Shane Jones as minister and Goldsmith taking care of the appointments. Too easy.

He seems to have no cultural hinterland - at least nothing that a 'kiwi bloke' could relate to, and has to invent a range of experiences that seem like he's some sort of clumsy ai agent masquerading as a real boy.

I'm amazed by the honesty and vulnerability in this correspondence. I can't imagine being able to communicate like that at that age. Spose that's why they're incredible songwriters.

That is a deliciously barbed summary of her career: "She received her second final warning..."

I recognised that immediately. Damn, I must have an inner tube somewhere in the garage...

I'm really enjoying Ben Horne. He's a natural and played recently enough that he has good insights into the players.

I think Les is still pretty sound too. Well, these things are relative.

Meantime blew the doors off the nineties for me. That and Frizzle Fry.

Our $80 Kmart job is well into it's 4th year and is still performing. No digital controls so not much that can go wrong.

Oh no. Such a hypnotic drummer. Quite a few of the albums that set my taste in music were from Writhe as well. Time for Robot World.

EV drivers looking even more smug

Interested to know how one'd use it - a quick burst before heading out to an arena gig, or sustained daily use required? Might give it a burl for the allergies as well.

I hope their safeguarding programme is up to scratch

Give the man a six part series, or a special at the very least.

Where would he serve a custodial sentence?

Ours are still a month or so away from flowering (Waikato), but they're perfect for the fat kereru who love the tender new tips.

And it's obvious that, even excluding their capacity to afford throwing an army of human beings at the problem of content moderation, they DO have the tech to deal with a large proportion of it. The issue is their unwillingness and the inability of govts to exercise any coercive power over them.