Oli - something or other @olimnz.bsky.social · 14hHosts are not 1. Trained 2. Experienced 3. Tech-savvy All of which should be prerequisites for getting to the dizzy heights they aspire to. 010
Reposted by Oli - something or otherMartin @mandab.com · 16hSuch a fun interview! I could listen to Kelly talk all day. He packed so much fascinating info into this half hour. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I did recording it. 032
Oli - something or other @olimnz.bsky.social · 23hThis cause is close to my heart - please sign:our.actionstation.org.nzStop the sale of smart glasses until privacy and safety safeguards are in placeWomen and girls are already being secretly filmed, including in Aotearoa Smart glasses are entering a world where women and girls already experience voyeurism, sexual harassment and image-based abuse.... 293
Reposted by Oli - something or otherD Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 14/10/2026“Everyone in Aotearoa deserves to be able to take part in public life &go about their everyday lives, without being secretly filmed. We call on the next NZ Govt to introduce an immediate pause on the sale of consumer smart glasses until effective, enforceable privacy&safety safeguards are in place”our.actionstation.org.nzStop the sale of smart glasses until privacy and safety safeguards are in placeWomen and girls are already being secretly filmed, including in Aotearoa Smart glasses are entering a world where women and girls already experience voyeurism, sexual harassment and image-based abuse.... 24516
Reposted by Oli - something or otheralexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 14/10/2026BREAKING: Executives at Twitter and Facebook are reportedly struggling to explain how accepting millions of dollars from Russian operatives to flood their platforms with propaganda bots pitting Americans against each other to destabilize American society isn’t "textbook treason." 15420
Oli - something or other @olimnz.bsky.social · 13/10/2026This is hilarious. Microsoft hoist by their own petard. *Rushes off to search for the replicants* 120
Oli - something or other @olimnz.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Sounds like canals are open sewers. My brother (the one in Toulouse) says locals don a mask and suck on a hosepipe to go under and clean their props. I would appreciate the disinfectant shower afterwards! 110
Oli - something or other @olimnz.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Un-fucking-believable. Actually, no it's not. It's totally believable from this lot. I suspect it's tied into the Labour announcement that they plan to employ all the nurses we produce. 020
Oli - something or other @olimnz.bsky.social · 13/10/2026This is not good. Not good at all. Right when I want to cycle into the city centre. Hope it's wrong. 130
Oli - something or other @olimnz.bsky.social · 13/10/2026This one belongs to @terriblemapshq.bsky.social I think! 020
Oli - something or other @olimnz.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Well, National can't blame anyone else for this (but they will try). #nzpol 041
Reposted by Oli - something or otherPaul van Brakel @paulvanbrakel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I see ya Meridian Woolworths Mercury... and donors in the shadows 041
Oli - something or other @olimnz.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Salutary lesson in keeping your equipment and its firmware up to date. Danfoss "fridge regulator systems were notably affected, with a version of the former using "outdated firmware". It added that it had long advised supermarkets to update from those models." #Cybercrimernz.co.nzFrench supermarkets suffer refrigerator shutdown after 'unprecedented' cyberattackMajor French supermarket chains said they were hit by a cyberattack that caused their refrigerators to shoot up in temperature in hundreds of stores, forcing spoiled food to be thrown away and raising... 282
Reposted by Oli - something or other Comfortably Boo @numb.comfortab.ly · 11/10/2026That antivaxx "Voices Of Vaccines" account is still here, and has whooping 14 followers (some of which follow me for some reason). Block it, block its followers, don't let this infestation spread. 9747
Reposted by Oli - something or otherKris B @krisb.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Wow, who could have guessed that splitting up transport responsibilities would have consequences? 141
Oli - something or other @olimnz.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Dinner with my wife and sister in law. Feeding the cat again. Bed. Tomorrow will also be busy. I love being retired. (What should I have been doing you ask? Invoicing. Did I? Nope, that's tomorrow's job) 110
Oli - something or other @olimnz.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Exporting my calendar to .csv format and adding a formula to extract client hours. Realising I can normalise the data in the calendar and re-import it. Some thinking. Several emails. Managing our Chairpersons resignation. 110
Oli - something or other @olimnz.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Well, that was a fun day. Started off by feeding my daughters cat. Ended up with a 2 hr conversation with an aging hippy. In between? Electrify Christchurch Chatting with some old friends. Making new acquaintances. ... 3101
Oli - something or other @olimnz.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Lounging around at the #ElectrifyChristchurch event. I haven't been to the Airforce Museum for years and forgot how good it is. 000
Reposted by Oli - something or otherTalaria.FYI @talaria-fyi.bsky.social · 10/10/2026What NZ voters need to understand: our governments are LYING to us about inflation. 3 categories of inflation. Putting up interest INCREASES inflation. is used to strip wealth from people. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHeC... #nzpolyoutube.comUnderstanding Economics: What is inflation?YouTube video by Richard J Murphy 021
