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David Ritchie

@dritchie.bsky.social

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Chameleon, comedian, Corinthian and caricature. "James Bond expert and web developer" - @thespinoff.bsky.social "Fan" - New Zealand Listener "Creator/Contributor" - National Library of New Zealand

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David Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · 1d

Does the PM realise turnout in the 2023 election was 4.4% down from the 2020 election and also lower than the 2017 before that.

David Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · 2d

I wonder how the convincing retention of the maaori ward will affect our new mayor's (and presumably his deputy) intentions to remove the ward structure and have 1 city wide 10 rep structure.

David Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · 2d

Is spending $90k on a watch when they get a job worth $190k something people normally do?

Or rather: you're eyeing up a job which pays 51% more than your current one. Do you go and reserve a watch which costs 1.5x that payrise just for lolz.

Reposted by David Ritchie

Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 2d

When the biblical David composed a song, he was something of a slinger-songwriter

David Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · 2d

In the Moonraker episode from 3 years ago last week they fantasize about being invited to the cat ranch to be interviewed by him. / Cc @blankcheck.bsky.social

JJ @jjdotbiz.bsky.social · 2d

Marc Maron's on the episode of Blank Check that comes out tonight. How crazy is that

David Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · 2d

Mesh Macdonald now repping Hamilton West on council. 👨‍🍳

David Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · 14d

In case you were wondering where Jared "Texas Pete's" Macdonald's brain was at, he's sharing videos on FB called 'Why "They" Want To Ban Cash' and now his wife's got a good chance of getting into council this year.

David Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · 2d

(Assumes Moroney gets in after Tim Mac's votes get redistributed)

David Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · 2d

Macindoe, Strange, Moroney

Old MPs never die, they just get elected to Hamilton City Council.

David Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · 3d

Happy to see that Clyde Graf is outies as he and his brother did a jolly good job tiling our bathroom and we have more work that needs doing.

Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 3d

…like TERF Suzanne Levy in Hutt City, Christo Nationalist Caleb Ansell in Matamata, Freedom fan Walt Cavendish in Waihou, anti 1080 campaigner Clyde Graf in King Country, VFFs Dean Harris and co in Kāpiti, all of the Reform group on the West coast, almost all of the Together for Waimak team & more!

David Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · 3d

Act candidate number 2

David Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · 9d

Which Hamilton West Ward candidate posted about attending the Charlie Kirk vigil in Garden Place

David Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · 3d

Act candidate number 1

David Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · Aug 26

There's a candidate in this year's council election who is also the owner of the cafe at the council-owned Hamilton Gardens so it's cool that that's not a conflict or anything,

David Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · 3d

Neither of the Act candidates made it in

David Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · 3d

Still 5k votes to count so could go either way

David Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · 3d

Wasn't expecting Hamilton to vote to keep the maaori ward tbh. Certain crs will be ropable

David Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · 3d

Got some plasma which I'm apparently not using so these guys may as well have it.

Stronglight @stronglight.bsky.social · 3d

Are you giving or receiving?

David Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · 3d

Back on my bullshit

David Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · 4d

I saw them before they were big and doing a Fleetwood Mac cover. Check out the Willie Nelson shirt! The kids are definitively alright.

David Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · 4d

Who's the new Morning Report co-host? Wrong answers only.

David Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · 5d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

David Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · 5d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

Here's looking at Rick and Ilsa in Casablanca

David Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · 5d

This is what you do on your first day in Officer Big Mac jail - find the biggest, baddest, meanest mf'er and attack him in the cafeteria. You'll have your ass handed to you but you'll establish your place in the Officer Big Mac jail hierarchy.

David Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · 5d

Was it the money? I bet it was the money.

David Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · 6d

In which week long absences like "family holidays" are frowned upon but not, say, the AIMS Games which we have to fundraise for at school.

Attitudes to truancy improve, parents still taking kids out of school for holidays - report

But the Education Review Office report reveals overall attitudes to truancy have improved.

David Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · 7d

It sold to HBO after Sundance so my read is any cinema revenue is pretty much gravy at this point.