Ben Ross
@benakl.bsky.social
Spatial and Policy Planner
Resident of South Auckland
Cities Skylines Player and Snob
Resident of South Auckland
Cities Skylines Player and Snob
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Ben Ross
@benakl.bsky.social
· Dec 26
2025 was indeed even busier fighting for evidence based policy over fact free reckons.
Wonder what 2026 will bring?
Wonder what 2026 will bring?
If that was code to describe Centralists, Centralism, and Centralism Incrementalism being the lazy sack of shit... then I would agree
This guy's putting the time and work into fixing shit. He's making everyone else look like a lazy sack of shit hoping a rich person will write them a check to do nothing.
Corporations will not exploit working people in NYC.
Uber Eats, Fantuan & HungryPanda broke the law — shortchanging workers while raking in profits.
Today, we secured $5M+ in restitution for 49,000 delivery workers.
Let this be a warning: steal wages, face the consequences.
Uber Eats, Fantuan & HungryPanda broke the law — shortchanging workers while raking in profits.
Today, we secured $5M+ in restitution for 49,000 delivery workers.
Let this be a warning: steal wages, face the consequences.
January 31, 2026 at 8:06 PM
If that was code to describe Centralists, Centralism, and Centralism Incrementalism being the lazy sack of shit... then I would agree
Hi dad
My royal pillow
My royal pillow
January 31, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Hi dad
My royal pillow
My royal pillow
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Not all heroes wear capes 👇
Hope the fire guy doesn’t get in trouble but 🤣🤣🤣🤣😊🤣😊😊😊🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 (watch the fire guy at the end)
January 31, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Not all heroes wear capes 👇
NYC Congestion Charging has not only sped up trips inside the charging area but also in the surrounds outside the charging area as well.
So Congestion charging benefits Urban AND Suburban areas.
Lessons for Auckland as we prepare for our Time of Use Charging!
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
So Congestion charging benefits Urban AND Suburban areas.
Lessons for Auckland as we prepare for our Time of Use Charging!
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Congestion Pricing’s Unexpected Winners: Suburban Drivers
NYC’s controversial toll program hasn’t just sped up trips inside Manhattan, a new paper finds. It’s easing traffic in outer boroughs and neighboring counties.
www.bloomberg.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:21 PM
NYC Congestion Charging has not only sped up trips inside the charging area but also in the surrounds outside the charging area as well.
So Congestion charging benefits Urban AND Suburban areas.
Lessons for Auckland as we prepare for our Time of Use Charging!
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
So Congestion charging benefits Urban AND Suburban areas.
Lessons for Auckland as we prepare for our Time of Use Charging!
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Going Green to Save Money in the 21st Century: Nature as Urban Resilience and should be at the top of the order in the proposed Planning Bill. By top of the order it would sit in: Part 2 Foundations, Subpart 1—Core provisions for decision making, Clause 11: Goals
January 30, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Going Green to Save Money in the 21st Century: Nature as Urban Resilience and should be at the top of the order in the proposed Planning Bill. By top of the order it would sit in: Part 2 Foundations, Subpart 1—Core provisions for decision making, Clause 11: Goals
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Urban Planning: Growth vs Preservation! Continuing to allow for urban growth following the Public Health, and Infrastructure First (Infrastructure Surplus) mandates while restoring a hard Rural Urban Boundary with a methodology how to engage in urban expansion.
January 30, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Urban Planning: Growth vs Preservation! Continuing to allow for urban growth following the Public Health, and Infrastructure First (Infrastructure Surplus) mandates while restoring a hard Rural Urban Boundary with a methodology how to engage in urban expansion.
Is it me or did YouTube Completely shit the bed this morning?
January 31, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Is it me or did YouTube Completely shit the bed this morning?
They the rich basically have no place in our civilised world
Adjust accordingly
Adjust accordingly
While the rich complain about the poor being the problem in this world maybe they should look in the mirror and reflect on their own sad, sadistic, shifuckery lives.
