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Orthanc @orthanc.nz · 28/09/2026

Can't argue with the facts, the Electorate has been very clear on this

Orthanc @orthanc.nz · 28/09/2026

Maybe leave this one till after lunch least you lose it. 12/15 I think is more a reflection of seeing Ninja Kitty's posts rather than these being identifiable as food

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David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Let us all remember that the creator of the Morris Worm of 1988 didn't intend to infect 10% of internet connected devices in the world and the accompanying damage, but his poor design choices resulted in his legal responsibility for the outcome. Of course, he wasn't an oligarch.

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Orthanc @orthanc.nz · 26/09/2026

Also, exciting new location for the fictional country of New Zealand just dropped

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Orthanc @orthanc.nz · 26/09/2026

Went to a meeting in the city yesterday with two colleagues. Two of us took the train, one bus. We're all highly paid professionals, public transport is the easiest not just the cheapest option. This is how it should be.

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David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I encourage relevant people to apply for this, even though it means I will no longer have the Children's Writer's office space on campus to occasionally hang out in myself, though I could come and say hi.

Office I have been working from once a fortnight

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Orthanc @orthanc.nz · 22/09/2026

Oh this is going to be interesting

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Felix Geiringer @barristernz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“It is ironic, to say the least, that if Jordan Williams had not publicised the non-existent book, these inside sources would most likely never have contacted me and the book we are here to launch today would not have been written.”

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Orthanc @orthanc.nz · 21/09/2026

Is there some technical difference between light and heavy rail? Or is it just "above X weight it's heavy, below that light". I always see people talking light rail this or that vs existing heavy rail and I'm jsut going "trains?"

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 20/09/2026

I'll won't believe that AI swarms have attained human-level intelligence until the Anthropic Chatbots' Front splits from the Agentic Chatbots' Front while angrily and publicly denouncing the Chatbots' Front of Anthropic.

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Joe Bak-Coleman @jbakcoleman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I don’t mean this to be cruel, but there’s just too much air being taken up by people with media or tech backgrounds who think their hot take on consciousness with LLMs is new, and lord it has all been done before and we’re past that. Christ, half the news cycle is yud refusing to read a book.

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Orthanc @orthanc.nz · 20/09/2026

This is good, but I prefer the greens version for supermarkets. Though perhaps there is some other industry contributing to the cost of living crisis where we could split the wholesale and retail arms....

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Labour proposes splitting Foodstuffs and Woolworths from their wholesale arms

Labour would force Foodstuffs and Woolworths to run their wholesale operations independently from their retail stores, if elected in November.

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Orthanc @orthanc.nz · 19/09/2026

Sometimes I worry that I am this guy, and I'm sure in some cases those that come next do curse my name because the pragmatic solution sometimes is a bit awful even though it's better than what it replaces. Hopefully trying hard not to be this guy and being self aware is enough to not be this guy.

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Orthanc @orthanc.nz · 19/09/2026

Tonight's dinner is a bit of an experiment, trying kind of stir fry flavours but with a long slow cook in the oven, it smells good at least.

A shallow pan with carrot, onion, celery and capsicum frying in it looking very bright and fesh

After a bit of time in the oven, now eirh the pork, soy and saucy stuff as well as cauliflower, garlic bolt and bok choi stems

After a few more hours, the vege looks wilted and less fresh, but the sauce looks lovely and rich

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Orthanc @orthanc.nz · 16/09/2026

We should be fair, the government couldn't do anything about the duopoly this term, they were lazer focused on the cost of living crisis, not rising food prices due to price gouging affecting the cost of living.

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Yorrike. @yorrike.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

That’s epic, god level election sign vandalism

One of National’s tax billboards. On the left side it says “9 New Taxes Labour Coalition” and the right hand side it says “No new taxes National”, except someone has painted over the first part of the “N” so the National side now reads “10 new taxes”

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Orthanc @orthanc.nz · 12/09/2026

I really don't know how plumbers do it. Just spent the last couple of hours unblocking the main drain for my house and it's just such a gross task.

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Orthanc @orthanc.nz · 11/09/2026

This is the correct response

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Orthanc @orthanc.nz · 11/09/2026

So if I understand correctly, ACT's climate policy is "fuck the climate" Just in a slightly less literal sense than their child welfare policy.

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Orthanc @orthanc.nz · 08/09/2026

Tech people stop pretending you're tech skills give you some special insight into fields you know nothing about challange. Difficulty level: impossible.

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Orthanc @orthanc.nz · 07/09/2026

Make a band bigger: Hello Navy

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Orthanc @orthanc.nz · 06/09/2026

Pssst. This time next week the CRL will be open. Pass it on

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Orthanc @orthanc.nz · 06/09/2026

I think the real question is, will KiwiMart be giving away knives or plastic collectables?

