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Toast Conger

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Yes Toast. Topics I follow: change, NZ pocket friends, KDrama, weather, permaculture, weaving, she/her🌱🇳🇿 @[email protected] @toastfloats elsewhere

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Toast Conger @toastchanges.com · Jul 2

Maybe I just start collecting these
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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · Jul 2

Donald Trump announces his a "trade deal" with Vietnam, which increases taxes on American consumers while decreasing taxes on Vietnamese consumers.

The zero-rate tariff offer in Vietnam was proposed on April 4. He's essentially done nothing in 3 months.

A true genius at work. The art of the deal.

Donald Trump via Truth Social:
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114784098546698642

I just made a Trade Deal with Vietnam. Details to follow!
Jul 02, 2025, 10:25 AM

It is my Great Honor to announce that I have just made a Trade Deal with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam after speaking with To Lam, the Highly Respected General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam. It will be a Great Deal of Cooperation between our two Countries. The Terms are that Vietnam will pay the United States a 20% Tariff on any and all goods sent into our Territory, and a 40% Tariff on any Transshipping. In return, Vietnam will do something that they have never done before, give the United States of America TOTAL ACCESS to their Markets for Trade. In other words, they will “OPEN THEIR MARKET TO THE UNITED STATES,” meaning that, we will be able to sell our product into Vietnam at ZERO Tariff. It is my opinion that the SUV or, as it is sometimes referred to, Large Engine Vehicle, which does so well in the United States, will be a wonderful addition to the various product lines within Vietnam. Dealing with General Secretary To Lam, which I did personally, was an absolute pleasure. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Jul 02, 2025, 10:44 AM

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Toast Conger @toastchanges.com · 6h

Be still my beating heart

Toast Conger @toastchanges.com · 6h

wow

Toast Conger @toastchanges.com · 11h

Now I've got FOMO

Toast Conger @toastchanges.com · 11h

Right? At some point, I tipped over and looked up the phases and holy shit. No. No?
I made it to 28 which is... fine. Bt probably not going to be able to finish this one before the time is up.

OUT OF 50. 7m my tired feet.
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Pokémon GO XP Celebration Event | Pokémon GO Hub

Starts Monday, August 25, 2025, at 1:00 PM Local Time Ends Tuesday, October 14, 2025, at 11:59 PM Local Time With the level cap being increased to level 80 in Pokémon GO, Trainers would want to collec...

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Toast Conger @toastchanges.com · 11h

I've run the maths on these XP Celebration timed research tasks, and you would have to be an unemployed marathon runner with a 1000 friends to get all the way through all 50 and even then, pretty sure you couldn't because of the gifting limit. Don't advertise a goal people can't achieve. It's rude.

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Toast Conger @toastchanges.com · 12h

She could be the world's worst and the committee would still be flipping the bird at Trump in every single possible way.

Toast Conger @toastchanges.com · 12h

Honey we're getting old. PokeGo was released in 2016. Lol.

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Akl City Centre Residents' Group @ccrg.bsky.social · 12h

Mirumiru 🫧 fun in VIC park tomorrow

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Toast Conger @toastchanges.com · 12h

Which goes back almost to the OP and certainly one of my early comments. We all somehow know one another? That's the most Kiwi story ever, David. Admit it. :)

Toast Conger @toastchanges.com · 12h

Ooo... the prize community ain't f*ing around. They not only said "he sucks" they gave the prize to a woman of colour fighting for democracy against a dictator.

The shade is so deep it's a black hole.

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Toast Conger @toastchanges.com · 12h

You want them to just follow the logic...

"You're so close, honey... so very very close to understanding."

anita72.bsky.social @anita72.bsky.social · 15h

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Ken @kenzime.bsky.social · 13h

This is the sort of thing that AoNZ needs to have ready to go in case of our increasingly regular natural disasters.

TerraWatts2010 @terrawatts2010.bsky.social · 13h

Paired Power’s modular microgrid targets is assembly-free remote industrial and agricultural applications and rural electrification for Indigenous communities. 🔌💡
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'Grid in a box' combines storage and solar PV modules for a microgrid in a 20 ft. container - Energy Storage

Paired Power’s modular microgrid targets is assembly-free remote industrial and agricultural applications and rural electrification for Indigenous communities.

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Toast Conger @toastchanges.com · 12h

Hard to say on that one but it does feel disproportionate to where the AoNZ population lives. No idea how that came about, though.

Toast Conger @toastchanges.com · 12h

Sometimes it even memorialises art that is no longer there such as this painting which was covered by a new retaining wall

Pokemon Go gym screenshot of the painting Gone Fishing, a mural that used to be on the retaining wall at Narrow Neck beach in Auckland.

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Toast Conger @toastchanges.com · 13h

So one of my favorite features of Pokemon Go is how many weird little bits and pieces of Auckland (and other cities) I've learned about through gyms. Each gym has to be associated with a feature such as a bit of street art or plaque or a special building.

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Toast Conger @toastchanges.com · 13h

When I first moved here, I missed my weather, geo, and storm chaser accounts but over time they gradually migrated.

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