Half Dad, Half Misfit
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New Zealand's greatest Hudson Hawk fan
My blog https://halfdadhalfmisfit.blogspot.com/
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My blog https://halfdadhalfmisfit.blogspot.com/
My recipes https://mediocrecooktv.blogspot.com/
Unlikeable C-level exec at work sent their "I'm leaving" email
Just kept thinking of The Thick Of It, s01e01
"You can say you're jumping before you're pushed although we're gonna be briefing that you were pushed, sorry."
Just kept thinking of The Thick Of It, s01e01
"You can say you're jumping before you're pushed although we're gonna be briefing that you were pushed, sorry."
November 19, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Unlikeable C-level exec at work sent their "I'm leaving" email
Just kept thinking of The Thick Of It, s01e01
"You can say you're jumping before you're pushed although we're gonna be briefing that you were pushed, sorry."
Just kept thinking of The Thick Of It, s01e01
"You can say you're jumping before you're pushed although we're gonna be briefing that you were pushed, sorry."
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if trump wants to win in 2027 he needs to pass a law making sonic a pokemon #MakeSonicAPokemon
November 19, 2025 at 3:10 AM
if trump wants to win in 2027 he needs to pass a law making sonic a pokemon #MakeSonicAPokemon
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i spend 29 seconds brushing each quartile of my teeth, and spend the 4 seconds i save reading up on the newest philosophies and techniques in business management
November 16, 2025 at 6:48 AM
i spend 29 seconds brushing each quartile of my teeth, and spend the 4 seconds i save reading up on the newest philosophies and techniques in business management
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I don't think being rich makes you a monster so much as the process by which people become rich requires monsters as a prerequisite and nothing about the Epstein file revelations has dissuaded me of this notion
November 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I don't think being rich makes you a monster so much as the process by which people become rich requires monsters as a prerequisite and nothing about the Epstein file revelations has dissuaded me of this notion
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Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
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“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme is a great BBC radio sketch show
Although the end of Season 9 did wreck me somewhat
Although the end of Season 9 did wreck me somewhat
November 6, 2025 at 8:35 AM
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme is a great BBC radio sketch show
Although the end of Season 9 did wreck me somewhat
Although the end of Season 9 did wreck me somewhat
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The Tea Party never reached the magnitude of No Kings. Yet it was covered as if it represented “real America,” just like MAGA today. Those are not empirical assessments, but articles of faith – ideological claims about the world that are widely shared in the American mainstream discourse.
November 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The Tea Party never reached the magnitude of No Kings. Yet it was covered as if it represented “real America,” just like MAGA today. Those are not empirical assessments, but articles of faith – ideological claims about the world that are widely shared in the American mainstream discourse.
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Just like when the New York Times did not think the No Kings protests were all that significant, this is indicative of how much mainstream institutions have bought into the idea that only Trump and his supporters represent “real America” and have a right to have their voices amplified.
November 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Just like when the New York Times did not think the No Kings protests were all that significant, this is indicative of how much mainstream institutions have bought into the idea that only Trump and his supporters represent “real America” and have a right to have their voices amplified.
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Every year their are complaints about fireworks upsetting dogs.
After all these years, you think the idiots would stop buying dogs.
After all these years, you think the idiots would stop buying dogs.
November 1, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Every year their are complaints about fireworks upsetting dogs.
After all these years, you think the idiots would stop buying dogs.
After all these years, you think the idiots would stop buying dogs.
I remember when we used to call stuff like this snuff videos and it was considered bad, not front page news
November 5, 2025 at 3:40 AM
I remember when we used to call stuff like this snuff videos and it was considered bad, not front page news
I've just inked a deal where OpenAI will give me $38B in 2030 and in exchange I will give OpenAI $38B in 2030, I know this isn't "reciprocal dealing", because I checked with ChatGPT first, and it told me it was a great idea and to buy more Nvidia stock too and that I'm god.
November 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I've just inked a deal where OpenAI will give me $38B in 2030 and in exchange I will give OpenAI $38B in 2030, I know this isn't "reciprocal dealing", because I checked with ChatGPT first, and it told me it was a great idea and to buy more Nvidia stock too and that I'm god.
