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mickmeasley.bsky.social
"All this censorship is happening cuz parents don't wanna parent!"
You do understand that if my parents "parented" me any harder than they already did I'd have become a husk of a human being, right?
February 12, 2026 at 7:53 AM
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crowkids.bsky.social
Being broke as hell makes boycotting so easy. "cancel your nitro" way ahead of you. "don't attend these conventions" easy peasy. "this video game company--" i'm on it. you won't believe how on it I am
February 10, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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daviddylanthomas.bsky.social
Don't give anything an Emmy until it's as good as this.
February 11, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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rimidar.bsky.social
Cool Dad Republicans versus Bitch Mom Democrats literally never fails as a rubric
lastpositivist.bsky.social lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 5d
I still can't help but suspect it genuinely is just Gender. That really really really, they think Republicans are Man party so should deal with Business and Security, while Democrats are Woman party so should deal with Health and Welfare. Just... so bloody stupid
February 7, 2026 at 11:18 AM
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rimidar.bsky.social
People need to stop saying this. Valve already had Supply Crates in Team Fortress 2 in 2011 and that was very much the ur-lootbox.

Valve hired Yanis Varoufakis of all people to analyse the economy this created, and it was all prior to 2013 per the email!
Team Fortress 2 Supply Crate
February 2, 2026 at 11:42 AM
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keithstack.com
Oh, they're killing off Flash? Don't worry, there's still (lists a bunch programs that aren't as good as Flash)
February 2, 2026 at 7:52 PM
mickmeasley.bsky.social
The antidote to rent seeking is disincentivising it. Start taxing the landlords and watch things magically, even if marginally improve
#georgism #LandValueTaxNZ
#nzpol
February 1, 2026 at 10:09 AM
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thetasalmon.bsky.social
Keep in mind the Peter Thiel is human gangrene, and is angling for worldwide power via his private CIA.

Revoke his NZ citizenship.

No-one wants that rank psycho here except Luxon and 8% David.

#nzpol
January 31, 2026 at 7:20 AM
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creativeelc.bsky.social
My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Winston Peters showing his cards...

#NzPol #Caricature #PoliticalCartoon #Trump #WinstonPeters
Cartoon. Title: The Great American Ventriloquist. With his performing... Parliamentary Puppet! We have Trump and Winston Peters on a small stage. Trump has Winnie on his knee as his puppet. Trump is channeling his words through Winnie: "We do not recognise Palestine as a state!" "Maduro is a terrorist!" "The reserve bank SHOULD stay in their lane!" "We should leave the 'globalist' world health organisation" *AFTER 'CONSERVATIVE CENTRAL OFFICE' LONDON 1905-1908 This cartoon was inspired by a poster they made at the time. It can be found on wikimedia. The Great Irish ventriloquist with his performing mannequin. A bonus sticker for your collection. Trump with Winston Peters on his knee.
January 29, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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maetl.bsky.social
Not saying we must restore lost industries and go back to the golden age before neoliberalism, more that NZ needs to seriously ask wtf the point of the economy is if it’s not materially delivering for people or public spending adding value. Quarrying for export and rent seeking is impoverishing us.
January 30, 2026 at 10:08 AM
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dimsie.bsky.social
Uhhhhhh #nzpol
From: Brian Boyd <b.boyd@auckland.ac.nz> To: Jeffrey Epstein <jeevacation@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2012 22:25:35 +0000 Hi Jeffrey, No, nothing looming: I'm hunkering down to do the Popper biography, which will require another trip to Europe (although the bulk of the research travel I did some time ago) but not for quite some time. You suggested a while back we should work out the details of the money transfer. Can we go back over things, first? When you asked me how long I would need to write the book on Lolita that's the top of my wish list, I said a year. You asked me how much money would that take. Being naturally antigrabbity, I said $50K, thinking not that that's a year's salary (you assumed from that that I was maybe still an associate professor) but that that's the 25% of my salary that the Faculty of Arts pays (the rest comes from the University center) and that covers my teaching courses (I have a reduced teaching load in any case). You promptly said that's not enough and counterproposed $75K. But the more I think about it, the more I realize how much else other than the undergraduate teaching encroaches on my time: the admin (not bad at all for someone at my level, but still an interference), the supervision of PhD and sometimes other graduate students. To do the book in a year I'd really need to take a full year of unpaid leave and be free of all university obligations here. So that's just for you to reflect on; I'm very appreciative of what you've already offered, and that should indeed allow me to buy out of all my undergraduate teaching. Anyway, whatever you decide, here are my bank details: Bank: Bank of New Zealand Branch: Auckland Store, 80 Queen Street, Auckland 1010
January 31, 2026 at 10:17 PM
mickmeasley.bsky.social
no
January 31, 2026 at 9:29 AM
mickmeasley.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 8:39 AM
mickmeasley.bsky.social
why is jiminy cricket always talking about "jumping my hoe so fat"
listen lil bro, dont talk about my girl like that or shits gonna get real book-accurate in here
June 24, 2025 at 7:41 AM
mickmeasley.bsky.social
12 year old me would have thought this was so epic and funny but with the context of everything thats changed and lead up to this point i am perturbed by how cringe it ended up being
November 14, 2024 at 12:32 AM
mickmeasley.bsky.social
the problem with bluesky, especially right now, is that you know everyone is here for the same reason. on twitter, people are there for many reasons, approaching it with different pathologies. some good, some bad. but at least they're different.
November 7, 2024 at 9:58 AM