# Ani O’Brien — RSS Amplifier Everything Ani O’Brien publishes, via the RSS Amplifier directory. Page: Feed: --- ## [Don Brash & Te Pāti Māori agree on a strategy](https://aniobrien.substack.com/p/don-brash-and-te-pati-maori-agree) _2026-08-18 · Thought Crimes_ After 30 years of Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) representation, we may finally have reached the point where everyone works out how to properly game the system at the same time. ## [A week is a long time: 15 August 2026](https://aniobrien.substack.com/p/a-week-is-a-long-time-15-august-2026) _2026-08-14 · Thought Crimes_ A New Zealand Politics weekly wrap-up ## [I took Martyn Bradbury to court & still think the HDCA needs reform](https://aniobrien.substack.com/p/i-took-martyn-bradbury-to-court) _2026-08-14 · Thought Crimes_ How an interim court order became The Shawshank Redemption ## [Chris Penk took the fall, but here’s what I know.](https://aniobrien.substack.com/p/chris-penk-took-the-fall) _2026-08-12 · Thought Crimes_ A fledgling coup nipped in the bud. ## [The Greens are being remarkably honest. We should listen.](https://aniobrien.substack.com/p/the-greens-are-being-remarkably-honest) _2026-08-10 · Thought Crimes_ A plan for a very different New Zealand ## [National's list and the quirks of MMP](https://aniobrien.substack.com/p/nationals-list-and-the-quirks-of-mmp) _2026-08-09 · Thought Crimes_ National needs more votes, not a new electoral system ## [A week is a long time: 8 August 2026](https://aniobrien.substack.com/p/a-week-is-a-long-time-8-august-2026) _2026-08-07 · Thought Crimes_ A New Zealand Politics weekly wrap-up ## [The Activists Behind Winston Peters' Mock Execution](https://aniobrien.substack.com/p/the-activists-behind-winston-peters-mock-execution) _2026-08-02 · Thought Crimes_ Left wing political violence gets a free pass, again ## [A week is a long time: 1 August 2026](https://aniobrien.substack.com/p/a-week-is-a-long-time-1-august-2026) _2026-07-31 · Thought Crimes_ A New Zealand Politics weekly wrap-up ## [Behind the curtain of a NZ media scandal](https://aniobrien.substack.com/p/behind-the-curtain-of-a-nz-media-scandal) _2026-07-29 · Thought Crimes_ Appointing the aligned is democracy, not corruption ## [Build with the cheapest GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/5xOPEyWlscGJ) _2026-07-29 · **Sponsored**_ Deployed a live API in minutes; one user spent under $10. ## [No to Blasphemy Laws: people have rights, religions do not](https://aniobrien.substack.com/p/no-to-blasphemy-laws-people-have) _2026-07-26 · Thought Crimes_ The long campaign to criminalise criticism of Islam continues to demand blasphemy laws ## [A week is a long time: 25 July 2026](https://aniobrien.substack.com/p/a-week-is-a-long-time-25-july-2026) _2026-07-24 · Thought Crimes_ A New Zealand Politics weekly wrap-up ## [A week is a long time: 18 July 2026](https://aniobrien.substack.com/p/a-week-is-a-long-time-18-july-2026) _2026-07-17 · Thought Crimes_ A New Zealand Politics weekly wrap-up ## [Can we have proper conversations about the Treaty, assisted dying, AI, farming, media, politics, & our future?](https://aniobrien.substack.com/p/can-we-have-proper-conversations) _2026-07-15 · Thought Crimes_ I appear to have agreed to tour New Zealand in winter ## [Was this Corrections case settled to avoid a precedent Crown Law & Human Rights Commission did not want?](https://aniobrien.substack.com/p/was-this-corrections-case-settled-to-avoid-precedent) _2026-07-14 · Thought Crimes_ A quick response to the latest assault on human rights by trans activists in our public sector ## [Hear me out: Ban the hardware not the software](https://aniobrien.substack.com/p/hear-me-out-ban-the-hardware) _2026-07-11 · Thought Crimes_ We need to save childhood without destroying adult freedom ## [A week is a long time: 11 July 2026](https://aniobrien.substack.com/p/a-week-is-a-long-time-11-july-2026) _2026-07-10 · Thought Crimes_ A New Zealand Politics weekly wrap-up ## [Chris Hipkins is New Zealand's Teflon politician](https://aniobrien.substack.com/p/chris-hipkins-is-new-zealands-teflon) _2026-07-07 · Thought Crimes_ Chippy the Accountability Houdini ## [A very personal message](https://aniobrien.substack.com/p/a-very-personal-message) _2026-07-04 · Thought Crimes_ I thought long and hard about sending this ## [A week is a long time: 4 July 2026](https://aniobrien.substack.com/p/a-week-is-a-long-time-4-july-2026) _2026-07-03 · Thought Crimes_ A New Zealand Politics weekly wrap-up ## [Licensed Dispensaries, Pay with Crypto (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/kik6fq43GqNT) _2026-07-03 · **Sponsored**_ Search verified licensed dispensaries and pay with Bitcoin, Lightning, or stablecoins. ## [Politicising a Tragedy: PSA takes the gloves off](https://aniobrien.substack.com/p/politicising-a-tragedy-psa-takes-the-gloves-off) _2026-07-02 · Thought Crimes_ New Zealand's largest public sector union increasingly sounds like an opposition party.