Ryan Nicholls
@royuniscool.bsky.social
young person, student, part-time vegan, green, queer, he/him
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I won't share what I think about Winston Peters but I despise fireworks about as much and I absolutely think we should ban them.
November 4, 2025 at 8:18 AM
I won't share what I think about Winston Peters but I despise fireworks about as much and I absolutely think we should ban them.
dirty chopping board theory: owning more of a kitchen implement will never mean you have more of them available to use, it'll just mean you have more of them dirty
October 27, 2025 at 6:27 AM
dirty chopping board theory: owning more of a kitchen implement will never mean you have more of them available to use, it'll just mean you have more of them dirty
Weirdly, Wayne Brown's 52.8% is both the highest percentage any Auckland mayoral candidate has got and also the second fewest votes any winning candidate has won.
Obviously the reason for this is turnout.
Obviously the reason for this is turnout.
New Zealand, Final election result:
Auckland mayoral election
Brown (Ind.-*): 52.8% (+7.9)
Leoni (Ind.-*): 22.7% (new)
Johnston (Ind.-*): 7.9% (+6.7)
Stam (Ind.-*): 3.9% (new)
Alcock (Ind.-*): 3.3% (+2.0)
...
+/- vs. Last election result
➤ oceaniaelects.com/new-zealand
Auckland mayoral election
Brown (Ind.-*): 52.8% (+7.9)
Leoni (Ind.-*): 22.7% (new)
Johnston (Ind.-*): 7.9% (+6.7)
Stam (Ind.-*): 3.9% (new)
Alcock (Ind.-*): 3.3% (+2.0)
...
+/- vs. Last election result
➤ oceaniaelects.com/new-zealand
October 18, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Weirdly, Wayne Brown's 52.8% is both the highest percentage any Auckland mayoral candidate has got and also the second fewest votes any winning candidate has won.
Obviously the reason for this is turnout.
Obviously the reason for this is turnout.
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I'm singing in another concert this Friday! The Auckland University Student Choir is putting on its final concert for the year.
I've been quite involved in making this happen as Vice President of the choir this semester.
So if you like singing or you just have nothing on, come along!
I've been quite involved in making this happen as Vice President of the choir this semester.
So if you like singing or you just have nothing on, come along!
October 12, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I'm singing in another concert this Friday! The Auckland University Student Choir is putting on its final concert for the year.
I've been quite involved in making this happen as Vice President of the choir this semester.
So if you like singing or you just have nothing on, come along!
I've been quite involved in making this happen as Vice President of the choir this semester.
So if you like singing or you just have nothing on, come along!
I'm singing in another concert this Friday! The Auckland University Student Choir is putting on its final concert for the year.
I've been quite involved in making this happen as Vice President of the choir this semester.
So if you like singing or you just have nothing on, come along!
I've been quite involved in making this happen as Vice President of the choir this semester.
So if you like singing or you just have nothing on, come along!
October 12, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I'm singing in another concert this Friday! The Auckland University Student Choir is putting on its final concert for the year.
I've been quite involved in making this happen as Vice President of the choir this semester.
So if you like singing or you just have nothing on, come along!
I've been quite involved in making this happen as Vice President of the choir this semester.
So if you like singing or you just have nothing on, come along!
I think this is founded on cruelty rather than logic but...
Having the guarantee of jobseeker surely makes it much more viable to move to where the jobs are, whereas being reliant on parents for support pretty much guarantees you're stuck living at home.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Having the guarantee of jobseeker surely makes it much more viable to move to where the jobs are, whereas being reliant on parents for support pretty much guarantees you're stuck living at home.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Watch: Christopher Luxon defends cuts to benefits for youth
The prime minister says businesses are 'crying out for young people' as advocates decry the changes as a punishment.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 6, 2025 at 5:40 AM
I think this is founded on cruelty rather than logic but...
