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Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 5h

"MORE legacy waste barrels?"

Queen Olivia III @queenoliviaiii.com · 6h

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

“The tapes wouldn’t start”

Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social · 6h

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

“Translate 'yoroshiku onegai shimasu'”.

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Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 5h

Why would the mayor of a podunk city like Wellington be rich enough to have a Rolex?! It doesn’t even match the vibes.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 14h

Russia lost 17,000 tanks in three years. Only 2,478 remain in storage—nearly all badly rusted and needing expensive restoration before they can fight.

The timing? Russia just shifted back to tank warfare after 282,000 infantry casualties.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/11/2...

Russia’s last 2,500 tanks are in very sorry shape

Russia's oldest tanks—some 50+ years old—are all that stand between Moscow and forced mobilization

euromaidanpress.com

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aethylred.bsky.social @aethylred.bsky.social · 5h

Matt Smith was almost Alan Rickman’s Sheriff of Nottingham to Costner’s Robin Hood

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 6h

Fisheries Minister Shane Jones says the Waikato Regional Council proposal is an abuse of the RMA process and he's taking advice on his next moves, reports Andrew Bevin.

Council to notify massive Coromandel bottom trawl ban, picking fight with Govt

newsroom.co.nz

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*Bratan* @mazov.bsky.social · 12d

Oh shit oh fuck it's gonna pop

Cnbc headline
Jim Cramer: Why the crazy spending of this AI boom isn't like the dot-com bubble

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aethylred.bsky.social @aethylred.bsky.social · 8h

Oh, and while you’ve been away we’ve had that craft beer thing happen to gin and whiskey

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aethylred.bsky.social @aethylred.bsky.social · 8h

Maybe Scapegrace? scapegracedistillery.com/products/blo...

Scapegrace Blood Moon

Shop Scapegrace Blood Organge Gin — a vibrant, limited-edition New Zealand gin infused with bold citrus and spice. Shop online and experience a striking twist on the classic.

scapegracedistillery.com

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aethylred.bsky.social @aethylred.bsky.social · 8h

I mean if your gonna properly disrespect the monarchy you really need both hands free

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Gavin Shoebridge @kiwiev.bsky.social · 8h

Well that was fun! The pure electric Riddara RD6 is better off road than I expected, but the car's software could use some polishing. Should be quite a popcorn-worthy video.
Also, I had a fun caption for this photo but writing it would get me in trouble so just go ahead and make up your own. 😆

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Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 12h

We have a solution for this - political parties! They represent a rough set of values and policy directions, an internal vetting and selection system, and a reputational system that makes parties accountable for the candidates the choose (or throw out if they turn out to be shit).

Timothy Gassin @timothygassin.bsky.social · 13h

Voters therefore have little choice but to make their choices based on the statements made by candidates in the booklet provided with their ballot paper. These statements are often pretty generic, give little real idea of candidates' ideology or beliefs, and are pretty tedious to read.

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aethylred.bsky.social @aethylred.bsky.social · 10h

We can even watch Ares later on an airplane or a hotel or in retirement home where the staff control the channel

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 18h

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 13h

Mayors everywhere should have been honest and said "We were wrong about Labour's 3 Waters, the reason we've had to raise your rates by so much is due to National's much worse and more expensive waters option, please don't blame us, they lied to us too" #NZPol

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Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 19h

Solidarity with all trans and intersex people having their existence debated every time a tv host hasn't done their prep and can't think of any more questions

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Nandor Tanczos @nandortanczos.bsky.social · 14h

MĀORI WARDS
40% of areas chose to keep Māori wards. Some by a wide margin.

A better result than I expected, given the demographics and embedded racism in our country.

In areas that lost, I'd love to know whether the numbers have improved since any previous referendum.

Aotearoa on the move.

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aethylred.bsky.social @aethylred.bsky.social · 13h

It’s because we used to have Scandinavian levels of taxation

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psheth.bsky.social @psheth.bsky.social · 15h

Kiwis demand Scandinavian-level social services with Mexican-level taxation. Completely unserious people on a fundamental level.

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 14h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 13h

Nixon’s crimes look like harmless high school pranks compared to the now-daily unprecedented illegal & unconstitutional crimes being committed daily by this president & his staff

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 14h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...