Nobody is in Charge. This is a good thing We're a sac of fluid attached to some calcium. Our entire operating system is made of lard. #nzpol This govt is a "festering cluster of corrupt, autocratic racists" Paul Enright
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If you can, get one of these we We have sent off rats from 2 houses with them Had a recent setback due to getting solar PV and finding the backup circuit causing problems with it and the buggers moving back in, but now we have figured it out, back to driving them away, takes 3-5 days
I read something about how all the outrage these days might be an attempt to feel something, anything, in a world where authentic feelings have been obliterated Durrell once described Love in Alexandria as, "2 people in a blacked out room with razors, trying to make each other feel" That This
2/3 It’s not even that I’m worried, or that I feel bad. The issue is the lack of these feelings. Because if, after all this self-awareness and feedback from my closest friends, I still choose numbness every time, what does that make me?" Intelligent enough to ask? But it points to something else
1/3 I get her emails, partly because of her takes, partly she is Aotearoan, partly because she is so far from my generation and I need to understand This is on point, "To be a person is to feel things. To ‘beat’ depression is to numb it out. The issue is not that I’m unhappy.
Car brain is a disease
Could it be Orr-castrated litany of lies?
I switched back to Labour in 2017 because it felt like something new, and good, had happened in the party and I didn't want to lose it Did again in 2020 as everyone seems to have But back to straight Green again, unfortunately in Crusher's electorate so 50% wasted vote
Manipulative AND Manipulated They haven't been doing this because they believe it is some kind of journalistic best practice, their culture, such as, it was after many reorganisations, has been captured and nudged in the preferred direction Mutch-McKay was the poster child for "getting it right"
Find new calf on ground 😀, clean, dry, yellow poop Introduce myself, get maternal OK Milk cow More time with calf who comes for scratches age 5hrs/12kg? Return milk to house, prep to upload vide... MAD SCRAMBLE TO FIND ERRANT CALF!!!! Followed by 200m calf carry back to mum with added struggles
Morning schedule 6.45 up Meds, ablutions Check weather and record Put away dishes from last night Turn cheeses, harvest kefir and rinse sieve Open curtains, check mouse traps Boots on and bring in some windthrow branches from storm Make breakfast, cause trouble on Kikorangi Go to milk cow
Instead of worrying about curriculum we should have focused on what exactly they were "learning" from everything surrounding the pandemic, made it a "teachable moment", anyone remember those?
There was NO "learning loss" Humans, especially kids, are learning Hoovers, given a novel situation we suck up any and all data and try to make sense of it Some of the evil shit they DID learn in the process, however, will haunt them and our planet forever
People are melting down at a Tribune article about CHSD 230 considering adding Arabic to its language learning electives. I wasted time in the comments, which I normally avoid doing since it's useless and awful, but it led to possibly the funniest thing anybody's ever said to me about France.
You would need a bulldozer to remove the stack of bodies before it grew too tall and there was not enough of a drop to kill the next defenestree
ACT and Hobson's Pledge having a sook because Western BOP District Council is providing factual information about Māori Wards to voters like...what they are for www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/571...
Do NOT google that image PS, isn't there a pic of him in his suit jacket and shorts?
Fresh coffee and croissants via deliveroo?
Let's call it $66 for 3 nights, so $11 a day for breakfasts, $77/week/person Family of 4, less $50 for economies of scale, say $250/week, FOR BREAKFAST Sounds right This is the problem with disinformation, he's not necessarily lying, just standing under a cliff of data he's carefully not mentioning
Same thing in different places in different ways, letting the NHS die in the UK, lying about nursing levels in NZ Unlike some CT types, I don't believe there's a eugenics "movement", but I'm open to the idea that the human zeitgeist has just become bored with being the top predator and wants to die
There seems to be a serious proportion of the supposedly educated, nominally wealthy, population that is in favour of extinction through ignorance, stupidity and gullibility This thread, and the charts, are enough to make you weep for our mokos
Today Nick Ferrari asked if treaties like the ECHR & the Refugee Convention that were drawn up in the wake of WWII are still relevant to modern Britain. I said the context of racial hatred towards Muslim immigrants now echoes the hatred of Jewish immigrants in the 20th century. We need these laws.
