Seems more plausible than most excuses for these two men. The secret diaries of .. McSkimming and Coster newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/15/t...

These are all people I work with whole livelihoods are being threatened by AI. They’re all amazing, and as far as I’m concerned, irreplaceable. No 1: Laura Grandi, my Italian translator…

#MusicInMusic #MusicChallenge 16. Diana Krall 🎂 - Departure Bay 🎶 And the bars are full of songs and tears To the passing of the tugboats And people with their big ideas

Some of y'all are clearly not wolfing enough alices

#MusicInMusic #MusicChallenge 15. Petula Clark - Downtown First US No.1 in the rock era for a female British artist 🎶 Just listen to the rhythm of a gentle bossa nova You'll be dancing with 'em too before the night is over

Share a GIF that reminds you of your teenage years

Open AI loses copyright case in Germany. Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."

And so the genocide continues in hushed silence, with the rest of the world lulled into a false sense that it has ended... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

NZTA has failed in its job Multiple failures of the cardan truck braking system have occurred in the past 13 years. Since 2012 six of these have killed NZers NZTA waves its hands and says we've sent out warnings and alerts & now doubles down on this pathetic approach to major accident prevention

#MusicChallenge #MusicInMusic 14 Pink Floyd - Shine on you crazy diamond About Syd Barrett 🎶Shine on you crazy diamond Well you wore out your welcome with random precision, rode on the steel breeze Come on you raver, you seer of visions, come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine!

If you see this, post a bird

#MusicInMusic #MusicChallenge 14. Mellencamp - lonely 'ol night 🎶 Radio playing softly some singer's sad sad song He's singing about standing in the shadows of love I guess he feels awfully alone

Record number of New Zealanders leave country

#MusicInMusic #MusicChallenge 13. Classy performance by Liza Minnelli 🎶  What good is sittin' alone in your room Come hear the music play, yes Life is a cabaret old chum Come to the cabaret

#nzpol Do you have any friends or family members you think might want to share (openly or anonymously) why they are leaving, have recently left or are considering leaving AotearoaNZ?

Not surprising, really "The NZ Index report also captures at least ten connections between the tobacco industry and current Government officials (including ministers), including many examples of the ‘revolving door’ between lobbying and political advisory roles. "

#MusicInMusic #MusicChallenge 12 .... 🎶 Willy and the Poor Boys are playin' Bring a nickel tap your feet Rooster hits the washboard & people just got to smile Blinky thumps the gut bass & solos for a while Poor boy twangs the rhythm out on his Kalamazoo Willy goes into a dance & doubles on kazoo

Convenient how they announce the despicable conduct of a top cop who should absolutely enjoy hard prison time for his disgusting actions, with the announcement of NZ gun safety authority being stripped from police oversight (by 8% ACT) & into the hands of Nicole McKee & her gun nut friends. #nzpol

#MusicInMusic #MusicChallenge 11/11 The Lathums - the redemption of sonic beauty 🎶 I wonder, do you know your role? It's the redemption of sonic beauty, oh Augmentations, syncopations, good vibrations Music to my ears, oh, baby

Congratulations on the Rattle and Hum piece making the finals of the contemporary art awards! Well deserved 💚🌿

#MusicInMusic #MusicChallenge 10. Neil Diamond - brother love's travelling salvation show Hot August night And the leaves hanging down And the grass on the ground smellin' sweet Move up the road to the outside of town And the sound of that good gospel beat

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“The problem is that when it is installed in a health sector that prizes efficiency, surveillance and profit extraction, AI becomes not a tool for care and community but simply another instrument for commodifying human life.” #nzpol

Out paddling for the first time this summer ☀️ ❤️

#MusicInMusic #MusicChallenge 9. Stevie Wonder - Master Blaster 🎶  From the park I hear the rhythms Marley's hot on the box

Fairly likely Serco will be focused on profit, will understaff and underpay. Just what this government's underfunding of public health needs /s #nzpol

Freaking insanity from NZ government 💯 Daalder - a must read and to conclude "The warming impact of just the Government’s change to the methane target is on a similar scale as all of the road aviation and shipping transport emissions in the entire European Union (population: 450 million) in 2024"

This is beyond horrendous - it simply cannot be allowed to happen. "The mine would have a 1km long processing plant where rock was crushed, and gold extracted using up to 1900kg of cyanide a day." #nzpol www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

#MusicInMusic #MusicChallenge 8. Crowded house - chocolate cake I saw Elvis Presley walk out of a Seven Eleven... The band of the night take you to ethereal heights over dinner... And the sugar that dripped from the violins' bow Made the children go crazy

#NZPol Part 1 Apologies for another lengthy post, but I am still reeling from yesterday's decision. The decision to remove the requirement for school boards to give voice to Te Tiriti is a LOT more than an attack on the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi and our commitment to bilingualism.

