Oli - ultracrepidarian
@olimnz.bsky.social
ngai Aotearoa ahau | Ōtautahi resident | Retired | Was once an overland driver | Very annoyed at the CoC in AoNZ!!!
Born at 315 ppm.
I'm on the Puffball server!
Born at 315 ppm.
I'm on the Puffball server!
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The community in Waikato has taken a bold step to ban bottom trawling and other damaging fishing methods in most of the coastal area around them. 🌊 💪
But of course now the greedy fishing industry lobby has announced they will try to stop the regional council's decision to continue unrestricted […]
But of course now the greedy fishing industry lobby has announced they will try to stop the regional council's decision to continue unrestricted […]
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mastodon.nz
November 13, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The community in Waikato has taken a bold step to ban bottom trawling and other damaging fishing methods in most of the coastal area around them. 🌊 💪
But of course now the greedy fishing industry lobby has announced they will try to stop the regional council's decision to continue unrestricted […]
But of course now the greedy fishing industry lobby has announced they will try to stop the regional council's decision to continue unrestricted […]
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Do your eyes, like mine, FREAK OUT when confronted with yellow highlighting on a web page?
If so: there's a chrome plugin called 'colorblindly' which simulates different types of color vision anamolies...with the side effect of letting you de-yellow any web page with single click!
You're welcome 😘
If so: there's a chrome plugin called 'colorblindly' which simulates different types of color vision anamolies...with the side effect of letting you de-yellow any web page with single click!
You're welcome 😘
November 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Do your eyes, like mine, FREAK OUT when confronted with yellow highlighting on a web page?
If so: there's a chrome plugin called 'colorblindly' which simulates different types of color vision anamolies...with the side effect of letting you de-yellow any web page with single click!
You're welcome 😘
If so: there's a chrome plugin called 'colorblindly' which simulates different types of color vision anamolies...with the side effect of letting you de-yellow any web page with single click!
You're welcome 😘
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Here’s today’s Daily Chorus podcast/email: Retirement Commissioner calls for bipartisan 10-year roadmap for NZ Superannuation & KiwiSaver, including means-testing contributions of KiwiSaver to allow higher contributions for low income savers #nzpol
thekaka.substack.com/p/fridays-ch...
thekaka.substack.com/p/fridays-ch...
Friday's Chorus: Call for 10-year retirement roadmap
Retirement Commissioner calls for bipartisan 10-year roadmap for NZ Superannuation & KiwiSaver, including means-testing contributions of KiwiSaver to allow higher contributions for low income savers
thekaka.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Here’s today’s Daily Chorus podcast/email: Retirement Commissioner calls for bipartisan 10-year roadmap for NZ Superannuation & KiwiSaver, including means-testing contributions of KiwiSaver to allow higher contributions for low income savers #nzpol
thekaka.substack.com/p/fridays-ch...
thekaka.substack.com/p/fridays-ch...
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In today’s NZ Herald
November 13, 2025 at 7:09 PM
In today’s NZ Herald
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“This Bill enables new payment models like subscriptions or post-payment, and allows private companies to offer easy, set-and-forget billing options - similar to how many of us already pay for power or streaming services."
Spinning late-stage capitalism as a benefit is insane policy making.
#nzpol
Spinning late-stage capitalism as a benefit is insane policy making.
#nzpol
This puts the legal framework in place to sell off existing State Highways under the guise of corridor upgrade and maintenance contracts.
The press release headline should be "Govt readying roads for privatisation."
C'mon @nzgreenleft.bsky.social @duncanwebbmp.bsky.social call this out.
#nzpol
The press release headline should be "Govt readying roads for privatisation."
C'mon @nzgreenleft.bsky.social @duncanwebbmp.bsky.social call this out.
#nzpol
A new release is available from Hon Chris Bishop.
November 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
“This Bill enables new payment models like subscriptions or post-payment, and allows private companies to offer easy, set-and-forget billing options - similar to how many of us already pay for power or streaming services."
Spinning late-stage capitalism as a benefit is insane policy making.
#nzpol
Spinning late-stage capitalism as a benefit is insane policy making.
#nzpol
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We absolutely need universal basic income as a secure floor below which no one can fall and everyone can build from. It should not be normalized for people to seek 2nd, 3rd, and 4th jobs in order to make enough money to survive or have a backup plan in case of unexpected job and income loss.
One feature of the collapse we are living through is that things poorer people have had to do are creeping up the income scale
They can spin it however but struggling to make ends meet with a hodge podge of sortof-jobs is both very normal and very bad
apnews.com/article/work...
They can spin it however but struggling to make ends meet with a hodge podge of sortof-jobs is both very normal and very bad
apnews.com/article/work...
