Kent Duston
@kentduston.bsky.social
Walking the fine line between cool and dorky in Aotearoa New Zealand. Also: left-leaning neurodiverse ADHD Boomer, tangata Tiriti, LGBTQIA+ ally, spending my professional life working on wellbeing - and Toitū te Tiriti, dammit
Do the safety videos include the clear and present dangers from consuming the results, even in the absence of burning the house down during the process?
November 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Do the safety videos include the clear and present dangers from consuming the results, even in the absence of burning the house down during the process?
Also: one of the major industrial uses for cobalt is in the catalytic cracking towers of oil refineries, which are used to distill diesel from petrol and fuel the vehicles that are destroying the planet
November 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Also: one of the major industrial uses for cobalt is in the catalytic cracking towers of oil refineries, which are used to distill diesel from petrol and fuel the vehicles that are destroying the planet
Also: the rapacious profit extraction of the Aussie-owned banks is blunting RBNZ’s forlorn hope in the OCR reductions. As it stands, the net interest margin for the banks is now higher than the OCR and ANZ has tried to wave away further rate reductions, so there’s little salvation from the banks
November 23, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Also: the rapacious profit extraction of the Aussie-owned banks is blunting RBNZ’s forlorn hope in the OCR reductions. As it stands, the net interest margin for the banks is now higher than the OCR and ANZ has tried to wave away further rate reductions, so there’s little salvation from the banks
This may be true, but people who are still buying ICEs still can’t do maths … they’re just re-buying their habits and prejudices. So simple headline figures like mine work - along with telling all the devoted petrol-heads that their cars are really slow
November 23, 2025 at 6:08 AM
This may be true, but people who are still buying ICEs still can’t do maths … they’re just re-buying their habits and prejudices. So simple headline figures like mine work - along with telling all the devoted petrol-heads that their cars are really slow
ICE cars are marketed at people who can’t do maths
November 23, 2025 at 4:39 AM
ICE cars are marketed at people who can’t do maths
I tend to just nod and smile in those circumstances, and after they wind down a little I toss in “costs me $4 to drive 100km in my EV …” and watch their brain stall
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I tend to just nod and smile in those circumstances, and after they wind down a little I toss in “costs me $4 to drive 100km in my EV …” and watch their brain stall
At least we can be reassured neither the Ministry of Health nor its Minister will be influenced in the slightest by the high quality evidence in the study, and will continue to cling to our archaic and damaging drug policies at all costs
November 23, 2025 at 3:46 AM
At least we can be reassured neither the Ministry of Health nor its Minister will be influenced in the slightest by the high quality evidence in the study, and will continue to cling to our archaic and damaging drug policies at all costs
As I recall, the climb to Evans Pass from the Lyttleton side is longer and therefore gentler than from the Sumner side. But I’m old and my memory is a bit shit, so don’t take my word for it
November 22, 2025 at 11:43 PM
As I recall, the climb to Evans Pass from the Lyttleton side is longer and therefore gentler than from the Sumner side. But I’m old and my memory is a bit shit, so don’t take my word for it
Thanks for your mahi and your persistence, Paula
November 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Thanks for your mahi and your persistence, Paula
This is the route to take. The Evans Pass climb is steep but not brutal
November 22, 2025 at 5:33 AM
This is the route to take. The Evans Pass climb is steep but not brutal
I wonder what the APA referencing is for a skeet … and whether Morgan has used the word ‘ghoul’ anywhere in his thesis
November 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I wonder what the APA referencing is for a skeet … and whether Morgan has used the word ‘ghoul’ anywhere in his thesis
Oh I don’t know … at least we can be reassured the banks, supermarkets and power companies will still continue to post record profits, even if the stock market melts down
November 21, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Oh I don’t know … at least we can be reassured the banks, supermarkets and power companies will still continue to post record profits, even if the stock market melts down
5G is really just an evolution of good old 4G, so the coverage should be the same - except for the super fast mmWave stuff, which is so short-range you damn near have to be in the same room. And as I recall, the 4G coverage should be the about same as 3G
November 21, 2025 at 2:06 AM
5G is really just an evolution of good old 4G, so the coverage should be the same - except for the super fast mmWave stuff, which is so short-range you damn near have to be in the same room. And as I recall, the 4G coverage should be the about same as 3G
“When people kept saying FAFO to me I just thought, maybe that’s the order of the letters in the alphabet”, says perpetually puzzled Minister
November 21, 2025 at 1:14 AM
“When people kept saying FAFO to me I just thought, maybe that’s the order of the letters in the alphabet”, says perpetually puzzled Minister
A government once again surprised and caught out by the previously unknown linkage between cause and effect
November 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
A government once again surprised and caught out by the previously unknown linkage between cause and effect
Of course, I’ll always bow to the superior knowledge and Jedi-level skill of @norightturnnz.bsky.social, who probably knows more about the OIA than all the rest of us put together
November 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Of course, I’ll always bow to the superior knowledge and Jedi-level skill of @norightturnnz.bsky.social, who probably knows more about the OIA than all the rest of us put together
But on the other side of the coin, I’ve found MoH and NZTA to be very narrow and legalistic in the way they interpret requests, so I have to go back again and again to get the full set of documents - and for those guys, asking for a CMS listing has been a useful tool
November 20, 2025 at 1:01 AM
But on the other side of the coin, I’ve found MoH and NZTA to be very narrow and legalistic in the way they interpret requests, so I have to go back again and again to get the full set of documents - and for those guys, asking for a CMS listing has been a useful tool
And the technique isn’t needed if the agency is being helpful - in my experience the Commerce Commission OIA team is brilliant at helping me formulate requests and answering them in an inclusive way, to try and get everything I’m hunting for
November 20, 2025 at 12:59 AM
And the technique isn’t needed if the agency is being helpful - in my experience the Commerce Commission OIA team is brilliant at helping me formulate requests and answering them in an inclusive way, to try and get everything I’m hunting for
It’s not so much about getting an exhaustive list as understanding the full range of documents that are available about the subject - which can be really useful if you’re not familiar with agency processes
November 20, 2025 at 12:57 AM
It’s not so much about getting an exhaustive list as understanding the full range of documents that are available about the subject - which can be really useful if you’re not familiar with agency processes
And just following on from Eddie’s discussion re OIA, I’ve found that a very useful first step is to OIA the list of all documents held by the agency in their document management system containing the words you’re interested in. It’s very effective at building the shopping list
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
And just following on from Eddie’s discussion re OIA, I’ve found that a very useful first step is to OIA the list of all documents held by the agency in their document management system containing the words you’re interested in. It’s very effective at building the shopping list
It’s also proven from 40 years of natural experiments that tinfoil hat wearing has a strong negative correlation with cognitive function
November 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
It’s also proven from 40 years of natural experiments that tinfoil hat wearing has a strong negative correlation with cognitive function
It’s not just Janet that’s unhappy, in fairness
November 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It’s not just Janet that’s unhappy, in fairness