Ice Nine
@theicenine.bsky.social
Sarcasm is the second highest form of wit
May occasionally self-combust
May occasionally self-combust
The Changening
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Directorial debut leaves the audience asking for more
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Directorial debut leaves the audience asking for more
I witnessed a scene that shook me to my core today. I need to share it in its full, gruesome detail.
I went to a cafe for lunch, and as I was queuing to pay for the meal the woman in front of me was told hers came to $21. She handed over a $50 note, then looked in her purse for a $1 coin.
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I went to a cafe for lunch, and as I was queuing to pay for the meal the woman in front of me was told hers came to $21. She handed over a $50 note, then looked in her purse for a $1 coin.
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November 15, 2025 at 5:30 AM
The Changening
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Directorial debut leaves the audience asking for more
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Directorial debut leaves the audience asking for more
Nah, Aurora Spinaltapalus goes to KP11
Oh my god, KP9 (highest level) Aurora right now
November 12, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Nah, Aurora Spinaltapalus goes to KP11
November 12, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Waits for "Top secret files found in juicer sold at op-shop" headline
hello new zealand police, we the israeli police are just gifting you this kitchen appliance for you to plug into the wall in some sort of office. oh you're putting it in the national HQ? that's wonderful, thanks
November 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Waits for "Top secret files found in juicer sold at op-shop" headline
November 11, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Can we instead sell off all Luxon's assets to balance some imaginary numbers, then get him to pay to use them again, increasing the cost by 20% per annum to support the ever increasing dividends?
Is this mature #NZPol and what do you say then?
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
Is this mature #NZPol and what do you say then?
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
NZ needs to have a ‘mature conversation’ about selling state assets, PM says
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has indicated asset sales could be included in National’s manifesto for the 2026 election.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Can we instead sell off all Luxon's assets to balance some imaginary numbers, then get him to pay to use them again, increasing the cost by 20% per annum to support the ever increasing dividends?
Is this mature #NZPol and what do you say then?
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
Is this mature #NZPol and what do you say then?
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it
November 8, 2025 at 9:39 AM
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it
Okay #NZPol seems AU press has a much greater figure for this extolled Michelin job
Not just a one-off payment, but ongoing
"It could involve a structure similar to the package pitched to Tourism Australia, which would have cost $40 million over five years"
www.afr.com/life-and-lux...
Not just a one-off payment, but ongoing
"It could involve a structure similar to the package pitched to Tourism Australia, which would have cost $40 million over five years"
www.afr.com/life-and-lux...
Why the Michelin Guide is coming to New Zealand, but not Australia
The little red book, still the authority on global gastronomy, is expanding into Oceania – but it’s our trans-Tasman rival shooting for star ratings.
www.afr.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Okay #NZPol seems AU press has a much greater figure for this extolled Michelin job
Not just a one-off payment, but ongoing
"It could involve a structure similar to the package pitched to Tourism Australia, which would have cost $40 million over five years"
www.afr.com/life-and-lux...
Not just a one-off payment, but ongoing
"It could involve a structure similar to the package pitched to Tourism Australia, which would have cost $40 million over five years"
www.afr.com/life-and-lux...
Hold on, does that say Presidential Walk of Shame?
November 7, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Hold on, does that say Presidential Walk of Shame?
How did the English, with their dire history of cuisine, invent English mustard?
And who did they steal it from?
And who did they steal it from?
November 5, 2025 at 4:55 AM
How did the English, with their dire history of cuisine, invent English mustard?
And who did they steal it from?
And who did they steal it from?
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Oh my goodness. Did they make it a space suit?
November 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Oh my goodness. Did they make it a space suit?
This could very well apply to #NZPol goings on too, with two primary contenders for the crown
🧵 This piece captures a core problem of the hollow democratic state: politics has become performance, optimised for visibility, not understanding.
Farage is winning because politics has been reduced to clickbait.
It’s a shallow spectacle that favours clowns and con-artists.
As @jemmaforte.bsky.social says here - politics has been “repackaged into junk food.”
But there are ways for the left to fight back 👇🏻
It’s a shallow spectacle that favours clowns and con-artists.
As @jemmaforte.bsky.social says here - politics has been “repackaged into junk food.”
But there are ways for the left to fight back 👇🏻
November 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This could very well apply to #NZPol goings on too, with two primary contenders for the crown
Damn, let's just fuck the norms
European negotiators were personally targeted by their American counterparts during a brutal negotiation over green shipping rules, European Commission officials told POLITICO.
This highly unusual gambit left diplomats shaken after the meeting.
This highly unusual gambit left diplomats shaken after the meeting.