Oli - something or other @olimnz.bsky.social · 10/10/2026"Over the past two weeks, a generation of French school students has taken to the streets in protest against a school system blighted by inequality." [Guardian newsletter] "protest can be traced to years of austerity" Austerity. Does. Not. Work. Lack of investment *will* come back to bite you. 1233
Reposted by Oli - something or otherDaily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Someone alert Thomas Coughlan 17120
Oli - something or other @olimnz.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I'm getting older and less handsome... 😉 010
Oli - something or other @olimnz.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Just click the repost button a second time. 000
Oli - something or other @olimnz.bsky.social · 10/10/2026No, he didn't. But I am meeting him for a beer on Wednesday with a mutual friend, so we'll see what he says. 020
Oli - something or other @olimnz.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I was on the 6 o'clock news tonight (see TVNZ, 1News, approx 10 minutes in) for a 5sec interview at the local Banks Peninsula Meet the Candidates. That's me in a green top with glasses on. 😊 Soooo many other things I wanted to say. #nzpol 1322
Reposted by Oli - something or otherDr Gary Payinda @garypayinda.bsky.social · 09/10/2026"Wannabe" or "Gonna-be"... Your next Whangarei MP? Representing the people. Consistently. See you Saturday, 10am at the Town basin, for a Loop Walk. Together. -Dr Gary 1111521
Oli - something or other @olimnz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I adore anchovies but so many people do not. 140
Oli - something or other @olimnz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026My friend admitted he is going to party vote Opportunity and electoral vote National. Is he even a friend anymore? 11121
Oli - something or other @olimnz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026If we can block the mosque shooter's video, we should be able to block this. 110
Reposted by Oli - something or otherbiketoberchch.bsky.social @biketoberchch.bsky.social · 09/10/2026We are looking forward to another social catch-up on Sunday at 3:30pm after the Sunday Cycles (you can skip the ride and meet us at Scoundrel)! The weather is looking stunning! 🌞 Stephen will be there with T-shirts to collect 👕 biketoberchch.nz/event/sunday... 032
Reposted by Oli - something or otherNinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social · 09/10/2026REGISTRATION OF LANDLORDS AND PROPERTY MANAGERS - yes, please and thank you. #nzpol 25611
Oli - something or other @olimnz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This should be blocked by any decent ISP surely? How many laws does it break in NZ if we get it here? "US to livestream Army execution of Fort Hood shooter, Pentagon official says" 2244
Oli - something or other @olimnz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Hmmm, research eh? I had bovine bone implants in my jaw about two years ago.rnz.co.nzCow bones could offer cheap alternative for human jaw repair, dental treatment, researchers sayLeft over cow bones could offer a more cost-effective way to build back human jaws, after successful trials overseas. 1121
Reposted by Oli - something or otherKatya @nzkatya.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Harete Hipango's Wikipedia page: "Hipango acknowledged that she had asked a member of her staff to edit her Wikipedia biography to remove any mention of negative or controversial issues that Hipango was involved in, including her attendance at anti-vaccination rallies" She's no.7 on NZF's list 33912
Reposted by Oli - something or otherTe Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 07/10/2026National and Labour leaders reject a constitutional role for the Kīngitanga while facing questions on Māori health, education, co-governance and te reo Māori. teaonews.co.nzLuxon and Hipkins challenged on key Māori issuesNational and Labour leaders reject a constitutional role for the Kīngitanga while facing questions on Māori health, education, co-governance and te reo Māori. 022
Oli - something or other @olimnz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I shall be going through the pain or washing machine swap over on Thursday. I think it's costing me a bit more than $50. 120
Oli - something or other @olimnz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Yep, that's it. Who's got NZ$7,000,000 to spend on a car? 110
Oli - something or other @olimnz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Spotted this too. $7m of car. www.carexpert.co.nz/car-news/fir...carexpert.co.nzFirst Ferrari F80 in Australasia lands in NZ as $7m hypercar is deliveredFerrari's flagship hypercar and LaFerrari successor has arrived in New Zealand, the first F80 to be delivered in the Australasia market. 101
Reposted by Oli - something or otherCraig M. Ranapia @craigmranapia.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Good question - and one that should *always* be put to incumbents begging for another suck at the sav. If WE - yes all of us - don't impose a political cost for political liars making promises they know they can't keep, why the hell would they stop? #nzpol 3216
Oli - something or other @olimnz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It's *perfect* timing though, right in front of an election. They really are muppets for not seeing this coming to bite them in the arse. 090
Oli - something or other @olimnz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026He's not getting a huge amount of support in the comments though. 000