I've worked in the High voltage electrical industry. The Govt is trying to kill you. It's the only explanation here: www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

My Sp*tify wrapped is: Fuck off I don't support businesses that give platforms to Nazis

Show this to your farmer mates when the EU refuses to take their produce.

The context that Rimmer is a cunt?

FFS. Show the winner not the losers Supercars Director. Diminishes Chaz win. Typical GM bias.

Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen: Kenny Rogers (Millbrook) Queen (Forsyth Barr) Dire Straits Experience (CHC Town hall) Crowded House (Wolfbrook) Robbie Willams (Wolfbrook)

Can someone get rid of one of the bald frauds in control of the things I love please? Can't deal with it any more. Slot or Luxon. I don't care which. Call it an early Xmas present.

Hate to be part of that crew, but I'm not sure Slot can turn this around. It's not just recently either. If you look at his results _this year_ then it's not a good look. #LFC

I used to be a great spellerist, but you've no ideas how many times I had to try let the spelling autocomplete have a run at my attempt to spell "phenomenon" in that last post. Feel there is a warning there for AI proponents...

History is littered with white privileged men thinking, "I can do that" and then failing disastrously, but it feels like in Politics we've (hopefully) reach peaked incompetent white male. Not just a RW phenomenon either. Chippy is a wet bus ticket of a leader.

Remember back in the day when we hosted our own servers?

In one spreadsheet: this is why we need to encourage young people to vote. The people watching this definitely do and can pretty much guarantee they vote blue.

What the actual fuck has a "what a housewife in Oxford is willing to pay" (so fn misogynistic btw) got to do with local prices? How about we start taxing the cunts properly, especially for the absolute damage they do to the roads, not just the slap on the wrist with a wet bus ticket like we do now?

Penny drops: This is just typical RW self serving, cos Bish and Shitstain Brown are too impatient to sit in WEL airport traffic.

Anyway fuck Rugby. It's cricket season. What about Dazza Mitchell? What a guy. Anyone checked if he can play Rugby?

Look. Razor has won a lot more Rugby titles than me. I've only managed 4 finals in 4 years with our rag tag bunch of lads, and lost 3 of those. But shit, I've not seen a less penetrating ABs side since the Randell days. Pods using pistons was the last straw for me yesterday. Knew we were fucked.

I think the world would be 100% better if people realized that subjective opinions are just that. Let other people like what they like. The tribalism and gate keeping around what people like is so dumb. Except Mark Knopfler. He's objectively the best.

It's sad when you realise that a service you used to use and love has been bought by some big enterprise you really don't like. Many examples, but this message brought to you by Heroku

So I'm curious, have any media today asked the PM if he'd like to walk back the 'la la land' comments now that we've found out Tamatha Paul's concerns were completely valid? #nzpol

Bring back the days when all we had to talk about on SM was what text editor was the best.

Pro-tip: Don't resort to ad hominem jibes. This govt is that shit you really don't need to.

"[Luxon said] I think we need to have quite a mature conversation about assets in New Zealand" But you won't have a mature conversation about CGT Emissions Health Education 3 waters etc. Fuck you, mate. #nzpol

Interesting read: climatedrift.substack.com/p/why-solarp...

But can we? I'd much rather a brash fighter for people, than the limp high school prefect we have atm.

Yet another example of current lot throwing out something that would have worked, with a more costly mess: www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines... because of *checks notes* racism.

For those that look at Objective-C and think, hmmm good, but it could be more verbose.

Thought someone with that name would be more into Pig welfare.

I travel a lot. I'm between two centers commuting. Do you know what I've never thought in the last 6 months? Man this traveling would be solved with MOAR ROADS. Pretty much every journey I wish for either fast rail (so I wouldn't have to drive), or decent bulk rail to keep the trucks off the roads.

I am not a knee-jerker, but Slot must be looking over his shoulder? American owners aren't known for their patience, especially after the massive summer spend. #LFC

I thought we had paid our penance for 2 EPL titles in 4 years. Y'know the prior 30 years of drought, but no the sporting gods are fickle and cruel. #LFC

Do I know any C++ contractors looking for a 12 month(ish) gig onsite in CHC for a major international company?

Proves once and for all economists are equal parts full of shit, and have no fucking idea.

Fuck off braniac. Those roads won't fund themselves: newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/29/w...

I think the left needs to reframe the CGT debate. Something like, "hey y'know this CGT thing - it'll only happen when you sell your holiday home, and it won't be much. It will mean that medical insurance you're now paying for, you won't need to, so overall it's a win"

I'm with Stu. Just fn do it.

Watched a flight my 13yo was on, circle CHC airport a few times and head back to AUK last night during the storm. Never felt so powerless. Anyway, all safe and sound in AUK. Not sure how the parent helpers are going to entertain 11 13yos for a day. Glad it's them not me!

Right. I'm going to get as far away from social media for the long weekend as I can, but before I do - just remember we spend a lot of time on here despairing about a bunch of things wrong with the world, but most people are decent and good. We tend to lose sight of that sometimes.

I honestly don't know who Ryan Bridge is, but I see ZB still have the policy of hiring morons. Ref: Hosking

I'd like to be a fly on the wall at the Act party nomination selections. Because holy fn dogshit, if these are the people they select...

Surely not? An Act minister wouldn't lie.

Just got season ticket pricing for your Super Rugby Champion Crusaders and we are very lucky in this country at how (relatively) cheap these sort of things are. The highest price is $3200 and that includes getting to take the Crusader horses home for the w/e. I may have made that last bit up

I'm an equal opportunities criticizer: Our two most experienced players don't seem to stand up when it counts for the White Ferns.

Just to fact check & thanks to Dave Kennedy Comparatives basic primary teacher salary scale range in NZD: NZ 61,329 - 103,086 AUS 96,713 - 161,312 UK 90,011 - 139,560 SINGAPORE 74,028 - 128,739 IRELAND 85,613 - 165,363 Other countries clearly value their teachers more through their remuneration.

Just remember these MPs writing open letters with lies and FUD saying we can't afford to pay our workers, are also the same people that VASTLY overpaid for Helicopters we don't need, and threw out the deal of the century just because they didn't do it, for a much MUCH worse deal. #1term

I refer to my previous open letter, but in case you missed it: Go fuck yourself, signed NZ. www.beehive.govt.nz/release/stri...

You’re never too old to make worse friends than Slater

Went to LinkedIn breifly to contact someone I only have details on there. Holy fuck. In some ways that place is worse than the bird site. Bunch of 50+ something whiteys telling everyone how everything should be done. More racist than a 90's Merivale dinner party.

Funny how we can afford pay rises all of a sudden: www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

I mean that's pretty good. I think my open letter from earlier said much the same, but more, hmm, succinctly

Just a reminder that Spotify platformed Nazis and is now running ICE ads, if you want to have some discretion about your spending / who you support