pshemk
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Aotearoa/New Zealand 🇳🇿|city dweller🏙️| urban enthusiast 🏢| commuter cyclist🚴| public transport advocate 🚇| amateur trainspotter 🚆| loves cats 🐈| he/him 🏳️🌈 | IPA: pʂɛmk
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looking for a last minute gift at williams sonoma
December 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
looking for a last minute gift at williams sonoma
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One year in, New York City's road congestion pricing system appears to be working. Road traffic is down, foot traffic is up, storefront vacancies are down, and sales tax receipts (a proxy for retail activity) are up.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
New York's Congestion Pricing Is Working. Five Charts Show How
Nearly a year ago, New York City embarked on a controversial program to toll drivers entering some of Manhattan’s busiest streets. The goal of the congestion pricing plan, the first of its kind in the...
www.bloomberg.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:53 AM
One year in, New York City's road congestion pricing system appears to be working. Road traffic is down, foot traffic is up, storefront vacancies are down, and sales tax receipts (a proxy for retail activity) are up.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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"Oh hello. You're home early"
December 23, 2025 at 7:13 AM
"Oh hello. You're home early"
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In chch hospital watching all the incredible staff working their butts off doing jobs you & I could never do, ie wiping peoples arses & some Tory CUNT thought it wise to give landlords a $3b tax cut instead of funding our health system.
There’s a special place in hell for them.
There’s a special place in hell for them.
December 23, 2025 at 5:30 AM
In chch hospital watching all the incredible staff working their butts off doing jobs you & I could never do, ie wiping peoples arses & some Tory CUNT thought it wise to give landlords a $3b tax cut instead of funding our health system.
There’s a special place in hell for them.
There’s a special place in hell for them.
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the two genders: melee and ranged
December 21, 2025 at 5:06 AM
the two genders: melee and ranged
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Roofscape, Whitby, north Yorkshire, 1959, photo by Edwin Smith (1912-71). Noted for capturing the spirit of the places he photographed.
December 21, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Roofscape, Whitby, north Yorkshire, 1959, photo by Edwin Smith (1912-71). Noted for capturing the spirit of the places he photographed.
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Sunday afternoon doing the accounts.
Here's the average annual deficit spend in NZ over the last ten years by sector. Add the numbers up. What is the total? Zero. Yes. It has to be. The balance of sectors has to sum to zero. The economy runs on double-entry book keeping. [🧵 1/n]
Here's the average annual deficit spend in NZ over the last ten years by sector. Add the numbers up. What is the total? Zero. Yes. It has to be. The balance of sectors has to sum to zero. The economy runs on double-entry book keeping. [🧵 1/n]
December 21, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Sunday afternoon doing the accounts.
Here's the average annual deficit spend in NZ over the last ten years by sector. Add the numbers up. What is the total? Zero. Yes. It has to be. The balance of sectors has to sum to zero. The economy runs on double-entry book keeping. [🧵 1/n]
Here's the average annual deficit spend in NZ over the last ten years by sector. Add the numbers up. What is the total? Zero. Yes. It has to be. The balance of sectors has to sum to zero. The economy runs on double-entry book keeping. [🧵 1/n]
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NZ Herald just printed and promoted an opinion column by Bruce Cotterill that is full of racist anti-immigrant rhetoric and blames the Green party for the Bondi shooting.
December 20, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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Luxon has a plan. It looks like this. 6 plates for him, 1 plate between 5 at the other end of the divide he’s widened. I don’t misunderstand him. I see him. #nzpol #hoarder interactives.stuff.co.nz/the-side-eye...
The Side Eye: The Table
Why is New Zealand's wealth hoarded at one end of the nation's dinner table? Toby Morris of @TheSpinoffTV explains
interactives.stuff.co.nz
December 20, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Luxon has a plan. It looks like this. 6 plates for him, 1 plate between 5 at the other end of the divide he’s widened. I don’t misunderstand him. I see him. #nzpol #hoarder interactives.stuff.co.nz/the-side-eye...
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Solar power is expected to become the world's largest source of electricity by 2033. ☀️🔌💡
December 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Solar power is expected to become the world's largest source of electricity by 2033. ☀️🔌💡
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Teenager me: everyone in charge is so stupid
Young adult me: politics corporations and science are incredibly complex topics that require thorough research and discussion and we shouldnt jump to conclusions
Me now: everyone in charge is so stupid
Young adult me: politics corporations and science are incredibly complex topics that require thorough research and discussion and we shouldnt jump to conclusions
Me now: everyone in charge is so stupid
December 18, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Teenager me: everyone in charge is so stupid
Young adult me: politics corporations and science are incredibly complex topics that require thorough research and discussion and we shouldnt jump to conclusions
Me now: everyone in charge is so stupid
Young adult me: politics corporations and science are incredibly complex topics that require thorough research and discussion and we shouldnt jump to conclusions
Me now: everyone in charge is so stupid
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Since, AFAIK, it isn't probed by New Zealand media or critically raised elsewhere incl. in parliament, it will never cease to surprise me how the Foreign Minister esp., & others in Govt willingly appear on a far-right podcast platform that promotes, & normalises ChCh terrorist's violent extremism.
December 19, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Since, AFAIK, it isn't probed by New Zealand media or critically raised elsewhere incl. in parliament, it will never cease to surprise me how the Foreign Minister esp., & others in Govt willingly appear on a far-right podcast platform that promotes, & normalises ChCh terrorist's violent extremism.
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Ukraine gets the support it needs to fight the invasion, but at a pace where Russia will be bled for longer.
The war won’t end militarily, but with this kind of financial resource behind Ukraine, there is a good chance the war will end with Russia going broke before Ukraine is forced to capitulate.
The war won’t end militarily, but with this kind of financial resource behind Ukraine, there is a good chance the war will end with Russia going broke before Ukraine is forced to capitulate.
December 19, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Ukraine gets the support it needs to fight the invasion, but at a pace where Russia will be bled for longer.
The war won’t end militarily, but with this kind of financial resource behind Ukraine, there is a good chance the war will end with Russia going broke before Ukraine is forced to capitulate.
The war won’t end militarily, but with this kind of financial resource behind Ukraine, there is a good chance the war will end with Russia going broke before Ukraine is forced to capitulate.
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December 19, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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Government cuts a billion from health.
Hospitals asked to save $510 millions despite $538 million going unspent
Hospitals asked to save $510 millions despite $538 million going unspent
The "underspend" was due in part to unfilled vacancies and the fact Health NZ has yet to settle collective contract disputes.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 19, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Government cuts a billion from health.
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Little bit of context for those GDP figures. Self-flaggelation champions are down the bottom. Have you seen any of these international comparisons in the media? I might have missed them.
December 19, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Little bit of context for those GDP figures. Self-flaggelation champions are down the bottom. Have you seen any of these international comparisons in the media? I might have missed them.
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In today’s NZ Herald
December 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
In today’s NZ Herald
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Nothing calms traffic and commands driver attention like design details that can easily deal out consequences for reckless behavior behind the wheel. Plus, boulders are cheap and easily accessible.
December 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Nothing calms traffic and commands driver attention like design details that can easily deal out consequences for reckless behavior behind the wheel. Plus, boulders are cheap and easily accessible.
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Officials in Tennessee aren't just banning books, they're now demanding information on who checked out contested (largely LGBTQ+) books, including names, addresses, and "household composition."
A librarian who was given the directive has come forward asking for whistleblower protections.
A librarian who was given the directive has come forward asking for whistleblower protections.
Tennessee whistleblower says library board chair sought private data as part of state's book purge
A First Amendment expert told The Advocate that there are "huge" legal implications stemming from the situation.
www.advocate.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Officials in Tennessee aren't just banning books, they're now demanding information on who checked out contested (largely LGBTQ+) books, including names, addresses, and "household composition."
A librarian who was given the directive has come forward asking for whistleblower protections.
A librarian who was given the directive has come forward asking for whistleblower protections.
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I’m pissed that we’re all going to have a shitty 10-15 years economically because a dozen techboys believed that it was possible to write code to the point that the program could write better code and eventually either kill us all or make us immortal, and so they spent $1.5tn for $41bn in revenue
December 18, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I’m pissed that we’re all going to have a shitty 10-15 years economically because a dozen techboys believed that it was possible to write code to the point that the program could write better code and eventually either kill us all or make us immortal, and so they spent $1.5tn for $41bn in revenue
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Watching the Prime Minister doco and the March 19 mosque attack and reminded how David Seymour was the ONLY MP who voted against the gun reforms.
December 18, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Watching the Prime Minister doco and the March 19 mosque attack and reminded how David Seymour was the ONLY MP who voted against the gun reforms.