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James Nisbet @bandit.nz · 04/10/2026

Got tired of clicking IMDb links just to check the rating - now I don't have to. Using AI to build userscripts to is such a lifehack github.com/Bandit/users...

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James Nisbet @bandit.nz · 01/10/2026

Disinformation season is upon us, so just sending this one out to the world for good measure, care of an awesome @hannahritchie.bsky.social post hannahritchie.substack.com/p/mining-low...

Mining quantities

Coal: 8,000 million tonnes
Oil: 4,000 million tonnes
Natural gas: 3,000 million tonnes

Total for solar, wind, geo, hydro, EVs, batteries, nuclear:
7 million tonnes in 2020, projected to reach 28 million tonnes in 2040

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James Nisbet @bandit.nz · 27/09/2026

Why does nobody talk about this? Is nobody aware that a holiday in Australia is now far more expensive than it has been in the past decade? Our currency sucks ass, and the gap grows into a chasm. Back on track eh? #nzpol

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James Nisbet @bandit.nz · 23/09/2026

Money printer go brrrrrr Likely to be some big winners out of this... someone is selling claude.si for $250k

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James Nisbet @bandit.nz · 22/09/2026

Drumpf announced that AI will henceforce be known as SI (super intelligence) Vultures already swooping. Hopefully Slovenia cashes in on this!

2,105 new .si domains registered in the last 24 hours

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James Nisbet @bandit.nz · 07/09/2026

Shutting down a start-up is always a hard and painful decision. All those hours and all that hope, coming to an abrupt and unsatisfying end. With GoodyGood we wanted to do it a little differently - rather than forgotten, we'll keep it running as an 'open letter' for what we achieved. goodygood.co

All those small steps added up

Across all archived profiles, GoodyGoods funded this much
climate action together. Not bad eh? Go us. Go you.

950.67 tonnes of CO2 offset
Like 3,802.5 hours on a plane
Or 5,559,518 km in a car
Or 30,897 weeks meat-free

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James Nisbet @bandit.nz · 06/09/2026

Home Assistant rules

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James Nisbet @bandit.nz · 15/08/2026

I shouldn't, but man, sometimes I just have to. God LinkedIn is a cesspit of sycophants and idiots

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James Nisbet @bandit.nz · 16/07/2026

Honestly do these people think we are all idiots? Not one mention of the ACTUAL runaway costs: labour and materials www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

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James Nisbet @bandit.nz · 05/07/2026

Guava thief caught red beaked

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James Nisbet @bandit.nz · 03/07/2026

Finding it quietly amusing how much you can change the vibe of an error message by simply adding the user's name to the end of it

Your transaction was declined. Please try again or use a different payment method, James.

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James Nisbet @bandit.nz · 01/07/2026

God this is shameless and unbelievably cringe. All the reviews on this new Kathmandu product are people begging for free stuff. Devalues Kathmandu's entire review system that these were approved

5 stars: Overland Track review
Happy to test it out to the Overland Track in a couple of weeks!

5 stars: Tester available
Happy to take one to Hinchinbrook in a few weeks if more testers needed. They look impressive as does the new hiking range.

5 stars: Ready to use
Same here 👇👇

5 stars: Ready to use
If you send me one I’ll review it for free!

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James Nisbet @bandit.nz · 25/06/2026

Omg lol that National solar crap has an interest rate of roughly 2% below floating rates. That's a lot worse than the banks are offering of their own volition. Just a totally weak sauce policy from a weak sauce political party

"The interest rate would be higher. While you're able to get very low rates from the banks at present, the spokesperson said the scheme would be about 2 percent below floating rates. At the moment, those are about 5.8 percent."

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James Nisbet @bandit.nz · 23/06/2026

Not really sure you could say it's increasing en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

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James Nisbet @bandit.nz · 23/06/2026

2 whole days to shit on the only chance you have of getting elected? Come on Chris #nzpol

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James Nisbet @bandit.nz · 17/06/2026

One of the strongest El Niños *so far* None of this will improve in our lifetimes. It's only getting worse and worse and worse. Vote for the climate.

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James Nisbet @bandit.nz · 13/06/2026

Marc nails it: This is the cost of inaction

There was an election. Christopher Luxon said National was committed to the Paris target multiple times in the lead-up. After the coalition formed, it systematically. dismantled nearly every. part of the climate, policy framework that had enabled New Zealand to so successfully close the gap on meeting its targets in just six years. Neither in the waning days of the Labour government nor in the early days of the coalition did we see any public sign that New Zealand was preparing to secure offshore mitigation.

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James Nisbet @bandit.nz · 10/06/2026

Did everyone catch that Act are looking to pull us out of Paris? This would tank our ability to export and badly hurt our "100% Pure" reputation. Truly a braindead suggestion #nzpol Let's also not forget agriculture is one of the most reliant industries on a stable climate...

