Juha Saarinen
@juha.bsky.social
Tries it out. Technology editor of interest.co.nz/technology
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Oof.
"Australia turned it down. Just think about that for a moment. If a country of that size with such an impressive dining scene feels they will not benefit from the guide, then it is an act of utter arrogance to think it will do anything for us."
#NZPol
"Australia turned it down. Just think about that for a moment. If a country of that size with such an impressive dining scene feels they will not benefit from the guide, then it is an act of utter arrogance to think it will do anything for us."
#NZPol
15 reasons why the Michelin Guide arriving in New Zealand is a bad idea
The tyre man is here to judge our food. Nick Iles argues why this is terrible for New Zealand cuisine.
thespinoff.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Oof.
"Australia turned it down. Just think about that for a moment. If a country of that size with such an impressive dining scene feels they will not benefit from the guide, then it is an act of utter arrogance to think it will do anything for us."
#NZPol
"Australia turned it down. Just think about that for a moment. If a country of that size with such an impressive dining scene feels they will not benefit from the guide, then it is an act of utter arrogance to think it will do anything for us."
#NZPol
Early bananas this year, and the pohutukawa is flowering already.
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Early bananas this year, and the pohutukawa is flowering already.
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One reason the left keeps losing economic arguments
One reason the left keeps losing economic arguments
When it comes to public debt, the left should stop fighting the 'government as household' metaphor – and turn it to its advantage....
thespinoff.co.nz
November 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
One reason the left keeps losing economic arguments
Commercial spyware targeted Samsung Galaxy users for months www.itnews.com.au/news/commerc...
Commercial spyware targeted Samsung Galaxy users for months
Zero-day may have been a zero-click exploit.
www.itnews.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Commercial spyware targeted Samsung Galaxy users for months www.itnews.com.au/news/commerc...
This is easy. Cordon off the CBD and start issuing day passes for entry. With an administrative fee of course. More civilised than hunting the homeless for sport yeah?
Government 'got to sort out' homeless in Auckland CBD, PM Christopher Luxon says
Government 'got to sort out' homeless in Auckland CBD, PM Christopher Luxon says
Central government and Auckland Council are considering how they can move homeless people out of the CBD ahead of summer.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 10, 2025 at 6:22 AM
This is easy. Cordon off the CBD and start issuing day passes for entry. With an administrative fee of course. More civilised than hunting the homeless for sport yeah?
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Banning teens from social media won’t keep them safe. Regulating platforms might
Banning teens from social media won’t keep them safe. Regulating platforms might
The burden of online safety shouldn't fall on young people themselves, while the systems that foster harm continue unchecked.
buff.ly
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Banning teens from social media won’t keep them safe. Regulating platforms might
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In Sweden, online hate and anti-immigrant extremism are driving women out of public life | Martin Gelin
In Sweden, online hate and anti-immigrant extremism are driving women out of public life | Martin Gelin
A leading liberal politician has quit in fear of her physical safety. It is a crushing setback for democracy in one of the world’s most open societies, says journalist Martin Gelin
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 AM
In Sweden, online hate and anti-immigrant extremism are driving women out of public life | Martin Gelin
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SCOOP: China's top 2 gay dating apps, Blued and Finka, became unavailable on app stores over the weekend. Apple confirmed to WIRED that it removed the two apps following "an order from the Cyberspace Administration of China."
latest with @lmatsakis.bsky.social
latest with @lmatsakis.bsky.social
Apple Pulls China’s Top Gay Dating Apps After Government Order
The removal of Blued and Finka marks another setback for China’s marginalized LGBTQ+ community.
www.wired.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:27 AM
SCOOP: China's top 2 gay dating apps, Blued and Finka, became unavailable on app stores over the weekend. Apple confirmed to WIRED that it removed the two apps following "an order from the Cyberspace Administration of China."
latest with @lmatsakis.bsky.social
latest with @lmatsakis.bsky.social
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Get yourself a PM who doesn’t talk about public-owned national infrastructure as assets in a ‘portfolio’.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Get yourself a PM who doesn’t talk about public-owned national infrastructure as assets in a ‘portfolio’.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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This is horrific.
It also disproportionately impacts on women who go back to retrain later in life- mostly after time at home engaging in care duties.
Now, older women are forced into poverty by this cruel neoliberal system we're in.
It also disproportionately impacts on women who go back to retrain later in life- mostly after time at home engaging in care duties.
Now, older women are forced into poverty by this cruel neoliberal system we're in.
'Dinner or debt': Pensions cut to cover student loan payments
'Dinner or debt': Pensions cut to cover student loan payments
One Taupō pensioner says she is still facing a $58,000 student loan from a business degree she took two decades ago.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 AM
This is horrific.
It also disproportionately impacts on women who go back to retrain later in life- mostly after time at home engaging in care duties.
Now, older women are forced into poverty by this cruel neoliberal system we're in.
It also disproportionately impacts on women who go back to retrain later in life- mostly after time at home engaging in care duties.
Now, older women are forced into poverty by this cruel neoliberal system we're in.
edition.cnn.com/interactive/... I won't lie, those are amazing photos. But, how come CNN didn't have a picture of Rej himself? As per: bentrej.com/about
How one photographer got access to 1960s rock royalty
In the mid-1960s, Danish photographer Bent Rej was able to photograph some of the most beloved musicians of a generation — legends such as The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Who, Bob Dylan and Jimi ...
edition.cnn.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:20 AM
edition.cnn.com/interactive/... I won't lie, those are amazing photos. But, how come CNN didn't have a picture of Rej himself? As per: bentrej.com/about
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"A fan of Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot, Pedro decided to play along with the world’s suspense."
