🇵🇸 Boonman 🇵🇸
@themikeboon.bsky.social
I'm attempting to write every day of 2025. Wish me luck! It all comes from mine own brain.
https://mythinks.substack.com/
https://mythinks.substack.com/
David Seymour - always classy. What a guy
Not only is this blatantly unfair, but for a Party that doesnt believe in collective responsibility,theyre holding ALL children responsible for the actions of others...
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Lunch funding to be tied to attendance for hundreds more schools
Next year funding for school lunches delivered through the internal model will be tied to attendance.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
David Seymour - always classy. What a guy
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The number of school boards across New Zealand choosing to go against the Government's action to remove Te Tiriti o Waitangi obligations has surged over 1000 over the weekend.
Support for Te Tiriti in Schools surges as Minister challenges schools to lift achievement
The number of school boards across New Zealand choosing to go against the Government's action to remove Te Tiriti o Waitangi obligations has surged over 1000 over the weekend.
www.teaonews.co.nz
November 24, 2025 at 2:33 AM
The number of school boards across New Zealand choosing to go against the Government's action to remove Te Tiriti o Waitangi obligations has surged over 1000 over the weekend.
Sooner it comes in here, the better.
Move comes as Australia prepares to enforce a world-first social media ban for children aged under 16.
Snapchat starts age checks in Australia ahead of teen social media ban
Move comes as Australia prepares to enforce a world-first social media ban for children aged under 16.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Sooner it comes in here, the better.
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Sens. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz.,and John Curtis, R-Utah, want to hold social media companies accountable for the negative impacts their algorithms have on people. They spoke to NPR about their bill. n.pr/3JZlY6o
2 Senators want to hold big tech accountable for harms caused by algorithms
Sens. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz.,and John Curtis, R-Utah, want to hold social media companies accountable for the negative impacts their algorithms have on people. They spoke to NPR about their bill.
n.pr
November 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Sens. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz.,and John Curtis, R-Utah, want to hold social media companies accountable for the negative impacts their algorithms have on people. They spoke to NPR about their bill. n.pr/3JZlY6o
Maybe if Chris Bishop had worked for the motoring industry rather than for the tobacco guys, we'd be in business.
If only NZ was as ambitious as... any country other than Iceland.
November 19, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Maybe if Chris Bishop had worked for the motoring industry rather than for the tobacco guys, we'd be in business.
Or completely believable.
I feel like this is exactly the sort of mismanagement Tories are famous for the world over.
I feel like this is exactly the sort of mismanagement Tories are famous for the world over.
This govt is hellbent on being hated.
They gave $2.9 billion to landlords and when caught short,raided funds for state housing.
Unbelievable.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
They gave $2.9 billion to landlords and when caught short,raided funds for state housing.
Unbelievable.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
PM backs minister's 'pragmatic' call to spend Kāinga Ora money on local bridge
Chris Bishop is rejecting criticism over a decision to reallocate funds to a walking and cycling bridge in his electorate.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 18, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Or completely believable.
I feel like this is exactly the sort of mismanagement Tories are famous for the world over.
I feel like this is exactly the sort of mismanagement Tories are famous for the world over.
Hey scammers! FYI - if my phone says "possible scammer" when it rings, I'm going to deny it straight away. Don't just leave me hanging, though. If you don't leave a message, I can't return your call. ☎️
November 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Hey scammers! FYI - if my phone says "possible scammer" when it rings, I'm going to deny it straight away. Don't just leave me hanging, though. If you don't leave a message, I can't return your call. ☎️
They can call it a zslogan as well!
November 17, 2025 at 2:14 AM
They can call it a zslogan as well!
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November 17, 2025 at 1:59 AM
November 17, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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I now declare Aperol Spritz season officially open.
November 16, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I now declare Aperol Spritz season officially open.
I'd stay at Earth, Wind, and Fire BnB
AirBnB implies the existence of EarthBnB, WaterBnB, and FireBnB.
November 15, 2025 at 4:18 AM
I'd stay at Earth, Wind, and Fire BnB
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AirBnB implies the existence of EarthBnB, WaterBnB, and FireBnB.
