Peter Sime
@petesi.me
Left leaning 40-something in Dunedin | Ōtepoti NZ. Enemy of infinite scrolling and short form video. I like making pictures.
He/him
Blog: https://petesi.me
He/him
Blog: https://petesi.me
I've been thinking this would be a good idea for a while now - either ring-fencing the GST for local content and news or imposing a specific levy. After all, we can't really go back to a tv license system now and the funding model established after it was abolished can't keep up. #nzpol
Election 2026: Labour proposes 'game-changing' streaming levy to fund local productions
The revenue would be reinvested into local productions.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 15, 2026 at 5:23 AM
I've been thinking this would be a good idea for a while now - either ring-fencing the GST for local content and news or imposing a specific levy. After all, we can't really go back to a tv license system now and the funding model established after it was abolished can't keep up. #nzpol
Crikey, did @naomiaklein.bsky.social have to be this prescient in 2007?
January 13, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Crikey, did @naomiaklein.bsky.social have to be this prescient in 2007?
Gee, it would kind of help if our government was made up of thoughtful and serious people rather than the clown show we currently are stuck with. Given we're faced with the likely collapse of NATO and the global reverberations every corner of the world faces.
#nzpol
#nzpol
US discussing options to acquire Greenland, including use of military - White House
It came as European allies rallied behind Denmark after renewed US insistence it must have Greenland.
www.bbc.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Gee, it would kind of help if our government was made up of thoughtful and serious people rather than the clown show we currently are stuck with. Given we're faced with the likely collapse of NATO and the global reverberations every corner of the world faces.
#nzpol
#nzpol
Am I the only one who finds the Bunnings mobile site to be dogshit?
Quit with the autofill, Bunnings, and let me make my query. I just wanna find a shelf location.
Quit with the autofill, Bunnings, and let me make my query. I just wanna find a shelf location.
January 6, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Am I the only one who finds the Bunnings mobile site to be dogshit?
Quit with the autofill, Bunnings, and let me make my query. I just wanna find a shelf location.
Quit with the autofill, Bunnings, and let me make my query. I just wanna find a shelf location.
I don't casually drop the F word, but if you're not convinced the US is now fully a fascist state given the events of the last day, I think you're delusional.
January 3, 2026 at 10:00 PM
I don't casually drop the F word, but if you're not convinced the US is now fully a fascist state given the events of the last day, I think you're delusional.
I don't think I have it in me to be like that to family.
January 1, 2026 at 3:57 AM
I don't think I have it in me to be like that to family.
"Yes, dad, you can have multiple email addresses..."
January 1, 2026 at 3:24 AM
"Yes, dad, you can have multiple email addresses..."
Pour one out for my fellow designated family tech nerds. I guess we're all going to handhold relatives through some personal cybersecurity self-audits over the coming weeks.
It's a long way from setting the clock on the VCR.
#managemyhealth #databreach #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
It's a long way from setting the clock on the VCR.
#managemyhealth #databreach #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
ManageMyHealth reveals scope of data breach
Between 6 and 7 percent of the approximately 1.8 million registered users may have been affected.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 1, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Pour one out for my fellow designated family tech nerds. I guess we're all going to handhold relatives through some personal cybersecurity self-audits over the coming weeks.
It's a long way from setting the clock on the VCR.
#managemyhealth #databreach #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
It's a long way from setting the clock on the VCR.
#managemyhealth #databreach #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
"For, in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal."
John F. Kennedy, Commencement Address at American University, 10 June 1963
www.jfklibrary.org/archives/oth...
John F. Kennedy, Commencement Address at American University, 10 June 1963
www.jfklibrary.org/archives/oth...
December 29, 2025 at 11:45 AM
"For, in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal."
John F. Kennedy, Commencement Address at American University, 10 June 1963
www.jfklibrary.org/archives/oth...
John F. Kennedy, Commencement Address at American University, 10 June 1963
www.jfklibrary.org/archives/oth...
Finally Dunedin had a clear night recently and I could spend a couple of hours imaging the Sculptor Pinwheel Galaxy. This little smudge is 6 million light years away.
December 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Finally Dunedin had a clear night recently and I could spend a couple of hours imaging the Sculptor Pinwheel Galaxy. This little smudge is 6 million light years away.
So this is part of a programme of work that began in December 2024 and planned for nearly 100 days without services until the end of January next year. The article below from a year ago outlined the schedule. But still, what a shit show.
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-...
Auckland rail shutdown begins: What you need to know
Auckland's railway lines will have no trains operating on them for the next 32 days.
www.nzherald.co.nz
December 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
So this is part of a programme of work that began in December 2024 and planned for nearly 100 days without services until the end of January next year. The article below from a year ago outlined the schedule. But still, what a shit show.
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-...
Reposted by Peter Sime
![Comic. [Banner: Mathematical Society: 2025 Meeting.] PERSON 1 with bun: Any other new developments from the year to cover before we wrap? PERSON 2: Oh, the teens picked a new funny number. PERSON 3 with short hair: Aww, I’m glad to hear they’re still doing that. PERSON 4 with ponytail: I’ll add it to the list. [List: 23 (skidoo!; 42; 69; 420; 1,337; 58,008; [circled]: 67]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreig43e2u4zzpifhq6fbf2iwplmva2lt5rokfg5uws5dysbe55up6wa@jpeg)
December 26, 2025 at 10:44 PM
It's very likely we already have Tempora-style mass data collection in place given the narrow chokepoints our submarine cables have on communications. But watch out for efforts against encryption such as chat control, digital IDs and outlawing VPNs beyond age-gating social media in 2026.
#nzpol
#nzpol
December 26, 2025 at 11:08 PM
It's very likely we already have Tempora-style mass data collection in place given the narrow chokepoints our submarine cables have on communications. But watch out for efforts against encryption such as chat control, digital IDs and outlawing VPNs beyond age-gating social media in 2026.
#nzpol
#nzpol
Merry Christmas Bluesky.
December 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Merry Christmas Bluesky.
Peters to Luxon:
#nzpol
#nzpol
a man in a dark room with the words none of you seem to understand behind him
Alt: Rorschach in "Watchmen" declaring "I'm not locked in here with you, you're locked in here with me!"
media.tenor.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Peters to Luxon:
#nzpol
#nzpol
Do you think Peters and Seymour toss a coin over who gets to make Luxon his bitch on any given week, or have they worked out a roster?
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
Coalition splinters as PM and Peters clash over India trade deal
Winston Peters says his party will vote against National’s free trade deal with India, describing it as “low quality” and “rushed”.
www.stuff.co.nz
December 23, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Do you think Peters and Seymour toss a coin over who gets to make Luxon his bitch on any given week, or have they worked out a roster?
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
It's going to start Christmas day, isn't it? He's just that kind of asshole.
I’m sure Russia knows what we are going to do before the American people since they have so many people serving in the Trump admin sharing intel with them.
December 23, 2025 at 6:33 AM
It's going to start Christmas day, isn't it? He's just that kind of asshole.
Reposted by Peter Sime
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
contingentmagazine.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
This tumblr post from exwife-of-frankenstein has been popping up all over the place in recent weeks. It rings so damn true.
December 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This tumblr post from exwife-of-frankenstein has been popping up all over the place in recent weeks. It rings so damn true.
On my summer reading list.
December 20, 2025 at 5:34 AM
On my summer reading list.
This looks like it'll be delightful.
HOLY DAYS | Official Trailer | In New Zealand Cinemas February 26
YouTube video by RialtoDistribution
www.youtube.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:24 AM
This looks like it'll be delightful.