These companies have made the tradeoff that it's cheaper to buy up water to evaporate than to buy power and to buy carbon offsets for the power generation. The instant they actually get charged for the water externalities, they'll shift to closed loop cooling and eat the additional energy costs.

Last chance to pre-order tonight!

HEY! I designed a super cool distressed tee for the one and only @hankgreen.bsky.social's new video about the Mola Mola! Yes really, and no, I also cannot believe it. You can buy it for two weeks only here: store.dftba.com/products/han... And you can watch the video here: youtu.be/wR9MilgXEm0?...

Some days Henderson is very pretty

I love that Kieran got ejected for demanding an apology for quite racist comment. If you gotta go, that is what you can proudly stand beside

NZ EV folks: mum needs a new car and I'm trying to figure out what EVs are feasible. She has a regular 25k commute, and a couple of semi regular 100-150k trips (Tauranga-Hamilton, Tauranga-Auckland). On paper a 40kw leaf might make those trips, but is that actually possible?

I’m still thinking about this line “As the rest of us have been curling up into a cocoon of despair, male kākāpō have been standing in a forest yelling until someone comes along to have sex with them.”

The new ferries will cost $596 million and be smaller than the two ferries that were cancelled at a fixed price of $550 million. That cancellation cost $222 million. So really the two new smaller ferries have cost $818 million. And will be three years late.

Mr 13 and K made GF Bao buns for dinne. One set filled with beef, other with tofu. 😋

Truth

We must change this. The Green Party will deliver hope and real change for New Zealanders through a fairer tax system. We will fight to make sure everyone has the means to have a good job, food on the table, and a safe place to call home 💚

Of course now the bike shop messaged to say the cargo bike service is done so I have to figure out how I get two bikes home 😂

Picked up a second hand ebike for my commuter yesterday l, so my wife can have the cargo bike back. We can now do the entire family commute by bike

Getting a marble stuck in the optical sensor on a robot vacuum will do weird things to its navigation

It has been a morning. Decided this @pepperraccoon.com t-shirt is necessary today

I have been laughing at this for a solid five minutes.

Got the bloody wheel back on, cable attached. Learned a new trick, was still a PITA. At least I can ride tomorrow though

Hub gears seem like a great idea until I have to change a tyre and remember how tf to reconnect them

Biked to/from the office today. Kayak might have been more appropriate.

Why must we replace simple forms with slow painful chat bots? It just asked the same questions that would be on a form, but with none of the usability. Can't go back and correct answers, can't see how one answer effects the next questions, can't see if this bit of info is actually collected later.

Finally building my birthday present from a couple of months ago. Not sure about the "Acidic Coffee".

Bookseller. Or if I we count podcasts, archivist

Well finally got the car to a mechanic and they can't figure it out yet either. Hopefully it becomes obvious after they pull the wheel off

OH, THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING IN THE STOCKING THAT MAKES A NOISE, said Death. OTHERWISE, WHAT IS 4:30 A.M. FOR? - Terry Pratchett, Hogfather good night and good luck to every other parent with small children out there

I see there’s a post about microplastics going around with a photo of drinking straws, so here is my semi-regular reminder that the 3 biggest sources of microplastics are tires (45%), synthetic clothing particles (35%) and paint (~10%). Lay article attached:

Weird car noises during a long drive on Xmas eve 😱

Hey this has made great progress, anything over and above the target will go to the same place so please give if you can.

Good cause for some pre-xmas donations givealittle.co.nz/cause/go-bag...

Trapping supplies have arrived

another day another cli coding agent from an LLM lab it's like if every webapp shipped its own browser and if you say "huh that seems like a waste of time" you'll get a bunch of people saying u don't get it they can optimize their browser for their webapp

The Police helicopters are an obscene waste of money and a net negative for society: most of the noise and disruption is in pursuit of petty things like "someone saw a light turn on in a house" (a real example). Flight hours are pre-purchased use-it-or-lose-it. So they use them for dumb shit.

Summer PSA: you should definitely sunscreen the back of your legs. Even when you think it'll be fine. Water is reflective and sunburn behind your knees really hurts

Take that you RACIST GOVT. I always love STACT's end of year but this is the bomb www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh0x... (btw I have a number of friends who teacher at this school and they love it!)

Picked up by RNZ www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Ugh. I've lost the bottle of isopro I was just using... I swear it's not there but I'll find it right in front me 2 hrs later

Oldest child as he left the table: scoop himself some plain rice *into his hand* and walks away nibbling it

It's infuriating that local council services discussions have become all about rates, especially that truly most dumbarse of dumbarse complaint of "Why have my rates gone up so much when everything is broken and expensive to fix?" People, for a species so supposedly intelligent, we're thick as shit

🎶✨ Proud Mum Alert ✨🎶 Bella's winning song from the 2025 Play It Strange Junior Songwriting Competition has been officially released today 🎊🥳 👉🏼 Infected Brain by Beaonthedl You can listen on all streaming platforms, or find it here: music.drm.co.nz/2025-jr-song... 🎵✨

Bicycles - Why you might need more than one Artist: Dave Walker

Ok, so where do I buy some lock picks from now, #kawaiicon

Off to the airport again. Thanks #kawaiicon you were great!

I really do enjoy Luxury Marmite Sandwich on Instagram. The school lunches one is well worth a watch.

"you may not complete the work, but you are not free to abandon it" - applying tikkun olam concepts from judaism to building a more inclusive world. amazing hopeful talk about improving our world by @ellearmageddon.bsky.social at @kawaiicon.bsky.social #kawaiicon

Hey, so it is a month until Kākācon. It will be great to see people there the day before @kawaiicon.bsky.social Thu 6 Nov at 1345 at Zealandia.  There are no schedules just a great opportunity for hallwaycon chats outside while having a walk & seeing some birds. Details: www.xn--kkcon-fwab.nz

Turns the answer was nothing. But I checked the alignment in the wrong gear oops (Alpine hub gears)

Mushrooming crew at work

This we call a propaganda piece and not actual journalism No we dont nor ever will need State Highway 1 as 4 lanes to Northland. Ironically showing why Labour Day was a problem also shows why NZTA's analysis is junk. The highway like mall parking lots only get clogged 4x a year 2+1 road is enough

I appear to have spoken to a reporter who took seriously the gravity of NZ's science crisis does anybody have a newsroom pro subscription so that I can learn what other choice phrases I used on the record? newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/29/w...

Got all set to bike to work today, while the trains are delayed ... and the bike has flat tyre. 😩

The best sign! #nzstrike