jimjam
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To the cyclists who shout at me, try to stop me and interrogate me - why does my lack of helmet make you SO angry?
I am not asking for your opinions/argument on bike helmets - I already know them - I just want to know why you are so angry that you become aggressive towards a stranger in public.
I am not asking for your opinions/argument on bike helmets - I already know them - I just want to know why you are so angry that you become aggressive towards a stranger in public.
January 15, 2026 at 9:57 PM
To the cyclists who shout at me, try to stop me and interrogate me - why does my lack of helmet make you SO angry?
I am not asking for your opinions/argument on bike helmets - I already know them - I just want to know why you are so angry that you become aggressive towards a stranger in public.
I am not asking for your opinions/argument on bike helmets - I already know them - I just want to know why you are so angry that you become aggressive towards a stranger in public.
Very vindicating to my brain saying ‘the sun looks weird through those clouds”
The smoke from the fires in Australia has reached the south island east coast in the last few minutes, the light has changed and it's eerie.
January 10, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Very vindicating to my brain saying ‘the sun looks weird through those clouds”
If you’re pissed about your highly sensitive health and personal (address, phone number, passport number etc) information being stolen and sold then you should be. No one takes this seriously in NZ and a major factor is our piss weak privacy legislation. Contact your MP. 1/5
December 31, 2025 at 7:35 PM
If you’re pissed about your highly sensitive health and personal (address, phone number, passport number etc) information being stolen and sold then you should be. No one takes this seriously in NZ and a major factor is our piss weak privacy legislation. Contact your MP. 1/5
Zeros cafe is popular with a certain demographic
December 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Zeros cafe is popular with a certain demographic
So the only thing I really had interest in about IKEA coming to nz was access to affordable zigbee lightbulbs and they seem to not have any TRÅDFRI bulbs, just some LED light controller :(
Compare with au: www.ikea.com/au/en/search...
I thought maybe compliance delay but we have TTMRA.
Compare with au: www.ikea.com/au/en/search...
I thought maybe compliance delay but we have TTMRA.
December 13, 2025 at 7:57 PM
So the only thing I really had interest in about IKEA coming to nz was access to affordable zigbee lightbulbs and they seem to not have any TRÅDFRI bulbs, just some LED light controller :(
Compare with au: www.ikea.com/au/en/search...
I thought maybe compliance delay but we have TTMRA.
Compare with au: www.ikea.com/au/en/search...
I thought maybe compliance delay but we have TTMRA.
Does this apply for those of us naughty enough to already be ineligible for ESTA and have 10 year holiday visas?
well i guess im never going back to the US.
altho...maybe an appeal to Vance on a couch-love basis?
www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
altho...maybe an appeal to Vance on a couch-love basis?
www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
US plans to order foreign tourists, including Australians, Kiwis, to disclose social media histories
The US government is ramping up curbs on entering the country.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Does this apply for those of us naughty enough to already be ineligible for ESTA and have 10 year holiday visas?
Just like shared paths - anything as long as we don’t disrupt cars - just have cyclists and pedestrians fight it out.
It can feel like “chaos” but could bike-plus-pedestrian crossings be a gamechanger for Auckland’s intersections?
https://www.bikeauckland.org.nz/news/bikes-mix-with-people-on-foot-at-crossings-in-trial-at-three-high-efficiency-crossings/
#barnesdance
#urbandesign
https://www.bikeauckland.org.nz/news/bikes-mix-with-people-on-foot-at-crossings-in-trial-at-three-high-efficiency-crossings/
#barnesdance
#urbandesign
December 9, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Just like shared paths - anything as long as we don’t disrupt cars - just have cyclists and pedestrians fight it out.
Perfect temperature for standing outside looking at clouds
November 27, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Perfect temperature for standing outside looking at clouds
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A fur seal has delighted Christchurch passersby by finding lunch in a suburban neighbourhood - kilometres from the coast.
Residents did a double-take as the NZ fur seal feasted on an eel in the Ōpāwaho Heathcote River in St Martins.
“They can really pop up anywhere if there’s water they can…
Residents did a double-take as the NZ fur seal feasted on an eel in the Ōpāwaho Heathcote River in St Martins.
“They can really pop up anywhere if there’s water they can…
November 24, 2025 at 2:03 AM
A fur seal has delighted Christchurch passersby by finding lunch in a suburban neighbourhood - kilometres from the coast.
Residents did a double-take as the NZ fur seal feasted on an eel in the Ōpāwaho Heathcote River in St Martins.
