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Peter Sime @petesi.me · 23/09/2026

My friend, you would not tell with such high zest To renters of a single storey, The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est Pro domino fundi mori.* (apologies to Wilfred Owen) *It is sweet and fitting To die for the lord of the estate.

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Peter Sime @petesi.me · 20/09/2026

Truly it's the X-ey McXface of political discourse.

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Peter Sime @petesi.me · 20/09/2026

I've just gone and topped up my petrol. Might be wise for folks to find a 24 hour station and do the same before tomorrow morning. #nzpol

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Peter Sime @petesi.me · 20/09/2026

As this break draws to an end, it's been nice. The competing supermarkets policies made it past my proverbial filter along with skyrocketing fuel prices and the Ed Sheeran thing, but otherwise I feel the inconsequential noise has largely been avoided. Not bad for a political tragic. #nzpol

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Peter Sime @petesi.me · 15/09/2026

A year ago on 10 September 2025, I bought this exact 2 TB SATA SSD for NZ $189. Today, it's more than twice the price. Its effect on memory costs has been observed for months now, but #fuckAI

A screenshot from PB Tech showing a 2 TB SSD costing $458.85

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Peter Sime @petesi.me · 13/09/2026

I'm checking out of following politics for the next week. I feel like I need a break from it. #nzpol

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Peter Sime @petesi.me · 13/09/2026

I have voted for the sea bird/tree bird coalition. #BotY #nzpol

Screenshot of my votes cast in Bird of the Year: the Northern Royal Albatross, Fantail, Tūī, and Kōkako

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Peter Sime @petesi.me · 12/09/2026

This would sound reassuring except for the fact in the last 24 hours the Houthis gained control of the strait leading from the Red Sea into the Indian Ocean *and* they have attacked the Saudi East-West Pipeline in multiple locations, disabling it. I'm more pessimistic than a week ago. #NZpol

rnz.co.nz

Why officials are 'reasonably confident' of avoiding fuel supply shocks

Regardless of the uncertainties surrounding the Iran war and the US administration, New Zealand officials six months on are hopeful - confident, even - that supply chains will hold. In the first of th...

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Peter Sime @petesi.me · 10/09/2026

So it turns out the Iran War is still a thing and oil prices are shooting up yet again. But now all the safeguards like China's switch to its strategic reserves have now been exhausted. The El Niño food crisis will be exacerbated by diesel prices. #nzpol

cbsnews.com

Iran War Updates: Oil tops $100 per barrel as U.S. fighter jets damaged in Iranian strikes on Jordan

The price of crude oil hit a 15-week high after the U.S. said it blew up five more Iranian oil tankers, triggering retaliation from Tehran.

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Peter Sime @petesi.me · 08/09/2026

Jesse Welles as good as ever. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lwz1...

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The Nerd Reich

YouTube video by Jesse Welles

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Peter Sime @petesi.me · 31/08/2026

Dunedin Public Libraries now offers access to a database called NewsBank. Which looks like a successor to Newztext. With fulltext access across the major dailies, regional, and community newspapers from 1994 to today. Ideal if you want to check the political receipts, so to speak. #nzpol

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Peter Sime @petesi.me · 26/08/2026

Farewell Tim Curry. youtu.be/j8bmjDoziaQ?...

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Lauren M @elenem.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The worst part of this is I absolutely believe in my bones that a fucking Stuff snap poll probably DID make this decision for them #nzpol

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Peter Sime @petesi.me · 25/08/2026

Disappointed but not surprised at Labour's capitulation. I suspect they want to remove a potential avenue of attack from National. I still maintain mandating points of friction like ending the infinite scroll and defaulting to subscribed feeds would be better. BTW I like Mullvad VPN #nzpol

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Peter Sime @petesi.me · 24/08/2026

If your MP isn't in Labour, I believe the person working on it for them is Reuben Davidson. His contact details are listed here: www3.parliament.nz/en/mps-and-e...

www3.parliament.nz

Davidson, Reuben - New Zealand Parliament

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Peter Sime @petesi.me · 24/08/2026

I emailed my MP, urging Labour to reject National's social media ban. I believe it breaches privacy rights. As well as the NZBoRA's freedoms of thought, conscience and religion; expression; and association. A better option would mandate friction into the design these platforms. #nzpol

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Peter Sime @petesi.me · 23/08/2026

If I recall my Shakespeare correctly, things didn't turn out so well for the fellow who uttered that line.

