Is this a scam?
What can I say? Perpetually moving in search of good SM sites, drinker of wine, maker of good food, Jew who cycles / walks / buses where he/him can bc gah climate change.
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Is this a scam?
All the long-stay animals at the NZ SPCA are adoption by koha for two weeks from September 6. I am just saying. If you're in the market you are gonna get a bargain I am personally quite enamoured by Tui www.spca.nz/adopt/animal...
💧 Scottish Water now holds the highest customer satisfaction rating in the UK. 🏴 With water in public hands, the SNP is delivering clean drinking water, and cheaper water bills for families across the country. #ScottishWater #PublicOwnership #AffordableBills
That guy doing the talking needs to be mash up of Bezos, Trump and Musk. Much more realistic.
As was pointed out some time ago and remains true, 'This isn't a govt. It's a collection of semi-autonomous industry-appointed action groups fronted by a tootpaste salesman.' Sharpen your (metaphorical) pitchforks. #nzpol
you know, the Waikato Expressway, that needed 8 months of repairs shortly after it opened bc wrong bitumen used or something like that. It was annoying and astonishing that it wasn't built right first time.
Sat Shemira over my brother-in-law tonight, privileged to do so. #Jew #JewishPractice
Pssst!! Wanna know what's a really good budget buster? That makes you smile, & you go for ages on a bowl of muesli? When you vote for candidates who believe in the power of bicycles, you help make possible all the nice things that make our communities ... affordable! #VoteForBikes #CyclingMagic
Absolutely. The Judge made an error of assessment.
NEW STUDY: Types of science🧪 articles shared on Bluesky: Health 29% Social 25% Physical 23% Life 23% arxiv.org/pdf/2507.18840 Worth reading--lots of other insights! Lately, I've been sharing our new article on global religious decline www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Apple suggests autofilling addresses with either my brother's address or my nephews address or sometimes gives me a choice. We all share the same surname but after years of using my address - it doesn't recognise it. Sigh.
I've beta tested Waka Kotahi app earlier this year where details of your Licence, rego and WoF are stored for view.
a) what is the quantum of lines works needing to be done? b) what is the timeline (so I know the charges will come down)? c) what is the quantum of lines works done in the past? Hopefully I'll get some answers. Thousands of people are similarly shocked I suspect. 2/2
Imagine my shock and surprise on getting my last bill; fixed line charges jumped to the moon! I'm now in a position of having to pay ~$37/wk for using ~$4 of electricity! I complained to a friend who works for gentailer, they said it's Vector's charges. I emailed Vector to ask 1/n
Osso buco in the slow cooker with olives, third tin of chopped tomato, tbp wine, and slow cooked caramelised onions with sprinkle of chilli flakes / Italian seasoning.
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@rnzrss.bsky.social considers 4pm to be morning. And 4am to be afternoon. Welcome to the post-truth world. "Police said a man stopped his vehicle to help another motorist at around 4pm on Friday morning, near the intersection of Old Taupō Road and Baird Road."
Game of one-person up-personship.
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you?
#FridayMusic #Shabbatshalom youtu.be/SwrYMWoqg5w?...
How nice that your commute home, inch by inch, is on safe, connected separated cycle infrastructure.
Sounds like a backward step; MS developing Excel so you got good results, but this is a backward step. Weird.
Yes. The Doodle Bug. But for good purposes.
King George VI stuttered. Would this have contributed?
So good to see you tonight at the Jumper [Jersey] event on Victoria St cycleway!
Ooooh I'll keep an eye on the Beach Rd ones as I often cycle/walk along there.
Spokes Canterbury continues to advocate for safe separated infrastructure. Want to help advocate for better cycling? Join us below! www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3607...
you are *blessed*
NZ's new climate strategy: Self-regulation. An extensive record of "success" #nzpol
Listening to Nicola "No-Boats" screeching "How are you going to pay for it?" over Carmel Sepuloni on National Radio right now, without any intervention from the host, is why listeners are fleeing from RNZ in droves. #nzpol #mediastudies
holy shit this is a helluva ad from the Democrat running against Joni Ernst in Iowa. worth every second
That's You're. Gah. Old age.
