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Caution may contain sarcasm. Somewhat sweary. Based in
#NewZealand
which isnt USA (yet)
pinned post!
OK - Another introduction as this place is alive and kicking I'm an NZ import, landscape photographer and teacher, SW dev, guitarist,
#EV
and clean energy fan I'm based in
#NewZealand
, a place full of spectacular views, handpies and cheeky birds Dont take me too seriously prepare for swearing
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Magpie Said
about 5 hours ago
Add incest (Whyte), pedophilia (Jago), sexual harassment (Gammater complained), snap chatting teens (Seymore)...
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Incest comment defended
Act's leader is standing by his comments that incestuous relationships between consenting adults should not be illegal, even though he is "very opposed" to it.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/act-leader-jamie-whyte-stands-by-incest-comments/IWFUOHB7LNIDQ7GSW6DFVJRDO4/
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Sarah Pallett
about 9 hours ago
NO! No. No no no no no. Is THIS what you voted for? 6% of the votes does NOT give NZF permission, let alone a mandate, to destroy our precious whenua for the USA. ESPECIALLY NOW.
#nzpol
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Stu Fleming
about 11 hours ago
This is fucking dumb. The list of "critical minerals" that are currently being produced or *could* be produced is very short, not very important and not very large-scale.
www.mbie.govt.nz/building-and...
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What The Fug Is Happening?
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#GinnyAnderson
"Are wages keeping up with the cost of living when white bread has gone up 58.3% in the past year?"
#DavidSeymour
"Consider wholemeal." Ginny Anderson: "It's more expensive." David Seymour: "Eat less." You first, Scrooge McFuckFace. You first.
#nzpol
#TheAtlasNetwork
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What the absolute fuck?
#nzpol
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about 11 hours ago
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Commercial Solar Guy
about 11 hours ago
Watch a ‘self erecting super tall’ wind turbine go up:
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You get - A KFC, if disaster happens Landlords get - dignity
#nzpol
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about 11 hours ago
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SpecsChic: show me your cats!
about 12 hours ago
But it's the pelvic thrust That really drives you insaaaaaaaane Nats fucked the country again!
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Is your lines co looking at 10kw export upgrades?
@harmlesssolutions.bsky.social
sharing this link over on reddit Either Orion are lying to me or them, idk
www.ea.govt.nz/data-and-ins...
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Shift to 10kW export limits
https://www.ea.govt.nz/data-and-insights/charts-and-dashboards/shift-to-10kw-export-limits/
about 12 hours ago
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Dear Nissan Just quit this bullshit and get on with making reasonable priced decent EVs Yours sincerely, the public
evsandbeyond.co.nz/nissan-unvei...
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Nissan unveils solar-powered Ariya concept
Nissan has unveiled a solar-powered version of its Ariya electric SUV, showcasing how future electric vehicles could generate their own
https://evsandbeyond.co.nz/nissan-unveils-solar-powered-ariya-concept/
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A new video has been released explaining the state of the
#NewZealand
economy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1O2...
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show "Time Warp" (1975) - (4K)
YouTube video by VideoXL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1O2-oFmWXM
about 13 hours ago
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Do tracks go sideways, asking for a finance minister
#nzpol
about 14 hours ago
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Daily Indignation
about 15 hours ago
Today on NewstalkZB, Mike Hosking said it's a "reality check" for the Government to not have a proper response for climate hit areas. Some examples of his previous work that may point to how we got here.
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Scifi Art
about 16 hours ago
Another sci-fi art legend leaves us. Goodbye Bob Layzell, Terran Trade Authority titan 04/05/1940-29/01/2026
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The future of gamingish looks poor
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'Editorial content - news items such as RNZ reporting Christopher Luxon's latest announcement, for example - doesn't count as an advertisement.' Reminder RNZ is legally required to be neutral at all times...
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Election 2026: How does campaign advertising work, and what are the rules?
Explainer - Soon politicians will blanket the internet and airwaves with pleas for your vote. What are they allowed to do?
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/585452/election-2026-how-does-campaign-advertising-work-and-what-are-the-rules
about 16 hours ago
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How the fuck did it take him this long to make the easiest decision in politics this year
#nzpol
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about 17 hours ago
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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway
about 17 hours ago
GenAI should be banned from use in political campaigning. What's next? Generating political opponents saying things they didn't say? (Aside from the fact this is the sloppiest AI slop that ever slopped. SHAME).
#nzpol
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Remember when they used fake Ai Mauri families because no actual Mauri family would front for them, or a fake nurse because. no nurse would front for them Ignoring the below issue, this should be completely banned, we should expect our politics to be based in reality with real people real problems
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about 17 hours ago
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Fucking Bitch Foxy
about 18 hours ago
"What are my initials again?" *looks at pocket* "Oh yeah XL"
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Grumpy
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Tesla's jam is always a decade off Energy is doing fine but the car business is on fire and the ceo has a gas can plan 2025 was the rush on US tax credits and launch of refreshed 3/Y couldnt move the needle What did? A Nazi salute killed 45% of their EU sales..
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
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Elon Musk is betting Tesla's future isn't about cars at all
Tesla plans to discontinue the Model S and Model X in favor of making more of its Optimus robots.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/585438/elon-musk-is-betting-tesla-s-future-isn-t-about-cars-at-all
about 18 hours ago
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MeatMechSuit
about 19 hours ago
Piggies can’t keep their fingers out, don’t give a shit about who they hurt.