The reform party nativity scene. No unmarried mothers. No Middle Eastern people. No refugees. No people seeking emergency accommodation. And not a wise fvcking man in sight…

#MusicChallenge #MusicInMusic 7 The Style Council – A man of great promise The 'Man of Great Promise' is Rhythm guitarist Dave Waller -friend of Paul Weller and a co-founder of The Jam. 🎶I bought the paper yesterday and I saw the obituary...

#MusicInMusic #MusicChallenge 7. Beth Hart - Jazzman 🎶 Every hound in the band's gotta sound Howling away it must be judgment day They run it down like a cat in a hole That's the way they do it That's the way they roll They call it jazz man The bass pocket is point The trumpet's jumpin' the joint

What is it about this guy and broken records - even sounds like one... #nzpol

This "lay it out in black and white' approach could work like "whiteboard vids' or memes... Green Party/Labour need to look at how to pre-empt disinfo and disingenuous scaremongering from the likes of Nicola NoBoats and Atlas tool Seymour when holding the tax conversation. #NZPol

#MusicInMusic #MusicChallenge 6. From the brilliant Tom Schultz... 🎶 Turned on some music to start my day I lost myself in a familiar song I closed my eyes and I slipped away It's more than a feeling (more than a feeling) When I hear that old song they used to play

Hang on, doesn't the Minister of Health expect nurses to have much more involvement in primary care? It would be reasonable to think the advisory group would include some advisors from this profession. But then no-one has accused Simeon Brown of thinking reasonably I guess.

#MusicInMusic #MusicChallenge 5. 🎶 He sees her at the same time every night At the Mexican discotheque She gives him French kisses He gives her French cigarettes They sit at the same table every time The lights are low But their eyes shine Just digging the music from those sweet soul bands

This article is sad. For all the negatives, Aid was key Working in W Africa 45 yrs after growing up there was heartbreaking. As populations have grown so has the number of people desperately poor. But the nations I worked in are proud, independent, have schools, teacher training colleges, doctors

Owen Jones nails it...

#MusicInMusic #MusicChallenge 4. The Charlie Daniels band 🎶 Johnny, rosin' up your bow and play your fiddle hard 'Cause Hell's broke loose in Georgia and the Devil deals the cards And if you win, you get this shiny fiddle made of gold But if you lose, the Devil gets your soul

2 of my kids working for profitable NZ companies. Aussies bought the NZ companies. Kid 1 resigned yesterday because the travel to the new head office was untenable. Today, after surviving several rounds of restructuring, kid 2's job was dis-established. What was it we wanted o/seas investment for?

#MusicInMusic #MusicChallenge 3 Janis Joplin - Me and Bobby McGee 🎶I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana I's playin' soft while Bobby sang the blues Windshield wipers slappin' time, I's holdin' Bobby's hand in mine We sang every song that driver knew

#MusicInMusic #MusicChallenge 3. Blues for the lost days - John Mayall 🎶 We had Freddie King, Sonny Boy and Hendrix And they'd be sitting in till the break of dawn Sweating at the all night Flamingo So many good times, so much music But back then nobody knew That the London blues were born

#MusicInMusic #MusicChallenge 2. Black Trombone - Serge Gainsbourg 🎶 Black trombone Monotone Le trombone C'est joli Tourbillonne Gramophone Et bâillonne Mon ennui

#MusicInMusic #MusicChallenge 1. Jukebox Saturday Night - Glen Miller 🎶 We love to hear that tenor croon Whenever the Ink Spots sing a tune

Pleased with my effort this morning. Will I be ready for the 12 km walk Round the Bridges in two weeks? 😏

Ardern would be in big financial trouble if she had to pay for all that space she takes up in the global right's heids www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...