David Lormans
@dlormans.bsky.social
Old fart from Gore, NZ. Into doom scrolling, photography & videography, collecting movies on physical media, and computers. Married to Gayle and dad to three boys who are no longer small, two gorgeous doggies and a cat.
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Luxon is still not back at work?! What the actual fuck. Bro gets paid half a million dollars of taxpayer money EVERY YEAR.
January 15, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Luxon is still not back at work?! What the actual fuck. Bro gets paid half a million dollars of taxpayer money EVERY YEAR.
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Both of my dogs bark all the time. But, the sheltie gets top honors. I can’t sneeze, talk on the phone, clean, do anything in the kitchen...it goes on.
January 13, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Both of my dogs bark all the time. But, the sheltie gets top honors. I can’t sneeze, talk on the phone, clean, do anything in the kitchen...it goes on.
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Rest in piss Erich Von Daniken. Racist pseudoscience charlatan and a model for every flat earth, tartaria, Atlantis etc shithead who came after him
Erich Von Däniken has died.
A major influence on pseudoarchaeology and conspiracy theory in the U.S., many people are still unaware of the antisemitic and literal Nazi background to this flavor of "ancient astronaut" stuff.
A major influence on pseudoarchaeology and conspiracy theory in the U.S., many people are still unaware of the antisemitic and literal Nazi background to this flavor of "ancient astronaut" stuff.
January 12, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Rest in piss Erich Von Daniken. Racist pseudoscience charlatan and a model for every flat earth, tartaria, Atlantis etc shithead who came after him
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Vale Tim Shadbolt
There’ll be plenty of time to consider his complicated legacy, as a person & as a politician.
But growing up in 1990s Invercargill was bloody grim.
You cannot underestimate the value of the civic pride he built, in a community that had been treated as a punchline.
Rest easy.
There’ll be plenty of time to consider his complicated legacy, as a person & as a politician.
But growing up in 1990s Invercargill was bloody grim.
You cannot underestimate the value of the civic pride he built, in a community that had been treated as a punchline.
Rest easy.
January 8, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Vale Tim Shadbolt
There’ll be plenty of time to consider his complicated legacy, as a person & as a politician.
But growing up in 1990s Invercargill was bloody grim.
You cannot underestimate the value of the civic pride he built, in a community that had been treated as a punchline.
Rest easy.
There’ll be plenty of time to consider his complicated legacy, as a person & as a politician.
But growing up in 1990s Invercargill was bloody grim.
You cannot underestimate the value of the civic pride he built, in a community that had been treated as a punchline.
Rest easy.
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One of the coolest photos ever taken in New Zealand. RIP a true original.
January 8, 2026 at 3:57 AM
One of the coolest photos ever taken in New Zealand. RIP a true original.
Sir Tim Shadbolt was mostly a very positive mayor of Invercargill. RIP
January 8, 2026 at 3:59 AM
Sir Tim Shadbolt was mostly a very positive mayor of Invercargill. RIP
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Regarding the Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, “you do not, under any circumstances, gotta hand it to him” but it does take a special level of hypocrite to shit on long summer holidays and WFH only to be MIA during the biggest international incident of his tenure and then claim he is WFH.
January 8, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Regarding the Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, “you do not, under any circumstances, gotta hand it to him” but it does take a special level of hypocrite to shit on long summer holidays and WFH only to be MIA during the biggest international incident of his tenure and then claim he is WFH.
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Renee Good was peacefully sitting in her car.
Ashli Babbitt was aggressively lunging at a police officer in a threatening way.
Guess which one conservatives think had it coming when she got shot?
They don't even try to be coherent, much less principled.
Ashli Babbitt was aggressively lunging at a police officer in a threatening way.
Guess which one conservatives think had it coming when she got shot?
They don't even try to be coherent, much less principled.
January 8, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Renee Good was peacefully sitting in her car.
Ashli Babbitt was aggressively lunging at a police officer in a threatening way.
Guess which one conservatives think had it coming when she got shot?
They don't even try to be coherent, much less principled.
Ashli Babbitt was aggressively lunging at a police officer in a threatening way.
Guess which one conservatives think had it coming when she got shot?
They don't even try to be coherent, much less principled.
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New Zealand’s privacy watchdog and Manage My Health were both warned of security issues with the Manage My Health platform six months before hackers would hold patients' private health data as ransom.
Manage My Health, Privacy Commissioner warned of security risks six months ago
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January 7, 2026 at 5:46 AM
New Zealand’s privacy watchdog and Manage My Health were both warned of security issues with the Manage My Health platform six months before hackers would hold patients' private health data as ransom.
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Missing PM update. Spotted this evening on Onetangi ((Waiheke) not back at work.
I saluted him with a single finger and he responded with a thumbs up. Knob.
I saluted him with a single finger and he responded with a thumbs up. Knob.
January 7, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Missing PM update. Spotted this evening on Onetangi ((Waiheke) not back at work.
I saluted him with a single finger and he responded with a thumbs up. Knob.
I saluted him with a single finger and he responded with a thumbs up. Knob.
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That was on the 4th. It's now the 7th - and there's still nothing from Luxon about Venezuela or the slowly building Manage My Health debacle. And nothing from his staff to explain his absence or let us know who's in charge in the meantime.
