Reposted by Thomas BlairWaterBluSky 🇺🇸 🌻 🇺🇦 @waterblusky.bsky.social · 12hCloudfare: Russian troll activity on X drops to 49%, after Ukraine strikes Yandex Russian data center. 🤖 🫤 Could this disrupt the midterms for the GOP? 11832741096
Thomas Blair @thomas-bg.bsky.social · 15hCopy this NZ! 36% of Australians already have solar. Fuel costs are unlikely to be cheap ever again. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comOur place in the sun: Australia’s uptake of solar panels is already through the roof. How much higher could it get?Sunshine, government subsidies and high power prices are driving record solar installations 011
Reposted by Thomas BlairBronwyn Hayward @bmhayward.bsky.social · 18hThe USA sanctions on #icc judges are punitive & far reaching, isolating them & their families, disrupting/blocking credit cards/banking services/email/ insurance/travel etc The attack on judges is an attack on a moral International order by USA- where does NZ stand? www.icc-cpi.int/news/icc-str...icc-cpi.intThe ICC strongly rejects US sanctions against the institutionToday, the United States has imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court as an institution. This unprecedented step follows a series of designations against thirteen independent Judges and p... 111544
Reposted by Thomas BlairPhilippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I hope that at some point, @sidlowe.bsky.social collects his interviews and publishes them in book format, as it will compose a unique human mosaic of Spanish football at its most seductive. 2857
Reposted by Thomas BlairPatrick Reynolds for a greater Auckland @patrickreynolds.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Boom! 🚇 The City Rail Link is already helping make Auckland city centre into a 7-day city: Saturday 9pm ridership is now equivalent to pre CRL midday ridership 💥. Next month night frequencies are improving too, and getting a little later on Friday and Saturday nights, a good start. More please! 57616
Reposted by Thomas BlairGavin Shoebridge @kiwiev.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Enjoy 43 seconds of analogue, tactile goodness. 🫠 35213
Reposted by Thomas BlairMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Nothing to see here...just the President of the United States inviting the country he illegally declared war on to "take out" 2 major American cities. If that's not treason, what is? 🤬 Law enforcement won't hold him accountable, but we WILL! The beginning of the end is on November 3rd. #VOTE-BLUE 🌊 35673451931
Reposted by Thomas BlairMatt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026the tech industry is about to invent books 572215354198
Reposted by Thomas BlairAbbie Jury 🌱 @tikorangi.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Which would you rather slash to pay for more Pharmac meds? 1) Foreign aid to poverty stricken people and disaster areas 2) subsidies to Big Tobacco 3) subsidies to oil and gas companies 4) RONS 5) an LNG terminal 35221
Reposted by Thomas BlairRussell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Mill Road sucks: "In other words, it would cost the country more than the entire City Rail Link project… to enlarge one local road in Auckland, parallel to an existing motorway, in a way that will change nothing: people will still be stuck in traffic." www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/10/06/t...greaterauckland.org.nzTransport policy on the campaign trail - Greater AucklandElection campaigning is now in full swing. We’ve previously reported on the (unwise) 713248
Reposted by Thomas BlairCartoons by Jim. @cartoonsbyjim.bsky.social · 06/10/2026“There is a live question as to whether the National Party’s election campaign is, in itself, a misstep. For its dogged single-mindedness, the ‘no new taxes’ mantra is pure Simeon Brown. But is it really working?” New cartoon for Pattrick Smellie’s column on @businessdesknz.bsky.social #nzpol 32011
Reposted by Thomas BlairBronwyn Hayward @bmhayward.bsky.social · 05/10/2026In an election this tight, every vote matters But National changed the rules that always allowed Kiwis to register in a relaxed way in the 2 weeks prior to election This was voter suppression It is deeply undemocratic- potentially cutting 175,000 voters Get registered vote.nz/enrolling/en...vote.nz 15828
Reposted by Thomas BlairDavid Slack @davidslack.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Rocked by a nightmare poll, National takes massive pivot and announces 100 new roads of national significance 2122034
