Do you want to hurt people?

Whenever I see a new policy announced by ACT, NZ First, or National, I genuinely wonder who they're targeting. Call me a drooling woke snowflake, but I can't figure out how people go through life excited by policies that amount to 'we get to hit

A Brighter Future for community care

Better things are possible

FNC - Sunshine is gonna fix it

Everything is f**ked, everybody sucks

Five ways to cope with climate anxiety. Many of us have seen, and are still seeing, horrifying footage from Nepal of the deadly floodwaters. Thousands are missing; the economic cost is more than $5 billion; the human cost will likely never be fully known. This is climate change. It'

Emily's sick :(

Hi! Josh here. Emily is sick this week; there's a lot of it going around. If you feel like wishing her well in the comments, I'm sure that would be appreciated! Feel free to skip to the comments if you read this already in your email!

FNC - More divorce!

Welcome to Friday Night Chats! I'm so happy you're here. How has your week been? What are your weekend plans? Let's chat! Feel free to skip to the comments if you read this already in your email! Skip to comments What a week! We

Why Medical Supplies, Not Potato Chips, Are the Real Test of Humanity

Dr Jehad Malaka is our reporter in Gaza. Your subscription and koha allow me to pay him to share stories from the genocide in Palestine. Thank you for your generosity and thank you Dr Malaka. This piece has a call to action for us and I hope you'll

How to vote strategically in November

Every election cycle, you start to see it. Experts (well, actually, people who are absolutely not experts at anything) and commentators claim everyone must vote strategically. At the same time, others (also not experts) claim voting strategically isn’t possible or even moral. It’s enough to confuse anyone. And

This government is making you sick

So many of us are sick. And there's a reason for it.

FNC - Big wins!

Please, I need to go to the white lady sanctuary

As soon as it was published, I had dozens of messages directing me to it. How do the tiny people in my phone know my specific brand of psychosis so well? I am so into Millennial Beige Culture. There's literally never a time I don't want

Lindsay Clancy and the future that could have been

In another world there is healing. This post is about Lindsay Clancy. You don’t have to read it. It’s OK to just choose not to read about this topic because it’s too close to home, or it’s too hard, or it just hurts too much. It’