Lew
@lewsos.bsky.social
Chopper of water, carrier of wood, reader of the fucking article
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The other day Manchester United’s co-owner Jim Ratcliffe said the UK had been "colonised by immigrants"….today there’s this billboard outside of Old Trafford 🔥….way to go Manchester 💪!
February 13, 2026 at 9:33 PM
The other day Manchester United’s co-owner Jim Ratcliffe said the UK had been "colonised by immigrants"….today there’s this billboard outside of Old Trafford 🔥….way to go Manchester 💪!
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This post popped into my feed a while back and again, for an evidence based party, This is reaching.
February 14, 2026 at 3:51 AM
This post popped into my feed a while back and again, for an evidence based party, This is reaching.
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This remains the easiest prediction I ever made about NZ politics.
February 14, 2026 at 3:30 AM
This remains the easiest prediction I ever made about NZ politics.
The proposal isn't to ditch NZ Super
The proposal is to give free money to almost everyone
That would require fundamentally reordering the entire economy
Regardless of what you think of the merits, that is not a serious proposal from a 2% party
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
The proposal is to give free money to almost everyone
That would require fundamentally reordering the entire economy
Regardless of what you think of the merits, that is not a serious proposal from a 2% party
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Ditch NZ Super entirely, minor party says
The Opportunity Party says New Zealanders would be better served by dropping NZ Super and replacing it with an entirely new support system.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 14, 2026 at 3:20 AM
The proposal isn't to ditch NZ Super
The proposal is to give free money to almost everyone
That would require fundamentally reordering the entire economy
Regardless of what you think of the merits, that is not a serious proposal from a 2% party
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
The proposal is to give free money to almost everyone
That would require fundamentally reordering the entire economy
Regardless of what you think of the merits, that is not a serious proposal from a 2% party
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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The dumbest and cowardliest fuckers alive will poast about a Glorious Revolution of the Proletariat and then do nothing.
"We need a revolutionary class war! Like, right now! Dictatorship of the proletariat, comrades!"
"We need a revolutionary class war! Like, right now! Dictatorship of the proletariat, comrades!"
February 14, 2026 at 2:40 AM
The dumbest and cowardliest fuckers alive will poast about a Glorious Revolution of the Proletariat and then do nothing.
"We need a revolutionary class war! Like, right now! Dictatorship of the proletariat, comrades!"
"We need a revolutionary class war! Like, right now! Dictatorship of the proletariat, comrades!"
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after the match they brush all of the stones as a reward
February 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
after the match they brush all of the stones as a reward
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the curling athletes use those brushes to attract the stone. the stone wants to be brushed
February 13, 2026 at 7:39 PM
the curling athletes use those brushes to attract the stone. the stone wants to be brushed
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Seen in Wellington
February 14, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Seen in Wellington
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it seems very obvious to me that you’re much better off being an extremely rich person in the US than in Russia or China or KSA but apparently some number of rich Americans disagree
February 14, 2026 at 12:29 AM
it seems very obvious to me that you’re much better off being an extremely rich person in the US than in Russia or China or KSA but apparently some number of rich Americans disagree
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"[I support extrajudicial violence commited in the name of white supremacy, and there's nothing you can do about it because you live in a liberal paradigm governed by the rule of law]"
"I'm going to punch you in the face"
"but you will [then be in conflict with your own paradigm]"
"okay."
"I'm going to punch you in the face"
"but you will [then be in conflict with your own paradigm]"
"okay."
February 14, 2026 at 12:47 AM
"[I support extrajudicial violence commited in the name of white supremacy, and there's nothing you can do about it because you live in a liberal paradigm governed by the rule of law]"
"I'm going to punch you in the face"
"but you will [then be in conflict with your own paradigm]"
"okay."
"I'm going to punch you in the face"
"but you will [then be in conflict with your own paradigm]"
"okay."
Roses are red
The Bible's a book
Aloha Kānaka
For shanking James Cook
The Bible's a book
Aloha Kānaka
For shanking James Cook
February 14, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Roses are red
The Bible's a book
Aloha Kānaka
For shanking James Cook
The Bible's a book
Aloha Kānaka
For shanking James Cook
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247 years ago today, the people of Hawai’i said “Live, Love, Land Back” by executing Captain James Cook for his crimes.
Mahalo i ke kānaka maoli! Happy Captain Cooked Day 🥰💕
Mahalo i ke kānaka maoli! Happy Captain Cooked Day 🥰💕
February 14, 2026 at 12:00 AM
247 years ago today, the people of Hawai’i said “Live, Love, Land Back” by executing Captain James Cook for his crimes.
Mahalo i ke kānaka maoli! Happy Captain Cooked Day 🥰💕
Mahalo i ke kānaka maoli! Happy Captain Cooked Day 🥰💕
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![Cormorants used by Chinese fishermen were given every eighth fish as a reward, and found to be able to keep count up to 7. E.H. Hoh wrote in Natural History magazine:
In the 1970s, on the Li River, Pamela Egremont observed fishermen who allowed the birds to eat every eighth fish they caught. Writing in the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, she reported that, once their quota of seven fish was filled, the birds "stubbornly refuse to move again until their neck ring is loosened. They ignore an order to dive and even resist a rough push or a knock, sitting glum and motionless on their perches." Meanwhile, other birds that had not filled their quotas continued to catch fish as usual. "One is forced to conclude that these highly intelligent birds can count up to seven," she wrote.[8]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qcpnd5dlcugj64oqpeepvzwc/bafkreibeds4xencmg3bkkcbcv4qjg4v76ffztpcsss5qp4vyhpvjgxqs5a@jpeg)
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A jetski is a motorcycle and motorcycles, as we know, are cars. Scooters are motorcycles, and therefore cars, except maxi-scooters, which are chairs.