“They can really pop up anywhere if there’s water they can…
Residents did a double-take as the NZ fur seal feasted on an eel in the Ōpāwaho Heathcote River in St Martins.
“They can really pop up anywhere if there’s water they can…
November 11, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The last unprotected section of my commute, gone!
Great to see the connection along Antigua Street, alongside Parakiore, completed 🚲🎉🫶
November 8, 2025 at 7:31 AM
The last unprotected section of my commute, gone!
Ah this must be the reason - it’s not that I’m deeply uncool and have nothing interesting to say - I’m just being punished by big algorithm!
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Ah this must be the reason - it’s not that I’m deeply uncool and have nothing interesting to say - I’m just being punished by big algorithm!
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#BREAKING #TicketingNews: Metro Canterbury has announced that, from November 10, the Motu Move contactless payment system will go live across all Metro buses and ferries.
Passengers will be able to tag on with debit or credit card, phone, or smartwatch to pay for standard adult fares
Passengers will be able to tag on with debit or credit card, phone, or smartwatch to pay for standard adult fares
October 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
#BREAKING #TicketingNews: Metro Canterbury has announced that, from November 10, the Motu Move contactless payment system will go live across all Metro buses and ferries.
Passengers will be able to tag on with debit or credit card, phone, or smartwatch to pay for standard adult fares
Passengers will be able to tag on with debit or credit card, phone, or smartwatch to pay for standard adult fares
I don't know how you wasted your weekend but wasted mine building a ramp for my bike garage and refactored my weather summary page to load about 27x faster (god damn stupid slow garbage metservice app)
October 19, 2025 at 8:42 AM
I don't know how you wasted your weekend but wasted mine building a ramp for my bike garage and refactored my weather summary page to load about 27x faster (god damn stupid slow garbage metservice app)
Mine’s quite location specific, so no gifs for it
October 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Mine’s quite location specific, so no gifs for it
(Note: Time does not include train delays)
October 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
(Note: Time does not include train delays)
I think about these at least once a week
October 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I think about these at least once a week
My 5 year old manages just fine, I didn't even realise they were talking about these books as it was all so ... innocuous. We spend MUCH more time on the many stupidities of english than the pronunciation of a handful of (frequently reused) Māori words
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"Too difficult" is code for "I refuse to try." It's not pedagogy; it's avoidance dressed up as concern. Let's stop pretending this is about children and discuss it as adult policy choices.
August 14, 2025 at 1:58 AM
My 5 year old manages just fine, I didn't even realise they were talking about these books as it was all so ... innocuous. We spend MUCH more time on the many stupidities of english than the pronunciation of a handful of (frequently reused) Māori words
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Govt using my kids school for politiking grosses me out, but more so when their culture war bullshit is so opposed to the things I love about the school - massive% (huge, like the vast vast majority) arrive on bike and foot plus a strong integration of Tikanga and Te Reo Māori
August 6, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Govt using my kids school for politiking grosses me out, but more so when their culture war bullshit is so opposed to the things I love about the school - massive% (huge, like the vast vast majority) arrive on bike and foot plus a strong integration of Tikanga and Te Reo Māori
Overpriced apartments fill of grumpy boomers won’t solve our housing issues. Why nz can only build either unworkably small or overpriced apartments will always baffle me. It was cheaper to buy a city fringe villa than an apartment we could fit us and a kid in. Madness.
First render of Precinct Properties proposed Wynyard West development, which is expected to see ~200 apartments built adjacent to Silo Park and overlooking Westhaven Marina and the Auckland Harbour Bridge.
June 25, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Overpriced apartments fill of grumpy boomers won’t solve our housing issues. Why nz can only build either unworkably small or overpriced apartments will always baffle me. It was cheaper to buy a city fringe villa than an apartment we could fit us and a kid in. Madness.
Does anyone have a good doctor in Christchurch familiar with ADHD treatment? (preferably central or south of the city!). Im still being treated by AKL based psych+GP as I’m worried about lectures, but would be better to have a local GP for when I’m sick (and to talk about changes to treatment!)
It won't be all doctors or nurses – I asked my otherwise cool new GP about changing meds on the basis of my existing special authority recently and got a lecture like I was a drug-seeker, which was irritating. But it will mean treatment is far more accessible and affordable.
June 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Does anyone have a good doctor in Christchurch familiar with ADHD treatment? (preferably central or south of the city!). Im still being treated by AKL based psych+GP as I’m worried about lectures, but would be better to have a local GP for when I’m sick (and to talk about changes to treatment!)