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Bruce Buckman
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Probationary curmudgeon. 🇳🇿
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I think there’s some weird camera distortion in that shot making the shoes look elongated cause aren’t these the same shoes?
Musk wearing SpaceX sneakers
November 21, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Me trying to tame the marketing emails in my ‘no smart features for you’ gmail inbox.
November 21, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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🎶 Then gov, gov will tear us apart again
Gov, gov will tear us apart again 🎶
Stuff headline: ‘Absolutely not falling apart’ Luxon says of coalition as Peters and Seymour clash
November 20, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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I’d say that ‘admin tasks’, for a doctor are in fact a core part of patient care not some burdensome chore and patients should expect that ensuring the ‘admin’ is done correctly is part of the consultation.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Late last month, Health Minister Simeon Brown said trials in Hawke's Bay and Whanganui had shown the system slashed the time clinicians spent on administrative duties. "Doctors using the AI tool were able to see, on average, one additional patient per shift because of the time saved. That means faster care for patients and less waiting time in emergency departments.
November 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Magnetic undercoat paint FTW
Photos stuck to a wall with magnets thanks to the magnetic undercoat paint.
November 20, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Also, today in conversations that have absolutely never happened:
“When I travel internationally, one of the things people say is, “We like you New Zealand because you’ve got stable institutions, you’ve got rule of law and we can rely on you”
November 18, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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Nods approvingly.
Green tiles as a splash-back in our new kitchen
November 18, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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Actual footage of this government setting NZ’s future on fire.
The Joker, or is it Chris Bishop?
November 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Angry goose wants to know why there has been a drop in demand for EVs.
November 17, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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Hmm …

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
The standard charges importers for vehicles that have CO₂ emissions-to-weight ratios above a certain target, with credits for vehicles with ratios below that target. Transport Minister Chris Bishop said it had helped lift fuel efficiency, but now the market conditions had changed, with a supply shortage of cleaner used vehicles, and a drop in demand for new EVs.
November 17, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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That subhead is a bit cheeky.

Why low-flying German military planes are in New Zealand skies www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
It took them 80 years but the Luftwaffe has finally arrived
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Terrible reporting here. The fire that killed the bus driver started in the cars engine & bus batteries were undamaged. Whangarei CCTV footage shows the ute’s exhaust starting the fire. Both facts the journo should know.
Several electric vehicle fires have been in the press recently, including a blaze that engulfed an electric bus and killed the driver on Tāmaki Drive in Auckland last month. The deadly and long-lasting fire happened after the bus collided with a car; however, it remained unclear which vehicle started the fire. Another fire in October, in a Whangārei carpark, involved 30 cars going up in flames, including several electric vehicles. The cause was unclear, with Fire and Emergency New Zealand saying initial reports suggested an internal combustion engine vehicle’s exhaust ignited some grass.
November 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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And now for some light reading.
A John Wyndham collection, featuring The Day of the Triffids, The Kraken Wakes, The Chrysalids, The Seeds of Time, Trouble With Lichen & The Midwich Cuckoos
November 13, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Yup still the best and the practical triffids are actually sacrier than CGI ones.
A group of triffids gather outside a walled farmhouse.
November 13, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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True story, in this photo he’s actually asking the photographer to take a tape measure cause he’s got too many.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon would like to take a tool cause he’s cleaning out his garage of old shit.
November 13, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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“Welcome to the Super Sports & Western Civilisation Is Groovy Academy For Young Men”
These guys just like to study the classics and do sports.
November 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Speaking of lack of pride …
Somehow Palpatine returned
November 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Get yourself a PM who doesn’t talk about public-owned national infrastructure as assets in a ‘portfolio’.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
"To be able to sell an asset in order to buy or create a new asset is a good thing. Governments own a lot of stuff - there's obviously some we must own. But over time you want to cycle assets in and out of a portfolio and that is a good conversation to have."
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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Art for art’s sake. Money for God’s sake.
November 9, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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Feijoas for free
November 9, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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Tears for fears Everybody wants to rule the world
November 9, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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I mean seriously, this trillion dollar pay package is dependent on the guy who is the meme for over-promising & under delivering hitting these milestones in the next decade & 1m robots & 1m robo taxis is pure fantasy.
The milestones Musk must achieve over the next decade include: Delivering 20 million Tesla vehicles and one million robots Getting 10 million subscriptions to Tesla's Full Self-Driving feature Bringing one million self-driving Robotaxi vehicles into commercial operation Earning up to $400bn in core profit Eventually lifting Tesla's overall market value to $8.5tn, currently $1.4tn
November 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Drop something blue
November 7, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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…. and BlueSky ‘moderation service’ defaults to fucking this. It might as well be a hide NZ filter.
BlueSky’s ‘rude’ filter which is set to hide by default, and presumably hides a bunch of NZ posts based on our fucking language.
November 6, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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If all of summer was like this I’d be happy. But it won’t be.
A thermostat showing a temperature of 24.5°
November 6, 2025 at 6:55 AM