David Mohring
@nzheretic.bsky.social
I'm a New Zealand🇳🇿 very late fifties ex-IT professional, starting a Youtube channel with essays and producing code to improve that state of things technical to political.
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David Mohring
@nzheretic.bsky.social
· Jun 29
11 Days.
Thank you Paula Penfold ( @paulapenfold.bsky.social ) being the first journalist to publish an article about the Proud Boys New Zealand terrorist designation lapsing.
It raises so many questions.
[ tinyurl.com/bskyproudboys ]
#nzpol
Thank you Paula Penfold ( @paulapenfold.bsky.social ) being the first journalist to publish an article about the Proud Boys New Zealand terrorist designation lapsing.
It raises so many questions.
[ tinyurl.com/bskyproudboys ]
#nzpol
"'Yeah Nah' list of products you should know about"
▪️Pams plasters - did not stick for as long as they needed to;
▪️HelloFresh - how hard to unsubscribe;
▪️Harvey Norman - special deal pricing;
▪️Barkers Clothing - broken the rules by implying some items could not be returned.
▪️Pams plasters - did not stick for as long as they needed to;
▪️HelloFresh - how hard to unsubscribe;
▪️Harvey Norman - special deal pricing;
▪️Barkers Clothing - broken the rules by implying some items could not be returned.
List of products, businesses on Consumer NZ's anti-awards
Plasters that don't stick are among those shamed in Consumer NZ's anti-awards.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
"'Yeah Nah' list of products you should know about"
▪️Pams plasters - did not stick for as long as they needed to;
▪️HelloFresh - how hard to unsubscribe;
▪️Harvey Norman - special deal pricing;
▪️Barkers Clothing - broken the rules by implying some items could not be returned.
▪️Pams plasters - did not stick for as long as they needed to;
▪️HelloFresh - how hard to unsubscribe;
▪️Harvey Norman - special deal pricing;
▪️Barkers Clothing - broken the rules by implying some items could not be returned.
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Scored 0 -Damn whippersnappers.
21. Filled an aerogram with tiny text
22. Sent an actual telegram
23. Operated a teletype
24. Changed an inking ribbon on a dot matrix printer
25. Replaced wheel on a daisy-wheel printer
26. Learned & forgot morse code
27. Banned from using calculator in exams
Still 0
21. Filled an aerogram with tiny text
22. Sent an actual telegram
23. Operated a teletype
24. Changed an inking ribbon on a dot matrix printer
25. Replaced wheel on a daisy-wheel printer
26. Learned & forgot morse code
27. Banned from using calculator in exams
Still 0
(i got a zero lolz)
THE FABULOUS WEIRD CHECKLIST
Give yourself I point for each thing you've NEVER done.
THE FABULOUS WEIRD CHECKLIST
Give yourself I point for each thing you've NEVER done.
November 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Scored 0 -Damn whippersnappers.
21. Filled an aerogram with tiny text
22. Sent an actual telegram
23. Operated a teletype
24. Changed an inking ribbon on a dot matrix printer
25. Replaced wheel on a daisy-wheel printer
26. Learned & forgot morse code
27. Banned from using calculator in exams
Still 0
21. Filled an aerogram with tiny text
22. Sent an actual telegram
23. Operated a teletype
24. Changed an inking ribbon on a dot matrix printer
25. Replaced wheel on a daisy-wheel printer
26. Learned & forgot morse code
27. Banned from using calculator in exams
Still 0
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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
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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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Looks like the "removal of statues etc is erasing history" folks are actually into doing those removals if the history being erased is the history of black people
Here are the two plaques that were removed. I am so ashamed of our racist current administration.
November 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Looks like the "removal of statues etc is erasing history" folks are actually into doing those removals if the history being erased is the history of black people
"drone wall"
"Winged, Rotored, Tracked, Wheeled, Legged, Floating or Submersible
All the ways the battlefield is Traversable
All the ways the ordinance is Dispersible
With enough bang you're entirely Eversible
And there's no way the progress is Reversible.
(In deference to The Wipers Times)"
#nzpol
"Winged, Rotored, Tracked, Wheeled, Legged, Floating or Submersible
All the ways the battlefield is Traversable
All the ways the ordinance is Dispersible
With enough bang you're entirely Eversible
And there's no way the progress is Reversible.
(In deference to The Wipers Times)"
#nzpol
November 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"drone wall"
"Winged, Rotored, Tracked, Wheeled, Legged, Floating or Submersible
All the ways the battlefield is Traversable
All the ways the ordinance is Dispersible
With enough bang you're entirely Eversible
And there's no way the progress is Reversible.
