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Tom Isaacson

@parsley72.bsky.social
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Known in Taiwan as The Tom. Immigrant, Pākehā, he/him. Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa.

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Tom Isaacson @parsley72.bsky.social · 2h
Delusional. #NZPol www.rnz.co.nz/news/health/...
rnz.co.nz
Christopher Luxon says his government has 'certainly strengthened healthcare' - has it really?
There's nothing like the worst flu outbreak in 10 years to test the mettle of the health system - and to test the prime minister's claim it's in better shape than three years ago.
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Tom Isaacson @parsley72.bsky.social · 11h
Incompetent slut is worse.
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Tom Isaacson @parsley72.bsky.social · 11h
Beekeeper 2: Keep beeing.
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Tom Isaacson @parsley72.bsky.social · 11h
Beekeeper 2: Honey I punched the kids
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Tom Isaacson @parsley72.bsky.social · 11h
Beekeeper 2: Buzz off
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Tom Isaacson @parsley72.bsky.social · 11h
Beekeeper 2: First we ripped the sting out, now we’re sticking it back in
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Tom Isaacson @parsley72.bsky.social · 12h
Beekeeper 2: Just as you thought it was safe to go back to the hive
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Tom Isaacson @parsley72.bsky.social · 12h
Beekeeper 2: Bee harder
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Tom Isaacson @parsley72.bsky.social · 13h
I don’t think I ever bought a single. First album was Sting’s The Dream of the Blue Turtles. On cassette.
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Tom Isaacson @parsley72.bsky.social · 13h
Slut.
LIVE NZ Election 2026
Luxon says he'll work with 'whoever' to stay in power.
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Tom Isaacson @parsley72.bsky.social · 16h
boxd.it/1KqA
boxd.it
Ice Cold in Alex (1958)
A group of army personnel and nurses attempt a dangerous and arduous trek across the deserts of North Africa during the second world war. The leader of the team dreams of his ice cold beer when he rea...
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Tom Isaacson @parsley72.bsky.social · 16h
Like drinking a Christmas pudding.
Hot buttered rum from My Bar, Auckland.
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PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 15/10/2026
It gets worse as the day goes on, and it's only 9:18am🤡 The photo choice is quite something🤣
nzherald.co.nz
Brown appears to rule out Opportunity after leader appeared to rule the party in
National campaign chair Simeon Brown has clarified Luxon's remarks.
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 20h
I love it when Marama is in this mood it's always absolute box office.
One reporter asks if they'd be comfortable meeting with Mexican drug cartels, Davidson says: "Are you okay? Are there other questions or issues that are happening in the country today?"
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Tom Isaacson @parsley72.bsky.social · 19h
Youth.
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Tom Isaacson @parsley72.bsky.social · 22h
How he can call himself a Christian is beyond me.
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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 23h
Kellen Erskine
@KellenErskine   The best part about Smarties is pouring them into an empty prescription bottle and shaking them all into my mouth while in line at the bank
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Tom Isaacson @parsley72.bsky.social · 23h
Oh dear god.
Slide showing Elon Musk, a planet and a rocket.
“From Ambition to Innovation”
“Every great innovation begins with an impossible combination.”

“MEN SHOULD HAVE A DREAM.”
“What if it came true?”
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Tom Isaacson @parsley72.bsky.social · 23h
bsky.app/profile/jake...
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Tom Isaacson @parsley72.bsky.social · 23h
Has anyone told Bryan Johnson that the body doesn’t age when it’s dead?
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Tom Isaacson @parsley72.bsky.social · 23h
I’m sure Elon’s a Hitchhiker’s fan.
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Tom Isaacson @parsley72.bsky.social · 23h
Attending an AMD presentation. Their promotional video just started with two self driving cars going down a bicycle path.
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Tom Isaacson @parsley72.bsky.social · 23h
I wish more billionaires would follow Hotblack Desiato’s example and spend a year dead for tax purposes.
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Tom Isaacson @parsley72.bsky.social · 23h
Originally pilot (I read a lot of Biggles) then Doctor (my grandfather and great grandfather were dentists and we had all sorts of medical textbooks, slides and skeletons around the house).
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Tom Isaacson @parsley72.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Seem to be some magic trains that the AT app doesn’t know about.
Next train 08:43
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Tom Isaacson @parsley72.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Catbrain, Patchway, Bristol

Next to Teletubby Hill.
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Tom Isaacson @parsley72.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Should be able to sell this to tourists as an adventure sport. www.rnz.co.nz/news/regions...
rnz.co.nz
‘Bone-shaking and vomit-inducing’: Rough ride ahead for Wairarapa commuters
With buses replacing Wairarapa trains for a month over summer, regional councillors are pushing for passengers to be "as comfortable as possible".
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Ukrainian presidential advisor Serhiy Beskrestnov confirms Elon Musk's Space X crippled Ukrainian capabilities last night. In other words, the US deliberately sabotaged European defence operations mid-mission. Every country in the world should move away from buying American hardware ASAP.
"I can confirm that tonight SpaceX has implemented a speed limit on Starlink terminals while in motion.

