Jjengar
@jjengar.bsky.social
PhD need to thaw the brain exercise the pen cook dinner do the laundry & CLEAN THE TOILET (that’s a metaphor)
Kids gone now
Oldies too 😢 damn Covid 😞😷
PlanetNerd Shrink
Aotearoa New Zealand 🇳🇿
(same name on the dying bird and extinct elephant)
Kids gone now
Oldies too 😢 damn Covid 😞😷
PlanetNerd Shrink
Aotearoa New Zealand 🇳🇿
(same name on the dying bird and extinct elephant)
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Hey, NZ….. #nzpol
"...anti-feminist ideology can function as an enabling factor along pathways to violent extremism". | Anti-feminist ideology ‘increasingly relevant’ to national security: Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) globalnews.ca/news/1166168... #nzpol
Anti-feminist ideology ‘increasingly relevant’ to national security: CSIS - National | Globalnews.ca
Officials with Canada's security and intelligence agency told MPs the ideology 'can function as an enabling factor along pathways to violent extremism' but is not itself a threat.
globalnews.ca
February 18, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Hey, NZ….. #nzpol
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Truly incredible moment just now from an RNZ newsreader who mentioned the Auckland neighbourhood Point Chevalier pronouncing it, like, how you'd think; she then stopped, apologized, and said "that's 'point chev-a-LEER' for the locals"
February 18, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Truly incredible moment just now from an RNZ newsreader who mentioned the Auckland neighbourhood Point Chevalier pronouncing it, like, how you'd think; she then stopped, apologized, and said "that's 'point chev-a-LEER' for the locals"
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Old timey circus cannons
is there a technology that "the left" is excited about?
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
The left is missing out on AI
As a movement, it has largely refused to engage seriously with AI, ceding debate about a threat and opportunity to the right
www.transformernews.ai
February 18, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Old timey circus cannons
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A throw back to @rodemmerson.bsky.social cartoon for when Simeon announced the soon if not already cancelled Wellington tunnels 👇
February 18, 2026 at 3:47 AM
A throw back to @rodemmerson.bsky.social cartoon for when Simeon announced the soon if not already cancelled Wellington tunnels 👇
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@marcdaalder.bsky.social reports on the merger plan, giving facts as known.
An analysis of the intent and politics of the move, and how and whether it will work will come later.
After that are Opinion pieces.
That’s how real journalism is done - so don’t fulminate about what‘s not covered here.
An analysis of the intent and politics of the move, and how and whether it will work will come later.
After that are Opinion pieces.
That’s how real journalism is done - so don’t fulminate about what‘s not covered here.
New: The government has introduced legislation to abolish the Ministry for the Environment as part of its plans to build a new super-agency tasked with urban development, planning, infrastructure and transport.
newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/17/g...
newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/17/g...
Govt to disband environment ministry as part of agency merger
The environment department will be abolished and folded into a new super-ministry for cities, environment, regions and transport.
newsroom.co.nz
February 17, 2026 at 8:28 PM
@marcdaalder.bsky.social reports on the merger plan, giving facts as known.
An analysis of the intent and politics of the move, and how and whether it will work will come later.
After that are Opinion pieces.
That’s how real journalism is done - so don’t fulminate about what‘s not covered here.
An analysis of the intent and politics of the move, and how and whether it will work will come later.
After that are Opinion pieces.
That’s how real journalism is done - so don’t fulminate about what‘s not covered here.
“…predicated on dollars and time”
Make this affordable & achievable you politicians in AoNZ
#nzpol
www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/wh... What a cardiologist eats in a day for better heart health
Make this affordable & achievable you politicians in AoNZ
#nzpol
www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/wh... What a cardiologist eats in a day for better heart health
'Embrace healthy fats': What a cardiologist eats in a day
Washington Post: "My first principle is to eat foods that are delicious."
www.nzherald.co.nz
February 17, 2026 at 8:35 PM
“…predicated on dollars and time”
Make this affordable & achievable you politicians in AoNZ
#nzpol
www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/wh... What a cardiologist eats in a day for better heart health
Make this affordable & achievable you politicians in AoNZ
#nzpol
www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/wh... What a cardiologist eats in a day for better heart health
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Blackberries. Beautifully painted in 1813 by Raphaelle Peale, who was born on this day in 1774.