Hi, have patience, it'll come soon enough. Just hunker down now.
This story from my site is 12 years old, but it still stands today: billbennett.co.nz/news-stories...
I'm just doing YouTube Music with stuff from 80s of course, the best decade. :D I grew up then. 84 Revolution and all. Your welcome.
Oh wow, you flew the ditch for that?! Nice!
I very much feel for you! Hope it clears up soon.
Another lurking danger of the whole "hey, let's just plant more pine trees" approach to climate action? 🌲🤷 Scientists please weigh in – but to my ordinary eye, this stuff, combined with increasingly freaky weather + other airborne pollutants + our asthma epidemic, feels like a recipe for disaster.
These are photos of pine pollen clouds near Nelson today and I personally think these forestry companies should pay for our antihistamines and lost productivity Because I, for one, am not ok
I get seasonal allergies now - every change of season I get a runny nose for three days - it's awful. I have to have double the dose of antihistamine to cope.
National Government will have increased gross debt by over $100b but for whose benefit? While a lot of "debt" chatter is bogeyman stuff here in NZ, even on face value, National Party debt is 25% more than Labour's full debt contribution over 6 years - with not a global pandemic in sight. #nzpol
Road-user charges can pay for more than just road maintenance – NZ could lead the way theconversation.com/road-user-ch...
#nzpol #sexism #patriachy #leadership I appreciate David Fisher's reporting on this - but the sub ed needs to be told there's no question mark needed in this headline. Fisher gives us multiple clear cut eg's of how sexism & patriarchal culture actually works 🧵 www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-...
You can add $27m for an attempt at a flag design stolen from a jam jar label $60m for a sheep station in Saudia Arabia $1-2b and counting for the leaky buildings debacle $billions in lost opportunity costs through Bradford's electricity market "reforms". National always cost us $$$
Not to mention racist towards emmm Maaooooori that stems from a paternalistic viewpoint.
At the height of the rail compatible vs not rail compatible argument when Nicola Willis was still talking about Toyota Corollas, Don Braid from Mainfreight was on RNZ explaining that if the ferries were not rail compatible it would mean 10,000 more trucks on the roads #NZPol
This is great! Paula is the first journalist I've seen locally to very directly tie these ads to the high pressure person-to-person phone calls that follow (where the real big losses take place)
A little sumthin sumthin and a tinkle of the ivories.
That Ōtara position needs to be filled sooner rather than later! Urgently need to build resilience to storms.
Well, for Nikki also youtu.be/UmFFTkjs-O0?...
OMG torch diva.
This is unforgiveable incompetence: NZ has spent $671m to get no ferries, rather than $551m to get new ferries that would be arriving within months to replace clapped-out ferries. This sort of mismanagement should bring down a government; amazingly, it's not even the worst example of their failings
Minister for Rail Winston Peters on the $671m scrapped ferry fiasco #nzpol #ferries www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
I grew up with Rob. Sigh. This photo is from his later years before he was dumped in the 1984 revolution (without guns). It was famous because you didn't see PM's mowing the lawns so I guess it was an attempt to shore up support from you know, the blokes. Fuck that 84 revolution (without guns).
On SM a few years ago there was a quiz about why does NZ eat ice cream year round, while in North America it's only a summer time thing. The reason was our mild winters which means it's relatively ok to have one then.
Hutt Rd and Thorndon Quay bike lanes are open. Let's have a look. youtu.be/N2aGUW0EnKw?... @cyclewgtn.bsky.social
Dear men, what is preventing you from cycling like this.
One of the side benefits of jumping on your bicycle - apart from smiles on your face, the feeling of freedom, smelling the sea breeze, and enjoying the sun - is exercise. You don't think about it really. You have somewhere to go, so it's natural to jump on the bike and go! But ...1/n
We are selling ourselves short when it comes to Post Implementation reviews. Those very reviews that inform the next round of planning and investment! The value of cycleways to improve population physical activity levels: a systematic review of economic evaluations
It's criminal that we don't do post implementation reviews.
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/br...
Their response? Shove a knife into those who are lower income.
What an amazing cloudscape!
#LivinTheGoodLifeInASmallCity
Get this book out of your local library and read it. It will offer some insights about the motorway development.
