Bad Guitar Player
@nzstever.bsky.social
IT by day, Improv Comedy by night. Lover of e-bikes, good food and wine, family and Aotearoa New Zealand.
No-one could have seen this coming 🙄
The coalition govt's genius plans for cutting red tape and returning back to "locality" has been delivered.
#nzpol
#nzpol
December 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
No-one could have seen this coming 🙄
A truly concerning article about the coming crisis in energy production and availability in NZ. There “was” a plan, and this Gvmt nixed it. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...
Lost in transition: The businesses trapped by New Zealand’s energy crisis
Behind the nation's energy crisis are businesses quietly fighting to survive - many feel they have nothing but bad options.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A truly concerning article about the coming crisis in energy production and availability in NZ. There “was” a plan, and this Gvmt nixed it. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...
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Toss(ers) argument is that our holidays are bad for productivity
France: 35hr week & more holidays than us, shall we look at productivity charts?
France: 35hr week & more holidays than us, shall we look at productivity charts?
December 9, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Toss(ers) argument is that our holidays are bad for productivity
France: 35hr week & more holidays than us, shall we look at productivity charts?
France: 35hr week & more holidays than us, shall we look at productivity charts?
I’m just glad the emperor puts some clothes on for this 🙄
December 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I’m just glad the emperor puts some clothes on for this 🙄
This is absolute gold - funny and Christmas-y (sort of) hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/12/year...
The Year Kenny Loggins Ruined Christmas
The year I learned that Christmas did not, in fact, originate as a celebration of my amazing ability to temporarily transform into a "good" ...
hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This is absolute gold - funny and Christmas-y (sort of) hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/12/year...
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WTF Just Happened? | The Corrupt Memory Industry & Micron
YouTube video by Gamers Nexus
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December 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
My Mum died this week and I’m grieving hard. If you know someone who’s grieving then this is worth a read open.substack.com/pub/jamilare...
"Let me know if you need anything," and other things you should stop saying to someone who's grieving
Reflections from a grief portal on how to actually support someone with a hurting heart
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
My Mum died this week and I’m grieving hard. If you know someone who’s grieving then this is worth a read open.substack.com/pub/jamilare...
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November 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Clean car standard tinkering an incoherent misstep newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/28/c...
Clean car standard tinkering an incoherent misstep
Opinion: The evisceration of the clean car standard is the latest move in a hollowing out of our climate policy architecture.
newsroom.co.nz
November 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Clean car standard tinkering an incoherent misstep newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/28/c...
Who could have foreseen this? www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
Two National Guardsmen shot near White House
"The animal that shot the two National Guardsmen ,,, will pay a very steep price," Donald Trump said.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Who could have foreseen this? www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
Mum (91) lost her hubby 6 weeks ago, after a long illness and a difficult death. Today she received the news that her own health has suddenly tanked and she’ll be moved to palliative care tomorrow. Life sucks sometimes, really f*cking hard 😢
November 25, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Mum (91) lost her hubby 6 weeks ago, after a long illness and a difficult death. Today she received the news that her own health has suddenly tanked and she’ll be moved to palliative care tomorrow. Life sucks sometimes, really f*cking hard 😢
My Mum‘s really unwell and we’ve been in North Shore Hospital for nearly a week. The care is exemplary and it pisses me off that while they’re helping Mum fight her health battles, they’re also having to fight battles of their own #nzpol
November 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
My Mum‘s really unwell and we’ve been in North Shore Hospital for nearly a week. The care is exemplary and it pisses me off that while they’re helping Mum fight her health battles, they’re also having to fight battles of their own #nzpol
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The overwhelmingly positive experiences of trans youth on puberty blockers
The overwhelmingly positive experiences of trans youth on puberty blockers
A survey of trans youth highlights the enormous value of puberty blockers – and the strong need for continued access to them....
thespinoff.co.nz
November 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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www.lemonde.fr/en/internati... de-banked & more… for doing his job as an ICC judge😨
Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US: 'You are effectively blacklisted by much of the world's banking system'
Six judges and three prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have been sanctioned by the Trump administration. In an interview with Le Monde, Guillou discusses the impact of these measures on ...
www.lemonde.fr
November 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati... de-banked & more… for doing his job as an ICC judge😨
Brought Mum home from the hospital this morning after a gastric episode - she’s 91. She woke from a nap feeling ill and disorientated. Woke from a 2nd nap in extreme pain from what we now think was a blood clot in her leg. Called an ambulance.
November 22, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Brought Mum home from the hospital this morning after a gastric episode - she’s 91. She woke from a nap feeling ill and disorientated. Woke from a 2nd nap in extreme pain from what we now think was a blood clot in her leg. Called an ambulance.
Just followed the ambulance to emergency for my 91 year old Mum, who lost her husband a month ago and now is very unwell herself. Poor thing 🫤
November 18, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Just followed the ambulance to emergency for my 91 year old Mum, who lost her husband a month ago and now is very unwell herself. Poor thing 🫤
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This is so gross
Luxon wont even show his face
98.7% of submissions were against it
Where is our mature adult convo on this now Luxon?
