I design experiences, and vote for the climate in every election. Big fan of #bioswales. Views are my own. https://jamesn.net
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Mercedes are doing some fun things with EVs, this race car , the Concept AMG GT XX managed 945kw charging speed 5,479 km in 24 hours 40,000km in 7.5 days At 300 km/h Nuts, still wont be far enough for the bloke down the road who goes to Packnsave once a week paultan.org/2025/08/25/m...
Why are all school apps so utterly and unrepentantly dogshit?
IMO many Americans don't even buy guns for personal protection or to defend themselves against a tyrannical government. They simply have a shopping addiction
Thank fuck this govermint knows business and infra and stuff otherwise.. oh oh shit It was Racism all along #nzpol www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
I'm doing my part. Been drinking Canadian and Australian Rye Whisky instead ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/kentuck...
Look at this boomer bait bullshit. Title + image tries to blame energy drinks for B6 toxicity, then points out that vitamin supplements can have more than 10x the amount of B6 that energy drinks have. There should be a law against misleading headlines, like there is for false advertising
Love coming across stuff like this. Someone called Rickdadick450 on the welding subreddit created this mechanical vulture out of old typewriter and calculator parts. It rocks, and doubly so if you’ve read M. John Harrison’s “The Pastel City”.
@graysky.app are you aware that the "3 dot" menu on posts in dark mode is unreadable? The label text is black on black
Since June 2023 we have: - Cut the Minimum Wage twice in real terms - Removed the living wage from government contracts - Brought back 90 day trials - Ended Fair Pay Agreements - Cancelled 33 live Pay Equity Claims - Given $10bn tax cuts for landlords and businesses
How getting New Zealand Back on track is going: yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/luxon-fina...
💯.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/02/joyce-and-canavan-call-for-new-coal-plants-to-replace-renewable-energy-projects?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
It's really weird to demand accountability from a NYC mayoral candidate for a deadly NYC shooting rather than the current NYC mayor, an ex-cop who campaigned on a "tough on crime" platform and promptly got indicted for crimes
oh my god it’s true
Humanity sucks https://apnews.com/article/antarctica-krill-whales-global-warming-fishing-boom-bd7708913cd1482ae190365b04d98ede
Public sector DIRECTORS need a pay rise, but literally all other public sector staff do not. Very logic
Apparently, inflation is bad, but we must impose tariffs to raise the cost of cheap imports so people buy expensive American goods. We can re-shore manufacturing, but to be cost competitive, we have to fully automate factories, replacing American workers with robots.
The peer pressure of social media becomes extremely clear whenever anyone talks about Kamala or Hillary. Every single reply is almost always prefaced with a "Look, Hillary wasn't perfect, but she was right, yada yada." "Harris isn't perfect, but she ran a great campaign etc. etc."
The man predicted the future and he told you exactly how it was going to happen, too
Bird sounds.
"The market was booming from 2020 to 2022," Wang said. "At that time, a carpenter could earn around $150 to $160 per square meter on a residential build. However, now payments have fallen by as much as 40 to 50 percent." He's so close to getting it
That was when the US peaked. Downhill ever since
I crocheted a very smol wolf. First thing I've done since getting super burned out a few months ago and I love him. Pattern credit: youtube.com/@complicated...
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Hopefully this puts a stop to the incessant whining in the comments of "political" articles over there
New "Follow" feature on The Verge to personalise your experience. First thing I did was follow @lopatto.bsky.social 💪🧠
EPA To Drop 'E,' 'P' From Name theonion.com/epa-to-...
Vampires rejoice
The amazing thing about brave people speaking out is that it inspires others to do the same by creating a permission structure. Since I published this article 4 hours ago, I've heard from multiple sources confirming what's in it. www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-epstei...
Wow so it IS possible to make nice looking townhouses Can someone let our local developers know?
If you read something today, read this. A comprehensive takedown of this government's position on climate action drilled.media/news/new-zea...
I made a quick Russian interference explainer. When CIA director Ratcliffe started down this road, I wrote 3000 words about the Senate reports, the data sets from big tech, etc. Now Tulsi’s doing her thing…so here’s a quick video about her “Obama treason” voting machine claims vs reality. 🤷🏻♀️
@noupside.bsky.social love to get your insight into why the MAGA base are collectively losing their shiz over this Epstein stuff, but everything else that has happened so far is 💤
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You didn’t see THAT coming now DID YOU United Nations. I talk more about Seymour’s FLAWLESS defence over at my Substack: yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/david-seym...
I would rather stab out my eye with a fork, Bozos
the coolest part about the elmo hacked posts is that the most insane people online are treating elmo like he’s a real guy
Q: “Did Bondi tell you your name appeared in the Epstein Files?” TRUMP: “The files were made up by Comey, Obama, Biden…” 🤔 Nothing to see here, folks!
I'm trying to think about how I would have reacted if shown this headline five years ago
This article explains how China is crushing America in the technologies of the future. It then lays out a plan for how America can try to counter that. Reading that plan while knowing the policies of the current administration makes it pretty clear that America has already lost.
2000 years ago: the Romans would let an aqueduct destroy the Gardon Valley. We need clean water, but at what cost?
I don't watch sports but man that trophy looks like something from Temu
Story checks out. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Use @kagi.com
You guys, I think Google doesn’t work anymore…
Far out Danny and Michael Philippou are cooking. The best thing to happen to horror in years
The climate crisis will do that to one of the country's largest insurers
Chung is just pathetic
Please tell me it's SPICEWORLD
“.. traffic has dropped by only a single percentage point as a result of leaving Twitter ..” @niemanreports.org #Hellsite niemanreports.org/npr-twitter-...
