Strong Stable Dave
@daveharton.bsky.social
I want to be really clear now
Hey @woolworths.bsky.social what is the point of Stollen without Marzipan???
What waste of $14, actually $28 as I bought 2
What waste of $14, actually $28 as I bought 2
December 25, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Hey @woolworths.bsky.social what is the point of Stollen without Marzipan???
What waste of $14, actually $28 as I bought 2
What waste of $14, actually $28 as I bought 2
@nzta.nzcow.com
We need this in NZ...
Do @aucklandtransport.bsky.social buses comply? If not why not?
road.cc/content/news...
We need this in NZ...
Do @aucklandtransport.bsky.social buses comply? If not why not?
road.cc/content/news...
Why have deaths and serious injuries in collisions involving HGVs being driven in London halved since 2019?
The number of people walking, cycling or motorcycling who were killed or seriously injured in a collision with an HGV driver in London has fallen from an average of 71 people per year to 35 since last...
road.cc
November 19, 2025 at 12:30 AM
@nzta.nzcow.com
We need this in NZ...
Do @aucklandtransport.bsky.social buses comply? If not why not?
road.cc/content/news...
We need this in NZ...
Do @aucklandtransport.bsky.social buses comply? If not why not?
road.cc/content/news...
Doesn't this sound just like NZ?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Housing crisis. We could fix it easily we just don’t want to! It would make us very unpopular with people like us | First Dog on the Moon
Seriously how hard can it be?
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Doesn't this sound just like NZ?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Other entrants on the list include Rutendo Shadaya, a 17-year-old Zimbabwean-New Zealander fantasy novelist"
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Scottish pupil named a Time magazine girl of the year for solar-powered blanket design
Rebecca Young, 13, named one of 10 girls of the year for her invention intended to help rough sleepers in winter
www.theguardian.com
August 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"Other entrants on the list include Rutendo Shadaya, a 17-year-old Zimbabwean-New Zealander fantasy novelist"
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
This is why we should be worried about @airnewzealand.bsky.social using AI to set prices...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Delta’s AI spying to “jack up” prices must be banned, lawmakers say
Lawmakers want to prevent companies from using AI to increase prices or lower wages.
arstechnica.com
July 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM
This is why we should be worried about @airnewzealand.bsky.social using AI to set prices...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Just love the emails I'm getting in my junk folder...
July 14, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Just love the emails I'm getting in my junk folder...
World War 3!? Whose idea was that?
June 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
World War 3!? Whose idea was that?
You could get a lot of renewable energy for $12B! Someone is pushing their own agenda
Don't forget that unscruplous actors could cut it...
This should be relegated to the bin (along with using gondolas to cross Auckland harbour)
@newsroom.co.nz
newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/05/w...
Don't forget that unscruplous actors could cut it...
This should be relegated to the bin (along with using gondolas to cross Auckland harbour)
@newsroom.co.nz
newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/05/w...
What really happens if NZ hooks up to Australia's power grid
The trans-Tasman cable project is still in its infancy, but would have a big impact on power prices and the gentailers' influence.
newsroom.co.nz
March 6, 2025 at 12:30 AM
You could get a lot of renewable energy for $12B! Someone is pushing their own agenda
Don't forget that unscruplous actors could cut it...
This should be relegated to the bin (along with using gondolas to cross Auckland harbour)
@newsroom.co.nz
newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/05/w...
Don't forget that unscruplous actors could cut it...
This should be relegated to the bin (along with using gondolas to cross Auckland harbour)
@newsroom.co.nz
newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/05/w...
Looking for a great builder for the rebuild of my 1990s house in Grey Lynn, Auckland. Plans have just gone to council for building consent.
Does anyone have any recommendations?
Thanks 🔨🔨🔨
Does anyone have any recommendations?
Thanks 🔨🔨🔨
January 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Looking for a great builder for the rebuild of my 1990s house in Grey Lynn, Auckland. Plans have just gone to council for building consent.
Does anyone have any recommendations?
Thanks 🔨🔨🔨
Does anyone have any recommendations?
Thanks 🔨🔨🔨
Got run over by a motor scooter rider on the NW path today. He knocked me flat on my back and ran over my bike and phone. Broken spoke but no other damage.
I was trying to make him turn back the way he came to deter him doing it again...
Reported to police, witnesses needed!
I was trying to make him turn back the way he came to deter him doing it again...
Reported to police, witnesses needed!
October 30, 2024 at 9:41 PM
Got run over by a motor scooter rider on the NW path today. He knocked me flat on my back and ran over my bike and phone. Broken spoke but no other damage.
I was trying to make him turn back the way he came to deter him doing it again...
Reported to police, witnesses needed!
I was trying to make him turn back the way he came to deter him doing it again...
Reported to police, witnesses needed!
Thanks Ben Nevell for an absolutely awesome submission!!!!
