pshemk
@pshemk.bsky.social
Aotearoa/New Zealand 🇳🇿|city dweller🏙️| urban enthusiast 🏢| commuter cyclist🚴| public transport advocate 🚇| amateur trainspotter 🚆| loves cats 🐈| he/him 🏳️🌈 | IPA: pʂɛmk
OMG. Now I know why I am the way they I am 🤣
Hey cis guy whos worried cleaning your ass might make you gay, i just wanna let you in on a little life hack! If you have one of those detachable showerheads you can use that. Just make sure to put it on massage mode and aim. Soon you'll be all sorted out! 🖤
February 17, 2026 at 10:16 AM
OMG. Now I know why I am the way they I am 🤣
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If you feel like your Electricity bill is out of control – it is. Prices are up 11.5% this year alone. Prices are up 21% from 2023, with the majority of the increase happening since June 2024. Don’t worry though – the government is planning on adding to your bill with a new tax!
February 17, 2026 at 2:45 AM
If you feel like your Electricity bill is out of control – it is. Prices are up 11.5% this year alone. Prices are up 21% from 2023, with the majority of the increase happening since June 2024. Don’t worry though – the government is planning on adding to your bill with a new tax!
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The second #kakapo chick of the #kakapo2026 breeding season hatched this morning: Hine Taumai-A1-2026 on Ako's nest on Te Kākahu. We transferred the egg from Anchor two nights ago. This is Ako's first-ever chick, which is just a few hours old in this video. #conservation #birds #parrots
February 17, 2026 at 8:27 AM
The second #kakapo chick of the #kakapo2026 breeding season hatched this morning: Hine Taumai-A1-2026 on Ako's nest on Te Kākahu. We transferred the egg from Anchor two nights ago. This is Ako's first-ever chick, which is just a few hours old in this video. #conservation #birds #parrots
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February 16, 2026 at 9:36 AM
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The economy is apparently expanding/recovering... we just can't see it in the actual data because of the weather / stats must be wrong / dog ate my homework etc.
February 16, 2026 at 3:45 AM
The economy is apparently expanding/recovering... we just can't see it in the actual data because of the weather / stats must be wrong / dog ate my homework etc.
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Poop is in the air, everywhere we look around
Poop is in the air, every night and every land
And I don't know if I'm being foolish
Don't know if I'm being woke
But is something that National believes in
And it's there when poop gets in your eyes
Poop is in the air, every night and every land
And I don't know if I'm being foolish
Don't know if I'm being woke
But is something that National believes in
And it's there when poop gets in your eyes
We cancelled 3 waters and not only is there poop in the marine reserve it’s in the bloody air.
February 15, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Poop is in the air, everywhere we look around
Poop is in the air, every night and every land
And I don't know if I'm being foolish
Don't know if I'm being woke
But is something that National believes in
And it's there when poop gets in your eyes
Poop is in the air, every night and every land
And I don't know if I'm being foolish
Don't know if I'm being woke
But is something that National believes in
And it's there when poop gets in your eyes
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new business idea: university where staff get AI to write lectures which students summarise with AI into essays which are marked by AI; except the savings come by just pretending we did all that and then giving out degrees for money.
February 15, 2026 at 9:53 AM
new business idea: university where staff get AI to write lectures which students summarise with AI into essays which are marked by AI; except the savings come by just pretending we did all that and then giving out degrees for money.
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National looking at this and going "no thanks".
February 15, 2026 at 9:15 AM
National looking at this and going "no thanks".
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This is blackout poetry to me
February 14, 2026 at 2:26 PM
This is blackout poetry to me
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Welcome to the Plutocracy
February 14, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Welcome to the Plutocracy
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One of the consistent patterns of this era is that the attempt by the Right to overthrow democracy has run into mass people’s opposition and also judicial opposition. This thing is far from over but the political right is facing more opposition than they anticipated.
February 14, 2026 at 3:30 AM
One of the consistent patterns of this era is that the attempt by the Right to overthrow democracy has run into mass people’s opposition and also judicial opposition. This thing is far from over but the political right is facing more opposition than they anticipated.
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A message from your ZX Spectrum.
February 14, 2026 at 5:37 AM
A message from your ZX Spectrum.
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NZ has normalised inequality. As the cost of living rises, Govt has to expand into every corner of life so people don't starve and end up homeless.
We need to reduce inequality and rampant rentierism so that people and communities have the resources they need to look after themselves.
We need to reduce inequality and rampant rentierism so that people and communities have the resources they need to look after themselves.
February 14, 2026 at 8:06 AM
NZ has normalised inequality. As the cost of living rises, Govt has to expand into every corner of life so people don't starve and end up homeless.
We need to reduce inequality and rampant rentierism so that people and communities have the resources they need to look after themselves.
We need to reduce inequality and rampant rentierism so that people and communities have the resources they need to look after themselves.
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We will spend the next 10 years trying to retrain new people because of the numbers of experienced people that have left the country.
Its not just a brain drain.
Re-training costs billions.
Its a finanical disaster.
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Its not just a brain drain.
Re-training costs billions.
Its a finanical disaster.
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Nearly 120,000 Kiwis leave as population growth from immigrants to NZ slows
The difference between the number of people moving to NZ and those leaving for overseas 2025 was the lowest for a year since 2013 (excluding the 2021 pandemic).
www.stuff.co.nz
February 13, 2026 at 12:37 AM
We will spend the next 10 years trying to retrain new people because of the numbers of experienced people that have left the country.