#nzpol
#nzpol
There's a lot going on here. An entirely absent PM and the entirety of our public response so far being a post on Twitter from the foreign minister - a post which doesn't even mention the US by name.
Just incredibly haphazard and lackadaisical.
#nzpol
Just incredibly haphazard and lackadaisical.
#nzpol
Our absent PM everybody:
January 7, 2026 at 12:53 AM
That was on the 4th. It's now the 7th - and there's still nothing from Luxon about Venezuela or the slowly building Manage My Health debacle. And nothing from his staff to explain his absence or let us know who's in charge in the meantime.
#nzpol
#nzpol
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🎯"Your elected president is a megalomaniac dictator and it's your fucking responsibility to stop him."
January 5, 2026 at 11:31 PM
🎯"Your elected president is a megalomaniac dictator and it's your fucking responsibility to stop him."
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Béla Tarr visiting a store in Peru selling pirated DVDs and posing with the owner and bootlegs of his own work, one of the realest ones, RIP
January 6, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Béla Tarr visiting a store in Peru selling pirated DVDs and posing with the owner and bootlegs of his own work, one of the realest ones, RIP
The news that Béla Tarr has died is almost as depressing as one of his movies! RIP to a most singular artist.
January 6, 2026 at 7:49 PM
The news that Béla Tarr has died is almost as depressing as one of his movies! RIP to a most singular artist.
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US law is not International law.
US law is not International law.
US law is not International law.
US law is not International law.
US law is not International law.
US law is not International law.
US law is not International law.
US law is not International law.
They have no jurisdiction.
US law is not International law.
US law is not International law.
US law is not International law.
US law is not International law.
US law is not International law.
US law is not International law.
US law is not International law.
They have no jurisdiction.
January 6, 2026 at 3:30 AM
US law is not International law.
US law is not International law.
US law is not International law.
US law is not International law.
US law is not International law.
US law is not International law.
US law is not International law.
US law is not International law.
They have no jurisdiction.
US law is not International law.
US law is not International law.
US law is not International law.
US law is not International law.
US law is not International law.
US law is not International law.
US law is not International law.
They have no jurisdiction.
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Simeon Brown is like Malcolm Tucker without the charm & certainly not the intelligence.
This has happened on Simeon's watch, the buck has to stop with his resignation - nothing less will suffice.
This has happened on Simeon's watch, the buck has to stop with his resignation - nothing less will suffice.
A new press release from ManageMyHealth has gone out.
It appears to contain an apology and announcement of a High Court injunction on accessing any files released as part of this incident.
No hard ETA on comms beyond "this week"
managemyhealth.co.nz/mmh-cyber-br...
Apologies, wrong link before
It appears to contain an apology and announcement of a High Court injunction on accessing any files released as part of this incident.
No hard ETA on comms beyond "this week"
managemyhealth.co.nz/mmh-cyber-br...
Apologies, wrong link before
MMH Cyber Breach Update 5 January 2026 | Manage My Health
Further to our 3 January 2026 update regarding the cyber security incident we were notified of on 30 December 2025, Manage My Health provides the following
managemyhealth.co.nz
January 5, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Simeon Brown is like Malcolm Tucker without the charm & certainly not the intelligence.
This has happened on Simeon's watch, the buck has to stop with his resignation - nothing less will suffice.
This has happened on Simeon's watch, the buck has to stop with his resignation - nothing less will suffice.
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January 5, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Uhh, that seems quite cold, Castlepoint. U OK?
January 5, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Uhh, that seems quite cold, Castlepoint. U OK?
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remembering how to be a person after the holidays
January 4, 2026 at 11:29 PM
remembering how to be a person after the holidays
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Still no Luxon? Weird, thought he'd be back at work by now...even my local charity shops are all open again and back at it, but no word of the PM...
January 5, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Still no Luxon? Weird, thought he'd be back at work by now...even my local charity shops are all open again and back at it, but no word of the PM...
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"The Prime Minister remains the least popular elected leader in our political history at this point in a first term"
Can't believe Labour have done this to Luxon
Can't believe Labour have done this to Luxon
January 4, 2026 at 11:40 PM
"The Prime Minister remains the least popular elected leader in our political history at this point in a first term"
Can't believe Labour have done this to Luxon
Can't believe Labour have done this to Luxon
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"Go check out the site with AI child porn" - The NZ government
January 4, 2026 at 6:30 PM
"Go check out the site with AI child porn" - The NZ government
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Where’s the Minister of Health? This isn’t only on HealthNZ, underfunding by the Government is an ongoing issue so why wasn’t the Minster asked to explain/comment? #nzpol
Woman waited 11 hours at Wellington Hospital's emergency department, was not seen by doctor www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Woman waited 11 hours at Wellington Hospital's emergency department, was not seen by doctor www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Woman waited 11 hours at Wellington Hospital's emergency department, was not seen by doctor
"I was in pain," she says, after being left afraid, upset and frustrated by a lengthy wait at Wellington Hospital.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 4, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Where’s the Minister of Health? This isn’t only on HealthNZ, underfunding by the Government is an ongoing issue so why wasn’t the Minster asked to explain/comment? #nzpol
Woman waited 11 hours at Wellington Hospital's emergency department, was not seen by doctor www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Woman waited 11 hours at Wellington Hospital's emergency department, was not seen by doctor www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...