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Peter Sime @petesi.me · 21/08/2026

I think @mozilla.org goofed with @firefox.com and their latest update. I'm getting "storage full" alerts on both my Android tablet and my Windows PC. Hoping they squash this bug quickly, it's the kind of thing that can drive a user away. #browsers

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Peter Sime @petesi.me · 17/08/2026

Presumably in the past it fell under their investment strategy - which was produced for 2018-2023, but has not been reissued as far as I can tell. But even so, that is far too oblique for people applying for funding. ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/Del...

ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz

Investment strategy : Te Ara Whakamua 2018-2023 / Creative NZ Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa.

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Grant McDougall @grantkmcdougall.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

So National can't afford to build new Dunedin Hospital to its original planned scale, but three months before an election suddenly find $100m for (checks notes), a gondola in Queenstown ? Utterly incompetent. #nzpol #NationalNotFitToGovern #onetermgovernment #CoC #LuxonOut

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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag: @simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026

Notably, #3 ranked Chris Bishop was absent behind Luxon in that press conference #nzpol

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Peter Sime @petesi.me · 12/08/2026

It's been fun, team. Lame-duck Luxon waddles on. Let's all do this again in a month or so. #nzpol

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Peter Sime @petesi.me · 12/08/2026

This is the best result for the left for the election. #nzpol #spill #spull

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Gary Chiles 🚲 🍄 ☕ 🦚 🐱 𝟜 𝟚𝟘 @testtubeone.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Finding the shiniest turd in a cesspool can sometimes take all day... #OneTermGovernment #nzpol

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Peter Sime @petesi.me · 11/08/2026

This is turning out to be a complete clusterfuck. I love to see it. #nzpol #spill #spull

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Peter Sime @petesi.me · 11/08/2026

@thejuicemedia.com draws the link between data centres and LNG. And oh my, the Nats here in NZ want both an LNG terminal and AI data centres. Surprise fucking surprise. #nzpol

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Honest Government Ad | Ai Data Centres

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

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Peter Sime @petesi.me · 11/08/2026

Made this back when the last #spill ( #spull?) was rumoured. #nzpol

A "Knives Out" promotional poster photoshopped with coalition MPs instead of the original cast. The title has been changed to "CoCs Out"

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Peter Sime @petesi.me · 03/08/2026

On the one hand, a photo walk might seem appealing. On the other hand, to hell with that.

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Peter Sime @petesi.me · 03/08/2026

Make sure to trespass him from the education debate well in advance.

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Peter Sime @petesi.me · 03/08/2026

From left to right: "Nah", "Hell nah", and "I can't believe we have to put up with this"

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Peter Sime @petesi.me · 30/07/2026

I honestly and sincerely believe Winston Peters is a racist. This is not a new opinion. It's not borne out of any pearl clutching wokeness. I can only conclude the one meaningful contribution he has for NZ public life is to exit it as soon as possible and retreat into obscurity. #nzpol

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Peter Sime @petesi.me · 30/07/2026

I went to #TheOdyssey today and I loved it. I caught the nod to Goya's Saturn Devouring His Son in Polyphemus' cave scene. I don't recall the Bronze Age Collapse specifically being discussed in the poem, but I can see why Nolan used it to contextualise the story.

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Peter Sime @petesi.me · 29/07/2026

Winston Peters needs to go back to harassing goats from under his bridge. #nzpol

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