No I won't sign your petition to ban under 16s from social media including my own children that I taught to use certain specified social media safely and responsibly to stay connected with their friends because by the time they are 16 they will not listen to me in fact they barely listen to me now.

Amazing how many FSU numpties have no idea how rights actually work. It's almost as if the FSU was started and continues to be operated in bad faith by people who care more about whether certain shitty people get a platform than whether free speech is actually being appropriately protected in NZ.

Spend 5 minutes on LinkedIn and tell me unchecked capitalism is working. People desperately trying to leverage personal trauma for engagement, "professionals" airing half-baked + hateful political views, managers you've seen bully people for years dispensing trite leadership tips. It's cooked.

Too soon, guys.

A list of notorious left-wing organisations supporting a CGT in New Zealand - NZ Treasury - OECD - IMF - Chartered Accountants Australia & NZ - CEO ANZ - Former CEO BNZ - The New Zealand Public when recently polled: www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

It's a great day to stay inside. It's a significantly less great day to go on school camp so spare a thought from my 10yo and her classmates.

Hard disagree. If I catch you air strumming cowboy chords over a guitar solo you are wrong and I will absolutely judge you.

This is a great but also really depressing piece of journalism on a business preying on the desperation of younger people, and I really don't understand why the CC can't intervene to shut it down: thespinoff.co.nz/business/14-...

People going into bat for Noeline Taurua have never had the immense displeasure of working with her.

This is the line-up for the Riyadh Comedy Festival. Setting aside some of the less surprising inclusions like Dave Chappelle and Louis CK, it is still hard to pick which of these is the most disappointing participant in Saudi Arabia's latest attempt to launder its reputation.

TIL that these are two different people. #nzpol

What is your favourite song about have a root in a car released by a world-famous, middle-aged musician? Mine is probably Steamy Windows.

Can we please, please not make pop country a thing in NZ?

Kerrin Leoni really does appear to be the best option in a deeply underwhelming collection of Auckland mayoral candidates. Is that accurate? LMK if I'm wrong.

National Party Spin: We have a Rock Star Economy The Rock Star:

The amount of people out there expressing support for Tom Phillips is really troubling.

Enrolling my son for MAGS and the application form includes this sexist + heteronormative bullshit. It is 2025.

All the criticism of Luxon and co as weak and cowardly when dealing with their coalition partners seems to be working (cf. Paris Agreement), so keep it up until we can kick those fuckers out for good next year.

Love having a job where I have to do online research which results in being bombarded with targeted ads for stuff I don't give a fuck about for weeks on end.

That idiotic New World / Smeg promotion is the most NZ thing ever. People falling over themselves to buy overpriced groceries from a greedy corporate and collect stamps just so they can get their hands on a bit of free tat. See also: every Countdown / Disney promotion.

In honour of @dimsie.bsky.social, an official ranking of all biscuits in the Griffins sampler box. No correspondence will be entered into etc. 1. Toffee pop 2. Chit Chat 3. Butter shortbread 4. Krispie 5. Chocolate chippie 6. Pink wafer 7. Dark chocolate wheaten 8. Choc thin 9. Hundreds & Thousands

RIP Brent Hinds. An absolute titan of a guitarist, singer and songwriter. His personal ups and downs are well traversed but his music was always undeniable. www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6WG...

How many graduate nurses could we hire for $2.7B? How many teachers and ECEs given a decent salary? How much funding to care for Kiwis living with disabilities or health issues? Hospitals and schools improved or expanded? I hate this fucking wasteful government. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

The number of people in my office and presumably others treating ChatGPT like it's magic rather than a barely competent template generator is alarming.

I think that we, as a society, need to move on from drum and bass.

Loved Dept Q. on Netflix but they should just rename it The Akram Show.

I understand why someone like Winnie manages to hang on in NZ politics despite having the integrity of a hyena, but how do we end up with politicians as dumb, charmless and transparently venal as David Seymour and Simeon Brown? You shouldn't be able to get away with more than one of those things.

So what's the process for removing the Speaker of the House?

It is staggering how many people don't realise that pedestrians have right of way over cars when driveways cross footpaths.

Bellowing about how introverted I am at anyone who will listen.

Things that can manipulate elections according to ACT: Freebies at voting stations. Things that cannot manipulate elections according to ACT: Removing voting rights, spreading misinformation, the Atlas Network, sweetheart electorate deals with the Nats, massive donations from the ruling classes.

Why is Wes Anderson?

Can anyone please explain the success of Hilltop Hoods in Australian. Did the Aussie government embargo imported hip hop so they have to subsist on domestic product? Is it the result of some kind of misguided affirmative action initiative? Do Aussies just really miss House of Pain? What's the deal?

I honestly don't know what is more embarrassing - getting caught cheating or getting caught at a Coldplay concert.

Damn. RIP Mu. Thank you for all the wonderful music.

I was at the cinema for this. It was extremely bad and I have never seen an audience react with that level of hostility to anything ever. Fuck AI. www.rnz.co.nz/life/screens...

Congrats to The Bear for being nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series despite being neither outstanding nor comedy.

implies he’s leading now

"New Zealand First now third most popular party in NZ shows poll conducted exclusively via landline, fax, and accosting people outside the TAB"

Finally, a verdict in the mushroom murder trial. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...

Imagine going to all the effort of conducting and publishing a study and then instantly destroying all your credibility by citing Elon Musk as an example. www.rnz.co.nz/life/wellbei...

When people find out you're into music and they say you have to hear this "amazing" cover song and then they put it on and it's Disturbed defiling The Sound of Silence but you don't want to hurt their feelings.

My favourite* type of Aucklander is the one raging against being a modern city with trains and cycle lanes and social housing. Their natural habitat is local FB posts and council "engagement" meetings scheduled exclusively for the convenience of retirees. Just fucking leave. *I hate them

That fire in the CBD must be pretty awful - I can see the smoke from my desk. I work in Takapuna.

I've been drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts for over 20 years. A 10 year term for an outsourcing arrangement is never a good idea. Never.

You know you're bad at your job when a dead-eyed clown like Brooke Van Velden has to walk back your bullshit.

There's never a bad time to listen to There's A Riot Goin' On but it seems especially prescient right now. RIP Sly Stone.

Trump and Musk's escalating feud is just the kind of schadenfreude I need right now. I hope they kill each other.