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“There is no difference between passive resistance and passive collaboration — it's the same thing.” W.G. Sebald — Éireanneach in Aotearoa
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I don’t think Bandcamp tested 365-track albums
good sou-P
O’Sicko: sea! ha ha! sea!!! aidanbaker.bandcamp.com/album/a-year...
the patrick’s parabox levels with endless zoom really fuck me up
how anyone can say “trackless tram” with a straight face is beyond me
and, let’s not forget, keeping a rodent. . . within the city. . . that ain’t legal either
where there’s muck there’s brass
he just can’t help himself, can he
I spent 45 minutes with silksong and these are my first impressions: is this real? Events appear to transpire beyond some sort of barrier or screen I cannot influence aside from pressing buttons on my "side" of the dividing medium, but if these bugs are really doing all that it should be on the news
cortisol is a helluva drug
men who never grew up love them, so presumably this is all tim sweeney’s fault
did a baby write this
this post brought to you by low blood sugar
they know they’re toast. in the meantime I think they will cling to power at any cost and wreck as much as possible for the next government, which will fix or start fixing about half to two-thirds of the damage before we do this all over again in two or maybe three terms
goty
“rich-lister” is a fucking awful phrase
i've got some tricks up my sleeve, takes one to know one... you're a cowboy like me
haha, good enough for him
you: yeah, I think I could score a point against Serena Williams me:
I don’t think I’ve ever had business cards
not content with making its own AI-riddled shitware, Atlassian is buying more www.theverge.com/web/770947/b...
my curse is to always recall the most obscure bits of business in a scene
I’m SS13 – Lucida style github.com/be5invis/Ios...
“con air? con shit!”
why would they make a song out of silk? preposterous. a child’s thought.
“Stealth Bastard: Tactical Espionage Arsehole” is a very funny name for a video game
buddy, they won’t even let me install Linux in it
my role on this call is to spend most of my time muted, only to pipe up now and then with something like “yeah, OPTIONS is used for CORS preflight”
still resting
im more of a midday person, between 12:00 and 12:01 I am unstoppable
hey buddy
The Law Commission have just published their Ia Tangata report, recommending that gender and innate variations of sex characteristics are added to the Human Rights Act: www.lawcom.govt.nz/our-work/ia-...
WCC HAS PASSED OUR RAINBOW ACTION PLAN 🏳️🌈♥️ Wellington’s Rainbow community has played a huge role in shaping our city’s history, culture, and creativity. However, we also know that our Rainbow whānau can be some of our most vulnerable, facing a range of disparities across mental health and housing.
I hated working in private healthcare. It's the same doctors working in both sectors. The better the insurance, the more I was told to jack up the price. Doctors doing public health shifts, using it to find patients scared into paying $10-20k to jump the wait queue for surgery. Truly appalling.
it's kind of like when someone you love dies. when it's a car accident out of nowhere it crushes you in a different way than when it's the outcome of a terminal illness, but. it crushes you either way
I have provided my large adult sons with every luxury but they will only hang out in matching cardboard trays
In 2005, scientists developed an inflatable speculum intended to decrease pain during pelvic exams but doctors didn’t want to learn a new device. Discomfort in gynecological & femme-coded medical care is a feature, not a bug. And the speculum’s origins are, of course, in the slave trade.
I'm so sick of these lobotomized mummies shitting in my living room and calling it debate. I want so much to spend my life and energy doing literally anything but being mad at these freaks.
The concept of "defunding the police" rests on the idea that cops are doing things they fundamentally aren't suited for. For example, someone in the Wellington District office is clearly ill-suited for law enforcement and should be nurtured into their true vocation, Instagram flat lay photography
the twofer magic of David: he's Frankenstein's monster and Victor Frankenstein rolled into one. just a little guy channeling Peter Cushing and terraforming his world into Hammer Horror Planet.
unhinged genius. I hope there’ll be another, a hope I am not interested whatsoever in having dashed
No says the man in Moscow, it belongs to everyone. No says the man in the Vatican, it belongs to God! No says the man in Washington, it belongs to Truth Social! I rejected those answers!
when I was a child, I assumed every town had a water tower like this www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-se...
