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Oh, and it was Wellington go by bike day yesterday. 🙃
February 11, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Oh, and it was Wellington go by bike day yesterday. 🙃
This is the network improvemwnts that were funded in 2014.
Literally none of it has been built
Literally none of it has been built
February 11, 2026 at 3:39 AM
This is the network improvemwnts that were funded in 2014.
Literally none of it has been built
Literally none of it has been built
Oh cool.
A cyclist was killed yesterday on the road I use every time I go for a bike ride.
In a location where the coubcil failed to build the cycleway they funded in 2014.
FFS.
A cyclist was killed yesterday on the road I use every time I go for a bike ride.
In a location where the coubcil failed to build the cycleway they funded in 2014.
FFS.
February 11, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Oh cool.
A cyclist was killed yesterday on the road I use every time I go for a bike ride.
In a location where the coubcil failed to build the cycleway they funded in 2014.
FFS.
A cyclist was killed yesterday on the road I use every time I go for a bike ride.
In a location where the coubcil failed to build the cycleway they funded in 2014.
FFS.
If you really want better Google search results, you can just disable the LLM that clogs the links to the websites.
tenbluelinks.org
tenbluelinks.org
How to Turn Off Google AI Overview and Set "Web" as Default
tenbluelinks.org
February 11, 2026 at 3:19 AM
If you really want better Google search results, you can just disable the LLM that clogs the links to the websites.
tenbluelinks.org
tenbluelinks.org
Nothing suspicious about publishing an adversarial report about the previous government right before the election...
February 11, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Nothing suspicious about publishing an adversarial report about the previous government right before the election...
A review into the reserve bank's handling of COVID?
a cartoon of homer simpson and his family standing next to a man that says hey look over there
ALT: a cartoon of homer simpson and his family standing next to a man that says hey look over there
media.tenor.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:45 AM
A review into the reserve bank's handling of COVID?
This thing is going to be so great for launching out of control and demolishing local coffee shops.
Rivian’s 300-mile, 656-horsepower SUV is a breath of fresh air for the American EV space. Here are five things to know.
insideevs.com/reviews/7868...
insideevs.com/reviews/7868...
I Drove A Rivian R2 Prototype. It's Going To Surprise People
Rivian’s 300-mile, 656-horsepower SUV is a breath of fresh air for the American EV space. Here are five things to know.
insideevs.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:30 AM
This thing is going to be so great for launching out of control and demolishing local coffee shops.
Yes, and ours is bigger than all the ones in Australia combined.
February 10, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Yes, and ours is bigger than all the ones in Australia combined.
Also, love it when the AI in space that's in charge of my mortgage application and bank account gets a bit flipped by a rogue cosmic ray and sentences me to turbo debt prison.
February 10, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Also, love it when the AI in space that's in charge of my mortgage application and bank account gets a bit flipped by a rogue cosmic ray and sentences me to turbo debt prison.
Oh no... He thinks space is cold becaue he gets his understanding of sciene from bad Sci fi movies...
February 10, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Oh no... He thinks space is cold becaue he gets his understanding of sciene from bad Sci fi movies...
We are such a joke...
Spending $10M of public money to preserve a musical instrument no-one in the country can play is everything wrong with our approach to built heritage in this country.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Spending $10M of public money to preserve a musical instrument no-one in the country can play is everything wrong with our approach to built heritage in this country.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
National war memorial bell-playing job axed, likely to be outsourced to Australia
An Australian may have to play the bells at Pukeahu on Anzac Day.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 10, 2026 at 9:47 PM
We are such a joke...
Spending $10M of public money to preserve a musical instrument no-one in the country can play is everything wrong with our approach to built heritage in this country.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Spending $10M of public money to preserve a musical instrument no-one in the country can play is everything wrong with our approach to built heritage in this country.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
For all the talk of under investment, there's shedloads of generation under construction and investigation right now.
www.ea.govt.nz/news/eye-on-...
www.ea.govt.nz/news/eye-on-...
February 10, 2026 at 8:47 AM
For all the talk of under investment, there's shedloads of generation under construction and investigation right now.
www.ea.govt.nz/news/eye-on-...
www.ea.govt.nz/news/eye-on-...
Do I have to pay the gas levy if I install solar and go off the grid out of spite?
February 10, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Do I have to pay the gas levy if I install solar and go off the grid out of spite?
Power Cos have also under invested becaue one aluminium smelter uses ~13% of our generation and kept threatening to shut down and flood the electricity market.
They recently signed a 20 year power contract, which gives a bit more certainty now.
They recently signed a 20 year power contract, which gives a bit more certainty now.
