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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2026-02-12 00:18:19
Content warning: NZPol GDP is useless for characterising economic health.

I reckon we need to shift the Overton Window prior to the coming election in Aotearoa NZ. We need to demonstrate the absurdities inherent it to show that it bears no useful relationship to the overall prosperity of a society. The fact that spending $billions to recover from a massive climate change-exacerbated storm looks like a 'GDP win' for the gov't, and climate change mitigation looks like a loss, is all you need to know.

@markhburton@mstdn.social
2025-12-09 20:56:47

Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to push the Overton window a bit more to the right by curbing ECHR
No respect for #HumanRights |
Fuckwit.
theguard…

Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right
Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders

@inthehands@hachyderm.io
2026-02-08 17:16:24

Who knows whether somebody actually •did• have Epstein murdered, Trump or otherwise. It’s likely we’ll never have either a smoking gun or a definitive rebuttal.
And that may not matter — I’m talking about •vibes•, about the Overton Window of conspiracy theories, about just how many people are so sick Epstein and Trump and all these people that they don’t need any more evidence to want all their legacies flushed down history’s toilet.
2/

@anildash@me.dm
2026-01-26 22:51:54

I wrote a little bit about tech workers speaking up about the current moment — both how we work to shift the Overton window so more feel comfortable to do so, and what the power can be when we do: anildash.com/2026/01/26/why-we

Why We Speak
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

@inthehands@hachyderm.io
2026-01-21 19:19:40

To be clear: I have no realistic expectation any Senator would actually attempt to zero out the DHS budget. I just want to set a baseline for them, move the Overton Window, give them a taste of how angry the population is.
Yes yes yes, Reply Armada, “oh those terrible Democrats yada yada,” I know, I know. I am •not• waiting for politicians to save us.
I am also, however, quite ready to exercise political leverage and use politicians as our tools whenever I think that has a nonzero chance of being useful. Make that call — then back to the rest of the work.