Craig Neilson
@exquire.bsky.social
I have diverse interests
Just happy to be here
Just happy to be here
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Comment of the day (so far):
"I would rather have a smaller road on my way to a high-class hospital." 🎯
"I would rather have a smaller road on my way to a high-class hospital." 🎯
"They know they can’t deliver all of these projects, but they want to pretend they still can. It seems that whatever the question, this government’s answer is 'More RoNS'. But more RoNs will bankrupt the nation."
In today's post, Matt Lowrie gets real on the costs of Roads of National Significance.
In today's post, Matt Lowrie gets real on the costs of Roads of National Significance.
Reality bites: RoNS will bankrupt the nation - Greater Auckland
The government’s Yesterday’s funding announcement on preparatory work includes this for the East West link: Funding of $102m to progress design, consenting and route protection. Hamilton Southern Link...
www.greaterauckland.org.nz
October 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Comment of the day (so far):
"I would rather have a smaller road on my way to a high-class hospital." 🎯
"I would rather have a smaller road on my way to a high-class hospital." 🎯
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It is fucked up what they did to the headphone jack
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
September 20, 2025 at 12:24 AM
It is fucked up what they did to the headphone jack
When 'Solar Power' came out I was like "gosh, you're never gonna see a Lorde album cover more intimate than this"
May 1, 2025 at 8:32 AM
When 'Solar Power' came out I was like "gosh, you're never gonna see a Lorde album cover more intimate than this"
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Uganda has declared the end of Ebola disease outbreak, less than three months after the virus was confirmed.
Robust, coordinated response by the government, supported by WHO and partners, was critical in stopping the outbreak.
Robust, coordinated response by the government, supported by WHO and partners, was critical in stopping the outbreak.
April 26, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Uganda has declared the end of Ebola disease outbreak, less than three months after the virus was confirmed.
Robust, coordinated response by the government, supported by WHO and partners, was critical in stopping the outbreak.
Robust, coordinated response by the government, supported by WHO and partners, was critical in stopping the outbreak.
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If this is what's happening to a white English woman who happens to know a journalist with a global platform, how bad do you think things are for brown people nobody knows or cares about?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre
Graphic artist Rebecca Burke was on the trip of a lifetime. But as she tried to leave the US she was stopped, interrogated and branded an illegal alien by ICE. Now back home, she tells others thinking...
www.theguardian.com
April 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
If this is what's happening to a white English woman who happens to know a journalist with a global platform, how bad do you think things are for brown people nobody knows or cares about?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Checks out. Andy Foster is now a NZ First MP, and the government's go-to example of a bad mayor I suppose
December 16, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Checks out. Andy Foster is now a NZ First MP, and the government's go-to example of a bad mayor I suppose
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What I lovehate about this is that the two hardcore spikes here are the GFC and the pandemic, and the third big spike is just... this government. All by itself. For no sensible reason
November benefits data is out. Will post more later.
It is important to understand the harm being done here.
We have added 50,000 people to working-age benefits in the last 18 months. It has typically taken us five fking years (and a housing market boom) to get back from that #NZPol.
It is important to understand the harm being done here.
We have added 50,000 people to working-age benefits in the last 18 months. It has typically taken us five fking years (and a housing market boom) to get back from that #NZPol.
December 13, 2024 at 3:17 AM
What I lovehate about this is that the two hardcore spikes here are the GFC and the pandemic, and the third big spike is just... this government. All by itself. For no sensible reason
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there should be a website you can use to search the internet
October 9, 2024 at 7:12 PM
there should be a website you can use to search the internet
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The chaotic pace of the modern news cycle is a well established trope by this stage, but this week I became obsessed with something everyone may have noticed, but too few are saying out loud: Trump's assassination attempt was a total flop.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
Séamas O'Reilly: The shot heard 'round the world — and how little has really changed
"...maybe Trump, a historically unpopular candidate who just happens to have the good luck to be running against a man currently incapable of sentience, has simply acquired every single vote he can po...
