Tom Butlin
@tombutlin.bsky.social
Google jockey, slow runner, slow cooking enthusiast.
Pessimists go through life being pleasantly surprised
Aotearoa New Zealand
Pessimists go through life being pleasantly surprised
Aotearoa New Zealand
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LONG RAMBLING EMOTIONAL THREAD:
It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS.
I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x
It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS.
I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x
December 2, 2025 at 3:59 AM
LONG RAMBLING EMOTIONAL THREAD:
It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS.
I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x
It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS.
I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x
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Ahem!
That $66 Billion was rather well spent it seems.
Thank you Jacinda Ardern, Grant Roberston, and Dr Ashley Bloomfield.
🫂🫶💪👏🎯
That $66 Billion was rather well spent it seems.
Thank you Jacinda Ardern, Grant Roberston, and Dr Ashley Bloomfield.
🫂🫶💪👏🎯
Worldwide mortality experience since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2024) shows excess deaths over that period in almost every country measured. Australia (+6%) was below average, and New Zealand (+0.1%) the lowest we measured.
December 2, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Ahem!
That $66 Billion was rather well spent it seems.
Thank you Jacinda Ardern, Grant Roberston, and Dr Ashley Bloomfield.
🫂🫶💪👏🎯
That $66 Billion was rather well spent it seems.
Thank you Jacinda Ardern, Grant Roberston, and Dr Ashley Bloomfield.
🫂🫶💪👏🎯
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Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser compares AI to 'mad cow disease' and says execs pushing it aren't very creative people
🎙️ Virgin Radio UK
🎙️ Virgin Radio UK
December 1, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser compares AI to 'mad cow disease' and says execs pushing it aren't very creative people
🎙️ Virgin Radio UK
🎙️ Virgin Radio UK
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‘Captain’ Underpants
December 1, 2025 at 12:53 AM
‘Captain’ Underpants
*Reduce* the registration fee for *some* caravans
NZ Labour is always doing shit like 'The present government is apocalyptically bad for New Zealand. That's why we're going to remove the registration fee for caravans.'
November 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
*Reduce* the registration fee for *some* caravans
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Now, I freely admit that I am probably not labours target demo, but if their answer to a single term of the fastest dismantling of progress we have ever seen in this country is; "steady now, we cant move too quickly, cant fix everything, temper your expectations"
I am not confident
I am not confident
November 30, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Now, I freely admit that I am probably not labours target demo, but if their answer to a single term of the fastest dismantling of progress we have ever seen in this country is; "steady now, we cant move too quickly, cant fix everything, temper your expectations"
I am not confident
I am not confident
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November 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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A captured Government.
Fossil fuel companies were given confidential drafts of legislation during their (successful) two-year campaign to weaken oil and gas regulation and overturn the offshore exploration ban - new reporting from me via the OIA
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
How the oil and gas industry helped rewrite New Zealand’s drilling rules
A paper trail shows just how far ministers went to accommodate the oil and gas industry's wishlist.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
A captured Government.
Do I swear, @profanity.accountant
I predict that my profanity will be related to politicians, inequality and general enshittification of the world
I predict that my profanity will be related to politicians, inequality and general enshittification of the world
November 30, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Do I swear, @profanity.accountant
I predict that my profanity will be related to politicians, inequality and general enshittification of the world
I predict that my profanity will be related to politicians, inequality and general enshittification of the world
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WHY DO THE BRITISH EAT LIKE THE GERMANS ARE STILL FLYING OVERHEAD
November 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
WHY DO THE BRITISH EAT LIKE THE GERMANS ARE STILL FLYING OVERHEAD
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Depressingly well-made point.
November 28, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Depressingly well-made point.
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if i ever feel like i cant draw a dog, im going to watch a dogshow and accept that dogs cant even agree on what a dog should look like
We’re a Thanksgiving Dog Show audience and this guy’s grooming was the show stopper.
He’s a Bedlington Terrier and we affectionately called him The Alien because his head looks like the xenomorph’s carapace.
And then we saw two (2!) while getting our tree today! www.nbcsports.com/watch/nation...
He’s a Bedlington Terrier and we affectionately called him The Alien because his head looks like the xenomorph’s carapace.
And then we saw two (2!) while getting our tree today! www.nbcsports.com/watch/nation...