Fuck yeah open.spotify.com/artist/5GrEt...
evergreen
We live in a world where the same people who believe a man built a boat big enough for every animal don't believe in climate science because it’s “unproven.”
NEW from me — FEMA staffers say the response to the Texas floods is horrifyingly slow, and it may be because of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's recent increased control over how the agency spends money. "If this is how they are going to do a major hurricane response, people are fucked.”
A study conducted and funded by the UK and Spain... meanwhile, in Oceania... GAS AND COAL BABY
Ted Cruz claims it’s “not time for partisan finger-pointing” about the Texas floods - but he sure didn’t hesitate to blame “leftist policies” for the horrific California wildfires in January. We don’t need to tolerate constant MAGA hypocrisy about when its appropriate to “politicize” tragedy.
That fake real estate grin never leaves her face
Expect lots of commentary this week ahead of RBNZ decision on whether to wiggle the interest rate down by 25 basis points (0.25%) or not. I don't think it will make much difference either way, but anyone saying there are green shoots of recovery (etc) should be ridiculed.
Gonzo the tamandua went on a stroll behind the scenes, taking in all the sniffs, sights, and sunshine vibes. 💛 These curious creatures love exploring with their strong snouts and sticky tongues, perfect for sniffing out ants (or just enjoying a sunny day at the zoo). ☀️
There is something so fundamentally telling with people who think that “reading a book” and “knowing what the plot is” is the same experience.
Sad that we have to rely on the UK and Spain for this sort of research. Sleepwalking into oblivion www.icm.csic.es/en/news/majo...
Shame Jones, faced with being sued again for unlawful behaviour as fisheries minister, wants to ban the courts from supervising his decisions www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Glitter glue
Time to trot this one out again
Congestion pricing by the # ‘s 6 months in: * 67k fewer drivers entering zone daily * Delays in Holland Tunnel down 65% * Traffic deaths down 32% so far in 2025 * $500m projected this year for MTA capital improvements * B’way attendance +12% * Subway ridership +7% So yes this program is a SUCCESS.
The funniest running joke with right-wing commentators on Twitter is trashing Bluesky for not having the free-speech, anything-goes ethos of Twitter, while also deliberately misspelling “Bluesky” to avoid running afoul of Twitter’s owner.
Honestly a MAGA hat is just as bad at this point
BREAKING: Massive explosion at fireworks factory in Yolo County, California.
This comparsion in the NYTimes today is pretty stark. China is racing ahead to be a high-tech exporter of 21st century technologies, while the US is doubling down on being a petro-state exporting the technologies of the 19th century: www.nytimes.com/inte...
My wife's photo today looks like the official tourism shot!
Ah yes, I'm sure the findings of all those studies on harsher punishments were wrong
I was planning to build a new house in 2022 - the price of *everything* was 20-50% above what was considered "normal" at the time. I cancelled my plans. They largely did this to themselves
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Why is it 3 strikes for teenagers but 28 goes for boot camp? #nzpol
Construction jobs have fallen by 12,723 in the last year according to StatsNZ. Treat your customers like shit and gouge them at every opportunity, guess what happens?
Demonstrably, most AI innovation is driven by "let's see if we can" rather than "should we"
Ok, this is just lovely, he was SO the right person to buy this house. Have a read to escape from the doom for a bit :)
NZTA argued in court *twice* that barriers were essential and paid $$ to compulsorily acquire land for turnaround bays. Then leadership reverses it during construction after contracts were signed because they think Simeon Brown might want them to, independence be damned?Heads should roll.
How this is paid for was not my point and I think you know it. Saying no to ideology and being bipartisan about infrastructure is how you achieve long term objectives at a country scale. Our successive governments are having a perpetual bitch fight and achieving fuck nothing
This is a great article. Easy to understand and follow, breaks down the jargon, provides solutions and ideas not just doom and gloom. Worth the read www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Meanwhile, Singapore just finalised its infrastructure plan for the next 10 years www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.
"New Zealand spends more of its GDP on infrastructure than any other OECD country, yet ranks in the bottom 10% for return on that investment" thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin...
Honestly, this made me laugh out loud (maybe it was more of a horrified cynical rattle). Points for honesty!
Starting to think these folks aren’t the “free thinkers” they think they are
The Millennials are coming for your lunch, Boomers. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"God, I just want to say, we love you, God." Ya know, maybe stacking an incompetent administration with unhinged theocrats who think God wants them to bring about a world-ending war in the Middle East so Jesus will return was a bad idea.
And just like that, the ‘No New Wars’ people are all-in on a new war. Proving yet again that they really believe in nothing other than what one man tells them to believe today. Which could be different tomorrow. The very definition of a cult.
"Every 1 degree Celsius the world warms above pre-industrial levels will drag down global food production by an average of 120 calories per person per day" 🔥 🐶 🔥 edition.cnn.com/2025/06/18/c...
I hear ya. I get quite bad medical anxiety, and so it's quite the internal battle between logic and anxiety for me to go get checked out
Hypocrisy is in the job description for any right-winger
A story in 2 emails. Been cancelled for well over a month and surprisingly don't miss it At least my money is now not going to wrestling, NFL, reality TV, and a bunch of random Danish shows @netflix.com
"Liberate this city from socialists and burdensome leadership." If that's not regime change, I don't know what to tell you. The inflection point is now.
A robin made a nest in one of my plant pots right outside my studio. The baby birds are hatching today.
Exhibit B kyivindependent.com/us-to-cut-mi...
If you think climate change has gotten worse during your lifetime, you're right and there's a good reason. If you're Gen X like me, more than 3/4 of fossil fuel CO₂ emissions have occurred in your lifetime. Even if you're a Millennial, it's at least half. 📊: @neilrkaye.bsky.social
The right's word cannot be trusted, ever