Will de Cleene
@zippygonzales.bsky.social
Burned out hospo droid
Chris Bishop's BASIC Road Planning
10 Run "Batshit road project"
20 $consultants
30 Delete "Batshit road project"
40 Print "Postponed"
10 Run "Batshit road project"
20 $consultants
30 Delete "Batshit road project"
40 Print "Postponed"
February 18, 2026 at 4:38 AM
Chris Bishop's BASIC Road Planning
10 Run "Batshit road project"
20 $consultants
30 Delete "Batshit road project"
40 Print "Postponed"
10 Run "Batshit road project"
20 $consultants
30 Delete "Batshit road project"
40 Print "Postponed"
Finally caught up with the Luxon umbrella thing. Priorities, eh. It was a storm in a teacup.
i 'm mary poppins , y all !
ALT: i 'm mary poppins , y all !
media.tenor.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:16 AM
Finally caught up with the Luxon umbrella thing. Priorities, eh. It was a storm in a teacup.
I'd call the govt mime artists, but that would be an offence to sign language.
Thus, this bill is for performative purposes only -- to provide for *legislative* recognition of English as an official language, over-and-above the current constitutional recognition of English as an official language under custom and practice.
February 17, 2026 at 6:13 AM
I'd call the govt mime artists, but that would be an offence to sign language.
The great Douglas Adams, a nerd ahead of the curve, called his book on preservation Last Chance to See. There's no going backwards. That'll be the arrow of time.
I said "Paul, I bet you $1000 there will be no 'functionally-equivalent' moa running around in ten years." We shook on it, witnessed by the Friends of the Museum audience. The talk will be on YouTube but not the questions, so you'll have to take my word that this happened.
February 17, 2026 at 6:10 AM
The great Douglas Adams, a nerd ahead of the curve, called his book on preservation Last Chance to See. There's no going backwards. That'll be the arrow of time.
To be blunt, this is nothing but racist snowflakes wasting valuable lawmaking time. Talk about vice signalling.
To spell it out.
English already is an official language of New Zealand -- as the explanatory note records -- by dint of custom and practice.
This point was previously clarified by govt officials when NZSL was added as our 3rd official language (see advice to select committee below).
English already is an official language of New Zealand -- as the explanatory note records -- by dint of custom and practice.
This point was previously clarified by govt officials when NZSL was added as our 3rd official language (see advice to select committee below).
February 17, 2026 at 6:03 AM
To be blunt, this is nothing but racist snowflakes wasting valuable lawmaking time. Talk about vice signalling.
The NZSL Bill was passed into law in 2006. The vote in Parliament was unanimous, except for the two Act MPs who voted against. NZSL was banned from the school curriculum for 99 years, from 1880 - after the Council of Milan dictat - until 1979. Don't talk to me about the English language.
February 17, 2026 at 5:58 AM
The NZSL Bill was passed into law in 2006. The vote in Parliament was unanimous, except for the two Act MPs who voted against. NZSL was banned from the school curriculum for 99 years, from 1880 - after the Council of Milan dictat - until 1979. Don't talk to me about the English language.
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
www.youtube.com
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...
Reposted by Will de Cleene
"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.
Reposted by Will de Cleene
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...
Reposted by Will de Cleene
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?