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"Ordinarily he was insane, but he had lucid moments when he was merely stupid." .. (Heinrich Heine) (Cartoon Dave Granlund)
November 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
"Ordinarily he was insane, but he had lucid moments when he was merely stupid." .. (Heinrich Heine) (Cartoon Dave Granlund)
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Just stop with the balloon releases already!!!! This is what hapoens when you do dumb shit like that. These DO NOT fall apart, they sit down way down here and pollute. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 871 #asgardarchaea #MarineLife
November 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Just stop with the balloon releases already!!!! This is what hapoens when you do dumb shit like that. These DO NOT fall apart, they sit down way down here and pollute. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 871 #asgardarchaea #MarineLife
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November 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Really bright rainbow over Welcome Bay a couple of minutes ago. I think the faint V shape is a reflection off the water.
November 27, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Really bright rainbow over Welcome Bay a couple of minutes ago. I think the faint V shape is a reflection off the water.
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"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
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I literally have dozens upon dozens of random links to articles & studies that all say the same thing.
Cycling is good for:
You,
The Environment,
The Economy,
Traffic,
yet every fucking council in NZ is hell bent of ignoring the fact, or doing the bare minimum
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Cycling is good for:
You,
The Environment,
The Economy,
Traffic,
yet every fucking council in NZ is hell bent of ignoring the fact, or doing the bare minimum
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
November 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I literally have dozens upon dozens of random links to articles & studies that all say the same thing.
Cycling is good for:
You,
The Environment,
The Economy,
Traffic,
yet every fucking council in NZ is hell bent of ignoring the fact, or doing the bare minimum
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Cycling is good for:
You,
The Environment,
The Economy,
Traffic,
yet every fucking council in NZ is hell bent of ignoring the fact, or doing the bare minimum
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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The “debate”.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
November 26, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The “debate”.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
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What the hell is going on with the new New Zealand school curriculum, and what does it have to do with the Atlas Network? (No, really!)
A thread:
#nzpol #kikorangi
A thread:
#nzpol #kikorangi
November 26, 2025 at 4:16 AM
What the hell is going on with the new New Zealand school curriculum, and what does it have to do with the Atlas Network? (No, really!)
A thread:
#nzpol #kikorangi
A thread:
#nzpol #kikorangi
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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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I’m sorry, but this is an attack on Aotearoa New Zealand culture and I will not stand for it bsky.app/profile/sara...
Oh ours are not pasties, they are very much pies, with a savoury flaky pie crust. Most popular are the hand-held single sized ones, but you can also get them in family size too
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I’m sorry, but this is an attack on Aotearoa New Zealand culture and I will not stand for it bsky.app/profile/sara...
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Paywall now lifted: Christopher Luxon said in 2023 he would ‘draw the line at’ using AI video ads, but after National published two AI videos in the past month, his office now says that only applied to fakes of real people.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/25/n...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/25/n...
National deletes AI video of police seizing gang patches
Christopher Luxon said in 2023 he would 'draw the line at' using AI video ads, but his office now says that only applied to fakes of real people.
newsroom.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Paywall now lifted: Christopher Luxon said in 2023 he would ‘draw the line at’ using AI video ads, but after National published two AI videos in the past month, his office now says that only applied to fakes of real people.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/25/n...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/25/n...
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"This is a government put together in order to advance personal career ambitions rather than deliver meaningful change."
Lamia Imam on point again:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#NZPol
Lamia Imam on point again:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#NZPol
![Winston Peters, Christopher Luxon and David Seymour at [Fri]day’s coalition announcement (Photo: Marty Melville/AFP)
Peters looking truculent, Luxfake with his trademark smug grimace and Seymour looking more like Rimmer everyday.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2a2ucpadl5c62xv3ln3wpevt/bafkreiaulfp7htuwcn73nrsydpyxujhjydr3hcswi3dlomn52grquaqoba@jpeg)
November 24, 2023 at 11:38 PM
"This is a government put together in order to advance personal career ambitions rather than deliver meaningful change."
Lamia Imam on point again:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#NZPol
Lamia Imam on point again:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#NZPol
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
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"handheld meat pies" is truly the most cursed phrase anyone has ever used to describe this part of our national cuisine
* 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 6:44 AM
"handheld meat pies" is truly the most cursed phrase anyone has ever used to describe this part of our national cuisine
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Landlords do not provide housing they’re in a shoddy business that offers very little protection to those who need to rent.
Yeah yeah not all landlords, not all men either but lens.monash.edu/@politics-so...
A great post on Instagram by Sophie Labelle. www.instagram.com/p/DRc7BI0DEZ...
Yeah yeah not all landlords, not all men either but lens.monash.edu/@politics-so...
A great post on Instagram by Sophie Labelle. www.instagram.com/p/DRc7BI0DEZ...
November 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Landlords do not provide housing they’re in a shoddy business that offers very little protection to those who need to rent.
Yeah yeah not all landlords, not all men either but lens.monash.edu/@politics-so...
A great post on Instagram by Sophie Labelle. www.instagram.com/p/DRc7BI0DEZ...
Yeah yeah not all landlords, not all men either but lens.monash.edu/@politics-so...
A great post on Instagram by Sophie Labelle. www.instagram.com/p/DRc7BI0DEZ...
TBF... The case against is only coming from a small minority 😁
In the column today, I make the case for (and against) rolling Christopher Luxon
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
The case for and against dumping Luxon
OPINION: Columnists are often accused of interviewing our keyboards. Here’s a panel discussion with mine.
www.thepost.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
TBF... The case against is only coming from a small minority 😁
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Mōrena e te whānau, especially fellow 'demonic egg beaters' out of Dunedin.
Shane Jones - proving once again that NZ is a fine equal opportunity landscape, where the arrogantly stupid can rise to the top. #NZPol
Shane Jones - proving once again that NZ is a fine equal opportunity landscape, where the arrogantly stupid can rise to the top. #NZPol
November 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Mōrena e te whānau, especially fellow 'demonic egg beaters' out of Dunedin.
Shane Jones - proving once again that NZ is a fine equal opportunity landscape, where the arrogantly stupid can rise to the top. #NZPol
Shane Jones - proving once again that NZ is a fine equal opportunity landscape, where the arrogantly stupid can rise to the top. #NZPol
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subscriptions >>> shop.viz.co.uk/viz350bs
November 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
subscriptions >>> shop.viz.co.uk/viz350bs
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I hope all you nzers know that my mum was instrumental in food labelling changes in the 80s. me and my sister were allergic to dairy - the rule then was that if it was under 5% you didn't have to put it on the ingredients list. after 2 anaphylactic shocks and a bunch of phone calls shit got changed
November 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I hope all you nzers know that my mum was instrumental in food labelling changes in the 80s. me and my sister were allergic to dairy - the rule then was that if it was under 5% you didn't have to put it on the ingredients list. after 2 anaphylactic shocks and a bunch of phone calls shit got changed
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Better work stories...
#WernerHerzog
#WernerHerzog
November 24, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Better work stories...
#WernerHerzog
#WernerHerzog
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?