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The National party campaign has been an embarrassment so far. Absolute amateur hour, AI or not. Not sure if it’s Simeon being an arrogant imbecile and overriding the experts as usual, or Topham Guerin is letting him call the shots, but it’s nice to know all that donor money is going to waste #nzpol

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Tim A @pixelace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I watched a bit of live TV for the first time in ages and the background music is like the Battle of Helms Deep except they are lowering a roof truss into place or making a soufflé

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Tim A @pixelace.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Can’t believe NZ is heading into a Super El Niño with so many outdated fire engines in such appalling condition. Media scrutiny of the coalition government is so low that they can get away with not only causing crises as usual, but allowing highly predictable and preventable ones to happen. #nzpol

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Tim A @pixelace.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Terrible couple of weeks for red headed fence sitters #Flipkins #nzpol

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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Chris Luxon in response a question from Hipkins about the cost of living: "cry me a river." #nzpol

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Craig (@KiwiCraig74) on X

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Tim A @pixelace.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Let’s just enjoy watching the puppet leader of the party of screwing over workers looking visibly haunted about having to train up his even more idiotic replacement #nzpol

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Tim A @pixelace.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

If you were a billionaire married to Paul Henry, you’d buy him a leader-in-waiting slot in the ACT party to get him out of the house more too #nzpol

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Tim A @pixelace.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

TVNZ needs to stop taking UFC money. Haven’t met or heard of anyone that’s into that bollocks

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Tim A @pixelace.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This is it #nzpol fam, and Gary Stevenson says the same thing. A wealth tax is covered the interest they receive

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Tim A @pixelace.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Mildred passed peacefully in the night and we buried her carefully, while fighting our flu and the rain. Glad we could give her a couple of good years and a loving send-off.

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Tim A @pixelace.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Welcome to the House of Pestilence. The four of us are unwell this weekend. Hopefully just nasty coughs

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Tim A @pixelace.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I’ve had cause to say “all this were fields” a lot in my 20+ years in NZ but it was so weird taking the cat back to the vet in Drury and there’s now a train station across the road with its PA audibly squawking away

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Tim A @pixelace.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

It’s been a rough week so far but we did get Spider-man lamping a white supremacist in Minneapolis

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Tim A @pixelace.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Thought it was odd at the time but now I see why the NZ media did not hound Hipkins out of the Labour party leadership after losing in 23, as is the norm. He has teased policies for so long that have turned out to be so lacklustre and threadbare that he has to fill the void with National’s #nzpol

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Tim A @pixelace.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

On hold to the ACC for nearly 15 minutes and they've played "Slice of Heaven" twice with just one song in between. It is such a shit song

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Tim A @pixelace.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

This stupid social media law feels in part like trying to get one over on Australia. It’s delusional to think that the technoclutzes of the National party can produce anything that won’t be circumvented on day one

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Tim A @pixelace.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Paerātā station is so neat but a bit surreal. Hard to photograph but it is surrounded by paddocks, for now

The station’s sunlit facade and a bright blue sky above.

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Tim A @pixelace.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

If you’re a really annoying person and thinking of moving or building a home, a TV producer would love to talk to you

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Tim A @pixelace.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

All I ask is that Luxon never gets a knighthood #nzpol

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Courtney Howard @lulamaybelle.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

This madman spliced himself into a scene from INCEPTION where he tries to sell cheesecake to Leonardo DiCaprio. It’s the new Ryan Gosling Won’t Eat His Cereal.

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The Artbook Collector @theartbookguy.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

A friend sent me this after asking the guy changing the advertisement if he could take a quick snap. It's not the Moana we got, but it's definitely the Moana that would have made money!

