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“It is cruel jest to tell a bootless man that he ought to lift himself by his own bootstraps.” - MLK

World's southernmost capital city, NZ/Aotearoa
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"You'll be visited by three spirits."

The three spirits:
The 1977 Trinity, from L to R: Commodore Pet, Apple II, TRS-80.
November 25, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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It's not just you. Seemingly half the usual sites I frequent are throwing the same error.
Cloudflare system status as of 18 Nov 2025 14:34 UTC.
November 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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As with physical scale models, I've been kitbashing some various 3D models. Petrolheads will recognise what car it is.
Bottom view of car model in Blender. Interior view of car model in Blender. Engine bay view of car model in Blender.
November 17, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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It's missing a capital K. (via r/BrexitMemes)
www.reddit.com/r/BrexitMeme...
"Nigel Faragski" smugly pointing at the viewer, in front of the Russian flag with a spoof of the GBNews logo (KGBN).
November 13, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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A New Deal 2.0 for America (in the style of Zohran Mamdani's campaign sticker)
November 9, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Post you from a different era.

When computers only took a few seconds to boot up...
C64 load screen.
November 8, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Is Danyl McLauchlan finally getting it?

archive.is/202510280316...
When the Reagan government took power, it had a sophisticated critique of the dying Keynesian economic model: a theory of why the economy was failing, a coherent framework to build its replacement with a leader – “the great communicator” – who was a master at selling this vision to the general public. In these senses Luxon is distinctly un-Reaganesque. Now, the neoliberal order seems to be collapsing, its death throes exhibiting the same morbid symptoms as the end of the Keynesian system: inflation, recession, industrial action. What comes next? No one knows for sure, but one potential candidate – especially for a small country like New Zealand – is the Singaporean model. This is sometimes called state directed capitalism: a hybrid of an open and competitive economy (New Zealand is currently neither) but with the government playing a major strategic and regulatory role. One of its most celebrated policies is its gigantic sovereign wealth portfolio, Temasek Holdings, that manages many of the city-state’s strategic assets. Does it signify anything that a details-lite version of Temasek was Labour’s first policy launch?
November 1, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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On tonight's @thepost-nz.bsky.social front page:
Front page of thepost.co.nz, 23/10/2025.
October 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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62% Wrong thing, 26% Right thing, 12% Bit of both as of a few minutes ago.
Were Richardson's economic reforms the right thing or the wrong thing for NZ? Bit of both 12% Right thing 26% Wrong thing 62%
October 17, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Not much has changed in over 20 years: pandering to reactionary types with no guarantee of an electoral ROI has never worked.
www.thestranger.com/news/2004/11...
September 30, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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Also coming to mind is Nicolas Colin's Trade-Safety Net Matrix (colours added for emphasis):
September 29, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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55% No, 45% Yes as of right now:
September 20, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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And "For Your Eyes Only".
Original poster of For Your Eyes Only, 1981.
September 17, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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And also:
Public services will wither unless the UK makes hard tax choices | Financial Times
archive.is/JBbb2
Public services will wither unless the UK makes hard tax choices, by James Kirkup in the Financial Times.
September 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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U.S. Department of War reveals new logo
Escape From L.A. (1996)
September 6, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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Orwell's 1984 sadly still resonates...
Winston Smith's diary entry, April 4, 1984. From "1984" by George Orwell.
September 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Think of it as "fsck off, we're full!" turned inwards. I've previously made some memes about these wowsers:
#nimby #yimby #gammon
Disgruntled NIMBY gammon folding arms: I BOUGHT MY HOUSE IN 1980 FOR $25,000 AND IT'S NOW WORTH 40 TIMES AS MUCH. MY UNIVERSITY DEGREE COST NEXT TO NOTHING. AND I HAD A STABLE AND WELL-PAID LIFETIME CAREER. IT'S TOUGH BIKKIES YOU WEREN'T BORN BEFORE 1965. Disgruntled NIMBY gammon folding arms: I DON'T CARE IF AMBULANCE DRIVERS TAKE 2 HOURS TO REACH ME BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE NEARBY... ... I'D RATHER HAVE A HEART ATTACK THAN LOSE MY VIEWS AND SUNLIGHT!
August 9, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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Shorter free speech absolutism, in any country:
Family Guy colour chart: free speech vs cancel culture
July 14, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Lest we forget that Superman was a "wokester" in *1960*.
www.pocho.com/supermans-19...
Superman speaks to a group of students about bigotry, 1960. Superman raising awareness of World Refugee Year, 1960.
July 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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A dnc.org.nz lookup links Brynn to NZMW:
WHOIS lookup for nzmw.nz WHOIS lookup for spinningplanet.co.nz
July 1, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Not surprisingly, Matua/Brynn also happens to be a MNZGA & Vatnik type.
"Matua Kahurangi"'s views on Donald Trump. "Matua Kahurangi"'s views on the Ukraine War.
July 1, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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I modified the original anti-homeless architecture meme:
Anti-homeless architecture meme, updated.
June 30, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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June 30, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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See also:
Newspaper front page from Zack Snyder's Justice League.
June 30, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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On closer inspection, "2ETEKA" might just have been an original Rob's Mobster. Seems old enough to have been one.
Post by Rhys "2ETEKA" Williams on 19/3/2025 stanning Rob Muldoon.
June 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM