I wrote a very short story about a cat that doesn't like people: rupert-brackenbury.squarespace.com/blog/ophelia Please enjoy

We should be two “D&D Honor Among Thieves” sequels deep.

The awesome @skepchick.org has made a video about our menstrual cups project and crowdfunding campaign! Check it out and give it a share please. Thanks!

Shot, chaser, chaser

We all know Public Service cuts won't help, that things will get worse, that it will ultimately cost us more. We can prove it, but National & Act don't care. They believe the Earth is flat & will respond accordingly. #nzpol

i don't mean to be petty, but i get so bummed when links to mainstream outlets get shared, but webworm gets ignored - when we were first to report it and talk to those involved etc. a reminder all webworm stories exist on the webworm site, are sharable, and have zero ads running!

Does Richard Dawkins Dream of Fighting Electric Swans? (Has this been done already?)

If you believe Winston Peters "made a mistake" releasing emails that distance him from an unpopular PM, then I have a second harbour bridge to sell you. #nzpol

It’s election year - order The Far Right Playbook here: farrightplaybook.nz #nzpol

Officer I have a different way of calculating blood alcohol percentage

Trumpianism isn't over there, it's over here

Wellington's hosting *both* an EDM festival AND the National Brass Band Championships this weekend so everytime you see people wearing, like, slutty cowgirl outfits, or matching blue tuxedos, it could go either way #nz

One of the fun things about writing, especially genreFiction, is your search history: "Common Welsh names... anatomically modern human first evolved? ... why is the moon moving away? ... who said 'we are the universe perceiving itself?' ... word meaning opposite of transparent..."

I just saw an ad on tv for a suite of AI apps promising “the future of creativity,” and one of them was Sora which announced last week that it was shutting down.

Thanks @maramadavidson.bsky.social and @greens.org.nz for pushing this.

I googled "how much money do I need to feed a child for a day" & the AI said "They prefer chicken nuggets"

The Government’s planned $1 billion gas import terminal could raise energy prices and carbon emissions, Parliament’s environment watchdog has warned in a letter to the energy minister. #nzpol #lng newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/25/l...

BVV's legacy: -screwing over workers -cancelling Fair Pay Agreements -brought back 90-day trials -stopped Uber drivers from being decently paid -hurt working women by canning pay equity -rolled back worker protections -creating low-wage, low-protection labour market www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

I have no choice but to renounce communism. I love money now! Economics is a hard science! That's not *real* capitalism! And so forth...

Nicola Willis isn't just cheerfully sticking the boot in (once again) to beneficiaries, she's hurting essential workers without dependent children, many on poverty wages, who can't opt for pt. All of these people matter. We are in this together despite Willis not agreeing with that. #nzpol

When Nicola Wilis says "Beneficiaries don't need to drive to work" I assume they'll be dropping all the appointments you need to make to qualify for a benefit? #nzpol

Nicola Willis taking food out of a child's lunchbox & giving it to someone who owns 5 houses: "WE'RE DOING THIS FOR YOUR FUTURE!" #nzpol

Nicola Willis needlessly travelling to Marsden Point just to announce nothing perfectly encapsulates their fuel crisis response so far. #nzpol

Did you know the term "Purplewashing" describes the use of feminist language & issues to mask discriminatory or harmful practices? In unrelated matters I hear Brooke Van Velden is retiring at the next election #nzpol

Don't sleep on Azathoth Blues - The Horror Audio-drama podcast arena is flooded but this show is so good straight out of the gate. The characters are compelling. I highly reccomend it!

I know the business model for tech companies is "Rent Seeking middle-man", but do you have to middle-man your own applications? Stop making me do everything in a browser tab or MSTeams! Give me different windows and big obvious control ribbons!

If, like me, you're struggling to get back into writing after the holiday period, I highly reccomend "Couch to 80k" by @timclare.bsky.social www.timclarepoet.co.uk/couchto80kwr...

I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.

"Suppose we're invited to a yacht party by drug dealers"

The #nzpol and #kikorangi feeds often follow similar themes, and I have often thought about the fact that a lot of what people want it already being offered, by the @greens.org.nz 🧵

Happy New Year: I put a new piece of flash fiction up on my site. I hope you enjoy this brief horror story of hangovers & tentacles: rupert-brackenbury.squarespace.com/blog/the-catch #mywriting #writing

if you are talking today about how bad maduro was and were alive, at all, during the run-up to the iraq war you are potentially the dumbest person to ever live

I would really like to see NZ's Prime Minister say something fairly unequivocal about this. He can avoid being directly confrontational if he wants, and just assert that the international rule of law is important or something, but he better say something that at least implies this isn't okay.

Thanks for listening! Our Christmas episode is out tomorrow- in which we discuss our favourite Leyline High Christmas specials. 🎄

If you charge young people with being homeless and they end up in jail, is anyone on the right going to wonder if it was worth cutting off the $16k a year benefit and putting them in $150K a year jail - Anyone? Bueller? #NZPol

I just finished the podcast @leylinehighrewind.bsky.social and im desperate for more episodes. The cast are amazing and I need to see where this is going.

BREAKING: The High Court of New Zealand has granted PATHA’s application for interim relief, declaring that the Crown should not take any steps to enforce the incoming ban on new prescriptions of puberty blockers to transgender children and young people. More to come:

Narrator - She did not resign #nzpol

Meet Smeena, your helpful AI assistant! From Crowley Time Episode 40 with special guest Paul F. Tompkins. crowleytime.com @pftompkins.bsky.social

Bishop's Bridge Of Broken Dreams #NZpol #cartoon #Listener ( tweaked version )

[Getting fired for poisoning a customer] "My boss is a 'frequent flyer' with HR, complaining about quite a range of my behaviours, they have the right to do, but I think people need that context."

I suppose you might want 8 toilets if you have no external doors?

As I drove through Lower Hutt, on the way to a hospital appointment I'd waited 2 years for, I saw the huge queue at the food bank & billboard for Chris Bishop gloating about more roads. It seems like its all connected. #nzpol

I'm sure this is a sign of a well managed economy. #nzpol

Boy if you think our health system is stretched now, just wait til Serco “known for abusing prisoners” get their hands on it

It’s truly tragic how many of these US war criminals like Cheney never face justice and die in their peacefully in their homes in their 80s and 90s. I want to be happy he is dead but I am not. The million people he killed didnt get the luxury to die how he did.

In Memoriam: Cheney Haunted By People He Didn't Manage To Kill In Iraq War

Between you and me, if I were a freshly elected mayor who had just called out the toxic behaviour towards my predecessor, I wouldn't then go and reward one of the central figures in creating that toxicity by making them chair of an influential subcommittee... 🤦‍♂️ www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...