial class can't control

I want to preface this piece with a concession that RNZ’s reporting has improved a lot lately. Their articles are more fulsome and usually present a variety of perspectives. Their online written reporting is on the whole very good, but unfortunately their radio content is not and hiring John Campbell will make things worse. Private media companies like Stuff and NZME regularly republish RNZ articles to the extent that I wonder why the Herald in particular doesn’t fire all of their journalists and just syndicate RNZ content.

The articles I discuss here are not good examples of the quality of RNZ’s reporting. They are indulgences in reflecting the meta-narratives of the leftist managerial class.

Matua Kahurangi: Bikinis, Grok and the great excuse to censor X

Let’s be honest about what’s actually going on here, because the sudden moral panic from Britain, Australia and Canada reeks of bullsh*t.

We are being told that X might need to be banned, throttled or “urgently assessed” because Grok AI can be used to put politicians in bikinis. Yes, bikinis. The whākn’ horror.

Ani O'Brien: Ministry of Health leaving X for a dying platform full of furries and CSAM

The New Zealand public service is a law unto itself. As someone remarked on X today, the Coalition might be in Government, but they are not in power.

One small, but significant way our ministries, departments, and agencies are registering their defiance and hatred of people outside of their echo chamber is by shutting down (or reducing) their X accounts in favour of alternatives like BlueSky.

Rodney Hide: Helen Clark Declares Elon Musk a Nazi

I struggle to believe former Prime Minister Helen Clark thinks Elon Musk is a Nazi. That doesn’t stop her of accusing him of being one and of him advocating genocide.

Here’s her post on X on 26 January: