Paul Brislen
@brislen.nz
Kiwi telco guy. No I don’t know how that happened either.
I shall bind him to me, with promises. 🇳🇿🏴
Cymro o ddewis (Welsh by choice)
"We consider that Mr Brislen is an authoritative source." (BSA decision, March 2020)
Aotearoa he/him
I shall bind him to me, with promises. 🇳🇿🏴
Cymro o ddewis (Welsh by choice)
"We consider that Mr Brislen is an authoritative source." (BSA decision, March 2020)
Aotearoa he/him
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THis law is purely about voter suppression because National, ACT and NZ First can - and will - win again by a narrow margin in 2026 if the centre and left do not shut up and work together.
"The Ministry of Justice found 80.2 percent of submitters opposed the bill, with 0.5 percent supporting it."
In a shock move, NACTFirst heavy committee approves law that favours them even though voters hate it.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
In a shock move, NACTFirst heavy committee approves law that favours them even though voters hate it.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Justice Committee recommends passing Electoral Amendment Bill with some amendments
The bill would prevent same-day enrolments, ban prisoners from voting, and tighten up the rules around treating.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 27, 2025 at 11:27 PM
THis law is purely about voter suppression because National, ACT and NZ First can - and will - win again by a narrow margin in 2026 if the centre and left do not shut up and work together.
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This really is very good
November 28, 2025 at 3:24 AM
This really is very good
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Regardless of where you stand in terms of political party allegiance, or even just on the political spectrum ... rhetorically positioning a commitment to Te Tiriti as inherently "anti-government" speaks a lot to how you view the policy positioning of the government you're a part of.
Boards Chair here - before our BOT passed a motion affirming our commitment to Te Tiriti, I received emails from parents and teachers urging the board on.
The union never said a word.
Amazing that reaffirming a commitment to Te Tiriti is viewed as "anti-govt" (his words)
The union never said a word.
Amazing that reaffirming a commitment to Te Tiriti is viewed as "anti-govt" (his words)
November 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Regardless of where you stand in terms of political party allegiance, or even just on the political spectrum ... rhetorically positioning a commitment to Te Tiriti as inherently "anti-government" speaks a lot to how you view the policy positioning of the government you're a part of.
Remember the "leak" of the New Zealand Budget a couple of years ago? Same damn thing I'm sure.
I mean it is objectively hilarious that the media and government are trying to hype the OBR leak as a cybersecurity thing
When any digital manager at a large institution could tell you in about ten minutes.
Less if I knew what CMS it was.
When any digital manager at a large institution could tell you in about ten minutes.
Less if I knew what CMS it was.
Being very "well, actually", and going just by www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... - my gut feeling is that it was working as designed... it just wasn't designed for these conditions.
You know this area well, is the investigation result likely to be published?
You know this area well, is the investigation result likely to be published?
November 27, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Remember the "leak" of the New Zealand Budget a couple of years ago? Same damn thing I'm sure.
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This is why a con man shouldn’t have been allowed to become President!
This 👇
This 👇
November 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
This is why a con man shouldn’t have been allowed to become President!
This 👇
This 👇
Clean car standard tinkering an incoherent misstep newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/28/c...
Clean car standard tinkering an incoherent misstep
Opinion: The evisceration of the clean car standard is the latest move in a hollowing out of our climate policy architecture.
newsroom.co.nz
November 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Clean car standard tinkering an incoherent misstep newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/28/c...
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Is it an apology to the classmates you racially abused?
November 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Is it an apology to the classmates you racially abused?
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OK, The Chair Company is frickin awesome.
I am three minutes in.
I am three minutes in.
November 27, 2025 at 5:54 AM
OK, The Chair Company is frickin awesome.
I am three minutes in.
I am three minutes in.
So… Meta, not Google.
Oh Herald, have you learned nothing from the Jeep/Sellotape wars?
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-... Auckland engineer who tried to film sex worker with Google Glasses escapes conviction
Oh Herald, have you learned nothing from the Jeep/Sellotape wars?
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-... Auckland engineer who tried to film sex worker with Google Glasses escapes conviction
Auckland engineer who tried to film sex worker with Google Glasses escapes conviction
The victim said the offender was 'dangerous' and needed to be held to account.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 27, 2025 at 5:37 AM
So… Meta, not Google.