it is underdiscussed how "learning loss" can also be attributed to the fact that millions of people were dying and the kids were fucking terrified all the time - not just that they were on Zoom
They ALL depend on on someone else creating the wealth that, paradoxically, the nanny state they so despise till they need it, to distribute the wealth around the community sufficiently that they get to clip the ticket But they demand and get deference from govt, media and us, far beyond justifiable
I'd bet a majority of "business" people are in retail and they have bought themselves an income, they are not entrepreneurs, not makers and inventors, not innovators and risk takers They are ordinary people who like some aspect of the products or service and "make a business" of it
In any case, every such proposal is subject to political leverage on those voting to implement them Look at the pain on Luxco as their property values fall, they ache to get that reversed because it hurts THEM BTW, another reason to beware CGT, being able to claim for LOSSES would be part of it
What I hear is 2 things 1. Don't touch their capital, which, as Gary S points out is the source of much of the problem 2. Complexity, numerical limits "5k/yr" has to shift as inflation/deflation shifts the goalposts, fiddling with tax rebates, exclusions etc is endlessly complex & compliance costly
No, I don't have the damned answers, what we are doing to the world I will soon shuffle off & leave festering to my mokos breaks my heart, but moving the deckchairs on groceries doesn't cut it The planet is being handed to oligarchs for whom there is NO excess anything they want start there or here
It's widely claimed that 15% of active true believers is enough to shift an entire social/economic system Right now, we have 30% hard right true believers of whom half are probably prepared to be active and ~5% actual CT Meanwhile Greens are on 11% and TPM barely making 4%
Our unsustainable economic system is failing & being shifted into the most predatory hands almost everywhere Our entire ecosystem is failing & the vast majority of us wont even acknowledge that, let alone be ready to die in the ditch to change it Until "we" are ready to act it's inside baseball
Partly because the known mechanism is being treated as irrelevant, it doesn't matter how well it might perforn if there is nobody willing to enforce it, and for the foreseeable future that is true, NACTF or Lab will not go there See "wealth/capital gains taxes" which would theoretically be easier
What I DO NOT get is that, while Labour is seen as better for "cost of living", National wins on "managing the goddamned economy" How bloody stupid ARE we?
Russia has run out of tanks
For 25yrs I've been anxious about what the climate is bringing Along the way I have had plenty of "Oh shit" moments I've had a few, "oh fuck" ones a couple of "oh FUCK" ones I follow this guy, I saw this post, for the first time I just want to weep, I can feel the tears at the back of my sinuses
Old Soviet joke for today: A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves. After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?” “I’m looking for the obituaries.” “The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.” “Not the one I’m looking for.”
THIS is iconic Trump vaguely gets the summit was a bust, that he got played & everyone knows So whoever tried to advise him how to manage Putin & get what he says he wants must not have done his job properly It is NEVER Trump's fault, he can't remember a word of it 10sec later So fire his ass
Mayor Brandon Johnson signed a wide-ranging executive order Saturday that includes banning law enforcement from wearing masks in Chicago and requiring them at all times to display what agency they work for.
For us on the edge it is even worse, I "know Tina" but I have to think who the hell she "represents", took me 20 seconds through, "some car place, no wait, auctions, someone's auctions, oh yeah, Turners" The fictional character is MORE real than the actual company Also, "getting old"
On the plus side, she IS still living rent free in his fevered brain, or thalamus, or limbic root, or his ass, so there IS that
Well THAT'S not good, needs fixing quickly Plainly recalls are a hindrance to productivity, just get Seymour to remove the regulations requiring the recall, any wasteful notifications and standards to comply with Shift to self-reguilation There done My pleasure
All we really have is placards, chants and demonstrations, if we aren't willing to go public, we can't play
Now THERE's a conundrum I thought the demons in hell were fallen angels whose souls had been sullied by rebellion If they had no souls, how could they suffer the eternal torture they were then commissioned to inflict on the rest of us?