I like how American's voted to solve a fairly non-existent "gang problem" and now with ICE, they have a fairly serious "gang problem"
November 2, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I like how American's voted to solve a fairly non-existent "gang problem" and now with ICE, they have a fairly serious "gang problem"
If Capital Gains Tax is such a good idea, why are rich people spending so much money on political parties and media companies to convince us it's a bad idea?
November 2, 2025 at 1:19 AM
If Capital Gains Tax is such a good idea, why are rich people spending so much money on political parties and media companies to convince us it's a bad idea?
If seances are so powerful, why doesn't everyone just summon Jesus to do their chores?
November 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
If seances are so powerful, why doesn't everyone just summon Jesus to do their chores?
If God is so powerful, why doesn't he send Jesus to break up all the seances?
November 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
If God is so powerful, why doesn't he send Jesus to break up all the seances?
Every year their are complaints about fireworks upsetting dogs.
After all these years, you think the idiots would stop buying dogs.
After all these years, you think the idiots would stop buying dogs.
November 1, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Every year their are complaints about fireworks upsetting dogs.
After all these years, you think the idiots would stop buying dogs.
After all these years, you think the idiots would stop buying dogs.
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Centrism is actually the perfect example of a No True Scotsman, "true centrism" has never been, and can never be, tried because the target always moves; usually rightward.
The sort of thing that becomes apparent when you have a functioning memory is that despite centrist's favored posture, they offer new compromises that solve the issue, their suggestions are not only quite old but also haven't worked before either.
September 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Centrism is actually the perfect example of a No True Scotsman, "true centrism" has never been, and can never be, tried because the target always moves; usually rightward.
"Meet me in the middle," says the crooked man.
You take one step forward.
The crooked man takes one step back.
"Meet me in the middle," says the crooked man.
You take one step forward.
The crooked man takes one step back.
"Meet me in the middle," says the crooked man.
October 28, 2025 at 2:09 AM
"Meet me in the middle," says the crooked man.
You take one step forward.
The crooked man takes one step back.
"Meet me in the middle," says the crooked man.
You take one step forward.
The crooked man takes one step back.
"Meet me in the middle," says the crooked man.
Mad props to Football NZ for sending me an email this week offering me tickets for soccer games in USA, don't think you'll be selling many and may be safer for our team to stay home this time...
October 24, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Mad props to Football NZ for sending me an email this week offering me tickets for soccer games in USA, don't think you'll be selling many and may be safer for our team to stay home this time...
A normal person with an unintentional nazi tattoo could say "my tattoo means WHAT!?! fucking hell, i'll have it removed with a laser as soon as possible" and save some face, they wouldn't argue the toss
October 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
A normal person with an unintentional nazi tattoo could say "my tattoo means WHAT!?! fucking hell, i'll have it removed with a laser as soon as possible" and save some face, they wouldn't argue the toss
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Private equity then borrows against the data centre assets, from the banks, who do have capital requirements that are met by only lending a percentage of the asset value - but the bank collateral can still get zeroed if the whole thing goes to zero...
It's basically subprime data centre mortgages
It's basically subprime data centre mortgages
October 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Private equity then borrows against the data centre assets, from the banks, who do have capital requirements that are met by only lending a percentage of the asset value - but the bank collateral can still get zeroed if the whole thing goes to zero...
It's basically subprime data centre mortgages
It's basically subprime data centre mortgages
These stories are piling up in the financial news sources* and it feels like the bit at the start of a movie where the background news is foreshadowing the crisis about to hit
*Funny how the Financial Times and Bloomberg seem more fact driven than the news outlets for the proles, eh?
*Funny how the Financial Times and Bloomberg seem more fact driven than the news outlets for the proles, eh?
October 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
These stories are piling up in the financial news sources* and it feels like the bit at the start of a movie where the background news is foreshadowing the crisis about to hit
*Funny how the Financial Times and Bloomberg seem more fact driven than the news outlets for the proles, eh?
*Funny how the Financial Times and Bloomberg seem more fact driven than the news outlets for the proles, eh?
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Almost every major news story this week is about how the entire economy is now gambling, scams, bribes and theft.
October 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Almost every major news story this week is about how the entire economy is now gambling, scams, bribes and theft.