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@robdickinson.bsky.social
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Green party member. Caution may contain sarcasm. Somewhat sweary. Based in #NewZealand which isnt USA (yet)

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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 16m
@elliotrhys.com on the new Smart #2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNkw...
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the new Smart #2 SMASHES long-range driving
YouTube video by Electric Elliot
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 23m
a good indoor outdoor flow!
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 28m
Xpeng G9L ~$120k EV - 106kwh, 593km WLTP PHEV - 63kwh, 280km WLTP 7 seater road beast coming soom www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnGf...
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XPENG G9L: The Embargo Is Over! Inside XPENG’s New Flagship
YouTube video by EVs & Beyond
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 35m
'To be fair something with refrigeration built in is the ideal data centre' - some Noel leemming sales guy
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 36m
Is it 'Cry me a river'? #nzpol
Luxon speaks
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 39m
Nek Minnut new Fridges have 128gb of ram
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 1h
Saving Private Equity
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 1h
A vote for National is a vote for Winston
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 2h
"I'm underwater on that property" "Just wait for the market to pick up again you'll be fine" "No I mean its at the bottom of the ocean"
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 2h
I am guessing there was a bit of a dip for a short time
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 2h
For sure but you cant have a law based around that
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 2h
25 in chc so far
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 2h
Nats have done absolutely fuck all to help and many things to increase costs
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Pippy Granny-pants 🍉 @mspippy.bsky.social · 3h
FYI re the Opportunity party and the kaupapa behind their leader
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 2h
We've seen quite a few old convictions for murderers overturned in the past after decades, just for that reason alone the death penalty shouldnt be a thing
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Char Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 3h
Labour has NEVER balanced its budget & they ALWAYS overspend. -Nicola Willis Spoiler alert 🚨 Nicola is a pathological LIAR & the inconvenient FACTS prove it. #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ Why am I researching this stuff myself, instead of msm doing their jobs and pushing back on these LIES?
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 2h
Finally, yes being laser focused means we're paying $6k a year more to live, National efficiency! DO think its a bit rich them adding in electricity costs given most of that is the line cost increase due to Labour! #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...
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Life costs $6000 a year more on National’s watch, says Labour
Labour has launched a cost of living attack on National, claiming it costs the typical family $6000 more to live than when the Government took office three years ago.
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 2h
I'm waiting for nvidia to fund Ukraine's war effort
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 2h
Having just filled up for free from my solar spending $150-200+ on fossil fuels seems excessive
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 3h
That seems about under half the new cost, National efficiency!
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Whakamataku - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉 @whakamataku.bsky.social · 3h
This government have no credibility left. Meanwhile: 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 #nzpol
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Greens promise 284,000 jobs with $6b economic plan
The Green Party says it will create 284,000 jobs over four years as part of its nearly $6 billion economic development plan.
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 3h
How have labour spent 3+ years working on absolutely nothing?
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miravox @miravox.bsky.social · 3h
So Stuff: - has an editor who'd like to clean-up content - journalists at the receiving end of sex-based slurs (memorably, including the author of this article) And yet, word for word, details Henry's misogynist thoughts. Get in the bin, Stuff - pity I can't cancel my account in protest again.
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 3h
Honestly having worked for an nz bank IT dept mostly run round chasing regulatory requirements and trying to get approval for moving an input 0.1px left from 28 committees
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 3h
Were they a bit sheepish about it?
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 6h
Fiat has made a brand new EV version of the Multipla purely because of @kiwiev.bsky.social I think Its just a concept of a road going freak but I guess we might see something like this one day..
