Don’t tell anyone but going to walk the dog. It beats waiting in a queue. With all the messaging & other contact systems around no email for a few hours is ok. LOL
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Don’t tell anyone but going to walk the dog. It beats waiting in a queue. With all the messaging & other contact systems around no email for a few hours is ok. LOL
My email has been down since 10am. The service provider is working on it but crappy they don’t have a proper back up. I’m going to cancel them anyway as they have been bought by another company. Prices going up. Services getting worse. Why do big companies think they can do do that with impunity
Shouldn't the EPA protect the environment?
I think that is where they drop a few co located racks somewhere else and pretend it is bigger than it is. Referred to by newsroom. But yes.
"This is one of the clumsiest and most embarrassing attempts to evade answering a question I’ve seen from any business leader, for a long time." is what you get with expert reporting commentary that is not just repeating press releases.
Just leaving this here newsroom.co.nz/2025/09/02/a...
Last night I met the first kiwi in my time in Ukraine - the journalist Tom Mutch (@tomthescribe). He’s just, in the past week, published what may be the first comprehensive history of the war: The Dogs of Mariupol. amazon.com/Dogs-Mariupol-…
You probably have this already but its bogus. Data centre was never completed & here is the link for the rest of the story newsroom.co.nz/2025/09/02/a...
This cause is close to my heart - my 18 year old son has found his tribe, is building a career in adventure tourism, and living his best life. Sign the petition to keep Outdoor Ed in our schools: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/ke...
Wonder if @mikepole.bsky.social knows?
I’m in the 31%. Always have been. National , Act & especially NZ First have never made any sense to me. Somewhat frustrated with Labour though. Never been polled though.
The 2023 IRD wealth study found that the richest 300 people in NZ pay tax on income of 9.4%, versus 28% for someone earning $80k. Luxon Govt is removing the clauses of the tax law that allowed IRD to collect the study data. They don’t want you to know. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) has re-launched the Policy.nz website for local elections in 2025. The site has candidate profiles and policies in a single place, making it easy for voters to compare views and to see which candidates align with what matters most to them. #NZpol policy.nz/2025
I know the us has 1 billion problems and a bird ain’t one, but it’s been amazing to see how NZ is doing conservation. We could (and should) learn a lot from how ya’ll are doing it.
Yes but it was a comms timing issue. Forgot that i didn’t have access to that domain. Was all good in the morning.
Wild.
David Byrne on Adam Buxton's podcast, putting me in a right good mood today. That & playing 'This Must Be the Place', 'And She Was' and 'Nothing But Flowers' after it finished. Cool fact: Byrne was asked to do the theme to Mad Men but they rejected it. Fools! www.adam-buxton.co.uk/podcasts/82d...
I could have just emailed the domain guy but only set up the server late in the day. Other delays :) Its 10pm here now. Not really a problem.
Nurses are correct, ministry and government are lying! No wonder they are striking! #NZPol
Uploaded a new client site today. Happily someone else is in charge of the domain so it is momentarily invisible. Usually there is a way to run a temporary domain for checking but i will wait for the actual domain to “catch up”. No matter how often I do that always little delays & glitches.
This is analogous to coming up with killer world-changing ideas when drunk or high, and then you look at what you wrote down later and it just says "give birds roller skates"
Should add that the surgeon and the nurse were both fantastic but both working under a broken system.
Always sad when that happens. Places like that are social glue.
My Listener column about talking to Auckland business owners. It's not just a slump, it's a consequence of the government wiping out existing systems without having a clear idea of how to replace them. www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener...
Agreed. I had two phonecalls in the week prior. Either one could have told me what to expect. Waiting list took only 3 months as it was a preventative & potentially serious thing. Lab results are slow too because I suspect funding for that is stretched.
Public health is being run down so that private contractors can make more $. They don't have the budget to pay an admin person to staff the department at (admin rates - not doctors.) But they do have another budget to fly a surgeon 1500k for a half day of surgeries + their specialist fees.
Literally all they needed to do was to tell me not to expect any staff on that department and it would have been Ok. But everything went late and stress levels were high all round. I logged a complaint because it won't get fixed if no one does that.
I had a Saturday morning appointment at Dunedin hospital. The surgeon flew down from Waikato to do a series of them. Essentially private consultants on contract backing up the system. So that is happening too. Communications was so bad I almost walked out after waiting an hour in a deserted building
This is more my preference. I heat the cups up so the coffee doesn’t cool down at all.
The staff go over and above what is expected. Their goodwill and hard work is all that holding the line.
Not really a fan of the acrylic coffee cup. But got given a couple. It dies show you the height of the foam for this triple latte though.
AI's best use case will always be scams. It's scamtech, top to bottom. Everything about it is crooked. Its bedrock is theft and its legacy is the destruction of the environment, both physical and virtual. Even most of its 'legitimate' uses are a form of lying. "I wrote this." "I created this."
Sorry I’ve never seen that show. Don’t know who Bartlet is. But i looked it up. Was thinking more of the original Logans Run & maybe Running Man the remake. ICE seem to be modern day bounty hunters.
I have a theory that if he was still a ratbag junkie no one would care. He has raised our expectations by some of the many good things he has done. That is a paradox. But still disappointing. That Berlin story is more what I was expecting.
A real live Logans Run could very well happen.
I can
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And rickets
@nature.com I love this article - but WHY are the only share options to X and Facebook when the whole point of the article is that science-based posts get more shares here? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Just a heads up to anyone using Firefox:
If it is true then that is very disappointing. I have never listened to Radiohead and have no interest in them.
Correction : Kokuho. Translates as something like living national treasure for excellence in the arts. Japanese speakers will know more.
That article was 2023. Id like to see something more recent. So much has happened in the last few years and i see the NZ concerts are not till Feb next year.
Kohuko is the best film about Kabuki theatre I have seen. Actually it’s the only one. Every film festival I pick a few films to stretch my imagination. I recall Bowie had some interest in the craft. This film is almost 3 hours of immersion into the intensity needed to succeed in that artform.
![There is a timeless quality to onnagata [male actors who play female characters]. They’re in a class of their own. They’re sensual in a sophisticated way and if I may say...the sensuality strikes you unexpectedly. Sang-il Lee Kokuho 2025 Directed by Sang-il Lee Visions The all-consuming dedication of the Japanese Kabuki artist gets its due in an ornate, decades-spanning spectacular of passion and pain that charts the journey of two young trainees.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mmo5fjueztvqb6wttph6wthr/bafkreigk5s7conalhnhfa73vjwyivswqvkrdfk5swakoxacezfosjljuwq@jpeg "Click to view full size")
Source please.
That is very tough. Sorry. Hopefully that gets better.
National has never scored above Labour at all in this graph on Government Performance Yet 38% of you voted for the worst Government ever That said all eyes and cannons should be on NZME, Stuff and RNZ Press Gallery after the next election for enabling this shit fuckery that never needed to happen
A trick question surely?
Out of stock. But worth finding teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/dea...
This is it – the final day! ⌛ teherengawakapress.co.nz
That should stop. It is an amazing patch of beach there. It was a big surprise when i finally got there a few years ago.
Doing some baking ?
A win for one of my favourite beaches.
Got up at 4.15 am to go and see this. Break of dawn, Angkor Wat Cambodia. Highly recommended - apparently tourism still far below pre-COVID levels.
New Zealanders electricity bills are already high. When Luxon blocks offshore wind, by fast tracking seabed mining in the same place, he is driving electricity prices higher, while blocking new low emissions generation. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
I have been saying this for something like 15 years and I am so tired, folks: the tactics. Of the right. Don't work. For the left. Because their politics are divisive and anti-community. Ours aren't. They win when politics is toxic and vicious. We win by building solidarity.
Very subdued "sunrise" today: Sunday, 31 August, 2025. This is from Okitu Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Mōrena / Good morning.
No - I have been following Mark for some time - probably read a post in the early days
These photos are about 80k North of Dunedin - near Moeraki.
On campus this morning!
Need to track this one down. Have not seen it but good clues in background
Been sayin’ this for years…
HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to @deakinuniversity.bsky.social DUST Solar Car finishing 4th in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge 2025. 3000km from Darwin to Adelaide over 5 days. @smartenergycouncil.bsky.social proud sponsor congratulations to all teams. #DUST
Old Soviet jokes are back in style. Turns out, dark humor ages better than democracy.