www.irishexaminer.com
July 20, 2024 at 9:04 AM
The chaotic pace of the modern news cycle is a well established trope by this stage, but this week I became obsessed with something everyone may have noticed, but too few are saying out loud: Trump's assassination attempt was a total flop.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
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I mean, what's the problem? It's only been spreading between dairy farms across multiple US states for months, killed several farm cats who drank milk,
could have a huge impact on our poultry and dairy industries which are currently ignoring the risk, go H2H and make covid look like tiddlywinks
could have a huge impact on our poultry and dairy industries which are currently ignoring the risk, go H2H and make covid look like tiddlywinks
May 4, 2024 at 2:48 AM
I mean, what's the problem? It's only been spreading between dairy farms across multiple US states for months, killed several farm cats who drank milk,
could have a huge impact on our poultry and dairy industries which are currently ignoring the risk, go H2H and make covid look like tiddlywinks
could have a huge impact on our poultry and dairy industries which are currently ignoring the risk, go H2H and make covid look like tiddlywinks
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For those who don't know this story, which I first shared six years ago today....
This one time I got my days wrong at work and ended up alone in a room with my boss and the President of Ireland while I was on ketamine.
🧵
This one time I got my days wrong at work and ended up alone in a room with my boss and the President of Ireland while I was on ketamine.
🧵
May 3, 2024 at 10:25 AM
For those who don't know this story, which I first shared six years ago today....
This one time I got my days wrong at work and ended up alone in a room with my boss and the President of Ireland while I was on ketamine.
🧵
This one time I got my days wrong at work and ended up alone in a room with my boss and the President of Ireland while I was on ketamine.
🧵
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The total cost of cancelling three waters, replacing the iRex project, stopping and restarting school builds, cancelling public transport subsidies and projects, and ditching smoke free legislation is going to be a gargantuan $ compared to one year of extremely small tax cuts.
April 29, 2024 at 11:43 PM
The total cost of cancelling three waters, replacing the iRex project, stopping and restarting school builds, cancelling public transport subsidies and projects, and ditching smoke free legislation is going to be a gargantuan $ compared to one year of extremely small tax cuts.
Conspiracy media straight up supporting and rewarding violence from their listeners. Under 'see more' it says
"But seriously, can this legend please get in touch - we would like to help with a replacement board... 🪧"
This really makes communities more dangerous. Totally reckless.
"But seriously, can this legend please get in touch - we would like to help with a replacement board... 🪧"
This really makes communities more dangerous. Totally reckless.
April 30, 2024 at 8:46 PM
Conspiracy media straight up supporting and rewarding violence from their listeners. Under 'see more' it says
"But seriously, can this legend please get in touch - we would like to help with a replacement board... 🪧"
This really makes communities more dangerous. Totally reckless.
"But seriously, can this legend please get in touch - we would like to help with a replacement board... 🪧"
This really makes communities more dangerous. Totally reckless.
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80s video game: here is a fantasy that you are an astronaut blasting asteroids
90s: no you’re a badass marine blasting demons
2000s: time to blast some aliens
2010s: chop up these zombies
2020s: here is a fantasy that you have a cosy house, friends, relationships and food
90s: no you’re a badass marine blasting demons
2000s: time to blast some aliens
2010s: chop up these zombies
2020s: here is a fantasy that you have a cosy house, friends, relationships and food
April 24, 2024 at 8:41 PM
80s video game: here is a fantasy that you are an astronaut blasting asteroids
90s: no you’re a badass marine blasting demons
2000s: time to blast some aliens
2010s: chop up these zombies
2020s: here is a fantasy that you have a cosy house, friends, relationships and food
90s: no you’re a badass marine blasting demons
2000s: time to blast some aliens
2010s: chop up these zombies
2020s: here is a fantasy that you have a cosy house, friends, relationships and food
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‘Luminous’ truck strap artwork wins prestigious Biennale prize in first for New Zealand
‘Luminous’ truck strap artwork wins prestigious Biennale prize in first for New Zealand
Collective of Māori artists wins Golden Lion at Venice Biennale for Takapau, a large-scale installation inspired by woven mats
A Māori artist collective’s dazzling, intricate canopy woven from reflective trucking straps has been awarded a prestigious global art prize – the first time a New Zealand artwork has won the award.
On Saturday, the jury of the 60th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale awarded New Zealand’s Mataaho Collective the Golden Lion for best international participation for its work Takapau – a large-scale installation inspired by Māori takapau, finely woven mats made for special events.
Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 22, 2024 at 5:34 AM
‘Luminous’ truck strap artwork wins prestigious Biennale prize in first for New Zealand
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Can’t stress how amazing this feed of all gift links/gift articles shared on Bluesky is. It’s largely the best of the stuff in traditional papers without the bullshit and fluff, shared by people who liked it enough to pay for it.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
April 20, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Can’t stress how amazing this feed of all gift links/gift articles shared on Bluesky is. It’s largely the best of the stuff in traditional papers without the bullshit and fluff, shared by people who liked it enough to pay for it.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Me: fuck
Autocorrect: duck
Me: ugh stupid autoc-*gets hit by a brick*
Autocorrect: dude i tried to tell you
Autocorrect: duck
Me: ugh stupid autoc-*gets hit by a brick*
Autocorrect: dude i tried to tell you
March 26, 2024 at 1:21 AM
Me: fuck
Autocorrect: duck
Me: ugh stupid autoc-*gets hit by a brick*
Autocorrect: dude i tried to tell you
Autocorrect: duck
Me: ugh stupid autoc-*gets hit by a brick*
Autocorrect: dude i tried to tell you
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This is excellent from Max Rashbrooke ...
"Luxon’s budget problem is not going away"
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/18-...
"Luxon’s budget problem is not going away"
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/18-...
Luxon’s budget problem is not going away
Every week that passes seems to tighten the fiscal noose for Christopher Luxon and co – a noose, moreover, of their own making.
thespinoff.co.nz
March 18, 2024 at 4:00 AM
This is excellent from Max Rashbrooke ...
"Luxon’s budget problem is not going away"
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/18-...
"Luxon’s budget problem is not going away"
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/18-...
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Remember, it's apparently NOT the global corporation cutting hundreds of journalists' jobs that's "evil", it's NZ's previous government's Public Interest Journalism Fund that <checks notes> funded coverage of underrepresented regional NZ news that NZ corporate network media had failed/refused to do.
February 28, 2024 at 9:39 AM
Remember, it's apparently NOT the global corporation cutting hundreds of journalists' jobs that's "evil", it's NZ's previous government's Public Interest Journalism Fund that <checks notes> funded coverage of underrepresented regional NZ news that NZ corporate network media had failed/refused to do.
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In light of Luxon’s woeful state of the nation address… newsroom.co.nz/2024/02/16/w...
Welcome to rip, sh*t and bust economic 'development'
There are 'good constitutional reasons' for barring ministers from deciding big projects for political capital or pork-barrel politics.
newsroom.co.nz
February 17, 2024 at 10:39 PM
In light of Luxon’s woeful state of the nation address… newsroom.co.nz/2024/02/16/w...
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Is there a Union for Tax Payers who are pissed off at the amount of taxpayer money the National Party have retroactively wasting by cancelling projects and replacing them with projects that are now going to cost more money than it they had simply let the original projects run to completion?
#NZPol
#NZPol
February 16, 2024 at 5:26 AM
Is there a Union for Tax Payers who are pissed off at the amount of taxpayer money the National Party have retroactively wasting by cancelling projects and replacing them with projects that are now going to cost more money than it they had simply let the original projects run to completion?
#NZPol
#NZPol
Can't wait to talk walking and cycling with all the people who saw the headline but not my skeet
February 14, 2024 at 5:13 AM
Can't wait to talk walking and cycling with all the people who saw the headline but not my skeet
Just found 6km of traffic queue leading to Waitangi, and that's before 10am!
February 5, 2024 at 8:45 PM
Just found 6km of traffic queue leading to Waitangi, and that's before 10am!