The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

We all have our burdens to bear. For some of us the burden is balancing having a professional job and being inherently silly. You can't just stop your brain figuring out new silly things to do because the topic is transport regulations

Me trying to bond with sports fans "wow yea, VAR sucks, didn't he burn down all those churches in Norway?"

Have you ever seen a baby weka? It was adorable to stumble across this little guy last weekend on Kāpiti Island - he held up not just us but a whole school group while lounging in the sun. For more: www.instagram.com/mdaalderphot... #nzbirds #birds #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography 🪶

There's just 20 hours left to back 'Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Gay'. Pick up your print, ebook or large print copies from $15 NZD (~$7 USD) and be among the first to enjoy the play. www.kickstarter.com/projects/lot...

Important parliament question. Is the speaker and the clerk at the table basically the political version of the taskmaster combo of Greg Davies and Little Alex Horne? They even basically have a big throne and a little throne.

They should make a game called five nights at Fat Freddy's Drop where you just hang out and listen to music and chill

I still think that #nz should observe St Patrick's day by celebrating MPI and biosecurity workers - they are the ones that are expelling snakes from our country

i honestly can't stand seeing people say Gen AI is a disability aid because if it was a disability aid, they wouldn't be putting this much money into it

Also while I was fighting despair by sorting laundry and watering plants I want to say Happy International Women's Day to the women and especially the women who are in the closet about that It's your day! Even if it's a secret

Roh Ro Raggy. R rowls r rot rhat rey reem.

This is it: this why I finally snap and become the joker

#wellington problems when your #migraine prodrome is smelling shit (yea not great) but you live in the city so maybe you are getting a migraine or maybe the city shit itself again

Nose is red. Cannot tell if I am sunburned, cold, an alcoholic, or about to save Christmas

Can we normalize pondering your orb?

Birds do it Bees do it Other creatures in the trees do it Let's do it Let's create a residential structure using our own saliva

The second #kakapo chick of the #kakapo2026 breeding season hatched this morning: Hine Taumai-A1-2026 on Ako's nest on Te Kākahu. We transferred the egg from Anchor two nights ago. This is Ako's first-ever chick, which is just a few hours old in this video. #conservation #birds #parrots

I just feel I would be a better person if I had a magnificent afternoon tea like this every day. Larger, yes, of course. But also better.

It's time to announce: I wrote a play & the book will be coming to kickstarter soon. 'Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Gay' is a two act play about Shakespeare's most homoerotic duo in their last hours. The prelaunch page is now live follow it here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/lot... #theatresky

One of the outcomes of the #adhd drug law changes in #nzpol is that it will be more feasible to treat prisoners with ADHD (the prescription change around nurse practitioners etc plus funding lisdexamfetamine which can be dissolved in water)

Happy biscuit tin nerd early Christmas to all who celebrate

This is cool. And interesting to see things like the AoNZ parrots splitting off about 40 million years ago, while the New Zealand Falcon split of around 5 million.

WEATHER UPDATE it fuckin wimdy

“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to

Dark patterns are even more hilarious when it's boring shit. "Buy now before your items sell out" yes, I'm sure there's a really big Saturday evening rush on CPAP machine parts

We've got access to webcams around the country that help us monitor the weather. And sometimes we get visitors! 🐦‍⬛ With one pic every four minutes, it's not easy to catch birds in flight, but we got a lucky shot today 📸

I hate it when you are visiting the House for the holidays and you just want a nice biscuit but someone has packed it with the democratic process instead #nzpol #biscuittin

Psst, this includes the Lineages of the Long White Cloud stickers! www.etsy.com/nz/listing/4...

Until Kipekee and Arthi came along, Wamata held the coveted position of baby of the herd. With the arrival of these tiny newcomers, she has stiff competition to get the matriarch’s attention. Perhaps a little posing might do the trick? With those cheeky, playful poses, we dare anyone to resist!

Exciting to see an upcoming game I want to play and then realize it's also made by kiwis!

Me about #astarion No that's silly I'm not gonna give someone my life energy every day Me about #greavard 🥹🥹 you can drain my life force all day what a good dog

Even if there was correlation, my dad is clearly both the cause of my #autism and also the reason my pregnant mother would have a headache

me when my 32mm scale model Meiji Restoration-era Japanese village is out for delivery

I knew I'd use these #BOTY Wrybill memes again.

happy to be a lazy luddite if it means I don't have to listen to fake conversations no actual human could be bothered to have

Bluesky is an echo chamber. We need to expand our minds by creating an elite underwater city only for specific people who we like. It's the only way

Social network for the less-known relatives of famous figures? You mean Plornhub

Other cetacean opinions for today are that pilot whales look like they are imperial engineers on the death star

Today in small hills to die on, false killer whales deserve their own name. "killer whale" isn't even the most widely accepted name for orcas any more. Fam are named for being the fake version of a nickname

Kākā are really considerate of the casual birdwatcher, gotta love a bird that absolutely screams its arrival

Social network for the less-known relatives of famous figures? You mean Plornhub

You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you? Have I been kidnapped, or eaten?

Honestly a great way to keep faith in humanity is to be the sort of idiot that always loses their cards or has things fall out of their pockets people make a decent effort to get them back to you

“Sorry for info dumping” have you considered that I fucking love you and hearing you share something you’re investing your time and passion into makes me smile?! Bitch!?

Every tech update now is like: "Great news, the word processor you've relied on for twenty years has learned to juggle! Is it good at it? No! Does it help in any way? Of course not! Has it made it insufferable to use? Oh, absolutely."

The Biscuit Tin, heart of our democracy. I love you, Biscuit Tin of Democracy.

The first member to ever be named in #nzpol was Julius Vogel for making cracks about drunkenness including implicating the speaker, O'Rorke. He was defiant. And yes this is the same guy that later got the Sir Julius Vogel awards named after him after writing utopian feminist sci fi

Honestly none of these are close to my most embarrassing purchases

Slightly diminish a band: The Treatment