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1/200 S2E157 - IKEAless Whisper NZ media is continuously failing us, both in coverage of geopolitical events & more nastily in local politics as they do stenography for rightwing parties, while actively & abusively attacking the left w/ @oldmatecans.lol @eggsfordogs.com @kyledchurch.bsky.social

i don’t know which is worse: hating someone for treating you badly without cause, or later learning that they were a victim of something which explains that bad treatment (even if it’s inexcusable)

Chloe was right, was right to say it and was right not to apologize There are multiple government MPs who are saying privately they know the govt position is deeply wrong but are putting *themselves* first when it comes to the greatest atrocity of the modern age. That's FAR more than just spineless

been at my mother’s place for about an hour and I’m already embroiled in unnecessary amounts of inheritance drama despite none of it being left to me at all god how long is this week gonna be

flat tyranitar-さん you’re the ONE thing holding me together rn

need a lobotomy but specifically for the parts of my brain that make me both cognisant AND accepting of being treated like shit!!

Big shoutout to international dog butt @eggsfordogs.com for finally getting a tote bag and aime card through customs. Third time's the charm... We've been trying to get the tote bag into the country for 16 months...

anyway if you’re about to ask whether i’m doing good — i’m largely uncomprehending, and occasionally riddled with ill humours

sorry if we haven’t talked in a couple days, i’m dealing with The Horrors and also trying to finish this short story about wlw astronauts set in the far future

my brother is crashing out about losing his tennis match td so the loudest sound in my flat at the moment is the sound of a 3-hour Northernlion puns compilation

Puppy moment

The duality of man

hey so what if there was a gremlins porn parody called GORMLINS and the conceit was that the gormlins would became evil only if they stopped being wet haha is this anything

okay FINE guys i’ll do nothing but indulge in narrative-driven games all weekend that give me some kind of personhood-related crisis it’s the holidays after all if not now then when!!!!!

>be us >work at the ministry for romantic relations >"can you stay late this week?" >yeah sure >forget about the ministry's overtime pay exemptions >spend hours trying to unclog a toilet on the second floor that bossman flushed a baggie into >fuck this country and the population crisis

listen up fives, a 50 on the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale is speaking

VIPラウンジ

Voila.

back to treating bsky like twitter circles

salaryman

txt’s first inkigayo win since sugar rush ride….. maybe i won’t end it all this weekend

British devs at morning standup be like EarlyStartup.Init()

first the debacle around equal pay and now this? screw the kkkoalition government for their outsized, blatantly racist response. no better time to send a kota to TPM — www.maoriparty.org.nz/donate

Everything is shit and the boot is on our necks but my TL this evening is still full of trans people loving themselves, Māori excellence, and a determination to survive and find joy in spite of it all.

1/200 S2E136 - The Pay After Tomorrow We discuss the newly announced changes to pay equity legislation and processes. Who is being affected? What does it mean for society, the Government, political parties and factions? w/ @l11p.bsky.social @bootstheory.bsky.social @mythros.bsky.social

being gay in Auckland is choosing which writer’s fest events to go to not based on interest but on whether or not you have any exes speaking

>asked work if they have a monorepo >engineering lead says it’s a multi-repo setup but “not so far off from one” >checks git >104 repositories

fetch me thirty thousand euros and my steed forthwith

happening in about 12 HOURS! we’ve probably got better graphs than mainstream media outlets, vote count tickers, and we promise that we’re Totally Normal so who else would you rather get coverage from? come riff with me 🎙️

frank sinatra-maxxing again

tune in and keep my excellent co-hosts company! we’ll have charts, tickers, and fiddly moving bits just like NBC’s election coverage but cooler 🍁

yeah i’m doing CBT* to help with my childhood abandonment issues *Cat Backstory Therapy aka where I text one of my ex’s new girls about how her fat cat is an overworked regional manager who loves his wife and son, and she provides supplementary pictures of his fake life

*makes a noise like an aggrieved trombone, not quite sad, but definitely put out*

Folks, I've been cooking with these graphics.

the pope died yesterday and i had the gnarliest nightmare that i've had in years after joking about him not rising again like consider me scared into christianity at this point

okay, now get JD Vance in a room with Luxon

the top of my cat’s head smells like herbal jelly so I’m feeling extra patriotic today

please go see Sinners if you haven’t already

terrified of stormy weather but if I’m perfectly honest, I’m actually praying for torrential flooding tomorrow to get me out of going to the office

filed so much travel documentation today on super last-minute stuff can someone tell me that i did a good job

1/200 S2E132 - Tariff-Raff We discuss the failed Treaty Principles Bill and potential for a geopolitical restructuring in the political economy instigated by Trump's tariffs. Where to from here? How can we make the most of the moment? w/ @l11p.bsky.social @eggsfordogs.com @mythros.bsky.social

devastated by my realisation that having weekends off to work on passion projects is actually still time spent doing work, so you don’t ever feel like you’ve rested. absolutely cooked.

2022 called, it wants my ex and my gender issues back

HR person called after my interview to tell me that I’d gotten the highest score ever in this company’s recruitment history, which is a thing that I’m incredibly normal about achieving (please get me a new job)

born too late to witness the glory of the Macedonian phalanx, born just in time to learn that chatgpt pro can generate Baroque paintings of Cinnamoroll fighting alongside Alexander the Great

being one of a few trusted advisors to a friend is like being on a medieval king’s council. no we haven’t considered unionising. yes we have reached a consensus on whether milord should be “back on the apps”

A second health bar appears as Pope Francis levitates out of his hospital bed and begins incinerating onlookers with laser vision

happy international womens day to all the housewives i’ve met on my travels, thanks for all the pseudo-dates we’ve been on and for always inviting me to stay over while your husbands were out working in the software engineering mines. i salute you.