February 17, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Blackberries. Beautifully painted in 1813 by Raphaelle Peale, who was born on this day in 1774.
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Breathtaking geometry of a peeled orange and a book, by Raphaelle Peale. Born on this day 1774.
February 17, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Breathtaking geometry of a peeled orange and a book, by Raphaelle Peale. Born on this day 1774.
Powerful 😭
February 17, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Powerful 😭
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Join the call to invest in renewable energy, NOT Luxon’s batshit new fossil gas LNG terminal...👇
PETITION 📝
action.greenpeace.org.nz/petition/cle...
PETITION 📝
action.greenpeace.org.nz/petition/cle...
PETITION: Choose a clean energy future
Sign on now to call on the Luxon Govt to embrace a Clean Energy Future for NZ, invest in solar and wind, and reject new fossil fuel electricity generation and a new fossil gas import facility.
action.greenpeace.org.nz
February 17, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Join the call to invest in renewable energy, NOT Luxon’s batshit new fossil gas LNG terminal...👇
PETITION 📝
action.greenpeace.org.nz/petition/cle...
PETITION 📝
action.greenpeace.org.nz/petition/cle...
Yes.
Might be a bit soon to declare gardening a legal activity in New Zealand 🇳🇿
All those gardener convicts might flood the market with marrows with all this rain we’ve been getting 🤷♀️
Might be a bit soon to declare gardening a legal activity in New Zealand 🇳🇿
All those gardener convicts might flood the market with marrows with all this rain we’ve been getting 🤷♀️
Next steps for Parliament: declare that Winston is a citizen, legalise rugby, allow burgers to be made of meat
February 17, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Yes.
Might be a bit soon to declare gardening a legal activity in New Zealand 🇳🇿
All those gardener convicts might flood the market with marrows with all this rain we’ve been getting 🤷♀️
Might be a bit soon to declare gardening a legal activity in New Zealand 🇳🇿
All those gardener convicts might flood the market with marrows with all this rain we’ve been getting 🤷♀️
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NZ has not really come to terms with how far developed the disinfo networks were that led to riots and flames on the parliament grounds.
It's been brushed off as individual cookers without much serious introspection in public of the information ecosystem and funding conditions that led to it.
It's been brushed off as individual cookers without much serious introspection in public of the information ecosystem and funding conditions that led to it.
February 17, 2026 at 7:43 PM
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Indeed.
FYI, at the end of The Rest is Politics podcast with Jacinda, Rory Stewart mentioned that according to the UK Electoral Reform Society at the time she resigned Jacinda was only second to Emmanuel Macron as a target for Russian disinformation.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX_P...
FYI, at the end of The Rest is Politics podcast with Jacinda, Rory Stewart mentioned that according to the UK Electoral Reform Society at the time she resigned Jacinda was only second to Emmanuel Macron as a target for Russian disinformation.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX_P...
How To Be Prime Minister With Imposter Syndrome & Why I Resigned: Jacinda Ardern
YouTube video by The Rest Is Politics: Leading
www.youtube.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Indeed.
FYI, at the end of The Rest is Politics podcast with Jacinda, Rory Stewart mentioned that according to the UK Electoral Reform Society at the time she resigned Jacinda was only second to Emmanuel Macron as a target for Russian disinformation.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX_P...
FYI, at the end of The Rest is Politics podcast with Jacinda, Rory Stewart mentioned that according to the UK Electoral Reform Society at the time she resigned Jacinda was only second to Emmanuel Macron as a target for Russian disinformation.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX_P...
