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Craft beers and cigars in Central Otago 🇳🇿 LA Dodgers ⚾️ & Tottenham Hotspur ⚽️ Southland, Highlanders and All Blacks 🏉
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After making 50-year mortgages the norm, Republicans will pass a law making kids accountable for their parents’ debts
November 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
After making 50-year mortgages the norm, Republicans will pass a law making kids accountable for their parents’ debts
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Man from nation whose comparable-sized global city has three airports, none of which they have managed to build a direct rail link from the city centre to yet, comes to Heathrow and announces that the British can’t make anything work.
Noah Smith is paid in the high six-figures to write a blog read by Americans who believe themselves to be intelligent. Yet, he is both unable to read a sign and also for some reason chose to have a 90 minute layover for a flight that takes 90 minutes.
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Economist Doesn't Follow Signs At Heathrow: Proof The UK Is Failing?
A economist had a bad experience connecting at Heathrow, suggesting it's reflective of bigger issues in the UK. There's only one issue...
onemileatatime.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Man from nation whose comparable-sized global city has three airports, none of which they have managed to build a direct rail link from the city centre to yet, comes to Heathrow and announces that the British can’t make anything work.
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This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
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“Does it affect the game?” he asks while more and more players have talked about an increasing amount of death threats
ESPN's Michael Wilbon nonchalant about the federal indictments against two MLB players this morning:
"I don't care ... because at the highest levels of the pyramid in this country, of this culture, everybody's betting now."
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"I don't care ... because at the highest levels of the pyramid in this country, of this culture, everybody's betting now."
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November 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
“Does it affect the game?” he asks while more and more players have talked about an increasing amount of death threats
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ESPN's Michael Wilbon nonchalant about the federal indictments against two MLB players this morning:
"I don't care ... because at the highest levels of the pyramid in this country, of this culture, everybody's betting now."
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"I don't care ... because at the highest levels of the pyramid in this country, of this culture, everybody's betting now."
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November 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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A complete, connected, comfortable network of protected bike-lanes is a climate mitigation strategy. It’s a healthy cities strategy. It’s a social equity strategy. It’s an affordability strategy. It’s an economic devt strategy. It’s a smart mobility & space saving strategy.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
A complete, connected, comfortable network of protected bike-lanes is a climate mitigation strategy. It’s a healthy cities strategy. It’s a social equity strategy. It’s an affordability strategy. It’s an economic devt strategy. It’s a smart mobility & space saving strategy.
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Also, that is not what that word means
November 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Also, that is not what that word means
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You don’t have to ban cars everywhere to transform your city centre. But you do have to seriously rethink and redefine the car’s role. There are many ways to do that, from #completestreets to #sharedstreets, pedestrian priority streets & Dutch #woonerfs, that prioritize streets for people, not cars.
November 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
You don’t have to ban cars everywhere to transform your city centre. But you do have to seriously rethink and redefine the car’s role. There are many ways to do that, from #completestreets to #sharedstreets, pedestrian priority streets & Dutch #woonerfs, that prioritize streets for people, not cars.
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"Donald Trump is willing to cancel flights at Thanksgiving and starve American citizens in order to deprive people of affordable health insurance" was a winning message for the Democrats. The polls and Tuesday's elections proved it. But they flinched, behaving as though winning was losing.
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
"Donald Trump is willing to cancel flights at Thanksgiving and starve American citizens in order to deprive people of affordable health insurance" was a winning message for the Democrats. The polls and Tuesday's elections proved it. But they flinched, behaving as though winning was losing.
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Winston Peters 'if the govt would stop mismanaging the economy they wouldn't need these asset sales'.
SIR YOU ARE THE GOVT.
SIR YOU ARE THE GOVT.
a man in a suit and tie is saying `` i have no words '' .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is saying `` i have no words '' .
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Winston Peters 'if the govt would stop mismanaging the economy they wouldn't need these asset sales'.
SIR YOU ARE THE GOVT.
SIR YOU ARE THE GOVT.
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Quick someone reward this CEO with a trillion dollars.
Tesla can’t sell its cars anymore so it is renting them now
Tesla is launching a new car rental program out of its stores in the US, as sales are crashing due...
electrek.co
November 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Quick someone reward this CEO with a trillion dollars.
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❗️putin is preparing a decisive operation in the Donetsk direction, – Syrsky.
"The russian command has sent about 150,000 occupiers to the Pokrovsk area.
"The russian command has sent about 150,000 occupiers to the Pokrovsk area.
November 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
❗️putin is preparing a decisive operation in the Donetsk direction, – Syrsky.
"The russian command has sent about 150,000 occupiers to the Pokrovsk area.
"The russian command has sent about 150,000 occupiers to the Pokrovsk area.
