JD
@jed-82.bsky.social
Not that JD.
Intolerant of intolerance, unfairness and bad grammar.
Intolerant of intolerance, unfairness and bad grammar.
The thing I am most looking forward to about the Winter Olympics is the Norwegian curling team's pants. I hope they don't disappoint. The world really needs some crazy pants right now.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/f...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/f...
Norway's curlers and their incredible Winter Olympic trousers – ranked
The Norwegian men’s curling team have become notorious for appearing in outlandish trouser designs. We look at some of the highlights
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 10:03 PM
The thing I am most looking forward to about the Winter Olympics is the Norwegian curling team's pants. I hope they don't disappoint. The world really needs some crazy pants right now.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/f...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/f...
You know you're back in NZ when your grocery bill makes you want to cry. But: helloooo stonefruit season! I've missed you, especially now that citrus fruit is off the menu because it's all American, and apples have ceased to exist.
January 29, 2026 at 2:53 AM
You know you're back in NZ when your grocery bill makes you want to cry. But: helloooo stonefruit season! I've missed you, especially now that citrus fruit is off the menu because it's all American, and apples have ceased to exist.
My husband has set the Waze satnav voice to a dog that pants and woofs at the end of every instruction, and I'm just done. Enough is enough. Humans need to relinquish planetary control to a more intelligent species. Maybe dung beetles.
January 19, 2026 at 10:20 AM
My husband has set the Waze satnav voice to a dog that pants and woofs at the end of every instruction, and I'm just done. Enough is enough. Humans need to relinquish planetary control to a more intelligent species. Maybe dung beetles.
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Trump may be the beginning of the end for ‘enshittification’ – this is our chance to make tech good again | Cory Doctorow
Trump may be the beginning of the end for ‘enshittification’ – this is our chance to make tech good again | Cory Doctorow
The US president is weaponising tech, but his tariffs and Brexit provide a surprising opportunity to gain back digital control of our lives, says science fiction author, activist and journalist Cory Doctorow
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Trump may be the beginning of the end for ‘enshittification’ – this is our chance to make tech good again | Cory Doctorow
I guess this is what counts as good news in 2026.
January 6, 2026 at 7:20 PM
I guess this is what counts as good news in 2026.
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Yes, hello? I don’t think 2026 is working properly. I’d like to cancel my free 5 day trial please.
January 4, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Yes, hello? I don’t think 2026 is working properly. I’d like to cancel my free 5 day trial please.
National: NO
Couldn't have put it better myself.
Couldn't have put it better myself.
November 18, 2025 at 8:31 PM
National: NO
Couldn't have put it better myself.
Couldn't have put it better myself.
So Bluesky has a setting to hide rude posts from your feed - as if that's not what we're really all here for - but not one to hide posts about massive f'ing spiders? Can I bill them next time I fling my phone across the room and break it?
November 9, 2025 at 8:16 AM
So Bluesky has a setting to hide rude posts from your feed - as if that's not what we're really all here for - but not one to hide posts about massive f'ing spiders? Can I bill them next time I fling my phone across the room and break it?
That was a decent earthquake near Wellington. Glad my phone told me I "might have felt shaking". Really? I never would have guessed from the earth-deep rumble and the walls creaking. That was a long one.
November 6, 2025 at 8:18 AM
That was a decent earthquake near Wellington. Glad my phone told me I "might have felt shaking". Really? I never would have guessed from the earth-deep rumble and the walls creaking. That was a long one.
My family really don't take my arachnophobia seriously at Halloween.
October 31, 2025 at 2:54 AM
My family really don't take my arachnophobia seriously at Halloween.
I'm disgusted that my country no longer has the ability to stand up for what is right.
And I'm disgusted that New Zealanders were kept in the dark until now about what position this appalling government chose to take on our behalf on the issue of Palestinian statehood.
I'm furious and ashamed.
And I'm disgusted that New Zealanders were kept in the dark until now about what position this appalling government chose to take on our behalf on the issue of Palestinian statehood.
I'm furious and ashamed.
September 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I'm disgusted that my country no longer has the ability to stand up for what is right.
And I'm disgusted that New Zealanders were kept in the dark until now about what position this appalling government chose to take on our behalf on the issue of Palestinian statehood.
I'm furious and ashamed.
And I'm disgusted that New Zealanders were kept in the dark until now about what position this appalling government chose to take on our behalf on the issue of Palestinian statehood.
I'm furious and ashamed.
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It shouldn’t be considered far left to believe in decency & democracy.
September 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
It shouldn’t be considered far left to believe in decency & democracy.
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So the guy who wants the Nobel Peace Prize and claims to end wars wants to call the DoD the War Department?
Mmmkay.
Mmmkay.
August 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
So the guy who wants the Nobel Peace Prize and claims to end wars wants to call the DoD the War Department?
Mmmkay.
Mmmkay.
Seriously? He skipped a call with global leaders about Ukraine because he didn't want to get up at 1am? What is the point of him?