Its not just a brain drain.
Re-training costs billions.
Its a finanical disaster.
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Its not just a brain drain.
Re-training costs billions.
Its a finanical disaster.
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
I'm glad that at least for now NZ corporates still are not afraid of pride colours. But we need to remember that nothing is given, particularly in this climate.
February 13, 2026 at 1:33 AM
I'm glad that at least for now NZ corporates still are not afraid of pride colours. But we need to remember that nothing is given, particularly in this climate.
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Having spent most of my working life in transport policy, this is the essential truth that so many people - including politicians with responsibility for transport decisions - don’t or won’t get.
To reduce congestion, you reduce capacity and reduce speed. The empirical evidence is overwhelming.
To reduce congestion, you reduce capacity and reduce speed. The empirical evidence is overwhelming.
If you widen that highway
you won’t reduce emissions
or congestion.
What you WILL do
is spend a lot of public money
to induce even more cars
emitting even more GHGs and pollution
in the same or worse congestion
with people still demanding that you widen the highway.
Period.
you won’t reduce emissions
or congestion.
What you WILL do
is spend a lot of public money
to induce even more cars
emitting even more GHGs and pollution
in the same or worse congestion
with people still demanding that you widen the highway.
Period.
February 10, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Having spent most of my working life in transport policy, this is the essential truth that so many people - including politicians with responsibility for transport decisions - don’t or won’t get.
To reduce congestion, you reduce capacity and reduce speed. The empirical evidence is overwhelming.
To reduce congestion, you reduce capacity and reduce speed. The empirical evidence is overwhelming.
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Posted without comment... but with emojis 🧶🪱🤔🤨
(From the fast-track application for Auckland's NW busway: www.fasttrack.govt.nz/projects/nor... )
(From the fast-track application for Auckland's NW busway: www.fasttrack.govt.nz/projects/nor... )
February 12, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Posted without comment... but with emojis 🧶🪱🤔🤨
(From the fast-track application for Auckland's NW busway: www.fasttrack.govt.nz/projects/nor... )
(From the fast-track application for Auckland's NW busway: www.fasttrack.govt.nz/projects/nor... )
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Not 'struggling'.
Not 'hard up'.
Not 'skipping meals'.
*Starving*
In Aotearoa. In 2026.
This is so immoral and disgusting that opposition parties should be 20 points ahead in the polls by now.
Not 'hard up'.
Not 'skipping meals'.
*Starving*
In Aotearoa. In 2026.
This is so immoral and disgusting that opposition parties should be 20 points ahead in the polls by now.
'It's just not enough': Salvation Army warns families are starving
'It's just not enough': Salvation Army warns families are starving
The Salvation Army's latest State of the Nation paints a dire picture of worsening child poverty and unemployment.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 11, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Not 'struggling'.
Not 'hard up'.
Not 'skipping meals'.
*Starving*
In Aotearoa. In 2026.
This is so immoral and disgusting that opposition parties should be 20 points ahead in the polls by now.
Not 'hard up'.
Not 'skipping meals'.
*Starving*
In Aotearoa. In 2026.
This is so immoral and disgusting that opposition parties should be 20 points ahead in the polls by now.
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More than 50 heat records were broken across Australia in the last week of January, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
This is climate change, and it can be lethal.
This is climate change, and it can be lethal.
February 3, 2026 at 6:02 AM
More than 50 heat records were broken across Australia in the last week of January, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
This is climate change, and it can be lethal.
This is climate change, and it can be lethal.
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It's nice to know that having an excel job was also a viable career path 4000 years ago
The spreadsheet on this clay tablet, which is almost 4,000 years old, is organised into columns for furrowed area, grain produced, land not sown, and the field’s name.
The first field is called “Of the soldiers who stood in for their fathers”.
It’s ancient Excel, but I find that incredibly moving
The first field is called “Of the soldiers who stood in for their fathers”.
It’s ancient Excel, but I find that incredibly moving
February 11, 2026 at 6:58 PM
It's nice to know that having an excel job was also a viable career path 4000 years ago
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Here's something real fukn easy to understand.
Power companies have been raking in record profits year on year, and have been paying shareholder dividends instead of investing in new generation.
#nzpol
Power companies have been raking in record profits year on year, and have been paying shareholder dividends instead of investing in new generation.
#nzpol
Oh... LNG is just too complicated for NZers understand.
Bishop literally just said that.
It's too complicated for us to understand.
#nzpol
#punchableface
Bishop literally just said that.
It's too complicated for us to understand.
#nzpol
#punchableface
February 11, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Here's something real fukn easy to understand.
Power companies have been raking in record profits year on year, and have been paying shareholder dividends instead of investing in new generation.
#nzpol
Power companies have been raking in record profits year on year, and have been paying shareholder dividends instead of investing in new generation.
#nzpol
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get a room, boys
February 11, 2026 at 8:16 PM
get a room, boys
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As Aotearoa cooks today under 25C+ temperatures 🥵 then faces a deluge of rain ⛈️ on Sunday and Monday, a reminder that Green Infrastructure not only cools your cities, but also slows down stormwater and prevent flash flooding (and slips).
Also good for mental health
Also good for mental health
February 11, 2026 at 6:54 PM
As Aotearoa cooks today under 25C+ temperatures 🥵 then faces a deluge of rain ⛈️ on Sunday and Monday, a reminder that Green Infrastructure not only cools your cities, but also slows down stormwater and prevent flash flooding (and slips).
Also good for mental health
Also good for mental health