MonzaGT
@monzagt.bsky.social
Bookish boomer, leftie, no cats or dogs but I love them.
Good coffee at Riverlution this morning. Gardens heaving with teenage girls weeding. A school group having fun.
November 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Good coffee at Riverlution this morning. Gardens heaving with teenage girls weeding. A school group having fun.
As God is my witness I thought turkeys could fly.
47 years ago today, dozens of turkeys met their unfortunate demise in a Cincinnati parking lot.
November 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
As God is my witness I thought turkeys could fly.
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On the lowering of the Clean Car Standard, right after COP30.
My #cartoon today #NZpol #CleanCarStandard #Emissions #FossilFuels
My #cartoon today #NZpol #CleanCarStandard #Emissions #FossilFuels
November 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
On the lowering of the Clean Car Standard, right after COP30.
My #cartoon today #NZpol #CleanCarStandard #Emissions #FossilFuels
My #cartoon today #NZpol #CleanCarStandard #Emissions #FossilFuels
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"While elite journos and businessmen kiss the ring of Trump, people in jammies and slippers confront ICE in the street. The courage of ordinary people has been stunning compared to the elite."
On the pod @amandamarcotte.bsky.social is good on Trump's downward spiral:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
On the pod @amandamarcotte.bsky.social is good on Trump's downward spiral:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
Trump Is a Weak, Failing President, and the Media Is Finally Saying So
As Trump’s downward spiral starts producing harsher media coverage, a writer who regularly dissects MAGA and political media explains why he’s entering a tailspin that will be very hard to reverse.
newrepublic.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"While elite journos and businessmen kiss the ring of Trump, people in jammies and slippers confront ICE in the street. The courage of ordinary people has been stunning compared to the elite."
On the pod @amandamarcotte.bsky.social is good on Trump's downward spiral:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
On the pod @amandamarcotte.bsky.social is good on Trump's downward spiral:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
Top two stories on Press website were this and the dying woman (who was a bassoonist and first woman in the Scots Guards band) who is joining with friends to taste and rank 27 yeast based spreads from around the world! Brightened a grey morning.
Christchurch Airport’s efforts to preserve a 200-year-old kōwhai tree, described as the city’s Mona Lisa, are being praised.
Christchurch’s ‘Mona Lisa’ preserved amidst sea of solar panels
Christchurch Airport’s efforts to preserve a 200-year-old kōwhai tree, described as the city’s Mona Lisa, are being praised.
dlvr.it
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Top two stories on Press website were this and the dying woman (who was a bassoonist and first woman in the Scots Guards band) who is joining with friends to taste and rank 27 yeast based spreads from around the world! Brightened a grey morning.
I see my girls’ old college has sent a letter to the Govt stating their support for Te Tiriti. 👍
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I see my girls’ old college has sent a letter to the Govt stating their support for Te Tiriti. 👍
Thanks for all the heads up about Gmail taking liberties to feed AI. Just spent some productive time stopping that and learning a new trick to weed out email.
November 20, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Thanks for all the heads up about Gmail taking liberties to feed AI. Just spent some productive time stopping that and learning a new trick to weed out email.
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Checking privilege. Coffee this morning at Riccarton House and wandering amongst the peaceful grounds. Riccarton Bush reopened with a new boardwalk. Oasis of cool and birdsong.
November 17, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Checking privilege. Coffee this morning at Riccarton House and wandering amongst the peaceful grounds. Riccarton Bush reopened with a new boardwalk. Oasis of cool and birdsong.
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“I’m no NIMBY” exclaimed the Bish.
How piously benevolent of him to fund a bridge for the homeless to sleep under, and in his own electorate too! What a truly selfless man. 😇🙄 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment
How piously benevolent of him to fund a bridge for the homeless to sleep under, and in his own electorate too! What a truly selfless man. 😇🙄 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment
November 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
“I’m no NIMBY” exclaimed the Bish.
How piously benevolent of him to fund a bridge for the homeless to sleep under, and in his own electorate too! What a truly selfless man. 😇🙄 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment
How piously benevolent of him to fund a bridge for the homeless to sleep under, and in his own electorate too! What a truly selfless man. 😇🙄 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment
Paris Hilton claims she is ‘self-made’. Well she’s certainly made herself something.
November 16, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Paris Hilton claims she is ‘self-made’. Well she’s certainly made herself something.
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Love this so much. 💜
November 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Love this so much. 💜
That photo of the children killed in the house fire just broke my heart. So bright and hopeful and happy. All gone.
November 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
That photo of the children killed in the house fire just broke my heart. So bright and hopeful and happy. All gone.
