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Known in Taiwan as The Tom. Immigrant, Pākehā, he/him. Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa.
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Then he built that rocket and tried to kill James Bond.

Definitely deserve a beer after. You know, a long neck.

Musk is mad at his robot progeny again and has now taken to scolding it over something it wrote in response to Catturd. “Shame on you, @Grok”

Path steaming in the morning sunshine.

The fact that so many people think celebrating the end of slavery in the US is “DEI” is actually clarifying of what they mean when they use DEI. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/06/...

I’ve always thought that leftists are a subset of liberals. I don’t understand this new usage.

Finally, a Holy War I can join

So here's the story. Last year half a tree fell down in the yard and a piece of it looked like a giraffe body so I ordered a mask because who fucking cares anymore. And then the cicadas came.

People who eat Vegemite being offended by Marmite (the proper English one, not that NZ one made by a cult).

I immediately assumed it had been stolen by some Victorian Pom. www.bbc.com/news/article...

My feed is all hinged but I squirted a bit of WD40 on it to stop the whining.

Almost the worst part of this is the complete lack of originality. Have some pride, man.

I work for a US company so amusing how Aotearoa’s Matariki coincides with their Juneteenth.

I am totally opposed to polyamory. Mixing Greek and Latin roots like that is disgusting

Finally, some positive news! Hooray!

I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.

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If you watch one thing tonight, let it be this. This is delicious.

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I know there are techniques for discussing this with people but my temptation is always to treat to them like Ford Prefect talking to the Golgafrinchans.

From the Nitpicker's Guide for Deep Space Nine Trekkers, published in 1996. The reviewer didn't think the state of the United States in 2024 as shown in the episode Past Tense, Part 1 was believable. Sounds like @roberthewittwolfe.bsky.social and Ira Steven Behr were pretty close....

#nzpol Minimum Wage increased 1.5% this year. Data just released by Stats NZ shows: - Food Prices up 4.4.% - Beef up 16.2%. Lamb up 20.3% - Cheese up 17.3%. Milk up 13.7% - Electricity up 8.7%. Gas up 15.4% - Rent up 2.8% Laser focussed on the cost of living www.stats.govt.nz/information-...

the shower

Yeah, Othello’s just about being careful where you put your handkerchief, isn’t it?

The Minnesota shooter apparently used data broker websites to find the home addresses of the people he shot and murdered. Congress has had years to do something about data brokers and they've sided with the tech lobby over and over again. Their inaction is deadly.

Australian poll reveals world leaders rated by confidence in handling of foreign affairs. 2021 Ardern 91% 2022 Ardern 87% 2023 Hipkins 72% 2025 Luxon 63% #nzpol www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

She positively glowed during the pregnancy.

✨👏🏾STANDING OVATION👏🏾✨

Ian Robinson, Untitled (childhood children’s books) (oil on wood panel, 2024)

Me and my BSky bubble.