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Rob🎸 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 50m

pinkie pie from my little pony is playing a cymbal

Alt: pinkie pie from my little pony is playing a cymbal

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Rob🎸 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 1h

No point stabbing him in the back to just grab hold of the same shitty stick and go down yourself

Its a waiting game for the right moment

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Rob🎸 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 1h

Just a note here the 'cheap' teslas are 69kwh in USA, we already have cheaper entry level models with ~55kwh LFP battery packs

If they make these in China with that they may approach $60k NZD but they wont save near so much unless they also trim the kwh

www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/360...

Cheap EV game-changers: BYD and Tesla confirm affordable plug-ins

BYD announces four new models for New Zealand, including the much anticipated Seagull.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Rob🎸 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 2h

He truly is an exceptional leader!

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Rob🎸 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 2h

Is he embattled yet?

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Rob🎸 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 2h

Govt's Budget 'just like a household,' says Willis

This one is busy spending all our cash on chardonnay and trying to cover up their alcoholism

Its totally the kids that are the problem have you seen how much they eat!

#nzpol

Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 3h

It's unbelievable that this article

"Government’s books show finance minister borrowing billions to keep the lights on"

does not once mention the $12to$14Billion tax cut cost they are borrowing to cover, nor the Billions they stole from Pay Equity Fund #NZPol

Government’s books show finance minister borrowing billions to keep the lights on

Treasury has revealed the state of the Government’s finances and it shows we’re borrowing just to keep the lights on.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Rob🎸 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 3h

"Absolutely universally fucked" @clrenney.bsky.social

#nzpol

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bJ3...

#BHN The policy kicking 18/19-year-olds off jobseeker is "absolutely universally f**ked"

YouTube video by Big Hairy Network

www.youtube.com

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Rob🎸 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 4h

If you are going to steal policies, stealing from John Major is a really bad idea...

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Rob🎸 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 4h

We'll see a big media beat up about $5k extra spent on a portrait, or a council xmas party

Nothing on a billion dollars wasted on no ferries

#nzpol

Rob🎸 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 4h

I mean its a great portrait of @misswhanau.bsky.social but if they were supposed to do photography instead that is an error..

Really its a rounding error in a council budget as a photograph would have cost $2k or something anyhow

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Bridget Vee @bridget-v.bsky.social · 4h

What's really galling is the fact she can talk about National "values" and her hope for NZ's future with a straight face, having slashed jobs and public services, engineered a recession, and been part of the most benefit-bashing, racist, cruel government since the 80s.

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Rob🎸 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 4h

I mean its a great portrait of @misswhanau.bsky.social but if they were supposed to do photography instead that is an error..

Really its a rounding error in a council budget as a photograph would have cost $2k or something anyhow

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Rob🎸 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 4h

Nah screw that I dont want to watch AI slop

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Rob🎸 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 5h

Yeah super contrasty, tbh multiple levels of exposure and blending somehow is the only real solution if you want more

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Rob🎸 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 5h

You are dreaming if you think that would happen tho

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Gavin Shoebridge @kiwiev.bsky.social · 6h

New Zealand has yet ANOTHER new electric vehicle on the market! This is the Riddara RD6 pickup truck. Supposedly it does 0-100 in 4.5 seconds and goes off road... They put all-terrain tires on it for me so let's find out! 😁

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Rob🎸 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 6h

at last!

Rob🎸 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 6h

😂legacy auto are cooked

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJA8...

The Xiaomi SU7 Ultra will END European cars forever

YouTube video by carwow

www.youtube.com

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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 9h

OCR drop to 2.5% while effective mortgage rate (average weighted rate) is about 5.25%. By my calcs, effective mortgage rate needs to be around 4.25% to be stimulatory. That would require an OCR of below 2%. Remember, we have much more mortgage debt now, thanks to RBNZ being idiots in 2020/21.

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Rob🎸 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 7h

5kw is quite a low limit but the local infra often cant cope with the voltage swings for more afik

Delwyn Dickey @delwynd.bsky.social · 7h

Sensible.
Electricity Authority wants wind, solar export limits to be doubled to 10kW
#renewables
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

Electricity Authority wants wind, solar export limits to be doubled to 10kW

The rules need to be changed to keep pace with modern solar and battery systems installed in homes and businesses, the Electricity Authority says.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Rob🎸 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 7h

The MAGA 50% are just fine with that, they are fine with mass school shootings etc so...

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TKarney @pecunium.bsky.social · 9h

A recurrent attempt to blame people for corporate action (this news gets repeated every few years).

HFAs in inhalers = ~2.4million tons a year.

Total CO2 last year was 37.8 GIGAtons.

Inhalers are less than a rounding error.

CNN @cnn.com · 2d

The people who are most vulnerable to the hard-to-breathe air that comes with climate change may inadvertently be adding to the problem, new research finds. https://cnn.it/4pWQMoh

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Rob🎸 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 7h

No, you are not safe.

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Rob🎸 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 8h

But wait, cones where the scourge of civilization and the top priority for this laser focused government ??

Is this a rare misstep for NACT?

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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 8h

Now this is going to come as a shock but it seems that the Cones Hotline is a complete waste of time and money.

A graph from Newsroom showing Van Veldens Cones Hotline is a waste of money.

Data shows Wellington City Council's cone report outcomes -
Sites found to be in order 54
Closed with no action 35
Out of scope 22
Contractor advised to move cones 5
Council moved cones

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Tory Whanau @misswhanau.bsky.social · 8h

Just got sent this from an article by Bryce Edwards. This is completely false, and he never once fact-checked it with me. My campaign was run by me and my small volunteer team. Comments like this reflect a tired mindset that assumes women can’t succeed in politics without a man pulling the strings.

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concerns about transparency and public trust.
The Anatomy of influence - A Wellington case study
Many of the powerful vested interests behind local politicians are barely acknowledged. For example, how many Wellington voters knew that the current Mayor of Wellington, Tory Whanau, had her successful 2022 campaign essentially run by corporate lobbyist Neale Jones?
Jones co-owns and operates the Capital Government Relations firm with fellow political commentator Ben Thomas. The firm is the epitome of the "revolving door"

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