Love that our mayor just shrugs his shoulders and says it makes business sense. Tell these fuckers they have a responsibility to the communities they extract food from. Cut them off the wharf. Sieze it and use it to feed our families.

New episode: For some reason @sexenheimer.bsky.social and @aleofatime.com are talking Havana Syndrome again. Plus learn how Dezi Freeman relates to an old blackberry jam cake recipe, and Russian Vids: debunker? In da apps soon. Or stream here: hypotheticalinstitute.podbean.com/e/episode-21...

Just made hot cross buns and ate two. Now I'm watching the Island of Dr Moreau, then my brother is coming over to watch Battlebots. Then my fam is coming over to eat roasted lamb. My dad has made a pie with blackberries be foraged.

Getting hop samples hand delivered by the farmer, and giving whitebait as koha. Our government can't ban all Easter trading.

This Easter I'm learning that septic tank pumps have a lifespan and it is good to get them replaced before they break.

Two people have given me a mini lecture about advertising to let people know we're open today. While they were standing in our taproom, drinking our beer. Did I need to get you in here harder or something?

I'm sure I'm not the only person who just assumed this existed.

here’s to having a great time

been getting into books lately. you guys heard of books

We've had some drain issues around our house. I've been clearing and plunging, and jamming my hand in places... And I think about my love of fatbergs and drain unclogging videos and wonder: is 42 years old too late to become a plumber? Because I think I love it.

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Annual reminder for everyone — but especially the brewing industry: if you have access to the right social media accounts, there's still time to quietly delete (or at least unschedule) whatever nonsense your company has contrived for April Fools.

@sexenheimer.bsky.social is this infringing on your IP?

Buller Draught Fresh Hop Draught Classic NZ Beers. 100% Kiwi ingredients. 100 years of history. Made in Westport. Pretty tasty too.

Indonesia: Asia’s alternative football laboratory Features, Mar 29th Indonesian alternative football has developed its own identity, but the influence of the experience of self-organised clubs in England is palpable ~ Yann Dey-Helle, Dialectik Football ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/03/29/i...

In 2023 we had to cancel our biggest ever order as a small biz, because of these ferry issues. We didn't try the customer again until this year. We shipped Friday with a deadline for delivery, and right on cue...

In my au poivre era

Bit of tv chat: Finished stranger things. The last season was bad. The final could have been good as hell but was one hour too long. Overall, cool show.

Then the full Minaj (@thesalt.bsky.social, @aleofatime.com and @sexenheimer.bsky.social) are back talking about an Australian icon from the Bachelor Part II. The Dirty Street Pie got well cooked: hypotheticalinstitute.podbean.com/e/episode-21...

Sorry for the silence but we've got two bangers right out the holster and into your ears. First up, @aleofatime.com and @sexenheimer.bsky.social just do one massive shoey and talk about weird british theme parks. Get in your podcast app, or stream: hypotheticalinstitute.podbean.com/e/no-dogs-cl...

I was surprised when moving back to rural nz to see how big firewood scams are.

how your email finds me

We're having the hottest days we've had for six months and I just saw some Pohutukawa flowering. It's probably fine

Surely the people who decided to use the "algorithm" should be blamed

Travelling with pork cutlets, as a little pack snack.

Accidentally started Impact (2009 tele mini series) instead of Deep Impact (1998 blockbuster). I realised about two minutes in. Three hours later, I still haven't seen Deep Impact. But if anyone has any questions about Impact, I'll be happy to answer them.

I've spent the last few months watching pretty much all BattleBots, and some smaller tournaments. I think it's the best sport. Full of nerds, many of the teams have silly themes, and you get to see robots trying to destroy each other with spinning things, and flipping things etc.

I actually built one already sorry

I feel like it's almost more satisfying to know it's just a guy. Like, hopefully it motivates more people who are just a guy to do stuff, instead of thinking you have to be a Special Kind Of Guy.

I was ready to be cynical about this but the full Reuters article (reproduced here) is a very satisfying read.

The Wiki page for Tea in the United Kingdom has a photo of this great looking tearooms. I went looking for it online (to see the cat, mostly), but sadly it's closed down. This has been "tea room update"

Stinky "so-called service alpaca"

Miss New Zealand 1967.

Always found it weird how mainstream the word "pimp" got. Restaurants offering to "pimp" a meal, for example.

Peak male form

Is Time Out more "vibes" than data can't be a serious question.

Do I wear my shoes off inside...?

A lady rinsed me. Calling me out for hobbling slowly past her. Got me good "slow down hahaha" she called out. Anyway, we were in a hospital.

New post up on Beer Diary — a look through the occasionally grim and sometimes baffling catalogue of the upcoming Rogue Ales liquidation auction inspired some thoughts on the precarious cultural history of "craft beer" in volatile times.

Visited a great backcountry hut this weekend. Spent half a day hiking, half the next exploring the peaks and the rest nestled in the clouds reading and writing. At 6pm, night two, two people arrived, initially to my annoyance... But it was my friend and her daughter. Which was a lovely result.

Very cool how (in this case literally) crushing fascism is emerging in Australia largely through supermarket companies

Went and had a good perv at the eclipse. Mocked the sun a bit, threatened the moon some. Anyway, I'm sure my crops will be fine this year.

Adnews really living up to its name here.

I've been making fermented hot sauce for years. Love to ferment. But honestly some of the best results are from basic Pique (Puerto Rican style sauce). Just add chile (this is habanero) to white vinegar (plus some salt, garlic, and whatever), and keep topping up when it runs out.

From Hunter S. Thompson’s ESPN page 2 column one week after 9/11.

when it da freakin weeken

This guy spent a large chunk of his career pretending to be an expert on waterways, while giving himself mercury poisoning from eating too much tuna.

Once again we are the jewel of the south. Nothing but sunshine here in Kawatiri Westport.