Simon O'Neill
@sjponeill.bsky.social
Green-leaning and living, Rottie lover, rural dwelling Aotearoan..
...until I left the Air Force for DOC after 28 years in the military, most if not all of my career decisions had been shaped by the Airfix and Revell catalogues from the 1970s...
...until I left the Air Force for DOC after 28 years in the military, most if not all of my career decisions had been shaped by the Airfix and Revell catalogues from the 1970s...
FENZ cooment please.
January 29, 2026 at 9:03 AM
FENZ cooment please.
January 29, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Councillor opts to keep family cold, wet and hungry when civil defence centre is at a marae...
January 29, 2026 at 5:11 AM
Councillor opts to keep family cold, wet and hungry when civil defence centre is at a marae...
My dieseling days are numbered.
Ordered a full EV today.
Ordered a full EV today.
January 29, 2026 at 5:07 AM
My dieseling days are numbered.
Ordered a full EV today.
Ordered a full EV today.
January 29, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Sad but true.
The "three free GP visits" chant is sad and tired, and it was never that exciting to start with...
Need to ditch Hipkins now in favour of an actual leader...
The "three free GP visits" chant is sad and tired, and it was never that exciting to start with...
Need to ditch Hipkins now in favour of an actual leader...
Industry and Services are now in Expansion Mode
If this holds then NACT1 will return to power very easily given Labour's main campaign plank is WE HAVE NO AMBITION AND CENTRALISM INCREMENTALISM DEMANDS YOU ALSO HAVE NO AMBITION
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/per...
If this holds then NACT1 will return to power very easily given Labour's main campaign plank is WE HAVE NO AMBITION AND CENTRALISM INCREMENTALISM DEMANDS YOU ALSO HAVE NO AMBITION
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/per...
Greg Smith: Green shoots return – manufacturing surges as services finally turn positive
OPINION: Manufacturing is expanding at its fastest pace in four years, led by new orders.
www.nzherald.co.nz
January 28, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Sad but true.
The "three free GP visits" chant is sad and tired, and it was never that exciting to start with...
Need to ditch Hipkins now in favour of an actual leader...
The "three free GP visits" chant is sad and tired, and it was never that exciting to start with...
Need to ditch Hipkins now in favour of an actual leader...
So long as it comes with a (functional) off switch...
Google’s latest addition to its Chrome browser puts generative AI behind the wheel and you in the passenger seat. www.wired.com/story/google...
Google’s New Chrome ‘Auto Browse’ Agent Attempts to Roam the Web Without You
Google’s latest addition to its Chrome browser puts generative AI behind the wheel and you in the passenger seat.
www.wired.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:14 PM
So long as it comes with a (functional) off switch...
Soaring in the sense of soaring as maintaining a few inches of altitude above the rising dystopia tides...
Not even reaching the "high" of 2025...
Not even reaching the "high" of 2025...
January 28, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Soaring in the sense of soaring as maintaining a few inches of altitude above the rising dystopia tides...
Not even reaching the "high" of 2025...
Not even reaching the "high" of 2025...
Reposted by Simon O'Neill
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Tonight's office....
January 28, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Tonight's office....
As National hits rock bottom....
January 27, 2026 at 11:51 PM
As National hits rock bottom....
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Go on...you know you need to...
VR mod available too...
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Go on...you know you need to...
VR mod available too...
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January 27, 2026 at 9:16 PM
NZD3.99
Go on...you know you need to...
VR mod available too...
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Go on...you know you need to...
VR mod available too...
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Hipkins cares enough to wait til the next working day to comment...
#Election26 #TwoTicksGreen #nzpol
#Election26 #TwoTicksGreen #nzpol
January 27, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Hipkins cares enough to wait til the next working day to comment...
#Election26 #TwoTicksGreen #nzpol
#Election26 #TwoTicksGreen #nzpol
Reposted by Simon O'Neill
Do you remember when John Key spent 26 million dollars trying to change the New Zealand flag.
Then we have Winnie saying the $222M breakage fee was "reasonable" when breaking the iREX Ferry contract.
And it costs $3M PA for WHO🤦
Please vote these loonies out
#nzpol
Then we have Winnie saying the $222M breakage fee was "reasonable" when breaking the iREX Ferry contract.
And it costs $3M PA for WHO🤦
Please vote these loonies out
#nzpol
January 26, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Do you remember when John Key spent 26 million dollars trying to change the New Zealand flag.
Then we have Winnie saying the $222M breakage fee was "reasonable" when breaking the iREX Ferry contract.
And it costs $3M PA for WHO🤦
Please vote these loonies out
#nzpol
Then we have Winnie saying the $222M breakage fee was "reasonable" when breaking the iREX Ferry contract.
And it costs $3M PA for WHO🤦
Please vote these loonies out
#nzpol
And in six months, managed to totally unravel that party's credibility as a political entity...
#Election26 #TwoTicksGreen
#Election26 #TwoTicksGreen
A slightly late #OnThisDay. On 25 January 2023 Christopher John "Chris" Hipkins, leader of the Labour Party, was sworn in as the 41st Prime Minister of New Zealand, succeeding Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern, the previous Labour leader. #OTD #history #nzpol #nzpolitics #politics
January 25, 2026 at 7:35 PM
And in six months, managed to totally unravel that party's credibility as a political entity...
#Election26 #TwoTicksGreen
#Election26 #TwoTicksGreen
Reposted by Simon O'Neill
January 24, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Sometimes, dear DHS, it's best to just STFU...the level of mockery now is exhilarating...
Mockery hurts: DHS has reportedly asked FEMA staff to limit their use of the term “ice” “What they are worried about here is that by posting something like ‘Watch out for the ice,’ it’s going to become an opportunity for a meme, for internet fodder, for public ridicule against the department,” CNN
January 24, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Sometimes, dear DHS, it's best to just STFU...the level of mockery now is exhilarating...
Don't talk about the ICE....
CNN: DHS officials have come to FEMA staff and told them to limit the use of the word ice…they are worried that by posting something like, watch out for the ice, that it's going to become a meme….
January 24, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Don't talk about the ICE....
Reposted by Simon O'Neill
If you can go straight past climate change, and long standing calls by tangata whenua to respect our planet, to instead blame Māori for landslides then that’s racist bait right there. It’s bad faith and lies and our media should shun it, not give it bandwidth. It’s hateful nonsense.
January 23, 2026 at 11:02 PM
If you can go straight past climate change, and long standing calls by tangata whenua to respect our planet, to instead blame Māori for landslides then that’s racist bait right there. It’s bad faith and lies and our media should shun it, not give it bandwidth. It’s hateful nonsense.
Just another reason not to ever sign up to TikTok.
TikTok is now under US ownership and their new ToS reads like a guide to giving fascists everything they need to put you on a list.
They’re collecting information about immigration status, citizenship, sexual orientation, whether you’re trans or non binary and physical or mental disabilities.
They’re collecting information about immigration status, citizenship, sexual orientation, whether you’re trans or non binary and physical or mental disabilities.
January 24, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Just another reason not to ever sign up to TikTok.
Just as many entitled muppets in the wilderness outdoor community...
my question is what the fuck was he doing there when the weather was shit last night too.
Man stuck on cliff face rescued in late night operation
Northland Land Search and Rescue rescued the man at Tauranga Bay in the early hours of Saturday.
www.stuff.co.nz
January 23, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Just as many entitled muppets in the wilderness outdoor community...
January 23, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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January 22, 2026 at 8:19 AM
For anyone yearning for the good old days of classic DOS gaming without the curse of RAM management... www.retro-exo.com/exodos.html
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