Workers take on side jobs to combat stagnant salaries and insecurity about employment
Working professionals in the U.S. are taking on side jobs to supplement their incomes amid frozen salaries, inflation and fear of layoffs.
apnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
We absolutely need universal basic income as a secure floor below which no one can fall and everyone can build from. It should not be normalized for people to seek 2nd, 3rd, and 4th jobs in order to make enough money to survive or have a backup plan in case of unexpected job and income loss.
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Want to build a climate-ready home and community? Join me at the free virtual Calgary Climate Symposium (Nov 17-21) for practical, accessible solutions!
Everyone is welcome and you don’t have to be from Calgary or even from 🇨🇦. It doesn’t get any easier than this 😄
Register here ⬇️
Everyone is welcome and you don’t have to be from Calgary or even from 🇨🇦. It doesn’t get any easier than this 😄
Register here ⬇️
Calgary Climate Symposium
calgary.ca
November 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Want to build a climate-ready home and community? Join me at the free virtual Calgary Climate Symposium (Nov 17-21) for practical, accessible solutions!
Everyone is welcome and you don’t have to be from Calgary or even from 🇨🇦. It doesn’t get any easier than this 😄
Register here ⬇️
Everyone is welcome and you don’t have to be from Calgary or even from 🇨🇦. It doesn’t get any easier than this 😄
Register here ⬇️
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This puts the legal framework in place to sell off existing State Highways under the guise of corridor upgrade and maintenance contracts.
The press release headline should be "Govt readying roads for privatisation."
C'mon @nzgreenleft.bsky.social @duncanwebbmp.bsky.social call this out.
#nzpol
The press release headline should be "Govt readying roads for privatisation."
C'mon @nzgreenleft.bsky.social @duncanwebbmp.bsky.social call this out.
#nzpol
November 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
This puts the legal framework in place to sell off existing State Highways under the guise of corridor upgrade and maintenance contracts.
The press release headline should be "Govt readying roads for privatisation."
C'mon @nzgreenleft.bsky.social @duncanwebbmp.bsky.social call this out.
#nzpol
The press release headline should be "Govt readying roads for privatisation."
C'mon @nzgreenleft.bsky.social @duncanwebbmp.bsky.social call this out.
#nzpol
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It’s a little bit ironic that the conservative movement that bought us the classic line “Facts don’t care about your beliefs” is now at the very vanguard of ignoring science, actively suppressing science education, and doing everything it can to ignore facts in opposition to their ideology.
#nzpol
#nzpol
I keep thinking this is the very definition of modern conservatism/neoliberalism:
#nzpol #conservatism
#nzpol #conservatism
November 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
It’s a little bit ironic that the conservative movement that bought us the classic line “Facts don’t care about your beliefs” is now at the very vanguard of ignoring science, actively suppressing science education, and doing everything it can to ignore facts in opposition to their ideology.
#nzpol
#nzpol
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The questions about the appointment processes followed by PSC are important. Why on earth was Coster on the panel to select his successor? What was PSC thinking?
So the issue by which I am most exercised now isn't McSkimming, but everyone else. One appointment can fall through the cracks. But all of these statutory appointments overseen by the Public Service Commission, first as Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner, but then appointments at Social Investment
Further fallout in wake of damning IPCA McSkimming report
November 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The questions about the appointment processes followed by PSC are important. Why on earth was Coster on the panel to select his successor? What was PSC thinking?
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A quarter sleeping rough are over 65. Says housing and urban development ministry.
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www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
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www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
November 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
A quarter sleeping rough are over 65. Says housing and urban development ministry.
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www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
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www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
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Are you sick of this govt blaming everyone, but themselves?
Do you want to convince thousands that a better future is possible?
Your creativity, knowledge, and labour is invaluable.
Now is your chance to use it for good:
www.greens.org.nz/membership-j...
(2/2)
Do you want to convince thousands that a better future is possible?
Your creativity, knowledge, and labour is invaluable.
Now is your chance to use it for good:
www.greens.org.nz/membership-j...
(2/2)
For people and planet
We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.
www.greens.org.nz
November 13, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Are you sick of this govt blaming everyone, but themselves?
Do you want to convince thousands that a better future is possible?
Your creativity, knowledge, and labour is invaluable.
Now is your chance to use it for good:
www.greens.org.nz/membership-j...
(2/2)
Do you want to convince thousands that a better future is possible?
Your creativity, knowledge, and labour is invaluable.
Now is your chance to use it for good:
www.greens.org.nz/membership-j...
(2/2)
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Pizza news from Pizza Trap (fyi, we are Pizza Trap!) 😋
Pizza news:
Our beloved Fricken (& Spicy Fricken) pizzas have completed their time on our menu
Our supplier has discontinued making delicious vegan Fricken
Thank you Fricken, for all of the very good times 🍕
Our beloved Fricken (& Spicy Fricken) pizzas have completed their time on our menu
Our supplier has discontinued making delicious vegan Fricken
Thank you Fricken, for all of the very good times 🍕
November 13, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Pizza news from Pizza Trap (fyi, we are Pizza Trap!) 😋
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More US-based academics exit the United States, including world famous astronomer Sara Seager 🔭🧪
www.utoronto.ca/news/new-con...
www.utoronto.ca/news/new-con...
New constellation of academic stars headed to U of T
In a “big win for Canada,” the University of Toronto is further strengthening its academic ranks with three top researchers from U.S. universities whose work ranges from the search for new planets to ...
www.utoronto.ca
November 13, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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We still have to fight like hell for every fraction of a degree.
Meanwhile, the NZ government is hellbent on doing as much as it can to INCREASE global temperatures.
Beyond 1.5: Why the global climate target still matters
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa... #climatechange #nzpol
Meanwhile, the NZ government is hellbent on doing as much as it can to INCREASE global temperatures.
Beyond 1.5: Why the global climate target still matters
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa... #climatechange #nzpol
Beyond 1.5: Why the global climate target still matters
The world is about to blow past 1.5°C of warming, the limit we collectively hoped to avoid. What does that mean - and what next?
www.rnz.co.nz
November 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
We still have to fight like hell for every fraction of a degree.
Meanwhile, the NZ government is hellbent on doing as much as it can to INCREASE global temperatures.
Beyond 1.5: Why the global climate target still matters
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa... #climatechange #nzpol
Meanwhile, the NZ government is hellbent on doing as much as it can to INCREASE global temperatures.
Beyond 1.5: Why the global climate target still matters
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa... #climatechange #nzpol
Cool, eh?
Did you know
111111111 × 111111111 = 12345678987654321?
1/2
111111111 × 111111111 = 12345678987654321?
1/2
November 13, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Cool, eh?
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Coup. The word is coup.
There were 159,000 written submissions on the Regulatory Standards Bill (on top of over 23,000 submissions last year) - numbers that are second only to the Treaty Principles Bill in NZ’s history.
More than 98% of public submissions were opposed.
There’s a word for this, but it’s not democracy.
More than 98% of public submissions were opposed.
There’s a word for this, but it’s not democracy.
Controversial Regulatory Standards Bill passes third reading
The bill got the backing of the coalition parties
www.rnz.co.nz
November 13, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Coup. The word is coup.
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So the issue by which I am most exercised now isn't McSkimming, but everyone else. One appointment can fall through the cracks. But all of these statutory appointments overseen by the Public Service Commission, first as Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner, but then appointments at Social Investment
Further fallout in wake of damning IPCA McSkimming report
McSkimming scandal fallout: Aviation boss ‘on leave’ following bombshell report
Former Police Deputy Commissioner Chris de Wattignar was criticised for his handling of concerns about his colleague. Now he’s on leave from another government agency.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 13, 2025 at 9:56 AM
So the issue by which I am most exercised now isn't McSkimming, but everyone else. One appointment can fall through the cracks. But all of these statutory appointments overseen by the Public Service Commission, first as Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner, but then appointments at Social Investment
Is it just me or should all the numbers line up on the decimal point, so the bottom one (11.5mg) stands out next to the others? This is something I remember from school, 40odd years ago.
Very hard to read for old people.
Very hard to read for old people.
November 13, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Is it just me or should all the numbers line up on the decimal point, so the bottom one (11.5mg) stands out next to the others? This is something I remember from school, 40odd years ago.
Very hard to read for old people.
Very hard to read for old people.
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— The adoption of a 'no additional warming' target, rather than pursuing more ambitious reductions, was "an embarrassing and humiliating capture by industry"
#nzpol
#nzpol
'Embarrassing’: International climate expert at COP30 scorns NZ’s methane target
A veteran climate scientist says it's "unbelievable" that New Zealand has gone to the annual climate summit with a weaker target as global temperatures continue to rise.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 13, 2025 at 5:35 AM
— The adoption of a 'no additional warming' target, rather than pursuing more ambitious reductions, was "an embarrassing and humiliating capture by industry"
#nzpol
#nzpol
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Huh, they seem keen to link road maintenance costs to inflation. Weird they’re not keen to link govt workers salaries to inflation.
November 13, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Huh, they seem keen to link road maintenance costs to inflation. Weird they’re not keen to link govt workers salaries to inflation.
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Labour will repeal the Regulatory Standards bill.
November 13, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Labour will repeal the Regulatory Standards bill.
Friends not in the UK, you have to read this thread and think how lucky you are.
If you live in London, do not read this thread.
If you live in London, do not read this thread.
yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing
November 13, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Friends not in the UK, you have to read this thread and think how lucky you are.
If you live in London, do not read this thread.
If you live in London, do not read this thread.
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bsky elder achievement unlocked: skeets quoted in parliament
November 13, 2025 at 2:12 AM
bsky elder achievement unlocked: skeets quoted in parliament
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