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Two years ago today, I was still basking in the afterglow of watching my friend Fa'anānā Efeso Collings deliver a most blistering maiden speech in Parliament. I will never forget that moment, sitting in the gallery, feeling #Ōtara, #SouthAuckland and the whole #Pacific in his voice.
Efeso Collins gives maiden speech a week before death | 1News
YouTube video by 1News
www.youtube.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Two years ago today, I was still basking in the afterglow of watching my friend Fa'anānā Efeso Collings deliver a most blistering maiden speech in Parliament. I will never forget that moment, sitting in the gallery, feeling #Ōtara, #SouthAuckland and the whole #Pacific in his voice.
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Basic goods are really struggling.
- Potatoes up 16.2% annually
- Tomatoes up 31.9%
- Kiwifruit up 40.6%
- Oranges up 19.9%
- Beef Mince up 18.8%
- Sausages up 10.5%
- Cheese up 16.5%
- Butter up 17.7%
- Chocolate up 20.5%
If you need a coffee after that - that's up 8.2%
- Potatoes up 16.2% annually
- Tomatoes up 31.9%
- Kiwifruit up 40.6%
- Oranges up 19.9%
- Beef Mince up 18.8%
- Sausages up 10.5%
- Cheese up 16.5%
- Butter up 17.7%
- Chocolate up 20.5%
If you need a coffee after that - that's up 8.2%
February 17, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Basic goods are really struggling.
- Potatoes up 16.2% annually
- Tomatoes up 31.9%
- Kiwifruit up 40.6%
- Oranges up 19.9%
- Beef Mince up 18.8%
- Sausages up 10.5%
- Cheese up 16.5%
- Butter up 17.7%
- Chocolate up 20.5%
If you need a coffee after that - that's up 8.2%
- Potatoes up 16.2% annually
- Tomatoes up 31.9%
- Kiwifruit up 40.6%
- Oranges up 19.9%
- Beef Mince up 18.8%
- Sausages up 10.5%
- Cheese up 16.5%
- Butter up 17.7%
- Chocolate up 20.5%
If you need a coffee after that - that's up 8.2%
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#RecipeOfTheDay is, as it must be on Pancake Day, obviously enough, pancakes and, specifically, crêpes. These are the pancakes of my childhood and, furthermore, I have to eat them with just sugar and lemon juice. But that’s me: you go as wild as you want! www.nigella.com/recipes/crepes
Crepes
Although thick, fluffy American pancakes seem to predominate in my house, I couldn't let Pancake Day pass without making a batch of these: it would seem a sin against tradition, nature and greed. They...
www.nigella.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:43 AM
#RecipeOfTheDay is, as it must be on Pancake Day, obviously enough, pancakes and, specifically, crêpes. These are the pancakes of my childhood and, furthermore, I have to eat them with just sugar and lemon juice. But that’s me: you go as wild as you want! www.nigella.com/recipes/crepes
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... and when they became govt,they promptly betrayed 150,000 predominantly female low-paid workers and SCRAPPED 33 PAY EQUITY AGREEMENTS.
National is not to be trusted in any cross-Party agreements.
They don't even honour signed & sealed contracts (eg, iRex ferries construction contracts).
(2/2)
National is not to be trusted in any cross-Party agreements.
They don't even honour signed & sealed contracts (eg, iRex ferries construction contracts).
(2/2)
February 17, 2026 at 4:31 AM
... and when they became govt,they promptly betrayed 150,000 predominantly female low-paid workers and SCRAPPED 33 PAY EQUITY AGREEMENTS.
National is not to be trusted in any cross-Party agreements.
They don't even honour signed & sealed contracts (eg, iRex ferries construction contracts).
(2/2)
National is not to be trusted in any cross-Party agreements.
They don't even honour signed & sealed contracts (eg, iRex ferries construction contracts).
