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Minister says it's "market sensitive" - privatising regional council assets on the way?
archive.is/tFkgC
archive.is/tFkgC
End of regional councils tipped in local government reforms
It is understood reforms to be announced today will mean the dissolving of regional councils, and the first steps could be within this current three-year council term.
www.thepress.co.nz
November 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Minister says it's "market sensitive" - privatising regional council assets on the way?
archive.is/tFkgC
archive.is/tFkgC
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'Officials also ran closed-door workshops with industry ahead of ministerial decisions, circulated draft policy "in confidence", and incorporated several company requests directly into the working text.' #NzPol
Fossil fuel companies were given confidential drafts of legislation during their (successful) two-year campaign to weaken oil and gas regulation and overturn the offshore exploration ban - new reporting from me via the OIA
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
How the oil and gas industry helped rewrite New Zealand’s drilling rules
A paper trail shows just how far ministers went to accommodate the oil and gas industry's wishlist.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
'Officials also ran closed-door workshops with industry ahead of ministerial decisions, circulated draft policy "in confidence", and incorporated several company requests directly into the working text.' #NzPol
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The abuse Julie Fairey copped after being HIT BY A CAR is exactly what happens when we treat online harm as background noise. Women in politics bear the brunt, especially women of colour. Until NZ actually regulates platforms properly, this will keep happening #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
'It just seems cruel': Councillor shocked by comments after cycling accident
Councillor Julie Fairey has become accustomed to abusive comments - but she was still stunned.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The abuse Julie Fairey copped after being HIT BY A CAR is exactly what happens when we treat online harm as background noise. Women in politics bear the brunt, especially women of colour. Until NZ actually regulates platforms properly, this will keep happening #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 AM
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
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Let’s talk about “Move fast and break things.” First of all, Facebook itself changed its motto to “Move fast with stable infrastructure” in 2014. So much for breaking things, at least if you’re a soulless corporate behemoth.
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November 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Let’s talk about “Move fast and break things.” First of all, Facebook itself changed its motto to “Move fast with stable infrastructure” in 2014. So much for breaking things, at least if you’re a soulless corporate behemoth.
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Rewatching Stranger Things and the thing I’m struck by the most is the monologues. Feels like bad story telling.
November 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Rewatching Stranger Things and the thing I’m struck by the most is the monologues. Feels like bad story telling.
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All these "but Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft let you download your old purchases" people forget about already existing failures like OnLive or Stadia.
I'm not expecting the big 3 companies to go under but it could happen and their legacies will just be purely physical games and illegal preservation.
I'm not expecting the big 3 companies to go under but it could happen and their legacies will just be purely physical games and illegal preservation.
November 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
All these "but Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft let you download your old purchases" people forget about already existing failures like OnLive or Stadia.
I'm not expecting the big 3 companies to go under but it could happen and their legacies will just be purely physical games and illegal preservation.
I'm not expecting the big 3 companies to go under but it could happen and their legacies will just be purely physical games and illegal preservation.
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The conservative minority on Wellington City Council never had the votes to kill the Golden Mile, so instead they played for time, demanding more reviews and consultation to delay it until a conservative won the mayoralty. Andrew Little has played right into their hands.
November 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
The conservative minority on Wellington City Council never had the votes to kill the Golden Mile, so instead they played for time, demanding more reviews and consultation to delay it until a conservative won the mayoralty. Andrew Little has played right into their hands.
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Real reason this govt wants to spend 100 billion on roads finally becomes clear: they’re creating fresh assets for future National govts to sell so they can go on claiming to be “grown up” and “mature” about “economic reality”
November 15, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Real reason this govt wants to spend 100 billion on roads finally becomes clear: they’re creating fresh assets for future National govts to sell so they can go on claiming to be “grown up” and “mature” about “economic reality”
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🌸 Hanami 2.3 is here, and it’s racked and ready!
This is our biggest release yet. Rack 3, resource routes, and so much more.
hanamirb.org/blog/2025/11...
This is our biggest release yet. Rack 3, resource routes, and so much more.
hanamirb.org/blog/2025/11...
Hanami 2.3: Racked and Ready
Our biggest release yet. Rack 3, resource routes, and so much more.
hanamirb.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
🌸 Hanami 2.3 is here, and it’s racked and ready!
This is our biggest release yet. Rack 3, resource routes, and so much more.
hanamirb.org/blog/2025/11...
This is our biggest release yet. Rack 3, resource routes, and so much more.
hanamirb.org/blog/2025/11...
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Reminder: I hold a weekly Office Hour video chat, stop by some week and say hi, especially if you want to chat about Ruby, open source, Sidekiq or related subjects.
https://sidekiq.org/support.html
https://sidekiq.org/support.html
Simple, efficient background jobs for Ruby
Sidekiq is a simple, efficient framework for background jobs in Ruby
sidekiq.org
November 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Reminder: I hold a weekly Office Hour video chat, stop by some week and say hi, especially if you want to chat about Ruby, open source, Sidekiq or related subjects.
https://sidekiq.org/support.html
https://sidekiq.org/support.html
If you lived through covid you should probably throw a few dollars Dr Siouxsie’s way to say thank you
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
Support Dr Siouxsie After She Supported Us! | PledgeMe
Support Dr Siouxsie to recover some of the money she spent fighting her legal case to protect employees experiencing online abuse
www.pledgeme.co.nz
November 4, 2025 at 6:06 AM
If you lived through covid you should probably throw a few dollars Dr Siouxsie’s way to say thank you
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
Wang Xiaolong and China should mind there own business
November 4, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Wang Xiaolong and China should mind there own business
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One of my favourite things about NZ politics is there's only two possible categories for ideas:
It'll never work here
&
We can definitely make it work despite it failing elsewhere
#nzpol
It'll never work here
&
We can definitely make it work despite it failing elsewhere
#nzpol
November 2, 2025 at 9:11 AM
One of my favourite things about NZ politics is there's only two possible categories for ideas:
It'll never work here
&
We can definitely make it work despite it failing elsewhere
#nzpol
It'll never work here
&
We can definitely make it work despite it failing elsewhere
#nzpol
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It's 1870 in Aotearoa, the economy is in trouble...
The land wars faded out without much resolution except death and pain. The NZ gov was still called the colonial government. Māori had their own.
The gold rush hype in Otago, the West Coast, and Coromandel was drying up fast.
The land wars faded out without much resolution except death and pain. The NZ gov was still called the colonial government. Māori had their own.
The gold rush hype in Otago, the West Coast, and Coromandel was drying up fast.
November 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
It's 1870 in Aotearoa, the economy is in trouble...
The land wars faded out without much resolution except death and pain. The NZ gov was still called the colonial government. Māori had their own.
The gold rush hype in Otago, the West Coast, and Coromandel was drying up fast.
The land wars faded out without much resolution except death and pain. The NZ gov was still called the colonial government. Māori had their own.
The gold rush hype in Otago, the West Coast, and Coromandel was drying up fast.
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He is an utterly dumb fuck without the most basic comprehension on how the most basic of shit works
Simeon Brown is finding out the hard way why one more general lane only moves the bottleneck down to the next red light
This case Reeves Road Flyover has shifted the bottleneck from Ti Rakau to Pakuranga Road, pissing off the Panmure traffic now backed up in the evening.
This case Reeves Road Flyover has shifted the bottleneck from Ti Rakau to Pakuranga Road, pissing off the Panmure traffic now backed up in the evening.
November 1, 2025 at 7:07 PM
He is an utterly dumb fuck without the most basic comprehension on how the most basic of shit works
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A tale in three links:
1) Govt promises police $72 million in incentive payments for meeting new road safety (including breath testing) targets.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
1) Govt promises police $72 million in incentive payments for meeting new road safety (including breath testing) targets.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Government announces $1.3 billion crackdown on drink drivers
The government aims to test just over 3.3 million drivers a year in its plan to increase roadside tests for drink and drug-impaired drivers.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 31, 2025 at 3:57 AM
A tale in three links:
1) Govt promises police $72 million in incentive payments for meeting new road safety (including breath testing) targets.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
1) Govt promises police $72 million in incentive payments for meeting new road safety (including breath testing) targets.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Emily (Emily Writes) and I drafted a letter to Andrew Little about his decision to appoint Ray Chung as chair of the CCO Review & Appointments subcommittee. We think this is unacceptable given his past behaviour. Here's a template for a letter if you agree:
sites.google.com/view/really-...
#nzpol
sites.google.com/view/really-...
#nzpol
Really, Andrew Little?
Andrew Little has appointed Ray Chung to head an important Wellington City Council committee.
We don't think he should be doing that. If you agree, please tell him so.
Here's how.
sites.google.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Emily (Emily Writes) and I drafted a letter to Andrew Little about his decision to appoint Ray Chung as chair of the CCO Review & Appointments subcommittee. We think this is unacceptable given his past behaviour. Here's a template for a letter if you agree:
sites.google.com/view/really-...
#nzpol
sites.google.com/view/really-...
#nzpol
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When I say "I have a conflict with this meeting" I do not mean that I have another meeting at the same time.
What I mean is, I take ubmrage against it. I have a feud with it on a historic scale.
What I mean is, I take ubmrage against it. I have a feud with it on a historic scale.
October 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM
When I say "I have a conflict with this meeting" I do not mean that I have another meeting at the same time.
What I mean is, I take ubmrage against it. I have a feud with it on a historic scale.
What I mean is, I take ubmrage against it. I have a feud with it on a historic scale.
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The money National and NZTA are planning to waste on the road tunnels in Wellington could give you light rail in Wellington with enough change left over to make the entire South Island leg of State Highway 1 a 2+1 road complete with bridge replacements.
I know what I rather have!
I know what I rather have!
And today's companion piece in The Spinoff, with the reminder that the South Island gets almost none of this fantasy roading splurge. thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin...
Economic drivers or money pits? The debate over the government’s billion-dollar roads
While ministers say the Roads of National Significance are about delivery and growth, critics say their costs are too high and their benefits too uncertain.<br />
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thespinoff.co.nz
October 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The money National and NZTA are planning to waste on the road tunnels in Wellington could give you light rail in Wellington with enough change left over to make the entire South Island leg of State Highway 1 a 2+1 road complete with bridge replacements.
I know what I rather have!
I know what I rather have!
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It's headlines like this which helped the election of one of the most economically illiterate govts in AoNZ's history. Surely the "economic story" to be reset is that of National, purported guardians of the economy.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Future Fund or future flop? Labour seeks to reset its economic story
Analysis - The 'Future Fund' is as much about optics as economics, but a lack of detail has left Labour exposed, writes Craig McCulloch.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 21, 2025 at 2:37 AM
It's headlines like this which helped the election of one of the most economically illiterate govts in AoNZ's history. Surely the "economic story" to be reset is that of National, purported guardians of the economy.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
It had to happen sooner later I guess. IRD have screwed up their website
October 18, 2025 at 6:23 AM
It had to happen sooner later I guess. IRD have screwed up their website
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This story is EXTREMELY carefully worded to let the reader know what is thought to have happened without saying what it is that is alleged to have occurred …
Electoral fraud complaint filed with police, claims vote papers stolen from letterboxes
Complaints made about alleged vote-stealing from Papatoetoe letterboxes.
www.nzherald.co.nz
October 16, 2025 at 7:15 AM
This story is EXTREMELY carefully worded to let the reader know what is thought to have happened without saying what it is that is alleged to have occurred …
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YAML is weird. And not in a good way
That’s why I maintain Ruby Schema, a collection of config schemas for the Ruby community.
Our i18n schema prevents this boolean problem, helping the YAML LSP show errors.
github.com/yippee-fun/r...
That’s why I maintain Ruby Schema, a collection of config schemas for the Ruby community.
Our i18n schema prevents this boolean problem, helping the YAML LSP show errors.
github.com/yippee-fun/r...
Ruby on Rails uses the gem psych to load the YAML files for locales transforming values like Yes/No, yes/no, YES/NO, On/Off, on/off, ON/OFF to be converted to booleans as defined in YAML v1.1
October 15, 2025 at 11:52 AM
YAML is weird. And not in a good way
That’s why I maintain Ruby Schema, a collection of config schemas for the Ruby community.
Our i18n schema prevents this boolean problem, helping the YAML LSP show errors.
github.com/yippee-fun/r...
That’s why I maintain Ruby Schema, a collection of config schemas for the Ruby community.
Our i18n schema prevents this boolean problem, helping the YAML LSP show errors.
github.com/yippee-fun/r...