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Orthanc @orthanc.nz · 05/09/2026

Adopting this at home out of an abundance of caution. Sorry, can't vacuum today, the vacuum cleaner is in a time out just incase I vacuumed some radioactive material last time.

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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 05/09/2026

Why regulating the harmful behaviours of things like social network apps is safer for all than instituting age verification controls that demand identity proofs.

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Orthanc @orthanc.nz · 04/09/2026

Sorry Skeets and Bleets, your time is done. You got us through some hard times, but we can Tweet again now. Nature is healing

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Orthanc @orthanc.nz · 03/09/2026

So, are we crowd funding @beefaerie.bsky.social a "I Knit because stabbing these idiots with needles is against the rules" t-shirt then?

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Tom Eastman @tom.eastman.nz · 02/09/2026

Do you know how many ferries this government could have bought with 9 billion dollars? None.

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Orthanc @orthanc.nz · 02/09/2026

There's that old line about a mechanic called in to solve a problem, looks over the engine then hits it once with a hammer and the problem is solved. When asked for an itemised bill the bill is: * One hit with a hammer - $1 * Knowing where to hit - $999 I feel that get's more and more relevant.

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Orthanc @orthanc.nz · 01/09/2026

This continues to be an eel stan account, now with an in person visit to the eel

Me in a white shirt and hoodie standing in front of the head of a large metal eel sculpture

A slightly different angle of me in front of the sinus body of the eel sculpture with some of the carving detail

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Orthanc @orthanc.nz · 27/08/2026

Every one of these stories makes me tear up a little. She just seems to have been a genuinely nice person who cared.

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susan @susandixon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

let's do the time warp...it's worth a try

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Orthanc @orthanc.nz · 26/08/2026

And we are better for it

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

you can build a bunker for you and your retainers & you can hoard your power & fame, you can worship nothing but ambition or status and stand by while people you might be able to help--in big ways or small ways--go without. Or you can be Dolly. All these things are choices. She made good ones.

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Orthanc @orthanc.nz · 26/08/2026

Realising that with the NZ election soon we will have to start distinguishing between Orange Man (Bad) and Orange Man (Terrifying stalks you unceasingly until you vote)

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Orthanc @orthanc.nz · 25/08/2026

Being remembered the way Dolly Parton is had to be the goal of a life well lived. She always seemed a genuinely good person who cared about people and tried to make the world better.

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Orthanc @orthanc.nz · 25/08/2026

My job is literally finding technical solutions to problems. One of the most impact things I've learned is you can't solve people problems with technology, they need people solutions. Raising kids, teaching them judgement and how to interact. People problems.

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Orthanc @orthanc.nz · 25/08/2026

No no, you see this is actually brilliant 4 dimensional electoral chess because... *rolls dice and looks up random encounters table * With youth enrolment so low this will give the youth to enroll in record numbers and vote for *checks notes* ACT or NZF who are publicly against this *hangs head*

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Orthanc @orthanc.nz · 24/08/2026

So it's important that we have electorate MPs to represent local constituents. But virtually all votes are whipped, so they must always vote with the party above what their constituents might want. I guess maybe they can argue within the party?

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Orthanc @orthanc.nz · 22/08/2026

Look, if we keep posting stuff like this people are going to realise New Zealand isn't a real place. We need to keep the shit posting a little believable about this totally real country North West of Australia.

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Mark Baxter @aotearoabadger.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Optimist: The glass is half full Pessimist: The glass is half empty Monique: Says you're dumb.

youtube.com

NZ Anti-Drink Driving Commercial - Legend

YouTube video by Anthony Parsons

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Orthanc @orthanc.nz · 22/08/2026

Optimist: The glass is half full Pessimist: The glass is half empty Bluesky Moderation: Nudity!

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Orthanc @orthanc.nz · 22/08/2026

Optimist: The glass is half full Pessimist: The glass is half empty Movie Theater: The glass contains an outside beverage

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Orthanc @orthanc.nz · 20/08/2026

It's gotta be late in Aotearoa, because I read "there are valid complaints about Hamilton" and was reading a completely different post .....

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Orthanc @orthanc.nz · 20/08/2026

Why did Luxon cross the road? He didn't, he doesn't know how! Thank you, my inner 5 year old will be here all week.

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Orthanc @orthanc.nz · 18/08/2026

The FDA has announced that this week's delivery of soylent green isn't known to be contaminated. End message.

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Orthanc @orthanc.nz · 17/08/2026

Chris Bishop probably

Drake meme

Eww: third Auckland Harbour crossing is a RONS
Yes: Third Mt Vic Tunnel is a RONS

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