That was illuminating. Tl;dw We didn't have Brexit here but the govt's running around and breaking things under urgency is having similar effect: "Economists are now treating Brexit as a near perfect natural experiment what uncertainty does to an economy."

We went on Brexit by mistake.

This govt treating vulnerable people like objectives.

Bring back jury trials. And pay them like an MP, but less than a judge.

"Turning and turning in the widening gyre"

Today Wellington Police have attended five incidents where individuals are believed to have overdosed on a substance that is thought to be GHB, commonly known as fantasy or liquid ecstasy. Sadly, one person has died in relation to this matter. Three others remain in hospital,

Luxon made a horrible mistake replacing Bishop with Simple Simeon as campaign manager. Looking forward to the Spinal Tap that will make Collins shit charade in 2020 fade.

More Wuthering Heights insoming.

There's the nature v nuture argument distilled. As an Oz poet once said, "your Mum and Dad, they fuck you up". A choas theorist might describe it as "system dependent on initial conditions."

Strong Cnut feelings.

The last season of The Bear is an allegory for Luxon getting a Michelin Star for an NZ restaurant.

You've dubbed your last salmonella.

Trump opened the courthouse door; now the BBC wants the receipts — they are asking for Trump’s own call logs, calendars, and Jan. 6 communications in discovery.

It's as if there's a reckoning ahead. All those missed select committees coming to haunt ya.

#FridayNightSubSkyDJ.

this is something, I guess www.odt.co.nz/business/tru...

This is probably what Winston was thinking of when he responded to an unrelated matter when he called it "a wanker question".

You've smashed your last DD.

This new series is REALLY good. The UK's Cosmic Shambles Network Presents... An Incomplete History of Music.

Let me present to you, the scientist creator of insulin, who did a "piece of science" and gave it away, for free, to save lives:

#ThursdayNightSubSkyDJ.

This gives me a chance to reference geomagnetic reversal, a completely random swing where North and South poles switch polarity. "Most estimates for the duration of a polarity transition are between 1,000 and 10,000 years, but some estimates are as quick as a human lifetime."

True story. One day a woman walks into my old man's legal practice, sez her boyfriend's been arrested on drugs charges. The officer in charge has threatened to arrest her as an accessory unless she fucks him. Old man performs reverse sting op on the cop. Rotten apples all the way down.

Reading this again: he literally says he hates being told New Zealand did science

Earnest Rutherford? Fuck that guy. All he did was split the atom. Where's the money in that? Never understood why they put him on the hundy bill.

this right here is why New Zealand is going to lose a generation, or more, of scientific talent — and will probably also contribute to Luxon losing his job #nzpol

A day late and a dollar short.

New Rule. No-one should leave school without a basic understanding of the laws of thermodynamics.

So much goddamn hate for this term of govt. The "I was elected to lead, not to read" effrontery of it.

“Scientists should stop trying to be neutral and instead embrace their values,”says a group of top climate scientists, including @katharinehayhoe.com. The neutrality myth is harming the reputation of science right when we need it most.” #ClimateCrisis Science isn’t neutral. It’s science.

What will UK choose if and when electoral reform happens? MMP, STV or pin the tail on the donkey?

10 years to the day....

After a few decades running the problem in the back of my head, I've concluded that a Land Value Tax would be the least worst solution. You can't give local councils GST returns, at least you can lift the burden of the billing system if you merged them. Pretty sure the IRD can do that now.

It's the 10th anniversary of the dumbest moment in modern British history so let's celebrate some of the idiots who made it happen. First up ... Jacob Rees-Mogg and his promise of cheap food and wine... In fact food prices have increased some 12% as a direct result of Brexit (LSE) 1/5

Bring back the space elevator. This idea is mad shit.

I know it pisses people off, but this what elections are; a very civil war. Nats are already spearing its coalition partners. Up until Election Day, your party is the best and all the others are shit. Maximise your vote.

These recent Labour Party rules, both here in AoNZ and the UK, have somewhat muddied the waters of leadership contests. The caucus should choose. End of. A drawn-out succession is destabilising.

My take, for what it's worth, Starmer and his fellow travellers confused the support of the media whilst they were putting the left to the sword with actual talent - and then got found out.

It would be nice if the UK didn't change PMs more regularly than Doctor Who. God, I miss Tom Baker.

If Luxon ever gets a gong, they'll say it's for something else, but really it was services to cursed things.

We're in the twist of the helix, politically speaking, specifically to the 5 Eye democracies. Yanks, Canada, Brits, Oz and us. Every govt recently is like a dog chasing cars. Once they get power, they don't know what to do with it. Governing is not managing.

I gather that cats have nine lives.

We went on Brexit by mistake.

Book should've been called The World According to Barry; Soft Soap for Conservatives. Gerald Hensley did a better biography. The one I'd like to read but will never be written is Dick Griffin's biography.

Time to check the batteries in the smoke alarm.

Good news, Winston! You have 11 apostles.

"If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't."

#SundayNightSubSkyDJ.

I just donated to the Greens. We tried a flat income tax base and nothing trickled down. Progressive income tax works.