Luke
@aleofatime.com
Food, drink, conspiracies. Te Waipounamu, Aotearoa (but I tweet about Australia too).
Co-founder of @shortjaw.co.nz
Co-founder of @shortjaw.co.nz
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'this may be the greatest takedown of americans ever filmed'
via matt666
via matt666
December 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
'this may be the greatest takedown of americans ever filmed'
via matt666
via matt666
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i stand by this statement every year
December 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
i stand by this statement every year
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Today we had protesters in our building. We were not allowed in the lobby, and were re-routed around the back of the lobby and out the back of the building, well out of our way, to keep us "safe".
The protesters?
4 young girls singing carols whilst holding a climate change banner.
The protesters?
4 young girls singing carols whilst holding a climate change banner.
December 12, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Today we had protesters in our building. We were not allowed in the lobby, and were re-routed around the back of the lobby and out the back of the building, well out of our way, to keep us "safe".
The protesters?
4 young girls singing carols whilst holding a climate change banner.
The protesters?
4 young girls singing carols whilst holding a climate change banner.
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This is your annual reminder that the Time Person of the Year award is NOT meant as an endorsement, for example they gave the award to Adolf Hitler in 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, and 1943 (when the magazine was renamed Hitler Monthly)
December 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
This is your annual reminder that the Time Person of the Year award is NOT meant as an endorsement, for example they gave the award to Adolf Hitler in 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, and 1943 (when the magazine was renamed Hitler Monthly)
it's psycho
call me psycho, zx spectrum (1987) www.mobygames.com/game/69537/c...
December 12, 2025 at 12:56 AM
it's psycho
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New post up on Beer Diary — some thoughts the recent history of Australia's annual Hottest 100 Beers survey, and Mountain Culture, the brewery who have dominated it while rapidly evolving and at the same time seeming stuck in their own mythic past.
Upending the you-know-what: the Hottest 100 and Mountain Culture
Voting is now open for the 18th GABS Hottest 100, and Mountain Culture — having placed #1 for the past three years running — recently launched their latest campaign, this time with a Ted Lasso them…
philcook.net
December 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
New post up on Beer Diary — some thoughts the recent history of Australia's annual Hottest 100 Beers survey, and Mountain Culture, the brewery who have dominated it while rapidly evolving and at the same time seeming stuck in their own mythic past.
While we're here, let's change the name from "homekill" to literally anything else.
New government rules coming for micro-abattoirs; homekill for sale in pipeline
New government rules coming for micro-abattoirs; homekill for sale in pipeline
The government is looking to cut red tape for small meat processors and is also exploring how homekill meat could be made suitable for sale.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
While we're here, let's change the name from "homekill" to literally anything else.
are there any good options for a macbook stand/adapter? Anyone in NZ #kikorangi bought something recently they like?
December 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
are there any good options for a macbook stand/adapter? Anyone in NZ #kikorangi bought something recently they like?
Would listen to a true crime podcast about this.
Police officers were with the suspect around the clock until the stolen pendant was recovered.
Stolen James Bond-inspired Fabergé pendant swallowed, recovered after six days
Police officers were with the suspect around the clock until the stolen pendant was recovered.
www.abc.net.au
December 5, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Would listen to a true crime podcast about this.
This specific hipster joke is 20 years in and still winning fans.
December 4, 2025 at 7:43 AM
This specific hipster joke is 20 years in and still winning fans.
the prime minister cut the ribbon at the first ikea store lol
We are such a funny country.
We are such a funny country.
IKEA Auckland opening: Predicted traffic chaos fails to eventuate as first shoppers visit
IKEA Auckland opening: Predicted traffic chaos fails to eventuate as first shoppers visit
Auckland has managed to avoid an IKEA stampede and traffic jams as the first shoppers entered the new store at Mt Wellington.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 4, 2025 at 12:25 AM
the prime minister cut the ribbon at the first ikea store lol
We are such a funny country.
We are such a funny country.
Emma is going back to Melb next week so we are doing* Christmas** early this year.
*watching
*Da Kath and Kim Code
*watching
*Da Kath and Kim Code
December 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Emma is going back to Melb next week so we are doing* Christmas** early this year.
*watching
*Da Kath and Kim Code
*watching
*Da Kath and Kim Code
I know it's ad nauseum at this point but jfc ai search is so bad.
December 3, 2025 at 5:28 AM
I know it's ad nauseum at this point but jfc ai search is so bad.
whomst among us wouldn't swallow an egg filled with baby ocotpus?
Man charged after allegedly swallowing a pendant at an Auckland jewellers
Man charged after allegedly swallowing a pendant at an Auckland jewellers
Police say the pendant is yet to be recovered.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 1, 2025 at 11:52 PM
whomst among us wouldn't swallow an egg filled with baby ocotpus?
l'oeuf this
France’s far-right leader hit by egg, days after flour attack
French far-right leader hit on the head with an egg
Jordan Bardella, leader of France’s far-right National Rally party, was hit on the head with an egg Saturday, just days after another incident in which a protester threw flour at him.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 30, 2025 at 10:30 AM
l'oeuf this
Incredible username/comment in the reddit post
November 29, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Incredible username/comment in the reddit post
even the website we use to randomise our secret santa has ai now.
If I ever get to the point I need ai to tell me what I would like for christmas, I may as well just walk into the ocean.
If I ever get to the point I need ai to tell me what I would like for christmas, I may as well just walk into the ocean.
November 28, 2025 at 3:24 AM
even the website we use to randomise our secret santa has ai now.
If I ever get to the point I need ai to tell me what I would like for christmas, I may as well just walk into the ocean.
If I ever get to the point I need ai to tell me what I would like for christmas, I may as well just walk into the ocean.
They absolutely did not get their money's worth from this news Corp jaunt.
November 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
They absolutely did not get their money's worth from this news Corp jaunt.
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This guy thinking he can anthropologise us and get away with it.
Handheld meat pies lol
Handheld meat pies lol
* New Zealand takes pies (namely, handheld meat pies) so seriously that there are National Pie Awards that get major media coverage. The New Zealand National Library has a whole dedicated category for “Pies — Competitions.”
Pie.
Pie.
November 25, 2025 at 9:19 AM
This guy thinking he can anthropologise us and get away with it.
Handheld meat pies lol
Handheld meat pies lol
How I be when it's too cold at Meredith
November 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
How I be when it's too cold at Meredith
My till (cash register) is now spamming me with ai.
(Okay so it's point of sale software blah blah blah. It's just an expensive till).
Thinking about going back to a regular till with no software. Just old fashioned buttons.
(Okay so it's point of sale software blah blah blah. It's just an expensive till).
Thinking about going back to a regular till with no software. Just old fashioned buttons.
November 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
My till (cash register) is now spamming me with ai.
(Okay so it's point of sale software blah blah blah. It's just an expensive till).
Thinking about going back to a regular till with no software. Just old fashioned buttons.
(Okay so it's point of sale software blah blah blah. It's just an expensive till).
Thinking about going back to a regular till with no software. Just old fashioned buttons.
Finally listening to the Rosalia album. It's very good. Everyone is correct about it
November 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Finally listening to the Rosalia album. It's very good. Everyone is correct about it
Emma saw an Instagram of a huge cat then realised that it was either ai, or the result of ruthless breeders ( who use an ai avatar), and immediately got super bummed out.
Welcome to the party die hard dot gif
Welcome to the party die hard dot gif
November 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Emma saw an Instagram of a huge cat then realised that it was either ai, or the result of ruthless breeders ( who use an ai avatar), and immediately got super bummed out.
Welcome to the party die hard dot gif
Welcome to the party die hard dot gif