Jochem Kranen
@jkranen.bsky.social
Ambler & Sightseer | Transport & Cities | Walker & Cycler | Polyglot
Donations of beer, cats, music, maps, or dictionaries welcome!
Tāmaki Makaurau, NZ
Donations of beer, cats, music, maps, or dictionaries welcome!
Tāmaki Makaurau, NZ
I like big buds and I cannot lie...
December 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I like big buds and I cannot lie...
Today's a good day for it, good ol' Belgian wheat beer with a slice of lemon from the garden
November 22, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Today's a good day for it, good ol' Belgian wheat beer with a slice of lemon from the garden
Hello newcomers to Auckland! Please do as Aucklanders do and just make up your own road rules
November 21, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Hello newcomers to Auckland! Please do as Aucklanders do and just make up your own road rules
Contacted Auckland Transport about missing broken yellow lines at a pedestrian refuge kerb ramp. Their answer was: nope, not necessary. Is this right? Are we really allowing people to park and block kerb ramps at a pedestrian refuge?
October 21, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Contacted Auckland Transport about missing broken yellow lines at a pedestrian refuge kerb ramp. Their answer was: nope, not necessary. Is this right? Are we really allowing people to park and block kerb ramps at a pedestrian refuge?
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Can A Future Fund Fix Australia's Infrastructure? | Utopia
YouTube video by Working Dog Productions
youtu.be
October 20, 2025 at 1:13 AM
The New Disney
Jimmy Kimmel’s show has been cancelled | The New Disney | LUBACH
YouTube video by LUBACH
www.youtube.com
September 19, 2025 at 12:54 AM
The New Disney
By 'teenagers' they mean anyone under 50, right?
Teenagers no longer answer the phone: is it a lack of manners or a new trend?
Despite teenagers seemingly having their phones glued to their hands – they won’t answer them when they ring
www.rnz.co.nz
August 16, 2025 at 1:44 AM
By 'teenagers' they mean anyone under 50, right?
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Listening to Luxon defending the voting registration changes that his own Attorney General warns against, and it has me pondering if we've ever had a Prime Minister more disinterested in engaging with facts, evidence, and official advice. #nzpol
July 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Listening to Luxon defending the voting registration changes that his own Attorney General warns against, and it has me pondering if we've ever had a Prime Minister more disinterested in engaging with facts, evidence, and official advice. #nzpol
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Ozzy going out after raising $190 million for sick kids and a Parkinson’s cure is metal AF.
Ozzy Osbourne Farewell Show Was The Highest-Grossing Charity Concert Of All Time
On July 5, Ozzy Osbourne put on a farewell concert, performing as a solo artist and with Black Sabbath for the last time in the band’s hometown of Birmingham, UK. Billed as the “Back To The Beginning”...
www.stereogum.com
July 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Ozzy going out after raising $190 million for sick kids and a Parkinson’s cure is metal AF.
Some West Auckland bus stop wisdom for the ages
June 24, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Some West Auckland bus stop wisdom for the ages
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We are spending $5.5 billion on a transformational rail project, only for Auckland Transport to bring back cars and traffic right outside stations, by last minute redesigning a well supported project.
Something needs to change.
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/04/09/g...
Something needs to change.
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/04/09/g...
Getting Cross with AT's awful last minute re-designs of Project K - Greater Auckland
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post extensively on Substack! Cross Street Let’s start on Cross Street, where Auckland Transport has decided to preserve on-street carparking, which means choosing not to ex...
www.greaterauckland.org.nz
April 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
We are spending $5.5 billion on a transformational rail project, only for Auckland Transport to bring back cars and traffic right outside stations, by last minute redesigning a well supported project.
Something needs to change.
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/04/09/g...
Something needs to change.
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/04/09/g...
So many people reporting a strong earthquake in Bangkok, but it actually hit near Mandalay in Myanmar, can't imagine that didn't do any damage
March 28, 2025 at 6:40 AM
So many people reporting a strong earthquake in Bangkok, but it actually hit near Mandalay in Myanmar, can't imagine that didn't do any damage
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its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further
March 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further
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"come to America where we *probably* won't lock you up in an ICE prison for six weeks" is not going to be a winning tourism message
March 9, 2025 at 11:53 PM
"come to America where we *probably* won't lock you up in an ICE prison for six weeks" is not going to be a winning tourism message
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A bit of Western planning dogma that Tokyo will disabuse you of is the idea that all residential density should be concentrated on major corridors. No! People want to live on quiet, low-traffic, clean air side streets. The major corridors are for commercial uses.
Seven story apartment building on a narrow, people-oriented street in Jiyugaoka, Tokyo
March 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
A bit of Western planning dogma that Tokyo will disabuse you of is the idea that all residential density should be concentrated on major corridors. No! People want to live on quiet, low-traffic, clean air side streets. The major corridors are for commercial uses.
'China warship'. Pretty sure they're not made of china ?!
February 22, 2025 at 9:43 AM
'China warship'. Pretty sure they're not made of china ?!
The New Plymouth mayor has described compulsory changes to speed limits outside schools as "ideologically-driven nonsense"
Speed limit changes outside schools are 'nonsense' – New Plymouth mayor
The Government is requiring streets outside schools with permanent 30km/h speed limits to revert to variable speed limits.
www.1news.co.nz
February 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The New Plymouth mayor has described compulsory changes to speed limits outside schools as "ideologically-driven nonsense"
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Remember, Change dot org petitions are basically only good for generating social media buzz and harvesting your email details. If you want to sign a petition that requires Parliament to respond,sign one on the Parliament website. For example, one might "Remove charitable status from Destiny Church".
Petitions are addressed to the House of Representatives and ask that the House do something about a policy or law, or put right a local or private concern.
petitions.parliament.nz
February 17, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Remember, Change dot org petitions are basically only good for generating social media buzz and harvesting your email details. If you want to sign a petition that requires Parliament to respond,sign one on the Parliament website. For example, one might "Remove charitable status from Destiny Church".
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So, the little red monkey returned to its web. It was then I realised that I didn't *own* the monkey, so it would be the people who hired me who'd bear the responsibility of the collateral damage the explosion would cause. The web was in a bush, but the bush was in a densely populated area
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February 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
So, the little red monkey returned to its web. It was then I realised that I didn't *own* the monkey, so it would be the people who hired me who'd bear the responsibility of the collateral damage the explosion would cause. The web was in a bush, but the bush was in a densely populated area
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Pumped Up Kicks, bardcore version translated into old english m.youtube.com/watch?v=JcKq...
Pumped up kicks 1066 A.D Cover in Old English (Anglo Saxon tongue) Bardcore/Medieval style
"For even in the 11th century, the 60's were turbulent times"Original song by @FosterThePeople : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDTZ7iX4vTQConsider supporti...
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November 22, 2023 at 11:42 AM
Pumped Up Kicks, bardcore version translated into old english m.youtube.com/watch?v=JcKq...
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Oh buddy
ok, just because this is close to my heart: who's the worst person with your first name?
It's long been the worst of times for many of us
February 7, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Oh buddy
"Soon to be parking lots for American tourists and fascist cops, yeah"
February 5, 2025 at 1:04 AM
"Soon to be parking lots for American tourists and fascist cops, yeah"