February 10, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Power Cos have also under invested becaue one aluminium smelter uses ~13% of our generation and kept threatening to shut down and flood the electricity market.
They recently signed a 20 year power contract, which gives a bit more certainty now.
They recently signed a 20 year power contract, which gives a bit more certainty now.
Literally socialising the costs and privatising the gains...
February 10, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Literally socialising the costs and privatising the gains...
February 10, 2026 at 1:17 AM
A banger that isn't in English?
Sabine Turnaround by the Lost Bayou Ramblers.
youtu.be/13spX1L2uJ0?...
Sabine Turnaround by the Lost Bayou Ramblers.
youtu.be/13spX1L2uJ0?...
February 10, 2026 at 12:58 AM
A banger that isn't in English?
Sabine Turnaround by the Lost Bayou Ramblers.
youtu.be/13spX1L2uJ0?...
Sabine Turnaround by the Lost Bayou Ramblers.
youtu.be/13spX1L2uJ0?...
OK, making an appointment to watch this...
This thing is more of an engineering horror show than Blue Peacock, the chicken-powered nuclear bomb.
youtu.be/iHbiGWlQUGE?...
This thing is more of an engineering horror show than Blue Peacock, the chicken-powered nuclear bomb.
youtu.be/iHbiGWlQUGE?...
Violet Club: The Liz Truss of Atomic Bombs
YouTube video by Alexander the ok
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 10:08 PM
OK, making an appointment to watch this...
This thing is more of an engineering horror show than Blue Peacock, the chicken-powered nuclear bomb.
youtu.be/iHbiGWlQUGE?...
This thing is more of an engineering horror show than Blue Peacock, the chicken-powered nuclear bomb.
youtu.be/iHbiGWlQUGE?...
"the Torment Nexus is great, actually"
- Spokesperson for Torment Nexusus for a Better Future inc.
- Spokesperson for Torment Nexusus for a Better Future inc.
February 9, 2026 at 9:47 PM
"the Torment Nexus is great, actually"
- Spokesperson for Torment Nexusus for a Better Future inc.
- Spokesperson for Torment Nexusus for a Better Future inc.
Plus the spin of saying renewables are too "weather dependent".
Motherfucker, rain, sun and wind are all the different kinds of weather.
Motherfucker, rain, sun and wind are all the different kinds of weather.
February 9, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Plus the spin of saying renewables are too "weather dependent".
Motherfucker, rain, sun and wind are all the different kinds of weather.
Motherfucker, rain, sun and wind are all the different kinds of weather.
Feels really disingenuous, and honestly shit journalism, to quote uncritically the guy from "energy resources Aotearoa" about the value of investment in gas without making clear that it is the gas industry lobby group... www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
New liquefied natural gas terminal: 'Vital' or 'bonkers'?
The government wants taxpayers to fund a natural gas import terminal, but says lower power prices will come as a result.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 9, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Feels really disingenuous, and honestly shit journalism, to quote uncritically the guy from "energy resources Aotearoa" about the value of investment in gas without making clear that it is the gas industry lobby group... www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Wait, we subsidise methanex to use 40% of the gas that means we have to subsidise a port to import more gas!?
newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/30/m...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/30/m...
February 9, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Wait, we subsidise methanex to use 40% of the gas that means we have to subsidise a port to import more gas!?
newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/30/m...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/30/m...
This country is going to be ruined by rich pricks convinced that having a gas hob is a core component of their class identity.
February 9, 2026 at 8:26 AM
This country is going to be ruined by rich pricks convinced that having a gas hob is a core component of their class identity.
Oh you want to transition your house to electricity? Get off gas? Avoid the climbing gas lines charges?
Hah, you sucker, you rube, how about if we just make you pay for gas infrastructure anyway.
Hah, you sucker, you rube, how about if we just make you pay for gas infrastructure anyway.
February 9, 2026 at 6:46 AM
Oh you want to transition your house to electricity? Get off gas? Avoid the climbing gas lines charges?
Hah, you sucker, you rube, how about if we just make you pay for gas infrastructure anyway.
Hah, you sucker, you rube, how about if we just make you pay for gas infrastructure anyway.
I know it's a joke portfolio, but it still feels like saying the quiet part out loud that the Minister for the South Island is not a member of Cabinet.
Cabinet Ministers by region -
Auckland 10
Northland 3
Waikato 2
BoP 1
Wellington 3
Canterbury 1
It's an upper North Island govt.
Auckland 10
Northland 3
Waikato 2
BoP 1
Wellington 3
Canterbury 1
It's an upper North Island govt.
February 9, 2026 at 5:15 AM
I know it's a joke portfolio, but it still feels like saying the quiet part out loud that the Minister for the South Island is not a member of Cabinet.