Oh Herald, have you learned nothing from the Jeep/Sellotape wars?
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-... Auckland engineer who tried to film sex worker with Google Glasses escapes conviction
Oh Herald, have you learned nothing from the Jeep/Sellotape wars?
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-... Auckland engineer who tried to film sex worker with Google Glasses escapes conviction
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"My most vivid memories of my school life is Farage repeatedly coming up to me, knowing that I was Jewish, saying 'Hitler was right' and 'gas em' and that was frequently followed by imitating the sound of escaping gas."
Peter Ettedgui, ex classmate of Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage.
Peter Ettedgui, ex classmate of Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage.
November 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
"My most vivid memories of my school life is Farage repeatedly coming up to me, knowing that I was Jewish, saying 'Hitler was right' and 'gas em' and that was frequently followed by imitating the sound of escaping gas."
Peter Ettedgui, ex classmate of Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage.
Peter Ettedgui, ex classmate of Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage.
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"please make me a movie Mr Computer sir" people vs "do NOT, motherfucker, even think about interpolating between two frames, you breadless toaster piece of shit" people
November 27, 2025 at 1:58 AM
"please make me a movie Mr Computer sir" people vs "do NOT, motherfucker, even think about interpolating between two frames, you breadless toaster piece of shit" people
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America looking at South Korea and Brazil and thinking "suckers"
Breaking News: The last pending criminal prosecution against President Trump was dismissed by a judge in Georgia, effectively ending efforts to hold Trump criminally responsible for attempts to overturn the 2020 election. trib.al/EnJu57H
November 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
America looking at South Korea and Brazil and thinking "suckers"
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It'll be pretty easy to explain: "there was a bipartisan consensus that consequences are for the fucking peasants, not for real people who matter"
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
It'll be pretty easy to explain: "there was a bipartisan consensus that consequences are for the fucking peasants, not for real people who matter"
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I want this moment for us
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I want this moment for us
As a user of Kagi for my search engine needs I have been given three free 3-month trial subs.
If you'd like to give it a go, DM me and I'll send you the link.
Only got three though so FCFS.
If you'd like to give it a go, DM me and I'll send you the link.
Only got three though so FCFS.
November 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
As a user of Kagi for my search engine needs I have been given three free 3-month trial subs.
If you'd like to give it a go, DM me and I'll send you the link.
Only got three though so FCFS.
If you'd like to give it a go, DM me and I'll send you the link.
Only got three though so FCFS.
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In today’s NZ Herald
November 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
In today’s NZ Herald
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The multi Academy Award winning 🇺🇸 American romantic drama “CASABLANCA” directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Paul Henreid and Dooley Wilson premiered at the Hollywood Theater in New York City #OnThisDay in 1942
🎬 #WarnerBros
🎬 #WarnerBros
November 26, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The multi Academy Award winning 🇺🇸 American romantic drama “CASABLANCA” directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Paul Henreid and Dooley Wilson premiered at the Hollywood Theater in New York City #OnThisDay in 1942
🎬 #WarnerBros
🎬 #WarnerBros
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Lib Dem leader Edward Davey calls for a national investigation into Russian political interference in British politics:
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
November 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Lib Dem leader Edward Davey calls for a national investigation into Russian political interference in British politics:
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
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I have long posited that Daniel Craig's accent in Glass Onion is better than Knives Out because in Knives Out he is trying to do a real Southern accent and is bad at it but in Glass Onion he is just talking like Foghorn Leghorn, which is something a real gay Southern weirdo would do.
November 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I have long posited that Daniel Craig's accent in Glass Onion is better than Knives Out because in Knives Out he is trying to do a real Southern accent and is bad at it but in Glass Onion he is just talking like Foghorn Leghorn, which is something a real gay Southern weirdo would do.
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Singapore orders Apple, Google to prevent government spoofing on messaging platforms www.itnews.com.au/news/singapo...
Singapore orders Apple, Google to prevent government spoofing on messaging platforms
Local postage service among those targeted.
www.itnews.com.au
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Singapore orders Apple, Google to prevent government spoofing on messaging platforms www.itnews.com.au/news/singapo...
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Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.