Mr Salteena is not quite a gentleman
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I am interested in things. Lots of things.
I am not quite a gentleman but you would hardly notice it but it cant be helped anyhow. I'm the operator […]
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I am not quite a gentleman but you would hardly notice it but it cant be helped anyhow. I'm the operator […]
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Some loud bangs outside last night. Decided they were not firearms and there was no other noise so left alone.
Talked to neighbour just now. It was fireworks several houses over. Someone called the cops. Cops turned out in force.... to another house close by where a Mongrel Mob member lives […]
Talked to neighbour just now. It was fireworks several houses over. Someone called the cops. Cops turned out in force.... to another house close by where a Mongrel Mob member lives […]
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February 4, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Some loud bangs outside last night. Decided they were not firearms and there was no other noise so left alone.
Talked to neighbour just now. It was fireworks several houses over. Someone called the cops. Cops turned out in force.... to another house close by where a Mongrel Mob member lives […]
Talked to neighbour just now. It was fireworks several houses over. Someone called the cops. Cops turned out in force.... to another house close by where a Mongrel Mob member lives […]
Do you have a good home plum wine recipe?
If yes, please share. Because I have nearly 10kg of ripe plums and access to more, and the right equipment for home fermentation. Difficulty: this lot'll spoil in a day or two...
If yes, please share. Because I have nearly 10kg of ripe plums and access to more, and the right equipment for home fermentation. Difficulty: this lot'll spoil in a day or two...
February 4, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Do you have a good home plum wine recipe?
If yes, please share. Because I have nearly 10kg of ripe plums and access to more, and the right equipment for home fermentation. Difficulty: this lot'll spoil in a day or two...
If yes, please share. Because I have nearly 10kg of ripe plums and access to more, and the right equipment for home fermentation. Difficulty: this lot'll spoil in a day or two...
Sooner or later we are going to think less of QEII when the Andrew shitbaggery has really sunk in. Is it possible she had no idea? I doubt it.
February 3, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Sooner or later we are going to think less of QEII when the Andrew shitbaggery has really sunk in. Is it possible she had no idea? I doubt it.
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It's a weird place that we're in. These technofascists are openly announcing that they intend to build a surveillance and control system that would make George Orwell or Aldous Huxley turn in their graves. They openly state that they're against democracy, because it limits their "freedom" to […]
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February 3, 2026 at 4:01 AM
It's a weird place that we're in. These technofascists are openly announcing that they intend to build a surveillance and control system that would make George Orwell or Aldous Huxley turn in their graves. They openly state that they're against democracy, because it limits their "freedom" to […]
Life in the 5th Age wasn't easy for an immortal half-elf, but work as a tour operator paid the bills.
February 3, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Life in the 5th Age wasn't easy for an immortal half-elf, but work as a tour operator paid the bills.
[nerd shit]
People are probably bidding on this "supercomputer" just to rip out the sweet 5TB of DDR5 RAM...
https://www.number8.bid/auction/1747/item/nvidia-dgx-h100-super-computer-system-169023/
People are probably bidding on this "supercomputer" just to rip out the sweet 5TB of DDR5 RAM...
https://www.number8.bid/auction/1747/item/nvidia-dgx-h100-super-computer-system-169023/
February 3, 2026 at 12:16 AM
[nerd shit]
People are probably bidding on this "supercomputer" just to rip out the sweet 5TB of DDR5 RAM...
https://www.number8.bid/auction/1747/item/nvidia-dgx-h100-super-computer-system-169023/
People are probably bidding on this "supercomputer" just to rip out the sweet 5TB of DDR5 RAM...
https://www.number8.bid/auction/1747/item/nvidia-dgx-h100-super-computer-system-169023/
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Boost for reach please!
Does anyone know of a turnkey 'de-bigtech' solution, service or facilitator? My attempts have stalled and fallen into the 'too hard' basket. I am willing to pay. Not sure how much.. what's your price? Preferably NZ based but most locations except USA and hell considered […]
Does anyone know of a turnkey 'de-bigtech' solution, service or facilitator? My attempts have stalled and fallen into the 'too hard' basket. I am willing to pay. Not sure how much.. what's your price? Preferably NZ based but most locations except USA and hell considered […]
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mastodon.nz
February 2, 2026 at 5:50 AM
Boost for reach please!
Does anyone know of a turnkey 'de-bigtech' solution, service or facilitator? My attempts have stalled and fallen into the 'too hard' basket. I am willing to pay. Not sure how much.. what's your price? Preferably NZ based but most locations except USA and hell considered […]
Does anyone know of a turnkey 'de-bigtech' solution, service or facilitator? My attempts have stalled and fallen into the 'too hard' basket. I am willing to pay. Not sure how much.. what's your price? Preferably NZ based but most locations except USA and hell considered […]
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"How the Atlas Network is shaping your life, even if you've never heard of it"
By business reporter Gareth Hutchens
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-26/atlas-network-mont-pelerin-society-neoliberal-think-tanks/105700628 (accessed via Substack)
By business reporter Gareth Hutchens
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-26/atlas-network-mont-pelerin-society-neoliberal-think-tanks/105700628 (accessed via Substack)
February 1, 2026 at 11:01 PM
"How the Atlas Network is shaping your life, even if you've never heard of it"
By business reporter Gareth Hutchens
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-26/atlas-network-mont-pelerin-society-neoliberal-think-tanks/105700628 (accessed via Substack)
By business reporter Gareth Hutchens
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-26/atlas-network-mont-pelerin-society-neoliberal-think-tanks/105700628 (accessed via Substack)
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Yesterday I found this proposal for improving the transport network of Christchurch city, NZ, drawn on a footpath in chalk. It's brief, but good.
https://flic.kr/p/2rUsBSV
#graffiti #BikeTooter #christchurch #nz #bikes
https://flic.kr/p/2rUsBSV
#graffiti #BikeTooter #christchurch #nz #bikes
human and bicycle
I found this drawn in chalk on the footpath by the Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River. Artist unknown.
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February 1, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Yesterday I found this proposal for improving the transport network of Christchurch city, NZ, drawn on a footpath in chalk. It's brief, but good.
https://flic.kr/p/2rUsBSV
#graffiti #BikeTooter #christchurch #nz #bikes
https://flic.kr/p/2rUsBSV
#graffiti #BikeTooter #christchurch #nz #bikes
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I am infuriated. Roger is a cantakerous 83 year old at the best of times. He has angry sores on his legs which a very painful - a 9 or a 10 he says - and a community nurse has been coming to dress and tend them.
Talked to her outside and it's taken weeks to get him to comply with directions and […]
Talked to her outside and it's taken weeks to get him to comply with directions and […]
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microbe.vital.org.nz
January 31, 2026 at 12:04 AM
I am infuriated. Roger is a cantakerous 83 year old at the best of times. He has angry sores on his legs which a very painful - a 9 or a 10 he says - and a community nurse has been coming to dress and tend them.
Talked to her outside and it's taken weeks to get him to comply with directions and […]
Talked to her outside and it's taken weeks to get him to comply with directions and […]
[nerd shit]
I am one of those happy Gnome users who is generally completely unbothered.... except today I discovered a) there is no simple way to set a preferred terminal app through the GUI b) the dconf-editor app sternly tells you the key it provides is deprecated c) Nautilus does its own […]
I am one of those happy Gnome users who is generally completely unbothered.... except today I discovered a) there is no simple way to set a preferred terminal app through the GUI b) the dconf-editor app sternly tells you the key it provides is deprecated c) Nautilus does its own […]
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microbe.vital.org.nz
January 31, 2026 at 8:54 PM
[nerd shit]
I am one of those happy Gnome users who is generally completely unbothered.... except today I discovered a) there is no simple way to set a preferred terminal app through the GUI b) the dconf-editor app sternly tells you the key it provides is deprecated c) Nautilus does its own […]
I am one of those happy Gnome users who is generally completely unbothered.... except today I discovered a) there is no simple way to set a preferred terminal app through the GUI b) the dconf-editor app sternly tells you the key it provides is deprecated c) Nautilus does its own […]
We have a lot of books at home. Enough that I think organising them by call number would make sense...
... is this madness? And assuming I don't care, where's the best place to look up numbers? And would Dewey be the best for the simple home librarian?
... is this madness? And assuming I don't care, where's the best place to look up numbers? And would Dewey be the best for the simple home librarian?
January 31, 2026 at 4:34 AM
We have a lot of books at home. Enough that I think organising them by call number would make sense...
... is this madness? And assuming I don't care, where's the best place to look up numbers? And would Dewey be the best for the simple home librarian?
... is this madness? And assuming I don't care, where's the best place to look up numbers? And would Dewey be the best for the simple home librarian?
I am infuriated. Roger is a cantakerous 83 year old at the best of times. He has angry sores on his legs which a very painful - a 9 or a 10 he says - and a community nurse has been coming to dress and tend them.
Talked to her outside and it's taken weeks to get him to comply with directions and […]
Talked to her outside and it's taken weeks to get him to comply with directions and […]
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microbe.vital.org.nz
January 31, 2026 at 12:04 AM
I am infuriated. Roger is a cantakerous 83 year old at the best of times. He has angry sores on his legs which a very painful - a 9 or a 10 he says - and a community nurse has been coming to dress and tend them.
Talked to her outside and it's taken weeks to get him to comply with directions and […]
Talked to her outside and it's taken weeks to get him to comply with directions and […]
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Did someone say exploitative resource extraction by foreigners destroying our ecosyst-
Breaking: the Government is negotiating with the US to provide access to our critical minerals, while a memo before the Waitangi Tribunal says a backdoor deal violates obligations to Māori
NZ in talks with US on Trump minerals deal
newsroom.co.nz
January 30, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Did someone say exploitative resource extraction by foreigners destroying our ecosyst-
I might just be out of touch with who's who in the industry, but I never heard of the International Online Crime Coordination Centre, and they don't seem to have a website or a Wikipedia page, and ioc3.org redirects to a security vendor's site. I feel suspicious […]
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microbe.vital.org.nz
January 30, 2026 at 4:44 AM
I might just be out of touch with who's who in the industry, but I never heard of the International Online Crime Coordination Centre, and they don't seem to have a website or a Wikipedia page, and ioc3.org redirects to a security vendor's site. I feel suspicious […]
If I lived in Auckland I would definitely be taking this chance to go hear Vincent O'Malley on Auckland and the invasion of Waikato:
https://buttondown.com/unsettling/archive/second-public-talk-auckland-and-the-invasion-of/
https://buttondown.com/unsettling/archive/second-public-talk-auckland-and-the-invasion-of/
Second Public Talk: Auckland and the Invasion of Waikato
I recently posted about a public talk I was giving at Devonport Library during my residency at the Michael King Writers Centre. That talk filled up very...
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January 29, 2026 at 11:28 PM
If I lived in Auckland I would definitely be taking this chance to go hear Vincent O'Malley on Auckland and the invasion of Waikato:
https://buttondown.com/unsettling/archive/second-public-talk-auckland-and-the-invasion-of/
https://buttondown.com/unsettling/archive/second-public-talk-auckland-and-the-invasion-of/
Just want to gloat briefly that I got a solid rimu bookcase, 2m tall and 1m wide, on Trademe for $300. Drove out to Waikuku and picked it up this morning. Similar ones are at second hand dealers for more than twice the price, and new ones (admittedly shiny and free of dings) around a grand.
