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Stu Fleming @thebasement.nz · 1h

Tr: “the other party’s lawyers got in touch”

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Stu Fleming @thebasement.nz · 2h

We’ve had our Atlas Network moment, this could be our Liz Truss moment

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Stu Fleming @thebasement.nz · 2h

I always thought the Raumati Straights was a tribute band

Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 2h

What a fucking idiot Chris Bishop is.
Put the speed up to 100km in Horowhenua and a truck rolled and caught fire at South Manakau Road

The guy is an imbecile
Speed Kills
#nzpol

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Stu Fleming @thebasement.nz · 2h

Beginning to wonder if these datacenters are actually real...

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 6h

"For instance, CNBC found that one Microsoft data center in Illinois received more than $38 million in data center sales tax exemptions but created just 20 permanent jobs."

www.cnbc.com/2025/06/20/t...

In race to attract data centers, states can forfeit hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenue to tech companies

Amazon, Meta and Google are among the beneficiaries of state tax exemptions for data centers that help power AI.

www.cnbc.com

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Stu Fleming @thebasement.nz · 3h

Decent sized asteroid would be useful right now

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Stu Fleming @thebasement.nz · 3h

Remember Inigo Montoya:
1. Polite greeting
2. Name
3. Relevant personal link
4. Manage expectations

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Stu Fleming @thebasement.nz · 15h

New registered valuations are out.

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 1d

'A nationwide survey commissioned by Henry VIII on the property and wealth of 16th century England and Wales is to be made publicly accessible for the first time.

The survey, known as the Valor Ecclesiasticus, set out to discover the financial state of the Church'.

National project launched to rediscover Henry VIII’s long-forgotten ‘Tudor Domesday Book’

A nationwide survey commissioned by Henry VIII on the property and wealth of 16th century England and Wales is to be made publicly accessible for the first time. The survey, known as the Valor Ecclesi...

news.exeter.ac.uk

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Stu Fleming @thebasement.nz · 15h

Unbelievable that anyone fights for the users any more

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Stu Fleming @thebasement.nz · 18h

That’s been one of my predictions for a few months now

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Stu Fleming @thebasement.nz · 18h

Avoiding the dentist also works

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Stu Fleming @thebasement.nz · 18h

I’m considering throwing a shoe

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Stu Fleming @thebasement.nz · 18h

🎵 "Uh-oh, we're in trouble/Something's come along and it's burst our bubble" 🎵

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Stu Fleming @thebasement.nz · 20h

Holy shit

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Stu Fleming @thebasement.nz · 22h

In New Zealand if a Budget fails, the Finance minister is described as doing a fantastic job, the best we’ve ever had

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Stu Fleming @thebasement.nz · 22h

This is incorrect. The phrase “who let the dogs out? Who? Who?” is more properly attributed to the Baha Men

Alex @shakingstick.bsky.social · 23h

Heh.

Willis told Morning Report the phrase often cropped up in politics and dated back to the time of William Shakespeare, who referred to calling off the hounds in his play Julius Caesar.

The actual quote from Julius Caesar is: "Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war."

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Stu Fleming @thebasement.nz · 1d

Based on my research, it appears that a man called Roy was the most powerful person in medieval France

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Stu Fleming @thebasement.nz · 1d

I had a 25-page business plan for this place and a mortgage advisor with an eye-watering fee and I’m still not sure how I managed to convince them to loan the 10% deposit as well

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