2025 NDS: Bedlington Terrier
See the Bedlington Terrier compete in the Terrier Group at the 2025 National Dog Show.
www.nbcsports.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:19 AM
if i ever feel like i cant draw a dog, im going to watch a dogshow and accept that dogs cant even agree on what a dog should look like
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Cancer drug Revlimid is one of the bestselling pharmaceutical products of all time, with total sales of over $100 billion.
It’s also extraordinarily expensive, costing nearly $1,000 for each pill, even though that pill costs just 25 cents to make.
By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social
It’s also extraordinarily expensive, costing nearly $1,000 for each pill, even though that pill costs just 25 cents to make.
By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social
The Price of Remission: This Cancer Drug Saves Lives — but Costs a Fortune. I Wanted to Know Why.
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...
www.propublica.org
November 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Cancer drug Revlimid is one of the bestselling pharmaceutical products of all time, with total sales of over $100 billion.
It’s also extraordinarily expensive, costing nearly $1,000 for each pill, even though that pill costs just 25 cents to make.
By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social
It’s also extraordinarily expensive, costing nearly $1,000 for each pill, even though that pill costs just 25 cents to make.
By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social
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There's a new "grassroots" website automating supportive emails to Erica Stanford / signatures on an open letter endorsing her attacks on te Tiriti and you have until the end of this skeet to guess who registered the domain name
...
Did you guess Jordan Williams' Campaign Company? Gold star
...
Did you guess Jordan Williams' Campaign Company? Gold star
November 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
There's a new "grassroots" website automating supportive emails to Erica Stanford / signatures on an open letter endorsing her attacks on te Tiriti and you have until the end of this skeet to guess who registered the domain name
...
Did you guess Jordan Williams' Campaign Company? Gold star
...
Did you guess Jordan Williams' Campaign Company? Gold star
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The vaccine is pretty astonishing. Just look at that green line.
November 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The vaccine is pretty astonishing. Just look at that green line.
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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
What did I drink?
November 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
What did I drink?
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‘Fossil fuel companies were given privileged, insider access to confidential drafts of legislation during a two-year campaign to weaken oil and gas regulation and overturn the offshore exploration ban’ - RNZ
My Stuff #cartoon today #nzpol #FossilFuels
My Stuff #cartoon today #nzpol #FossilFuels
November 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
‘Fossil fuel companies were given privileged, insider access to confidential drafts of legislation during a two-year campaign to weaken oil and gas regulation and overturn the offshore exploration ban’ - RNZ
My Stuff #cartoon today #nzpol #FossilFuels
My Stuff #cartoon today #nzpol #FossilFuels
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I'm taking comfort in the fact that some of trump's groveling sychophants have teens at home that must be absolutely destroying them
November 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I'm taking comfort in the fact that some of trump's groveling sychophants have teens at home that must be absolutely destroying them
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New Zealand's Minister of Education can't tell the difference between Mathematics and Social Studies.
November 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
New Zealand's Minister of Education can't tell the difference between Mathematics and Social Studies.
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This is true. It is the best email I got this year.
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This is true. It is the best email I got this year.
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Stolen off @darienfenton.bsky.social FB
National are in line to produce the worst economic returns for a Govt term, even worse than the Bolger/Richardson disastrous govt.
Austerity does not work. End of. #NZPol
National are in line to produce the worst economic returns for a Govt term, even worse than the Bolger/Richardson disastrous govt.
Austerity does not work. End of. #NZPol
November 27, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Stolen off @darienfenton.bsky.social FB
National are in line to produce the worst economic returns for a Govt term, even worse than the Bolger/Richardson disastrous govt.
Austerity does not work. End of. #NZPol
National are in line to produce the worst economic returns for a Govt term, even worse than the Bolger/Richardson disastrous govt.
Austerity does not work. End of. #NZPol
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As Craig Renney revealed to a shocked Dr Gary Payinda, Te Whatu Ora underspent its wages budget by $500m which has been signed off by Willis & returned to general coffers. Let that sink in. The money was there, but they deliberately underspent. On orders?
November 27, 2025 at 12:36 AM
As Craig Renney revealed to a shocked Dr Gary Payinda, Te Whatu Ora underspent its wages budget by $500m which has been signed off by Willis & returned to general coffers. Let that sink in. The money was there, but they deliberately underspent. On orders?