The one god I believe in...

Inside you are two wolves …

This from the Minister of Foreign Affairs is galling. Even if you accept that she's somehow at fault, is the NZ Government okay that someone be imprisoned for 6+ weeks rather than simply refused entry and turned back? But also, DECLARE WHERE? Green Card holders don't complete arrival paperwork!

We’ve got three small-ish dogs of different breeds and a large LG OLED TV (120Hz refresh rate). Why is it one dog recognises pretty much every animal in all forms - film, still, cartoon etc (and barks at it) and the others just sit there and clearly don’t see what he does ?

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Ursa Ag is building tractors without the parts that are cheap to manufacture yet mysteriously expensive to replace or repair (ie electronics)… www.thedrive.com/news/new-tra...

A couple points on this manifesto, apart from the racial superiority subtext others noted. Palantir is a company built on public contracts, they bill the state billions to surveil and target the state's population. The manifesto exists to justify their demand for even more. /1

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This guy hoverboards…

A good friend of mine works at NASA, and has spent the last TEN years of his life working on the Orion CPAS (Capsule Parachute Assembly System), testing it in the deserts of Arizona. Ten years of design & testing. For this moment. Science is so good, y'all.

A linguist’s very interesting analysis of Melania Trump’s statement delivery… www.reddit.com/r/Epstein/s/...

Occam’s Razor…

Can you imagine the cataclysmic impact that formed the Orientale Crater on the lunar far side? look how big it is. It punched a hole in the lunar surface, lava welled upwards (dark patch) and it made concentric rings of mountains. Ooooft. Source: images.nasa.gov/details/art0... #ArtemisII

This. Dem’s won’t win the next election, the GOP will lose it.

it cant be said enough that all tech smart guys and billionaires thought this guy would be great and now the world economy is fucked we're like a week from gas rationing and their guy is threatening nukes.

oh fuck I can't believe today is 17776 Day!!!!!! if you've never.....read? experienced? this I would recommend 1) setting at least one full hour aside 2) clicking on this on a laptop, and just........seeing what happens I would genuinely call the first time I read this "transcendental"

NASA's photo galley from yesterday's lunar fly-by are bonkers gorgeous full gallery here: www.nasa.gov/gallery/luna...

Speaking of Threads, this one got me in the feels.

“UK broadsheet the Financial Times recently analysed OECD data and found that without London, the UK’s GDP is equivalent to that of the United States’ poorest state, Mississippi.” www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

We pack a handful of folks into a tin can loaded with explosives. The computers are running Windows and the toilet is malfunctioning. We hurl them at a distant rock. Everything about where they are is deadly. And it is sublimely beautiful, one of the greatest things we’ve done as a species. #Artemis

OK AoNZ, I’ve figured out how to boost our exports by a trillionty billion dollars. Break out your buckets…

I’ll tell you what *is* a real health and safety concern in NZ hospitals… chronic understaffing. www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-adv...

A real-time 3D map showing the movement of London Underground trains… www.minilondon3d.xyz

In space, no one can hear you Teams

I had no idea how much recycled hardware has gone into Artemis… www.livenowfox.com/news/artemis...

Two software researchers recently demonstrated how modern AI tools can reproduce entire open-source projects, creating proprietary versions that appear both functional and legally distinct (via @slashdot)... www.techspot.com/news/111904-...

At Kennedy Space Center astronauts have to take elevators to the top of launch pad towers in order to enter their space capsules before lift off. This is the elevator panel at Pad 39A.

The sheer NZness of this: Bingo the helper dog, Molly’s human swearing & crying, the kid biking around. Molly. 100/10 no notes.

That’s almost 8 per hour, 24 x 7 …

Happy Easter everybody and remember to choose wisely when buying confectionery… ht u/gnomechompskey

A shame but not exactly a surprise… www.nzherald.co.nz/business/all...

Another day, another NZ healthtech data breach (allegedly)…

Who was the @Microsoft genius who thought this was a good idea ? www.neowin.net/news/microso...

It’s amazing to watch an emotionless machine emulate human behaviour. Also, that robot’s pretty cool. www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...

A Chinese company is mass producing hypersonic missiles for $99K a pop that use civilian-grade materials and processes and a launcher that looks like a shipping container. I'm sure this won't be disruptive in any way at all... kdwalmsley.substack.com/p/on-sale-no...

Our immigration policies, not just those of this government, continue to be wantonly cruel for no real benefit. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/associate...

Now there’s a headline you don’t see every day…

You’d need to pay me $10k to sit next to Luxon over dinner. Probably more.

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panama could do the funniest thing

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Another day, another stupid Excel chart.

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This should be a campaign ad.

With apologies to XKCD (xkcd.com/2347/)

UPDATE: a quick correction to one item on the "would you rather" list in last week's chart-topping post by @connorsharp.bsky.social... ...which only underscores *all the more* that the Roads of National Significance, as proposed, would constitute a colossal misdirection of our collective resources.

But it absolutely won’t…

Please nobody tell the IDF about David Lange… www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Welcome to the Garyneum, the 13 day period between the birthdays of Gary Numan and Gary Oldman.

True and alarming and worth reading: www.scientificamerican.com/article/ramp...