November 15, 2025 at 4:25 AM
not just riding bikes. we had skateboards too
Every time this kind of thing comes round it's because the people saying this are remembering being kids and of course the world seems better when someone else is worrying about taking care of you and you can spend most of your time just riding bikes.
Ah the 1970s.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
November 14, 2025 at 9:18 AM
not just riding bikes. we had skateboards too
a mate had a bach on the boulder bank here in whakatū/ nelson until quite recently. it was owned previously by a long term identity, boulder bank bill.
he had a solution for noisy penguins under the bach. a pressure cooker.
he had a solution for noisy penguins under the bach. a pressure cooker.
Noisy little blue penguins nest under Coromandel home, leaving couple at wit's end
Tracey and Peter Kendall haven't been able to get a good night of sleep since the rowdy, little blue penguins arrived.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
a mate had a bach on the boulder bank here in whakatū/ nelson until quite recently. it was owned previously by a long term identity, boulder bank bill.
he had a solution for noisy penguins under the bach. a pressure cooker.
he had a solution for noisy penguins under the bach. a pressure cooker.
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Lots of cash still being burnt by the Israeli PR machine in Aotearoa, with John Key speaking for the New Zealand Israel Innovation Hub in a few weeks.
I wonder how much his speaking fee was?
#NZPol
luma.com/03ufemp5
I wonder how much his speaking fee was?
#NZPol
luma.com/03ufemp5
Innovation Without Borders: A Kōrero with Rt Hon Sir John Key · Zoom · Luma
The New Zealand Israel Innovation Hub Presents:
Innovation Without Borders: A Kōrero with Rt Hon Sir John Key
Join us for an engaging Kōrero with Rt Hon Sir…
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November 13, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Lots of cash still being burnt by the Israeli PR machine in Aotearoa, with John Key speaking for the New Zealand Israel Innovation Hub in a few weeks.
I wonder how much his speaking fee was?
#NZPol
luma.com/03ufemp5
I wonder how much his speaking fee was?
#NZPol
luma.com/03ufemp5
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This is one of the many reasons that they can both fuck off into the sun.
Remember when she compared the keffiyeh to a swastika? Because I do...
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This is one of the many reasons that they can both fuck off into the sun.
a pākeha mate was arrested and held in cells in chch after an alleged assault. strip searched, belt removed, shoes taken, held 24hrs. complained to his lawyer about this but got no sympathy. ' you got preferential treatment. i defend māori and p.i. they have reason to complain. you don't.'
November 12, 2025 at 4:40 AM
a pākeha mate was arrested and held in cells in chch after an alleged assault. strip searched, belt removed, shoes taken, held 24hrs. complained to his lawyer about this but got no sympathy. ' you got preferential treatment. i defend māori and p.i. they have reason to complain. you don't.'
saw this motor race not long ago, the car that won had a turbo. going to put a turbo sticker on my car now
30 with Guyon Espiner: Labour leader Chris Hipkins comfortable being labelled a socialist
The Labour leader tells 30 with Guyon Espiner the state has a bigger role to play, and Labour will be announcing policies to tackle profits by supermarkets and banks.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
saw this motor race not long ago, the car that won had a turbo. going to put a turbo sticker on my car now
when costner was first appointed in 2020 i remember a convo on twitter with tim mckinnel, he assured me costner was one of the good guys. i wonder how he's taken the news.
November 11, 2025 at 8:24 AM
when costner was first appointed in 2020 i remember a convo on twitter with tim mckinnel, he assured me costner was one of the good guys. i wonder how he's taken the news.
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learnt this brutally as a teenager. my mate's killer was not prosecuted for murder we suspect due to intervention by the minister of police at the time - Ben Couch. taught my kids to be wary of police, military and authority in general.
November 11, 2025 at 5:25 AM
learnt this brutally as a teenager. my mate's killer was not prosecuted for murder we suspect due to intervention by the minister of police at the time - Ben Couch. taught my kids to be wary of police, military and authority in general.
Oi! Hipkins! That's you bro!!
In case Alex's post is too subtle APOLOGISE TO TAMATHA PAUL THIS INSTANT YOU COWARDS
Just seems a little short while ago that various government politicians, and people acting as their media surrogates, were outraged and scandalized by, and poured scorn on, comments from younger women politicians for suggesting many people don't trust cops.
Highest levels of the force - filth.
Highest levels of the force - filth.
November 11, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Oi! Hipkins! That's you bro!!
outdoing the act party at this point. some feat.
Police bosses ignored sex complaints against top cop, charged woman for 'revenge' emails instead
Suppressions fall away to reveal the full story of the downfall of a deputy police boss.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 4:43 AM
outdoing the act party at this point. some feat.
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If you talk about forgiving or cancelling debts nowadays, you may face a variety of insults from conservatives
But it is something built into Biblical law. Maybe those conservatives need to read a book about the history of Debt.
But it is something built into Biblical law. Maybe those conservatives need to read a book about the history of Debt.
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 AM
If you talk about forgiving or cancelling debts nowadays, you may face a variety of insults from conservatives
But it is something built into Biblical law. Maybe those conservatives need to read a book about the history of Debt.
