James
@jsiddle.bsky.social
Politics. Cricket. Arsenal. Wine. Waiheke. Climate. GIS.
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The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
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So many people I respect in TVNZ but how is it possible for one news tonight to describe Mcskimming as merely having had an affair with a junior staffer or to report on all the devastation in south east Asia as a natural disaster with not a single mention of climate change as an underlying driver?
December 1, 2025 at 7:20 AM
So many people I respect in TVNZ but how is it possible for one news tonight to describe Mcskimming as merely having had an affair with a junior staffer or to report on all the devastation in south east Asia as a natural disaster with not a single mention of climate change as an underlying driver?
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December is here and we're doing a wrap on RNZ of the year's biggest news stories oh wait no it's a whole new batch of children being poisoned by school lunches oh god don't look at the picture
December 1, 2025 at 3:18 AM
December is here and we're doing a wrap on RNZ of the year's biggest news stories oh wait no it's a whole new batch of children being poisoned by school lunches oh god don't look at the picture
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'why don't we just put a cap on the rates increases' is not a serious response. It just isn't. It's adolescent (perjorative) at best.
'I would simply just not raise the rates' is adolescent (complimentary) shit posting, but the irony and snark is inherent to the format.
'I would simply just not raise the rates' is adolescent (complimentary) shit posting, but the irony and snark is inherent to the format.
December 1, 2025 at 6:02 AM
'why don't we just put a cap on the rates increases' is not a serious response. It just isn't. It's adolescent (perjorative) at best.
'I would simply just not raise the rates' is adolescent (complimentary) shit posting, but the irony and snark is inherent to the format.
'I would simply just not raise the rates' is adolescent (complimentary) shit posting, but the irony and snark is inherent to the format.
Morgan Freeman? Samuel L Jackson maybe
This is hard. Maybe Bill Murray. Obviously Ghostbusters, Stripes, and Caddyshack, but also The Razor's Edge, Ed Wood, Lost in Translation, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Space Jam...
This is a Bill Simmons game, but you’re stranded on a desert island. You can only have one actor’s filmography. You get it all, including cameos. But just the one performer.
I’m taking Cate Blanchett: Talented Mr. Ripley, LOTR, Life Aquatic, Black Bag, Tár, Ponyo, Hot Fuzz, Eyes Wide Shut, Thor
I’m taking Cate Blanchett: Talented Mr. Ripley, LOTR, Life Aquatic, Black Bag, Tár, Ponyo, Hot Fuzz, Eyes Wide Shut, Thor
December 1, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Morgan Freeman? Samuel L Jackson maybe
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Oh the rates cap excludes water charges? I wonder what the vast majority of the recent increases in rates has consisted of, and will continue to consist of over the next decade as councils have to find 47.8 billion dollars to pay for water infrastructure.
December 1, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Oh the rates cap excludes water charges? I wonder what the vast majority of the recent increases in rates has consisted of, and will continue to consist of over the next decade as councils have to find 47.8 billion dollars to pay for water infrastructure.
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the degree to which this is transparent is shocking. it will say something incredibly insulting about our press if they can't spot it. Put the thing that will cause massive rate rises in a different bucket, then do a power grab on the rest of council functions and claim you've capped rates.
December 1, 2025 at 4:35 AM
the degree to which this is transparent is shocking. it will say something incredibly insulting about our press if they can't spot it. Put the thing that will cause massive rate rises in a different bucket, then do a power grab on the rest of council functions and claim you've capped rates.
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You can't escape a red card by pretending to hurt yourself. Get him off.
November 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
You can't escape a red card by pretending to hurt yourself. Get him off.
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I advocated for a radical, destabilising, and effectively irreversible project which has been an economic disaster. I now recognise it has been a disaster. However, luckily, I haven’t learned anything and it hasn’t led me to question my judgement in the slightest. Give me a column in the Telegraph.
November 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I advocated for a radical, destabilising, and effectively irreversible project which has been an economic disaster. I now recognise it has been a disaster. However, luckily, I haven’t learned anything and it hasn’t led me to question my judgement in the slightest. Give me a column in the Telegraph.
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Maybe we should question why execs are getting paid so much when AI can easily do their jobs?
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Maybe we should question why execs are getting paid so much when AI can easily do their jobs?
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lol. Very difficult to parse these yarns for truth on account of how by their nature you are getting self interested sources briefing journos off the record. There are no reliable narrators here, just people telling you what they want you to think rumours mean, but still, lol
Chris Bishop in failed National leadership coup - report
Former Hutt South MP and Transport, Housing, Infrastructure and RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop was behind a recent failed coup plan within the National Party, The Post has reported.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
lol. Very difficult to parse these yarns for truth on account of how by their nature you are getting self interested sources briefing journos off the record. There are no reliable narrators here, just people telling you what they want you to think rumours mean, but still, lol
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The biggest technological revolution of our lifetime is underway and it's not AI:
Official data is in this week, and US solar continues to grow rapidly, with generation up 30% compared to last year!
November 29, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The biggest technological revolution of our lifetime is underway and it's not AI:
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The track record has been:
1. Abolish something
2. Replace it with something meant to do the same thing but less effectively & more corruptly which
3. Actually takes forever to set up & therefore nothing is getting done before the next election & everything is disintegrating
4. ????