The limit currently applies to the StarShield “military package” and is set at 100 mph.

Our defense forces were not given notice of this limit, and this has resulted in the disruption of a number of missions.

It is clear that this action cannot be a coincidence and is related to the current political situation."
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Tom Isaacson @parsley72.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Nashville has a beach?
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Tom Isaacson @parsley72.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
“It's a rich man's game, no matter what you call it, and you spend your life puttin' money in their wallet."
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Tom Isaacson @parsley72.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Can’t even escape politics on the command line.
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Tom Isaacson @parsley72.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The other one I liked.
This email could have been a sword fight.
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Tom Isaacson @parsley72.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Same.
I would kill them with kindness, but all I have is this massive axe.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 13/10/2026
A few areas of overlap between the effect of X on someone's brain and the effect of LLM overuse / dependency. Moral numbness, the death of any desire to check/research/write/investigate, a proudly announced selfishness and antagonism towards community and lifting others up.
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Tom Isaacson @parsley72.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Winston blows off the whole country to keep his cooker vote for the next election. Shameful. #NZPol
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Tom Isaacson @parsley72.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Watching the dream journal challenge in Taskmaster NZ. I couldn’t do this, I almost never remember my dreams. Is this unusual?
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JessTerraformEarth 🌏 💚 🌈 💧 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇳🇿 @jessterraformearth.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Palmer Luckey fails Tolkien 101 'Many that live deserve death. Some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them, Frodo? Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. Even the very wise cannot see all ends. ' Gandalf
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Tom Isaacson @parsley72.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Historical modeling by the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) shows that under the original Three Waters plan, Wellington households were projected to pay $1,260 per year for water services by 2051. Good job everyone. www.dia.govt.nz/Three-Waters...
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Three Waters Reform Individual council models and slidepacks - dia.govt.nz
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Tom Isaacson @parsley72.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
How much was it going to cost under 3 Waters? #NZPol www.rnz.co.nz/news/weather...
rnz.co.nz
Deputy mayor estimates price of fixing Wellington's pipes at $80k per ratepayer over 25 years
Wellington's deputy mayor is warning it could cost every ratepaying household or business more than $80,000 over the next 25 years to fix the city's poor pipes alone.
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𝓒𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓮 @anondananda.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Tom Isaacson @parsley72.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I did a kebab crawl once. It did not end well.
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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 11/10/2026
One step closer to the ur-treat, the treat that contains all treats within it
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Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
My online girlfriend was so shocked by the Ukraine drone strike on the Russian data centre that she's been too upset to message me all day.
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Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Why on earth does this BBC piece on Burnham telling an interviewer the UK security services confirmed Russian interference in the Brexit referendum require a response from a pro Brexit pressure group? It's literally our Prime Minister telling us about election security. It's nothing to do with them.
The prime minister told The Rest is Politics podcast that upon arriving in No 10, he had asked about possible Russian interference in the 2016 vote, adding: "I've had the clear answer that, yes, there was."

"I think we've been too much on the back foot on that actually and we haven't informed people sufficiently about the extent to which people are seeking to disrupt the political process from overseas," he added.

Burnham did not provide further details about the type or extent of Moscow's activity during the Brexit referendum.

Britain Unbound, a pro-Brexit campaign group, said Burnham's comments were "another crude attempt to undermine the legitimacy of the decision that the British people made in 2016".

It said that foreign interference in UK elections was "obviously unacceptable" but added: "There is no good reason to believe that Russian intervention influenced the outcome of the referendum in 2016.
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Tom Isaacson @parsley72.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I thought this was a musician I’d never heard of. Turns out it’s “Mystery Science Theater 3000” which I’ve never seen.
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Tom Isaacson @parsley72.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
They can’t be abusive to the extremely fucking stupid.
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David Clegg @delphijunkie.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The real point of TOP
The Trojan Horse meme showing TOP as the Trojan horse, with a National coalition contained inside, being wheeled up to the gates of non-partisan coalition negotiations to be welcomed with open arms by disenfranchised voters.
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Tom Isaacson @parsley72.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Sisters of Mercy.
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Tom Isaacson @parsley72.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Quite enjoyed the first few episodes of Below, but for the last 2 the writers obviously gave up on any kind of plot.
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Tom Isaacson @parsley72.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I thought this was going to be about Christa Pike.
RNZ

Execution fell short: Review launched after
Eden Park train delays
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