Will de Cleene
@zippygonzales.bsky.social
Burned out hospo droid
The cheapest bread at Pak n Save went from $1.25 to $1.99 a loaf. 58 percent is just an average.
#nzpol Prices for basics are rising again at a rate much faster than wages, new data from Stats NZ shows. 70% of workers got a pay rise less than 3% last year and 44% got no pay rise at all. Food prices rose 4.6% overall, with the price of white bread rising 58% this year. A 🧵
February 17, 2026 at 3:48 AM
The cheapest bread at Pak n Save went from $1.25 to $1.99 a loaf. 58 percent is just an average.
Always scared the piss out of me in Palmy. There's nowhere for the water to go *waves at alluvial floodplain*
Uh...
I mean i guess that makes sense but it must be terrifying for anyone who lives there
I mean i guess that makes sense but it must be terrifying for anyone who lives there
February 15, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Always scared the piss out of me in Palmy. There's nowhere for the water to go *waves at alluvial floodplain*
Sunday Night WTF is Going on With the Weather DJ - the last quarter of Genesis' under-rated Wind and Wuthering album. Close you eyes and listen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y83-...
Genesis – Unquiet Slumbers For The Sleepers/In That Quiet Earth/Afterglow - Wind & Wuthering Vinyl
YouTube video by James Kovacic
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February 15, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Sunday Night WTF is Going on With the Weather DJ - the last quarter of Genesis' under-rated Wind and Wuthering album. Close you eyes and listen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y83-...
Probably speaking to the wrong audience on this platform, but here goes. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOODS. Had a mate who did it once and he was very bloody lucky, although the Toyota Levin never recovered. Also, caveat emptor on buying second hand cars after any flooding.
February 15, 2026 at 6:57 AM
Probably speaking to the wrong audience on this platform, but here goes. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOODS. Had a mate who did it once and he was very bloody lucky, although the Toyota Levin never recovered. Also, caveat emptor on buying second hand cars after any flooding.
Go, Tim. I fear UK's democratic deficit might devolve into some weird shit. Makes me glad we fluked electoral reform in the 1990s here in NZ.
I never really sign stuff. But this was different. It's not about trying to facilitate or block a particular party's route to power. It's about an electoral system that's unsuited to the political realities we face today and risks giving us government after government with no convincing mandate.
Over 50 Academics Warn That Voting System Is Not Fit For Multi-Party Politics
Dozens of academics have written to the government to warn that the current voting system risks producing distorted results on an 'unprecedented' s...
www.politicshome.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Go, Tim. I fear UK's democratic deficit might devolve into some weird shit. Makes me glad we fluked electoral reform in the 1990s here in NZ.
As above, so below. It's been a bit bloody floody all around. Global warming. We're soaking in it.
‘Seasons have become confused’: the people struggling in UK’s relentless rain
‘Seasons have become confused’: the people struggling in UK’s relentless rain
A thatcher, gardener and others on keeping their business afloat in the bad weather – and their fears for the future
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:00 AM
As above, so below. It's been a bit bloody floody all around. Global warming. We're soaking in it.
That's news to me. So it's basically ODT and The Press as Asterisk and Obelix fighting against those crazy Roman press barons?
The Press and Stuff are separate companies, now - we have no shared staff or anything like that. We’re basically competitors.
February 14, 2026 at 7:51 AM
That's news to me. So it's basically ODT and The Press as Asterisk and Obelix fighting against those crazy Roman press barons?
Chaser. Douglas Adams describing the mating ritual of the kakapo. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCsH...
Douglas Adams explains the mating ritual of the Kakapo
YouTube video by Buoy2
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February 13, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Chaser. Douglas Adams describing the mating ritual of the kakapo. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCsH...
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"Unlike some animals that have evolved to do things like survive, kākāpō have opted instead to become a screeching, smelly, groundbound predator magnet with an impossibly convoluted approach to breeding."
Perfect description
thespinoff.co.nz/science/13-0...
Perfect description
thespinoff.co.nz/science/13-0...
breaking new frontiers when it comes to headline writing at The Spinoff
February 13, 2026 at 3:08 AM
"Unlike some animals that have evolved to do things like survive, kākāpō have opted instead to become a screeching, smelly, groundbound predator magnet with an impossibly convoluted approach to breeding."
Perfect description
thespinoff.co.nz/science/13-0...
Perfect description
thespinoff.co.nz/science/13-0...
Everything about this confuses me. Is this the same Transmission Gully that has roadworks for Africa into the foreseeable future? There's wishful thinking, then there's unicorn shitting rainbows if anyone's thinking of going 110 over the Wainui saddle.
Hey Wellington peeps important PSA on the Transmission Gully speed limit change.
When you get to the bottom of the big hill at Paekākāriki the speed limit DROPS BACK TO 100 for a bit. They've been intensively patrolling that stretch between Paekākāriki and Raumati and issuing lots of tickets.
When you get to the bottom of the big hill at Paekākāriki the speed limit DROPS BACK TO 100 for a bit. They've been intensively patrolling that stretch between Paekākāriki and Raumati and issuing lots of tickets.
February 12, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Everything about this confuses me. Is this the same Transmission Gully that has roadworks for Africa into the foreseeable future? There's wishful thinking, then there's unicorn shitting rainbows if anyone's thinking of going 110 over the Wainui saddle.