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Tim A @pixelace.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Bought a water filter and got 6 emails from Samsung and NZ Post duplicating its collection, in-transit and delivery status, on top of the order confirmation one

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Tim A @pixelace.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I can’t stop thinking about this

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Tim A @pixelace.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

No-one's made a non-documentary war movie about the Bruneval raid / Operation Biting. It has almost everything. Just putting it out there for the current breed of TV, movie and game executives who don't read, watch or play anything

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The Night Britain Stole Germany's Radar

YouTube video by WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

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Tim A @pixelace.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

The Rekohu waka archeological site, possibly of the fabled Rangihoua, is being left to rot by this despicable coalition government. I'm just an avid Time Team fan but this sounds like abandoning Sutton Hoo or the Mary Rose #nzpol www.youtube.com/watch?v=levw...

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MATA | Episode 13: The row over one of Aotearoa's most significant archaeological finds | RNZ

YouTube video by RNZ

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Daniel Fedor @dcfedor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Blue Bottle Games, as a policy, does not use generative AI. It's something we've discussed as a team, weighing the pros and cons, and ultimately, we decided it was not for us. Recently, while chatting with a colleague, she mentioned it was useful hearing our reasoning. So: Sharing time! 1/12

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Tim A @pixelace.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I love Pedro Pascal but I’m gonna need entertainment news outlets, when they credulously parrot that actors learned an instrument for a role, to provide a grade or it didn’t happen

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Tim A @pixelace.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Thanks to appearing in a school play, and someone from the girl’s school scoring a few Hollywood roles, I have four degrees of separation from both Kevin Bacon and Sam Neill

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Lucía Lobosvilla @lucialobosvilla.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Of course! He tried to tell us with his first film. He’s the Scorpion King. A hero remembered as a villain. Bad films are his merely his canvas.

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Tim A @pixelace.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Sad to see some Bond “fans” are hiding behind Sam Neill tributes to post shitty takes about other Bond actors. We don’t have to know him to know he’d disapprove of that.

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Tim A @pixelace.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

If you’re mourning Sam Neill, the perfect tribute watch you may not have seen is Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) Content warning for grief aptly enough, but it’s a feel good movie through and through

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Tim A @pixelace.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Accounts on here are still circulating aspersions about the Widdecombe suspect, who has been released.

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Tim A @pixelace.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Me cringing when I see English newspapers and marketers have a jingoistic meltdown even though it’s backfired on them for nearly 60 years

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Angmar Returns

ALT: Angmar Returns

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Tim A @pixelace.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Maybe we can get Xbox to accidentally overreach and cancel Microsoft while they’re at it

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Tim A @pixelace.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Fair warning: I punch above my weight when punching people that say New Zealand punches above its weight

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Tim A @pixelace.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Watching football fans eating BBQ and definitely jealous of Americans there. NZ only has Lone Star and it’s shit

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Tim A @pixelace.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Great thread, even a cynic like me assumed it was reasonably well-engineered and effective. But no, just the same as old tat they sell to dim-witted ministers and board members

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Tim A @pixelace.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I tried the Figma AI feature on a long running project today and it span for 5 mins and did nothing twice. At least when AI fucks everything up it’s a sign of life Design AI tools are all still slop and vapour

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Tim A @pixelace.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

You can’t take it away from Elon Musk Actually you can

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Tim A @pixelace.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Land tax is townie bullshit. Good luck with that Opportunistic Party

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Tim A @pixelace.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Jason Walls trumpeting the ghost recovery always reminds me of this guy from The Last Crusade #NZPol

Still from the Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade of a red-faced boy scout blowing a bugle.

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Tim A @pixelace.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Finally, some good news

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Tim A @pixelace.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I don’t want to be reposted saying this but if you are self-employed and petty please consider taking out the minimal possible payment plan on your IRD payments (all online, always approved no questions asked) while this abysmal coalition government is in power.

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Tim A @pixelace.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Forza Horizon 6 character designer is so inclusive unless you’re a podgy old bastard

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Tim A @pixelace.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

NZ newsdesks would warmly welcome this institute’s presence on our shit spattered shores #nzpol

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