MAJOR UPDATE: apnews.com/article/louv...
November 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
"A fan of Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot, Pedro decided to play along with the world’s suspense."
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The Clash’s Paul Simonon, running into some young street musicians, will make your day. 💕 🎸
@theclash.com @faroutmagazine.co.uk
@theclash.com @faroutmagazine.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The Clash’s Paul Simonon, running into some young street musicians, will make your day. 💕 🎸
@theclash.com @faroutmagazine.co.uk
@theclash.com @faroutmagazine.co.uk
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Mōrena, Aotearoa
We are expecting 🌡️summer weather, with max temps above 20°C in many areas. Napier should hit 29°C, nearly 10°C higher than the average November max. Hastings will be the warmest, hitting 31°C.
The West Coast of the South Island will stay cooler, with temps in the mid to high teens.
We are expecting 🌡️summer weather, with max temps above 20°C in many areas. Napier should hit 29°C, nearly 10°C higher than the average November max. Hastings will be the warmest, hitting 31°C.
The West Coast of the South Island will stay cooler, with temps in the mid to high teens.
November 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Mōrena, Aotearoa
We are expecting 🌡️summer weather, with max temps above 20°C in many areas. Napier should hit 29°C, nearly 10°C higher than the average November max. Hastings will be the warmest, hitting 31°C.
The West Coast of the South Island will stay cooler, with temps in the mid to high teens.
We are expecting 🌡️summer weather, with max temps above 20°C in many areas. Napier should hit 29°C, nearly 10°C higher than the average November max. Hastings will be the warmest, hitting 31°C.
The West Coast of the South Island will stay cooler, with temps in the mid to high teens.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
www.thepost.co.nz/business/360... ‘The shit has hit the fan’: Business failures hit small creditors as liquidators brace for more pain
Business failures hit small creditors as liquidators brace for more pain
Liquidators say “the shit has hit the fan” and don’t expect closures to slow down for at least another year leaving smaller creditors in the dust.
www.thepost.co.nz
November 9, 2025 at 1:59 AM
www.thepost.co.nz/business/360... ‘The shit has hit the fan’: Business failures hit small creditors as liquidators brace for more pain
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Russia attacked Ukraine with more than 450 drones and 45 missiles of various types last night.
▪️ In Dnipro, two people were killed and 12 were injured, seven of whom are in hospital.
▪️ In Kharkiv region, one person was killed.
▪️ There are injured people in Kyiv and Poltava regions.
▪️ In Dnipro, two people were killed and 12 were injured, seven of whom are in hospital.
▪️ In Kharkiv region, one person was killed.
▪️ There are injured people in Kyiv and Poltava regions.
November 8, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Russia attacked Ukraine with more than 450 drones and 45 missiles of various types last night.
▪️ In Dnipro, two people were killed and 12 were injured, seven of whom are in hospital.
▪️ In Kharkiv region, one person was killed.
▪️ There are injured people in Kyiv and Poltava regions.
▪️ In Dnipro, two people were killed and 12 were injured, seven of whom are in hospital.
▪️ In Kharkiv region, one person was killed.
▪️ There are injured people in Kyiv and Poltava regions.
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Eläimen näön tarkkuus saattaa kertoa sen kyvystä piiloutua☺️🫶🏼
November 8, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Eläimen näön tarkkuus saattaa kertoa sen kyvystä piiloutua☺️🫶🏼
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My musical tribute to Pauline Collins who has died aged 85. She was brilliant and award-winning in the film Shirley Valentine. But I will always remember her as parlourmaid Sarah Moffit in the 1970s ITV drama Upstairs, Downstairs.
November 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
My musical tribute to Pauline Collins who has died aged 85. She was brilliant and award-winning in the film Shirley Valentine. But I will always remember her as parlourmaid Sarah Moffit in the 1970s ITV drama Upstairs, Downstairs.
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John Campbell: Is Uber's low-pay model the future of work in NZ? www.1news.co.nz/2025/11/08/j...
John Campbell: Is Uber's low-pay model the future of work in NZ?
Will ACT minister Brooke van Velden's proposed Employment Relations Amendment Bill see more and more Kiwi workers toil for low pay with zero holiday and sick leave?
www.1news.co.nz
November 8, 2025 at 5:01 AM
John Campbell: Is Uber's low-pay model the future of work in NZ? www.1news.co.nz/2025/11/08/j...
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Folks, here's my take on the @methanesat.bsky.social project - TLDR: they tried for all three of "good, fast and cheap" and wound up with none...
Lost In Space: New Zealand's $30M Participation Trophy
"Good, fast and cheap" MethaneSAT tried for all three and got none.
MBIE and the New Zealand Space Agency missed red flags in the initial bid.
The MethaneSAT project did not keep promises of ope...
excursionset.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Folks, here's my take on the @methanesat.bsky.social project - TLDR: they tried for all three of "good, fast and cheap" and wound up with none...
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Remember the 'nice to haves' line govt Ministers used to roll out regarding 'wasteful govt spending'?
Could someone with a microphone ask them specifically if 'Michelin stars are a nice to have'.
Could someone with a microphone ask them specifically if 'Michelin stars are a nice to have'.
November 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Remember the 'nice to haves' line govt Ministers used to roll out regarding 'wasteful govt spending'?
Could someone with a microphone ask them specifically if 'Michelin stars are a nice to have'.
Could someone with a microphone ask them specifically if 'Michelin stars are a nice to have'.
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