lentilbeans.bsky.social
@lentilbeans.bsky.social
Aotearoa-dwelling doom scroller of politics local and international especially China, with a light seasoning of climate and science.
For the win. Even with just soy sauce it makes an amazing soup.
January 4, 2026 at 7:17 AM
Damn, I guessed democracy but of course that’s national level. Duh.

This is top tier analysis, keep it coming please.
January 2, 2026 at 11:45 PM
I’m so confident 1kg Edam is on here, not even going to check.
December 31, 2025 at 2:37 AM
The EV market will be basically just deciding how good a battery you want and paying accordingly. Expensive cars might actually be better quality, rather than just the current vanity value.
December 25, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Added bonus of the folks in +5 keeping their own secret time zone as the last possible form of resistance.
December 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Not wrong. We just fired up season two on a rainy Christmas Eve here.
December 23, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Thanks, had been struggling to think of how to do our spuds a bit fancy on Christmas Day. Solved.
December 22, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Excellent. May your name similarly live on while your rivals’ fade to history.
December 19, 2025 at 6:43 AM
The delicious pork guy?
December 19, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Was about to say the same thing for our libraries here in Auckland - they must have realised paying fines reduces the powerful motivation of guilt.
December 19, 2025 at 12:17 AM
And big social effects - eg stories of people not taking better jobs if they don’t have family they can stay with nearby.
December 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Should add - I’m apparently notoriously hard to buy for! Very happy with this.

Will try to remember to post the first production - filling ideas welcome.
December 17, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Agree. Also, pump out day is the high point of my fortnight so that can’t be bad week.
December 15, 2025 at 7:34 AM
The international community might find it hard to understand criticism of Taiwan’s democratic processes.
December 11, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Interesting. With consequences then for EV charging capacity too.

Solar panels and storage are the other capex decision at build stage which would probably appeal to a lot of people too.
December 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Great story.

On the residential side, disappointing to see so many new builds use gas. It seems hard wired into some of the townhouse designs now, maybe because electric hot water takes up more space? The developers have no incentive to factor in running or future costs.
December 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM