“Unfettered capitalism leads to human flesh in the marketplace” —Pournelle
My god do we need UBI
“Researchers have found that when a new plasma center opens in a neighborhood, foot traffic at local grocery stores increases, interest in payday loans declines and crime goes down, an indication of the way money from plasma props up households’ finances for necessities.“
“Researchers have found that when a new plasma center opens in a neighborhood, foot traffic at local grocery stores increases, interest in payday loans declines and crime goes down, an indication of the way money from plasma props up households’ finances for necessities.“
Middle-class Americans are selling their plasma to make ends meet
Last year, people in the U.S. made an estimated $4.7 billion selling their plasma. Donation centers are popping up in middle-class neighborhoods, including suburban strip malls and college towns.
www.nbcnews.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:00 AM
“Unfettered capitalism leads to human flesh in the marketplace” —Pournelle
Meanwhile, in NZ prices are set to rise over the next few years.
S. Australia Wholesale Electricity Prices fall 30% with Solar, Revealing Trump’s High-Cost Fossil Fuels Scam
S. Australia Wholesale Electricity Prices fall 30% with Solar, Revealing Trump’s High-Cost Fossil Fuels Scam
If fossil fuels were competitive, Trump wouldn't have to try so hard to stall permitting for new wind and solar projects
dlvr.it
February 16, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Meanwhile, in NZ prices are set to rise over the next few years.
A coalition is ANY combination of parties that could form a government, you dumbfucks
February 16, 2026 at 6:11 AM
A coalition is ANY combination of parties that could form a government, you dumbfucks
My companion volume to this is "People don't generally use that comedic device in real life, therefore your joke doesn't make sense: A guide to humour on the Internet"
February 16, 2026 at 2:51 AM
My companion volume to this is "People don't generally use that comedic device in real life, therefore your joke doesn't make sense: A guide to humour on the Internet"
State-sponsored rort. At the same time residential solar is over-regulated and overpriced. Yet the energy continues to fall from the skies and we are still cavemen freezing to death on a bed of coal.
We are being fleeced #nzpol
Experts forecast Meridian, Contact, Mercury and Genesis will report a combined operating profit of about $1.86 billion for the six months to the end of December ‒ an increase of about 45% on the same period last year.
February 16, 2026 at 2:50 AM
State-sponsored rort. At the same time residential solar is over-regulated and overpriced. Yet the energy continues to fall from the skies and we are still cavemen freezing to death on a bed of coal.
Robot Agile Coach: good morning everyone and welcome to the sprint retro. Let’s take 5 minutes at the top of the session to put down on a Post-It note anything noteworthy which happened in the last sprint
We are at an airport restaurant. A robot just drove up to us with our food, said, "Hi! Here I am!" and then drove away with our food.
February 16, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Robot Agile Coach: good morning everyone and welcome to the sprint retro. Let’s take 5 minutes at the top of the session to put down on a Post-It note anything noteworthy which happened in the last sprint
I think we all used a Yellow Pages to adjust a screen to the correct vertical height
Can you think of examples where people use technologies differently from what the developers intended, whether unintentionally or as an act of resistance?
February 16, 2026 at 12:20 AM
I think we all used a Yellow Pages to adjust a screen to the correct vertical height
So between David Seymour’s wholemeal thing and Luxon’s sport event, they literally are trying “bread and circuses”
February 15, 2026 at 7:59 PM
So between David Seymour’s wholemeal thing and Luxon’s sport event, they literally are trying “bread and circuses”
My origin story
February 15, 2026 at 6:39 PM
My origin story
Next week: I’ve got two cats and two dogs and a load of cedar, it’s not much but it’s a start, send me more pairs of animals | Emma Beddington
Let's get a grip and learn how to live with the rain | Emma Beddington
Let's get a grip and learn how to live with the rain | Emma Beddington
Wetter winters are set to become the norm, so unless we’re farmers or flood victims, we need some coping strategies to keep our spirits up, writes Emma Beddington
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Next week: I’ve got two cats and two dogs and a load of cedar, it’s not much but it’s a start, send me more pairs of animals | Emma Beddington
If you are in a perpetual cycle of response and recovery with inadequate preparation, planning and mitigation, no we are not getting good at this.
February 15, 2026 at 6:14 PM
If you are in a perpetual cycle of response and recovery with inadequate preparation, planning and mitigation, no we are not getting good at this.
Well that’s a bit special
February 15, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Well that’s a bit special
A device needed charged. In a break from tradition and what is believed to be a historic world first, I was able to go calmly to the shed, locate the appropriate special cable in my box of useful cables, plug in the device and start it charging.
February 15, 2026 at 7:01 AM
A device needed charged. In a break from tradition and what is believed to be a historic world first, I was able to go calmly to the shed, locate the appropriate special cable in my box of useful cables, plug in the device and start it charging.
Retail Crime Group, you say?
February 14, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Retail Crime Group, you say?
"You cannot serve both God and Mammon"
A single image that captures NZ's dominant belief system and economic model #nzpol
www.reddit.com/r/newzealand...
www.reddit.com/r/newzealand...
February 14, 2026 at 11:15 PM
"You cannot serve both God and Mammon"
As an example of how art can be used to confront and lead to revolution, I’ve managed to get a portrait hung in the National Landscape Gallery.
February 14, 2026 at 9:13 PM
As an example of how art can be used to confront and lead to revolution, I’ve managed to get a portrait hung in the National Landscape Gallery.
Other characters in this drama include Tiffany Twisted
February 14, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Other characters in this drama include Tiffany Twisted
Every city is now a 15-minute city
February 14, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Every city is now a 15-minute city
I think I’ve seen this movie
Contact!
The docking mechanism will now secure the connection using 12 hooks, make the seal airtight, and establish the umbilical connections (power, data and communications) between the two vehicles.
#εpsilon #Crew12
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
The docking mechanism will now secure the connection using 12 hooks, make the seal airtight, and establish the umbilical connections (power, data and communications) between the two vehicles.
#εpsilon #Crew12
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Dragon docking to the International Space Station
Dragon docking to the International Space Station
www.esa.int
February 14, 2026 at 8:54 PM
I think I’ve seen this movie
Both “monsters from the id” and “Grima Wormtongue” are over 70 years in the zeitgeist
I really enjoyed this interview with Mihingarangi Forbes. In 20 minutes we managed to touch on numerous issues relating to how AI is changing society, issues I've been grappling daily in conversations with colleagues here in New Zealand.
"Nothing like this has existed before, and we don't quite know what it does to people."
@carlbergstrom.com spoke to Mihingarangi Forbes about living with AI on Saturday Morning this morning → www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
#cccss26 🧪
@carlbergstrom.com spoke to Mihingarangi Forbes about living with AI on Saturday Morning this morning → www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
#cccss26 🧪
February 14, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Both “monsters from the id” and “Grima Wormtongue” are over 70 years in the zeitgeist
lover of haiku
admirer of limericks
two forms of art
That you must keep apart
I’m here till Thursday, my name is Stu.
admirer of limericks
two forms of art
That you must keep apart
I’m here till Thursday, my name is Stu.
Roses are red
Violets are prime
This is the sort
Of linguist that I'm
Violets are prime
This is the sort
Of linguist that I'm
February 14, 2026 at 7:43 PM
lover of haiku
admirer of limericks
two forms of art
That you must keep apart
I’m here till Thursday, my name is Stu.
admirer of limericks
two forms of art
That you must keep apart
I’m here till Thursday, my name is Stu.
My new occasional bedroom furniture store History Of The Ottoman Empire opens next week
February 14, 2026 at 7:44 AM
My new occasional bedroom furniture store History Of The Ottoman Empire opens next week
3 times a day, 6 months later
February 14, 2026 at 6:26 AM
3 times a day, 6 months later
Farewell to Arms
A Call to Arms
Arms and the Man
is a complex and uplifting medical trilogy telling the story of a terrible accident, breakthroughs in transplant technology and the long process of recovery to normality
A Call to Arms
Arms and the Man
is a complex and uplifting medical trilogy telling the story of a terrible accident, breakthroughs in transplant technology and the long process of recovery to normality
February 14, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Farewell to Arms
A Call to Arms
Arms and the Man
is a complex and uplifting medical trilogy telling the story of a terrible accident, breakthroughs in transplant technology and the long process of recovery to normality
A Call to Arms
Arms and the Man
is a complex and uplifting medical trilogy telling the story of a terrible accident, breakthroughs in transplant technology and the long process of recovery to normality
Just go down the casino and put it all on red
February 14, 2026 at 4:54 AM
Just go down the casino and put it all on red