Pmax
@pmax.bsky.social
Teacher, TTRPG Designer and GM, General weirdo. He/Him. Employee at the Ministry of Romantic Relations @fumblecast.bsky.social
My country is so poor filling a large tray with cream, biscuits, chocolate and coffee is considered an exceptional display of opulence
November 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
My country is so poor filling a large tray with cream, biscuits, chocolate and coffee is considered an exceptional display of opulence
People really be doing the omelas like "ok we need some people to be miserable so I can be happy but let's just put em somewhere I can't see them so I can pretend I'm a good person."
November 11, 2025 at 9:07 PM
People really be doing the omelas like "ok we need some people to be miserable so I can be happy but let's just put em somewhere I can't see them so I can pretend I'm a good person."
Gotta love da spinoff sometimes.
Oh, police commissioner abusing power and getting it covered up by his mates? Great time to talk about how we need da boiz in blue to clean the streets of filthy homeless people so developers can build apartments in peace.
Oh, police commissioner abusing power and getting it covered up by his mates? Great time to talk about how we need da boiz in blue to clean the streets of filthy homeless people so developers can build apartments in peace.
November 11, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Gotta love da spinoff sometimes.
Oh, police commissioner abusing power and getting it covered up by his mates? Great time to talk about how we need da boiz in blue to clean the streets of filthy homeless people so developers can build apartments in peace.
Oh, police commissioner abusing power and getting it covered up by his mates? Great time to talk about how we need da boiz in blue to clean the streets of filthy homeless people so developers can build apartments in peace.
If you think the McSkimming thing is bad you should see how police are treating young Maaori and Pacific islander communities, you should see how police respond to rape and domestic abuse cases! You don't get to be the head of an org without reflecting the org itself.
November 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
If you think the McSkimming thing is bad you should see how police are treating young Maaori and Pacific islander communities, you should see how police respond to rape and domestic abuse cases! You don't get to be the head of an org without reflecting the org itself.
Really cool that stuff stopped being racist all those years ago and made an apology to Maaori I'm sure there's no double standard in repor-
November 10, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Really cool that stuff stopped being racist all those years ago and made an apology to Maaori I'm sure there's no double standard in repor-
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
If there is one lesson to be learned, strategically, from the war in Ukraine it is that China has near complete spectrum dominance in the areas required for modern war (ironically only lacking in power projection). Western nations should be leveraging soft power.
If there is one lesson to be learned, strategically, from the war in Ukraine it is that China has near complete spectrum dominance in the areas required for modern war (ironically only lacking in power projection). Western nations should be leveraging soft power.
Could NZ plug into Australian 'drone wall' to keep China at bay?
Dr Malcolm Davis outlines a multi-layer drone defence - from long-range 'Ghost Bats' to cheap interceptors - that New Zealand could plug into.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
If there is one lesson to be learned, strategically, from the war in Ukraine it is that China has near complete spectrum dominance in the areas required for modern war (ironically only lacking in power projection). Western nations should be leveraging soft power.
If there is one lesson to be learned, strategically, from the war in Ukraine it is that China has near complete spectrum dominance in the areas required for modern war (ironically only lacking in power projection). Western nations should be leveraging soft power.
I guess the thing that shocks me about the general illiteracy regarding the second world war, especially the eastern front, is like ... We have *decades* of history that presents a more grounded view of what happened there but the pop narrative (fuck you Beevor) still dominates this is an issue ...
November 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I guess the thing that shocks me about the general illiteracy regarding the second world war, especially the eastern front, is like ... We have *decades* of history that presents a more grounded view of what happened there but the pop narrative (fuck you Beevor) still dominates this is an issue ...
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crowd sourced the idea of a competing “local star” campaign in NZ to hijack the michelin PR here. i’d much rather see strong communities, local sourcing and affordable meals. real opportunity to subvert this i reckon.
November 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM
crowd sourced the idea of a competing “local star” campaign in NZ to hijack the michelin PR here. i’d much rather see strong communities, local sourcing and affordable meals. real opportunity to subvert this i reckon.
Translation: "Our right wing curriculum advisors are getting sad people are ripping their PoS curriculum to shreds so we're going to hide their identities from now on <3"
November 5, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Translation: "Our right wing curriculum advisors are getting sad people are ripping their PoS curriculum to shreds so we're going to hide their identities from now on <3"
Dog owners who can't seem to hear their dog barking at everything within 3 miles and cat owners who let their cats roam around and play out DOOM:Eternal on native wildlife are suddenly paragons of maintaining quiet and not disrupting the peace when it comes to letting off a ten shot roman candle
November 4, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Dog owners who can't seem to hear their dog barking at everything within 3 miles and cat owners who let their cats roam around and play out DOOM:Eternal on native wildlife are suddenly paragons of maintaining quiet and not disrupting the peace when it comes to letting off a ten shot roman candle
Lmao I have like $3 invested in a Pie fund thanks to not really paying attn when setting up my autoinvest like 4 years ago do I go to the investor event and try to make good on my investment by just going beast mode on the canapes and drinks
November 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Lmao I have like $3 invested in a Pie fund thanks to not really paying attn when setting up my autoinvest like 4 years ago do I go to the investor event and try to make good on my investment by just going beast mode on the canapes and drinks
We have a wealth of research, peer reviewed and going back decades, that shows what works for Maaori in the education system. The current govt changes are emphatically not it.
media intentionally not understanding that reporting the PR line is biased, because you don't run out a headline like this unless you're pro-government and racist against Māori, frankly
November 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
We have a wealth of research, peer reviewed and going back decades, that shows what works for Maaori in the education system. The current govt changes are emphatically not it.
