Absolutely right. AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there. Let me illustrate …

So, next time Heather whoever, or a swivel-eyed TPU loon, screams that Govt need to balance the books... remember this basic equation. If we are importing shit tonnes of oil, tech, and machinery, while paying tribute to offshore banks and tech giants, how will Govt balance the books? [Ends]

Worth a quick look at the current Govt financial year (to June 2026). Labour scheduled in a chunky operating surplus this year (fantasy forecast). Treasury have up-doomed their forecasts as the prolonged downturn sends revenue well below operating costs. They might be right. [Ends]

It would appear an easy win for our govt to go all in on solar PV. Luxon claiming we dont understand "the plan"? I don't understand how they can be so captured by donors, coalition partners, ideology rather than moving AoNZ away from fossil fuels which contribute to our cost of living crisis. #NZPol

Wellingtonians DO NOT DRIVE NORTH ON SH1, there's been a huge crash and everyone is being forced to take the Tawa offramp, queue is currently all the way back to the Churton overbridge

The sentencing of Jevon McSkimmings, and others of his ilk, for seeking out and viewing online child sexual abuse material. My Stuff #cartoon today #Police #CSAM

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So, today I'm wrapping up People Watching. Massive thanks to everyone who has supported it & all the cool people I've met and drawn. I wrote an article in the Sunday Magazine today talking about the lessons I've learned doing it - and there were so many. www.thepost.co.nz/culture/3609...

That's a BILLION DOLLARS this government is underspending in health. A BILLION DOLLARS taken out of healthcare! They have the money, they just don't want to spend it. Not on on hospitals or doctors or nurses or admin staff or regional health care, or anyone of a myriad of needed items. #nzpol

What I would just say to you is ... #NZPol

Benedict Collins on 1News "citizens arrests means you can ... go ahead and hog tie a politician if you suspect they have taken a bribe" right after Goldsmith was waxing lyrical. 🤣 #NZPol

What's the point of promoting slop to make more money when, once you've driven the human creators out of business, the only thing left to spend it on will be slop?

Transport, equipment and machinery growth is narrowly ahead in 4th place - companies are buying stuff again. This is due in part to the recent changes to depreciation tax and Govt pouring money into tonka toys to build low-value roads for the votes. Wankers. [4/n]

"Even the prime minister was there" 😂

My favourite was when they started comparing Johnson to Caligula. Except they hadn’t made the mad emperor leader, the one who allegorically made his horse a senator. They had appointed *the horse*.

So the supermarkets have breached Golriz’s privacy and were called out by the Privacy Commissioner. 1) Where’s the public apology and cost of damages to Golriz 2) When are these weird men going to stop obsessing over her and other women of colour in politics? #nzpol

In today’s NZ Herald

How the year started: Luxon: “The bottom line is we need a lot less no and a lot more yes.” How it ended: "...which realistically means for the Finance Minister, she has to say no a heck of a lot more than she can ever say yes." #NZPol

Imagine finishing your benefit forecasts for HYEFU, closing your laptop, and heading to floor 8 for a few miserable xmas treats... then the actual data comes out and blows your calculations out of the water! [NB: Actual data varies slightly from forecast data, but not by much)

The jobseekers forecast is not as far out as the main benefits, and great to see the forecasts going all the way out to Govt's jobseekers target (please Louise, take it away). MSD are worknig feverishly to keep the lid on jobseekers numbers.

My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609... They're selling us fixes to problems that don't exist and calling it a success. #NzPol #PoliticalCartoon #Caricature

One of the seniors in my upper division Film History I class just told me her mom was born in 1983 and I need to lie down for a few days.

At 11pm on Friday night, under the cover of darkness, the Luxon Government made it easier for foreign corporations to buy and exploit New Zealand’s most ecologically and culturally sensitive land - including conservation land, lakebeds and wāhi tapu sites. 🧵

The Seek app filled with comments from people who've applied for dozens of jobs and are desperate for work and the app making suggestions to ... enhance your productivity using AI. Dire.

In today’s Weekend Herald

i believe people when they say linux has gotten better in the last few years. what i'm skeptical of is that linux Guys have improved. i will not use an OS where i'm at high risk of someone calling me stupid for not liking some aspect of the experience. i must be allowed to hate the computer

"Christopher hopes Kiwis get to “rest, recharge and re-energise with their loved ones” this Christmas." But not too much 'cause productivity. #NZPol

In today’s NZ Herald

Today’s graveyard elevenes - coffee, bun and Le Guin

Here is a bit of my resignation speech from last night

1News reporting another ferry break down, having to turn back to Wellington and all this being a direct result of the cancellation of the iRex ferries. Also on 1News - James Cameron on the red carpet in Wellington and following close behind, the architect of the ferry woes, Nicola Willis! #NZPol

We have our best minds on the case looking for a Toyota Corolla to plug the gap. #NZPol

This is the Cave Nebula. It's very faint. It's very hard to image. This is 15 hours of it, which would be a lot for a brighter nebula. I've been processing it off and on throughout day. This version will have to do. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

Ok, who did this? 😅 #NZPol

The Black Caps have lost what used to be their best quality

In today’s NZ Herald

Sure.

Rather than have the govt do act on their monopolistic behaviors it's up to us as under qualified / represented individuals to bargain with the banks. Much like unions vs the 1990s employment contract act. #NZPol

The real reason for AoNZ "productivity drop" over summer.

Clear, factual reporting that takes the time to research whether a reckon is actually real shouldn't be rare, but it is really feels like it increasingly is. Ricketts explainer delivers again. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Item 1 A highway that will cost billions, take 20 years and contribute to the destruc.....Approved! Item 2 A bike lane that will cost almost nothing, reduce traffic and align with our climate emerg...Do you have approval from every living and deceased resident in the city?

Buying tickets for a cricket match and you're presented with absolute nonsense redemptions at the end of the transaction including ... bitcoin??

In today’s NZ Herald

The cringe. “Yesterday you might have heard that I went to Ikea, because apparently it was on CNN,” Luxon explained. “I was the first person in the country to make a physical purchase in the store at Ikea.”

The Minister says it would have been inappropriate to ask the IPCA about a McSkimming complaint he was alerted to three weeks before the date he publicly stated he knew of concerns. IPCA says yeah.. nah.

My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609... If you type '𝗚𝗼𝘃𝘁 𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲' into google you get a whole shit ton of articles - by the current lot. #Cartoon #NzPol #Caricature #Luxon #Stanford

If some guy stole my shit and made millions off it while wiping out my job prospects, and you, as my friend, bought that guy's cheap mass market replica of my shit, you and i would for obvious reasons have a problem. It being a massive company, not a guy, actually makes it even more of a problem.