Other than “stand around awkwardly” what exactly are you supposed to do when there are tradespeople in the house?

Apparently this is not a new thing, but some edgelord flag is flying a confederate flag in *St Helliers*. I mean, FFS …

[Guy whose dick fell off because there's a girl in star wars] I would probably do well in a civil war

chloe swarbrick and craig renney should do a debate and show everyone how much of a farce the tpu one is

This whole Ruth Richardson versus Nicola Willis thing is just an attempt by the right to somehow make the (clearly incompetent) Willis look “reasonable” by comparison, right?

A third of all men in Auckland appear to be wearing a Metallica tee shirt today

this is hardly the most salient point in the article but they only withdrew the charges against Ms Z *this week*? fucking hell

You know what would be a really popular law? A total ban on Christmas decorations in shops before December 1st. This is my pitch for being Prime Minister of New Zealand.

There sure are a lot of people who have been bullied by their unions into striking today

So much of this govt's strike messaging is 'these selfish ingrates are paid well & don't have the moral right to strike' which is so far beyond believable reality that it's just a weird choice. If they just said 'no money left soz', they'd get more public sympathy than for this Evil Mr Burns stuff.

“Politically motivated strikes” gotta be the funniest phrase I’ve ever read. WHAT LED TO PEOPLE NOT GETTING PAID ENOUGH AND WORKING CONDITIONS BEING SHIT EH? Was it fairies? Gnomes perhaps. Everything is fucking politics. They think we are stupid.

I went to the cinema last night. They played the trailer for the Springsteen biopic. The annoyingly chatty woman behind me exclaimed loudly “OH IT’S THE BOB DYLAN MOVIE” and I am not proud to say I grunted back “no it’s the SPRINGSTEEN movie”. This is why people hate me.

I declare the “humid, windy and overcast spring day” the worst weather type of all time.

Luxon is the kind of man who claims every entitlement he qualifies for whether he needs it or not. Luxon is the kind of man that takes benefit entitlements away from 18 and 19 year olds, saying that "the world doesn't owe them a living." Luxon has created an economy where they can't find jobs.

Well that episode of Peacemaker felt … very pertinent

The pre-election CTU ads were spot on & were true. “Out of touch. Too much risk” was the primary message, and inside the paper, the ad elaborated, saying he was focused on the wealthiest, called people “bottom feeders”, would scrap Fair Pay Agreements, and would give landlords tax breaks."

Small consolation given how bad everything is, but it gives me some solace to know that not only will Luxon be remembered as the worst PM in living memory, but Willis will also be remembered as the worst finance minister.

God David Seymour is an asshole God Simeon Brown is an asshole

Homeowners on real estate shows are always searching for a "chef's kitchen" but never a "shitter's bathroom" or a "wanker's office"

Petty things that annoy me - Louise Upston putting the emphasis the “Jam” in Pearl Jam. She’s Gen X, surely she’s heard someone say the band’s name at some point in the last 30 years.

Good to see Prime and Xu-Nan going hard at Stanford in the House yesterday.

The Platform continues to ruin careers besides Plunket's own and I low-key love it for it. www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...

I went to a funeral at an evangelical church today and I’d forgotten how much evangelical ministers say “just” when they’re speaking IYKYK

God, those Phillips kids are going to need years and years of deprogramming and therapy aren’t they?

Parenting has made me way less of a film festival regular than in my pre-parent days. However, I managed to catch three great NZIFF music documentaries recently * Anchor Me - The Don McGlashan Story * Life in One Chord (about Shayne Carter) * It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley All highly recommended

Rewatching Twin Peaks for the first time in quite a while. Forgotten what a slog the second half of season 2 is. But excited to The Return.

"Reckon we need any security measures for this espionage court martial?" "I can probably do something in Word."

I am not sure what kind of mainstream release the Don McGlashan film will get, but if you didn’t see it at the film festival last night, try to find an opportunity to see it elsewhere. It’s marvellous.

Genuinely interested in how Erica Stanford / NZQA thinks AI will be able to mark *all* internals. How does that for a Media Studies film, or an art board, or a drama production, or a hospitality assessment, or a kapa haka performance, or …

Crimson is nothing more than an outfit set up to fleece unsuspecting students. I talked one kid out of spending $30K with them for no guarantees & they went on to receiving a $20K scholarship to a local university instead

Does David Seymour still think Destiny should get a charter school?

british fan chat

Both of these people are scum, but let's break out the Onion headline one more time I guess

Sick leave is a right, not a reward. Cutting it punishes low-paid workers, single parents, and especially Māori and Pacific women. Pro-rating fuels inequality, risks outbreaks, and betrays the workers who carried us through COVID. @whaeadeb.bsky.social #NZPol #Unions #OneTermGovt

Yeah, I know FB is terrible, but anyone been caught in this particular Meta-circle-of-hell? Locked out of FB on my Mac for 24+ hours - have tried all the obvious stuff like deleting cookies, emptying cache etc. Still works fine on my phone, so my account seems to be fine.

Man the Herald loves stories about Liam Lawson

Slowly creating a collection of 1980s-style My Little Pony sticker designs. So far I have: Buttons, Minty, Sweet Stuff, and Skydancer What quotes would you like to see in this sort of style? #mlp #mylittlepony #mlpfanart #mlpg1 #1980s #mylittleponydrawing #feminism #artsky

It’s hard to overestimate just how important the music of Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys has been to me since I was a teen. RIP Brian, love and mercy …

So, someone want to start a parliamentary petition to suspened government members of the privileges committee for 21 days, and Judith Collins for 42, for bringing parliament into disrepute? petitions.parliament.nz/create

Bizarre! Nicole McKee in favour of loosening restrictions on real semi-automatic rifles but wants tighter restrictions on Te Pati Māori pointing finger guns🙄

The National / ACT / NZ First coalition are a bunch of morally bankrupt scum. That not a single person had the courage to cross the floor on this is incredible. Fuck these people. Next time you hear any National MP say they’re “socially liberal and fiscally conservative” tell them to get fucked.

Performing a haka in Parliament more disreputable than getting drunk and heckling an artist on a freebie you got for being a Minister is it? Worse than laying hands on a staff member is it? Worse than Winston's caustic racism in the House today, is it? Get fucked.

Am just reflecting on the fact that if Michael Forbes had been charged, there seems a good chance he would now enjoy name suppression and we might not know anything about the case at all

Claiming that King's Birthday weekend isn't Te Tiriti-honouring is a weird flex. Like, who do you think the other signatory party was? And frankly Charles is orders of magnitude more Treaty honouring than the shitshow coalition currently in Government.

This government’s reaction to being told its economic policies are worse than Ruth Richardsons is not to change direction, but to give an award to Ruth Richardson

I watched some footage of Jacinda pre covid and thought "was this a dream?" How the fuck did we end up in this dystopian nightmare where we went from "He eke waka noa-We're all in this together" to "let's give Ruth Richardson a Royal honour" & make that "little prick" Deputy Prime Minister! #nzpol

David Seymour says he's Labour's worst nightmare. By comparison, the worst nightmare of David Seymour and the ACT Party is being asked about whatever safeguarding measures the party had in place when convicted sex offender Tim Jago was reviewing allegations of sexual harassment in the ACT Party.

I bought Marlon Williams’ te reo album today, mostly as a “fuck you” to Chris Bishop. Ya dickhead.

That new Dr Who casting feels very … meta?

Anyone else in Aotearoa pulling out their Mutton Birds / Don McGlashan / Fur Patrol albums this weekend?