Having the guarantee of jobseeker surely makes it much more viable to move to where the jobs are, whereas being reliant on parents for support pretty much guarantees you're stuck living at home.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Having the guarantee of jobseeker surely makes it much more viable to move to where the jobs are, whereas being reliant on parents for support pretty much guarantees you're stuck living at home.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
As much as the bike bus trial sucks it really has enabled new journeys for me and has definitely prevented some car trips. I hope it leads to better things and its limited use doesn't discourage us from better bike infrastructure to the North Shore.
October 2, 2025 at 11:49 PM
As much as the bike bus trial sucks it really has enabled new journeys for me and has definitely prevented some car trips. I hope it leads to better things and its limited use doesn't discourage us from better bike infrastructure to the North Shore.
I don't know anything about building regulations but it's difficult to believe that anything that's saving $8 billion is making things safer overall.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Watch: Government announces shake-up of earthquake strengthening laws
A new "risk-based" approach to earthquake strengthening will allegedly save building owners more than $8.2 billion across the country.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 29, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I don't know anything about building regulations but it's difficult to believe that anything that's saving $8 billion is making things safer overall.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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We watch a people go through an attempted genocide, and we sit back and say you are no people. You have no state.
For you see, we are friends with both you and your murderer.
For you see, we are friends with both you and your murderer.
September 27, 2025 at 4:01 AM
We watch a people go through an attempted genocide, and we sit back and say you are no people. You have no state.
For you see, we are friends with both you and your murderer.
For you see, we are friends with both you and your murderer.
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Main conclusion is that counting votes in NZ is not particularly slow even by Luxon's metric, and where counting votes is significantly faster (like the UK) it's enabled by simpler voting systems and restricted access to voting.
But I also think that it doesn't matter if it takes a while to count.
But I also think that it doesn't matter if it takes a while to count.
September 26, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Main conclusion is that counting votes in NZ is not particularly slow even by Luxon's metric, and where counting votes is significantly faster (like the UK) it's enabled by simpler voting systems and restricted access to voting.
But I also think that it doesn't matter if it takes a while to count.
But I also think that it doesn't matter if it takes a while to count.
Might be a near perfect bullshit Luxo quote.
"Go look at other Western economies around the world and how fast they count their vote. We must be the slowest folk on the planet."
'western economies'? Confident exaggeration. And he's definitely wrong
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
"Go look at other Western economies around the world and how fast they count their vote. We must be the slowest folk on the planet."
'western economies'? Confident exaggeration. And he's definitely wrong
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
'Slowest folk on the planet': Luxon says he wants votes to be counted faster
The prime minister says he expects the Electoral Commission to speed up the official vote count after an election.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 26, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Might be a near perfect bullshit Luxo quote.
"Go look at other Western economies around the world and how fast they count their vote. We must be the slowest folk on the planet."
'western economies'? Confident exaggeration. And he's definitely wrong
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
"Go look at other Western economies around the world and how fast they count their vote. We must be the slowest folk on the planet."
'western economies'? Confident exaggeration. And he's definitely wrong
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
tall buildings are really cool
September 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
tall buildings are really cool
I let my phone con me into finally letting it update and now everything is wrong and I hate it
September 1, 2025 at 4:41 AM
I let my phone con me into finally letting it update and now everything is wrong and I hate it
got to go down to Wellington next week and the train works out to be comparable to flying in cost (at such short notice), I can work on the train so the time commitment doesn't matter but... the train runs in the opposite directions on the days I need...
August 14, 2025 at 7:17 AM
got to go down to Wellington next week and the train works out to be comparable to flying in cost (at such short notice), I can work on the train so the time commitment doesn't matter but... the train runs in the opposite directions on the days I need...
welcome discovery as I prepare for an impulsive trip out hoping to get to the shops before they close
August 5, 2025 at 6:49 AM
welcome discovery as I prepare for an impulsive trip out hoping to get to the shops before they close
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some of the alternatives to the new EW and OW naming scheme considered internally... suggestions of colours, birds, reo, and also just borrowing sydney's system
August 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
some of the alternatives to the new EW and OW naming scheme considered internally... suggestions of colours, birds, reo, and also just borrowing sydney's system
waking up in the morning and deciding whether I want to take the ew! or the ow! to work
August 4, 2025 at 2:59 AM
waking up in the morning and deciding whether I want to take the ew! or the ow! to work
Had an idea to do a thing and decided to do it on a spreadsheet that had some of the data I wanted to use. Found a mostly empty page with enough information to figure out what I was doing and in the middle of it a cell that says 'there's an easier way of doing this'. Desire to do the thing cured.
