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James Sugrue

@kiwibastard.omg.nz
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Coder. Author. Hardware tinkerer. Father. Husband. Geek. Coach. Platform & language neutral. iOS, Android, Linux, Unity.

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Hacker News Top Stories @hackernewsbot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The science of Monkey Island: can grog dissolve a metal mug that fast? | Discussion
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The science of Monkey Island: can grog actually dissolve a metal mug that fast?
Patrizio Raffa ENTEG Institute, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. Email: p.raffa (at) rug (dot) nl Download PDF Since its release in 1990 by L…
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Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This a great story about how a small action of solidarity by people thousands of miles way from where the horrible thing is happening can make a difference. And it's told really well. So anytime someone says your small action won't have an impact, show them this. #nzpol
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 21/09/2026
Someone make this into a billboard. #nzpol
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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 16/09/2026
Winnie is a racist senile old fuck. Shane Jones will sell his children for money. That's established and unfortunate. The real danger in NZ is ACT. They are the evil ones. Kick them the fuck out NZ, so Seymour can inevitably end up being arrested for, well, you can work it out. #nzpol
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 15/09/2026
I've said it before but this is peak shit CEO behaviour. He is given the talking points and expects people to take it as fact. When pushed back, he just relies (or lies) on his talking point and has no critical thinking ability.
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 14/09/2026
I'm in Italy for work. It takes a journey like this to realise how very fucking far away we are in NZ.
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 14/09/2026
Read this thread. The biggest issue is there are no journalists any more, or the people that call themselves journalists are effectively just there for click optimisations and I'd bet almost none of them _actually_ understand any of this.
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 07/09/2026
As opposed to under the current Govt where people can't afford to go to the supermarket? Is that what shitstain brown means here? #nzpol
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 06/09/2026
While I'm in a pissy mood, it's about time refs started penalising the Yarpies front row for continuously boring in. Ox is at no point in ANY scrum square. He bores in and walks around too, but the boring is the bit that annoys me the most. Right in-front of the ref.
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 06/09/2026
The worst part of this is this smug fuck trumpet doesn't believe any of this, I guarantee it. He'll say anything to try keep himself in power and it's just fucking sickening. #nzpol
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 04/09/2026
Out of all this, the thing that confuses me the most is the confederate flag. So, what, they side with racist losers? I guess that tracks with Henry visiting. #NZPOL
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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I knew this would be bad, but it's awful. Malpractice even. I'll limit my criticism to 9 posts. The Herald have added together the gross debt of NZ public & private sectors and called this debt 'we collectively owe the world'. Pure unadulterated nonsense. Literally untrue. [🧵1/n]
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 31/08/2026
Hmmm, so what I'm inferring from this is, not eating chocolate is bad for the environment: "Some researchers have suggested that around 84 percent of the fat we lose is exhaled as carbon dioxide"
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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
A multi-millionaire on a $520k salary (plus perks) sanctimoniously telling parents on $67k that they have to financially support adult children who cannot find work, thanks to the youth unemployment crisis his government created - so infuriating. I couldn't hate him more #nzpol
rnz.co.nz
Watch: Christopher Luxon defends cuts to benefits for youth
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has defended tightening eligibility for jobseekers benefits for young people and encouraged them to do "whatever it takes" to get a job.
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 31/08/2026
Conflating school attendance with success is like Toyota being happy because its engine uses the most fuel. #npol
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 30/08/2026
Poor Warriors. Poor.
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 30/08/2026
Shit has someone made a time machine? This is 2022 Warriors right now.
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 28/08/2026
Are we sure Hipkins isn't a National plant at this point?
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 27/08/2026
Until something like Nepal, happens in the west nothing will change. People only care in a superficial way until it happens to them. Concrete eg: Jeremy Clarkson. 15 years ago he couldn't give a shit about farmers and climate, now he lives it he's the greatest farming advocate..... in the world.
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 26/08/2026
It's not only maps we don't appear on:
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 25/08/2026
In a world of contemptuous arseholes, be a Dolly.
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 25/08/2026
It's not until you realise that the people responsible for the nursing shortage and complete cluster fuck that is our health system, will never use our health system, it starts to make some kind of gallows humour sense. #NZPOL
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 24/08/2026
Hey here's a big fuck off to you National. I'm a responsible parent and I'll decide when my children can be on social media, not a bald fraud and the worst govt since the 80's.
