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Making really big computers, won’t go to Mars until it’s unionised. He/Him
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Yet again, I am going to ask everyone to look at the 'farmers' hands driving the tractors / being interviewed in this protest.

If they have soft hands they are not farmers, they are tax dodging managers. Farmers have giant sausage fingers covered in cuts.

Source: Grew-up on a farm.
damn, well I'm sure the MET will come down on them with the same enthusiasm they have for arresting climate protestors
It's looking as if the farmers protest in Whitehall today have ignored the police request not to bring their tractors.
November 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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if you can afford to take a day or two off to drive your spotless new tractor down to London, you're not a farmer, you're a landlord in a flat cap.
Yet again, I am going to ask everyone to look at the 'farmers' hands driving the tractors / being interviewed in this protest.

If they have soft hands they are not farmers, they are tax dodging managers. Farmers have giant sausage fingers covered in cuts.

Source: Grew-up on a farm.
damn, well I'm sure the MET will come down on them with the same enthusiasm they have for arresting climate protestors
November 26, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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"The games industry's biggest fire sale continues, as Embracer Group has sold Star Trek Online developer Cryptic Studio."

"Both Arc Games and Cryptic were purchased by Embracer back in 2021, during its apparent effort to hoover up half the games industry into one giant, private equity vacuum bag."
Embracer Group sells publisher Arc Games and Star Trek Online developer Cryptic Studios, but once again clings on to the publishing rights for Remnant 2
Old-school MMO Fellowship has its rights transferred to Coffee Stain.
www.pcgamer.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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three people buying a book we didn't really have on our radar at my old bookstore was instant "order more, face it out, somebody on staff read it and write a talker for it" territory
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Regret to announce the tech bros have accidentally reinvented the Listowel and Ballybunion Railway.
By investing in Monocab Owl, the EU is revolutionising sustainable commuting.

A gyro-stabilised monorail offers autonomous, on-demand transport, boosting rural connectivity. 🚆

Do you know any other innovative transport solutions?

📸© Monocab Owl

#WorldSustainableTransportDay
November 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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why the US consulate/Embassy and fresh new FBI office in Wellington all need to be *expelled* into the sea.
November 26, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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May 13, 2023 at 10:15 PM
Something for the weekend? @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social
A thread of publications that have been banned in Scarfolk.
November 26, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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A thread of publications that have been banned in Scarfolk.
May 13, 2023 at 10:15 PM
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EU court says same sex marriage should be recognised throughout bloc reut.rs/3XkDXHs
EU court says same sex marriage should be recognised throughout bloc
The EU's highest court ruled on Tuesday that same sex marriages must be respected throughout the bloc and rebuked Poland for refusing to recognise a marriage between two of its citizens that took place in Germany.
reut.rs
November 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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a certain subset of the internet needs regular reminders of why centuries of engineering knowledge > one highly confident dude going "trust me, bro" and my only prayer each time is that there are no casualties except the highly confident dude's wallet
Right now on reddit there's a guy inventing a new kind of brick to build his home with and it's going about as well as you can imagine
November 26, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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So ... the government just forced us all to have referendums on *existing* Māori wards because Local Communities Deserve Choice, but now they're unilaterally abolishing our regional councils because they don't like the Choices we made?
November 25, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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This is hilarious, like so embarrassing. I'm mainly wondering though, if this has a) fundamentally undermined the basis of MMP by rendering coalition agreements kinda worthless, or b) been a useful example of why seriously batshit minor parties shouldn't overplay their hand even with a weakass major
November 26, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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Wherein Willis fills to understand they could, as government, literally repeal it tomorrow, if they so wished.

Shame they can't show leadership on the topic right now, but are instead only offering the most vaguest of possible changes.
November 26, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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That means it's two years since I stopped.

I was chill with making myself broker and deader, but helping some asshole who's already loaded buy a new ute was a bridge too far, and to this minute I've saved $30,002.32
Two years since the incoming government announced it hoped to fund the tax cuts for landlords partly by having more people smoking
November 26, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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This actually happened, when Nanaia Mahuta appointed commissioners to the completely dysfunctional Tauranga City Council in 2021. Lots of ominous talk about creeping government control, including ...
If Labour/Greens had tried to pull a stunt like this it would have been all dancing cossacks and reds under your beds again. This looks pretty bad.
November 25, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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I don’t know how to say this politely but the government can fuck right off. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/wellingto...
Revealed: Gold discovery in Wellington hills and why Shane Jones is 'excited'
Prospecting applicants for two sites have already been granted permits.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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Regime admits its wishful thinking won't work, and its now only meeting its carbon budget by an accounting scam www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Cancelled Kapuni carbon storage scheme scrapped from national emissions plan
Despite a raft of climate policy cuts, the country is still on track to narrowly meet its greenhouse gas budget - but not a 2030 methane target set in law.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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Impossible to know what the Minister for Throwing Used Car Batteries in the Ocean is up to by disbanding the only organisations that monitor and prosecute the throwing of car batteries in the ocean - Hipkins
November 26, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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Minister for Throwing Used Car Batteries in the Ocean to abolish the only thing standing between him and throwing used car batteries in the ocean - regional councils

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
No more regional councils - major shake-up of local government announced
The government says it is not a power grab, but about "making local government fit for purpose".
www.rnz.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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The sum total of speeches that Luxon has made in the House for 2025 so far:
1 speech opening Parliament
1 speech for the budget
3 obituary speeches
No speeches of any type at all between 22 May and 16 October
Why are we paying the egg-in-a-borrowed-suit to be the PM?💩🥚
#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol
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November 26, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Absentee PM. He just doesn't do the work.
The sum total of speeches that Luxon has made in the House for 2025 so far:
1 speech opening Parliament
1 speech for the budget
3 obituary speeches
No speeches of any type at all between 22 May and 16 October
Why are we paying the egg-in-a-borrowed-suit to be the PM?💩🥚
#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol
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November 26, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Christ on a bike, these fucking idiots are ruining the country for no other reason than coalition agreements.

VOTE THEM OUT
#nzpol
'It's not impossible': National may campaign on regulatory standards repeal
The National deputy leader said her party may also campaign to get rid of the law.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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YOU PASSED IT

YOU PASSED IT LAST WEEK

WHAT ARE YOU DOING
November 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM