Robin Capper
@robincapper.bsky.social
A #Kiwi, but not a flightless bird or brown fuzzy skin green centred fruit. Humanist, Skeptic, Cyclist, Car Enthusiast, Westie Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa New Zealand | he/him | https://www.robincapper.net/
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Dr Gary Payinda ( @garypayinda.bsky.social ) of the Big Hairy Network's ( #BHN ) Frontline frame "has been selected to stand for the Labour Party against the incumbent Whāngarei MP, former Health Minister Dr Shane Reti."
An actual progressive candidate, who I would have thought more a Green.
#nzpol
An actual progressive candidate, who I would have thought more a Green.
#nzpol
November 17, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Dr Gary Payinda ( @garypayinda.bsky.social ) of the Big Hairy Network's ( #BHN ) Frontline frame "has been selected to stand for the Labour Party against the incumbent Whāngarei MP, former Health Minister Dr Shane Reti."
An actual progressive candidate, who I would have thought more a Green.
#nzpol
An actual progressive candidate, who I would have thought more a Green.
#nzpol
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Cycling gives bigger boost to regional economies more so than Shane Jones DRILL DRILL DRILL (for what there is nothing there) tantrums
WITHOUT harming the environments either (ironically boosting them)
WITHOUT harming the environments either (ironically boosting them)
November 22, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Cycling gives bigger boost to regional economies more so than Shane Jones DRILL DRILL DRILL (for what there is nothing there) tantrums
WITHOUT harming the environments either (ironically boosting them)
WITHOUT harming the environments either (ironically boosting them)
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I’m delighted to announce I'm standing as the Labour candidate in Wellington Bays/Rongotai in 2026. I'm thrilled to fight for better jobs, housing, and health services in our community. Look in the bio to donate, volunteer, and help us deliver a better government next year.
November 23, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I’m delighted to announce I'm standing as the Labour candidate in Wellington Bays/Rongotai in 2026. I'm thrilled to fight for better jobs, housing, and health services in our community. Look in the bio to donate, volunteer, and help us deliver a better government next year.
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I'm delighted by this news. Craig will be a fantastic MP.
Labour selects CTU economist Craig Renney as Wellington Bays candidate www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Labour selects CTU economist Craig Renney as Wellington Bays candidate www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Labour selects CTU economist Craig Renney as Wellington Bays candidate
Labour has selected high-profile economist Craig Renney to run as its candidate in Wellington Bays in next year's election.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 23, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I'm delighted by this news. Craig will be a fantastic MP.
Labour selects CTU economist Craig Renney as Wellington Bays candidate www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Labour selects CTU economist Craig Renney as Wellington Bays candidate www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Coming soon: Elon announces that anyone valuing SpaceX as a rocket company instead of a robotics & AI company is making a mistake.
techcrunch.com/2025/11/21/s...
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SpaceX's upgraded Starship suffers explosion during testing | TechCrunch
It may not have been a massive fireball, but SpaceX now has more work to do before it can kick off this next-generation version of Starship.
techcrunch.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Coming soon: Elon announces that anyone valuing SpaceX as a rocket company instead of a robotics & AI company is making a mistake.
techcrunch.com/2025/11/21/s...
techcrunch.com/2025/11/21/s...
Some amazing numbers, both international and local, in the growth and impact of the data centres that run our world
The scale of AI www.robincapper.net/the-scale-of...
The scale of AI www.robincapper.net/the-scale-of...
The scale of AI
The cloud, it's just someone else's computer...
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November 22, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Some amazing numbers, both international and local, in the growth and impact of the data centres that run our world
The scale of AI www.robincapper.net/the-scale-of...
The scale of AI www.robincapper.net/the-scale-of...
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The writers have done a spectacular job this season revamping their fascinating "Marjorie Taylor Greene" character. The suspense over what she will do next is compelling. A lot of things are going on with MTG, maybe some good, others bad, and we won't know exactly what for two or more seasons.
November 22, 2025 at 5:09 AM
The writers have done a spectacular job this season revamping their fascinating "Marjorie Taylor Greene" character. The suspense over what she will do next is compelling. A lot of things are going on with MTG, maybe some good, others bad, and we won't know exactly what for two or more seasons.
The price of 'friendship'...
“A third of Australian families are food insecure. NDIS is being pared back to the bone. Welfare recipients face punitive new laws. Meanwhile, we have committed up to $368 billion to buy nuclear submarines that will be built in the United States.”
theaimn.net/asset-stripp...
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Asset-Stripping a Nation: How Australia's Government is Trading Your Future for Empire
A third of Australian families are food insecure. The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is being pared back to the bone. Welfare recipients face punitive new laws. Meanwhile, the government ...
theaimn.net
November 22, 2025 at 4:23 AM
The price of 'friendship'...
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Imo this is on the same spectrum as the PoliceNZ scandal. Attacking women should be a disqualifier for any role and definitely an sppoitment that gives you power over others #nzpol 1/2
Women’s lives, our reputations, our safety are discounted. Misogny in action.
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
Women’s lives, our reputations, our safety are discounted. Misogny in action.
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
November 22, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Imo this is on the same spectrum as the PoliceNZ scandal. Attacking women should be a disqualifier for any role and definitely an sppoitment that gives you power over others #nzpol 1/2
Women’s lives, our reputations, our safety are discounted. Misogny in action.
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
Women’s lives, our reputations, our safety are discounted. Misogny in action.
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
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Remember sitting in history, thinking “If I was alive then, I would’ve…”
You’re alive now. Whatever you’re doing is what you would’ve done.
