Oliver Bailey

British-born, Whanganui-based, Pākehā, he/him

[poorly drawn lines @PDLComics]

What's happening?

[Wyatt Reed @wyattreed13]

Scott Ritter: After US strike on Iranian girl’s school, DoD identified a large accumulation of people — children and teachers who survived, and parents coming to check on them.

The US dropped another tomahawk on them, which was modified to create a massive thermobaric explosion.

“We put the 4th cruise missile in there, turned it into a thermobaric bomb, and burned these children alive.”

“That’s this war in a nutshell. We don’t know what we’re doing, we don’t know what we’re targeting, and all we’re doing is murdering people.”

[High Yield Harry @HighyieldHarry]

“Billy this is our top applicant. He has a 3.95 GPA, he’s working himself through college, is President of his Investment Club, and has two prior IB internships. His flaw is his favorite hobby is Olive Oil.”

[John Attridge @John_Attridge]

Just applied for a position in a bank but accidentally uploaded the cv I used for a job in the olive oil industry. Hopefully they won't notice

[Finance Guy @GuyInFinance]

I’m at the investing bank interview naming off olive oil brands you can’t even comprehend

[Thant Myint-U @thantmyintu]

President Trump’s “Board of Peace” may well prove a decisive blow for an already beleaguered United Nations. The UN has been in pretty tough times before, with big states ignoring the Charter almost since inception. But never has the UN’s principal founder and the world’s preeminent power since WW2 attempted to create a rival global peace organization. It’s important at this juncture to remember that animosity by many in the US towards the UN has a very specific history. (1/6)

[Oliver Bailey @OliverBailey26]

NYE course and drink (all Italian-ish)

[Oliver Bailey @OliverBailey26]

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Token of Appreciation - Boldy James & Chuck Strangers

Honourable mentions for Kelly Moonstone, ovrkast., Open Mike Eagle, Loyle Carner. Hard to pick the faves as there were so many quality tapes.

[Oliver Bailey @OliverBailey26]

Favourite albums of 2025! Varied mix in regular rotation on our travels around the motu

[Oliver Bailey @OliverBailey26]

A MURDER OF CROWS - Mick Jenkins & EMIL
From The Private Collection Of - Saba & No ID
Golliwog - billy woods
Live Laugh Love - Earl Sweatshirt
Say Wynne - Wynne
Soli Deo Gloria - Homeboy Sandman & Sonnyjim
STAR LINE - Chance The Rapper
Te Whare Tīwekaweka - Marlon Williams
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[Oliver Bailey @OliverBailey26]

Five Mezcla (Ixta Belfrage) recipes in one night 🍽 🎉

[Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴 @big_business_]

👤MICK JENKINS👤

💿ON THE RADAR FREESTYLE💿

🚨OUT NOW🚨

[K.Diallo ☭ @nyeusi_waasi]

"I wasn’t against communism, but i can’t say i was for it either. At first, i viewed it suspiciously, as some kind of white man’s concoction, until i read works by African revolutionaries and studied the African liberation movements. Revolutionaries in Africa understood that the question of African liberation was not just a question of race, that even if they managed to get rid of the white colonialists, if they didn’t rid themselves of the capitalistic economic structure, the white colonialists would simply be replaced by Black neocolonialists. There was not a single liberation movement in Africa that was not fighting for socialism.

The whole thing boiled down to a simple equation: anything that has any kind of value is made, mined, grown, produced, and processed by working people. So why shouldn’t working people collectively own that wealth? Why shouldn’t working people own and control their own resources? Capitalism meant that rich businessmen owned the wealth, while socialism meant that the people who made the wealth owned it.