January 31, 2026 at 6:44 PM
They the rich basically have no place in our civilised world
Adjust accordingly
Adjust accordingly
💣
January 31, 2026 at 6:26 AM
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Dr Strangelove, or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Shitpost
Revenge of the Shitposts
The Usual Shitposts
January 31, 2026 at 6:04 AM
Dr Strangelove, or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Shitpost
Revenge of the Shitposts
The Usual Shitposts
Pulp Shitposts.
January 31, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Revenge of the Shitposts
And I thought out lot were bad?
Nope nothing on the US
Nope nothing on the US
Land use planners came to talk to us students at Penn the other day. I asked, “When has land use planning improved the quality of life of someone in an urban environment, besides limiting industry with residential?”
The response: Stop midrises near campus because “college students are pollution.”
The response: Stop midrises near campus because “college students are pollution.”
City planners in the US just flat out suck
January 31, 2026 at 5:17 AM
And I thought out lot were bad?
Nope nothing on the US
Nope nothing on the US
Right time to shoot back to 1985 as my Planning Bill Submission stands at 46 pages, with some 14,866 words and I have not got to the clauses yet
Why so long
Because even as the NZPI has stated the Planning Bill is a lot of words
It has no Goals, Outcomes, No HOW TO DO THIS
Why so long
Because even as the NZPI has stated the Planning Bill is a lot of words
It has no Goals, Outcomes, No HOW TO DO THIS
Silent Galaxy (Synthwave | 2026) Retroflow 1985
YouTube video by Retroflow 1985
www.youtube.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Right time to shoot back to 1985 as my Planning Bill Submission stands at 46 pages, with some 14,866 words and I have not got to the clauses yet
Why so long
Because even as the NZPI has stated the Planning Bill is a lot of words
It has no Goals, Outcomes, No HOW TO DO THIS
Why so long
Because even as the NZPI has stated the Planning Bill is a lot of words
It has no Goals, Outcomes, No HOW TO DO THIS
Important for Aotearoa as Minister Bishop is wanting parts of the Planning Bill that replaces the RMA 1991 to emulate the Japanese planning system
This includes and what I am a very staunch proponent on and the Ministry is yet to start drafting: THE STANDARDISED ZONES
This includes and what I am a very staunch proponent on and the Ministry is yet to start drafting: THE STANDARDISED ZONES
Tokyo offers an important lesson for international planning debates: less rigid planning has helped produce a more vibrant and adaptable city. Zoning originally emerged to protect public health in heavily industrialised environments, but with pollution largely under control, ...
January 31, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Important for Aotearoa as Minister Bishop is wanting parts of the Planning Bill that replaces the RMA 1991 to emulate the Japanese planning system
This includes and what I am a very staunch proponent on and the Ministry is yet to start drafting: THE STANDARDISED ZONES
This includes and what I am a very staunch proponent on and the Ministry is yet to start drafting: THE STANDARDISED ZONES
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At this point, is it just easier and quicker to publish lists of which powerful people do NOT appear in the Epstein files?
January 31, 2026 at 3:10 AM
At this point, is it just easier and quicker to publish lists of which powerful people do NOT appear in the Epstein files?
We should be exporting value added products whether it be secondary/intermediate (so "parts" that go onto a finishing factory for consumer goods, but can also be used for capital goods), or consumer goods (aka end product)
This bulk export of raw primary goods needs to stop
This bulk export of raw primary goods needs to stop
Mana Taiao Tairāwhiti spokesperson Manu Caddie said their “main message” to the council was that it did not have to “pander to the industry”.
Gisborne council urged to stop ‘appeasing’ forestry industry
Mana Taiao Tairāwhiti spokesperson Manu Caddie said their “main message” to the council was that it did not have to “pander to the industry”.
www.teaonews.co.nz
January 31, 2026 at 3:16 AM
We should be exporting value added products whether it be secondary/intermediate (so "parts" that go onto a finishing factory for consumer goods, but can also be used for capital goods), or consumer goods (aka end product)
This bulk export of raw primary goods needs to stop
This bulk export of raw primary goods needs to stop
28C in South Auckland today
And my blood sugars are just going ABSOLUTELY NOPE -_-
Go go air con
(Ill be back outside after 4pm)
And my blood sugars are just going ABSOLUTELY NOPE -_-
Go go air con
(Ill be back outside after 4pm)
Guess what?