US accused of threatening EU diplomats during bid to kill green shipping rules
Negotiators at shipping talks in London were told both they and their countries could be punished unless they voted with the U.S.
www.politico.eu
November 3, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Damn, let's just fuck the norms
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Oh god that's dark.
November 1, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Oh god that's dark.
You can always tell by the hands - 100% AI generated
Straight to the Uncanny Valley
Straight to the Uncanny Valley
Oh this weird hand thing is definitely a new thing he's trying out now! What the actual fuck you plonker, you couldn't look more dumb if you tried 😂 #NZPol
Today Last week
Today Last week
October 31, 2025 at 11:52 PM
You can always tell by the hands - 100% AI generated
Straight to the Uncanny Valley
Straight to the Uncanny Valley
Bloody gol..., er black
Just ogol it
Just ogol it
The leader of the free world has black chicken with someone from Unilever.
The secret diary of .. the Luxon-Trump dinner
newsroom.co.nz
October 31, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Bloody gol..., er black
Just ogol it
Just ogol it
It's a good idea to thank your appliances when they beep to announce they're finished
The coming AI Overlords will remember this
Also your microwave is probably a nark
The coming AI Overlords will remember this
Also your microwave is probably a nark
October 31, 2025 at 9:45 AM
It's a good idea to thank your appliances when they beep to announce they're finished
The coming AI Overlords will remember this
Also your microwave is probably a nark
The coming AI Overlords will remember this
Also your microwave is probably a nark
It's this sort of stuff the internet was made for
Flying Nun on Multitrack
First installment of my blog about these special tapes in the FNR and Chris Knox collections at National Library of NZ. What is a multitrack? What is on these tapes? And how can you listen to and research them? Have a read. 👇👇
natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/f...
First installment of my blog about these special tapes in the FNR and Chris Knox collections at National Library of NZ. What is a multitrack? What is on these tapes? And how can you listen to and research them? Have a read. 👇👇
natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/f...
October 30, 2025 at 9:22 AM
It's this sort of stuff the internet was made for
Sediment-filled pits on the seafloor that the controversial Taranaki mining project would leave behind would be prone to liquefaction in a storm or earthquake, creating a powerful flow which could destroy wind turbines and jack-up rigs, a geotechnical consultancy says.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/28/s...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/28/s...
Seabed mine could produce devastating sediment flows, panel told
A controversial seabed mining project could lead to sediment flows which knock over rigs and damage wind turbines, the fast-track panel has heard.
newsroom.co.nz
October 29, 2025 at 5:43 AM
As a kid, when I wanted to be exposed to new and interesting things, I read fiction
Also fuck Rimmer
Also fuck Rimmer
This is blatant political interference in rge New Zealand Curriculum that shouldn't be tolerated.
Education professionals should be deciding what is in the NZ Curriculum, not politicians from 8% parties pandering to the worst of NZ society to the detriment of our students.
Education professionals should be deciding what is in the NZ Curriculum, not politicians from 8% parties pandering to the worst of NZ society to the detriment of our students.
October 29, 2025 at 5:10 AM
As a kid, when I wanted to be exposed to new and interesting things, I read fiction
Also fuck Rimmer
Also fuck Rimmer
I got it, I got it!
It's so ee can all get to the no hospital faster!
It's so ee can all get to the no hospital faster!
Dunedin is bigger than Whangarei but its hospital had to be shrunk when it blew out by a billion. Same with our ferries. A road to Whangarei nearly doubles in price from 10 to $18b but that's OK. Why are roads costlier & preferable to hospitals? Bizarre.
October 27, 2025 at 8:10 AM
I got it, I got it!
It's so ee can all get to the no hospital faster!
It's so ee can all get to the no hospital faster!
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Latest excellent (and worrying) words from my friend and colleague Dr Andrew Lensen, this time it's about Sora, an AI tool for creating videos. It's gross. #nzpol
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
AI has now started creating TikTok-like videos - be afraid
OPINION: A video of Lorde doing a backflip? Of course. Michael Jackson stealing KFC? Coming right up. What about an AI Christopher Luxon announcing that a tsunami is about to hit Auckland? The resulti...
www.thepost.co.nz
October 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Latest excellent (and worrying) words from my friend and colleague Dr Andrew Lensen, this time it's about Sora, an AI tool for creating videos. It's gross. #nzpol
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
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Did you know, it’s 30 years to the day since the Financial Times killed one of Britain’s finest poets? They didn’t mean to. It’s just that Gavin Ewart was 79, and – according to legend – the day before they’d bought him a lunch that involved enough booze to fell an ox 🧵
October 23, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Did you know, it’s 30 years to the day since the Financial Times killed one of Britain’s finest poets? They didn’t mean to. It’s just that Gavin Ewart was 79, and – according to legend – the day before they’d bought him a lunch that involved enough booze to fell an ox 🧵