James Nisbet
@bandit.nz
I design experiences, and vote for the climate in every election. Big fan of #bioswales. Views are my own.
https://jamesn.net
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James Nisbet
@bandit.nz
· Oct 13
Today will be my 1,000th consecutive day of gratitude journaling 💖
At first, it was unbelievably cringe and a real slog to keep at it, but after a few months it got easier. It has without a doubt helped rewire my brain into being better able to recognise the good things in my life.
Recommended 👍
At first, it was unbelievably cringe and a real slog to keep at it, but after a few months it got easier. It has without a doubt helped rewire my brain into being better able to recognise the good things in my life.
Recommended 👍
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Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Ah yes Guy Fawkes, the night where several of my neighbours let me know how low their IQ and consideration for others is
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November 5, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Ah yes Guy Fawkes, the night where several of my neighbours let me know how low their IQ and consideration for others is
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🙄
A House of Dynamite? What a disappointment. Started out so hot but man, what a let down in the end
November 5, 2025 at 8:26 AM
A House of Dynamite? What a disappointment. Started out so hot but man, what a let down in the end
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Democrats won big. If it holds through 2028, it's going to be interesting to watch all the tech giants pretend they're not a bunch of MAGA fascists.
November 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Democrats won big. If it holds through 2028, it's going to be interesting to watch all the tech giants pretend they're not a bunch of MAGA fascists.
Curtis looks like a bad guy from Red Alert lmao
November 5, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Curtis looks like a bad guy from Red Alert lmao
Can't believe Labour have done this https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/11/05/unemployment-rate-rises-to-near-nine-year-high-stats-nz/
Unemployment rate rises to near nine-year high - Stats NZ
Today's figures are another nudge up from the previous 5.2% in the June 2025 quarter and 5.1% in the March 2025 quarter.
www.1news.co.nz
November 5, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Can't believe Labour have done this https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/11/05/unemployment-rate-rises-to-near-nine-year-high-stats-nz/
There's a reason I don't spend my evenings and weekends on climate startups anymore
October 27, 2025 at 10:02 AM
There's a reason I don't spend my evenings and weekends on climate startups anymore
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worth applying to politics as well. when you're criticizing an action people take "taking the better action next time" is only one of the alternatives people will consider, and worth remembering that "not bothering at all" is another.
October 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
worth applying to politics as well. when you're criticizing an action people take "taking the better action next time" is only one of the alternatives people will consider, and worth remembering that "not bothering at all" is another.
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My closing pitch to voters? “I will only live in this awful place if I rule over it”
October 26, 2025 at 11:47 PM
My closing pitch to voters? “I will only live in this awful place if I rule over it”
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genuinely so funny that rightwingers are saying this as if it should be scary or bad lmfao
October 27, 2025 at 2:57 AM
genuinely so funny that rightwingers are saying this as if it should be scary or bad lmfao
Hundreds of hours spent building "nitro" nonsense, but no aliases for emoji
That's a bit Sad @discord.com
That's a bit Sad @discord.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Hundreds of hours spent building "nitro" nonsense, but no aliases for emoji
That's a bit Sad @discord.com
That's a bit Sad @discord.com
Awfully coincidental that Trump is building a massive LNG export facility at the same time this government is ignoring all expert advice to build an LNG import facility, isn't it?
I predict a binding LNG import agreement will be signed before the term is out... #nzpol #ClimateDeniers
I predict a binding LNG import agreement will be signed before the term is out... #nzpol #ClimateDeniers
US demands EU reverse new climate rules to allow surge in gas imports
US and Qatar say new rules will hinder imports of LNG, posing ‘existential threat’ to European economies
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Awfully coincidental that Trump is building a massive LNG export facility at the same time this government is ignoring all expert advice to build an LNG import facility, isn't it?
I predict a binding LNG import agreement will be signed before the term is out... #nzpol #ClimateDeniers
I predict a binding LNG import agreement will be signed before the term is out... #nzpol #ClimateDeniers
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Can the Manhattan Project avoid building the nuclear bomb?
October 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Can the Manhattan Project avoid building the nuclear bomb?
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Mamdani: "I just want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Mayor Adams who will call you to stay out of jail. I won't be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own."
October 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Mamdani: "I just want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Mayor Adams who will call you to stay out of jail. I won't be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own."
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Insurance rates up $2000.
Food benefits cut off.
Farmers unable to sell their crops.
Skyrocketing national debt.
$40 billion to Argentina.
America First!
Food benefits cut off.