November 14, 2025 at 10:37 AM
AirBnB implies the existence of EarthBnB, WaterBnB, and FireBnB.
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I maintain one of the dumbest things any NZ government ever did was create a milk exporting monopoly
November 12, 2025 at 5:30 AM
I maintain one of the dumbest things any NZ government ever did was create a milk exporting monopoly
Drunk putin
Metaphor Klaxon!
Joke of the day from Moscow: Russia tried to unveil its first humanoid AI robot, Aidol. Key word: tried. The robot collapsed during its debut, forcing organizers to cut the presentation short. Their rushed attempt to lift the prop only made things worse.
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Drunk putin
Christ on a bike. Don't let Serco anywhere near the health service.
The outsourcing firm tells the Government it is uniquely positioned, and its services could be of great value
Prisons operator Serco eyes NZ's public health infrastructure needs
newsroom.co.nz
November 8, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Christ on a bike. Don't let Serco anywhere near the health service.
Wellington's looking prettylush
November 7, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Wellington's looking prettylush
Ha!
November 6, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Ha!
I also put on my "pretend to be a politician" hat and wrote a piece in response to some recent nonsense put behind the NZ Herald's paywall.
We are definitely going back to the dark ages...
mythinks.substack.com/p/why-im-tak...
We are definitely going back to the dark ages...
mythinks.substack.com/p/why-im-tak...
November 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I also put on my "pretend to be a politician" hat and wrote a piece in response to some recent nonsense put behind the NZ Herald's paywall.
We are definitely going back to the dark ages...
mythinks.substack.com/p/why-im-tak...
We are definitely going back to the dark ages...
mythinks.substack.com/p/why-im-tak...
The more the current government shits on education, the more I'm interested in hearing Labour's repeal list.
No more Treaty obligations? Just political appointments to the Teaching Council?
Curriculum written by A.I.?
It's the Trumpification of education.
Make NZ Dumb Again
#nzpol
#nzedchat
No more Treaty obligations? Just political appointments to the Teaching Council?
Curriculum written by A.I.?
It's the Trumpification of education.
Make NZ Dumb Again
#nzpol
#nzedchat
November 4, 2025 at 5:36 AM
My thoughts on how the new curriculum was invented.
#education
#nzpol
#AI
Thinking I might put in an OIA request to see how on point I am
#education
#nzpol
#AI
Thinking I might put in an OIA request to see how on point I am
Someone is quoted in this article as suspecting foreign contractors of developing these curricula. I'll go one step further - I'll bet some PR types upload the UK, Aust, various US, and maybe the Canadian curricula to an AI bot with the prompt, "summarise these into one document"
NZ educators are not having it.
October 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
My thoughts on how the new curriculum was invented.
#education
#nzpol
#AI
Thinking I might put in an OIA request to see how on point I am
#education
#nzpol
#AI
Thinking I might put in an OIA request to see how on point I am
Someone is quoted in this article as suspecting foreign contractors of developing these curricula. I'll go one step further - I'll bet some PR types upload the UK, Aust, various US, and maybe the Canadian curricula to an AI bot with the prompt, "summarise these into one document"
October 29, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Someone is quoted in this article as suspecting foreign contractors of developing these curricula. I'll go one step further - I'll bet some PR types upload the UK, Aust, various US, and maybe the Canadian curricula to an AI bot with the prompt, "summarise these into one document"
I've rescued a few bits.
I'm going to take it down now.
I'm going to take it down now.
October 27, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I've rescued a few bits.
I'm going to take it down now.
I'm going to take it down now.
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The Northern Expressway we were told would cost $10 billion is now priced at $18 billion, or six times the Cook Strait crossing we were told was unaffordable. This is fantasy stuff. www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-adv...
Game-changer: New $18b expressway endorsed to boost jobs and road safety
The Northland Expressway from Te Hana to Whangārei is expected to boost Northland.
www.nzherald.co.nz
October 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The Northern Expressway we were told would cost $10 billion is now priced at $18 billion, or six times the Cook Strait crossing we were told was unaffordable. This is fantasy stuff. www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-adv...