The new Fiat MultiplaThe new Fiat MultiplaThe new Fiat MultiplaThe new Fiat Multipla
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 6h
Renault also showing off a new Espace concept car
The new renault espace e-space conceptThe new renault espace e-space conceptThe new renault espace e-space conceptThe new renault espace e-space concept
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 6h
Smart have also launched the #2 a city EV for ~€19-20k 35kwh pack, 290km WLTP and 65kw DC charging, and only 1140kg
The smart #2The smart #2The smart #2The smart #2
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 4h
$57 here :/ sucks
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Frank @fmacskasy.bsky.social · 5h
All of a sudden, Labour's 3Waters starts to look damn good. I'd like to send my water bill to Taxpayers not-a-union for those b@stard5 to pay... www.rnz.co.nz/news/regions...
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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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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 5h
wym we just need to bomb more data centers
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Slug 🐛 VTuber @vtuberloveslug.bsky.social · 9h
what the fuck is happening fgjkfsdhg
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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 5h
First power bill with solar. -$6.57 for the month. Ahahahhaaaaaaaa
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Robot Muldoom @robot-muldoom.bsky.social · 6h
Treasury's 2023 forecast for 2026, vs now: Wage growth 4.0% → 2.8% Unemployment 4.8% → 5.6% Inflation 2.1% → 4.1% GDP growth 3.3% → 1.6% National promised to get the economy back on track. Three years on, it's worse than forecast on all four. Smaller pay rises, fewer jobs, dearer groceries. #nzpol
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Treasury gives Willis pre-election boost as surplus forecast improves
Nicola Willis has been given a pre-election reprieve, with Treasury painting a brighter picture of the government's finances in the short term.
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Karin Kvale @kkvale.bsky.social · 6h
10 degrees above normal and “gusty northwesterlies” are blamed instead of Extractocene GHG emissions #nzpol
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Firefighters issue warning as Christchurch set to bask in 27°C
Christchurch is set to bask in its warmest day of spring so far on Tuesday, with temperatures forecast to reach 27°C.
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 5h
sigh
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 5h
I remembered its been 2 years now since I had solar fitted 21.8MWh generated 20.7MWh used 29% Grid dependence Which means my solar powered my home for 71% of the time and saved me many $ Also handled multiple power outages
2 years with solar
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 6h
Smart have also launched the #2 a city EV for ~€19-20k 35kwh pack, 290km WLTP and 65kw DC charging, and only 1140kg
The smart #2The smart #2The smart #2The smart #2
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 6h
We could be using old leaf packs but turning them into home storage and getting them certified isnt super straight forward Whilst this is all done and plug and go
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 6h
Renault also showing off a new Espace concept car
The new renault espace e-space conceptThe new renault espace e-space conceptThe new renault espace e-space conceptThe new renault espace e-space concept
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 6h
Fiat has made a brand new EV version of the Multipla purely because of @kiwiev.bsky.social I think Its just a concept of a road going freak but I guess we might see something like this one day..
The new Fiat MultiplaThe new Fiat MultiplaThe new Fiat MultiplaThe new Fiat Multipla
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 6h
The real miracle here is a passenger train in USA
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 6h
Somewhat a home inverter that can work with an ev is a bit more expensive and your car might not be around all the time esp if you work But per kwh they are much better value for some reason and I can see v2h being huge in the future
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 6h
'I measure people by the way they treat children' Yet chooses to join ACT with Jago and seymour? Also rates Luxon over Ardern as a leader and calls Chloe a traitor Get in the fucking sea #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...
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Paul Henry, are you mega-rich or is it just an illusion?
In the latest episode of BYO, the former broadcaster riffs on the state of NZ, where it’s failing, being rich, and how maybe he doesn’t hate people as much as he used to.
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 6h
This month is going well!
October solar so far
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 6h
Not so clear cut here, battery doesnt really make big financial sense here just yet
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 6h
Thats not how you send stuff by train
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 16h
🤣
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 20h
Smarter too
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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 23h
The Govt’s forecast surplus in 2028 depends on an absurd $2b IOU to itself #nzpol
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Govt's forecast surplus in 2028 depends on an absurd $2b IOU to itself
OPINION: Prefu often seems optimistic because it's preceded by even more dire numbers.
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