February 13, 2026 at 9:16 PM
A jetski is a motorcycle and motorcycles, as we know, are cars. Scooters are motorcycles, and therefore cars, except maxi-scooters, which are chairs.
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the two types of vehicle are cars and trucks, with every vehicle being a subclass of one of those two. a jeep is a truck. a motorcycle is obviously a car. a boat is a truck. an airplane is a car and a helicopter is a truck. trucks are cars, interestingly enough, and cars are a specific type of chair
February 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
the two types of vehicle are cars and trucks, with every vehicle being a subclass of one of those two. a jeep is a truck. a motorcycle is obviously a car. a boat is a truck. an airplane is a car and a helicopter is a truck. trucks are cars, interestingly enough, and cars are a specific type of chair
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I think more people should keep their insane thoughts to themselves.
February 13, 2026 at 7:51 PM
I think more people should keep their insane thoughts to themselves.
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wow we’re just saying the quiet part out loud now huh
February 13, 2026 at 8:52 AM
wow we’re just saying the quiet part out loud now huh
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(and if from that position you spread lies and misrepresentations that discourage other people from voting for her, you're just a wrecker)
February 13, 2026 at 4:30 AM
(and if from that position you spread lies and misrepresentations that discourage other people from voting for her, you're just a wrecker)
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if AOC is too right-wing for you to support, you do not believe in electoral politics and should just be honest about that
Someone who won’t vote for AOC because she’s insufficiently left for them is someone whose vote we will never get and they should be treated as such. Also they only exist online
February 13, 2026 at 4:14 AM
if AOC is too right-wing for you to support, you do not believe in electoral politics and should just be honest about that
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I am on the other side of the world from Los Angeles and I just heard a news grab on our national radio station of Maxine Waters telling a cop "Are you gonna shoot an elected representative? If you shoot me, you better shoot straight" and she remains one of the best to ever do it
June 9, 2025 at 5:06 AM
I am on the other side of the world from Los Angeles and I just heard a news grab on our national radio station of Maxine Waters telling a cop "Are you gonna shoot an elected representative? If you shoot me, you better shoot straight" and she remains one of the best to ever do it
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In a normal government, this results in the resignation of multiple cabinet officials (Transportation, Defense, and Homeland Security), and the closure or (at least!) radical reorg of the cartoonishly incompetent agency at the center of it: CBP.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
February 12, 2026 at 3:18 PM
In a normal government, this results in the resignation of multiple cabinet officials (Transportation, Defense, and Homeland Security), and the closure or (at least!) radical reorg of the cartoonishly incompetent agency at the center of it: CBP.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
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No we won't.
They're leaving because there's no market for their skills here. These are functions we are just not going to perform.
They're leaving because there's no market for their skills here. These are functions we are just not going to perform.
We will spend the next 10 years trying to retrain new people because of the numbers of experienced people that have left the country.
Its not just a brain drain.
Re-training costs billions.
Its a finanical disaster.
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Its not just a brain drain.
Re-training costs billions.
Its a finanical disaster.
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Nearly 120,000 Kiwis leave as population growth from immigrants to NZ slows
The difference between the number of people moving to NZ and those leaving for overseas 2025 was the lowest for a year since 2013 (excluding the 2021 pandemic).
www.stuff.co.nz
February 13, 2026 at 1:39 AM
No we won't.
They're leaving because there's no market for their skills here. These are functions we are just not going to perform.
They're leaving because there's no market for their skills here. These are functions we are just not going to perform.
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of the likely choices available i don't see us doing much better
anybody currently raging about Newsom needs to be stopped better get on board or I might think your outrage is a tad performative
February 12, 2026 at 10:50 PM
of the likely choices available i don't see us doing much better
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I said this to a Samsung guy at a launch a few years ago. I just want a gorgeous screen, leave the UI to Apple et al. Not a smart TV, but a dumb one.
He said it's very hard to market a dumb television because everyone wants a smart one.
We did not reach a consensus on that.
He said it's very hard to market a dumb television because everyone wants a smart one.
We did not reach a consensus on that.
“Samsung’s QD-OLED panel itself is phenomenal, if nothing special in 2026. The problem is the software. I would pay Samsung $100, right now, for this “smart” TV to be as dumb as the ones I grew up with. ”
Why I wish I hadn’t bought my Samsung OLED TV — The Verge
In June 2024, in a dusty TV shop empty of customers save myself, my wife, and my kids, I stared deep into the LG C3 and Samsung S90C. I went back and forth between the two OLED screens for easily 20 m...
apple.news
February 13, 2026 at 12:08 AM
I said this to a Samsung guy at a launch a few years ago. I just want a gorgeous screen, leave the UI to Apple et al. Not a smart TV, but a dumb one.
He said it's very hard to market a dumb television because everyone wants a smart one.
We did not reach a consensus on that.
He said it's very hard to market a dumb television because everyone wants a smart one.
We did not reach a consensus on that.