Reposted by JamesJosh O'Connor-Chen @joshoconnorchen.bsky.social · 7h"We must run the country like a business" "Cool, so we're going to borrow at favourable interest rates to invest in productive assets and people?" "No, we mean lay-offs and asset-stripping" 15320
Reposted by Jamessamuel mehr @mehr.nz · 06/10/2026the lady in red is every NZ scientist in this election #nzpol 110418
Reposted by JamesAnna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026As a society, we have forgotten that the phone still works when you hold it up to your ear 763272477
Reposted by JamesTze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 06/10/2026omg I immediately had to find the studyresearchgate.net(PDF) Debating the Debate: The Impact of Exposure to Debate News Coverage and Its Interaction with Exposure to the Actual DebatePDF | Rather than studying the effects of a programmed debate per se, this article examines the “total information environment” that surrounds the... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on... 072
Reposted by JamesTze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Dan beat me to it but it's actually a reaction to this moment... Luxon: [rules out Opportunity because 'no new taxes'] Hipkins: But you're happy to work with racists. 515938
Reposted by JamesKiwiNikki @kiwinikki.bsky.social · 02/10/2026China halts supplies. US has told Europe to release strategic supplies or else. I’d expect them to announce halting diesel exports tomorrow. And Russia is threatening war (including nuclear). None of which (I’m betting) will make 1News. #nzpol 2287
Reposted by JamesLewis @lgambrose.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Angry, gleeful, anxious. Really angry. And, somewhere, afraid of complacency.likeanewsletter.substack.comBe angry, but never be complacentOn Man City, corruption, cheating, anger, protests, and the duty of fans 815122
James @jsiddle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Have you got the Themes yet? Website says they've been released but there's no details 020
Reposted by JamesPhilippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Read this. Do. There has never been anything like it in the history of English football.resources.premierleague.pulselive.com 812532
Reposted by JamesJay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026One of my favorite cases of someone being Wrong on the Internet was a very earnest, very confused vegan who was telling people how cruel honey is; and it eventually turned out they thought honey was made by putting bees in a centrifuge and spinning them around until they threw up. 26583051368
Reposted by JamesKyle Matthews @kylermatthews.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Some thoughts on Nicky Hager's "Dirty Work: The Taxpayers' Union and New Zealand's Hard Right" which was launched tonight. These thoughts are informed by a research project we did earlier this year looking at NZTU discourses which involved analysing two years of its media releases and other outputs. 16326
Reposted by JamesDarian Stibbe @darians.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I cannot comprehend how someone who has more money than they could spend in 10 life times would deliberately choose to make their life shittier by becoming a tax exile. 1232
Reposted by JamesJane Mayl🍷n 🍇 @janetrad.bsky.social · 20/09/2026"Building a system of this magnitude required processing more than four million geospatial polygons and precisely intersecting them with topographical and climate layers," "The result is the most comprehensive digital archive of world viticulture ever created."prnewswire.comWorld Winery Map Digitizes 4.3 Million Vineyards and Their Terroir Data Amid Climate Change/PRNewswire/ -- As climate change rapidly redraws the historical boundaries of global viticulture, satellite topographical measurements and climate indices are... 6203
Reposted by JamesCEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 18/09/2026That.... that's not how cricket works. The bowler isn't trying to get you to hit the ball. He knows that right. 139024
Reposted by JamesIdiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Pretty sure that openly hating the place you want to represent is not a great election strategy www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...stuff.co.nzNational candidate met with chorus of boos after ‘diabolical’ CBD commentSpeaking at a candidate’s meeting, Candace Kinser said there was “no ability or very little ability for a car to even drop someone off” in central Auckland. 6439
Reposted by JamesSassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 16/09/2026We should be rioting honestly WTF 34387153
Reposted by Jamesone dozen bats at a keyboard @panasonicdx4500.bsky.social · 15/09/2026BREAKING: Ed Sheeran overcorrects, joins Hezbollah 232321469
Reposted by JamesJanel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I mean if you really want to hear Ed Sheeran without any opening acts you can simply get put on hold with your bank 128115791941
James @jsiddle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Found the first part really interesting and quite impressive actually, the SAOT seemed to work well, defined tolerances, procedures, checks etc, appears to have got the right result. But then they all succumbed to group think and missed the most obvious thing? So its a procedure failure then? Huh 000
