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David Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

When NZ Herald headlines read like Stefon setups on SNL

"This Dominion Road Palestinian restaurant is Auckland's hottest new opening."

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David Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If you see this, post NZ vampires who aren't Dracula

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David Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

newzealandcurriculum.tahurangi.education.govt.nz/new-zealand-...

An excerpt from the New Zealand Curriculum
Social Sciences Years 0–10 (specifically Year 8)

People can work with others to influence public attitudes,
values, and government decision-making by engaging with
MPs, writing submissions, signing petitions, creating public
campaigns, and participating in respectful protests on issues
such as social, environmental, economic, human rights, and
minority rights concerns. Examples include student groups,
trade unions, business associations, and social action groups,
for example:

- young people have opportunities to engage in interest groups
for change (e.g. Students Against Dangerous Driving and
Disability Rights Groups) and promote change in other ways
(e.g. Ngā Manu Kōrero, Student Volunteer Army, Pacific
Youth Leadership and Transformation (PYLAT))**
- the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions (NZCTU) makes
submissions on legislation, runs campaigns, publishes
research, and advocates for workers' interests
- national business associations (e.g. Chambers of Commerce,
BusinessNZ, Federated Farmers) influence government
decision-making by lobbying politicians, making submissions
on proposed laws, and using the media to promote policies
that support business growth and economic development
- the New Zealand Taxpayers' Union aims to influence
government spending through public campaigns, media
engagement, and direct lobbying
- the Polynesian Panthers formed in 1971 to challenge racism,
inequality, discriminatory policing, and immigration
enforcement facing Pacific peoples in New Zealand, including
the Dawn Raids

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David Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Wake up babe, a new unit of measure dropped

A headline from NZ Herald saying 10 metre waves would dwarf the giant L&P bottle in inland Paeroa (6.8 metres)

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David Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This name popped up in the trailer for "Artificial" after Andrew Garfield, Monica Barbaro, Jason Schwartzman, Cooper Hoffman. He got the "with"?

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David Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Went to the library; found a book in which I am mentioned.

A book about Wellington's annual Summer Shakespeare

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David Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

You'd think somebody with this supposed ethnic background Mr. Henry might be a bit more circumspect with his words especially those with an air of ethnic purity but he's only a professional communicator of long-standing you can't expect him to watch what he says. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/paul-henr...

"Most people think that I am British but the truth is much much worse than that, like the Governor-General I was born in New Zealand but, however, I am at least half what they colloquially call in Europe a gippo (gypsy)"

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David Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Post your getaway vehicle(s)

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David Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Another sex offender who wasn't a drag queen reading picture books at the local library. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/businessm...

Businessman who secretly filmed Auckland women during sex and uploaded footage to sex sites jailed

Sex workers who were secretly filmed having sex with an Auckland businessman said he is a “pathetic little man” and has ruined their lives.

Shafkat Mahbub was charged with making 14 intimate visual recordings, 10 of which he posted online for money.

The businessman – who in April pleaded guilty to all 24 charges – appeared in the Auckland District Court on Tuesday and was sentenced to 31 months in prison.

Judge Debra Bell said that over a period of four years, Mahbub met with 14 women and covertly recorded sexual activity using a pre-concealed device and then uploaded the recordings on various websites.

He earned $3521.19 from uploading those recordings on one of the sites between August 2023 and March 31, 2024.

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David Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

"age-restricted (X) means a (X) designated by regulations as an age-restricted (X)" jfc do people actually read these things?

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David Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Never before has the Tobias/Lindsay "It might work for us" meme been truer than this govt modelling this on Australia's approach. www.bmj.com/content/393/...

Despite the intent of the Social Media Minimum Age Act 2024 to delay access to social media platforms and reduce the potential for online harms, little evidence was found of immediate substantive reductions in reported social media use by adolescents under 16 years.

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David Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

"The NZ govt fining the world's broligarchs" is something WHICH WILL NEVER HAPPEN so they may as well say 1000000% because it's a LEGITIMATE IMPOSSIBILITY.

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David Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

If the govt are omitting The Everything App from this list something's on the shonk.

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David Ritchie @dritchie.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Yes, Aunt May is getting younger, but so is Peter Parker, just at a slower rate. Extending the trendlines, we are able to ascertain that in 2058 both characters will be played by 21yo actors. #spider-man