Good to see Te Ara Tupua doing it's job protecting the train, but damn I would not want to be a cyclist on there today!

Is 'Spotify Guy' now pimping AI along with is LNG?

InternetNZ members, don't forget to renew your membership if you intend to vote in the upcoming elections. Friendly reminder.

Shell gaslighting the fuck out of New Zealanders. "Ah it can take some time for the global oil prices to flow through and affect gas prices here" Yeah well you put prices up day fukn one you lying cunts.

Funny how the only people who actually get ‘cancelled’ are women like The Chicks and Sinead O’Connor, and it is usually for the crime of being 100% right about something.

These fucking patronising articles about turning off the TV and heated towel rails to save pennies piss me off so much Save money on your bills by voting for parties who will look after you and not themselves #nzpol

Getting a bit breezy out my way. Hope those closer to the coast are ok.

I do consider that I have a degree of privilege (in many things), but today I was starting to look like a drowned rat before I got to the car on the way to the train on the way to work. So I used my privilege, turned around, went back inside, put dry clothes on, turned up the heat pump and am WFH.

"Not on the table" has no meaning for this Under Urgency lot.

Oh lordy, the haters will be beside themselves. www.rnz.co.nz/life/screens...

Ol' Mr Potato Head, the Spotify Guy eh?

Oh joy. Wairarapa train has broken down just north of Petone. We are currently holding in Wellington Station.

Have just updated my backgrounder on data sovereignty in New Zealand. The previous version was 13 years old and well out of date. billbennett.co.nz/data-soverei...

So much work the Greens and Labour are going to have to redo/fix once (oh please) they get back in. Student fees Ministry of Environment Pay equity Tobacco taxes WHO Science Te Tiriti This government is really about stripping away what has made New Zealand a leader and respected in many lanes.

What are people using as their static website generator? Not looking for a change for my own (Pelican) but considering some diversity of my own knowledge while setting a couple up for others. Vague plan is they send (me) content and with minimal effort the site can be regenerated/deployed.

I bet there is no, or minimal, references to Te Ao Māori as our values in there.

If NZ Labour want to stop this, Hipkins needs to go further than just ruling out NZF. He needs to state that as long as he's leader, Labour won't do any deal with NZF. That a vote for Winston is a vote for National and a vote for National is a vote for Winston. Want rid of both? Vote Labour etc

Having a wee drink after watching my better half mow the lawn.

Every Facebook post about about a Green Party policy announcement is like [Policy throughly researched by a bunch of wonks, fully costed with economic impact forecasted] Comments Barry: And I guess without cars we'll ride unicorns to work 🤣 🦄 Gary: Chole flys business class

Oi Shane, Damien and The Mining Bros. you come for Sam Neill? you take on the rest of us 😤 #nzpol @samneilltheprop 21 April "From threats to me of PHYSICAL VIOLENCE, to MINI-TRUMP WANNABE Shane Jones yapping at my rear, to convicted FRAUDSTER writing articles… it has been an interesting few weeks."

Crikey, this is probably the worst rain/water damage since I have been in Wellington. I am lucky to be up a bit away from the flats and the nearest creek, but I back against the eastern hills and there are a couple of retaining walls I hope stay retaining. Hope people are well hunkered down safely

Sigh .. when I booked my replacement Wellington Anniversary Holiday I hadn't planned for it pissing down and having a dodgy ankle.

Got my COVID and flu vaccines and so should you.

If you’re a NZCorp & the owner sits on the rich list, pay your execs exorbitant salaries but contract out the staff making your money so you don’t have to pay holiday pay, sick leave or maintain the equipment they use to make your money, imo you’re a rubbish company and a rubbish employer. #nzpol

Some times I just want to sit in the corner and play with my toy trucks.

"a jury found him guilty on three charges of indecent assault and one charge of unlawfully getting into a motor vehicle at trial in December 2024." Being a horse trainer is not an important career to ignore sexual assaults for 💩

Oh @frame.work isn't complaining about NZ$ .. .. does that mean they are now available in Aotearoa New Zealand?

Damnit. Power has gone bye byes.

Who else is spending the last day of the Easter weekend with foot raised with an ice pack on their ankle?

Digging through my wines and beers to accompany an Easter Sunday dinner and discovered my @kererubrewing.beer barrel aged beers stashed away. Might save that 2017 Night Spirit for a really special occasion. Maybe the 2020 Night Spirit, or the Pie in the Sky Barleywine or the Red Admiral Dopplebock?

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Easter Bunny's Birthday Weekend .. must turn off morning alarm!

Oh noes .. Karaka Cafe has closed :(

Is Labour talking about accepting the WHO changes when they get into power yet? @chrishipkins.bsky.social Or is that going to be left to the Greens to lead?

AoNZ has not sent a warship into a combat zone since the '50s. We didn't send ships to Vietnam. We didn't send ships to the Falklands. Seymour can fuck off, now is not the time to involve ourselves in USA imperialism. #nzpol

"I just want to say that we're not without a plan here" oh now THERE'S an incredibly obvious lie #nzpol

Do I know anyone with 3-4kg of R410A?

Was there a sequel (book/movie) to "Ender's Game"?

Time to pass a law that any party spokesperson of media outlet that opines with hindsight reckons on pandemic management has to show this chart in the background at all times #nzpol

Not going anywhere USA while those contemptible nazi crooks are running things and I will be livid if this knee-bending quisling govt just bends over with our data

Voyager 1 is currently more than 24 billion kilometres from Earth and getting 17km farther every second and hilariously it is not as out of touch with New Zealand as our Prime Minister

Every now and then I feel like treating myself to fish and chips. And once I am done .. urgh blergh yeah that's why I don't do that often.

I see blue sky, is it time to release the doves?

Looking at the forecast for tomorrow morning, I have thoughts about maybe WFH tomorrow. I imagine the plumbers, FENZ and council folk being quite busy, so I do have some guilt that my job allows me to WFH (even if tomorrow is usually a coffee and office day for me).

It's gonna be easier to clear my study out so I can refinish my desk (fill, sand, re-oil) while it is still in the study. I'm going to have to have some words with past me without future me hearing about the stuff that has been collected because it 'will' be useful.

Day 2 of #FebruDRY Today was one of those days when "and this is why I drink" was dropped into chat .. more than once. But no Ian, don't let the madness get to you.

Went for a walk (picked blackberries), hit the gym, mowed the lawn .. nice warm day for a beer .. alas day 1 of #FebruDRY

The Government is negotiating with the US to mine critical minerals, while a memo before the Waitangi Tribunal says a backdoor deal violates obligations to Māori

Most of the world is figuring out to move forward without relying on the whims of the States New Zealand: Hold my beer 😓

NZ taxpayers spent $6M to bring Michelin stars here and only paid $3M to the WHO. Contributing to world health seems like a much better spend to me. #nzpol