A […]
A […]
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January 29, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Just want to gloat briefly that I got a solid rimu bookcase, 2m tall and 1m wide, on Trademe for $300. Drove out to Waikuku and picked it up this morning. Similar ones are at second hand dealers for more than twice the price, and new ones (admittedly shiny and free of dings) around a grand.
A […]
A […]
I find the US practice of electing positions in their justice system very wrong, but if I had to do that, I would definitely vote for this guy (who is organising a coalition of district attorneys to go after ICE operatives) […]
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January 29, 2026 at 6:05 AM
I find the US practice of electing positions in their justice system very wrong, but if I had to do that, I would definitely vote for this guy (who is organising a coalition of district attorneys to go after ICE operatives) […]
[food, meat]
Daughter and bf have one more night here before they fly back to UK. Asked her what she wanted: picanha. Weather is looking good for bbq tomorrow night so as of now, I have a whole rump cap in the fridge, from my fave butcher, waiting for […]
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Daughter and bf have one more night here before they fly back to UK. Asked her what she wanted: picanha. Weather is looking good for bbq tomorrow night so as of now, I have a whole rump cap in the fridge, from my fave butcher, waiting for […]
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January 29, 2026 at 5:23 AM
[food, meat]
Daughter and bf have one more night here before they fly back to UK. Asked her what she wanted: picanha. Weather is looking good for bbq tomorrow night so as of now, I have a whole rump cap in the fridge, from my fave butcher, waiting for […]
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Daughter and bf have one more night here before they fly back to UK. Asked her what she wanted: picanha. Weather is looking good for bbq tomorrow night so as of now, I have a whole rump cap in the fridge, from my fave butcher, waiting for […]
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Hannah's bf has an Oxbridge accent and sounds not unlike Stephen Fry. The cat is terrified of him, because he is quite tall and clompy. He is understandably upset by this as someone who loves cats.
He just tried to tempt her by holding out a treat, and saying in a low soft voice: "Clawdia, good […]
He just tried to tempt her by holding out a treat, and saying in a low soft voice: "Clawdia, good […]
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microbe.vital.org.nz
January 28, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Hannah's bf has an Oxbridge accent and sounds not unlike Stephen Fry. The cat is terrified of him, because he is quite tall and clompy. He is understandably upset by this as someone who loves cats.
He just tried to tempt her by holding out a treat, and saying in a low soft voice: "Clawdia, good […]
He just tried to tempt her by holding out a treat, and saying in a low soft voice: "Clawdia, good […]
Reading Helen Macdonald, _Hawk_, a book about (among other things) taming a goshawk, falconry, losing a parent, the sad queer history of T H White, and escaping present troubles and broken relationships by retreat to the wild and solitude. A book bound awaken the feelings.
January 28, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Reading Helen Macdonald, _Hawk_, a book about (among other things) taming a goshawk, falconry, losing a parent, the sad queer history of T H White, and escaping present troubles and broken relationships by retreat to the wild and solitude. A book bound awaken the feelings.
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If you write about the messy reality behind "free" internet services: we're seeing #OpenStreetMap hammered by scrapers hiding behind residential proxy/embedded-SDK networks. We're a volunteer-run service and the costs are real. We'd love to talk to a journalist about what we're seeing + how […]
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en.osm.town
January 27, 2026 at 6:56 PM
If you write about the messy reality behind "free" internet services: we're seeing #OpenStreetMap hammered by scrapers hiding behind residential proxy/embedded-SDK networks. We're a volunteer-run service and the costs are real. We'd love to talk to a journalist about what we're seeing + how […]
New Zealand people who have got visas for India recently... did you do it via the High Commission here or use the online process via Indian govt site? Does it make a difference in turnaround time?
January 26, 2026 at 8:37 PM
New Zealand people who have got visas for India recently... did you do it via the High Commission here or use the online process via Indian govt site? Does it make a difference in turnaround time?
Current situation
January 26, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Current situation
Friends coming over for lunch, just did a pick #gardening
January 24, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Friends coming over for lunch, just did a pick #gardening