Who can't just buy an EV to help with the fuel costs - poor people. Who can't just get solar panels & a battery to help with energy costs - poor people. Who can't stockpile food to help with rising costs - poor people See a pattern? The poor always suffer most & can afford it least #auspol

I cannot believe that a) this stuff isn't constantly leading mainstream and business news reports; and b) that he's able to be the CEO of a huge publicly traded company, and his privately owned space/AI/social media company has multiple government contracts.

I, for one, am shocked to learn that after "consultation" the large company that proposed closing its facilities is doing exactly what it suggested it might.

OMG! I can have fulltime legal immunity by being "on TV"?? That's brilliant. I own broadcast camera gear and have an unemployed film school graduate son... I can be "on TV" all the time!

Shocking stuff... And I'm also reasonably sure it's AI generated. Like, they've asked ChatGPT to make a funny social media post and this is the one they've gone with.

As much as everyone was saying that the random ICE/CBP agents deployed in US cities looked like they were wearing cosplay uniforms... It turns out that actual fake ICE officers still look more fake than those real ones. This is fake. It looks fake. It sounds fake. The acting is bad.

This is, very obviously, faked for gullible people like you

Again... again...

I mean Trump has impounded appropriated funds, and diverted other appropriated funds, and sidestepped Congress in countless other ways, I'm not sure this is all that big a step away from everything else. Absolutely against the Constitution, but so was the other stuff and there was no consequence.

Is the Herald engaging it rage bait here? Using "on accident" in a post?!

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I don't like to boast, but in the last six months, I've sold 4 copies of my book! I mean, I haven't sold them... I guess book stores did. But, you know.

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My term on InternetNZ board is ending soon after nine long years. In my seat please prioritise those with a broad lived experience & real technical knowledge. We have values driven people, we need DNS/Domain name knowledge. I had real-world expertise with internet scams, phishing, abuse etc.

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Z station up the road has 91 at $3.499 and Diesel at $3.449 Would hate to be driving a diesel at the moment...

When I don't want people to discover negative things about me, the first thing I always do is send an email to EVERYONE telling them not to read the thing.

First, the good news. The bathwater has been disposed of.

Existing members actually have a grace window in which to renew (you will receive a reminder). But certainly good to get ahead of it if, like me, you're a person who tends to leave things to the last minute (and sometimes some minutes after that)

She's not sunk, she's pining for the fjords!

Unfortunately she will have already been paid for this season, but if people don't watch then maybe there won't be a second season.

What a fascinating next step. It makes sense I suppose, I hope he nails it!

I would love to know what Chlöe Swarbrick's version of this would look like. I bet it would be a lot more fun for a start.

I mean I haven't done the application process, but I call bullshit on making those assessments from a basic text exchange. It's not assessing the applicant, it's creating a simulation of an assessment based loosely on the applicant's answers.

Nothing to do with the article, but Jones looks positively Muldoony in this article preview image! I think it's mostly the blue/grey suit.

Mind blown, learning that 'fossick' is a term unique to New Zealand (and Australian) English!

I hope they've changed now, but when I had an American Express card I used to often get calls from them where they would ask me to answer security questions. I got quite pissed off at them about it, and it was never easy to get back to the person or department with a call back.

Okay, so it seems video slop, at least, is clearly not working financially.

Food $200 Data $150 Rent $800 Candles $3,600 Utility $150 Staff $4,000 Storefront $50 Copyright licensing $0 NFT $3,000,000 AI Product $150,000,000,000 someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying

I'm sorry but if you have 4,000 employees and your revenue is 6 billion, you make 1.5 million per employee and if you can't make a profit margin there, you are simply embezzling it.

Whatever you think about Brooke van de Valden (who btw is my electorate MP) please do understand that revolting misogyny will be part of what she’s experienced. Beyond party politics & values, a civil society that drives women out of public life is harmful to our democracy.

As I think @dylanreeve.com has said repeatedly, how is this not a bigger scandal? We've ended up paying the same (being generous) for less and three years later. The ineptitude is mind-boggling.

Oh dear. Things not looking good at archive.today

I would be genuinely a little bit surprised to learn *any* consumer routers were manufactured in the USA.

What if the Government ringfenced fuel taxes to pay for free public transport, for a while at least?

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Spot-on thread.

Thank goodness The Spinoff rescued @haydendonnell.bsky.social from his totally unhelpful role as a media commentator on RNZ and put his skills to use properly!!

It's been a long time since I've used a bus in Auckland. Does anyone know, do they discriminate against Homers like this Irish bus company appears to?

The segregation and lack of freedom of movement that Coates describes here is real. I have seen this firsthand in the West Bank. Most Americans who go on birthright trips and even many Israelis do not visit the places where this is happening and do not acknowledge it.

It's nice to still be able to experience new things in your mid-40s...

Ahh yes, Iwo Jima, the famously simple and successful military campaign.

Yuck, I'm up and about in the CBD at 7am.

His base used to be referred to as "the blue rinse brigade" for a reason.

Going to Marsden Point for a media stand up seems like such a great way to present a strong and serious public image... when you aren't aware of the PPE requirements.

It’s only antisemitism when it’s from Pro Palestinians otherwise it’s just sparkling populism.

This is incredibly irresponsible journalism. You cannot write this headline without acknowledging all the times Elon Musk has promised to pay for things, then didn't. Let's take a stroll down memory lane. 🧵

Shorter Elon: My son is named after deep white supremacist lore and is a dick in restaurants. I am proud of this.

This is some savagely good satire about traditional media and the ABC, from... the ABC.