You’re alive now. Whatever you’re doing is what you would’ve done.
July 3, 2023 at 5:20 AM
Remember sitting in history, thinking “If I was alive then, I would’ve…”
You’re alive now. Whatever you’re doing is what you would’ve done.
You’re alive now. Whatever you’re doing is what you would’ve done.
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“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss
Copenhagen, the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet, publishes a biannual Bicycle Account, and buried in its pages is a rather astonishing fact.
grist.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:40 AM
“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
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The Queensland Government found the economic benefit even higher, at $0.67 per kilometre. And the ROI for every $1 of investment in cycling as $5. And yet they still spend less than 1% of the transport budget on cycling.
November 21, 2025 at 4:47 AM
The Queensland Government found the economic benefit even higher, at $0.67 per kilometre. And the ROI for every $1 of investment in cycling as $5. And yet they still spend less than 1% of the transport budget on cycling.
The story of how a special driver and a lack of constraints created the best F1 car ever made. #f1
Ferrari's 2004 Formula 1 Masterpiece www.robincapper.net/ferraris-200...
Ferrari's 2004 Formula 1 Masterpiece www.robincapper.net/ferraris-200...
Ferrari's 2004 Formula 1 Masterpiece
An amazing insight into the best F1 car ever made
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November 21, 2025 at 5:44 AM
The story of how a special driver and a lack of constraints created the best F1 car ever made. #f1
Ferrari's 2004 Formula 1 Masterpiece www.robincapper.net/ferraris-200...
Ferrari's 2004 Formula 1 Masterpiece www.robincapper.net/ferraris-200...
A fantastic audiobook tribute to Douglas Adams www.robincapper.net/a-fantastic-...
A fantastic audiobook tribute to Douglas Adams
Get this audiobook!
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November 20, 2025 at 8:33 AM
A fantastic audiobook tribute to Douglas Adams www.robincapper.net/a-fantastic-...
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Shameful www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
New Zealand awarded dubious 'Fossil of the Day' at COP30 climate talks
The government's decision to weaken methane emissions targets have garnered it the award for a fourth time, after avoiding it last year.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 18, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Shameful www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Save time on mindfulness podcasts by listening to them at double speed.
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Save time on mindfulness podcasts by listening to them at double speed.
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Don’t kill my dream of having a robot that does my laundry and removes my appendix.
November 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Don’t kill my dream of having a robot that does my laundry and removes my appendix.
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More than 12,000 bikes have been distributed since 2015 and are estimated to have delivered an average return of £11.80 for every £1 invested road.cc/content/news...
Free bike schemes in deprived communities improve people's health, wellbeing and social mobility, report shows
The trial took place in three areas across the UK and found the scheme also resulted in healthcare savings in relation to preventable deaths and disease
road.cc
November 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
More than 12,000 bikes have been distributed since 2015 and are estimated to have delivered an average return of £11.80 for every £1 invested road.cc/content/news...
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This YouTube took me back to the 80s!
John Mauriello's Design Theory, Colani, and me! www.robincapper.net/john-mauriel...
John Mauriello's Design Theory, Colani, and me! www.robincapper.net/john-mauriel...
John Mauriello's Design Theory, Colani, and me!
Colani: Odd exceptional designer. Me: Odd unexceptional design student!
www.robincapper.net
November 15, 2025 at 3:20 AM
This YouTube took me back to the 80s!
John Mauriello's Design Theory, Colani, and me! www.robincapper.net/john-mauriel...
John Mauriello's Design Theory, Colani, and me! www.robincapper.net/john-mauriel...
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So we've had an explanation for how the McSkimming's emails did not reach the police minister Mark Mitchell, but how was it that the McSkimming's emails did not reach Christopher Luxon, allegedly prime minster? Oh I l see, it's "nothing and that's normal" #NZPol
November 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
So we've had an explanation for how the McSkimming's emails did not reach the police minister Mark Mitchell, but how was it that the McSkimming's emails did not reach Christopher Luxon, allegedly prime minster? Oh I l see, it's "nothing and that's normal" #NZPol
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Every "population crisis" article in western media is just "WHERE ARE THE WHITE BABIES" in disguise and we absolutely do not have to give any credence to any of them
November 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Every "population crisis" article in western media is just "WHERE ARE THE WHITE BABIES" in disguise and we absolutely do not have to give any credence to any of them
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NIH scientist Dr. Jenna Norton was just placed on nondisciplinary leave.
She led a team who wrote a sign-on letter critical of The Regime.
A person at NIH asked to give a reason for her leave called her “radical leftist”; while the NIH Director has claimed that “dissent is productive”.
She led a team who wrote a sign-on letter critical of The Regime.
A person at NIH asked to give a reason for her leave called her “radical leftist”; while the NIH Director has claimed that “dissent is productive”.
N.I.H. Worker Who Criticized Trump Health Policies Says She Is on Administrative Leave
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
NIH scientist Dr. Jenna Norton was just placed on nondisciplinary leave.
She led a team who wrote a sign-on letter critical of The Regime.
A person at NIH asked to give a reason for her leave called her “radical leftist”; while the NIH Director has claimed that “dissent is productive”.
She led a team who wrote a sign-on letter critical of The Regime.
A person at NIH asked to give a reason for her leave called her “radical leftist”; while the NIH Director has claimed that “dissent is productive”.
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This perfectly encapsulates why we need the BBC
November 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This perfectly encapsulates why we need the BBC