the girl from prey is a bigger badass than schwarzenegger in predator.

72 Covid deaths in the last month

It seems to me that it's a subtle art, leaving a genocide before it gets so you can't leave. And you won't know until you try whether you have missed the window or not, whether you'll be stuck waiting for the knock on the door instead.

This is where the anti-trans attacks from govt in NZ can lead. This is one of the goals of anti-trans lobbyists. It is never about protecting women. Never.

hey look microsoft is literally breaching NZ's anti-spam laws, isn't that cool

@audreyporne.bsky.social I want to know your thoughts on Wuthering Heights if/ when you watch it

This government, again, ignores the excellent points made in my submission, and does silly things anyway. I think I'm batting about 0/10 this government? newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/26/b...

I don't think we should be agreeing to anything like this with a country sliding into fascism. Given the enormous human rights implications, where is the Parliamentary oversight? #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Prediction markets? You mean libertarian assassination exchanges?

It's sort-of funny that a 1970s space opera became a behemoth. 50 years, nearly, of pew pew noises and creative efforts.

Hill was pretty.

Hoping the mopes can be handled with booze, food, and TV.

Feedback is the sound of music listening to itself. When you hear that swelling shriek, that’s just the music letting out a “whoop!” because it’s so excited about how good it’s sounding.

Brain determined to be annoying. I'm gonna sit on a hill.

IMHO, it is important that Woke 2 be deemed "excessive" by historians, "sweeping too broadly" with "punishments too severe." It cannot be merely a course correction, it must be an overcorrection. Nothing less will serve as an adequate deterrent against the fascists and their collaborators.

Hey has "overstayers" ever been used in this country as a dog whistle to target brown people before? I just feel like that's quite a specific term here, right?

Oligarchy: a small group of people having control of a country or organization. Power is concentrated in the hands of a small number of people rather than the majority, creating high inequality.🤔

'Cocaine Bear's had landed on TNVZ+ if you're in the mood for a film about a bear on cocaine

FYI Wellington NZ - Covid is doing the rounds at fringe (+ probably festival ) shows. So wear a facemask - while venues have masks unless they are N95, P2, KN95 (maybe there's something new i don't know about) a mask will not protect you. Remember no show is worth risking your long term health.

The Emergency Trans Meal Fund slot for this week is now open. If you need a meal, fill out the form linked below. forms.gle/SFQ1kow8ChAh... If you want to contribute to the fund: itch.io/s/159177/the...

There’s not much I can add to this piece this morning other than to ask you to read it, because it contains the words of those actually affected by this ban - the people whose voices have been missing the entire time. Heartbreaking. While the ban has been paused, our communities are still suffering.

We had 4 days between being approved for our latest rental, & having to move out. I’d visited multiple houses beforehand, alongside at least 5 other groups - often more. We weren’t allowed to transfer our existing bond over. Had to suddenly come up with 4 weeks rent, & 2 weeks advance rent. 1/2

Hey anyone else see the thing where pet owners now have to pay twice as much bond? I wonder if that'll have any impact on housing stability. www.tenancy.govt.nz/rent-bond-an...

Where exactly are we going to “move-on” all the people in need of housing? Won’t be into the 3,500 cancelled new state home builds, or the 900 up for sale: yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/where-exac...

We don't like to think about it but most of us are just a little bad luck away from disaster. You can probably think of the two or three things that it would take to put you in crisis.

You: Do you let your kids play Roblox? Me: Absolutely not. Blah blah blah it's on parents to monitor, blah blah blah- yeah. You want to know all of the other places my kids get to play games? It's most of them. There's a reason (about a million) that Roblox is a non-starter in this house.

The inescapable truth of social software is the limitations of moderation at scale. Past a certain size it breaks down and if it's software for children, the consequences of that break- down is Real Bad (not just endangerment but radicalisation)

What support?! They have defunded all the support! They built a total of, like, 40 houses. They crowed over evicting all the emergency housing people? WHAT support?!???

It really is fascinating how overt it now is that there are certain - really not controversial - ideas that you aren’t allowed to say on television.

a|state the #TTRPG SLASHED to 25 squids! Physical book & PDF! Incredible deal! I’ve just been working with this book again the last couple days which reminded me what absolute fire this game is. And particularly, if you’re a Forged in the Dark sort of person, you need this.

When I talk about the age of cults and cultists, part of what I mean is the loss of singular unifying ideologies. There's a lot of smallish, overlapping sets of beliefs and forces, and they are pulling broadly in the direction of collapse and anti-human fascism, but it's a full-time job tracking em

YOUR MUSIC www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Finished this on the weekend.

I figured out last week that the words I need to describe what's going on in my body is neurogenic claudication: pain that arises specifically when I walk and stand. Rowing, biking, stairs are all fine. Implies a stenosis in my lumbar spine, hopefully mild and stable.

Saw Wuthering Heights and it is rare to see an entire movie production run loose with sickos (complimentary) Everything is a little bit too much and i loved it.

Nothing to see here just Auckland Transport cancelling four early morning commuter ferries because of cruise ship operations. This should be completely unacceptable but time and again it happens without penalty. Until this is sorted it's hard to accept public transport is considered a priority.

The push back I'm getting for my opposition to Move On orders is that they are only for (already illegal) behaviour like harassing others on the street, demanding money, assaults etc. The Ministerial statement from yesterday is v clear. (screenshot of part of it) www.beehive.govt.nz/release/move...

Experimenting with driving my training load according to what my Garmin watch thinks I'm up to; I don't hate it.

Always useful to remember that Wellington is actually a transit/active mobility city (by Anglosphere standards). Only half of the journeys here are by car, even though car drivers get far more funding than pedestrians, cyclists, and transit users combined.

A reminder that I've got a bit of a fundraiser going on. I usually donate to Doctors Without Borders - all but the bank fees I pay goes right to them. Statement earrings, some very office-friendly, and some are more overt, available below. Watermelons = compliments. pocomoto.co.nz/product-cate...

If you know how many people are born in a country, and you know roughly how many people are immigrating and emigrating, you can predict 20 years in advance how many roofs you will need, well enough to ensure nobody is homeless.

Remember when there was an account on Twitter that would be handed to a different random kiwi every week and the best weeks were when someone totally unhinged would get on and all the fraffly nice followers would get upset?

You, an individual, cannot "fix" the whole world. You can act at the scale of your life. You should act at the scale of your life.

Extremely revealing details in this interview

Hey #wellington bsky. Wanna boycott capitalism? Let's start. What would you barter with me in exchange for some home made kawakawa soap? #bskyBarter

I bartered some tuna potato chops and garam masala I made in exchange for lauki, kamokamo, and chilies from @br3nda.bsky.social’s garden today. I like this idea a lot.

Planning a training block and fighting the urge to do Everything. The point is *not* to do everything!

I don't think anyone writes non- fiction instructional material as poorly as exercise and athletic coaches. What is it with them and weird digressions?

My update is I found an "auto-invite" toggle that appears only on the phone app - and it is OFF. lolsob