5. PROFIT
1. Abolish something
2. Replace it with something meant to do the same thing but less effectively & more corruptly which
3. Actually takes forever to set up & therefore nothing is getting done before the next election & everything is disintegrating
4. ????
5. PROFIT
Going out on a limb here to suggest that the PM doesn’t understand what it is that regional councils do
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 AM
The track record has been:
1. Abolish something
2. Replace it with something meant to do the same thing but less effectively & more corruptly which
3. Actually takes forever to set up & therefore nothing is getting done before the next election & everything is disintegrating
4. ????
5. PROFIT
1. Abolish something
2. Replace it with something meant to do the same thing but less effectively & more corruptly which
3. Actually takes forever to set up & therefore nothing is getting done before the next election & everything is disintegrating
4. ????
5. PROFIT
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They're good pies Doug
* New Zealand takes pies (namely, handheld meat pies) so seriously that there are National Pie Awards that get major media coverage. The New Zealand National Library has a whole dedicated category for “Pies — Competitions.”
Pie.
Pie.
November 25, 2025 at 6:09 AM
They're good pies Doug
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Before today, I'd have said "sure NVIDIA ships out GPUs before they're paid, they seem to be getting paid on time, that's fine," but then I read that NVIDIA "recognizes revenue upon shipping a product and deeming collectability probable" and I can't stop thinking about what "probable" could mean?
November 25, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Before today, I'd have said "sure NVIDIA ships out GPUs before they're paid, they seem to be getting paid on time, that's fine," but then I read that NVIDIA "recognizes revenue upon shipping a product and deeming collectability probable" and I can't stop thinking about what "probable" could mean?
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Sweet hairy Jesus; so much to unpack here. Rant incoming. tl;dr Once again local govt is told by central govt to do more things without commensurate funding, while other people milk it. Typical Nats. Socialise losses. Privatise gains. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
No more regional councils - major shake-up of local government announced
The government says it is not a power grab, but about "making local government fit for purpose".
www.rnz.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Sweet hairy Jesus; so much to unpack here. Rant incoming. tl;dr Once again local govt is told by central govt to do more things without commensurate funding, while other people milk it. Typical Nats. Socialise losses. Privatise gains. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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No, totally! It's very standard.
But! why does NVIDIA need me to know about this right now? Why is it important I think about this today? Why do they *need me to understand it in this way*, and also *why is it phrased in this way? Why now?
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But! why does NVIDIA need me to know about this right now? Why is it important I think about this today? Why do they *need me to understand it in this way*, and also *why is it phrased in this way? Why now?
bsky.app/profile/mike...
Recognizing revenue when you ship ordered product is pretty standard practice. If the customer returns the product, that becomes negative revenue. If the customer refuses to pay that becomes a bad debt and gets written off. That is all pretty standard.
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 AM
No, totally! It's very standard.
But! why does NVIDIA need me to know about this right now? Why is it important I think about this today? Why do they *need me to understand it in this way*, and also *why is it phrased in this way? Why now?
bsky.app/profile/mike...
But! why does NVIDIA need me to know about this right now? Why is it important I think about this today? Why do they *need me to understand it in this way*, and also *why is it phrased in this way? Why now?
bsky.app/profile/mike...
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Maybe I'm just being crazy me, crazy old Ed, you know, haha, could just be one of those things. But, you know, receivables and inventory are both increasing, and also, why does NVIDIA need to reassure somebody about this? If this is business as usual, why am I being told about it?
November 25, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Maybe I'm just being crazy me, crazy old Ed, you know, haha, could just be one of those things. But, you know, receivables and inventory are both increasing, and also, why does NVIDIA need to reassure somebody about this? If this is business as usual, why am I being told about it?
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Going out on a limb here to suggest that the PM doesn’t understand what it is that regional councils do
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Going out on a limb here to suggest that the PM doesn’t understand what it is that regional councils do
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So ... the government just forced us all to have referendums on *existing* Māori wards because Local Communities Deserve Choice, but now they're unilaterally abolishing our regional councils because they don't like the Choices we made?
November 25, 2025 at 5:34 AM
So ... the government just forced us all to have referendums on *existing* Māori wards because Local Communities Deserve Choice, but now they're unilaterally abolishing our regional councils because they don't like the Choices we made?
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Just noting which consultancy wrote this report and the history of their reports for public agencies internationally. Anyone check the footnotes of this one?
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Hundreds of job cuts proposed in new report to Wellington City Council
Wellington City Council could save tens of millions of dollars through cost-cutting, such as reducing staff, according to a new report.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Just noting which consultancy wrote this report and the history of their reports for public agencies internationally. Anyone check the footnotes of this one?
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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The BBC Scotland commentary for Kenny McLean’s halfway line goal is glorious. Stuff of dreams. 🔥
Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.
Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The BBC Scotland commentary for Kenny McLean’s halfway line goal is glorious. Stuff of dreams. 🔥
Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.
Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.
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I don’t understand why Dems have to choose? “Trump is a corrupt billionaire pedo whose self-serving policies have made your life more expensive” is not that hard of a message imo
The usual suspects are telling Dems that Epstein won’t win elections, get back to “affordability” and I think my head might explode. www.offmessage.net/p/force-a-re...
Force A Referendum On The Epstein Coverup
It divides Republicans much more than "affordability" or any other economic issue.
www.offmessage.net
November 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I don’t understand why Dems have to choose? “Trump is a corrupt billionaire pedo whose self-serving policies have made your life more expensive” is not that hard of a message imo