Lew
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Chopper of water, carrier of wood, reader of the fucking article
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If I were an American I would save money by simply buying lottery tickets with winning numbers and not those with losing numbers.
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
If I were an American I would save money by simply buying lottery tickets with winning numbers and not those with losing numbers.
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There was a massive culture problem in the police in 1989. There's clearly still one today. Hard to know where to start when really bad judgement at the low end and pretty vile criminal behaviour at the other seems to keep popping up in senior police ranks.
November 11, 2025 at 5:17 AM
There was a massive culture problem in the police in 1989. There's clearly still one today. Hard to know where to start when really bad judgement at the low end and pretty vile criminal behaviour at the other seems to keep popping up in senior police ranks.
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Bloody grim. Police in the years since seem to have treated John Dewar as a role model rather than a cautionary tale. Louise Nicholas all over again.
Just to be clear, this is what John Dewar has been up to since covering up sexual assault by 3 of his colleagues.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Just to be clear, this is what John Dewar has been up to since covering up sexual assault by 3 of his colleagues.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Former rogue cop John Dewar jailed for company thefts
John Dewar has been sent back to prison after a jury found him guilty of stealing $113,000 from a finance company he was the boss of.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Bloody grim. Police in the years since seem to have treated John Dewar as a role model rather than a cautionary tale. Louise Nicholas all over again.
Just to be clear, this is what John Dewar has been up to since covering up sexual assault by 3 of his colleagues.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Just to be clear, this is what John Dewar has been up to since covering up sexual assault by 3 of his colleagues.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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And to think his shocking resignation on beatility pornography charges - itself a genuinely huge story - turned out to just be collateral damage from a stonewalled IPCA investigation.
November 11, 2025 at 6:48 AM
And to think his shocking resignation on beatility pornography charges - itself a genuinely huge story - turned out to just be collateral damage from a stonewalled IPCA investigation.
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New Zealander of the Year: McSkimming's complainant.
November 11, 2025 at 6:47 AM
New Zealander of the Year: McSkimming's complainant.
Independejo Police Conduct Authority innit
It's fine we put Independent in the name of the group we gave oversight of them
Which definitely means they're actually independent and unbiased in their decisions 🙄
Which definitely means they're actually independent and unbiased in their decisions 🙄
November 11, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Independejo Police Conduct Authority innit
A story as old as time: a law enforcement agency answerable only to itself that harbours abusers who use their power to ensuure their own impunity
Might be time to shut the police down until we can be sure that the people in charge of it don't suck www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Might be time to shut the police down until we can be sure that the people in charge of it don't suck www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Police 'failed' woman who accused Jevon McSkimming of sexual offending, her lawyer says
The allegations arose from an affair between McSkimming and the woman who at the time was a junior non-sworn police employee.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 AM
A story as old as time: a law enforcement agency answerable only to itself that harbours abusers who use their power to ensuure their own impunity
Might be time to shut the police down until we can be sure that the people in charge of it don't suck www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Might be time to shut the police down until we can be sure that the people in charge of it don't suck www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Based on an early skim: seems to have been the former. That's good. McKee still among the better ACToids
It's worth noting that it has been hard to form a view on the govt's reform plans because McKee in particular has been extremely cagey about intentions
This could be good (listening before deciding on a course of action) or it could be bad (keeping plans secret in order to do a blitzkrieg later)
This could be good (listening before deciding on a course of action) or it could be bad (keeping plans secret in order to do a blitzkrieg later)
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Based on an early skim: seems to have been the former. That's good. McKee still among the better ACToids
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*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
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Fending off death by not reading all these novels
November 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Fending off death by not reading all these novels
O, this started off as books, not just novels, so here's nine not-novels too (also exc NZ to narrow the scope):
The Gulag Archipelago
Homer (both)
A Peace to End All Peace
The Divine Comedy
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
The Anarchy
Wild Swans
Cadillac Desert
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
The Gulag Archipelago
Homer (both)
A Peace to End All Peace
The Divine Comedy
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
The Anarchy
Wild Swans
Cadillac Desert
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
Bah ok. In no particular order, subject to change according to my whims and memories
Nine novels everyone should read before they die
Dracula
Frankenstein
Cryptonomicon
The Grapes of Wrath
Wuthering Heights
Journey to the West
The Handmaid's Tale
Fahrenheit 451
Dead Souls
Nine novels everyone should read before they die
Dracula
Frankenstein
Cryptonomicon
The Grapes of Wrath
Wuthering Heights
Journey to the West
The Handmaid's Tale
Fahrenheit 451
Dead Souls
My nine novels everyone should read before they die? excludes NZ and I hate lists
1 I Heard the Owl Call My Name
2 Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
3 The Shipping News
4 Big Sur
5 Hotel New Hampshire
6 The Rings of Saturn
7.The Farewell Symphony
8 The Temple of My Familiar
9 The Missionaries
1 I Heard the Owl Call My Name
2 Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
3 The Shipping News
4 Big Sur
5 Hotel New Hampshire
6 The Rings of Saturn
7.The Farewell Symphony
8 The Temple of My Familiar
9 The Missionaries
November 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
O, this started off as books, not just novels, so here's nine not-novels too (also exc NZ to narrow the scope):
The Gulag Archipelago
Homer (both)
A Peace to End All Peace
The Divine Comedy
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
The Anarchy
Wild Swans
Cadillac Desert
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
The Gulag Archipelago
Homer (both)
A Peace to End All Peace
The Divine Comedy
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
The Anarchy
Wild Swans
Cadillac Desert
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
Bah ok. In no particular order, subject to change according to my whims and memories
Nine novels everyone should read before they die
Dracula
Frankenstein
Cryptonomicon
The Grapes of Wrath
Wuthering Heights
Journey to the West
The Handmaid's Tale
Fahrenheit 451
Dead Souls
Nine novels everyone should read before they die
Dracula
Frankenstein
Cryptonomicon
The Grapes of Wrath
Wuthering Heights
Journey to the West
The Handmaid's Tale
Fahrenheit 451
Dead Souls
My nine novels everyone should read before they die? excludes NZ and I hate lists
1 I Heard the Owl Call My Name
2 Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
3 The Shipping News
4 Big Sur
5 Hotel New Hampshire
6 The Rings of Saturn
7.The Farewell Symphony
8 The Temple of My Familiar
9 The Missionaries
1 I Heard the Owl Call My Name
2 Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
3 The Shipping News
4 Big Sur
5 Hotel New Hampshire
6 The Rings of Saturn
7.The Farewell Symphony
8 The Temple of My Familiar
9 The Missionaries
My nine novels everyone should read before they die? For today...