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🧵Once again, RNZ (and the Otago Daily Times, which used RNZ's story) name Tim Jago in a report on his latest court appearance on charges of indecent assault and NZME, Stuff and TVNZ don't. And yet ... www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Former ACT Party president Tim Jago pleads not guilty to indecent assault
Tim Jago was charged last month relating to an allegation from 1995.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
🧵Once again, RNZ (and the Otago Daily Times, which used RNZ's story) name Tim Jago in a report on his latest court appearance on charges of indecent assault and NZME, Stuff and TVNZ don't. And yet ... www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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This is my latest novel. (It almost killed me.) One person who reposts this extract www.tom-cox.com/granny-kettl... will receive a signed hardback AND one of these fab original linocuts
You might like it if you like:
Folklore
Old buildings
Friendship
Records
The power & magic of landscape
..
You might like it if you like:
Folklore
Old buildings
Friendship
Records
The power & magic of landscape
..
November 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This is my latest novel. (It almost killed me.) One person who reposts this extract www.tom-cox.com/granny-kettl... will receive a signed hardback AND one of these fab original linocuts
You might like it if you like:
Folklore
Old buildings
Friendship
Records
The power & magic of landscape
..
You might like it if you like:
Folklore
Old buildings
Friendship
Records
The power & magic of landscape
..
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eVs aRe tOo eXpEnSiVE
#kikorangi
#kikorangi
NZ’s new cheapest electric car is a $30k wonder
BYD’s much anticipated fully electric Atto 1 is cheaper than a Toyota Yaris and has a 5-star safety rating.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
eVs aRe tOo eXpEnSiVE
#kikorangi
#kikorangi
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It was harder getting endorsements for Zohran Mamdani from Democrats than them caving to Republicans to mutually strip us of healthcare
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 AM
It was harder getting endorsements for Zohran Mamdani from Democrats than them caving to Republicans to mutually strip us of healthcare
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LESS. THAN. A. WEEK.
Took them less than a week to take one of the most visible public repudiations of the GOP in my lifetime and turn it into hog slop.
I’m so mad my temperature is higher than my ACA premiums.
Took them less than a week to take one of the most visible public repudiations of the GOP in my lifetime and turn it into hog slop.
I’m so mad my temperature is higher than my ACA premiums.
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 AM
LESS. THAN. A. WEEK.
Took them less than a week to take one of the most visible public repudiations of the GOP in my lifetime and turn it into hog slop.
I’m so mad my temperature is higher than my ACA premiums.
Took them less than a week to take one of the most visible public repudiations of the GOP in my lifetime and turn it into hog slop.
I’m so mad my temperature is higher than my ACA premiums.
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"[Luxon said] I think we need to have quite a mature conversation about assets in New Zealand"
But you won't have a mature conversation about
CGT
Emissions
Health
Education
3 waters
etc.
Fuck you, mate.
#nzpol
But you won't have a mature conversation about
CGT
Emissions
Health
Education
3 waters
etc.
Fuck you, mate.
#nzpol
He talk about farms and other “non-performing assets” but he really means healthcare, education and water infrastructure - I mean: let’s be mature about this
NZ needs to have a ‘mature conversation’ about selling state assets, PM says
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has indicated asset sales could be included in National’s manifesto for the 2026 election.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 AM
"[Luxon said] I think we need to have quite a mature conversation about assets in New Zealand"
But you won't have a mature conversation about
CGT
Emissions
Health
Education
3 waters
etc.
Fuck you, mate.
#nzpol
But you won't have a mature conversation about
CGT
Emissions
Health
Education
3 waters
etc.
Fuck you, mate.
#nzpol
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"We don't want people to go hungry or miss another paycheck. But we *are* okay with them dying a little more slowly, without healthcare."
This is so bleak.
This is so bleak.
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM
"We don't want people to go hungry or miss another paycheck. But we *are* okay with them dying a little more slowly, without healthcare."
This is so bleak.
This is so bleak.
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I'd like to have mature conversation with Luxon about him fucking off and taking Seymour and Peters with him
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I'd like to have mature conversation with Luxon about him fucking off and taking Seymour and Peters with him
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UK: New flu virus mutation could see 'worst season in a decade'
Professor Nicola Lewis, director of the World Influenza Centre, says this year’s flu dynamics are “unusual” and “concerning.”
Flu’s R is estimated at 1.4 vs 1.2 normally, meaning 100 cases could spread to 140 instead of 120.
Professor Nicola Lewis, director of the World Influenza Centre, says this year’s flu dynamics are “unusual” and “concerning.”
Flu’s R is estimated at 1.4 vs 1.2 normally, meaning 100 cases could spread to 140 instead of 120.
November 10, 2025 at 3:48 AM
UK: New flu virus mutation could see 'worst season in a decade'
Professor Nicola Lewis, director of the World Influenza Centre, says this year’s flu dynamics are “unusual” and “concerning.”
Flu’s R is estimated at 1.4 vs 1.2 normally, meaning 100 cases could spread to 140 instead of 120.
Professor Nicola Lewis, director of the World Influenza Centre, says this year’s flu dynamics are “unusual” and “concerning.”
Flu’s R is estimated at 1.4 vs 1.2 normally, meaning 100 cases could spread to 140 instead of 120.
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Silver lining is Mike Johnson has to come up with new reasons not to release the Epstein files
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Silver lining is Mike Johnson has to come up with new reasons not to release the Epstein files
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Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
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