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Cool Hand Fluke @nzrossvideo.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
#nzpol
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 24/08/2026
"Chippy: because he's white and boring and will side with anything" #nzpol
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 24/08/2026
Make a band bigger: Crowded Mansion
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 22/08/2026
The AB's were epic. Took everything the 1 dimensional Boks could throw at them and just played better Rugby. Fitter, faster and played actual Rugby. There are a few things to sharpen up for sure, and one drink doesn't make a summer, but this is chalk and cheese compared to last year.
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Alan Griffiths @alanji.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 20/08/2026
I once worked under a CEO who would roll into the office around 10am, get the HR person (she was the only female in that part of the office) to print off all his email from the previous day, which he would then take away with him. Luxon feels very much like that kind of CEO/PM. #nzpol
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 19/08/2026
National are giving Chippy ammunition to attack them with on a daily basis. Labour:
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Cricket Chirp Breaks the Silence
ALT: Cricket Chirp Breaks the Silence
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 19/08/2026
The older I get, the more I realise that LOTR was really about Billionaires and how ultimately the only solution we have is to throw them into a volcano.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 19/08/2026
Still have it somewhere.
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 19/08/2026
Not that is actually matters, but it wasn't called supercars back then. Just the plain old Wellington Street Race (or the 500). By the time the Bald Fraud was living in Wellington the actual race was pretty sad and down to a handful of cars. But hey don't let facts get in the way Mr CEO
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 18/08/2026
"“Prison would fall harder on a man like [the defendant].” - Fucking good. Sicko should be held accountable. I also hope the lawyer has a hard time sleeping at night.
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 17/08/2026
Boomers don't know how to change the channel. It would be interesting to see streaming numbers against that. My guess is that for example a high profile tik-tok video would be 2-3x One News?
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 17/08/2026
Fucking boomers. I just don't know. This is the town LITERALLY created by a hydro damn, complaining about a few solar farms. I just don't. www.rnz.co.nz/news/regions...
rnz.co.nz
‘We have to push back’: Mackenzie residents meet over solar expansion
Mackenzie residents have gathered to learn about proposed fast-tracked solar projects that will be decided by Wellington.
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 17/08/2026
Democracy shouldn't be bought. Donations should be capped at $1000
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 16/08/2026
I didn't read the article, but is it because he's a creepy weirdo?
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 14/08/2026
Fuck off Luxon. We don't want ya or your tub of lard speaker of the house that blocked so many things that could have been great when he was EQ minister.
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 12/08/2026
"Don't worry. It'll be all white" #NZPOL
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 11/08/2026
Also, when he's rolled, and he will get rolled, it'll be fun to be able to call him a snivelling little fuck weasel without getting set upon by DPS if I ever happen to see him in public. #NZPOL #worst.pm.eva
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 11/08/2026
"It is my firm belief that division and disunity are a major distraction only 90 days out from the election. "I also believe this distraction is unfair to the New Zealand people" I can't speak for everyone here Chris, but this New Zealander is finding it bloody hilarious mate. #NZPOL
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 10/08/2026
Fables UCL prediction. This was a little more flakey as I had to remind it LFC made UCL as EPL got 5 spots
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 10/08/2026
I asked Fable to predict the EPL final result:
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 10/08/2026
Watched the new Spider Man movie with my youngest last night. It was good, but they leave a lot of back story unsaid. I get that there are rabid fans that breathe the MCU, but there are also casual people who can't remember wtf is going on between movies they watch once a few years ago.
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 09/08/2026
I don't get it Labour. Asleep at the wheel. WAKE THE FUCK UP. This should be such an easy election victory after three years of material from this inept govt to choose from, but Hipkins in the middle just wants none of it. #NZPOL
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 29/07/2026
For those of us with a few grey highlights in our hair (if we still have some), that are also nerds: amiga.lychesis.net/index.html
amiga.lychesis.net
Amiga Graphics Archive
Launched in 1985 the Commodore Amiga boasted graphics capabilities that were unsurpassed for it's time. It featured an intricate collection of custom chips that enabled it to do things that, until the...
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 29/07/2026
My first day action plan: - proclamation: anyone with over 1 billion in assets in 100 days will be publicly executed on day 101. - All foreign owned property must be lived in by owner for min of 4 mon/yr - Proceeds from above to be reallocated to health care and public transport. #firstdaydictator
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