(In deference to The Wipers Times)"
#nzpol
"Winged, Rotored, Tracked, Wheeled, Legged, Floating or Submersible
All the ways the battlefield is Traversable
All the ways the ordinance is Dispersible
With enough bang you're entirely Eversible
And there's no way the progress is Reversible.
(In deference to The Wipers Times)"
#nzpol
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Need to add backsliding politicians to the cartoon.
"Our fate should not be dictated by those who are now so divorced from reality that, beyond the proverbial ostrich with their head in the sand, have their heads shoved up so far up their own backsides that they can lick their own tonsils."
#nzpol
"Our fate should not be dictated by those who are now so divorced from reality that, beyond the proverbial ostrich with their head in the sand, have their heads shoved up so far up their own backsides that they can lick their own tonsils."
#nzpol
November 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Need to add backsliding politicians to the cartoon.
"Our fate should not be dictated by those who are now so divorced from reality that, beyond the proverbial ostrich with their head in the sand, have their heads shoved up so far up their own backsides that they can lick their own tonsils."
#nzpol
"Our fate should not be dictated by those who are now so divorced from reality that, beyond the proverbial ostrich with their head in the sand, have their heads shoved up so far up their own backsides that they can lick their own tonsils."
#nzpol
Scored 0 -Damn whippersnappers.
21. Filled an aerogram with tiny text
22. Sent an actual telegram
23. Operated a teletype
24. Changed an inking ribbon on a dot matrix printer
25. Replaced wheel on a daisy-wheel printer
26. Learned & forgot morse code
27. Banned from using calculator in exams
Still 0
21. Filled an aerogram with tiny text
22. Sent an actual telegram
23. Operated a teletype
24. Changed an inking ribbon on a dot matrix printer
25. Replaced wheel on a daisy-wheel printer
26. Learned & forgot morse code
27. Banned from using calculator in exams
Still 0
(i got a zero lolz)
THE FABULOUS WEIRD CHECKLIST
Give yourself I point for each thing you've NEVER done.
THE FABULOUS WEIRD CHECKLIST
Give yourself I point for each thing you've NEVER done.
November 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Scored 0 -Damn whippersnappers.
21. Filled an aerogram with tiny text
22. Sent an actual telegram
23. Operated a teletype
24. Changed an inking ribbon on a dot matrix printer
25. Replaced wheel on a daisy-wheel printer
26. Learned & forgot morse code
27. Banned from using calculator in exams
Still 0
21. Filled an aerogram with tiny text
22. Sent an actual telegram
23. Operated a teletype
24. Changed an inking ribbon on a dot matrix printer
25. Replaced wheel on a daisy-wheel printer
26. Learned & forgot morse code
27. Banned from using calculator in exams
Still 0
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Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
OpenAI faces 7 lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide, delusions
OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
November 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Read the entire series
"Free Speech Union
Part 1 The rise and rise of the Free Speech Union
Part 2 A lobby group’s charm offensive and a doubting Thomas
Part 3 Seymour steps in and directs officials to consult"
Part 4 Who Benefits: The rise and rise of the Free Speech Union"
#nzpol
"Free Speech Union
Part 1 The rise and rise of the Free Speech Union
Part 2 A lobby group’s charm offensive and a doubting Thomas
Part 3 Seymour steps in and directs officials to consult"
Part 4 Who Benefits: The rise and rise of the Free Speech Union"
#nzpol
In the latest instalment in Newsroom's Who Benefits series, a free speech advocacy group struggles to shake off the label of a dark money think tank
Who Benefits: The rise and rise of the Free Speech Union
newsroom.co.nz
November 8, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Read the entire series
"Free Speech Union
Part 1 The rise and rise of the Free Speech Union
Part 2 A lobby group’s charm offensive and a doubting Thomas
Part 3 Seymour steps in and directs officials to consult"
Part 4 Who Benefits: The rise and rise of the Free Speech Union"
#nzpol
"Free Speech Union
Part 1 The rise and rise of the Free Speech Union
Part 2 A lobby group’s charm offensive and a doubting Thomas
Part 3 Seymour steps in and directs officials to consult"
Part 4 Who Benefits: The rise and rise of the Free Speech Union"
#nzpol
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The govt is considering banning homeless people and rough sleepers in city centres.
My Stuff #cartoon today #homelessness #poverty #homeless
My Stuff #cartoon today #homelessness #poverty #homeless
November 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The govt is considering banning homeless people and rough sleepers in city centres.
My Stuff #cartoon today #homelessness #poverty #homeless
My Stuff #cartoon today #homelessness #poverty #homeless
"Nation-states fail because they are convulsed by internal violence & can no longer deliver positive political goods to their inhabitants. Their governments lose legitimacy, & the very nature of the particular nation-state itself becomes illegitimate ..."