If he fell asleep in parliament I'm not sure anyone would notice anyway.
If he fell asleep in parliament I'm not sure anyone would notice anyway.
'It was 1am in the morning': Luxon skips Ukraine call due to bad time zone
The PM, no stranger to long days, did not stay up for the call.
www.nzherald.co.nz
August 18, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Seriously? He skipped a call with global leaders about Ukraine because he didn't want to get up at 1am? What is the point of him?
If he fell asleep in parliament I'm not sure anyone would notice anyway.
If he fell asleep in parliament I'm not sure anyone would notice anyway.
You know how we wouldn't deal with those possums? By systematically starving them and bombing their homes and hospitals. We would see that as appalling, indefensible animal cruelty.
‘Your deadliest enemy is a possum’: NZ has no idea, Israeli minister says after Luxon’s ‘lost the plot’ line
An Israeli minister said New Zealand’s biggest threat was “a possum”, while Israel faced “a jihadist death cult”.
www.stuff.co.nz
August 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
You know how we wouldn't deal with those possums? By systematically starving them and bombing their homes and hospitals. We would see that as appalling, indefensible animal cruelty.
My thoughts on the 15% tariffs on NZ: Trump's brain is like a lotto ball tumbler. The number will change depending on what falls out of his mouth on any given day. Trying to make a fair deal with him would be like opening an umbrella in a Wellington northerly: a failure you should have anticipated.
August 1, 2025 at 2:47 AM
My thoughts on the 15% tariffs on NZ: Trump's brain is like a lotto ball tumbler. The number will change depending on what falls out of his mouth on any given day. Trying to make a fair deal with him would be like opening an umbrella in a Wellington northerly: a failure you should have anticipated.
I dithered over this headline for a good 3 seconds before I decided I had to know what was so traumatic about it, and what the hell fart spray is.
Well, I was not disappointed. If you want to laugh-snort the words "what?!" and "why!?" repeatedly, this is the article for you.
Well, I was not disappointed. If you want to laugh-snort the words "what?!" and "why!?" repeatedly, this is the article for you.
Australian man jailed over ‘traumatic’ Bunnings fart spray prank
Paul Andrew Hart, 52, admitted to taking the chilli spray to the Northam Bunnings store when he attended with a friend and his son on the Anzac Day public holiday last year.
www.stuff.co.nz
July 22, 2025 at 10:03 AM
I dithered over this headline for a good 3 seconds before I decided I had to know what was so traumatic about it, and what the hell fart spray is.
Well, I was not disappointed. If you want to laugh-snort the words "what?!" and "why!?" repeatedly, this is the article for you.
Well, I was not disappointed. If you want to laugh-snort the words "what?!" and "why!?" repeatedly, this is the article for you.
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When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
July 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
One of my favourite movies ever. I still quote it all the time. If I hear the words Marvin the Martian or Pismo Beach, I immediately think of Clueless. Does knowing it's 30 years old make me feel ancient? As if!
‘The entire industry said no’: the story behind seminal teen comedy Clueless at 30
Amy Heckerling, Alicia Silverstone and more involved with the defining 1995 movie talk about their memories of making a film that Hollywood kept passing on
www.theguardian.com
July 20, 2025 at 4:35 AM
One of my favourite movies ever. I still quote it all the time. If I hear the words Marvin the Martian or Pismo Beach, I immediately think of Clueless. Does knowing it's 30 years old make me feel ancient? As if!
No.
It’s 12ft tall, covered in feathers and has been extinct for 600 years – can the giant moa bird really be resurrected?
It’s 12ft tall, covered in feathers and has been extinct for 600 years – can the giant moa bird really be resurrected?
Colossal Bioscience is adding the extinct animal to its revival wishlist, joining the woolly mammoth, dodo and thylacine. But scepticism is growing
www.theguardian.com
July 15, 2025 at 12:49 AM
No.
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Superman is the story of an immigrant who grew up in Kansas, landed a low-paying job as a reporter in Metropolis, and still had time for a hobby because urban housing was affordable.
July 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Superman is the story of an immigrant who grew up in Kansas, landed a low-paying job as a reporter in Metropolis, and still had time for a hobby because urban housing was affordable.
Insanely amazing or absolute filth? I'll let you know.
July 11, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Insanely amazing or absolute filth? I'll let you know.
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Republicans don't believe in the separation of Church and State.
They do, however, believe in the separation of Jesus and Christianity.
They do, however, believe in the separation of Jesus and Christianity.
July 4, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Republicans don't believe in the separation of Church and State.
They do, however, believe in the separation of Jesus and Christianity.
They do, however, believe in the separation of Jesus and Christianity.
Winston Peters, NZ Foreign Minister, says Israel/USA/Iran is the most serious situation he's ever been around for. Since he's been in politics for about 300 years, it must be BAD.
June 22, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Winston Peters, NZ Foreign Minister, says Israel/USA/Iran is the most serious situation he's ever been around for. Since he's been in politics for about 300 years, it must be BAD.