Farmers unable to sell their crops.
Skyrocketing national debt.
$40 billion to Argentina.
America First!
October 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Insurance rates up $2000.
Food benefits cut off.
Farmers unable to sell their crops.
Skyrocketing national debt.
$40 billion to Argentina.
America First!
Food benefits cut off.
Farmers unable to sell their crops.
Skyrocketing national debt.
$40 billion to Argentina.
America First!
I realise he's too much of a donkey to pull it off, but I think Luxon is really trying the Trumpian "lie until people believe you, and never admit failure" strategy
Worrying if National think that this, and being dogwalked by your coalition partners, is a viable approach to leadership
Worrying if National think that this, and being dogwalked by your coalition partners, is a viable approach to leadership
October 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I realise he's too much of a donkey to pull it off, but I think Luxon is really trying the Trumpian "lie until people believe you, and never admit failure" strategy
Worrying if National think that this, and being dogwalked by your coalition partners, is a viable approach to leadership
Worrying if National think that this, and being dogwalked by your coalition partners, is a viable approach to leadership
Update: none of them got a seat. They all lost.
Hahahahaahahahaaahahahaahaha
Hahahahaahahahaaahahahaahaha
There's a lot of real cookers running in my local government elections, and they have the gall to call themselves "We Love Kapiti"
Worrying when the most deranged among us can be bothered to mobilise, while good people are too tired and burned out to fight it www.kapiticoast.govt.nz/council/abou...
Worrying when the most deranged among us can be bothered to mobilise, while good people are too tired and burned out to fight it www.kapiticoast.govt.nz/council/abou...
Candidates - Kāpiti Coast District Council
See the 87 candidates who have put their names forward to represent you on Council and community boards.
www.kapiticoast.govt.nz
October 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Update: none of them got a seat. They all lost.
Hahahahaahahahaaahahahaahaha
Hahahahaahahahaaahahahaahaha
@dell.bsky.social dude please get Conde Nast to fix their subscription system. I can't even see my subscription status or update it. In order to "register" to see it I have to enter something from a physical magazine I don't have. Horrendous user experience and a UI from like 2010
October 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
@dell.bsky.social dude please get Conde Nast to fix their subscription system. I can't even see my subscription status or update it. In order to "register" to see it I have to enter something from a physical magazine I don't have. Horrendous user experience and a UI from like 2010
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CHICAGO (AP) — Storming an apartment complex by helicopter as families slept. Deploying chemical agents near a public school. Handcuffing a Chicago City Council member at a hospital.
apnews.com/article/chic...
apnews.com/article/chic...
Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago
Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...
apnews.com
October 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
CHICAGO (AP) — Storming an apartment complex by helicopter as families slept. Deploying chemical agents near a public school. Handcuffing a Chicago City Council member at a hospital.
apnews.com/article/chic...
apnews.com/article/chic...
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The obscene face of Christian Nationalism: outlandish untaxed wealth in defiance of Jesus. Oh, and this time, slave laborers, too! Glory!
Just remember, for any money you give to Heaven, there is always a 100% handling fee here on Earth.
Just remember, for any money you give to Heaven, there is always a 100% handling fee here on Earth.
October 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The obscene face of Christian Nationalism: outlandish untaxed wealth in defiance of Jesus. Oh, and this time, slave laborers, too! Glory!
Just remember, for any money you give to Heaven, there is always a 100% handling fee here on Earth.
Just remember, for any money you give to Heaven, there is always a 100% handling fee here on Earth.
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AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance
However, they are weaker than they look…
However, they are weaker than they look…
October 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance
However, they are weaker than they look…
However, they are weaker than they look…
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The Luxon energy policy announcement today was short on everything, except Govt subsidies for fossil fuels, and, implicitly, climate denialism. These are the two energy policy positions that all three parties in the coalition can agree on.
October 1, 2025 at 3:59 AM
The Luxon energy policy announcement today was short on everything, except Govt subsidies for fossil fuels, and, implicitly, climate denialism. These are the two energy policy positions that all three parties in the coalition can agree on.
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You would think the obvious solution to "the volunteer-powered project we all train our AI models on for free isn't adequately twisting reality to our political views" would be "... and so we stopped training on it" and not "... and so we will force the volunteers to bend to our will"
September 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
You would think the obvious solution to "the volunteer-powered project we all train our AI models on for free isn't adequately twisting reality to our political views" would be "... and so we stopped training on it" and not "... and so we will force the volunteers to bend to our will"