July 28, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Had an idea to do a thing and decided to do it on a spreadsheet that had some of the data I wanted to use. Found a mostly empty page with enough information to figure out what I was doing and in the middle of it a cell that says 'there's an easier way of doing this'. Desire to do the thing cured.
Making it to a train I shouldn't have because it's a couple of minutes late might just be the best feeling
July 18, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Making it to a train I shouldn't have because it's a couple of minutes late might just be the best feeling
I think the intention here is good and maybe there's some things we could do (covered walkway if we're worried about the rain?) but I'm not sure the missed/poor connection here is a big deal. 22/24 have a much better connection at Kingsland and all the routes are heading into the city centre anyway.
#StationNews: AT was in the early stages of investigating options with the council to allow buses to travel closer to Maungawhau Station.
Via RNZ: www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Via RNZ: www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Auckland Tranport working on improving links between City Rail Link stations and bus stops
Passengers changing between bus and train face up to 250m walk at some stations.
www.rnz.co.nz
June 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I think the intention here is good and maybe there's some things we could do (covered walkway if we're worried about the rain?) but I'm not sure the missed/poor connection here is a big deal. 22/24 have a much better connection at Kingsland and all the routes are heading into the city centre anyway.
Awesome video from Greater Auckland about the City Rail Link opening and goes into it.
Asking and (kinda) answering the question we all have right now in Auckland:
youtu.be/xC3rP881M6s?...
youtu.be/xC3rP881M6s?...
When Will Auckland's City Rail Link (CRL) Open?
YouTube video by Greater Auckland
youtu.be
June 20, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Awesome video from Greater Auckland about the City Rail Link opening and goes into it.
the late PT followed by fast food combo cannot be beaten
June 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
the late PT followed by fast food combo cannot be beaten
I'm much too young to have stories from the 70s-90s (I was born in '99) but I still had plenty of freedom from a fairly young age. My mum did the walking school bus but I quickly got bored walking at such a slow pace and was allowed to go off on my own.
Bruh I'd leave the house in the morning and show back up when the lights came on. No lunch. Just outside outside. I was 8.
June 6, 2025 at 5:34 AM
I'm much too young to have stories from the 70s-90s (I was born in '99) but I still had plenty of freedom from a fairly young age. My mum did the walking school bus but I quickly got bored walking at such a slow pace and was allowed to go off on my own.
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If you like music you should come along to this concert I'm in. The Auckland University Student Choir is putting on its first solo concert next Friday. I've been part of the committee organising the choir for the last two years and this will be a great concert
events.humanitix.com/ausc-present...
events.humanitix.com/ausc-present...
May 21, 2025 at 5:40 AM
If you like music you should come along to this concert I'm in. The Auckland University Student Choir is putting on its first solo concert next Friday. I've been part of the committee organising the choir for the last two years and this will be a great concert
events.humanitix.com/ausc-present...
events.humanitix.com/ausc-present...
If you like music you should come along to this concert I'm in. The Auckland University Student Choir is putting on its first solo concert next Friday. I've been part of the committee organising the choir for the last two years and this will be a great concert
events.humanitix.com/ausc-present...
events.humanitix.com/ausc-present...
May 21, 2025 at 5:40 AM
If you like music you should come along to this concert I'm in. The Auckland University Student Choir is putting on its first solo concert next Friday. I've been part of the committee organising the choir for the last two years and this will be a great concert
events.humanitix.com/ausc-present...
events.humanitix.com/ausc-present...