But it is something built into Biblical law. Maybe those conservatives need to read a book about the history of Debt.
so hipkins and peters have both voiced their opposition to asset sales.
where do think this is heading come election time. huh?
where do think this is heading come election time. huh?
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
so hipkins and peters have both voiced their opposition to asset sales.
where do think this is heading come election time. huh?
where do think this is heading come election time. huh?
sure as eggs is eggs. doomed seems somewhat dramatic in my view, but entirely understandable when mere humans have taken to positioning themselves exempt from the laws of evolutionary biology. life will go on quite happily without us. enjoy the day!
‘We find ourselves at the only point in the history of the species when the rate of population growth has dramatically slowed and is about to go into reverse.’
Are we doomed? David Runciman on depopulation, online early from our next issue.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Are we doomed? David Runciman on depopulation, online early from our next issue.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Runciman · Are we doomed? The End of the Species
Are we doomed to die out? We find ourselves at the only point in the history of the species when the rate of population...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
sure as eggs is eggs. doomed seems somewhat dramatic in my view, but entirely understandable when mere humans have taken to positioning themselves exempt from the laws of evolutionary biology. life will go on quite happily without us. enjoy the day!
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Seriously, read it.
This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Seriously, read it.
quail up in the silver beech tree behind the house has been insistingly calling 'bill' 'bill' 'bill' for ages so i went out to see what was up but then it sounded like he was saying 'ralph' 'ralph' 'ralph' so i'll just let ralph deal with it
November 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
quail up in the silver beech tree behind the house has been insistingly calling 'bill' 'bill' 'bill' for ages so i went out to see what was up but then it sounded like he was saying 'ralph' 'ralph' 'ralph' so i'll just let ralph deal with it
i've often thought coroners seem apt to make outrageous recommendations, and here is a classic. all the supposed defects that are assigned to carden shaft brakes also apply to conventional brakes. there have been 6 deaths attributed to these brakes apparently. how many due to conventional then?
Cardan shaft park brakes 'inherently unsafe', coroner rules
Tens of thousands of trucks are putting people at risk because their brakes are unsafe.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 6, 2025 at 4:38 AM
i've often thought coroners seem apt to make outrageous recommendations, and here is a classic. all the supposed defects that are assigned to carden shaft brakes also apply to conventional brakes. there have been 6 deaths attributed to these brakes apparently. how many due to conventional then?
imagine if we had someone like this in nz politics pushing back against scum like seymour, goldsmith, brown et al
Zohran Mamdani was the first mayoral candidate and Democratic official to stand up to the Trump administration over the arrest and disappearance of Mahmoud Khalil, which he saw as a violation of the First Amendment.
New York assemblyman Zohran Mamdani confronts Border Czar Tom Homan today in Albany 👇🏻
November 5, 2025 at 4:27 AM
imagine if we had someone like this in nz politics pushing back against scum like seymour, goldsmith, brown et al
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David Graeber, a Jewish New Yorker, would be smiling today to see a Socialist win in his city.
November 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
David Graeber, a Jewish New Yorker, would be smiling today to see a Socialist win in his city.
the radiology outfit is next door to a good bakery as it happens. my appointment was at 2pm, got a txt at 6.45am this morning from my gp to discuss results.
arthur schopenhauer lived in frankfurt for 30 or so years because he reckoned the place had good cafe's and physicians. he'd like nelson.
arthur schopenhauer lived in frankfurt for 30 or so years because he reckoned the place had good cafe's and physicians. he'd like nelson.
shoulder ultrasound today and the monochrome images on the screen were to my eye reminiscent of tony fomison's oeuvre
November 4, 2025 at 8:49 PM
the radiology outfit is next door to a good bakery as it happens. my appointment was at 2pm, got a txt at 6.45am this morning from my gp to discuss results.
arthur schopenhauer lived in frankfurt for 30 or so years because he reckoned the place had good cafe's and physicians. he'd like nelson.
arthur schopenhauer lived in frankfurt for 30 or so years because he reckoned the place had good cafe's and physicians. he'd like nelson.
shoulder ultrasound today and the monochrome images on the screen were to my eye reminiscent of tony fomison's oeuvre
November 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
shoulder ultrasound today and the monochrome images on the screen were to my eye reminiscent of tony fomison's oeuvre
i have this one home. tax me if i sell it, and start spending up large in housing /infrastructure/education/arts/science/health and everything else your miserable austerity economic model has neglected in the last 40 years. see if i care.
Gee, I wonder what the New Zealand Herald thinks of introducing a capital gains tax that's similar to but weaker than taxes all our allies have.
November 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
i have this one home. tax me if i sell it, and start spending up large in housing /infrastructure/education/arts/science/health and everything else your miserable austerity economic model has neglected in the last 40 years. see if i care.
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1. nations which have/n't recognized the state of palestine
2. signatories to the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of the Child
3. signatories of the Rome Convention of the International Criminal Court
4. (ratified) signatories of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
2. signatories to the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of the Child
3. signatories of the Rome Convention of the International Criminal Court
4. (ratified) signatories of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
November 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
1. nations which have/n't recognized the state of palestine
2. signatories to the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of the Child
3. signatories of the Rome Convention of the International Criminal Court
4. (ratified) signatories of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
2. signatories to the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of the Child
3. signatories of the Rome Convention of the International Criminal Court
4. (ratified) signatories of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities