By the way, I haven't posted on Twitter for a long time. I do all my social media interaction in the Fediverse - https://t.co/fSZmdD5cEy is my jam (I also run the server). See some of you in the Fediverse - see https://t.co/iFKGPNdbcH and https://t.co/GOAnoThf8Z.

Just listening to @radionz and @NZMorningReport and fully encourage Wanaka to give the McDonalds Corporation the fingers. I think it'd be great if more (all) communities did. There're quite a few other corporations peddling 'food-like-substances' who're worthy of rejection.

There’s a very simple reason National have been releasing their policies so late in the campaign. They might look attractive at first glance, but any deeper analysis shows how bad they will be for NZ, but great for a few. Luxon doesn’t want you to “overthink it”. You know why.

My Dad used to vote National, more recently has voted Labour, but I could have cried when he proudly told me that he's just party voted @NZGreens for the first time. Incredible when I think back at the arguments we used to have 30 years ago. It's never too late. 💚💚🙏

So we've found that Chris Luxon does not believe in: - Budgets - Abortions - Dinosaurs - Climate change - Te Tiriti (te reo) - First Elections - Classroom autonomy - Renter's rights What else?

#BREAKING in Newshub’s final pre-election polling the Greens are on 14.9%, & NINETEEN MPs in Parliament. The Green wave is here. It’s happening. The most important thing now is that everyone goes out and VOTES. The time is now.

Hah. Xwitter is so pathetic now. I haven't even been here for months. The Fediverse is where it's happening. Smarter people saying far more sensible things. Xwitter, you're enshittification is now almost complete. I encourage the few remaining clever folk among you: abandon ship.

The #NZGreens should spank National for their idiotic (and totally inappropriate) slogan "Get NZ back on track". Ugh. National hates tracks, be they rail, bike, or walking. No. The love *roads*. They want to 'Keep NZ in traffic'. See more:

Open, local community run, and decentralised first, closed, profit-motivated, and centralised second (if at all). That's the way to do social media. Please demonstrate that you're listening and learning @LGNZ and @nzgovt_edu

a NEMA official Mastodon instance that they can post to for everyone in the Fediverse. Given that their alert are broadcasts (not expecting responses) they can then set up auto-tweeting (to the extent that Twitter allows it is functional) for the laggards still here. 2/2

So if our gov't is using Twitter as a critical disaster management tool - https://t.co/oz7UwsLIWk - it needs to realise Twitter is an unreliable foreign tech. Why not use local (onshore in Aotearoa) tech, run by NZers. Many of us are already in the Fediverse, why not have 1/2

As @mmasnick points out on in the Fediverse ( https://t.co/PmuE9Az5Vr) this strange article https://t.co/pqA34e9Ic6 wonders about decentralised, non-profit alternative to centralised, profit-driven social media. He mentions Mastodon at the end, but implies it's not viable. Wut?

It'd be very cool if @oia_nz also posted in the Fediverse. They have a selection of NZ-based Fediverse instances they can use at no cost... https://t.co/3rQIIvOiNJ, https://t.co/F3LoYCK3zk (might require permission), https://t.co/48Kk5rnGOt among others.

Ok, so it's abundantly clear to us all by now that Twitter is a depraved cesspit of maladaptive human interaction. If we're honest with ourselves, we also know there's no way it'll change for the better. Given systemically better alternatives, why are people still here?

The current state of party politics in Aotearoa NZ:

This is a very good point: https://t.co/1wvqLQzMCf #BigTech #SocialMedia is neither the only, nor best choice for #TechJournalists.

https://t.co/iexSGggmhb

Are there still people here? Or just bots?

Wondering why people are still talking about this Musk stuff here on Birbsite. It's just rearranging the deck chairs. In the world of #JohnMastodon, the seas are much calmer, and there's nary a free speech iceberg in sight.