Meanwhile the ACT Party announced an election policy on Wednesday to change New Zealand’s commitments under the Paris climate change agreement. ACT would issue a new Nationally Determined Contribution that commits Kiwi farmers to “realistic targets”, the party’s agriculture spokesperson, Andrew Hoggard, said.

“If the Paris Agreement cannot accommodate targets that reflect the real warming impact of New Zealand's emissions, then New Zealand should leave it.”

Asked about this at Fieldays, Luxon said his coalition Government had decided to remain signed up to the Paris Agreement because exporters would be penalised on the international market if New Zealand left.

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James Nisbet @bandit.nz · 09/06/2026

Love to see these fighting words from Kāpiti Council about our anti-democracy government haveyoursay.kapiticoast.govt.nz/LocalGovernm...

This is a significant issue for Kāpiti. While the Government has indicated community views aren't needed, we disagree. Our neighbouring councils are working at pace, so we are too. Your voice will help inform our way forward.

We recognise the process and timeframes set by Government aren't realistic and don't encourage a true democratic process. Despite this, we'll stay actively involved to ensure our community has a strong voice in the conversation.

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James Nisbet @bandit.nz · 04/06/2026

Don't forget our currency!

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James Nisbet @bandit.nz · 02/06/2026

Left: can't believe this govt ripped up our policies and replaced them with cruelty Center Left: maybe we should aim for bipartisanship for important policies Far left: WTF TRAITOR If we can't even START the conversation about this, nothing will ever improve. Incredible that this isn't obvious

Dog "no take only throw" frisbee meme.

Pane 1: Lasting left wing policy?
Pane 2: Pragmatic compromise
Pane 3: No compromise, only lasting policy

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James Nisbet @bandit.nz · 31/05/2026

Better than most horror movies

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James Nisbet @bandit.nz · 24/05/2026

Imagine looking at our current government and thinking to yourself "yep I'll have some more of that please" Everything sucks on basically every metric. It even sucks more for rich people lol I guess the cognitive dissonance is probably still strong enough to blame Labour somehow, facts be damned

Graph showing that National borrow the same if not more than Labour

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James Nisbet @bandit.nz · 20/05/2026

Not enough is made about how badly this government has damaged our currency #nzpol

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James Nisbet @bandit.nz · 18/05/2026

Yeaaaaahhhhhhh I'm gonna need you to give me a headcount report ASAP

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James Nisbet @bandit.nz · 15/05/2026

Hey @1password.bsky.social this random password is too real for 2026

A screenshot of a generated password. The password is "grr-emotions-THEREOF"

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James Nisbet @bandit.nz · 14/05/2026

Here's a classic one that no matter how much data you present, will not die: That Labour borrows more than National Data says no: figure.nz/chart/HTEZTi... #nzpol

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James Nisbet @bandit.nz · 14/05/2026

What's crazy is this level of mental gymnastics is completely invisible to the people performing it. They have no idea at just how deranged they actually are by convincing themselves both sides are just as bad as each other. Same thing here in New Zealand. Hear it all the time. Depressing

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James Nisbet @bandit.nz · 11/05/2026

Not sure if this is just me or what

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James Nisbet @bandit.nz · 11/05/2026

As predicted. RIP democracy in the USA thehill.com/opinion/camp...

Headline from The Independent: "Trump says he will send an 'Election Integrity Army' into every state for midterms"

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James Nisbet @bandit.nz · 07/05/2026

Oh no people are impersonating us. Let's email everyone from an extremely anonymous-looking mobile phone number claiming we're Powershop to let them know!

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James Nisbet @bandit.nz · 29/04/2026

Still remember when he told me he was jealous of my 2017 antipasto Prob cost $15 Those were the days 🥹

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James Nisbet @bandit.nz · 26/04/2026

If you know you know

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James Nisbet @bandit.nz · 25/04/2026

Here's triage mode - super simple. Just keep track of what you need.

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James Nisbet @bandit.nz · 25/04/2026

Has two modes - triage mode and inventory mode. Triage mode is simple toggles: skip/on special/need Inventory mode is more like tracking quantities of things that drive the triage statuses Here's inventory mode:

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James Nisbet @bandit.nz · 25/04/2026

Alright I made it: Grocery Triage Been using it for a week or so and really enjoying it. It's a free web app you can "install" to your phone. Give it a go if you like (needs a Google account to login) groceries.nisbet.nz

Cart Triage
A shared grocery list for recurring shopping

Keep staple items on a list shared with your household, triage what you need day-to-day, then check things off while you shop.

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James Nisbet @bandit.nz · 23/04/2026

You are feeling very thirsti... so very thirstoni... so delicious negroni

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James Nisbet @bandit.nz · 22/04/2026

New Zealand emits 55 million tonnes of greenhouse gases per year. Meanwhile

New Gas-Powered Data Centers Could Emit More Greenhouse Gases Than Entire Nations

BY MOLLY TAFT

A WIRED review of permits for data center projects using natural gas and linked to OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, and xAI shows they could emit more than 129 million tons of greenhouse gases per year.

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