(2/2)
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The covid emergency clearly demonstrated one inescapable fact: Labour is better at planning for the future.
The Superannuation Investment Fund and Kiwisaver is more evidence that Labour plans for the future whilst National offers tax cuts for short term electoral self-benefit.
Until NZers...
(3)
The Superannuation Investment Fund and Kiwisaver is more evidence that Labour plans for the future whilst National offers tax cuts for short term electoral self-benefit.
Until NZers...
(3)
February 17, 2026 at 3:58 AM
The covid emergency clearly demonstrated one inescapable fact: Labour is better at planning for the future.
The Superannuation Investment Fund and Kiwisaver is more evidence that Labour plans for the future whilst National offers tax cuts for short term electoral self-benefit.
Until NZers...
(3)
The Superannuation Investment Fund and Kiwisaver is more evidence that Labour plans for the future whilst National offers tax cuts for short term electoral self-benefit.
Until NZers...
(3)
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The important thing to remember is that feijoa season will be upon us soon
February 17, 2026 at 4:04 AM
The important thing to remember is that feijoa season will be upon us soon
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Government considers $9 Auckland Harbour Bridge toll to help pay for second crossing
Government considers $9 Auckland Harbour Bridge toll to help pay for second crossing
The government continues to mull over its options as to what a new crossing would look like, such as a tunnel or second bridge.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 17, 2026 at 4:08 AM
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Part of my role is emergency management and I get it.
If you have easy to find meds, closed in shoes (glass etc) and a torch you’ve made a good start.
A simple list on the fridge of what else to grab, when you’re brain is panicking, is a big help too.
If you have easy to find meds, closed in shoes (glass etc) and a torch you’ve made a good start.
A simple list on the fridge of what else to grab, when you’re brain is panicking, is a big help too.
February 16, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Part of my role is emergency management and I get it.
If you have easy to find meds, closed in shoes (glass etc) and a torch you’ve made a good start.
A simple list on the fridge of what else to grab, when you’re brain is panicking, is a big help too.
If you have easy to find meds, closed in shoes (glass etc) and a torch you’ve made a good start.
A simple list on the fridge of what else to grab, when you’re brain is panicking, is a big help too.
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Also. People. YOU MAY NOT BE AT HOME WHEN AN EMERGENCY HITS!!
A lot of advice (a) individualises the problem and (b) assumes people will be at home.
Fun fact: NZers travel!
We holiday, visit family/friends, work, go on retreats, etc etc
We need better advice+support than "err make go bag". Gah
A lot of advice (a) individualises the problem and (b) assumes people will be at home.
Fun fact: NZers travel!
We holiday, visit family/friends, work, go on retreats, etc etc
We need better advice+support than "err make go bag". Gah
I dunno about you, but our house is not very big and quite full of people and their stuff, so we don't really have space to put a big bag of stuff by the front door.
We don't have an entry hall, we barely have any storage space, we don't have a garage....
www.rnz.co.nz/life/relatio...
We don't have an entry hall, we barely have any storage space, we don't have a garage....
www.rnz.co.nz/life/relatio...
What to pack in emergency 'grab and go' bags
People should have a pre-packed "grab and go" bag by their exit door, with supplies that can last about 72 hours in case of an emergency.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 16, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Also. People. YOU MAY NOT BE AT HOME WHEN AN EMERGENCY HITS!!
A lot of advice (a) individualises the problem and (b) assumes people will be at home.
Fun fact: NZers travel!
We holiday, visit family/friends, work, go on retreats, etc etc
We need better advice+support than "err make go bag". Gah
A lot of advice (a) individualises the problem and (b) assumes people will be at home.
Fun fact: NZers travel!
We holiday, visit family/friends, work, go on retreats, etc etc
We need better advice+support than "err make go bag". Gah
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Happy Caturday 🙀🙀😻
February 15, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Happy Caturday 🙀🙀😻