My first day off since the autumnal temperatures hit seems like a good day for my customary childhood breakfast. Soft-boiled eggs on toast with lashings of marmite (not vegemite!) and a hot mug of milo made entirely with milk (because any other way of making milo is a crime against nature) 😍

“It’s very simple Brian. We proactively predicted with perfect precision a perception of punitive perniciousness by a third party that would in all probability precipitate peril so we preemptively attacked the first party to put in place a permanent peace”

Excellent 🧵 on the background of the Iranian relationship with the West

During their 17-day stretch in New Zealand, the pair copped abuse daily, including getting the finger from drivers and an aggressive approach they'd seen nowhere else.

"Why are you crying? It's just a kids movie." The movie:

I see Stuff is offering advice about whether now is a good time to invest in gold. Because, you know, we all have piles of spare cash lying around to invest in gold.

Luxon "misspoke". Three times. With prepared notes. Said the same thing three times followed by "I don't know how I could be any clearer". That kind of misspoke.

This fantail was flying all around us in the Ōamaru Public Gardens for at least 20 minutes. Got some incredible shots of it in motion, and stopping its little angry feet! #aotearoabirds 🪶🇳🇿

Oh hey, we just started a war in the region where you are that has closed all the airports and shut down the airspace. You should probably leave that region.

Anyone else getting slightly overexcited about the teaser posts on Instagram featuring Nathan Fillion and other cast members from Firefly? #browncoats

The last time the West tried regime change in Iran they installed the Shah. Remind me, how did that turn out?

Anyone else who uses Kiwibank having trouble logging into the mobile app and/or internet banking?

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed

post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.

‼️ BREAKING: Greens WIN Gorton and Denton by-election in a landslide victory 🟢 Grn: 41% (+27) ➡️ Ref: 29% (+15) 🔴 Lab: 25% (-25) 🔵 Con: 2% (-6) 🟠 Lib: 2% (-2) Green GAIN from Labour (+/- vs GE2024) ‼️First-ever Green win in an MP by-election

Traffic issues caused by the Melling Link means being #BusDriverEd is even more stressful. Bad driving proliferates under these circumstances & I'm swearing underneath my breath more often. But every so often a little kid greets me with a beaming "Hi Mr Bus Driver!" & I hate the world a little less

Dax just had his first encounter with an electric fence. He's not a fan 😂 #teorangawhaikurī

Thanks to your support Friday, Miles’ ongoing care is covered! Good thing, since the “goober,” as his rescue calls him, already broke one splint. Thankfully, your generosity covers those extra splint changes, too! We're just glad he's happy and healing well. Pupdates to come! ❤️‍🩹

🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand: A small human (4?) is waiting at a pedestrian crossing with Nana but the light is taking SO LONG to go green. With a huff, she lays down like a starfish on the footpath and says: "Tell me when we can go Nana! I'm SLEEPING NOW!" (1)

Mōrena!

This is what Dax looks like after a 2½ hour walk 😍 #teorangawhaikurī

Something bizarre happened on the bus this week. Doing a school run & midway through the trip I heard a group of girls singing Barbie Girl! Later the strains of YMCA came from the back of the bus, quickly followed by the comment, "I love Crazy Frog!" Thought I was caught in a timewarp! #BusDriverEd

🧵Spotted On Market Day in Aotearoa New Zealand: A tall woman (50s?) radiates pure affection while watching her vibrant petite mother (80s?) walk out of a cafe. Speaking to friends, she proudly says: "She's a powerful unit, my tiny mum." Her friends laugh and agree. (1)

unbelievable things are happening in glasgow cuisine

The govern are making so many u-turns that must be getting dizzy, spinning around and around and getting absolutely nowhere

There are some really dirty mixes of street and festival drugs out there right now in AoNZ, and ODs are picking up at an alarming rate. #kikorangi folks, please spread this far and wide, even if you think you don’t know anyone who’d be at risk. www.highalert.org.nz/alerts-and-n...

I've never seen this many fallen trees around the Hutt Valley before. Every street there's at least one down

PSA for Hutt Valley: "Please do not drive to look at flooding. Please do not drive to check conditions. Please do not drive unless it is essential." congestion is delaying emergency services, power restoration & delaying flood response, preventing crews from reaching vulnerable residents.

The Wellington Harbour entrance buoy just recorded a 13.6 metre swell. Farrrk.

Upper & Lower Hutt are pretty much cut off by road atm. SH2 is closed to northbound traffic from the Haywards interchange & Eastern Hutt Rd is closed at the Silverstream rail overbridge

Watching Man on Fire on Disney+ & there's no subtitles for the Spanish dialogue, even the closed captions just say "speaking Spanish" & it's really fucking annoying. Can't even find any subtitles online, at least not from sites that aren't packed with spam/malware

Little dogs of the Big Gay Out 🌈😍

🔴🔴RED HEAVY RAIN WARNING IN FORCE FOR MANAWATU, RANGITIKEI and RUAPEHU DISTRICTS north of FEIDING and east of STATE HIGHWAY 1 Valid from 6pm Sunday-2pm Monday ‼️Expect 140 to 180 mm of rain Check details here bit.ly/AllWarnings

My fish slice died! Your thoughts & prayers at this difficult time are much appreciated 😭

Tonight’s drama.

We all need a a timeline cleanse! A tiny #Egyptian #frog amulet, made of carnelian (height 0.9 cm). Because of their numerous offspring, #frogs were considered a symbol of fertility. Dating c. 1540-1296 BC, New Kingdom. A lovely weekend to all of you 🐸 📷Cleveland Museum of Art

I'd completely forgotten that Paul Rudd was in Romeo+Juliet #rewatch

Happy Big Gay Out Eve to all who celebrate! The park awaits you 🥰🏳️‍⚧️✨🪩🏳️‍🌈💖🌈🙌 biggayout.co.nz

There's a bus stop at the top of Gemstone Drive in Birchville & every so often someone leaves a paper bag in the bus shelter with 5-6 empty wine bottles in it & I'd really like to know the story behind this behaviour #intrigued #BusDriverEd

Gotta go, my ride is here

The fairys were up before dawn carefully using their eyeliner on the cosmos #flowers

I have absolutely loved my first summer of properly growing flowers It brings me so much joy seeing the colourful blooms and sharing them with my friends and family

I don't wish to be proscriptive, but if you drive a vehicle in Aotearoa then there's a 50% chance you are not very good at it. The odds increase if you drive any of the following: -Audi, Merc, BMW or Range Rover -Suzuki Ignis -any oversize ute, ESPECIALLY American imports -tradie's van #BusDriverEd

Meanwhile in Australia: "(It's) helping to drive downward pressure on power bills for consumers and businesses, with less reliance on expensive gas or unreliable coal to power our grid” www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02... #nzpol

Best advertisement I’ve seen so far at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival

#TrainNews: Better Passenger Transport New Zealand has put together its wishlist for Hamilton’s Te Huia rail service, saying if it does get the green light to continue it could add a few extra options. Via Waikato Times: www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Parents just send me this link. Headline is something else lol 😂 “A fat parrot that can’t fly is laying an egg live on camera and is making New Zealanders super excited”

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