I'm sorry. I'd actually forgotten the whole last season tariff plotline. This is like trying to resurrect any interest in an Angel-Buffy reunion in season 7. Dude, we moved on.

WTF is up with this. Seriously people. What are we even doing playing footsy with a country that disappears our own people.

I’d add words of wisdom from my stepmother—“A hobby is something you spend money on. If you make money on it, it’s a job and you’ll eventually need a new hobby.”

I would expect winston peters to show better judgement after his *checks notes* 40 Years in politics *checks notes again* he has spent *looking at those notes in more detail* he oh… *checks again* oh god *furiously flipping through the pages* oh my god what

Suspending elections is not a thing that happens in democratic countries.

So. If Rs redistrict to ensure that Ds can't get elected, NOW can we call it a failed state?

Chill vibes, no pressure, supportive energy. Auckland Women’s Skateboarding Festival is back Whether you skate every day or have never tried it before. join in at this free event at Base Spaces Silo Park Sun 3 May 1 - 4pm. Reserve a spot. www.eventbrite.com/e/the-auckla...

OK, I'd been vacillating on whether to spend the money to get my passport renewed for the last time. Feels like I need to either get it done this week or not do it at all because I'll be damned if I have a single document with this man's face on it in my possession when I travel.

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He hates comedy because it speaks truth to power & a malignant narcissist can't handle that. Period. End of story. With many thanks to: @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social @colbertlateshow.bsky.social @latenightseth.bsky.social @thedailyshow.com 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏

I used to care when people tried to shoot an American president. Now it's just Monday.

Found them all at www.tiakiwai.co.nz/billing Now, how do I get a water meter, or do I just run a hose over to my neighbours who do have one & supply them for a cut of my taxes? #TiakiWai #WellingtonWater

Thoughts and prayers with everyone running up a lifetime of student debt to study at Waikato University. You'll need it if this is the quality of intellectual activity you're paying for.

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, DC, Marvel, Disney, Pixar, Spielberg, Cameron, Wachowskis, or Ghibli.

New bras arrived today. It's been years. Those who know, know.

The WHCA continuing their glorified meet and greet after an active shooter and a death is really just so spot on for the horrendous sociopathic tendencies of DC political reporters that I can't quite believe it's real.

When radioactivity was discovered, there was a rush to market for all sorts of radioactive consumer goods. There were water jugs made out of uranium glass, for example. I think about that a lot these days whenever I see AI products being marketed to consumers.

Change resiliency workshops, tips, tools, advice column, you name it.

The Onion coming in hot with the most succinct description of climate change I’ve ever seen

#PerfectCrown (2026) – dir. park joon hwa

The Queen Mother’s faction has no idea what’s coming for them. Between Huiju and Yi An reconfirming their relationship, chaebol big brother and aristocrat sis in law working with them, Castle group and private residence employees, we have a dream team. #PerfectCrown #kdrama #IU #ByeonWooSeok

Omfg #PerfectCrown a literal white truck of doom? Are you trolling us?

Here's the graph

Stealing this photo and this line from Discord: "all that plot hiding under the Minister's suit" 👀 #kdrama #PerfectCrown

All right. I've broken down. The electric blanket is coming out, the panel heater under the desk is now set to 'unfreeze the office in before I get up', I found my desk fingerless mittens, and the dust on the fans of the heat pump in the living room has been blown off. Bring it on winter.

Yeah we’re done trying to be the adults in the room I think.

I keep coming back to the (not obviously unique or special) observation that these right-wingers do not have a theory of the mind for the opposition. They are so high on their own supply that the only real actors in the story in their heads is themselves and their own little internal conflicts.

I have a certain amount of sympathy for not wanting to make decisions about dinner, but Claude is absolutely not the solution. The solution is saying you’ll eat anything, you don’t care, and then when your partner suggests something you say “not that” until something actually sounds good.

Similiar here but additionally distorted by our govt's head in the sand behaviour re: our real "level". People believe Luxon. Not you, not me. But others think he's the bees knees and believe him and Willis when they say that we -- of all the OECD -- don't need to worry about all this.

like, there has to be a better mechanism for making sure that rural infrastructure is maintained and expanded than by essentially giving every individual voter in Middle Of Nowhere USA the voting power of the entire population of a new york city block at the national level

After France, Denmark is moving too: its Digitalisation Ministry plans to phase out Microsoft, switching to Linux and LibreOffice in the coming months. The goal is clear—reduce dependence on a handful of global tech giants and strengthen digital sovereignty.

This cause is close to my heart/home - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/sa...

My latest for @newyorker.com 🩺

No-hoper saved by circle of doom

Blames media. <surejan.gif> You incompetent boob. Nice try. Plus, you look cranky. Are you cranky? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Wild to keep hearing anti-AI sentiment described as an "echo chamber" by people who pretend there's never been a coercive dogshit marketing campaign actively pissing people off about it for two years or any no-opt-out half-baked shovelware making everyone's PCs and phones worse

I want to thank National for not getting their shit together on this one. Luxon and Co are much easier to run against then a fresh faced new balding white guy.

It's been nearly a decade. I'd forgotten how flavourless rice krispies are.

These are the kind of people we will be needing more of as climate change worsens. The extreme weather events around the country are a stark reminder that the coalition govt. is plucking out the eyes of our research system by reducing $ / shifting $ to things they think will make $$ fast. #NZPOL

We turned rivers into road and wetlands into suburbs. Extreme weather turns them back to rivers and wetlands. This is what the #ClimateCrisis looks like.

The safety of our students and staff is our highest priority. Due to the risk to life and probable travel disruptions, all campuses are closing. Please prioritise your safety and head home now if you can.

5*C temp drop in 10 minutes.. 17.6 - 12.4*C

The responses of Americans who find out they're commenting on a thread that is talking about NZ issues 1. The double down - insists NZ is an English speaking nation and therefore exactly like US and their point still stands. Sometimes pretends they knew all along and that was the real point.

Can I enrol to vote in #NZ? YES if you are 18 years or older, a NZ citizen OR resident for electoral purposes, and lived in NZ for >12 months or more. Resident for electoral purposes = you’re living in NZ lawfully and aren't required to leave within a specified time. vote.nz/enrolling/ge...

This is a nasty looking cloud, Auckland. Radar red is ... unusual. Close the windows for an hour, k?

It's diet plans and exercise grift all the way down. Lose 10 kg in a 2 weeks with this simple trick. Not like that. You didn't do it right.

Feminists for ages: we are not just vaginas and baby making parts. A trans woman enters the room. Those same feminists: we are only vaginas and baby making parts. Fucking clowns.

What if this year our #secretsantaaonz was about something useful. A smile and food. A smile and warm socks. A smile and a $20 voucher at a Zed. A smile and a hand made throw. A smile and a box of window film wrap. Stuff like that. We haven't tried a THEME but this might be the year.

I want folks who think poorly of the acting of our ML in kdrama #PerfectCrown to consider that this is very likely a director+actor choice. Notice that in 3 and 4, more emotions started showing, more nuance. That woodenness is a choice, not a failure of BWS. Think about the constraints of the char.