"enfant terrible Maurizio Cattelan." "Born: 21 September 1960 (age 65 years)" Pretty sure that he's a terrible old man now. Viellard terrible?

Front page headline: "NZ could become dumping ground for EVs". Actual story headline: "NZ could become dumping ground for high emission cars, EV advocate says". 🤷

Occasionally on my work laptop a black box pops up with the words "Windows Powershell", and I think "Yes, it probably does."

I feel like the response to the perception of 'virtue signalling' shouldn't be to double down on 'malice acting' in the form of budget cuts, rushed policy and legislation changes, and the Speaker's infinite cuntitude with Parliamentary rules -- all removing the explicit goal of fairness to Māori.

Hope, caring, and community are acts of defiance and rebellion.

This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works. I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.

le sigh on all fronts Even when correctly spelled, the answer is "nothing".

Handy tip

Folks, people who appreciated Siouxsie's work during the pandemic and/or who like free speech and academic freedom should help out here if they can. And that's all of us, one way or another, right? www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...

*clears throat* hentAI

The chairs in the city council chamber look like very nervous muppets

Because nothing says “New York” like AI-generated poutine.

I am privileged to have fewer enemies than Audre Lorde, and at least one of the enemies is my own brain, and even still ... holy shit this is a great line with so much to unpack and course correct with.

One of the better things I saw today was a frog holding a "give me ribbety, or give me death!" sign.

In 2025 the Wellington Folk Fest (Wellyfest) guests will include Adam and Marika, Fiona Ross, We Mavericks, Klezmer Rebs, Rhys Crimmin, The Trenwiths, and Two if by Sea: Wellyfest shows no signs of slowing down or going anywhere any time soon... www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/wel...

Political parties must shift immediately and dramatically to the left to avoid alienating these frustrated and abandoned young women. Am I doing this right?

@keithng.bsky.social www.rnz.co.nz/news/chinese... Our national ordeal gets worse day by day ....

This is the same as blindboy’s take on “solemnity”. Frog is a situationist puncturing of the solemnity of the military. Brilliance. In case you missed it, the whole interview is great and here’s the solemnity clip: youtube.com/shorts/58V91...

OMG our band’s single “Heart of Stone” is in the Air New Zealand runway playlist! open.spotify.com/playlist/0aS... Thanks, Air New Zealand!

New music video just dropped! www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKfM... We had so much fun in the hall making this. Can't wait to share the album with you and tour it next year!

"One step forward, two steps back." You guys get steps forward?!

When your custom character appears in a cut scene

Work will never love you back. Consistently make regular time for your physical and mental health and your relationships.

Lest folks think I'm randomly retweeting chaotic swears, this is an allusion to the puerile yet legendary British comic Viz. It was used in several places but Rude Boy (literally, that's the entirety of the premise for this recurring character) probably gave it the heaviest workout.

Piss up a rope, fuckstick

"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”

Microsoft and OpenAI have announced that their conscious uncoupling has progressed to the Memorandum of Understanding phase. Please respect the privacy of their children in this difficult time by not using Microsoft 365 Copilot. openai.com/index/joint-...

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... "Boost GDP by $11B," you say? I'd love to see the maths behind that. There's a lot of one-offs in construction. I imagine they'd import as much of the specialist materials as they can. Annual component is electricity and water (ffs), and a handful? of engineers?

Remember to ask the docent at the British Museum exactly what moral leg they have to stand on when you shoplift from the gift shop. They love that question.

“A graduate starting salary is now between $50,000 and $60,000 pa. if you can get a job. That house is now over 35 times that starting salary.“ Article by Dr. Rod Carr, former chair Climate Change Commission.

I think it says a lot about NZ's Green Party being environment/ecosystem/science based rather than some of the cultural trends in other countries, that the Green Party had the fewest voters who had never had a covid vaccination 0.34%. 32.5% of NZ First voters say they never had a covid vaccination.

The maddest someone has ever gotten at me was when I talked about the child sized manacles Jefferson had at Monticello for 9 year old children. They could not cope with the idea that a child the same age as their child had been enslaved. And it made them angry that I made them know facts

Kudos to the subbie at Radio New Zealand.

Watching Hackers (1995) for the first time. Moody white tech dude as protagonist hasn't aged well. Star-studded cast! (Shaggy, Penn, zygote Angelina Jolie, ...) but none of the casting is as inspired as the choice of Halcyon by Orbital. That tune fucken BANGS. 🧵

AI and cryptocurrency insider talk all sounds like this. The visuals are so much better in nature though …

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa... Ok, software failure? Hardware failures? Australia finally invading? ETs invading? Now taking bets ...

> “No,” I reply. “My skill is keeping a straight face when someone tells me something, and inside I’m thinking: fucking hell.” She's not kidding. It's her superpower.

"Wait what? Babylon 5 is entirely dependent upon Earth senate for funding?" "Apparently so. They could tax residents." "Or charge docking fees." nek minnit "The Political Economy of Babylon 5", a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Econom

It is 1974, America only just leads Russia in technology. SQL promises to let users become programmers without writing code. It is 1980, America only just leads Japan in technology. 4GLs promise to let users become programmers without writing code.

Rewatching Babylon5 and realising that I married Ivanova. Well done, 1996 Nat. Well done!

Patient, sobbing: But Doctor, I AM Pagliacci! ChatGPT: Apologies. I didn't realise when recommending Pagliacci's epic show to cure your depression that you were the genius himself. I'm impressed! With regards to your initial question, I can recommend seeing the Great Clown Pagliacci.

Exchange student in front of me at the super, already in the Kiwi way with four blocks of Whitaker’s. Slaps a BUNDLE OF HUNDIES on the conveyer before cheerfully being told she’ll only need one of those.

Band Camp Friday! youmeeverybody.bandcamp.com/track/misdir... our new single is there for your purchasing pleasure!

Once again, a number of Voices for Freedom affiliated candidates are running for local government, this time they are hiding their more conspiratorial views and focusing on bland populist issues like rates and road cones www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3607...

New single dropped! "Misdirection" is the second single from the upcoming album by our band You, Me, Everybody. It's the bluegrass banger. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzqU... Follow us on Spotify and eventually we'll be able to afford a coffee! open.spotify.com/album/342xor...

www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines... I reckon the price of the Wellington FBI office space just went up by ... oh, 15% of our export $ to USA.

InternetNZ update: all the FSU/Hobsons motions were rejected by voters at the AGM. However, the election for two board members saw one FSU member get elected, and one GC* (@dylanreeve.com) elected. *GC = Good Chap

“what is the crime?!” I scream as the police drag me away from the polling booth “…enjoying a succulent free Māori hangi?!”