This sounds like your wheelhouse, do you have any links to your papers on the subject? I have people who need to see them
URGENT - Health risk recall. This is nationwide Aotearoa New Zealand peeps and it includes all packaged and deli 'dished out' slaws and salads sold from all supermarkets.
Our reason for being on the land was, and remains, "within our lifetimes, those not producing a serious % of their own food will go hungry" HOW we got here was impossible to predict, nearly EVERY pathway did, but that we would get here was a moral certainty Some have just voted to floor it #nzpol
The problem here is "usual" They will want to argue that their margins have increased by becoming internally more efficient and that would then be a tax on "innovation" or some such The path to it would be a nightmare
Yeah, in exactly the same way that Rodney King was, "controlling" the 5 cops who were beating him shitless
Nothing like a bit of context, eh?
Independent journalist Marisa Kabas was first to report on Borges’ resignation and his email’s disappearance in posts on Bluesky Fuck yeah @marisakabas.bsky.social
This guy is on fire! 🔥 “You’re wearing the shit out of these pants.” 😂
Whoah, that is a bloody elegant level of evil
This looks incredible. Perfect for a country with high renewable energy production. Such a shame we can’t do it. The shareholders must have their dividends
While this may be a win for the rule of law, it happens in a twilight world of imperial collapse where nobody with skin in the game can or will trust anything issued, promulgated, passed, adjudicated or promised by any US organ, not for as long as this regime is in force, maybe longer Start there
While I'm at it, other options WERE possible, once “There has been rigorous due diligence on the project, which has been a critical process before New Zealand Steel fully embarks on its journey to decarbonise its activities while maintaining onshore steel production.” But rigorous due diligence..
This is a really good demonstration of the mania of Mike Hosking - our very own Tucker Carlson wrapped up in our very own Fox News, from where I sit. The only common denominator here is outrage, and that's what he makes bank off of. #media #newzealan
Solar, wind, geothermal, biochar, they can all pump in a bit, whining, crying, throwing tantrums and demanding more of the same have a value too That value is zero Nothing Fuck all Someone tell Sha... Never mind
I've seen stories for months about the "dwindling" gas supply, the number of businesses and industries that will have to close if they can't get the same flows at the same prices as they used to We are witnessing the collapse of the entire economic system and literally only Greens even mention it
#auspol This is the dark future Advance, CPAC, IPA and other dark (fossil fuel) money orgs of the transnational #atlasnetwork want to take us.
When I worked at RadioM there were people, the "Royal Families", who opposed production of flood risk maps because they KNEW, then, in the late 90's, that their property values would crash if they were made FAFO
This guy has some bad shit to pay for from his past, he made videos for Tommy Robinson FFS He publicly rejected that crap a few years ago & has since been trying to make amends with close-up coverage of the Ukraine war, really close up /Disclaimer He is putting his life on the line for the story
People out there living their lives and going about their day, but nobody is addressing the fact that there is a ’D’ in fridge, but not in refrigerator.
There is an entire cohort in "business" & politics who have never "failed" because they have benefited from a pervasive but invisible, to them, control fraud, where the outcomes are predetermined by vast leverage and money They are energetically building the conditions where that wont work any more
Craig, as usual, brings data and receipts
y’all know what one of the first nazi book burnings was right? y’all know why they did it y’all know trans people were one of their first targets and even the ALLIES left us in the camps when liberating everyone else y’all see what’s right in front of you, right?
