#nzpol Jon Stewart interviewing Dame Jacinda Ardern youtu.be/xJg1McSvgo8?...

I had to get up before sparrowfart to photograph this morning's partial solar eclipse. Taken from the Esplanade at St Clair beach in Dunedin. Good practice for the total eclipse in 2028.

I think I have found where Terry Pratchett sourced boots theory from. This is "Future Shock" by Alvin Toffler, published in 1970.

Ninth Floor: "Break the Glass!" #nzpol

"Back on track" #nzpol

Any company would be nuts to hire Nicola Willis as chief financial officer, so why does New Zealand put up with her as Minister of Finance? #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/money/360827...

So the US government is pulling levers now to silence critics in a far more naked way than they did with Colbert and Kimmel is far from being a firebrand. If you're thinking that the internet can evade this, all the tech oligarchs have already bent the knee. Use your speech as much as possible.

RIP Robert Redford. Still haven't settled on which movie to watch in remembrance, there are so many bangers.

"No more room for Art History as AI can make art now" - Erica Stanford, probably. #nzpol

Baxter's Leftie/Progressive DCC & ORC Election Guide 2025 #NZPol docs.google.com/document/u/0...

I shed no tears for Charlie Kirk, but I worry about the potential reaction from MAGA both officially and unofficially from someone looking for an excuse for political violence.

Trump's address? 5:1 he's renaming the Defense Department to the War Department 8:1 he's invading Chicago 10:1 he'll be doing some outrage in Gaza and/or Ukraine 15:1 he'll add another side to the Pentagon and "upgrade" it to the Hexagon Infinity:1 he's resigning from office on health grounds

Old Soviet joke for today: A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves. After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?” “I’m looking for the obituaries.” “The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.” “Not the one I’m looking for.”

The Cringe Minister, everyone. #nzpol

things were better when the computer lived in its own specific room and you only went in there sometimes

How could I have possibly resisted using this meme?

A threat: If this gets 10k views or 100 comments on any platform I will read the entire Communist Manifesto as an audiobook bedtime/sleep podcast If you don’t want this, don’t share it #politics #nzpol #soci

Nicola Willis has been grossly irresponsible with New Zealand's public finances since day 1. If she had any self respect she would resign immediately. #nzpol #NikkiNoBoats #SteamboatWinnie www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

How getting New Zealand Back on track is going: yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/luxon-fina...

I'm all for improving the quality of New Zealand's education system, but I suspect a change in assessment methods won't be enough. A better teacher:student ratio and stronger resourcing would go a long way to achieving the desired outcome. And that takes real money. #nzpol

Regarding Trump's sacking of the BLS commissioner. If you can't trust in government data to be compiled in a methodical, transparent and dispassionate manner then that information is just propaganda and it must be ignored.

Good morning everyone woken by that 6.30 tsunami alert

For posterity here's today's New Zealand Civil Defence mobile advisory.

An 8.7 magnitude quake is ridiculous. Everyone in the Pacific needs to avoid the coast for a while. www.bbc.com/news/live/c3...

Have you ever noticed that the word bed looks like one from side-on?

LOL www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1xR...

You know that "we can't do two-tier pricing" thing the Fonterra CEO said? Funny thing is, they've done it before. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

I think the government is getting desperate and putting its thumb on the scale with these changes. Restricting the franchise has a hint of authoritarianism about it. Especially without broad cross-party support. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa... #nzpol

Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends. But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month. See you soon, NYC.

Listen closely as Carl Sagan explains how regular people can create change!

The thought occurs to me that the penmanship of every character in Star Trek must be absolute trash.

I have thoughts. #nzpol 1/5 My objections to A.I. come not out of some misplaced neo-Luddism. Rather they come from a lifetime of experience living in a capitalist society.

For the record, I am not a bot ... maybe that's something a bot would say, but I can click on captchas all day if need be.

I've got to wait until March? www.youtube.com/watch?v=m08T...

In response to the "men don't read fiction" discourse that has been taking place recently, here's what I'm currently reading and I'm thoroughly enjoying it. True, it's been on my bookcase for more than a decade, but I've read a lot of novels since I bought it. #Booksky #books

If you're in Dunedin/Ōtepoti it would be a good idea to clear away debris blocking any mud tanks outside your home before the weather sets in good and hard.

The Video Dispatch, United Video, Video Ezy, Blockbuster, Aro Video. I miss them all.

Went through a breath testing checkpoint this afternoon. Cops asked me to count to 7 rather than the 10 I'm used to. Must be government cutbacks. #nzpol

Gee I bet all those who voted against Harris because of Gaza are happy now.

It's time to empower the Commerce Commission to break up Fonterra's monopoly. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

Seymour wants to do to toddlers what he did to school lunches. #nzpol

With plans to abolish the census it looks like NZ is going to entrench vibe-based policy making. www.1news.co.nz/2025/06/18/f... #nzpol

It's about 11,000 km from NZ to the continental US, so I can post this with some detachment, but it seems Childish Gambino/Donald Glover is only ever more correct. #uspol

Oh, they're arresting senators now, huh? #uspol

The first 20 years of the New Zealand Listener is now online through the National Library's Papers Past initiative. paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/...

Trump has federalized the National Guard over events in Los Angeles. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

I can't say I'm a fan of winter.

I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

I don't believe this, but God I want to. #SlavaUkraini