"To be clear, the US faces no hard financing constraint. It does not need exports to pay its debts. It issues the currency in which those debts are written. ..... That is not a payments crisis. .... It is a crisis of power." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I just finished this book, with tears in my eyes. Remarkable. I'm not sure I've ever been as 'seen' by an author, nor identified as strongly to a character, as with this book. If you ever want to understand why us kiwi men are so fucked up, this book will show you.

At the risk of repeating myself, Brownlee vote of no-confidence when?

If you see this, post a rabbit youtu.be/sFRt67AWzHI

The race is on for someone in the #nzpol left (Greens or Labour?) to announce a “solar levy” of $8.50 a year to provide the exact same outcome to kiwis as the $30 gas tax the govt is creating. I know which I’d vote for. Make the election a referendum on renewable energy. You’d smash the govt.

Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin

Once again I skeet before you...

Seattle Seahawks fan parade today Seattle, Washington

Post a banger not in English youtu.be/-qLmWU2eXKM?...

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Especially when, for the same price as another one of their stupid highways in Northland, we could have built Lake Onslow, which would have solved the dry-year challenge while completely insulating us from the volatile global energy market pricing dynamics. Now we'll be price-takers, yet again!

Jason Myers for MVP, with the return TD-saving tackle. And most of the points.

We need to find a way to tell the youths about internet forums so they restart them

Nevermind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college: Beekeeping Oceanography of Puget Sound Philosophy of Science American Studies Ethnobotany

No wonder Kash Patel got such a warm audience with NZ's current governmental. Equally vacuous, focused solely on optics, obsessed with perks, entirely uninterested in actually doing the job. #nzpol

Isabella Aiona Abbott was the first Native Hawaiian woman to receive a PhD in science and a leading expert on Pacific marine algae. She discovered over 200 seaweed species and her work is still influential today. adalovelaceday.subst...

Great interview here with Herbert. Recommended!

Do I know anyone at University of Washington who can help me get liquid nitrogen and ultra-high purity nitrogen? 👀

We may be an ocean away, but there are many of us in Aotearoa quietly cheering on every one of you Americans who are standing up, speaking out & taking action today against your govt's latest acceleration towards full-on fascism & war. Solidarity & strength from the deep south of the planet. #nzpol

Retire #5

Hipkins and Labour need to stop trying to placate those who will never vote for them and start trying to inspire those who might.

With the moves towards a social media ban for kids here in Aotearoa, and the imminent one in Australia, I'm still perplexed that this objection continues to be raised. Is it that there are now whole generations of internet users who weren't around for the age of common-interest forums? #NZpol

Why does this article include opinions from three other parties, but not give the party subject to criticism the chance to respond?

I was on stage at a event recently as part of a panel. A rep from a government agency tasked with awarding large grants said that they prefer to invest in "well-established businessmen" (sic & 🤮) because when things get tough "they have a well-established network to fall back on". #NZpol

If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.

What's in the mirror is pretty ugly

Considering starting a salon-style event with education, lectures and discussion around the political economy, accompanied by experimental electronic music. It will be called Techo Economics.

New term: "Idaho stop". Very good concept, and captures my internal monologue when I run red lights or stop signs - it's about safety, and clearing an intersection before my bike causes problems for cars.

AOC dethroning Chuck Schumer as Senator 2028... CNN has just gone full NSFW titillation - don't threaten us with a good time.

Veery good poast

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TIL battery standardization has been enshittified like everything else we thought we could trust. AA, AAA, C, D, 9V, all those are great and identical and trustworthy. 18650 rechargable? No way! They even come in different shapes that might not even fit the compartment. That's $50 down the drain!

I heard NZ Labour Economics Spokesperson Barbara Edmonds on the radio today, giving the excuse that they can't tax wealth too much because it would cause rich people to leave the country (and somehow take their factories with them???) #NZpol #CGT #wealthtax

For the first time in more than 100 years, Chinook salmon have been spotted at the confluence of the Sprague and Williamson rivers in Chiloquin, the government seat of the Klamath Tribes in Southern Oregon.

Let them eat cake? LET THEM EAT CAKE?!

In which your faithful correspondent gets overly excited about seaweed: www.nzherald.co.nz/video/herald...

An almost impossibly beautiful piece of music

Okay, I'm outside the venue in my car. Can the Mariners just score so I can get on with my life?

Em Vee Pee

When?

🧠 Alzheimer’s reversed in mice A new study found that injecting nanoparticles can 'remind' the blood–brain barrier to function properly again, restoring normal brain activity in mice. Human trials could follow within years. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #SciComm #Alzheimers 🧪

Pretty thirsty to have not just a DUMP 61 HERE shirt, but to have a DUMP 62 HERE shirt on under. I wonder how deep that stack of shirts is, and how skinny the man underneath is.

Oh jeepers here I was thinking this was a post about Aotearoa New Zealand

When ideology trumps reality. Looking tough with mean gestures to give the impression they will increase employment, but in fact incentivizing less work. MORONS

Bow down?

I've got chills

B A L L C L U B

Imaginary Spinal Tap film "But these go to 11i"