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bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 6h

put verral in charge of this party and do us all a favour. she doesn't do tiptoe

The Press @thepress.co.nz · 6h

Ayesha Verrall announced plans for an independent pricing body — but leader Chris Hipkins appeared unaware the policy had already been made public.

Hipkins caught off guard by health policy funding drop

Ayesha Verrall announced plans for an independent pricing body — but leader Chris Hipkins appeared unaware the policy had already been made public.

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bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 1d

and eggs. also eggs

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bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 1d

disclosure; i have several lifetimes worth of free firewood. may as well use it.

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bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 1d

in anticipation of the fast approaching entropic ballardian future i've been experimenting with using just a wood fire to cook with all winter, and tho winter is over now i'm still not inclined to revert back to gas or electricity. you may say i'm a dreamer

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bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 1d

'xactly:)

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bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 1d

'dressed as workmen'. ppl be amazed who you can fool by wearing overalls

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Glen @gergyl.bsky.social · 1d

Sodastream, country barcode prefix '729', is a product of Israel, now advertised on Australian streaming services (and pretending to be Australian — 'refilled in...').

Would you have bought products/services from apartheid South Africa? We didn't. We resisted. We protested. Even Malcolm Fraser did.

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bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 3d

both my parents are hard work. none of us kids would be able to deal with them on a daily basis at this stage.

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bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 3d

yes those are in place by the bed. this latest fall was in the shower. carer turned to get a towel and that was it. she will not accept that she needs to wait for assistance. i do pity the staff. we're getting incident reports daily atm.

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bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 3d

is long, with many a winding turn

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bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 3d

mine is in a care facility with my father. she broke her hip in a fall end of august, and has fallen twice in the last two days. refuses to wait for help to move. stresses everybody out around her, especially the old man.

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bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 3d

visitor earlier: you live here alone? no woman?

( i've met his wife. lol.)

bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 3d

i see no affability either. maliciously disingenuous, yes.

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bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 3d

ex gf had one of these. in governors bay. her neighbours complained about the noise it made. no bullshit.

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bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 3d

zero glazing is our cheapest option. very popular for a few hours during the day in summer. we've found that enthusiasm for the unencumbered view diminishes as the days get shorter however

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bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 3d

i still encounter ppl who maintain that double glazing makes your house colder because the sun can't get in as it does with single glazing

Charlie Mitchell @comingupcharlie.bsky.social · 3d

My piece examining the growing resistance to solar farms in rural communities, which is slowing down the renewable energy transition.

The Press @thepress.co.nz · 3d

Solar power is booming — and so is the backlash. Across New Zealand, the fight for the sun is heating up.

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bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 3d

clearly the king hasn't watched the godfather movie

bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 4d

to the gallows

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bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 4d

i thought choosing to go barefoot was one of the defining attributes of being a nz'er

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bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 4d

listened to all of it. appreciate the heads up lew.

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bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 4d

found a nokia 6220 washed up on the boulder bank years ago took it home, on the windowsill. one of the kids stuck a battery in it a few weeks later- hey this thing still works!. had it for 11 years, 'till 3g was made redundant.

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bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 5d

excellent ground clearance, easy to get in and out of and you could drop a nissan ld20 into it without too much drama. tho it did tend to chew up the lada clutch plate if you were a bit indelicate when taking your foot off the clutch.

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bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 5d

a streaker has interrupted a round of the world's most tedious game. he is being pursued by two people, one appears to be a policeman. a crowd watches the chase in the background. the fleet -of- foot streaker has writing on his bare back: '19th hole', and an arrow pointing to where the 19th hole is located.

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bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 5d

mirkovich at 42 years of age did not have a promising career as a rugby player. no other option then available for the judge to consider

The Press @thepress.co.nz · 5d

A Nelson judge has declined a discharge without conviction for a dog owner who watched his two dogs maul a fur seal to death on Kina Beach, calling his inaction “difficult to comprehend”.

Two dogs mauled seal for 30 minutes, court hears

A Nelson judge has declined a discharge without conviction for a dog owner who watched his two dogs maul a fur seal to death on Kina Beach, calling his inaction “difficult to comprehend”.

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bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 5d

at about the hour and a half mark he describes how it was a small group of powerful government men who acted against strong local opposition, church opposition, even international opposition but through deception, greed and self interest where able to achieve their aims.
1881. could be 2025.