It is World Dumpling Day! Go celebrate & smash some in your face today. 🥟🥟🥟

They are saying 32% GST and 72 for retirement age so we will happily accept 20% GST and 68 for retirement age. Why don’t they say 5% wealth tax and 40% corporate tax on big conglomerates? No of course they won’t say that no siree.

Just got told to lie down and stop making things harder than they need to be by the teenager. He said I need to just let things be mediocre and no one will die from having garlic bread and chicken bites for dinner. Then he threw a bag of crisps at me and said "eat your veggies".

As a tiny business that has to factor GST into my product prices, some of which are very strictly set by the market (ie: $15 for pins), GST raises just result in lost profits.

#nzpol 🎯💯 Take pot off the gangs, legalise, tax it, then strengthen public services with the profits.

Is it really "fast-tracking" or "accelerating" when it's basically restarting some of the 100-odd projects you iced a year ago, putting the construction sector into a nosedive? www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

Okay class, everyone shut up and listen to @bernardchickey.bsky.social give the best explanation ever of how Aotearoa’s hospitals, schools, and unbuilt infrastructure became the cash cow for massive tax cuts for the rich. You’ll need at least one coffee. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGK8...

Just 1 more billion bro. Let’s just give 1 more billion to the landlords. I’m sure that will help.

"Denazification will be long and all-encompassing, touching every aspect of our collective life. ... But the process must begin now, with the refusal to commit the horrors taking place daily in Gaza, and the refusal to let them pass as normal."

What's worse than having to use an AI bot made for your work? When you need to use it and it's "at capacity". Now I have to go through the 200 page document and find out myself. :(

In a historic first, iwi leaders and unions have united to call for mass mobilisations against the Government on the 28th of October. Rā Whakamana will affirm tino rangatiratanga and workers' rights and mark He Whakaputanga and the first Labour Day in Aotearoa.

Dear past me, why do you never buy crisps when the teen isn't here? I mean I know why, but look at how miserably you're craving crisps now.

Rockstar economy has trashed its room and driven away most of its fans, now in danger of drowning in its own vomit www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

I'm so tired today. I'm feeling like I should've gone to work so I'd be productive.

If Zac could please stop being a frequent flyer at the vet, I would appreciate it. (And so would my savings account) He's lucky he's cute!

Tell you what tho, the 70,000 plus people who left for australia are definitely not going to concerts in NZ. Nor are all the people out of a job. Or the people barely making ends meet whose housing/food costs are taking up all their income. Or the people who are sick all the time.

this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either

Perfect way to deal with Destiny Church

#nzpol not saying #briantamaki is #aotearoa #newzealand 's #charliekirk equal but Tamaki's hate fueled rhetoric covers same talking points of religious intolerance, racism, violence & oppression we ignore him at our peril Dr Paul Spoonley & Dr @sanjanah.bsky.social have spoken of his cult leadership

My friends and I are at that weird stage in life where one is in their first relationship, another is having a 1st birthday party for their bub, one is in rehab, one is doing their PhD, one is buying a house, one is babysitting their grandkids,

Amen!

Part my therapy homework is to write my dating/peopling CV. What do I bring to the table etc. I was talking to my friend about it over dinner and shared my list. She added a few things but this might be the weirdest great thing someone has ever said about me.

Shout out to everyone only now learning that "Albert Einstein was reclusive at the end of his career, shunning public engagements." Really meant, "For the last *20 years* of his career, Einstein opposed US racism by only speaking publicly at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

I hope you have a wonderful day.

We have a bit of a natural experiment here. Compare the tone, quantity and duration of Charlie Kirk coverage with that of the two Dem lawmakers gunned down in their homes in Minnesota 6 months ago. May be revealing.

"Luxon says he is "very concerned" about the welfare of the missing children [...] He says he's not aware of whether the defence force has been asked to assist in the search." it constantly infuriates me that the guy supposedly leading this country is never aware of anything, ever. #nzpol

Awkwardly texting a fireman friend to ask if I should call Fire for my shed roof blowing half off.

A stochastic hate campaign led directly from within Parliament by government MPs, particularly the Deputy PM Winston Peters, has just forced out an opposition MP over fears for their family's safety. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

Hind Rajab.

Magic

Is "cultural humility" a new catchphrase? I've heard it 4 times today and I've never heard it before.

I'm incredibly tempted to empty my sock drawers into the wheelie bin and start from scratch.

Please buy your children dictionaries and encyclopedias if you aren't on that already!! They eat that ish up. I associate reading encyclopedias with there being nothing better to do in the 80s but found out that kids love how tactile they are and how they can use them independently

if it comes to that we do have an Australian white supremacist we could trade for him

Epstein Survivors Press Conference Sept 3rd, 10:30 a.m. ET Tune in to support them.

New York does not miss. The bleach did it for me. 😭

Evidence that the mRNA (Moderna and Pfizer) vaccines were good at blocking transmission started to land in April 2021. Whoop! Our team had been waiting eagerly for this as it meant we could start building a model to look at how we might exit the elimination strategy. 5/N

Dear guy on the dating app, You are really hot and seem nice on paper. But your name is Simeon and for that reason, I swiped left. Lj

Incredible scenes in Genoa, Italy as 50,000 people join a procession to bid farewell to the boats joining the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza. Over 50 boats from 44 countries, loaded with 100s of tons of food aid, have set sail to Gaza to attempt to break the Israeli siege. (📸 Hidden Palestine)

New game just dropped Birdle 🇳🇿 01/09/2025 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 birdle.nz

Happy first day of Shitsville to my fellow Wellingtonians

Why homeownership no longer guarantees a comfortable retirement

While serving as mayor has been the greatest privilege of my life, I am looking forward to focussing on outcomes for mana whenua. But I’m also looking forward to standing up to bullies and harassers. The shackles are off and I refuse to be silent. Let’s fight back together.

Today in dating apps: if you're going to ask for a phone number to make comms easier, don't have your 2 (and only 2) previous messages come through at 3am (Unless one of them is "I work nights".) Also "hey how are you?" & "how you going?" are the same question. Why would I give you my phone number

today on webworm, a guest piece from a former american high school teacher on active shooter drills and why they no longer wanted to prepare for warfare (please RT, if you can): www.webworm.co/survivalsimu...

Go support Webworm, the man had the stones to move the thing off Substack and so far his reward has been people unsubscribing. I’ll say it a bit plainer: for all the people here who loudly opined about not supporting writers on Substack, now is your chance to put your money where your mouth was

Think about this when you vote for your Councils Aotearoa NZ. Some Councils went along with the anti-3Waters campaign and cost their ratepayers more. Just make sure if you vote for someone else, it’s not a cooker. #nzpol

Today in listening to my body: I'm back in bed and reading a book. I have taken tomorrow off work because I'm still not 100%. A delicious dinner will be prepped and I'm excited* to try and cook yams again. *Cautiously excited as they're a "new to me" veggie.

New Zealanders electricity bills are already high. When Luxon blocks offshore wind, by fast tracking seabed mining in the same place, he is driving electricity prices higher, while blocking new low emissions generation. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...