I cannot 😂😂😂 This may be the best thing I've ever seen.
I snorted my G&T when I saw the guy who swam across, casually lean out to wring out the water from his shirt...
Funny how people who are obviously a bit crap at driving want the world to know that they're a bit crap at driving. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3607...
It's the only sensible idea that Mike Lee had in recent years - when the Ports wanted to put a fence around Queens Wharf edge bc, people, he told them NO. The only people who have fallen in have been drunk - like about two in past ten years.
Sometimes you need to Mix your Go, as Auckland Transport says - drive to the park’n’ride and take the bus; take the train to a station, then switch to bus, or walk to the ferry terminal. But when you pick your bicycle? That’s FREEDOM. #NiceToHaves #CycleFreedom #VoteforBikes
Worth noting this is not a "research paper": it's an unpublished, un-peer-reviewed university research project—essentially a 10K word essay—on liberal economics written for a Master's degree in political science. No actual conservation biologists involved. The author is now a policy advisor for ACT.
So much joy at camp drop off. So many cargo bikes too. I took a neighbor's kid today. Saved their mom a 45 min round trip. Also, a fire alarm went off and FDNY arrived. False alarm but if you were arriving by car, that added to your delay. #BikeNYC
He's a NZ citizen (he bought it and the right wing PM giggled), and he was wanting a NZ leather daddy to spank him hard.
Wow, remarkable skill development! thank you for doing this!
What a great skill to develop!
Analysis: Asset sales are going to be a key feature of the next election, and Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour has made no bones about offloading the last 49 percent of gentailers Genesis, Mercury and Meridian, writes Edward Miller.
There are like 2 apartments near me owned by KO that are currently empty. The last time they shoved homelessness in empty spots it didn't work - they blocked the toilet somehow but didn't know how to navigate the maintenance system - need WRAP AROUND SUPPORT FOR SIX MONTHS. Otherwise don't bother
More like a 15% bump.
Elephants are born weighing 250 lbs. They are the biggest babies on earth except for motorists when they see a bike lane
Gourmet meals from an e-cargo bike? With a glass of wine? Yes please.
Did you know Te reo Māori was recognised as an official language of New Zealand on this day in 1987? Here at Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi (Christchurch City Libraries) we have many resources in te reo or to help you learn the language. 🧵 ^MT my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/te-ao-maori/...
A hot-dog followed by a creme brûlée sounds a perfect evening. What would you like to see on an e-cargo bike? @cyclewgtn.bsky.social @bikeauckland.bsky.social @spokescanterbury.bsky.social #ecargobikes
Was Simon Watts yesterday replaced with an identical, gas-powered android? It's the only way to understand him signing an agreement to help the Pacific transition away from fossil fuels at 1pm and then vote to transition NZ back to fossil fuels just two hours later. newsroom.co.nz/2025/08/01/s...
20 straight days with 30 °C in Finland! Truly unprecedented heatwave still in full swing with maximum today about 32-33 degrees. Even the Arctic regions (e.g. Sodankylä Tähtelä) have seen three weeks above 25 °C, and may rival tomorrow their August heat records.
The only alert was from Civil Defence - they broadcast an emergency alert to all phones in NZ on Wednesday afternoon.
I read a SM post about a woman who discovered Dark Matter. Now, can a clever physicist confirm what I'm thinking; galaxies spin, but instead of stuff spinning off into, well space, stuff errr, stays in place. So that's gravity? Dark Matter? holding it into place. Right?
PKB
Looking good!
I'm sure it's on the tip of your tongue...
The problem? Arabs have never wanted a state. They've only ever wanted to kill all the Jews and erase Israel - a ONE state solution.
How do you spell misogyny? S I V E L L.
Importing people as if they are units just results in misery for them, and for us and it's not fair on anybody.
The only people who want to intentionally starve the Gazans are Hamas. To say otherwise is to support the perpetrator of all human suffering in Gaza: Hamas.
FYI The only people who want to intentionally starve the Gazans are Hamas. To say otherwise is to support the perpetrator of all human suffering in Gaza: Hamas. EoS.
We need a Jewish JFK.