They Thought They Were Free. Milton Mayer
Do white guys know they can just jerk each other off and say "no homo" when they cum instead of starting another podcast about Metal Gear Solid?
well i guess i will not be buying google chrome after all
Luxon looking more and more like he didn’t choose the carpenter’s cup
I don’t think peppering professional communications with emoji makes them friendlier. It’s annoyingly condescending and babyish.
Addendum:
Ray Chung is still listed as the mayoral candidate. incredible
here’s a handy list of reasons not to vote for the Independent Together Party, courtesy of the Independent Together Party
great idea, I gotta do this!
did a baby write this
haven’t built a PC since the 20th Century and I don’t regret a thing
media literacy seems to be at an all-time low
US antitrust doesn’t seem to generate reasonable results very often. the Amazon/Apple ebooks one essentially handed Amazon the market
if not lolly, why lolly shape
This is actually part of the future of NZ's energy system. Low carbon baseload electricity generation. Unlike fossil gas, which is phasing out, and nuclear, which is never going to happen.
can confirm. very annoying
Keir Stürmer
everyone keeps asking if they can fuck the flag. and that's why i am promising, in the next 4 years, that this Labour government will deliver on the Great British public fucking the flag.
taskmaster nz really needs to figure out the makeup and/or lighting situation in the live segments
so when Luxon is rolled, will he finish his term or resign in a huff?
Yer da shouts at hotels
using one photo already on your phone, what is tomorrow's announcement at 2?
it really bothers me that the cog bethesda uses in various logos has a different number of teeth to the vault door
shame
this is a different part of amazon, web services rather than retail
Interesting that NZ exported a neo-nazi to Australia and Australia exported one to NZ. We put theirs in prison for being a terrorist piece of shit.
Remember when Andrew Little was general counsel of the Engineers' Union, and elected leader of its successor the EMPU - when it was the largest private sector trade union in the country? I'm not sure he does - because this is exactly the kind of boss class fuckery he used to rail against. #nzpol
did a baby write this
I know I've been playing immersive sims lately because I noticed this giant crooked panel in the Panera ceiling and thought "I bet there's med kits stashed up there"
It is somewhat concerning that some folks in Wellington want to set a precedent on local government decision making that incentivises obstructism and delay and longshot judicial reviews because if you delay long enough to get close to an election they're made it clear they'll cave.
I’m so tired of being governed by spineless middle-management washouts
This is so damn frustrating. No it absolutely shouldn’t be up to a new council. This decision, amongst others like the Golden Mile and Begonia House, were made months ago. Respect the democratic process. They must proceed otherwise we end up with unfinished projects and escalated costs. #nzpol
a little on the nose there, Al
also, the rhythmic sound collage over the closing credits has to be heard to be believed
he should start by detaching from his bookie
We’ve found the children (and adults) that the Govt celebrated removing from emergency housing. They’re now living on the streets, after emergency housing grant criteria were tightened. Take a bow Chris Bishop, Minister of Homelessness.
Been thinking about this for a few days, it’s why the solution to propaganda isn’t factchecking it’s community, and for the people creating propaganda it’s tackling them head on and not prevaricating or acquiescing to any of their points.
money is fake, but its effects are real. thank you for coming to my ted talk
that’s more like it!
a nice big signalled crosswalk at grade will be much more pedestrian-friendly than that ugly obstacle course. and although I’m able-bodied, it’s never struck me as particularly accessible, except maybe in a technical sense
also, “new sealed in box” my arse. it’s not sealed, and it’s definitely been read
reading v for vendetta before listening to shelved by genre, and the cheapest readily available copy I could find came with the mask. so now I have a Guy Fawkes mask
The fast track bill removes public participation from consenting process for large projects. This assumes the orgs that propose these projects have the best solutions. In truth, many major projects have been dramatically improved by public input: architecturenow.co.nz/articles/fas...
my personal favourite in the genre is the least weasel – so small! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Least_w...
recently I read The Elementals by Michael McDowell and I thought it was really good
don’t let your friends crash out, help them crash in. kindness is free
restructures are managerial masturbation
“But Smiley heard it, and it was for him.”
same