Quentin McDonald
@dqmcd.bsky.social
Ōtautahi/Christchurch He/Him
Aka Q
Toitū te Tiriti
Otherwise I am probably not the droid you are looking for.
Aka Q
Toitū te Tiriti
Otherwise I am probably not the droid you are looking for.
You’ll be able to apologise in person because they will call you regularly from now until the heat death of the universe.
Fine with their mission but their fundraising is dubious imo.
Fine with their mission but their fundraising is dubious imo.
November 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
You’ll be able to apologise in person because they will call you regularly from now until the heat death of the universe.
Fine with their mission but their fundraising is dubious imo.
Fine with their mission but their fundraising is dubious imo.
A friend speaks very highly of the overlocker available at Tūranga. No word on whether they have firewood but I suppose once we enter the book-burning era we seem to be heading towards...
November 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A friend speaks very highly of the overlocker available at Tūranga. No word on whether they have firewood but I suppose once we enter the book-burning era we seem to be heading towards...
Have used CityHop for cargo van recently ( and again this coming weekend). The app worked fine. Not so much going carless but certainly going tow-bar-less in my case.
November 19, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Have used CityHop for cargo van recently ( and again this coming weekend). The app worked fine. Not so much going carless but certainly going tow-bar-less in my case.
Sort of like the Stephenson/Gibson cyberpunk vision but way stoopider.
November 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Sort of like the Stephenson/Gibson cyberpunk vision but way stoopider.
Or were we just too young to know otherwise?
November 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Or were we just too young to know otherwise?
From a ship! First I’ve heard of that one.
November 18, 2025 at 12:51 AM
From a ship! First I’ve heard of that one.
We are likely at the maximum of Solar Cycle 25 but it will decline slowly over the next few years. There may well still be some big events to come.
November 13, 2025 at 9:53 PM
We are likely at the maximum of Solar Cycle 25 but it will decline slowly over the next few years. There may well still be some big events to come.
If you've ever tried to sell anything on an auction site then you get some sense of the issue from all the "what colour is your blue bike?"-type questions.
November 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
If you've ever tried to sell anything on an auction site then you get some sense of the issue from all the "what colour is your blue bike?"-type questions.
I think there's not a good understanding of MMP. As if perhaps voting Green might "defeat" Labour and let National in.
Also this idea we must even have a Labour party as the major left party until the end of time. Parties do come and go (see the UK).
Also this idea we must even have a Labour party as the major left party until the end of time. Parties do come and go (see the UK).
November 11, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I think there's not a good understanding of MMP. As if perhaps voting Green might "defeat" Labour and let National in.
Also this idea we must even have a Labour party as the major left party until the end of time. Parties do come and go (see the UK).
Also this idea we must even have a Labour party as the major left party until the end of time. Parties do come and go (see the UK).
From all available evidence I don't think Chuck Schumer understands the Chuck Schumer thing.
November 10, 2025 at 7:35 AM
From all available evidence I don't think Chuck Schumer understands the Chuck Schumer thing.
This is an excellent read. Sadly perhaps our "No. 8 wire" attempt to do things on the cheap falters when faced with the hard reality of space.
Do we know the mean rate of failure of comparable satellites? Sounds like a project with some level of risk even when done better.
Do we know the mean rate of failure of comparable satellites? Sounds like a project with some level of risk even when done better.
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
This is an excellent read. Sadly perhaps our "No. 8 wire" attempt to do things on the cheap falters when faced with the hard reality of space.
Do we know the mean rate of failure of comparable satellites? Sounds like a project with some level of risk even when done better.
Do we know the mean rate of failure of comparable satellites? Sounds like a project with some level of risk even when done better.
I suspect psychologically it's politically advantageous to give people something *tangible* that serves of a constant reminder of Govt. largesse.
cf "Gold Card"
cf "Gold Card"
November 6, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I suspect psychologically it's politically advantageous to give people something *tangible* that serves of a constant reminder of Govt. largesse.
cf "Gold Card"
cf "Gold Card"
That will be the end of a quiet night in the snug, mark my words.
November 3, 2025 at 9:28 AM
That will be the end of a quiet night in the snug, mark my words.
Many, many years ago there was a National MP who proposed axing the airport fire services “because they’d never saved a life”.
They just have no imagination.
They just have no imagination.
November 3, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Many, many years ago there was a National MP who proposed axing the airport fire services “because they’d never saved a life”.
They just have no imagination.
They just have no imagination.
I got up a ladder , full stretch like a nightmare from an ACC ad, to "rescue" our previous cat Boris from the crook of our very large cabbage tree. Many times after that I saw him nimbly climb down from that point. I think he just wanted to see me climb up to him one time.
November 3, 2025 at 7:23 AM
I got up a ladder , full stretch like a nightmare from an ACC ad, to "rescue" our previous cat Boris from the crook of our very large cabbage tree. Many times after that I saw him nimbly climb down from that point. I think he just wanted to see me climb up to him one time.
Great job.
That section on "Right Wing Criticism"... 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
(no reflection on the author of course). "Racist criticism" might have worked just as well.
That section on "Right Wing Criticism"... 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
(no reflection on the author of course). "Racist criticism" might have worked just as well.
October 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Great job.
That section on "Right Wing Criticism"... 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
(no reflection on the author of course). "Racist criticism" might have worked just as well.
That section on "Right Wing Criticism"... 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
(no reflection on the author of course). "Racist criticism" might have worked just as well.
Beautiful! Thanks for the implicit suggestion of an account to follow. Been starved since @floatingworlds.bsky.social stopped posting.
October 30, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Beautiful! Thanks for the implicit suggestion of an account to follow. Been starved since @floatingworlds.bsky.social stopped posting.
Agree totally and hopefully there’s sufficient ethnic diversity in NYC for this to be laughed at. Also if this is the level of “gotcha” they have on him he’s not doing too badly.
October 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Agree totally and hopefully there’s sufficient ethnic diversity in NYC for this to be laughed at. Also if this is the level of “gotcha” they have on him he’s not doing too badly.
I was playing Part 2 at volume last night while making dinner and Mr 20 comes in and tries to mock me for listening to "old school" Devo.
Hah, jokes on him. I was proud to say it's a brand new album from a talented young Ao/NZ artist that he'd never heard of.
Hah, jokes on him. I was proud to say it's a brand new album from a talented young Ao/NZ artist that he'd never heard of.
October 28, 2025 at 5:06 AM
I was playing Part 2 at volume last night while making dinner and Mr 20 comes in and tries to mock me for listening to "old school" Devo.
Hah, jokes on him. I was proud to say it's a brand new album from a talented young Ao/NZ artist that he'd never heard of.
Hah, jokes on him. I was proud to say it's a brand new album from a talented young Ao/NZ artist that he'd never heard of.