I'm hoping Nicola Willis comes together with me in bipartisan support for a thorium reactor in Remuera. Cheap safe power in a low density area close to the CBD.
February 12, 2026 at 6:57 AM
I'm hoping Nicola Willis comes together with me in bipartisan support for a thorium reactor in Remuera. Cheap safe power in a low density area close to the CBD.
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This—by @iandunt.bsky.social—is the best thing I’ve read on the implications of this week’s shitshow for UK government, diplomacy and democracy
Starmer's moment of reckoning
Where is the competent boring government we were promised?
iandunt.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:37 AM
This—by @iandunt.bsky.social—is the best thing I’ve read on the implications of this week’s shitshow for UK government, diplomacy and democracy
Thursday Night Waitangi Day Eve Subskeet DJ. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtQH...
Gorillaz - Fire Coming Out - Demon Days
YouTube video by Gorillaz
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February 5, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Thursday Night Waitangi Day Eve Subskeet DJ. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtQH...
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I think one thing people outside Minnesota don't understand is that after Good and Pretti were killed by feds while observing, the most normal people you could imagine have made peace with the fact that they could be next, and they are still out there because they say it's the right thing to do.
“If I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me & raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over & over again — this is too important to sit down & shut up and not do anything.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Pursued by federal agents, suburban ICE observers remain resolved
After a frightening pursuit by federal agents, suburban ICE observers say fear hasn’t stopped them from protecting their communities.
www.mprnews.org
February 4, 2026 at 4:30 PM
I think one thing people outside Minnesota don't understand is that after Good and Pretti were killed by feds while observing, the most normal people you could imagine have made peace with the fact that they could be next, and they are still out there because they say it's the right thing to do.
My first and last post on the Epstein Files. Who knew power and money corrupts? Several pre-Christian Greek philosophers.
February 4, 2026 at 6:11 AM
My first and last post on the Epstein Files. Who knew power and money corrupts? Several pre-Christian Greek philosophers.
Fuck a duck. That's what PNCC charged my old man to do at the Centennial Lagoon in Palmy back in the day. Trev and his shotgun blowing the crap out of dozens of mallard ducks in a cull.
Booooo mallards.
If we were serious about protecting native birds we should be culling them like Tasmania does.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
If we were serious about protecting native birds we should be culling them like Tasmania does.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Ducks euthanised after found hunting and killing native pūteketeke chicks
DOC's Dean Nelson says staff were horrified to see graphic photos of the chicks being eaten alive, as it was unusual for ducks to prey on other birds.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 4, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Fuck a duck. That's what PNCC charged my old man to do at the Centennial Lagoon in Palmy back in the day. Trev and his shotgun blowing the crap out of dozens of mallard ducks in a cull.
That's fucking weird. Me so old, I remember being at an NZ Republic meeting with DPF, Lewis Holden, Savage, Dean Knight and others. Now DPF wants to swear allegiance to Oz. Is it coz there's now more NZers in Oz than NZ?
OPINION: In this new era where the rules-based order has ruptured, we need to be bigger to survive. Joining Australia will protect New Zealand, enhance Australia and benefit us all.
Time for New Zealand to become the seventh state of Australia
OPINION: In this new era where the rules-based order has ruptured, we need to be bigger to survive. Joining Australia will protect New Zealand, enhance Australia and benefit us all.
dlvr.it
February 3, 2026 at 7:24 AM
That's fucking weird. Me so old, I remember being at an NZ Republic meeting with DPF, Lewis Holden, Savage, Dean Knight and others. Now DPF wants to swear allegiance to Oz. Is it coz there's now more NZers in Oz than NZ?
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Gone By Lunchtime: Are Winston Peters and Christopher Luxon on a collision course?
Gone By Lunchtime: Are Winston Peters and Christopher Luxon on a collision course?
Storms at home and chaos offshore with 283 days to go....
thespinoff.co.nz
January 28, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Gone By Lunchtime: Are Winston Peters and Christopher Luxon on a collision course?
Welcome to election year multiball.
Letter back from the PM's office saying that there was no plan to withdraw from the WHO and that Simeon Brown was keeping an eye on all our international agreements. SNORT. Like that little weasel knows shit about dick
I wrote back and said they hadn't answered my question about Winston #nzpol
I wrote back and said they hadn't answered my question about Winston #nzpol
January 27, 2026 at 7:22 AM
Welcome to election year multiball.
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People in the comments are finding out they’re colorblind
The ocean freighting industry is woke now (the containers spell Renee, for Renee Good).
www.reddit.com/r/Tacoma/com...
www.reddit.com/r/Tacoma/com...
January 27, 2026 at 6:11 AM
People in the comments are finding out they’re colorblind
Nat strategists are worried about the fallout from the Mt Maunganui landslide. A similar, if less fatal, environmental tragedy occurred in the same area on another election year. In 2011, the Rena ran aground on Astrolabe Reef causing widespread pollution. Greens got their best party vote ever.
'Strong case' for government inquiry into deadly Mt Maunganui landslide, Luxon says
"Six families are grieving the unimaginable loss of their loved ones, and they deserve answers", Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said during a media conference.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 27, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Nat strategists are worried about the fallout from the Mt Maunganui landslide. A similar, if less fatal, environmental tragedy occurred in the same area on another election year. In 2011, the Rena ran aground on Astrolabe Reef causing widespread pollution. Greens got their best party vote ever.