One thing I've found that works in my career is... simply asking me boss if they're ok. If they'd like a chat, a coffee. We usually expect that to come from the top down, but, good people leaders also need it from those who work from them. Empaphis on "good people leaders".

This "Lume" streaming app, focused on the album, sounds like a really good idea. But, you know, this saturation media coverage would've been better done if the app was actually available.

I am genuinely angry at this "social housing overhaul". An entire rort to get more taxpayer dollars to landlords, at the expense of those who need our help the most. This government is so cruel.

Again. They're doing this again. The accommodation supplement is a subsidy to landlords that already costs us $2 billion annually. There's a sorry history here ...

It's really quite sad if you consider that Eleanor Rigby is picking up that rice so she has something to eat.

So, this "social housing overhaul" is requiring those in state housing to pay more for a roof over their heads, so the government can provide further subsidies to private landlords? Well. That's a bit shit, isn't it?

Some great journalism from David Fisher here: www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/racism-cl...

Just conservative set of figures off the back of the envelope here, but if, say 8,000 jobs are lost from a city with a 200,000 population - that's a 4% job loss. Not just of working population, but of ALL the population.

In today’s NZ Herald

"Finance Minister Nicola Willis said about 8700 jobs would be gone by mid-2029 - returning the public sector to the equivalent of about 1 percent of the population, which it had been historically" ref RNZ, 20 may 2026 #nzpol Except that's not true.

The government keeps saying that the public service has "traditionally" been 1% of the population? Is there any evidence for this?

Winston has been promising to buy back BNZ since, well, 1992...

One thing you can say about the UK and Eurovision: they are first in coming last.

It's fascinating how the Tango Tyrant still seems to see believe he is "winning" this "war." Yeah, nah, eh.

Tired of paying utility and tax bills? Try this one simple trick! (Giving someone else's bank account to a direct debit Preferred Initiator.) This is seriously poor practice from the banks. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

But, birds aren't real.

Nish Kumar. I mean, really. Nish Kumar has been my pick for Bond for about fifteen years now.

Wow.

Killing the world’s richest man by rapidly spiking his cortisol with cooler and cooler film casting choices

Paul Williams

HP Lovecraft going "Jeez, that's kind of a lot dude"

It is a generally accepted principle that Finance Ministers don't make great stand-up comedians.

by Kazuaki Horitomo

I've always loved this story. Wrong place, wrong Guy. Twenty years on! www.rnz.co.nz/life/screens...

"lackadaisical" = a bicycle made for one.

It's funny how The Orange Idiot has stopped talking about Greenland.

racism in pre-warp societies

We are basically hydrogen created in the Big Bang, mixed with oxygen and carbon created in many supernova. Life's pretty cool, when you think about it.

I keep seeing this image in my dreams. Those eyes. That tail. I miss you, Mister Wilfred.

I genuinely didn't expect that Armando Iannucci would turn out to be my favourite Taskmaster contestant, but, he's such a delight. Childlike in his joy and enthusiasm, and seems genuinely caring and supportive of all the rest of the cast. Not bad for a BAFTA winning, Oscar nominated, CBE holder.

Awkward moment when I'd just arrived at the self-checkout when Curtis Mayfield's "Move On Up" came on the supermarket sound system. Have you ever tried to scan some chicken wings while singing and dancing? Not easy.

Listening to The Cure "Pornography." Remembering how, as a teenage metal-head I'd hear this music and respond "meh, he's only playing one note." Then, decades on, I go "wow, he's only playing one note!"

So quiet. Can hear the distant swirl of a playground rhyming.

I've seen the wild horses. I've heard the bullroarer.

"Fees-free university scheme to be scrapped in upcoming Budget, Nicola Willis confirms" You have no idea my sense of irony from this announcement. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Woohoo, they bagged another brown woman. They'd be so proud.

The "after complaints" part of this story fascinates me. "Hello, Christchurch City Council, what is your complaint?" "Kids. KIDS! In my neighbourhood! Having fun! I demand it be stopped!" www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Standards? Where we going we don't need no standards!

"Sure, we'd love to promote this promising new artist - who could the biggest star of the next five years! But, unfortunately, we've spent all our budget on the Rolling Stones."

You see, being a CEO means everyone - including the media - fawns to you. Shame the same doesn't apply to being Prime Minister, eh, Christopher?

I'd just finished watching a terrible movie, and was planing to go sleep, then, everything rattled. I hate that when it happens. #eqnz

Amy Gledhill from this most reason of Taskmaster is just so cute. Hilarious, smart, and fun.

What a fascinating, indeed lovely, story about a part of New Zealand you rarely hear about. www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Ok. Of all the talking heads that might appear on this Netflix documentary about Hulk Hogan, I genuinely didn't expect Werner Herzog.

This meltdown between National and Winston First is not entirely unexpected but also expectedly hilarious.

Ok. I didn't realise Gerry Brownlee was still a thing. I thought we'd moved beyond that. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

For all intensive purposes...

I still kinda can't believe that WWE / TKO released Kaire Sane. On of the best professional wrestlers out there. And just... fired.

This meme was revealed to me in a dream.

My word, Sam Neill is a handsome fella.