Reposted by JamesJo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The fallacy that University leaders pushing AI are falling into is thinking that the point of undergraduate research is to find things out. It isn't. What students find out is typically already generally known. The point of undergraduate research is to learn how to find things out. 351442413
Reposted by JamesAaron Hawkins @ahawkins.bsky.social · 15/09/2026'The adult minimum wage will be frozen for 3 years, while a training wage would be set at 60% of the adult minimum wage for workers under 20' Less than $15/hr. For a 19 y/o. In 2030. Which they'd have to take because they've also cut off your access to a benefit. Adult, indeed.stuff.co.nzACT pledges to freeze adult minimum wage, lower youth training rateThe party says wages can sustainably rise when workers become more productive and businesses can afford to pay more. 1212445
Reposted by JamesPhil Costa @philcosta.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Enzo Fernández looked like this and they really thought he wasn’t interfering with play 944243
Reposted by Jamesebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Love the Irish🇮🇪 467266335729
James @jsiddle.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I'll get in early @arseblog.com @gunnerblog.bsky.social #arsecastextra costs aside..how about Brobbey in January? 101
Reposted by JamesRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026This keeps happening. 765118563262
Reposted by JamesTze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Now that the Census cancellation is cancelled, concerned nerds wondering wtf is gonna happen in 2028 will want to check out this webinar next Tuesday: featuring Len Cook, [stomping the broken body of] the Govt Statistician discussing what is technically possible, with Tahu Kukutai chairing.sway.cloud.microsoftCensus at the crossroads: Where to next? Webinar SeriesThe population census provides essential data needed to allocate resources, plan public services and infrastructure, and ensure equitable democratic representation. The Government's plan to replace th 34718
Reposted by JamesCharles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Bill Bryson’s words seem appropriate to post right now 5145161509
James @jsiddle.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Plenty of synergies (🤮) there. How about KiwiEmergency (Fire, Ambulance, Rozzers) too 000
Reposted by JamesMicah @rincewind.run · 06/09/2026one thing the ai era makes me miss is really shitty bespoke photoshops you used to get just the lowest effort garbage imaginable made by people who have opened the program three times in their entire life, but it had some charm to it and now they just generate the same bullshit as everyone else 914117633
James @jsiddle.bsky.social · 04/09/2026static.klipy.comWtf Tom Delonge's Mullet LookAlt: Wtf Tom Delonge's Mullet Look 010
Reposted by JamesTim Stillman ⭐️⭐️ @tim-stillman.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Corned beef and onion 👌 5826312
James @jsiddle.bsky.social · 27/08/2026"Maybe" doing a lot of heavy lifting here, it works both ways 010
James @jsiddle.bsky.social · 25/08/2026There's one clear winner surely 1. You'll have to speak up I'm wearing a towel 010
Reposted by Jamesbakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026our president has a treasure chest on his butt that he poops inside and yall are on here making fun of it 623117
Reposted by JamesCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 17/08/20265. I can’t do this if I am getting a couple of these emails a day — and there’s no reason I should spend my time reading someone’s paper and writing back if they couldn’t be bothered to spend their own time writing the email they sent to me in the first place. 135525
James @jsiddle.bsky.social · 24/08/2026What was that moment last year...was it against city away? When he completely switched off before a goal and odegaard threw his arms up in frustration? I feel like maybe that was the final nail - biggest game of the season and he switched off. Some great memories but wonder if moving on is time 100
James @jsiddle.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Yeah that makes a lot of sense, assuming this was at least part of the "brancott estate not available" bit 000
James @jsiddle.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Cool thanks, sounds about right And its bad enough during the heat they have at the moment, would be unbearable if it was only like 10% coverage 010
James @jsiddle.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Stats source re London? From what I could see its 19.6% canopy cover in the urban area, and off the top of my head that's what the auckland number refers to as well (tree vegetation 3m+). But the south auckland number is shocking yes (canopy well under 10%, again from memory i think) 110
James @jsiddle.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Yep. Article shows where their bread is buttered (international sav conference in nz next year) I.e. focusing on much larger export market and core export business, instead of an event which is expensive and takes a lot of effort to put on. Might be sad but no one should be surprised 120
