For anyone interested it was $35 as it’s not funded. He had had a double shot before so he could do just 1 this time. Otherwise if it’s your child’s first time I think you’ll pay double.

Got the tiny hobbit his flu shot today and he was such a trooper in his little mask. I’m so proud of him and I constantly feel like my heart is breaking for him cause he is completely reliant on me to make the right decision for him and I don’t know that I am. I hope I am 😭

17 years ago I posted on Facebook that I was really attracted to the “ginger doctor on Greys”. Suffice to say I am manifesting’s final boss 😂

Maybe it’s a good things she says hopefully because I don’t want us to join the US and storm the strait of Hormuz or something crazy like that

Officiating the opening of a paper bag somewhere, no doubt.

Yo why are both PMs of UK and Australia addressing their nations this evening 👀 where’s our CEO goddamnit

WHAAAAAAAT THIS IS SOME CHRISTOFACIST SHIT YUCK

I’ve been trying to work out what about the “$50 petrol for certain parents” that’s bugging me and giving me the ick and it finally dawned on me that it’s the “have babies” undertone. JUST SO GROSS.

Fonterra has just had to admit it broke the law around deceptive and misleading advertising with its claim that its butter is "100% NZ Grass Fed". They feed their cows millions of tonnes of palm kernel in fact. Here is the backstory to the case: www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...

I find it so funny how everyone wants to go back to the office but as soon as my manager is OOO everyone is WFH. The math isn’t mathing.

Unfortunately the insane price rises post Covid has taught businesses that they can get away with it because people will keep paying or die/become homeless and no one will care. The rich will subsidize them cause price increases in essentials don’t bother them. They have zero solidarity.

It’s nice that minimum wage is going up today along with the ACC levy and cost of petrol and food and rent and power. I’m sure people on the lowest incomes won’t feel the pinch and will continue to be thriving and enjoying life while they do the essential jobs that are needed for NZ to function.

Went to the grocery store this morning and just buying a bit extra has pushed the grocery bill to a crazy place. I have no idea what this govt is expecting is gonna happen. Nicola Willis was once again harping on about working parents sounding completely ridiculous.

So we are at the syphoning petrol from parked cars stage and this government is talking about communism. At this point we need a snap election.

I dunno how you would ever imagine that Iranians would ever back down. Literally one of the oldest civilizations. The western world hubris gotta be studied they think cause they carved up random nation states and exploited them whenever they wanted means it’s all there for the taking.

There are full on crazy prepper like content all over social media about what’s coming and also our govt being completely blasé about it. I honestly don’t know what we are supposed to do.

My new little “hobby” is photographing interesting houses. But the cars parked in front always ruin the pics. Hate them.

Honestly it doesn’t feel like Biden was President in the middle there it just feels like Trump has been President for over a decade.

Half the time having a corporate job is showcasing your job to random people in the org.

Alright I’ve posted every thought that came to me upon waking up this morning. Have a good day everyone 😂

People who think countries should be run like businesses are objectively stupid. Businesses fail, countries simply cannot.

People make it seem like the 8 hour working day 5 days a week is like some kind of law of the nature rather than a hard fought result of unions that you could change again. There are so many professions that already do more than 8 hours and not during 8-5. It’s made up!!

Of course the high from daily campaigning, waiting for results on election night, and then winning is not gonna compare to the day to day tediousness of governing, making tough decisions, understanding the complex results from policy, pushing back on powerful donors. But one must in a democracy.

Genuinely do think Luxon was put in there with the pitch that he could just be the CEO. That’s why he doesn’t have portfolios, gets agitated in press conferences, doesn’t do proper interviews. You ever see CEO so a press conference? No. This suits the corporate managerial class just fine.

America screwing up the Iran deal and then starting a war for no goddamn reason is diabolical actually they need to be sued by the world.

My grand theory of how the National Party sucks at governing is that because they think they are just naturally better at it, the only thing they feel they need to put effort into is differentiating themselves from the previous govt. If they do that, the results will take care of themselves

This plus they don’t actually think people need governing. They think as long businesses are businessing the rest just happens anyway. Maybe if there’s visual cues like people lined up for food/fuel it will spur action but mostly they think if no one can buy businesses will just fix it themselves.

Studied 1.1k+ comments on post feat. Luxon's comment on Herald's FB page. Dominant reax are Haha, & Anger. He's lambasted for insensitivity, myopia, & ignorance. Beyond partisan frames, if he's this bad today at crisis comms, esp. w/ conspiracies gaining traction at pace, fear far worse to come.

Reminder to anyone who needs to hear it... 😁 Use your time off and enjoy your life while it's here.

The ease with which Luxon lies is just amazing to see. It’s like the “I did mergers and acquisitions” thing. Just smooth lying that no one calls him up on.

This feels weird. A lot of reporting is sounding very much like "how long will this take to get back to normal" when there's no sign in the short term that normality will return at all It's like 2020 Covid reporting

Me: I dun wanna worrrrrrrrk The GBM: it’s a 4 day week Me: Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine

Waiting for the “my job is the ceo” video to drop cause that’s so funny lol. He is the CEO and the caucus are his little direct reports, the donors are shareholders and we are his little customers. He doesn’t care cause if he gets pushed out he is just gonna go be CEO somewhere else.

It's insightful that Luxon sees himself as the CEO, not the PM of NZ. It explains that he sees Willis, Seymour and Peters as his Executive Directors, who do the actual operational work. Peters and Seymour don't see it this way and have maximised the political opportunity of an absent PM.

Rewatching all of Derry Girls and discovering Nigel Berbrooke and Theo Sharpe are also there is a mindfuck.

There’s nothing cuter in the world for me than when the tiny hobbit walks up to me and hands me something and goes “here you go ma” ITS SO DAMN CUTE AAAAAAAH

They priced people out of having a life they don’t care if they price people out of fuel. No one really cares as long as the top 10% are responsible for 50% of consumer spending. The billionaires don’t care if most of us die and the rest become servants while they enjoy earth’s remaining resources.

There are 2 food establishments I had on my list to try after Ramadan was over but they are both more than a half hour drive from me. Now with the fuel crisis it seems not a good idea to waste petrol 🥲

The government is stuck looking like Labour if they actually address the crisis or not looking like them and letting poor people suffer. You’ll be so shocked when you find out their preferred choice after spending the last 2 years throwing vulnerable and working people under the bus.

Fifty years ago, NZ sent officers to hunt Pacific overstayers. Five years ago, we apologised. This week Parliament introduced a bill — same powers, same communities. The Cabinet paper warned it would disproportionately affect Pacific people. Five years between sorry and doing it again. #nzpol

The person who is most ecstatic that Jacinda isn’t the Prime Minister right now during this crisis is probably Jacinda.

Poorly informed by who exactly also? Someone is reassuring them that everything is fine and they are taking their word for it instead of what we can all see with our eyes. Asian countries are addressing the problem and western countries aren’t.

One of my posts went on a walkabout last night. Woke up to a mess 💀

When Covid first happened my friend and I started zoom cooking where we would pick a recipe and cook together on video call and chat. We were both in America in different states and we still do it. Making a chicken dish tomorrow morning with her in Virginia. Wild to think we are entering year 7.

Made pasta using an expired tin of crushed tomatoes I found in the back of the pantry after doing some inventory. Doing a crisis trial run 🫡

Bet this govt thinks Trump will make it right cause we let him open the fbi office. They think they have right wing whites supremacist covenant but trump literally pays no bills lmfao

We are gonna be at Level 4 and the government is still gonna be like go to work, buy stuff, stop complaining.

They shoulda made David Seymour front this crisis