Hobson’s Pledge is throwing their weight behind the FSU’s attempt to win #InternetNZ board seats. pastebin.com/tX1rKcJ5 If you’re an existing InternetNZ member ensure: your membership is up to date and if not please register prior to May 10th here: members.internetnz.nz #kikorangi #nzpol

Hugo said you go...

On a software project, I used dummy text as a placeholder to be replaced later with actual descriptive error messages. Predictably, not all instances were fixed before release, and bemused corporate clients reported "Error: There is sauerkraut in my lederhosen".

The first question we should ask ourselves in these and all other elections is: Which candidates oppose the inordinate power of the ultra-rich, and which ones accept or encourage it?

My complaint about this headline has been upheld by the Media Council — they have found it to have been misleading and not accurate. I understand that Stuff has been instructed to publish a summary of the ruling today, but I have not yet spotted it. www.mediacouncil.org.nz/rulings/john...

I would like to share these flowers in the hope that it gives you some joy today.

Journos: please try to avoid the term “… battle with cancer “. A lot of folk who’ve lost someone to cancer dislike it intensely. It’s lazy, sometimes sloppy, and distills unique stories down to the generic. Do better.

Today, we honor and remember Virginia Roberts Giuffre on the one-year anniversary of her passing. Her courage has allowed countless survivors to be seen, heard, and to be believed. Sending love to her family on this difficult day—and to all the survivors out there still on this journey for justice.❤️

It's not that your cause wasn't a good one, it was, but tagging me into a post asking for a donation will get you blocked. Oh, right, you won't see this...

Yes, Swiss scientist Fritz Zwicky coined the term “dark matter” which is impressive, but he also coined the term “spherical bastard” to describe people who are bastards no matter which way you look at them, and I think that should be celebrated more.

Share an 80s movie you will always love. media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2l...

Survivor wants good character discounts scrapped from sex offender sentencing

My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/topics/post-... The anchor is dragging the National Party down... #NzPol #Cartoon #Caricature

I love a good Edgling! #NZPol

I imagine the political obituaries are getting written already (just in case), and I would argue that the Business Daddy Syndrome - the belief that he can Do It Better because because he is Business Daddy - is what defined Luxon's leadership.

Let's take a moment to remember Luxon's KPI outcomes: 12-15 year business failure high, 10-15 year unemployment high, record job beneficiaries, record gang numbers & surpassing police #, higher sexual assaults & record domestic violence, 3500 cancelled state homes while 20,000 wait ...

Make It Myself xkcd.com/3233/

The UX when bidding at the last minute on a TradeMe auction is terrible. You have to reload the page to see if anyone else has bid, which is shocking in 2026, especially when you consider that not requiring user page reloads has been solved for at least 10 years.

What idiot renamed Allbirds to Newbird AI when Pumps-and-Dump was right there?

Headline I half expected to see this morning: Local oil companies to pivot to AI to solve fuel crisis.

This is the way.

Aaargh! I thought the Met had binary search explained to them but they are STILL using this excuse!!! onodi.co/bisect/

A dark night on Truth Social shows a president who is not well. Congress, especially the GOP, needs to speak up; they need to act. If not, what tragedies will come? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

If you see this, post an image you saved because it made you laugh.

A useful piece, reminding us how NZ’s government has consistently failed to respect the judgments of the courts, and opted to legislate away the decisions they don’t like. thejackalman.blogspot.com/2026/04/luxo...

Getting back into sourdough.

The only chart that matters every day for fuel prices for the foreseeable future.

So frickin sick of these people taking our father’s words out of context for their own ends.

It’s World Homeopathy Awareness Week. The less aware of it you are, the more good it will do you.

This is catastrophic.

This just arrived today. Giving it a spin in overcast conditions. Manual aperture and focus.

Great use of drones - 45 second BBC promo clip

Lemme get this straight, the man who raped a child did so while “bored” and on leave from his job because he was being investigated for being creepy to women and yet more than 5 chaps have written letters of support?? FFS 🤦‍♀️ believe women & soliciting a hungry child & raping her is HORRIFIC.

Currently trying to work out how to turn 12 tonnes of KitKat bars into fuel.

Hey there #nzbirds team - anybody know where we could find a schematic for a kākā nesting box like they use in Prince O.W. park in Wellington?

Luxon: My job is the CEO Tova: Your job is the Prime Minister #nzpol

wouldn't it be funny if EVERYONE blocked this Attie AI account @ bsky.app/profile/atti... before they could do anything with it

i’ve never felt so seen

Bee, taken with Canon R7 + 100mm L f2.8 macro.

Birds steer clear of brightly-coloured monarch caterpillars because swan plants are really, really toxic. Wear gloves when you handle them.

James Tolkan, who chewed out Tom Cruise in ‘Top Gun’ and Michael J. Fox in ‘Back to the Future,’ has died at the age of 94. He was most famous for playing multiple ages/generations of Mr. Strickland.

A friend who lived in Thailand for 20 years taught me how to make massaman. Will be interesting at dinner time to see what it tastes like.

It's almost as if sustained policymaking with this aim could have steadily reduced our reliance on fossil fuels over the past couple of decades www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

This is bad for medicine too www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Hey people if you stopped driving your kids to school because it's unsafe for them to bike it would become safe for them to bike.

The Finding Persephone Poetry Contest is looking for poetry that explores what femininity means to you. All gender identities are welcome to submit. First prize $2500, powerhouse judging trio of Hera Lindsay Bird, Tayi Tibble and Cadence Chung. Deadline 14 April, further details here.