(I guess this will have been posted before - but hey - it's just so awesome that it deserves to be posted again!)
Thanks also the The Spinoff for publicising this...
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/04-...
(I guess this will have been posted before - but hey - it's just so awesome that it deserves to be posted again!)
Thanks also the The Spinoff for publicising this...
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/04-...
Making a splash: Is this the most impressive select committee submission ever?
You really won't guess how it ends.
thespinoff.co.nz
October 4, 2024 at 11:39 PM
Thanks Ben Nevell for an absolutely awesome submission!!!!
(I guess this will have been posted before - but hey - it's just so awesome that it deserves to be posted again!)
Thanks also the The Spinoff for publicising this...
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/04-...
(I guess this will have been posted before - but hey - it's just so awesome that it deserves to be posted again!)
Thanks also the The Spinoff for publicising this...
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/04-...
This I didn't know...
www.theguardian.com/film/article...
www.theguardian.com/film/article...
A woman brought her own snacks to Despicable Me 4. Then the police arrived | Stuart Heritage
Many struggling cinemas depend on sales of pricey food and drink as ticket revenue mainly goes to film studios. But does banning outside supplies really add up, asks Stuart Heritage
www.theguardian.com
August 3, 2024 at 7:17 PM
This I didn't know...
www.theguardian.com/film/article...
www.theguardian.com/film/article...
“Reducing methane in the next 20 years is about the only thing we have to keep global warming in check”
arstechnica.com/science/2024...
arstechnica.com/science/2024...
Cleaning up cow burps to combat global warming
New tools for lowering methane emissions from livestock are on their way.
arstechnica.com
June 21, 2024 at 12:27 AM
“Reducing methane in the next 20 years is about the only thing we have to keep global warming in check”
arstechnica.com/science/2024...
arstechnica.com/science/2024...
Lesson for NZ:
"the cult insists that America's worst-in-class, most expensive health system just needs more capitalism to turn it into a world leader"
pluralistic.net/2024/06/13/a...
"the cult insists that America's worst-in-class, most expensive health system just needs more capitalism to turn it into a world leader"
pluralistic.net/2024/06/13/a...
Pluralistic: The health industry’s invisible hand is a fist (13 Jun 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
June 14, 2024 at 12:47 AM
Lesson for NZ:
"the cult insists that America's worst-in-class, most expensive health system just needs more capitalism to turn it into a world leader"
pluralistic.net/2024/06/13/a...
"the cult insists that America's worst-in-class, most expensive health system just needs more capitalism to turn it into a world leader"
pluralistic.net/2024/06/13/a...
From Nick Rockel on Twitter:
"Guess who's going to be conducting military exercises with Israel? That's right, it's us! Read all about it, free today in Nick's Kōrero..."
nickrockel.substack.com/p/exercising...
"Guess who's going to be conducting military exercises with Israel? That's right, it's us! Read all about it, free today in Nick's Kōrero..."
nickrockel.substack.com/p/exercising...
Exercising with the IDF.
RIMPAC 2024 - NZ's Sabre Dance with Israel.
nickrockel.substack.com
June 12, 2024 at 12:49 AM
From Nick Rockel on Twitter:
"Guess who's going to be conducting military exercises with Israel? That's right, it's us! Read all about it, free today in Nick's Kōrero..."
nickrockel.substack.com/p/exercising...
"Guess who's going to be conducting military exercises with Israel? That's right, it's us! Read all about it, free today in Nick's Kōrero..."
nickrockel.substack.com/p/exercising...
What a different story to the interview on RNZ, where everything was rosy.
Was he the one FTE working on this in the Ministry?
newsroom.co.nz/2024/06/06/a...
Was he the one FTE working on this in the Ministry?
newsroom.co.nz/2024/06/06/a...
June 6, 2024 at 7:05 PM
What a different story to the interview on RNZ, where everything was rosy.
Was he the one FTE working on this in the Ministry?
newsroom.co.nz/2024/06/06/a...
Was he the one FTE working on this in the Ministry?
newsroom.co.nz/2024/06/06/a...
May 31, 2024 at 11:12 PM
Reposted by Strong Stable Dave
"In New Zealand's Nelson Lakes National Park, the beech forests are thick with invasive yellowjackets by early autumn. They sip the sugary secretions of scale insects living on the trees, and will fight the bellbirds, tui, silvereyes, and other birds for it"
arstechnica.com/science/2024...
arstechnica.com/science/2024...
The hornet has landed: Scientists combat new honeybee killer in US
Researchers are working to limit the threat while developing better eradication methods.
arstechnica.com
May 27, 2024 at 12:39 AM
"In New Zealand's Nelson Lakes National Park, the beech forests are thick with invasive yellowjackets by early autumn. They sip the sugary secretions of scale insects living on the trees, and will fight the bellbirds, tui, silvereyes, and other birds for it"
arstechnica.com/science/2024...
arstechnica.com/science/2024...