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Kirsty Johnston
about 19 hours ago
NZ has fallen into a 'crisis and response' pattern on climate disaster, experts say. Billions have been spent on storm recovery since 2023, while key climate adaptation funding and planning tools have been cut. My story looking at last week’s storms
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Char
1 day ago
Comedy Gold 🤣
#nzpol
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Daily Indignation
4 days ago
Luxon's govt cut funding for extreme-weather resilience in 2024, and so shouldn't be allowed to now crow about any money they dedicate without it being mentioned. The Post does it right.
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Dr Bex
1 day ago
We had a $6B climate resilience fund and Nationals squandered it all on tax cuts for their mates so now we get boxes of KFC after weather events instead of properly funded supports and help. Yay for us I guess??
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Ms Hooper
1 day ago
Revealed: Australia’s $100 million investment in controversial tech giant Palantir
www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/29/p...
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Revealed: Australia's $100 million investment in controversial tech giant Palantir
Australia's Future Fund drastically increased its stake in Palantir in the year since Donald Trump took office, according to its latest figures.
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/29/palantir-investment-100-million-future-fund/
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Gov is starting to look after the little people!
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Nelson Marina upgrade secures $13m from government
The loan will fund a new service centre and a vessel hoist for marine maintenance.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/585366/nelson-marina-upgrade-secures-13m-from-government
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Pratchett helping science years after we lost him
theconversation.com/terry-pratch...
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Terry Pratchett’s novels may have held clues to his dementia a decade before diagnosis, our new study suggests
The author’s vocabulary narrowed a decade before diagnosis – a clue that could transform early dementia detection.
https://theconversation.com/terry-pratchetts-novels-may-have-held-clues-to-his-dementia-a-decade-before-diagnosis-our-new-study-suggests-273777
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Sydney EV
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Australia's grid just hit record Q4 demand, but renewables supplied MORE power than fossil fuels for the first time ever! Rooftop solar smashed records at 61% share. Batteries tripled output. Coal & gas? Down low. Who said clean energy can't handle it?
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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Grid hits major milestone as coal, gas shrink amid ‘tripling’ battery discharge
Amid fits and starts, Australia's energy transition turned a big corner in 2025, as renewables shot past fossil fuels despite demand records.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-29/australia-hits-power-demand-record-as-renewables-pass-50pc/106280246
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'Business leaders slightly less high than before'
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Pretty sure this affects front line care
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'for freedom'
#nzpol
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They want to force the councils to sell assets and put themselves into debt so they as central gov can show you just 'how bad' local councils are at managing things Then the take over/ privatization
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ACT remaining on brand...
#nzpol
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The productivity our government craves
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More Tesla news, so few people are buying the X and S they are cancelling them
techcrunch.com/2026/01/28/t...
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Tesla is killing off the Model S and Model X | TechCrunch
The company will stop making the pioneering EVs in the second quarter of 2026, CEO Elon Musk announced Wednesday.
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/28/tesla-is-killing-off-the-model-s-and-model-x/
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See the sights of Auckland on an open top Electric Bus! Will be nicer, quieter and not stinky 508kWh of battery!
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Auckland Explorer Bus unveils first all-electric sightseeing bus
Auckland Explorer Bus has launched New Zealand’s first open-top, double-decker electric sightseeing bus, marking a step toward lower-emissions tourism in
https://evsandbeyond.co.nz/auckland-explorer-bus-unveils-first-all-electric-sightseeing-bus/
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$1.35Tn cap Stock up 2.63% after hours on the news the company is garbage and failing? make it make sense
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BlueShiftNZ
1 day ago
I might be getting older, but I'm getting stronger... I can lift $100 of groceries with one hand!
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It appears the current gov has made a rare miscalculation! Our Co2 numbers are fucked! Why you ask? Its because we have more diesel vehicles than we thought! Why you ask? Well let me tell you a story....
#nzpol
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900,000-tonne miscalculation makes carbon target even tougher
It's given New Zealand less wiggle-room to meet all of its planned greenhouse gas savings.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/585322/900-000-tonne-miscalculation-makes-carbon-target-even-tougher
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Every year
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run a massive winter EV range test, this year it was in -30c conditions and has just finished Loss of range in winter is expected and this is extreme indeed Lucid air is expensive but will get you 500km even in the worst conditions
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Remember $250*
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Biggest bank downgrades house price forecast
But new research shows not everyone is feeling the same way.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/585286/biggest-bank-downgrades-house-price-forecast
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Paul van Brakel
2 days ago
How will you control the narrative of this inconvenient truth as you run up to the election Mr Luxon?
#ClimateCrisis
#nzpol
#methane
#flooding#landslides
Insurer temporarily halts new policies in Westport due to flood risk
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Insurer temporarily halts new policies in Westport due to flood risk
AA Insurance's decision will be the first of many as the full force of climate change arrives in New Zealand, one researcher says.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/585268/insurer-temporarily-halts-new-policies-in-westport-due-to-flood-risk
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Chris Miller
2 days ago
Want to see something no one's ever seen before? (barring 160~ people who watched it live a few minutes ago)
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Stand.earth
3 days ago
Renewable energy: good for the planet, good for economies. ⚡️💰
#GoodClimateNews
https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/07/22/more-than-90-of-new-renewable-energy-projects-are-now-cheaper-than-fossil-fuels-study-show
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Solar is now 41% cheaper than fossil fuels, UN report shows
The global switch to renewable energy has passed a “positive tipping point”, according to two United Nations reports released on Tuesday.
https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/07/22/more-than-90-of-new-renewable-energy-projects-are-now-cheaper-than-fossil-fuels-study-show
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The
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