Reposted by Rowan CrawfordMax Johns (MxDEJ) @maxjohns.nz · 27/09/2026I'm no demographer nor a criminologist, but I reckon that the Herald probably has Auckland's murder rate wrong here. I reckon it's probably lower than 3.6 per person. 3321148
Rowan Crawford @rowan.roundbird.nz · 25/09/2026My copy of Dirty Work delayed by the bookstore saying "we can offer you some hen's teeth in lieu of a copy, or wait while we grow a new tree" 000
Rowan Crawford @rowan.roundbird.nz · 22/09/2026Me seeing Hager's book is about the Taxpayers Union: may god have mercy on their souls - if they are ever found - for Hager will not - lmao mix, match, whatever floats your boat 020
Reposted by Rowan CrawfordBen Gracewood @ben.gracewood.nz · 22/09/2026All of NZ Bluesky is just SICKOS YES at the moment. 112816
Reposted by Rowan CrawfordPaul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Keep politics out of music, like in the old days when Tchaikovsky wrote the 1812 Overture about how nice the weather was that year, or Beethoven composed his “Emperor” concerto in honour of his favourite kitten, and Dylan sang A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall, all about the fun of splashing in puddles. 2635267
Reposted by Rowan CrawfordTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 20/09/2026What I want is a TV documentary channel entirely devoted to documentaries with no quick-cut montages of everything about to happen, which don't give a fuck about keeping my attention, presented by extremely knowledgeable people in a terrible mood who have no interest in trying to make me like them 65972159
Rowan Crawford @rowan.roundbird.nz · 20/09/2026Hoping for a grand coalition this fine election just long enough to implement everyone's supermarket policies all at once 020
Reposted by Rowan CrawfordGwen Marshall @drgwenmarshall.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The Onion ran this amazing article and thought, I wanna play this! So I made it! 38 pps, PbtA, plus every mechanic mentioned in the article, and a bunch of Rodrigo song references. And it's free! Enjoy! #OliviaRodrigo @theonion.com #theonion #ttrpg #itch.io drgwenmarshall.itch.io/high-winter-...drgwenmarshall.itch.ioHigh Winter Elves of Girlville by Gwen MarshallA satirical game based on an Onion article about Olivia Rodrigo making a TTRPG! 482195768
Rowan Crawford @rowan.roundbird.nz · 19/09/2026Media not challenging politicians again when Swarbrick claimed she *was* a big nerd to RNZ. Unless they just didn't mention the Hedbergian followup! 001
Reposted by Rowan CrawfordKeith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 17/09/2026"LLMs are a product that destroys its supply chain." 2165
Rowan Crawford @rowan.roundbird.nz · 16/09/2026Wondered aloud what Hench & Villain are really about & M reminded me that I'd reckoned when I read Hench that the heroes — led by Supercollider — are car brain. No matter the collateral damage, you just need heroes. Now checking my work in Villain. 000
Reposted by Rowan CrawfordIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 12/09/2026Honestly, "big-name studios can't agree on the premise of the Muppet Show" sounds like the premise of the Muppet Show 725688905
Reposted by Rowan CrawfordKate @knhannah.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Happy CRL day to all who celebrate! 2555
Reposted by Rowan CrawfordRichard Hills @richardhills.bsky.social · 12/09/2026With Stacey and the team from Auckland Transport, fire at Waitematā Station was very small and is out, they’ve received clearance from FENZ and recovery is in progress. Services will be restored soon. Thanks to Fire and Emergency NZ and all the teams for their swift response. 7305
Rowan Crawford @rowan.roundbird.nz · 12/09/2026Train is fine as long as I have packed enough snacks 0130
Rowan Crawford @rowan.roundbird.nz · 10/09/2026The premise for a reboot of The Muppet Show is so simple: The Muppets were created by man. They evolved. They rebelled. There are many copies. And they have a plan. 242
Reposted by Rowan CrawfordJosh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Come on. The premise for a reboot of The Muppet Show is so simple: Oceans are now battlefields. 2570867
Reposted by Rowan CrawfordNat Torkington @gnat.bsky.social · 08/09/2026PEOPLE PRODUCE PROGRESS! what a fucking BRILLIANT slogan! 1446
Reposted by Rowan CrawfordAmanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 08/09/2026No, babe, I NEED the $200 Le Creuset Star Trek shuttlecraft casserole dish for my banana bread. 19571821172
Reposted by Rowan CrawfordPotato enthusiast 🇵🇸🥔 @br3nda.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I wished that this site existed, so I spent the last week building it. Track which way an MP votes on various issues across their whole time in Parliament: hotair.nzhotair.nzHot AirHot Air links every New Zealand MP to what they've actually said and how they've actually voted in Parliament — built from the official Hansard record, so you can look past the press release and see the voting history for yourself. 1619795
Reposted by Rowan CrawfordKeith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I dunno man, I'm pretty not-left when it comes to state doing retail stuff, but it's hard to scaremonger about what is clearly "what if kiwibank, but for supermarkets" 1131