I got into heated arguments with sisters or brothers who claimed that the oppression of Black people was only a question of race. I argued that there were Black oppressors as well as white ones. That’s why you’ve got Blacks who support Nixon or Reagan or other conservatives. Black folks with money have always tended to support candidates who they believed would protect their financial interests. As far as i was concerned, it didn’t take too much brains to figure out that Black people are oppressed because of class as well as race, because we are poor and because we are Black. …

[Earlier in my life] When someone asked me what communism was, i opened my mouth to answer, then realized i didn’t have the faintest idea. My image of a communist came from a cartoon. It was a spy with a black trench coat and a black hat pulled down over his face, slinking around corners …
I never forgot that day. We’re taught at such an early age to be against the communists, yet most of us don’t have the faintest idea what communism is. Only a fool lets somebody else tell him who his enemy is… It’s got to be one of the most basic principles of living: always decide who your enemies are for yourself, and never let your enemies choose your enemies for you."

[Jonathan Milne @JonoMilne]

Today, supported by the PM, Amazon Web Services NZ boss Manuel Bohnet made one of the clumsiest and most embarrassing attempts in a long time to spin good news from a fiasco. At @NewsroomNZ, I report the reality behind the '$7.5b investment' in the cloud. https://t.co/8otvfqKJZ5

[Peep Show Script @PeepScript]

Mark: (Is that it? Is that how easy it is to steal some education? Bloody hell, ​who's in charge? The world's just people walking around, going into rooms and saying things. It's all a big swizzle.)

[smi @smino]

‘ alonzo freestyle ‘

[World Food Programme @WFP]

WFP Statement | #Gaza

On the morning of 20 July, a 25 truck WFP convoy carrying vital food assistance crossed the Zikim border point destined for starving communities in northern Gaza.

Shortly after passing the final checkpoint beyond the Zikim crossing point into Gaza, the convoy encountered large crowds of civilians anxiously waiting to access desperately needed food supplies.

As the convoy approached, the surrounding crowd came under fire from Israeli tanks, snipers and other gunfire.

We are deeply concerned and saddened by this tragic incident resulting in the loss of countless lives. Many more suffered life-threatening injuries. These people were simply trying to access food to feed themselves and their families on the brink of starvation. This terrible incident underscores the increasingly dangerous conditions under which humanitarian operations are forced to be conducted in Gaza.

Today’s violent incident comes despite assurances from Israeli authorities that humanitarian operational conditions would improve; including that armed forces will not be present nor engage at any stage along humanitarian convoy routes.

There should never, ever, be armed groups near or on our aid convoys, as reiterated on many occasions to all parties to the conflict. Shootings near humanitarian missions, convoys and food distributions must stop immediately. Any violence involving civilians seeking humanitarian aid is completely unacceptable.

We stand firmly by our principles of operating with independence, impartiality and neutrality. It is one of the many reasons why communities trust us.

The World Food Programme continues to call for the protection of all civilians and aid workers delivering life-saving assistance. WFP teams accompanying convoys should not have to risk their own lives in the effort to save others. Without these fundamental conditions in place, we cannot continue providing life-saving support across the Gaza strip.

Gaza’s hunger crisis has reached new levels of desperation. People are dying from lack of humanitarian assistance. Malnutrition is surging with 90,000 women and children in urgent need of treatment. Nearly one person in three is not eating for days. Food aid is the only way for most people to access any food – as the cost of a one-kilogram bag of flour has surged to over USD100 in local markets.

Only a massive scale-up in food aid distributions can stabilize this spiraling situation, calm anxieties and rebuild the trust within communities that more food is coming.

An agreed ceasefire is long overdue. All hostages should be released, and humanitarians should be able to reach the civilian population in Gaza with critical food supplies in a consistent, predictable, orderly and safe manner -- wherever they are across the Gaza Strip.

WFP is ready. We have food supplies nearby, experienced teams on the ground, and proven systems in place to respond at scale. We did it before and we can do it again.

We urgently call on the international community and all parties to advocate for, and facilitate, the delivery of life-saving food aid to starving populations inside Gaza – safely, securely, wherever families are, and without obstruction.