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I’m Keith Hernandez. rooftop_gambler in the days of yore.
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Words fail me. My Victoria who some of you know as @vcblanco.bsky.social or @rooftop_gambler on Twitter was taken from me suddenly on the evening of Christmas Eve. She was against all odds even kinder and funnier and more intelligent than she was beautiful. There are none like her.

submitted 62 days ago • 41 comments

Fostering kittens adds drama to your life. In the last 24 hours we’ve had 3 escapees from the kitten room (they’re going to be clearing the barricade consistently any day) & their mum bringing them a dead bird. When that was confiscated, she then brought them a slice of Gruyère cheese, Merry Xmas.

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

In disaster movies, one character always opens a special bottle of wine. Wonder if people with these bottles drank them when Covid hit?

submitted 63 days ago • 1 comment

this is funny as-is but imo way funnier when you see his lawyer

submitted 64 days ago • 266 comments

“We’ll find out what the final cheese is, in 35 minutes”. Christmas Eve, final advent day, is here.

submitted 64 days ago • 1 comment

Closing the year out on Mediawatch with a maddened plea to judge politicians by their actions instead of other people's imaginary opinions www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

submitted 65 days ago • 3 comments

Finally finished Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton. I liked the second half a lot, wonder if they’ll make a movie of it.

submitted 66 days ago • 0 comments

I only have a letterboxd to record what films I watch now. My rating system has changed over the years, so is nonsense overall, and I find it hard to review. I’m not good at describing why I liked a film or not.

submitted 67 days ago • 0 comments

So happy to be on holiday, thank you people that protested ages ago so that we get holiday leave.

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

Wet food for all, is a horrifying addition to our joint shopping list reminders.

submitted 69 days ago • 1 comment

Ludwig is silly, great and enjoyable. Cool cast too. Hope they make a second season.

submitted 70 days ago • 1 comment

We won the Christmas quiz at work but they got our team name, which was an AI generated Die Hard themed quiz team name, wrong. Someone else in our team told them the wrong name, missing a ho and I kept correcting them but was on mute, lol, so now we won but it’s tainted. One more day of work.

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

For the last two years I've been reminding people that perceived wisdom of "National is better at running the economy" has absolutely no basis in fact. Today I feel vindicated. Yet despite the evidence in front of out eyes, I'm sure many among the great unwashed still believe that nonsense.

submitted 70 days ago • 11 comments

We've reached the 'find out' stage of the Government's economic & fiscal strategies. IE. They've 'fxxxed around' & now we 'find out' if its austerity strategy of cutting size of Govt to cut borrowing actually works to grow the overall economy & reduce Govt debt. 1/2 open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...

submitted 71 days ago • 8 comments

Submissions have opened on the Treaty Principles Bill. You'll almost certainly see a lot of individuals and groups with big followings telling you to submit using a template that they provide. I am pleading with you to not do this. It's the least effective way to participate.

submitted 99 days ago • 3 comments

The day of the jackal was great. All the casting was good, loved Eddie Redmayne in that role. All the Bianca haters can get a life, it was an interesting character and Lashana Lynch played it well. Philip Jackson had the killer line in the finale.

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

And now we come to the part of the day where I gift wrap a rake and a mega Toblerone, to sit alongside the handle. Somehow.

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

November benefits data is out. Will post more later. It is important to understand the harm being done here. We have added 50,000 people to working-age benefits in the last 18 months. It has typically taken us five fking years (and a housing market boom) to get back from that #NZPol.

submitted 74 days ago • 5 comments

Enjoyed that Chris Parker special that’s out today on YouTube. No idea why it’s free but very cool!

submitted 76 days ago • 0 comments

This ferry debacle is a giant fuck up, they know it's a fuck up, and they've spent a year trying to figure out a way to save face and make it look like it's not a fuck up, but rest assured, whatever they announce, it's still a giant fuck up.

submitted 77 days ago • 3 comments

That is one hell of a pohutakawa blossoming. #Auckland #Pohutukawa

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

There’s some insufferable people I don’t want to hear being interviewed, by anyone other than Kim Hill. Will definitely listen to this today. Kim Hill Wants To Know: 'Are you always late?' - Hill meets Boris Johnson www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa....

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments