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Donald Trump said he hopes the nation will heal following Charlie Kirk’s assassination. However, in an interview he stated that “a radical left group of lunatics” may stand as a barrier for this. The Trump Administration has asked for $58 million for security to protect the executive and judicial branches following the assassination. Workplaces in […]
America Has a Problem
Remember the massive peaceful Los Angeles ICE protests that went on in June? Because that shit has been STRIPPED from media. At though the protests in LA and several other states somehow seem to have vanished into thin air, this is not the case at all. Think, hundreds of people arrested, “deployment of national guard”, […]
SOUTH KOREA ABOLISHES PRIVATE ADOPTION AFTER ABUSE INVESTIGATIONS
Since 1955 around 170,000 South Korean children have been essentially exported to foreign countries for adoption. In March of this year, the South Korean government admitted responsibility for facilitating this exploitative industry. An investigation into human rights violations within these adoption agencies was launched by the South Korean government in 2022, leading to the admission […]
The Meaning of Skateboarding Film
Skateboarding video content is difficult to typologise, is it B-roll film, Cinema proper, YouTube content, or a Deluezian multimedia nomadic “assemblage”? Given its recent addition to the cultural landscape, and relatively minimal academic treatment thus far, I attempt to analyse skateboarding film in its style, form, and as a system of meaningful signs that reference […]
Nexus Breaks The News – Issue 18 2025
HURL HURRELL TO HELL Fonterra big boss – and I say big with zero exaggeration, look at the guy – Miles Hurrell made it clear that the cost of butter is not something he intends to do anything about… In long words, this means that Fonterra will continue to talk big chops about how the […]
Guess AI Scandal
A supermodel who dazzled the fashion world and landed in Vogue’s pages has been exposed as a total fake, created with artificial intelligence. The striking “woman” in a recent Guess advertisement was revealed, in obscure fine print, to be a digital invention—not a human at all. The move has triggered outcry from real models and […]
Homelessness in New Zealand 1 in 1000
The Salvation Army has released a report which has revealed that one in 1000 New Zealander’s are currently without any form of shelter. Other information included in the data has found that 14 in 1000 are living in what is considered uninhabitable housing and currently 57,000 women across the motu are homeless. No part of […]
Lans’ Mum’s Bday
Big news at Lans’ household. It was their mother’s birthday. Everyone say happy birthday to her. Lans’ dad spent the night curating disgusting shots to get rid of the shitty alcohol they have accumulated over the years. Lans’ spent most of the night in Kahoot’s with a couple fawning over Lans’ brown leather jacket (it’s […]
THESIS – Do film students have a “better” taste in films?
I’m not sure if readers will find this surprising or not, but on our Nexus editors’ team, 50% of us are screen and media students. Do you want to know what that means? 50% of our team self-diagnoses as having good taste in films. To truly put to the test film student taste vs non-film […]
Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne was truly a legend. We have all heard the infamous biting a bat’s head off, but Osbourne has done much crazier. In 1981, while in a meeting with CBS Records brass, he supposedly got “pissed off” waiting for his cue from Sharon, that he bit off a head of a dove and spat […]