- in justification for invading Iraq in 2003
- in justification for invading Iraq in 2003
November 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"Nation-states fail because they are convulsed by internal violence & can no longer deliver positive political goods to their inhabitants. Their governments lose legitimacy, & the very nature of the particular nation-state itself becomes illegitimate ..."
- in justification for invading Iraq in 2003
- in justification for invading Iraq in 2003
Need to add backsliding politicians to the cartoon.
"Our fate should not be dictated by those who are now so divorced from reality that, beyond the proverbial ostrich with their head in the sand, have their heads shoved up so far up their own backsides that they can lick their own tonsils."
#nzpol
"Our fate should not be dictated by those who are now so divorced from reality that, beyond the proverbial ostrich with their head in the sand, have their heads shoved up so far up their own backsides that they can lick their own tonsils."
#nzpol
November 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Need to add backsliding politicians to the cartoon.
"Our fate should not be dictated by those who are now so divorced from reality that, beyond the proverbial ostrich with their head in the sand, have their heads shoved up so far up their own backsides that they can lick their own tonsils."
#nzpol
"Our fate should not be dictated by those who are now so divorced from reality that, beyond the proverbial ostrich with their head in the sand, have their heads shoved up so far up their own backsides that they can lick their own tonsils."
#nzpol
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"In journalism, the command "HOLD HOLD HOLD" is an urgent instruction used in newsrooms to immediately stop the publication or broadcast of a specific story or item. "
Ooops
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November 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
"In journalism, the command "HOLD HOLD HOLD" is an urgent instruction used in newsrooms to immediately stop the publication or broadcast of a specific story or item. "
Ooops
[ archive.is/qi31T ]
Ooops
[ archive.is/qi31T ]
🎶Now Luxon, Seymour and Peters,
they haven't made a hit
They're ruining the country
more than just a bit
If they keep on the way they're going,
we'll all be in the sh..
So you'd better get yer feet up yer gumboots🎶
#nzpol
they haven't made a hit
They're ruining the country
more than just a bit
If they keep on the way they're going,
we'll all be in the sh..
So you'd better get yer feet up yer gumboots🎶
#nzpol
November 8, 2025 at 5:47 AM
🎶Now Luxon, Seymour and Peters,
they haven't made a hit
They're ruining the country
more than just a bit
If they keep on the way they're going,
we'll all be in the sh..
So you'd better get yer feet up yer gumboots🎶
#nzpol
they haven't made a hit
They're ruining the country
more than just a bit
If they keep on the way they're going,
we'll all be in the sh..
So you'd better get yer feet up yer gumboots🎶
#nzpol
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Out of sight out of mind. The Government don’t want to see the impact of their policies on the streets in the neighbourhoods/business districts they care about. #nzpol
#HousingFirst
#HousingFirst
November 7, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Out of sight out of mind. The Government don’t want to see the impact of their policies on the streets in the neighbourhoods/business districts they care about. #nzpol
#HousingFirst
#HousingFirst
"Meanwhile, numerous New Zealand customers have told the Herald they can’t claim the Australia-New Zealand-wide refund because of technical foul-ups (much more on which below)."
#Microsoft #Office365 #Copilot #Ripoff #NZ
#Microsoft #Office365 #Copilot #Ripoff #NZ
November 6, 2025 at 11:17 PM
"Meanwhile, numerous New Zealand customers have told the Herald they can’t claim the Australia-New Zealand-wide refund because of technical foul-ups (much more on which below)."
#Microsoft #Office365 #Copilot #Ripoff #NZ
#Microsoft #Office365 #Copilot #Ripoff #NZ
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Investors are going.
Regulators are circling.
Customers never asked for it and don’t want it.
The bubble is popping.
Regulators are circling.
Customers never asked for it and don’t want it.
The bubble is popping.
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Investors are going.
Regulators are circling.
Customers never asked for it and don’t want it.
The bubble is popping.
Regulators are circling.
Customers never asked for it and don’t want it.
The bubble is popping.
November 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Seething comments from "a tiny but vocal minority of elderly do-nothing numb-nuts, who would prefer to be well in their graves before any real changes are actually implemented?"
Well, you know where their heads are at ...
#nzpol
Well, you know where their heads are at ...
#nzpol
November 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Seething comments from "a tiny but vocal minority of elderly do-nothing numb-nuts, who would prefer to be well in their graves before any real changes are actually implemented?"
Well, you know where their heads are at ...
#nzpol
Well, you know where their heads are at ...
#nzpol