Ryan Sproull
@ryansproull.bsky.social
Auckland-based strategy consulting and training. Opinions not my own.
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Day 331 of #365DaysOfSmiles
This is 83 year old Kenny, he was gifted this kid-safe power tool for cutting cardboard as a thank you for setting up a foundation to help veterans get mobility scooters!
This is 83 year old Kenny, he was gifted this kid-safe power tool for cutting cardboard as a thank you for setting up a foundation to help veterans get mobility scooters!
November 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Seems pretty obvious that Terry was already planning to kill his friend and smoked the joint to calm his nerves before the act.
November 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Seems pretty obvious that Terry was already planning to kill his friend and smoked the joint to calm his nerves before the act.
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Hey, congratulations to all of Olivia Nuzzi’s horny media critic defenders. Heckuva job!
November 26, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Hey, congratulations to all of Olivia Nuzzi’s horny media critic defenders. Heckuva job!
Okay, arriving at a White Lotus-themed murder mystery. Dressed on theme. Live-skeeting with unpredictable regularity.
November 27, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Okay, arriving at a White Lotus-themed murder mystery. Dressed on theme. Live-skeeting with unpredictable regularity.
I'm about to go to an insane agency Christmas party in Sydney that's a White Lotus-themed murder mystery. Any interest in me live-skeeting it a bit?
November 27, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I'm about to go to an insane agency Christmas party in Sydney that's a White Lotus-themed murder mystery. Any interest in me live-skeeting it a bit?
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
Perfect irony. Our substitute for an upper chamber includes the Select Committee process, which identified the RSB as trash. If we actually had an upper chamber, it would have refused to pass the RSB on account of it being a wasteful, undemocratic attempt at constitutional law by stealth.
November 26, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Perfect irony. Our substitute for an upper chamber includes the Select Committee process, which identified the RSB as trash. If we actually had an upper chamber, it would have refused to pass the RSB on account of it being a wasteful, undemocratic attempt at constitutional law by stealth.
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PERFECTLY NORMAL
Hot waters ahead: North Island seas hit 'unusual' early-summer highs
The Hauraki Gulf has hit 20C, with warmth stretching towards Australia.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 8:47 AM
PERFECTLY NORMAL
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Guyon Espiner to Bill English: "Is Chris Luxon doing a good job as Prime Minister?"
Bill English: "Well, I think he's doing the job he does. He's quite an unusual Prime Minister"
😬 #nzpol
Bill English: "Well, I think he's doing the job he does. He's quite an unusual Prime Minister"
😬 #nzpol
November 26, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Guyon Espiner to Bill English: "Is Chris Luxon doing a good job as Prime Minister?"
Bill English: "Well, I think he's doing the job he does. He's quite an unusual Prime Minister"
😬 #nzpol
Bill English: "Well, I think he's doing the job he does. He's quite an unusual Prime Minister"
😬 #nzpol
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This is hilarious, like so embarrassing. I'm mainly wondering though, if this has a) fundamentally undermined the basis of MMP by rendering coalition agreements kinda worthless, or b) been a useful example of why seriously batshit minor parties shouldn't overplay their hand even with a weakass major
Nicola Willis suggests National may join the Greens, Labour, TPM and NZ First campaigning to repeal Regulatory Standards Act
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
'It's not impossible': Willis says National may join other parties to repeal Regulatory Standards Act
The National deputy leader said her party may also campaign to get rid of the law.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 6:19 AM
This is hilarious, like so embarrassing. I'm mainly wondering though, if this has a) fundamentally undermined the basis of MMP by rendering coalition agreements kinda worthless, or b) been a useful example of why seriously batshit minor parties shouldn't overplay their hand even with a weakass major
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when trying on pants, do this in the store. then tell the sales associate "the menswear guy told me to do this."
IG mr.funkys0ul
IG mr.funkys0ul
November 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM
when trying on pants, do this in the store. then tell the sales associate "the menswear guy told me to do this."
IG mr.funkys0ul
IG mr.funkys0ul
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We're heading towards 2021 levels of low cold/flu in NZ. Maybe warmer weather, less time indoors.
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
We're heading towards 2021 levels of low cold/flu in NZ. Maybe warmer weather, less time indoors.
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Hur hur because gay hur hur
November 24, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Hur hur because gay hur hur
Great read.
I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.
That MAGA Account Might Be a Troll From Pakistan
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Great read.
I'm not cut out for this world. I see this and feel so sorry for him.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I'm not cut out for this world. I see this and feel so sorry for him.
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“One of the misconceptions about autistic people is we take things literally” #KiwiPyCon
November 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
“One of the misconceptions about autistic people is we take things literally” #KiwiPyCon
Next they'll be reading books, having ideas.
BLITZER: I want to be precise. Should members of the US military obey clearly illegal orders?
McCLAIN: You're asking an enlisted person for their opinion on what they think is legal. That's a pretty slippery slope. Follow your commander in chief. That's the oath that you took
(Not a no!)
McCLAIN: You're asking an enlisted person for their opinion on what they think is legal. That's a pretty slippery slope. Follow your commander in chief. That's the oath that you took
(Not a no!)
November 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Next they'll be reading books, having ideas.
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“The voices that matter most – trans young people, their families, the clinicians who work with them and trans health experts in Aotearoa – have been clear: access to puberty blockers is crucial.”
Young trans people need access to transition healthcare. We must listen to them, not to transphobes.
Young trans people need access to transition healthcare. We must listen to them, not to transphobes.
Puberty blockers: why politicians overriding doctors sets a dangerous precedent
The government’s ban on puberty blockers undermines clinical expertise and targets trans youth with a policy that lacks evidence, consistency and fairness.
theconversation.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
“The voices that matter most – trans young people, their families, the clinicians who work with them and trans health experts in Aotearoa – have been clear: access to puberty blockers is crucial.”
Young trans people need access to transition healthcare. We must listen to them, not to transphobes.
Young trans people need access to transition healthcare. We must listen to them, not to transphobes.
Property ownership exceptionalism.
Right up there with "ohhhh, selling a property at a profit isn't income, it's disposal of assets, because my business is in rents".
Right up there with "ohhhh, selling a property at a profit isn't income, it's disposal of assets, because my business is in rents".
TL;DR: TPU says people want profit adjusted for inflation.
Inflation, in the context of property, really just means "the housing market" — it's a measure of market cost.
People invest in property because they hope the market will go up (inflate) and they can profit.
Inflation *IS* the profit.
Inflation, in the context of property, really just means "the housing market" — it's a measure of market cost.
People invest in property because they hope the market will go up (inflate) and they can profit.
Inflation *IS* the profit.
Capital gains tax poll reveals option with most support: How it differs from Labour policy
The Taxpayers' Union-Curia polling was conducted from November 2-6.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Property ownership exceptionalism.
Right up there with "ohhhh, selling a property at a profit isn't income, it's disposal of assets, because my business is in rents".
Right up there with "ohhhh, selling a property at a profit isn't income, it's disposal of assets, because my business is in rents".
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Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight, Charlie Brown?
DID I BREAK YOUR CONCENTRATION, CHARLIE BROWN?
We’re going to need a bigger boat, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight, Charlie Brown?