I do not understand the neoliberal economic theories that lead reserve banks to respond to supply shocks by intentionally depressing the economy. I am, however, quite sure the theory is wrong, because this course of action reliably does not work. #nzpol

Just reading up on Binface as you do. Because of a certain UK sideshow / election "Harvey has used Binface to promote electoral participation, with the slogan "Make Your Vote Count". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_B...

Clocking in for another shift at the ‘Tamatha Paul was Right’ factory. I talk more about this over at my substack: yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/another-sh...

After the successful opening night of the @winterstellar.bsky.social Central Otago Dark Sky Reserve Project in Alex, driving north I had to stop just before Chatto Creek as there was a break in the clouds & Tahu-nui-ā-Raki Aurora Australis revelled itself. winterstellar.com/central-otag...

stats job in the department where R was invented, here in new zealand!

Australia but applies here 🧵 The Very Hungry Data Centre

One of my family members is representing themselves and taking on a King's Counsel in court. They are not a lawyer but they are utterly convinced they will win. How? ChatGPT. Is there a term for "hyper Dunning-Kruger via AI" yet?

OWG like this, saying things like this ✔️ #TaxTheRich #SustainableEnergy #NoDataCentres (from a paywalled article on NZH)

Somehow missed this. Seymour is really See Less.

Nobody wants EVs” is now a decade-old genre of journalism. Over that decade, EV share of new UK car sales went from 0.3% to 25%. The genre hasn’t aged well.

“Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.” ― Albert Einstein

This is a proper Solar and Battery Scheme. Several NES and NPS's now enable for what Labour and others have been saying, as they should now be Permitted Activities under the RMA and later the Planning Bill www.labour.org.nz/solarsaver

A very big reason to vote against the Nats coalition grouping. Deliberate mis-info breaks trust. Here is a campaign tag all the locals can use if you want (or not) The clue is in the name “Local means local” #nzpol #localmeanslocal will that help?

Marc, I am so very sorry but at the same time SO very grateful you are able & willing to share. It matters. @paulapenfold.bsky.social’s mahi has given some insight into just how widespread the direct impacts are. But the indirect impacts — for democratic society, our trust in institutions… 💔 🙏

This is the cop who told me rape and death threats were "public criticism" that journalists should expect and weren't intended to harm me because they weren't directly sent to me.

A story in two parts:

Imagine getting a $100k power bill & other stories… “Utilities Disputes said the main reasons people complained about solar were customer service, then billing and equipment.” www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

He doesn't want the job we don't want him to have the job I think we cannwork something out here .

In 2002, Narendra Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujurat and stoked so much bloodshed and violence against Muslims in the infamous riots that year, that he was banned from entering the UK, Europe & US for a decade - as essentially, a genocidaire.

Good review this on the recent Chris Knox bio: "an encyclopaedic recounting of a fully lived human life, and of the effects that the need to create can impose on an individual...It is a necessary book for a nation whose horizons are too often narrow." landfallreview.com/the-voices-t...

Kaikōura township has received over a month of rain in just one day, and Picton is close to that threshold, MetService reports. In the last 24 hours, the Kaikōura Ranges have received 230mm, Kaikōura township 100mm, Picton 163mm, and Blenheim 60mm. rnz.liveblog.pro/lb-rnz/blogs...

how've i gone thru life without seein this human move before omg 🫡 Meghan Sanett @mmsanett does Bowie 👩‍🎤

Just when you thought the world wasn't dark enough

#nzpol @henrycooke.bsky.social @marcdaalder.bsky.social Hey team journalism, it would be great to get an in-depth article on where exactly we’re at with the ferries. What are the actual costs v previous? has a contract been signed? Who with? How much? When? Budget allowance? Has Winston lied to us?

Last week the Luxon government admonished councils for using precautionary climate projections in their planning decisions. In the #ClimateCrisis. 'I feel sick': Kaikoura residents fear repeat of 1993 floods www.rnz.co.nz/news/weather...

#Māori restored regional park names #TeReo pronunciation ngā mihi nui Paaka Davis @paakadavis

That's 432mm of rain in one place in one day. More than double the threshold for a 1-in-1000 year event.

All the flavours of my childhood at La Mexicana in Grey Lynn. With @sarahhbickerton.bsky.social

I see we're still going with the "A new fridge would save you $100 a year in electricity costs" style of energy efficiency stories. It'd take 950,000 new fridges to equal their 6 month profits for the year. #nzpol

The late SHELLEY DUVALL — born 77yrs ago today — and RINGO STARR — 86 Candles 🎂 today — on the set of ‘The Shining’ (they were dating at the time).

Hope all the South Island people are ok. This is a fair distance to be blocked. “State Highway 1 is closed between Waipara in Canterbury to Ward in Marlborough” A major detour needed From rnz.liveblog.pro/lb-rnz/blogs...

Wholesale electricity prices have fallen to near-record lows as strong hydro storage, new batteries, and high levels of renewable generation reshape the winter market, raising questions about policy direction and future investment decisions.

“Today’s safety meeting being a with a reminder that the major hazards of the day are highlighted in blue. Please keep clear of the blue hazards. Do not speak to the blue hazards unless spoken to. If the blue hue hazards speak to you please try not to aggravate or upset them as they can panic”

Breaking News! Code: y-axis alert! As of July 5th, the Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature anomaly has now crossed 1.80°C above the 1991-2020 mean. ' The Nino 3.4 SST is now 3.46 standard deviations above the 1991-2020 mean:

There's a part in the book "Careless People" where the author beats Zuck at Settlers of Catan, and he is absolutely wrecked by it. Someone pulls her aside to explain everyone else has been letting him win for years. I think about this a lot re: why tech bros think everyone will love AI chatbots.

Met a friend in Cat-hedral Square… 😼 #chch #nzpets

I remember walking through London about 20 years ago, marvelling at how thriving it was compared to 20 years before and thinking that so much of what I admire is owned and staffed by immigrants. And then thinking - how much trouble we’ll be in when bigots outside London realise this.

Ive been adopted by an alien species.

'People who speak more than one language seem to have younger brains and the more languages you speak and the earlier you speak them, the better, according to findings from a study being presented at the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies conference in Barcelona.' 1/2

Really gutted but not surprised that allowing GPs/Nurse Practitioners to diagnose ADHD hasn't really translated into shorter wait times. There are a couple of places as well that have sprung up that I am not a fan of in regard to this, as they do no in session psychoeducation after a dx.

More people should know this.

Link. You know what to do. #nzpol

Björk released her international debut album ‘Debut’ 33 years ago on July 5, 1993 album.ink/bjorkdebut

And Magnolia campbellii bravely opening more flowers in the depths of our winter.

Many takes on this, often laced with schadenfreude, but what it almost certainly reveals is that the entire forestry model that underpins "our" raw timber exports is an economic shell game, a fantasy, an exploited-nation scam These guys were not, as they imagined, in business, they enabled looting

This morning i was checking some tyre sizes using google search. It told me that one of my bikes has 26” wheels. Since i have had it for 5 years i know the wheel size is standard at 29” This is a tiny glitch (now) but it is wrong because G is trying to apply AI to everything.

This is life-endangering if you don't use facebook and governments need to do better.

Sunrise, Sunday, 5 July, from Wainui Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Dramatic and beautiful skies this morning but the light/dark/colour contrasts don’t reproduce well on iPhone unfortunately. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️.