1. Persuasion
2. True Grit
3. The Way We Live Now
4. The Moviegoer
5. Invisible Man
6. And Then There Were None
7. The House of Mirth
8. Berlin Alexanderplatz
9. Leave It to Psmith
#BookSky
1. Persuasion
2. True Grit
3. The Way We Live Now
4. The Moviegoer
5. Invisible Man
6. And Then There Were None
7. The House of Mirth
8. Berlin Alexanderplatz
9. Leave It to Psmith
#BookSky
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Bah ok. In no particular order, subject to change according to my whims and memories
Nine novels everyone should read before they die
Dracula
Frankenstein
Cryptonomicon
The Grapes of Wrath
Wuthering Heights
Journey to the West
The Handmaid's Tale
Fahrenheit 451
Dead Souls
Nine novels everyone should read before they die
Dracula
Frankenstein
Cryptonomicon
The Grapes of Wrath
Wuthering Heights
Journey to the West
The Handmaid's Tale
Fahrenheit 451
Dead Souls
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Oh the government hasn't fixed the economy? You mean...
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Oh the government hasn't fixed the economy? You mean...
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books have no tech tree, no fog of war
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
books have no tech tree, no fog of war
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Meesa subject of historical reanalysis
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Meesa subject of historical reanalysis
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I love this website.
November 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I love this website.
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the timeline, long united, must divide. the timeline, long divided, must unite. looks like tonight is the former!
November 10, 2025 at 4:11 AM
the timeline, long united, must divide. the timeline, long divided, must unite. looks like tonight is the former!
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Really seeing once again, it seems, that the real divide in the Democratic coalition is not left/lib/moderate or anything like that.
It's the fight/no-fight divide. And the 'fight' dems are the ones winning elections.
It's the fight/no-fight divide. And the 'fight' dems are the ones winning elections.
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Really seeing once again, it seems, that the real divide in the Democratic coalition is not left/lib/moderate or anything like that.
It's the fight/no-fight divide. And the 'fight' dems are the ones winning elections.
It's the fight/no-fight divide. And the 'fight' dems are the ones winning elections.
One of the worst features in the enforcement of political orthodoxy is the idea that knowing about something means complicity in the thing
It's a cudgel, or a brass belt buckle, for the most ignorant and incurious people in society to wield against anyone who knows more than they do (ie everyone)
It's a cudgel, or a brass belt buckle, for the most ignorant and incurious people in society to wield against anyone who knows more than they do (ie everyone)
November 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
One of the worst features in the enforcement of political orthodoxy is the idea that knowing about something means complicity in the thing
It's a cudgel, or a brass belt buckle, for the most ignorant and incurious people in society to wield against anyone who knows more than they do (ie everyone)
It's a cudgel, or a brass belt buckle, for the most ignorant and incurious people in society to wield against anyone who knows more than they do (ie everyone)
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Another day, another person who sees the word “drone,” assumes I personally work on murdering children with death robots, and is foolishly far too lazy to look up what I actually do
Faine's profile says it all. War profiteer. The more meat through the grinder the better.
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Another day, another person who sees the word “drone,” assumes I personally work on murdering children with death robots, and is foolishly far too lazy to look up what I actually do
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I'm in the minority here, I know, but I don't think this move is the right thing to do about online safety (at least, as a first - and only - step).
#nzpol
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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon 'deeply supportive' of social media ban for under 16s
The government is looking at the Australian model and other bans with a view to introducing legislation before next year's election, Christopher Luxon says.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 9, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I'm in the minority here, I know, but I don't think this move is the right thing to do about online safety (at least, as a first - and only - step).
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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That the Free Speech Union's conference audience is applauding the suggestion of basically banning non-Christian religions should pretty much put an end to their being taken seriously by media as a voice for principled free speech advocacy.
But it won't
But it won't
If you'd told me that a speaker at the Free Speech Union conference would call for banning non-Christian public expressions of faith to an applauding crowd, I would have said yes, obviously that is going to happen newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/10/t...
November 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
That the Free Speech Union's conference audience is applauding the suggestion of basically banning non-Christian religions should pretty much put an end to their being taken seriously by media as a voice for principled free speech advocacy.
But it won't
But it won't