Andy mate what's up with the poster
November 4, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Andy mate what's up with the poster
Extremely odd distinction made in RNZ reporting on the removal of te tiriti from schools "In a press release as ACT Party leader rather than associate education minister, David Seymour" why make the clarification?
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Teachers shocked by government decision to remove Treaty of Waitangi requirement in schools
The minister had been moving to change the requirement, but has announced it will remove it altogether.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 4, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Extremely odd distinction made in RNZ reporting on the removal of te tiriti from schools "In a press release as ACT Party leader rather than associate education minister, David Seymour" why make the clarification?
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Why is it important to have a history curriculum that accurately represents WW2 (unlike the proposed proto-nazi one?) we have a museum with an SS exhibit, there was a ski run named after an SS soldier. Our minister of defense explicitly cites fucking Rommel as an inspiration. The Nazis are here.
November 3, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Why is it important to have a history curriculum that accurately represents WW2 (unlike the proposed proto-nazi one?) we have a museum with an SS exhibit, there was a ski run named after an SS soldier. Our minister of defense explicitly cites fucking Rommel as an inspiration. The Nazis are here.
Charles Upham would have hunted these people to death
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
If I had $5 for every time a group in central Canterbury did public apologia for the SS in my lifetime I'd have $10 which is $10 more than I should have.
If I had $5 for every time a group in central Canterbury did public apologia for the SS in my lifetime I'd have $10 which is $10 more than I should have.
Museum’s attempt to show ‘both sides’ of World War II ‘uncomfortable’
At Geraldine’s Military Museum, amid the tanks and machinery of war, a display aims to show “the other side” of the conflict.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Charles Upham would have hunted these people to death
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
If I had $5 for every time a group in central Canterbury did public apologia for the SS in my lifetime I'd have $10 which is $10 more than I should have.
If I had $5 for every time a group in central Canterbury did public apologia for the SS in my lifetime I'd have $10 which is $10 more than I should have.
Museum’s attempt to show ‘both sides’ of World War II ‘uncomfortable’
At Geraldine’s Military Museum, amid the tanks and machinery of war, a display aims to show “the other side” of the conflict.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
If I had $5 for every time a group in central Canterbury did public apologia for the SS in my lifetime I'd have $10 which is $10 more than I should have.
If I had $5 for every time a group in central Canterbury did public apologia for the SS in my lifetime I'd have $10 which is $10 more than I should have.
At this point it is difficult to not believe that the explicit goal of the government is to make New Zealand an unattractive place to teach for teachers educated and trained in New Zealand, to be supplemented by affordable untrained or overseas teachers.
November 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
At this point it is difficult to not believe that the explicit goal of the government is to make New Zealand an unattractive place to teach for teachers educated and trained in New Zealand, to be supplemented by affordable untrained or overseas teachers.
But Chris Bishop is Le based YIMBY??
Otago researchers say the review of Kāinga Ora relied on “incorrect conclusions” and “methodological issues”. Housing Minister Chris Bishop says they’re wrong on the facts.
Government axed public housing programme on ‘flawed’ research, study claims
Otago researchers say the review of Kāinga Ora relied on “incorrect conclusions” and “methodological issues”. Housing Minister Chris Bishop says they’re wrong on the facts.
dlvr.it
November 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
But Chris Bishop is Le based YIMBY??
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Husband came home from his after school meeting saying the new social studies curriculum isn't a curriculum, it's just a list of subjects to be covered with no broader themes, guaranteed to make kids find the humanities pointless. "I've never felt more like my job doesn't matter"
November 3, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Husband came home from his after school meeting saying the new social studies curriculum isn't a curriculum, it's just a list of subjects to be covered with no broader themes, guaranteed to make kids find the humanities pointless. "I've never felt more like my job doesn't matter"
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New Zealand, we need to talk about dairy.
A few people are making a lot of money, but the rest of us are paying a very high price now and in the future for them to do that. 🧵
A few people are making a lot of money, but the rest of us are paying a very high price now and in the future for them to do that. 🧵
November 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
New Zealand, we need to talk about dairy.
A few people are making a lot of money, but the rest of us are paying a very high price now and in the future for them to do that. 🧵
A few people are making a lot of money, but the rest of us are paying a very high price now and in the future for them to do that. 🧵
They won't leave. They'll stay, enjoy the fruits of reforms and rally behind a candidate who promises to tear them all down.
Nearly a million New Yorkers ready to flee NYC if Mamdani becomes mayor — possibly igniting mass exodus: poll
Nearly a million New Yorkers ready to flee NYC if Mamdani becomes mayor — possibly igniting mass exodus: poll
Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers are prepared to bolt from the Big Apple if socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani wins Tuesday's mayoral race — potentially setting the stage for the largest population flight in US history, a new poll warns.
nypost.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
They won't leave. They'll stay, enjoy the fruits of reforms and rally behind a candidate who promises to tear them all down.
Contrast the tone of this article with the way David speaks to his base here
November 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Contrast the tone of this article with the way David speaks to his base here