The intricately-carved stone latticework of ‘The Tree of Life’ in the window of 16th-century Sidi Saiyyed Mosque in Ahmedabad, India, named after the Ethiopian nobleman (& ex-slave) who commissioned it
Can you do a field trip to Melbourne? I had some good finds there.
To be fair that was about ‘95. Feels like yesterday.
I once had a purple business suit made for me. It is possible but takes extra effort.
It is like weaving in wood. So much wood.
My view this afternoon. Sea. #NorthOtago forecast is for feels like -1 by 9pm so need to get home and sort out the fire. Temp dropping fast and will get down to 4C overnight.
All our tweets and ill will combining together
The people who were screaming at you online five years ago to “do your own research!” are today using ChatGPT to do their own research.
Does he think no one in other countries has mental health issues? Why do these mass shootings at schools only happen in the U.S.?
See that section on greylynn2030.co.nz hat tip @suziedo.bsky.social who knows more
Last day for Ōtepoti on Monday and one extra late addition for music fans. I’d like to but sadly not going to get there. Jeff Buckley #NZIFF www.nziff.co.nz/2025/otepoti...
My last pic of the festival www.nziff.co.nz/2025/otepoti...
The 30th anniversary screening tomorrow of Gaylene Preston doco. #NZIFF www.nziff.co.nz/2025/otepoti...
The correct answer.
Something's going on with one of my muted words isn't it.
#nzpol Despite the breathless headlines of cover-up etc, one of the (if not THE) core question remains. Why did MoF, the Chair, & rest of Board all want Orr gone?🤔 Unpopular opinion … is it because Orr was actually good at his job? substack.com/@ganeshrahir...
Should add that (special occasion is) we finished the ceiling battens on the community hub building this morning. Middle section is 3.8m high. This was taken just before we finished a couple of sections.
Who knew sand batteries were a thing?
I bought a couple of large beer glasses. It’s amazing how much difference the right glass makes. Craftwork Brewery in Oamaru is great btw. I barely drink these days but blossoms on the plum tree and feeling like a warm spring now. Special occasion.
How far are you from Supreme. They roast large scale for when you don’t have time. Also supply Woolworths but I’m guessing you might be able to get them direct.
Friends, LinkedIn has failed me 😑 but I know the politically engaged community I follow here won’t. I'm chairing the Karangahape Candidates debate at Double Whammy on Tues ahead of the local gvt elections - and I’d like your input. What's got you rarked up about Auckland? Questions please 🙏
I'll be on Radio New Zealand at 4.10pm playing some music from Arooj Aftab, Susumu Yokota, Surly, Joanne Grauer, Suzanne Menzel and Cy Timmons. www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
I’m headed out to the beach for sunrise soon, and the stars in the early morning sky are brilliant here in dark sky te Tairāwhiti. This is an iPhone photo of Matariki, the appearance of which is Aotearoa/New Zealand’s first indigenous holiday. (This cluster is also known as Pleiades)
Thing is, China is happy to sell solar panels to anyone in the world, for quite low margins, and at a lifetime net price that is vastly less than that of fossil fuels. They could power the world and capture less value than a single middleweight petrostate.
Meridian / Todd Energy start building their monster Te Rāhui solar farm. www.pv-tech.org/meridian-nov...
Turns out setting up an immigration detention tent camp without legal authority in a protected swamp nature preserve with a dark sky designation, that had almost zero infrastructure, in the scorching hot Florida summer, during hurricane season, did not turn out well.
The Careless People book notes that they have progressively lost the plot. Tenuous to start with but now on the the dark side because more profitable.
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I just going to leave this here, newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/13/d...
I was born in Edinburgh and proudly calling myself Scottish on the back of this 👇
This is deeply serious. 'Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds'. Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Avatar is a tedious pile of steaming shit except for the work of the CG artists. If humans hadn't done the CG work on that, Terminator 2, The Abyss, Titanic, he'd be nothing but an 80s memory. What an ungrateful twat.
The secret ingredient is… epidemiology?
It’s good that they made sure everyone knows by carefully announcing the news last thing on a Friday.
Great work here from @carbonbrief.org , debunking common myths about solar power. The reason that solar power makes so much sense is fundamental physics - it takes energy in its most useful form, as soon as it arrives on Earth, before it's "taxed" in entropy. Making use of it is a slam-dunk win.
Supermarkets have huge volumes of data but not public.