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As of 14:11 on 2025-04-04 we have now had more rain this month than in the entire previous month. 24.1mm That's a dry month. #rain

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Had a quick peek on the roof to check it was alright before the heavy rains arrive. You’ll never guess what I found! Ok, you’re right. It was leaves. Lots of leaves. Two piles of leaves. That saucepan wasn’t on the roof. That’s the ducks’ drinking bowl that was in the way when I swept up.

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Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize winner for economics: "The administration’s case for tariffs is completely incoherent. Over the next few days we’ll see many news analyses purporting to explain the thinking behind this radical change in U.S. policy. "Such analyses will […] [Original post on union.place]

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Driving an Electric Truck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_0PwLCm2_E

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Sarah Michelle Gellar Knows the Best Spot for Martinis in Florence The Buffy star shares her tips for having the best European summer vacation. Sarah Michelle Gellar is partial to a #train trip […]

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Stock Rally Sputters in Late Hours as Trump Speaks Hardly a surprising headline from Bloomberg. #USpol

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Gave the chooks another dose of flowers of Sulphur. Couldn’t pick them all up to rub it onto their necks. Now my hand smells of Sulphur. It’s not an offensive smell and not too strong, but on the other hand … Yep, it also smells of Sulphur.

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I’m having breakfast on April 2 and here come the United States-based companies with their ridiculous April Fools jokes. We already moved past that. And they’re not funny, they’re mostly sad with the promise of greatness will never be. Probably some metaphor here.

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Noticed I've got an old calendar on my wall. From November. 2022.

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Had a bit of a surprise. Realised I'd left one domain in my Gandi account and it had expired. Couldn't login. My Yubikey wasn't recognised. Neither was my backup Yubikey. I even tidied my office looking for another Yubikey accidentally under some papers. No Passkey in my password manager. Or […]

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Sober, experience-based thoughts on the notion of a fast replacement of the Social Security COBOL code-base - via @timbray The original post was on FB, so here's a plain text copy you can go to without touching FB. https://pastebin.com/Etnrqa83

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Nice little taurepo (#Rhabdothamnus solandri) hanging out on a rocky face. Looking good. I removed a lot of nightshade and some massive inkweed plants from a few clearings. Someone had already taken a bash at them and they'd regrown. https://inaturalist.nz/observations/267863498 #iNaturalist

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Njomnjomnjom! #Sonne #Sofi #astroflausch

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Looking out over the Waikato

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Does the 2006 BT CleanFeed thing still exist? Reporting and Wikipedia all seem to be in present tense. Even the Canadian group that was pushing for it mentions it in their history but nothing since 2010. Seems to be dead? Time to rewrite to past tense? […]

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Very cool to see this: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/556442/geckos-first-found-in-canterbury-in-the-1960s-could-be-world-s-oldest

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The internet of things is truly a wonder. 😝 #dishwasher #parody #iot

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Just noticed Once Were Warriors is on Netflix. Also Kung Fu Hustle, but it’s probably the terrible US cut.

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Comparison of US and Canadian politics in the Fediverse: Hyper emotional rage bait / outrage porn: ❌ Canada ✔️ US Ridiculous juvenile poop flinging name-calling kindergarten bullshit: ❌ Canada ✔️ US Russian interference: ✔️ Canada ✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️ US Indian interference: ✔️ Canada ❌ US (it […]

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Oops. Bit late for lunch. Not I’m too hungry to make anything. I’ll just lie here with my mouth open in case a sandwich swims past. This technique works for some fish.

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The fog this morning is so thick that I could see it swirling between me and the mirror at the gym. Also as I breathed out I could see my breath.

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[US Politics] Waiting for Republicans to start smashing their phones and computers because they contain TRANSistors. Billions of them! #USpol

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Found an older interview with Simeon Brown talking about road safety: https://imgur.com/kBh5las (It's a UK politician who states that he doesn't find the road to be unsafe. Behind him one car nearly crashes and a second car attempting to avoid it rear ends a third car.) #NZpol

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My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com

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Since we are into finding scams, how about this one: The rise of credit cards in the 1980s was a direct response to WAGE STAGNATION. The corporatocracy didn’t just steal our wages; it made us borrow back the money we should have been paid in the first place. That’s the ultimate scam.

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A train timetable from 2005 along with my handwritten itinerary. I visited Wellington, Kaikoura, Christchurch, Greymouth, and Blenheim. Must have taken the ferry as well! #trains

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NZ steam engines, Class “Q”, built at the Baldwin works in 1901. One of a set of Sanitarium collectible cards. #trains

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If you want to see what aerial top dressing looks like on the flight radar thing. Ravensdown plane doing a big ball of spaghetti. #ZKLTH

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The Offspring Hit That https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwRL1LNVTLI #JukeboxFridayNight #HitAndMiss

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Super productive day. So much work done. If I’m lucky some of that will be work I was supposed to have finished today.

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Thank you Jesus https://youtu.be/6oAqOFz6QsU (Feel free to mute. It’s the visuals that are funny.)

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The European towns that give away free chickens Lucy Sherriff then-president of Colmar Agglomération (a role similar to a mayor), Gilbert Meyer, had been reelected in 2014 with the slogan "one family, one hen", which aimed to encourage residents to adopt […] [Original post on mastodon.nzoss.nz]

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In the morning I’m 265ms away from this server but in the evening (maybe sometime after midnight) I was 179ms away from it. Unfortunately scroll back isn’t sufficient to let me see when that changed. I wonder who exactly was doing the tomfoolery.

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Saw this lovely photo. Good gift idea! Perhaps we could do this with Rimu, kauri, tōtara, rātā, … https://imgur.com/gallery/now-we-wait-21Z9t3t

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Everybody says they support farmers … until they see a tractor trying to turn out onto the highway. 🚜 When they’re stuck behind a maize truck being pulled at 60km/h are they silently mouthing, “I support farmers!” Anyhow, found an uncropped version of […] [Original post on mastodon.nzoss.nz]

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Humans can explain the intent behind something, which these bots are lacking. I saw some alt text today. Thank you for including alt text. I reckon it was written by a bot because it was technically correct but mostly useless. Yes, it was a satirical cartoon with a man in a dark suit and red […]

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Someone around town is running a big advertising campaign. Signs on the side of the road at all the prominent intersections. “7 Day Free Trial / Limited Time Only / 50 Spots Available” That is it. The complete advertisement. What is the free trial for? Where do I go? Who do I contact? […]

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Is your day really complete without seeing some velvet worm feet? I found this excellent wee critter on the coast-to-coast field trip over the weekend for my Biological Diversity course at #LincolnUniversityNZ. Its name is Ooperipatellus viridimaculatus […] [Original post on mastodon.nz]

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After yesterday’s rain I’ve had nearly 65mm so far this year. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/545252/farms-turn-into-deserts-as-drought-conditions-worsen

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If some hiking gear company could please design a reusable bottle to carry sufficient milk for 4 cups of tea into the bush that would be really great. I’ll happily be their tea ambassador. Easy to rinse out and squash down afterwards. Doesn’t have to be […] [Original post on mastodon.nzoss.nz]

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A few years ago we bought some decaffeinated coffee beans. The company has disappeared and their number is disconnected. Does anyone in the Waikato or nearby do “Swiss water processed” coffee beans?

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