Rustie
@rustie.bsky.social
Sewer socialist technocrat.
Infrastructure. Psephology. Shitposting.
Long-suffering Blues fan. 🏳️🌈 but bad at it. He/him. Not a pigeon.
Pōneke/Wellington, Ao/NZ
Infrastructure. Psephology. Shitposting.
Long-suffering Blues fan. 🏳️🌈 but bad at it. He/him. Not a pigeon.
Pōneke/Wellington, Ao/NZ
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You have to survive. There are graves to piss on that haven't been dug yet.
November 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
You have to survive. There are graves to piss on that haven't been dug yet.
Ever since they started doing the woke football stickers in the UK this has been stuck in my head so hopefully posting gets it out.
November 5, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Ever since they started doing the woke football stickers in the UK this has been stuck in my head so hopefully posting gets it out.
An important thing to remember is that in the 2000s IB and Cambridge weren't just sold to parents as luxury consumption markers, they were also sold to the kids as a status symbols.
Suggesting that NCEA is mostly fine is an identity threat.
Suggesting that NCEA is mostly fine is an identity threat.
August 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
An important thing to remember is that in the 2000s IB and Cambridge weren't just sold to parents as luxury consumption markers, they were also sold to the kids as a status symbols.
Suggesting that NCEA is mostly fine is an identity threat.
Suggesting that NCEA is mostly fine is an identity threat.
Overarching NZ pol history theory I want to test: Tomorrow's Schools, DHBs, and local governments are all hangovers of an aborted neoliberal revolution.
August 5, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Overarching NZ pol history theory I want to test: Tomorrow's Schools, DHBs, and local governments are all hangovers of an aborted neoliberal revolution.
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I've gone through the 1335 candidate nominations that electionz have on their website for NZ local government. Some interesting stuff 🧵 #nzpol
August 1, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I've gone through the 1335 candidate nominations that electionz have on their website for NZ local government. Some interesting stuff 🧵 #nzpol
He'd be so good at just being a ceremonial President.
Hell it's a shame Malania can't be President so he can be First Gentleman.
Hell it's a shame Malania can't be President so he can be First Gentleman.
After at least 15 years of talking about it, President Trump is building a ballroom at the White House. Work will begin this coming September, with a price tag of $200 million, the White House says.
Trump's dream of building a ballroom at the White House is becoming a reality
After at least 15 years of talking about it, President Trump is building a ballroom at the White House. Work will begin this September, with a price tag of $200 million, the White House says.
n.pr
August 1, 2025 at 3:04 AM
He'd be so good at just being a ceremonial President.
Hell it's a shame Malania can't be President so he can be First Gentleman.
Hell it's a shame Malania can't be President so he can be First Gentleman.
Things in NZ are so dire you can't even get a train run on you, gotta get a rail-replacement bus run on you instead.
August 1, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Things in NZ are so dire you can't even get a train run on you, gotta get a rail-replacement bus run on you instead.
I could also add "BBC News" to this I guess.
July 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
I could also add "BBC News" to this I guess.
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LAPD when they think nobody is watching
June 9, 2025 at 4:01 AM
LAPD when they think nobody is watching
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Fwiw, I do not think this is what Tim Berners Lee had in mind
June 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Fwiw, I do not think this is what Tim Berners Lee had in mind
Heather I'm not going to hold your hand while I say this (because I know where it's been) but: we're not getting the pension.
There's not going to be anything left.
There's not going to be anything left.
May 25, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Heather I'm not going to hold your hand while I say this (because I know where it's been) but: we're not getting the pension.
There's not going to be anything left.
There's not going to be anything left.
Whichever Blues forward was holding on at the bottom of that final ruck:
May 17, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Whichever Blues forward was holding on at the bottom of that final ruck:
Vance did National a favour with that column. Only interesting question is whether it was intentional.
May 15, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Vance did National a favour with that column. Only interesting question is whether it was intentional.
Fuckin around with the forsaken sigils again.
May 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Fuckin around with the forsaken sigils again.
The median Canadian voter:
April 29, 2025 at 2:26 AM
The median Canadian voter:
Helen Clark and Don Brash teaming up to remind us of the importance of the China trade relationship like your divorced parents setting aside their differences to stage an intervention for you.
April 28, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Helen Clark and Don Brash teaming up to remind us of the importance of the China trade relationship like your divorced parents setting aside their differences to stage an intervention for you.
Okay but could hench Olly Murs beat a silverback gorilla in a fight?
April 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Okay but could hench Olly Murs beat a silverback gorilla in a fight?
Catholic highschool doing "model conclave" as an alternative to model UN to channel nerds into the priesthood.
April 23, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Catholic highschool doing "model conclave" as an alternative to model UN to channel nerds into the priesthood.
Idk what (if anything, at this point) is in his heart. But he's always been a bigot.
Best guess is he's being piloted "Weekend at Bernie's" style by a TERF embedded in his office, but idgas. Fuck him.
Best guess is he's being piloted "Weekend at Bernie's" style by a TERF embedded in his office, but idgas. Fuck him.
Saddest thing about what Winston Peters is he doesn't even really believe this crap.He doesn't really think trans women using woman's bathrooms is a safety issue. He's just cynically throwing a vulnerable minority under the bus for votes & couldn't care less about the consequences for them
April 22, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Idk what (if anything, at this point) is in his heart. But he's always been a bigot.
Best guess is he's being piloted "Weekend at Bernie's" style by a TERF embedded in his office, but idgas. Fuck him.
Best guess is he's being piloted "Weekend at Bernie's" style by a TERF embedded in his office, but idgas. Fuck him.
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alright, we're at the biscuit tin stage rather than a full reading, but I think it's entirely fair to say: start mobilising people and resources now, because if this thing actually goes to Parl we're going to need to make the same noise we did for Treaty Principles, nē?
New Zealand government's minority party introduces bill to define gender as biological reut.rs/42WhgwM
April 22, 2025 at 3:23 AM
alright, we're at the biscuit tin stage rather than a full reading, but I think it's entirely fair to say: start mobilising people and resources now, because if this thing actually goes to Parl we're going to need to make the same noise we did for Treaty Principles, nē?
RNZ and the Herald emanating a lot of TERF particles is a problem, but I still think "KEEP WINSTON OUT OF OUR UNDERWEAR" is a compelling counter argument even for normies.
April 22, 2025 at 3:16 AM
RNZ and the Herald emanating a lot of TERF particles is a problem, but I still think "KEEP WINSTON OUT OF OUR UNDERWEAR" is a compelling counter argument even for normies.
Good of Francis to wait until Easter. Wouldn't want to die on Good Friday and upstage the boss.
April 21, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Good of Francis to wait until Easter. Wouldn't want to die on Good Friday and upstage the boss.
Every time this auto-captioned video pops up in my feed it cracks me up.
April 16, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Every time this auto-captioned video pops up in my feed it cracks me up.