youtube.com/shorts/ru3y1... What to say to a bully: "Fuck you, Make me."

Some friends and I have started up a micro-venue. Member paid, volunteer run, and completely independent here in Whakatū Nelson. Called WAA! (Pronounced waaargh!) Waaclub.nz

Fight the Empire.

Just learnt that the Wakefield brothers who colonised #Nelson were tried in the Lancaster Castle with their mother. William stayed there for three years, Edward at another prison. Strange that Sarah and I lived in Lancaster for a while.

I have uncovered a deep dark hidden secret. The New Zealand Company (in London - of course) designed our city in the shape of a robot face. What does it mean? The cathedral is a tongue and the museum is a snot bubble, the eyes are our public toilets! It all seems connected!

#fightbacktogether #nelsonnz #ctu. Massive turn out and twice this amount when walking down the main street. So great seeing shop staff standing outside in solidarity. No question at all where this city stands politically. Also proud of my wife's speech.

My Bob Jones story. When I worked for ERO, it was in Bob's ugly building on Lambton Quay. First day of the job I was told not to give him eye contact in the lift. and that he had pushed someone up against the lift's walls a few weeks earlier. This was in 2006.

Massive Attack. ❤️ #FreePalestine #Kneecap

A massive study of 50,000 households over 1,000 archaeological sites provides ample evidence that inequality is not a "natural" outgrowth of sophistication. Instead, it is a political choice. Which means, kids, that we don't have to choose it. archaeologymag.com/2025/04/stud...

Voices for Freedom - the hippy-fascists were having a meeting nearby. I had to do something.

Five years ago today New Zealand entered Level 4 lockdown. We stayed there until April, then Level 3 until May, then at Level 2 until June. There was no vaccine, we collectively stamped out a virus that could have killed thousands - as it did overseas. This should be celebrated as a collective win.

I can't believe that NZ First is now putting a bill forward to bring back the Teatime Alarm. I thought we had moved on from that colonialist vestige in the 1950s.

Wow. TVNZ News called the situation between Donald Trump and Zelenskyy "a spat". The word used for a petty disagreement. Reminded me again why I gave up on TV news.

Happy World Book Day. My current reads. The History of a Riot by Jared Davidson and Walkaway by Cory Doctorow.

Nelson people, tomorrow: Strike support for Oranga Tamariki 3PM-4pm FRIDAY 190 BRIDGE STREET Staff of Oranga Tamariki are passionate and committed people who work every day trying to do the best for whanau and tamariki.

No, Democrats, these little auction signs aren't it. You're acting like Wes Anderson characters who don't understand that they're in a Tarantino movie.

So I wanted to add a gif in the web version of Facebook Messenger. It said that I needed to accept some cookies. I click the link and it reactivated my Faceboook account and didn't take me to the settings page. I have to find the hidden deactivation page again.

Had to start the day with this record by Roberta Flack. Such great packaging.

The only great Star Wars media: - Original Trilogy - The animation in The Holiday Special - Marvel Star Wars serial in the Australian Womans Weekly - Kenner figures - The fan-made short Troops - Kevin Smith's takes - The TV show Spaced's takes - Andor - Thrawn

Worst. Episode. EVER.

Due to my dyscalculia I can't code very well (if at all) - I can read it though and I can understand what it can and cannot do. So I usually use Visual Coding (Touch-designer, PureData, vvvv, UVS, blueprint) and it usually serves me right. I gave Gemini (inside VScode) a try on my latest project..

OK, I'm still trying to see if I can replace the Facebook hole in my life with Bluesky. As noted by @menschu.bsky.social I need to be able to post to just who "I follow" (or a customised list of friends) instead of everyone. Here is a step that takes me some of the way...

Heres a little life hack for NZers. If you get a Galaxy Smart Watch with the eSim. After you pay it off, the only costs for the connection is $7 a month. That's unlimited data too.

Okay, so I just deactivated Facebook and deleted Instagram. So... I know this is more of a replacement of Twitter, but I'm trying to get my head around posting.

We know what we saw! Don’t try and say our eyes were lying!

The Māori people in New Zealand have lit the spark of revolution felt around the world