#nzpol
Luxon wont even show his face
98.7% of submissions were against it
Where is our mature adult convo on this now Luxon?
#nzpol
Unless things change between now and ~midday, it looks like the Regulatory Standards Bill will have its third reading this afternoon, starting at around 3.00, and then be passed into law in the coming days. Because it's a Thursday, the Prime Minister almost certainly won't be there for it. #NPZOL
November 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This is so gross
Luxon wont even show his face
98.7% of submissions were against it
Where is our mature adult convo on this now Luxon?
#nzpol
Luxon wont even show his face
98.7% of submissions were against it
Where is our mature adult convo on this now Luxon?
#nzpol
I often sleep soundly but every now and again,that 3am thing happens. Turns out I’m just (very) old school! www.rnz.co.nz/life/wellbei...
Why we used to sleep in two segments
Continuous sleep is a modern habit, not an evolutionary constant, which helps explain why many of us still wake at 3am and wonder if something’s wrong. It might help to know that this is a deeply huma...
www.rnz.co.nz
November 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I often sleep soundly but every now and again,that 3am thing happens. Turns out I’m just (very) old school! www.rnz.co.nz/life/wellbei...
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Err BUT...
❌️Potaka made it harder to access emergency housing
❌️Upston made it harder for teens to access Jobseeker
❌️Bishop cancelled thousands of planned social housing builds AND sold off existing social housing
❌️Chhour slashed OT investment into youth employment programs
❌️Potaka made it harder to access emergency housing
❌️Upston made it harder for teens to access Jobseeker
❌️Bishop cancelled thousands of planned social housing builds AND sold off existing social housing
❌️Chhour slashed OT investment into youth employment programs
Government 'got to sort out' homeless in Auckland CBD, PM Christopher Luxon says
Government 'got to sort out' homeless in Auckland CBD, PM Christopher Luxon says
Central government and Auckland Council are considering how they can move homeless people out of the CBD ahead of summer.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Err BUT...
❌️Potaka made it harder to access emergency housing
❌️Upston made it harder for teens to access Jobseeker
❌️Bishop cancelled thousands of planned social housing builds AND sold off existing social housing
❌️Chhour slashed OT investment into youth employment programs
❌️Potaka made it harder to access emergency housing
❌️Upston made it harder for teens to access Jobseeker
❌️Bishop cancelled thousands of planned social housing builds AND sold off existing social housing
❌️Chhour slashed OT investment into youth employment programs
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Andrea Vance has gotten her teeth into this useless, venal, no-ideas govt and she’s not letting go.
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
While tourists dine under stars, the homeless sleep under them
The government is moving fast: clearing the slums for the sommeliers.
www.thepost.co.nz
November 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Andrea Vance has gotten her teeth into this useless, venal, no-ideas govt and she’s not letting go.
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Look at us, punching above our weight! “The ditching of the plan comes shortly after New Zealand reduced its national target to cut methane emissions by 2050 on the basis that it was being incorrectly measured”. #nzpol
November 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Look at us, punching above our weight! “The ditching of the plan comes shortly after New Zealand reduced its national target to cut methane emissions by 2050 on the basis that it was being incorrectly measured”. #nzpol
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If you’re media covering bike-lanes, watch this news story.
If you’re a downtown business association discussing bike-lanes, watch this news story.
If you’re anyone hearing the LIE that bike-lanes are bad for business, watch this story.
And please SHARE THIS STORY so others can watch it too.
If you’re a downtown business association discussing bike-lanes, watch this news story.
If you’re anyone hearing the LIE that bike-lanes are bad for business, watch this story.
And please SHARE THIS STORY so others can watch it too.
WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
toronto.citynews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
If you’re media covering bike-lanes, watch this news story.
If you’re a downtown business association discussing bike-lanes, watch this news story.
If you’re anyone hearing the LIE that bike-lanes are bad for business, watch this story.
And please SHARE THIS STORY so others can watch it too.
If you’re a downtown business association discussing bike-lanes, watch this news story.
If you’re anyone hearing the LIE that bike-lanes are bad for business, watch this story.
And please SHARE THIS STORY so others can watch it too.
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They're giving a big middle finger to their own election promises (which were lies), our global commitments, and most especially to our children and grandchildren.
Govt’s climate strategy: Let it burn
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/g...
Govt’s climate strategy: Let it burn
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/g...
Govt's climate strategy: Let it burn
Comment: The Government has relentlessly pursued policies that boost climate pollution – even if they cost more or jeopardise NZ's reputation, Marc Daalder writes
newsroom.co.nz
November 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
They're giving a big middle finger to their own election promises (which were lies), our global commitments, and most especially to our children and grandchildren.
Govt’s climate strategy: Let it burn
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/g...
Govt’s climate strategy: Let it burn
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/g...
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November 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM