Steve
@kiwistevemc.bsky.social
Pom. Kiwi. Leftie, Union activist.
Linguistics, biblical studies, politics. And silliness, if at all possible. Posts mostly in English; little bit of Japanese or Norwegian because why not.
Linguistics, biblical studies, politics. And silliness, if at all possible. Posts mostly in English; little bit of Japanese or Norwegian because why not.
No laughing matter when you’re looking for the next floppy disc at 37,000 feet…
November 29, 2025 at 1:38 AM
No laughing matter when you’re looking for the next floppy disc at 37,000 feet…
Cat walk across yer keyboard again?
November 29, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Cat walk across yer keyboard again?
My Latin O-level in 1984 was even less up-to-date.
November 29, 2025 at 1:20 AM
My Latin O-level in 1984 was even less up-to-date.
It’s all in the framing of the question.
Try “do you prefer the extreme hoarding of wealth by a few psychopaths, while millions barely survive; or do you prefer a free-market system that ensures nobody is allowed to go hungry or homeless?”
Essentially the same q; just different framing.
Try “do you prefer the extreme hoarding of wealth by a few psychopaths, while millions barely survive; or do you prefer a free-market system that ensures nobody is allowed to go hungry or homeless?”
Essentially the same q; just different framing.
November 29, 2025 at 1:17 AM
It’s all in the framing of the question.
Try “do you prefer the extreme hoarding of wealth by a few psychopaths, while millions barely survive; or do you prefer a free-market system that ensures nobody is allowed to go hungry or homeless?”
Essentially the same q; just different framing.
Try “do you prefer the extreme hoarding of wealth by a few psychopaths, while millions barely survive; or do you prefer a free-market system that ensures nobody is allowed to go hungry or homeless?”
Essentially the same q; just different framing.
The latter. We're committed to pay equity. We don't think the number calculated by the Nats is much use and we will have our own costing in due course.
November 28, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Another OIA request sent.
November 28, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Another OIA request sent.
Also…
“Mad” as in “angry,” or mad as in “utterly barking apeshit loony?”
Or both?
“Mad” as in “angry,” or mad as in “utterly barking apeshit loony?”
Or both?
November 28, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Also…
“Mad” as in “angry,” or mad as in “utterly barking apeshit loony?”
Or both?
“Mad” as in “angry,” or mad as in “utterly barking apeshit loony?”
Or both?
I’ve written asking for details.
Cant wait to read the “anti-govt pledge.”
Cant wait to read the “anti-govt pledge.”
November 28, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I’ve written asking for details.
Cant wait to read the “anti-govt pledge.”
Cant wait to read the “anti-govt pledge.”