#MusicHistory On this day, 1980, the New Zealand band Split Enz released their commercial breakthrough 6th album, True Colours. It also produced the band's 1st hit song, "I Got You", which at the time, became the biggest selling single in Australian history. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiqB...

Anyone worked out how to manage gluteal tendinopathy? I'm a bit stuffed.

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This moment of global change is fraught with dangers. And Europe must be ready to change even faster. To become more independent. For its own future.

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I'm expecting the worst possible play by CLuxon and Winnie re. the rogue USA. Nek minnit we'll be pariahs too.

A powerful paragraph: Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social

How fares the King

I keep meaning to post this. Watch Borgen S4 on Netflix. All about Greenland. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borgen_....

Hey the voter suppression laws mean you can only vote up to twelve days before November 7 and have to be registered thirteen days before that. Twelve days before Nov 7 is 26 October. THAT IS LABOUR DAY. THE ELECTION VOTING STARTS ON LABOUR DAY.

First thought about the election date: November 7 is right when a lot of university students (mostly first time voters) will be finishing up and heading home for the summer. It’s really important to make sure your young people know what to do if they are out of their electorate on election day.

Final entry in the NLNZ “About Looking” blog series. Louise Garrett considers the sunlit Ektachrome images of commercial photographer Gladys Goodall. natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/a...

Reminder: regime voter suppression means you need to enrol early. vote.nz/enrolling/en...

NZ Environment Minister Penny Simmonds has been pressuring Horizons regional council to approve the irrigation consent for the farm of National Party's Whip Suze Redmayne. The council is placing restrictions on irrigators consents due to falling groundwater levels. www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...

Jimmy Carr is a nasty has-been.

It’s Penguin Awareness Day which seems like a great excuse to post the greatest ever Wikipedia edit.

Tom Baker is 92 today

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thinking about how, in the Russian history elective I took in HS, every time a tsar was facing domestic weakness the teacher would turn to the assembled students and ask "so what is it time for?" and we would chant "stunning territorial annexation!" and she would respond "well, DUH, girls"

Tonight for a bit of excitement we have some #Aurora over Wellington (that's Shropshire not NZ Aoteaeoa. It's very exciting to see. 😊

Oh great. The power's gone off for the day. So much for wfh.

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Strands #687 “Shaking things up” 🔵🔵💡🔵 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵

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Three days before Luxo's dismal effort today, the @greens.org.nz released their predictions of what he'd say and who he'd blame - and they were 90% correct. Can't decide if that's hilarious or tragic ... #nzpol www.greens.org.nz/facts_data_a...

Somehow I missed this the other day.

“More & more I feel that the people of ill will have used time much more effectively than have the people of good will. We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words & actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.”MLK nul.org/news/letter-...

When we finally get to this shenanigans “Luxembourg agreement” can I call for the following to be included. Outlawing US letter (and all non iso paper sizes) Requiring the vanquished to fully adopt the metric system

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Strands #686 “Soft skills” 🔵🔵🔵🟡 🔵🔵🔵

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The world holds amerika's debt. Call it in and crash their economy.

Thanks, world.

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Strands #685 “That's putting it mildly!” 💡🔵🔵🔵 🟡🔵🔵

#rpp New Zealand & Spy Valley klaxon.

Great info on Greenland and consequences for the US. Malcolm Nance. Black Man Spy. youtu.be/qYKpN5rib10?...

#rpp they come into our garden to rest between their Brockville entrance duties. Eh @chewienz.bsky.social

6 kererū in our garden atm. Love them.

Say what you want, but Massie has game.

PLEASE do not support AI accounts! 'Jarren’ is the AI creation of Keagan John Mason - a South African content creator based in New Zealand. All stories are fake, all animal interactions are fake - the whole thing is an illusion, a blackface deepfake 🤢

a cannon-ball, missent, becomes a plough-share

Years of commuting, etc.

This is a goodie @mdg650hawk.bsky.social youtu.be/2V4KmJp2s4g?...

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Strands #684 “DC crusader” 🔵🟡🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵

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"Excuse me, exactly how Italian is this establishment?"