Sits in his office, Gazing at himself in the mirror Jerking off
Popular Myths Amongst Government Ministers. Teachers and nurses pay vs Crown board members pay. My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #NZHealth #NZEducation
1. Gardens 2. Cows 3. Firewood
Mother of God This Tells Us EVERYTHING We Need To Know About This Fucking Clown Car Government
If you don't know Gary Stevenson, you need to take an hour and pay attention Prediction: Farage will win the next election, he will fail on the economy, Labour will get in, they will fail and so on" Short version here
Fully support you guys striking for what you're worth and looking forward to you all extending the same support when writing about other striking workers
Ahem
Ahah, so that's it I always thought it was his, "dear Jesus, I have no idea what they are saying, I know all the words but I can't put them together in a way that means I make more money, please help, your friend Christopher Mark Luxon" face
But he IS very, very interested in children
Oh For Fuck's Sake
Countries help each other during wildfire season & if ICE is willing to do this, that will deter foreign crews from coming. They sure as hell aren’t carrying their passports or important documents while working in a fire zone. The number of foreign firefighters willing to help the US just shrank.
Somebody surely knew Probably tried to bring it to the attention of some muckety muck Is now wandering the halls of WK moaning mournfully from their head underneath their arm
Shit out of luck 😬
Moynihan has a long series of posts in this thread, it helps unveil the chaos at the heart of every part of the current US regime, with CDC/HHS/NIH as the poster child The full resignation letter from Demetre C. Daskalakis, a CDC leader is alone worth the read
Any Damned PPPP Is ill advised
Waka Kotahi replied with, "we'll certainly be sure to tell you all when and where the repairs will be done, but if you want to know the reasons for this National Party clusterfuck, you'll be SOOL"
remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature
age 15: Computers are amazing! I'm going to do amazing things with computers! age 45: explaining to the fourth person this week why Chat GPT is not a replacement for google or the library or friends
I am so mad that so much funding was sunk into a platform run by this person, all the eggs in this basket?! This is not serious consideration for support into mental health #NZPol
Oh surprise surprise, Tend Health again among preferred providers, as Simeon Brown bypasses public processes to hand health money to private equity. Extra points: The "new" service is basically an existing one - WTAF National grow up
The quote tells you all you need to know about the story, "new power co's" are not hankering for competition, they want in on the trough www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
We could start by converting one into an MP residence, for all MP's, where they and their families could live free, with half a doz secure rooms for party political or security convos, fibre, concierge, the lot MP's could CHOOSE not to live there, but NO financial help for that
I’m tired of thoughts and prayers and now ..”No words” Yes there are words! background checks, licensing, better oversight and governance
Maybe they will take a leaf from the current Russian government playbook Meanwhile, it appears that the Belarus potato harvest has failed, massively reduced yield AND 40% spoilage Failed food production from the Polish border to the Pacific Now, about the refugees that will create
Education comes in small ways and you have to look out for it carefully they/them not them/they I had never even thought to make the distinction
That they have received clear advice from people who actually know what the work entails that it will become a clusterfuck is probably the final clue they needed to forge ahead And start planning to replace principals with "business managers"
But the damned headline is still sucking up to the trumpists. The correct form is this Prosecutors tell fragile fascists to fuck off
I am also claiming a medal for refusing to make any of the appallingly inappropriate comments regarding members of the bovine persuasion I will apologise to my actual cow in the miorning Here SHE is
The absolute audacity of this woman blaming “local leadership” and cycleways for the flailing economy after firing our public servants. You’re the Minister of Finance AND Economic Growth. Take a hard look at yourself, your lack of plan and your missing boats before coming at us. #nzpol
Has the govt ever considered that reducing unemployment, raising wages, ensuring pay equity, increasing govt spending, lowering rents & increasing housing availability - i.e. the opposite of what they’ve done - will more effectively reduce the cost of living than a press release about supermarkets?
People expecting Keir Starmer to act in good faith have made a category error. The man is jailing grandmothers protesting against genocide. He’s a truly evil man inside. Stop making this category error. He loves fascism - he’s busy implementing it.
For the eleventy billionth time: Attacks on science funding and science jobs in the United States don’t mean that science will just move elsewhere. It means a lot less science for everyone. There aren’t enough jobs or funding everywhere else )combined) for US scientists to just move.
Keep track of the Musk murders
I spent 6 months, age 19, at 4ZB in 1970, wrote to a friend that it was the arsehole of the country Her less than sympathetic response was that she assumed I was just, "passing through"
That headline tho, a keeper