Love it when a row of radishes pops up. So quick and cheerful. 🌱🇳🇿
November 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Love it when a row of radishes pops up. So quick and cheerful. 🌱🇳🇿
Both daughters headed for Canterbury hills today. One overnighting to Double Hut at Lake Heron and the other doing a day tramp around Lake Clearwater. So many great places within easy reach of Christchurch. Looks fine if cool for their hikes.
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Both daughters headed for Canterbury hills today. One overnighting to Double Hut at Lake Heron and the other doing a day tramp around Lake Clearwater. So many great places within easy reach of Christchurch. Looks fine if cool for their hikes.
Herald still peddling EV misinformation. The story mentions both the Auckland car/bus crash and the Whangarei car park fires as cause uncertain and highlighting EVs in both fires. Whangarei has film of the guilty non EV vehicle and I thought fire service said fire originated from petrol vehicle.
November 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Herald still peddling EV misinformation. The story mentions both the Auckland car/bus crash and the Whangarei car park fires as cause uncertain and highlighting EVs in both fires. Whangarei has film of the guilty non EV vehicle and I thought fire service said fire originated from petrol vehicle.
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“The unholy comrade of a cover-up: name suppression
As cover-ups go, the extraordinary efforts by police top brass to run interference for one of their own and help him claim the force’s top job last year takes some beating.” #nzpol
As cover-ups go, the extraordinary efforts by police top brass to run interference for one of their own and help him claim the force’s top job last year takes some beating.” #nzpol
The unholy comrade of a cover-up: name suppression
The public almost missed out on learning of the police hierarchy’s cover-up of its disgraced deputy commissioner’s behaviour – because until the 11th hour the Crown wanted a permanent suppression orde...
newsroom.co.nz
November 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
“The unholy comrade of a cover-up: name suppression
As cover-ups go, the extraordinary efforts by police top brass to run interference for one of their own and help him claim the force’s top job last year takes some beating.” #nzpol
As cover-ups go, the extraordinary efforts by police top brass to run interference for one of their own and help him claim the force’s top job last year takes some beating.” #nzpol
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In today’s NZ Herald
November 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
In today’s NZ Herald
Jeez I’m feeling grumpy. Suspect combo of cold grey easterly bowling across Christchurch and the weekly supermarket shop. Everything is up in price except wine - there are some good buys to stock up for Christmas season. I mean $14.99 for a nice wine is my idea of good buys.
November 11, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Jeez I’m feeling grumpy. Suspect combo of cold grey easterly bowling across Christchurch and the weekly supermarket shop. Everything is up in price except wine - there are some good buys to stock up for Christmas season. I mean $14.99 for a nice wine is my idea of good buys.
This really lays it out clearly and firmly. There’s a blueprint at the end for how political parties should act instead of playing silly buggers.
November 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
This really lays it out clearly and firmly. There’s a blueprint at the end for how political parties should act instead of playing silly buggers.
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“So it was, on that misty morning, that Brenda set off for the capital. She knew not what she would find there, only that the time had come to move on - away from small-minded rural attitudes and people who called her ‘Oreo’ and ‘the wide panda’ - to seek a more fulfilling life.”
November 11, 2025 at 9:36 AM
“So it was, on that misty morning, that Brenda set off for the capital. She knew not what she would find there, only that the time had come to move on - away from small-minded rural attitudes and people who called her ‘Oreo’ and ‘the wide panda’ - to seek a more fulfilling life.”
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Much needed tImeline cleanser about the retiring Irish President Michael D Higgins - includes cute big dogs.
youtube.com/shorts/yGizP...
youtube.com/shorts/yGizP...
An Irish legend
YouTube video by Garron
youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Much needed tImeline cleanser about the retiring Irish President Michael D Higgins - includes cute big dogs.
youtube.com/shorts/yGizP...
youtube.com/shorts/yGizP...
Using Pam’s plasters at the moment, from a big box! Seem to be going ok for cheap plasters.
"'Yeah Nah' list of products you should know about"
▪️Pams plasters - did not stick for as long as they needed to;
▪️HelloFresh - how hard to unsubscribe;
▪️Harvey Norman - special deal pricing;
▪️Barkers Clothing - broken the rules by implying some items could not be returned.
▪️Pams plasters - did not stick for as long as they needed to;
▪️HelloFresh - how hard to unsubscribe;
▪️Harvey Norman - special deal pricing;
▪️Barkers Clothing - broken the rules by implying some items could not be returned.
List of products, businesses on Consumer NZ's anti-awards
Plasters that don't stick are among those shamed in Consumer NZ's anti-awards.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Using Pam’s plasters at the moment, from a big box! Seem to be going ok for cheap plasters.
In case you haven’t read this JCO takedown.
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
In case you haven’t read this JCO takedown.