Reposted by Rowan CrawfordYorrike. @yorrike.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Make a band bigger: Death Bus for Cutie 011
Rowan Crawford @rowan.roundbird.nz · 06/09/2026Goose meme about Seymour leaving unsaid what private grocery stores are better at doing than the government 000
Reposted by Rowan CrawfordJombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 06/09/2026"Kiwimart" is ok, I suppose. I'd have called them Karl Marts. 98615
Reposted by Rowan CrawfordOrthanc @orthanc.nz · 06/09/2026Pssst. This time next week the CRL will be open. Pass it on 2124
Reposted by Rowan Crawfordkyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 06/09/2026BIG policy from the Greens, this is legitimately exciting and would make a real difference Love to see a commitment to making this change, rather than other parties' regular "consider a review" that has left NZers being ripped off for decades www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...rnz.co.nzGreens vow to break up supermarket duopoly, set up publicly owned 'KiwiMart'The Green Party is campaigning on establishing a publicly owned supermarket chain to break up the duopoly and drive down food prices. 816050
Rowan Crawford @rowan.roundbird.nz · 05/09/2026Tormund did a zoom at the beach and now must recharge 000
Reposted by Rowan CrawfordKeith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 05/09/2026i have lost all bearing on what is a shitpost and what isn't is this a Napoleon III is an overstayer bit? is this a dig at the British Museum stealing corpses? is this real? all of the above? just gotta live life in some kind of permanent shitpost quantum superposition 106115
Rowan Crawford @rowan.roundbird.nz · 03/09/2026Sosig heard me come back in from taking little Tormund for a pee, and hit his Toilet Time button so out we all went again. In a week we've gone from a timorous beastie to full cavorting bitey facer who can barely wait for Sosig to water the trees. 000
Reposted by Rowan CrawfordSheldon @brokenstarfish.bsky.social · 03/09/2026It would be good if all knitters across political parties brought their knitting to question time for a bit. 6509
Rowan Crawford @rowan.roundbird.nz · 01/09/2026This is Tormund negotiating with Sosig. The cone is a high difficulty level for both of them 010
Rowan Crawford @rowan.roundbird.nz · 01/09/2026National doesn't get credit for backing away from targeting fourteen y/o kids, the sin is putting it forward in the first place. 010
Reposted by Rowan CrawfordOliver L @eey0re.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Stopping 18-19 year olds "languishing on welfare" by making them ineligible for welfare is very "trees are the cause of forest fires." 213541
Reposted by Rowan CrawfordEthan Gullery - Alliance Candidate for Christchurch East @ethangulleryeast.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Forty years of policy has left the average Kiwi struggling, and we're only allowed one argument about it. Does it pay for itself. What's the return. Even the left frames it that way now. We're allowed to just say a thing is right. We've mostly forgotten that. #nzpol 36814
Rowan Crawford @rowan.roundbird.nz · 30/08/2026I swear the incoherence of National, latest on student loans, is designed to drive me mad. Knife in one hand, bandaid in the other, jfc 010
Reposted by Rowan CrawfordPatrick Reynolds for a greater Auckland @patrickreynolds.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Auckland Mayor is absolutely Tika on urban form, productivity, and how to fix them both: 611232
Rowan Crawford @rowan.roundbird.nz · 26/08/2026Was on the fence about whether Hayden Donnell should be encouraged to do percentages after he declined to entertain more than 100 points, but then he clarified his 1 meant Rodney Hide. He can score whatever 000
Reposted by Rowan Crawfordsincerely, rob dubbin @robdubbin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026oh no. what a loss, what a legend. RIP dolly parton, our only collab was brief and also you weren't aware of it, but i'll never ever forget it 2509112
Reposted by Rowan CrawfordRobot Muldoom @robot-muldoom.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Since the coalition was elected, landlords have received benefits equivalent to more than 25 years of Treaty settlement redress. #nzpolnzherald.co.nzLandlord tax break cost rose by $800m to $2.9bNational’s pre-election fiscal and tax plans costed the policy at $2.1b. 8177111
Reposted by Rowan CrawfordPaul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 25/08/2026Finally get to share a bouquet for Labour 05916
Reposted by Rowan CrawfordViolet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Conservation friend just sent a photo of the completion/installation of new penguin nest boxes in Wellington with the caption "150 new penguin love temples" I asked if that was the official name and they replied that with all the penguin throuple action "anything short of temple doesn't cut it" 🤣 1667
Rowan Crawford @rowan.roundbird.nz · 24/08/2026I feel like I'm a hair's breadth from M asking irritably "is this about The Score again??" when I take a breath to speak these days 000