IT'S FUCKING SUMMER TODAY!!!!
IT'S FUCKING SUMMER TODAY!!!!
January 31, 2026 at 2:29 AM
28C in South Auckland today
And my blood sugars are just going ABSOLUTELY NOPE -_-
Go go air con
(Ill be back outside after 4pm)
And my blood sugars are just going ABSOLUTELY NOPE -_-
Go go air con
(Ill be back outside after 4pm)
Not all heroes wear capes 👇
Hope the fire guy doesn’t get in trouble but 🤣🤣🤣🤣😊🤣😊😊😊🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 (watch the fire guy at the end)
January 31, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Not all heroes wear capes 👇
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Time for the 3-30-300 Green Infrastructure Rule
See 3 trees
30% Urban Forest Cover
300m to nearest park or Green Infrastructure
See 3 trees
30% Urban Forest Cover
300m to nearest park or Green Infrastructure
January 29, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Time for the 3-30-300 Green Infrastructure Rule
See 3 trees
30% Urban Forest Cover
300m to nearest park or Green Infrastructure
See 3 trees
30% Urban Forest Cover
300m to nearest park or Green Infrastructure
Time to deal with these milk powder anti Maori christo fascists the same way a dairy farmer dumps spoilt milk, (put out) to pasture
NZ pumps out these anti Maori Christo conservative clones like they're milk powder.. #nzpol
January 30, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Time to deal with these milk powder anti Maori christo fascists the same way a dairy farmer dumps spoilt milk, (put out) to pasture
Thomas is not making the case for Willis but Hipkins and Edmonds equally need to be careful as well
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
Chris Hipkins and Nicola Willis go to war over who broke the economy
As Parliament returned, Hipkins and Willis clashed.
www.nzherald.co.nz
January 30, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Thomas is not making the case for Willis but Hipkins and Edmonds equally need to be careful as well
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
Urban Planning: Growth vs Preservation! Continuing to allow for urban growth following the Public Health, and Infrastructure First (Infrastructure Surplus) mandates while restoring a hard Rural Urban Boundary with a methodology how to engage in urban expansion.
January 30, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Urban Planning: Growth vs Preservation! Continuing to allow for urban growth following the Public Health, and Infrastructure First (Infrastructure Surplus) mandates while restoring a hard Rural Urban Boundary with a methodology how to engage in urban expansion.
Aka Nat Man down at the Pub
(who then gets pinged for DUI 5 minutes later while the kids and mum are happily walking or biking down the road thanks to dedicated active mode infrastructure)
(who then gets pinged for DUI 5 minutes later while the kids and mum are happily walking or biking down the road thanks to dedicated active mode infrastructure)
"it's left wing brainwashing to get our kids to like trains and hate single occupancy vehicles."
January 30, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Aka Nat Man down at the Pub
(who then gets pinged for DUI 5 minutes later while the kids and mum are happily walking or biking down the road thanks to dedicated active mode infrastructure)
(who then gets pinged for DUI 5 minutes later while the kids and mum are happily walking or biking down the road thanks to dedicated active mode infrastructure)
Again, treason
And so much for NZ First
More like Shane Jones back pocket first
And so much for NZ First
More like Shane Jones back pocket first
The Government is negotiating with the US to mine critical minerals, while a memo before the Waitangi Tribunal says a backdoor deal violates obligations to Māori
NZ in talks with US on Trump minerals deal
newsroom.co.nz
January 30, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Again, treason
And so much for NZ First
More like Shane Jones back pocket first
And so much for NZ First
More like Shane Jones back pocket first
Going Green to Save Money in the 21st Century: Nature as Urban Resilience and should be at the top of the order in the proposed Planning Bill. By top of the order it would sit in: Part 2 Foundations, Subpart 1—Core provisions for decision making, Clause 11: Goals
January 30, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Going Green to Save Money in the 21st Century: Nature as Urban Resilience and should be at the top of the order in the proposed Planning Bill. By top of the order it would sit in: Part 2 Foundations, Subpart 1—Core provisions for decision making, Clause 11: Goals