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Simon O'Neill
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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...
FENZ cooment please.
January 29, 2026 at 9:03 AM
January 29, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Councillor opts to keep family cold, wet and hungry when civil defence centre is at a marae...
Imagine going through life being this fucking tragic.
January 29, 2026 at 5:11 AM
My dieseling days are numbered.

Ordered a full EV today.
January 29, 2026 at 5:07 AM
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...
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...
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
So long as it comes with a (functional) off switch...
January 28, 2026 at 6:14 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...
January 28, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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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
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Tonight's office....
January 28, 2026 at 7:18 AM
As National hits rock bottom....
January 27, 2026 at 11:51 PM
January 27, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Hipkins cares enough to wait til the next working day to comment...

#Election26 #TwoTicksGreen #nzpol
January 27, 2026 at 2:15 AM
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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
January 26, 2026 at 6:27 AM
And in six months, managed to totally unravel that party's credibility as a political entity...

#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
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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
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
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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
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.
January 24, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Just as many entitled muppets in the wilderness outdoor community...
January 23, 2026 at 10:12 PM
January 23, 2026 at 5:44 PM
We have fires, floods and slips but Todd is laser focussed on the big issues... #nzpol
January 23, 2026 at 5:56 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

#RetroGames #MSDos #PCGaming
eXoDOS
www.retro-exo.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:19 AM