Lawrence @suburbanennui.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Even badass-er. It’s literally like having Batman as PM. 110
Lawrence @suburbanennui.bsky.social · 06/10/2026So Christopher Luxon has put 1000 more gang members in prison and also trained soldiers for the Ukrainian front. What a badass. 130
Lawrence @suburbanennui.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Cannot believe Luxon referred to Trump’s “crazy war in Iran”. Is that on message? 110
Reposted by LawrenceRNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Green Party announces plan for passenger rail between major NZ citiesrnz.co.nzGreen Party announces plan for passenger rail between major NZ citiesThe Green Party says it will connect the country with intercity passenger rail services, if elected. 16617
Lawrence @suburbanennui.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Being able to take a train into the Powerstation to see a band is such a game-changer 0110
Lawrence @suburbanennui.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I have hated the music of Pink for literal decades, and I am so pleased I now have some political justification for not liking her 021
Lawrence @suburbanennui.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I have now had to have multiple conversations with my mother-in-law that the “tears of joy” emoji is not the appropriate emoji to use when replying to a message telling her that someone she knows has died. MULTIPLE conversations. 230
Lawrence @suburbanennui.bsky.social · 31/08/2026That thing when your kids have friends over and their parents just DON’T pick them up until well-after arranged pickup time. 130
Lawrence @suburbanennui.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Trying again with House of the Dragon, and I still do not give a shit about any of these characters. It’s like if Harry Potter only had Slytherins and they just wander around trying to out-Slytherin each other 030
Reposted by LawrenceDan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net · 22/06/2026All this talk about Labour ruling in/out Greens tax policy seems to misunderstand what elections are for. It’s like this All Whites team agreeing to draw with Egypt as long as Egypt draws with Iran later on. Everyone should just go hard out with your policies and then see how the chips fall. 45111
Reposted by LawrenceMs Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 04/06/2026It is an old line, but it remains true: every dollar invested in early childhood support saves around 13 dollars in criminal justice costs later on. A society that keeps expanding its prisons is admitting its social policies are not working. #nzpolrnz.co.nzIt costs a million dollars a day to keep low‑risk defendants on remand. More prisons aren’t the answerAnalysis - The government has framed its $503 million budget spending on prisons as necessary to maintain public safety. Is that really the case? 611546
Lawrence @suburbanennui.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Isn’t this the entire Uncle Rico subplot of Napoleon Dynamite? 040
Reposted by LawrenceCindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Holy moly. Luxon on tv tonight denying his office ever saw the draft climate law given to his office by Fonterra & Z Energy; the companies confirm they handed them over. Language of our draft legislation almost identical. Banger of a story www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361... #nzpol 15236108
Reposted by LawrenceFoxes @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Just 2 to 3% of NZers are paid in the same bracket as MPs, the rest of them probably don't get to claim $1000 a week accommodation allowance and I suppose one could say that is unfair? Or we could all shout SHAME! at the hypocrites. They have no concept what it's like to lose 15 or $30 a week #NZPol 312329
Lawrence @suburbanennui.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Parmjeet Parmar getting all upset about a haka when she literally wanted Te Pati Māori MPs imprisoned for the parliament haka last year … 020
Lawrence @suburbanennui.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Fuck David Seymour generally, but also how great is it to be able to get proper cold medication again? 2100
Lawrence @suburbanennui.bsky.social · 05/04/2026I normally buy $200+ eggs for all my friends and family, but not this year. 020
Lawrence @suburbanennui.bsky.social · 05/04/2026I drove through Newmarket today and there were a LOT of confused people wandering around who looked extremely surprised to find the shops not open. 240
Reposted by LawrenceAndrew Jull NZRN (he/him) @andrewjull.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Harmful marketing is an overlooked social determinant of health. Marketing plays an essential role in sustaining harmful consumption. Children are exposed to unhealthy marketing 76 times per day. Are we willing to confront marketing for its role in harmful industries? #nzpol 1114
Lawrence @suburbanennui.bsky.social · 30/03/2026It’s like the lesson we learned from Covid is “let’s be like Boris Johnson”. 020
Lawrence @suburbanennui.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Just watching the news and seemingly every single country in the world is doing *something* about the fuel crisis - public transport subsidies, reducing tax on fuel, four day working weeks, evening curfews, rationing … … and we are doing sweet FA. 220
Lawrence @suburbanennui.bsky.social · 27/03/2026I hate that the Fed Deli isn’t “late night” any more. Just got out of the Bic Runga show and really wanted coffee and pie. I don’t understand why you can’t get late night coffee in Auckland anymore. It’s like we’ve devolved since the 90s. 250
Reposted by LawrenceDr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Good piece by Te Aniwa Hurihanganui, 1News Māori Affairs Correspondent, on the chilling effects brought about by billionaires propping up racists, and their lawfare. | Opinion: What I learned from Julian Batchelor’s defamation case against TVNZ www.1news.co.nz/2026/03/27/o... #nzpol1news.co.nzOpinion: What I learned from Julian Batchelor’s defamation case against TVNZAnti co-governance campaigner Julian Batchelor lost his defamation case against TVNZ. Te Aniwa Hurihanganui, the reporter at the centre of the case, explains why that matters. 45534
Lawrence @suburbanennui.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Brooke Van Velden was literally campaigning in the Tāmaki electorate last week. I feel like there MUST be more to this story. 2122
Lawrence @suburbanennui.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Snootiest ever service for a Rodney Wayne Shampoo N Things today. Went looking for a specific brand of gel for my kid, got a lecture about how the brand I was looking for was a “chemist brand” and not a “professional brand”. Like, lady, it’s just goop. It’s not some hand-carved artisanal antique. 270
Reposted by LawrenceOl’ ɔıN @hazmat.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Well that's the first time in my life that I've ever seen diesel prices start with a 3 #nzpol 3132
Lawrence @suburbanennui.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Really hard to work out whether the dystopian future we're living through right how is going to end up being more like Terminator or more like Mad Max. 191
Lawrence @suburbanennui.bsky.social · 13/02/2026I was really surprised and a little sad she didn’t play Fuck Me Eyes last night. But, amazing show. 110
Reposted by LawrenceDes @desdelboy.bsky.social · 13/02/2026If time travel isn’t a thing how come George Michael managed to appear in this photograph captured in Robert Frank’s book The Americans 1958, Fishkill NY (Newburgh) 1955. 1113321
Lawrence @suburbanennui.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Of all the weird shit served up by the algorithms on FB today, the grossest was an ad for a few free chapters of a book by former corporate raider and now convicted pedophile Ron Brierley. HARD NOPE. 041
Lawrence @suburbanennui.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Fuck’s sake, someone has just started chainsawing as I hit Send 230
Lawrence @suburbanennui.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Why is every motherfucker in my immediate neighbourhood using a weedeater or a leaf blower or a petrol mower AT THE SAME TIME right now? 120
Lawrence @suburbanennui.bsky.social · 05/02/2026* Wet Leg - another band I really like, but who I was a bit underwhelmed by * Wolf Alice - really great, but I’m angry they didn’t play Delicious Things * Chappell Roan - absolutely outstanding act. A bit more “rock” than on record with a kick-ass band 040
Lawrence @suburbanennui.bsky.social · 05/02/2026My very brief Laneway review: * Wisp - really great 90s-throwback shoegaze, worth getting there early for * Alex G - I really like his music but didn’t feel like a “festival band” and was a bit underwhelmed * Lucy Dacus - absolute class act, would see her again in a second 110
Reposted by LawrenceNeal Curtis @nihilcurtis.bsky.social · 17/01/2026The Free Speech Union didn't exist when black ppl couldn't speak. The Free Speech Union didn't exist when LGBTQ ppl couldn't speak. The Free Speech Union didn't exist when disabled ppl couldn't speak. The Free Speech Union existed when racist white ppl were asked to keep their racism to themselves. 510642
Lawrence @suburbanennui.bsky.social · 15/01/2026That Viagra Boys shot was the sweatiest gig I’ve been to since the 90s. 110
Lawrence @suburbanennui.bsky.social · 15/01/2026My favourite thing is when the rugby story is the lead story on the news and then gets completely rehashed 20 minutes later in the sports news 010
Reposted by LawrenceJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 14/01/2026I don't know about all of you, but I am finding it difficult to process Venezuela, Greenland, Minneapolis, and the Fed all at once. 69971125
Reposted by LawrenceScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 13/01/2026The new Trump line is that if you "disrespect" a law enforcement officer, he is entitled to murder you... unless it's Jan 6, of course, in which case the protester is entitled to murder the law enforcement officer. 813744
Reposted by LawrenceMusical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Returning to an old favourite. The pink line is the official GDP data (% change for year vs previous year). The wild swings are due to Govt *subsidies* (e.g. wage subsidies) being deducted from the official GDP stats. The blue line shows the unadjusted data; far better reflects reality. 1204
Lawrence @suburbanennui.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Like, deep down does he *know* he’s shit, or is he actually dumb / delusional enough to think he’s “working hard”? 170
