reading moby-dick and getting brainwashed by Big Spermaceti

There's a reason I don't talk to one of my brothers anymore.

OK, the Gay Hockey Show ruined me by having a first episode that allowed me to suspend disbelief and now every time they do something that does not happen in sports (or like, concussions) I am annoying my friend by saying "Yeah, that's not happening."

Watching the Gay Hockey Show and I just had to educate my Gen Z friend on why the two different cuts of that one T.A.T.U song is so fucking funny.

Really lovely review today from Angelique Kasmara who has accurately summed up my collection as 'humans failing badly at living with technology'. www.nzreviewofbooks.com/the-emotion-...

This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites. The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.

Artful moments of absurdity

Matt Pritchett 👇😂😂😂

Floating on my back in Lake Taupō, the water still and cool, the sunset overhead turning the sky all shades of dusky pink and orange. The only sound was the occasional magpie warbling. I had never been so perfectly alone as that evening.

I've been at Condor 7s the past four days and honestly, it's been amazing. I had a pretty bad rugby season for various reasons and being able to finish it off with some great people and a really solid performance feels so good.

In my 12 years of driving, I had never been breathalysed until this week, where I was stopped twice - once on Wednesday and once on Saturday. Looks like BOP are going hard on it.

Technically “fuck around and find out” is the scientific method

An Auckland school teacher is taken out deer hunting by his prospective in-laws. It's not going to end well.

I don’t know who is ready to hear this but people don’t have to add value Like people should also be allowed to exist for free

Show your support for @nzpsa.bsky.social health workers on strike tomorrow! Share a tile to your page, use the hashtag #StandTogetherForHealth and tag us in your photos. #NZPol #AotearoaUnions #NZUnions #tradeunions

It's a privilege not everyone gets, growing old.

E hoa Kikorangi mā, what do you buy for an office secret santa when the only thing you know about your recipient is their name?

Do not be weird about it, don't ask why, just be inwardly grateful that if something happens you will have a sober adult around to help. And try to have something else to offer.

Truly, the purest form of shitposting.

Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.

I made a list! Number 5 on the Unity Books Wellington weekly list. Cheers to my family who undoubtedly created the bulk of demand. thespinoff.co.nz/books/21-11-...

Just a reminder to all my queer and trans whānau who feels like you're being told you shouldn't exist - every day you keep going, those people lose. You don't even have to get out of bed to be victorious.

Can't imagine a parent having to explain to their 10-year-old that the government has decided they must suffer lifelong harm, because a cisgender child is more important than they are, so that child has to be kept safe.

Look, I get why web developers encourage organisations to build on SilverStripe. I do. However, if I click on an element to add content and get sent to the fucken homepage one more time I am going to do some Tron shit so I can punch this CMS in the face.

In the current AI-cover kerfuffle, I just thought I'd say that The Emotion Dealer and other stories has a 100% organic cover by wonderful Canterbury artist Henry Turner, and also you can buy it now www.nationwidebooks.co.nz/product/The-...

If only I had clocked this 13 years ago when I went to journalism school. On the upside, my 'kids with lambs' stories were very well written.

A man has been found guilty of writing a stream of consciousness novel. He is about to start a 4 year sentence.

Tonight I was delighted to attend the launch of @jackremiel.bsky.social 's second collection of short fiction, The Emotion Dealer & Other Stories. I've already started snacking on these tasty bites! So pleasing and yet tantalizing! What next to find?

Same, jellyfish, same.

Launch tonight! If you're free in Wellington from about 6:00pm this evening come along and check out my new book. There's free drinks (quality not guaranteed) and @brannavan.bsky.social will be speaking (quality guaranteed) if you need enticing. www.unitybooks.co.nz/news-and-eve...

Do I know anyone who deals with clubspark for websites? Really just want to know how annoying it is as a CMS before I end up volunteering to assist with it.

You pay fuel duty. Why don’t billionaires? This week, we launched WeWingAnyCar.com to help you qualify for the same tax breaks that private jets get. Because tax loopholes shouldn’t just be for billionaires. They’re for everyone.

Auckland North Shore peeps: the new NZ Blood donor centre is very comfy, right next door to Constellation bus station and has plenty of parking. Get yourselves in there and, if you can donate plasma, please do coz they're having to import it.

featherless biped

At last, my irrational annoyance with people who back into car parks is validated

Look, all I'm asking is for the tech industry to at least wait until I have finished and published my speculative short stories before turning them into literary fiction tyvm.

It's so weird how antidepressants only cause the impulse to commit mass violence in the country where there is easy access to guns. What a coincidence!

If the barrel keeps having rotten apples put in, or apples are turning rotten once inside, at what point do you accept there’s a system problem? Why are rotten apples put in? Why are they going rotten once in? And why aren’t (more) politicians asking this about police?

Do I know any amateur photographers in Wellington who could take some event photos next Thursday evening? Can pay, but not professional rates.

*slams geonet button* #eqnz

I am here ti say that yes, it was the shakey. #eqnz

MrBeast hates Zohran because if people have access to basic necessities, it will demolish the Giving People Those Necessities As Part Of A Saw-Inspired Game Show industry

Asked whether he’s sure technology will allow the Government to meet its climate goals, Climate Change Minister Simon Watts replies: ‘Can we be sure about anything in life?’ newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/06/g...

I'm not a historian but my analysis is it's "Not good" when a government constantly commits crimes and tells the legislature, courts, and general public "What are you gonna do about it"

I have just seen the word "positionality" and I may cry. The word "perspective" is RIGHT THERE PEOPLE.

Measles locations of interest. You know the drill people. (For casual readers overseas, NZ had a covid contact tracing app that actually worked, so we are all pretty well versed about contact levels etc, if the locations info is available. So this is pro-social sharing of that info).