U.S. Suffers Additional Casualties In War It Won Last Week

“As a thought experiment, imagine [gal gadot version]”

Didn't know that Live Nation donated $500,000 to Trump's 'Inauguration Fund' Handy when they're weaseling out of the anti-trust case against them with a settlement agreement that is less than 1% of revenue. I see local artists, supposedly right on ones, choosing them. Why?

Oh. @leahnylen.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Lee Tamahori and John Day's doco, following Herbs to Ruatoria to launch their album Sensitive To A Smile, is always worth a watch - all the more so with Dilworth Karaka's passing this week.

remember when that cronenberg movie 'existenz' came out and it seemed like a fun and silly conceit for there to be freedom fighters taking on corporate conglomerates in an attempt to protect consensus reality from an ocean of digital hallucination

The judge wondered what he was supposed to tell the jury, and bemoaned the government’s “absolute disrespect for the court, the jury, and the entire process.” And Live Nation stock went up 5%, which tells you who won here.

Thinking about Walt Simonson's title card for the ALIEN comics adaptation

"Positively kiwi" 1. You’re feeling like you’re going to surprise yourself today, like you’re going to be a version of yourself you don’t typically get to see, but that version will be fun, unexpected, and leave a lasting impact. 2. You’re from New Zealand.

Trump is once again fighting wokeness this afternoon

Isn’t “with all your microphones in front of me” business as usual for any politician, let alone a minister? Following racism/mistake [take your pick] with this lame excuse is pretty revealing. Glad media are leaving this blameshifting quote in.

Polymarket has created a betting market on the use of nuclear weapons. Everyone involved in this should be put in prison for life.

And here’s the platform itself: flatchat.co.nz

What if the flat listings had a comments section? We know that the Healthy Homes standards haven't been the silver bullet for rentals. Until we have stronger regulation - and a system that doesn't put the burden of proof on tenants - sites like this go some way to level the playing field.

A rogue state brought down the rules-based postwar international order, you'll never guess which one

Chorus out: LNG terminal in Taranaki will tie NZ wholesale electricity & gas prices to global gas prices; Gas price rose 47% last night after Iranian drones shut Qatar's LNG plant; NZ power prices would follow #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...

The trial kicks off today!

Hey Chris Luxon, remind me again how much solar energy passes through the Strait of Hormuz.

I can't fucking believe we're doing this again.

I think a lot of Gundam fans are familiar with this image of Karl Urban and Viggo Mortensen stocking up on MSiA, but did you know that both of them are wearing Viggo’s homemade No More Blood for Oil (in Japanese) t-shirts?

What year is it etc

did a quadruple take

I added 15 minutes to my commute today in order to pull over and take a picture of this Cybertruck parked in front of Hooters at 3:30pm.

I love getting The Onion in the mail each month - even better in context, with (satirical) ads, and in real life. I've never humiliated a Big Space Pervert before, but it sounds like fun...

Look at this photograph

Aide Wearily Begins 5th Explanation Of Why Trump Can’t Pardon Prince Andrew https://theonion.com/aide-wearily-begins-5th-explanation-of-why-trump-cant-pardon-prince-andrew/

“Are we going to charge him, Sarge?” “Not right away, constable. Stick him in a cell and let him sweat for a while.” “Er…”

Noncequences!

This is HomeGround. Auckland’s homeless shelter. Tone-deaf much, Bayleys? One for you @bernardchickey.bsky.social

And after all that, the Pitt/Cruise AI fight scene appears to have been just digital BG and face replacement on multi-angle green screen reference videos of two real live human stuntees fighting. In other words, like most AI hype — it was a con. www.shokunin.studio/blog/2026/2/...

at some point, it's going to be easier to just revert the internet to an Wayback Machine snapshot

Important thread for anyone who relies on the internet for information - or for their info being used by others.

NZ must reckon with the grim reality of our future: more storms, floods and heat. This is a confronting situation. And yet, if we are to shield our communities, our infrastructure and our economy from the worst excesses of climate change, it is one we must confront. newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/18/c...

@philnobilejr.bsky.social has written the scariest horror short story I’ve read all year.

Now I’m definitely gonna get to COLORS at Hollywood Avondale this Fri

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Luxon claiming his Mum and Dad would let him stay up and watch State of Origin when it wasn't broadcast live here until 1990, and he would have been 20 years old #nzpol

A reminder for $2.7b you could put solar and batteries into every home in Aotearoa with enough money left over to put solar and batteries into every factory in South Auckland. Now that is called an investment.

This is a letter you find in a filing cabinet in an abandoned government building in a post-apocalyptic open world RPG.

Lars Ulrich of Metallica stars in truly horrifying anti-Napster skit during the 2000 MTV VMAs (2000)

Laneway latest: Mokotron had Taonga Pūoro, Oklou has someone with a triangle

Everyone dumb.

Random remembrance (not my pic soz)

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Matt Reuter. #NewYorkerCartoons

Any self-respecting democracy will be boycotting the World Cup this year.

I guess Kash Patel's visit here looked a lot like a LOTR media junket?