Reposted by Thomas BlairHuia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Vapes & vape shops should be outlawed, with vapes requiring a prescription, -like in Australia #nzpol www.1news.co.nz/2026/10/05/v...1news.co.nzVape chain fined $35k after minors bought vapes in undercover stingDiscount Mall Vape Ltd, a retailer with stores around the country, has been find following the first-of-its-kind prosecution. 2114
Reposted by Thomas BlairConnor Sharp @connorsharp.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Reject $4,000,000,000+++ gold plated rural motorway. Embrace glorious light rail down Dominion Road. 28219
Reposted by Thomas BlairDavid Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026 31128013987
Reposted by Thomas BlairBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It’s remarkable how many people can move on a street when those people don’t feel the need to always take a massive car with them. Mobility in cities is about space. 18560112
Reposted by Thomas BlairBen Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Perfection which given also the success of the Northern Busway, should also have Airport to Botany Rapid Transit Stages 2 and 3 priority funded as well New City Rail Link clocks up more than a million rides insidegovernment.co.nz/new-city-rai...insidegovernment.co.nzNew City Rail Link clocks up more than a million rides - Inside Government NZMore than one million train rides have been recorded on Auckland’s rail network in the first two weeks since the City Rail Link (CRL) opened. Transport Minister, Chris Bishop said the early data showe... 0104
Reposted by Thomas BlairDeepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Albanese's proposal to water down Australian copyright to appease AI companies is a "terrible betrayal", writes Richard Flanagan in a blistering piece. "A government that doesn’t understand its nation’s culture is a government incapable of leading the nation." www.deepcutnews.com/p/the-great-...deepcutnews.comThe great betrayal? AI imperialists and Albanese – Richard FlanaganAustralians should be furious that Anthony Albanese has opened the floodgates to American AI companies 5185106
Reposted by Thomas BlairGavin Shoebridge @kiwiev.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"Given what's going on in the world, would you still in 2026 want to buy a car with a combustion engine?" About once a year I make a good point. Can't wait for 2027's nugget of wisdom. 😂 2612226
Reposted by Thomas Blair#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 24/09/2026*This is a map of "all forms of armed violence" in the world, but I'd like to see a distinctive map that singles out areas getting blown up by aerial robots 3184
Reposted by Thomas BlairIka Makimaki @pezmico.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026Be still, my beating heart. There's a chance we can be free of the cursed, most wrong-headed project of this evil coalition: the pointless LNG terminal. Decision on LNG terminal delayed | RNZ www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics/1537112… #NZPol #FossilFoolsrnz.co.nzDecision on LNG terminal delayedACT and New Zealand First have all but confirmed a decision on whether the government should underwrite a new liquefied natural gas terminal has been put off until after the election. 2219
Thomas Blair @thomas-bg.bsky.social · 23/09/20262/3 complete. A brilliant book already. Shades of Shuggy Bain - you think things can’t get any worse, they get better - then they get much worse. #douglasstuart #bookershortlist #johnofjohn 000
Reposted by Thomas BlairJuha Saarinen @juha.bsky.social · 17/09/2026“Not only do I struggle to find time for reproductive behaviour, but I also can’t find a reason to have a baby who will eventually grow into another human labourer for capitalists to exploit.” 042
Reposted by Thomas BlairJanel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I mean if you really want to hear Ed Sheeran without any opening acts you can simply get put on hold with your bank 128115791941
Reposted by Thomas BlairPaul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026You can't blame Ed Sheeran for caving in to American stadium owners I suppose. I mean, take these guys in the 60s, they refused to play to racially-segregated audiences in stadiums in the southern states of the USA and who remembers them now?bbc.co.ukThe Beatles banned segregated audiences, contract showsThe Beatles refused to play to segregated audiences in the US, a contract for one of the group's concerts shows. 21893062834
Reposted by Thomas BlairDavid Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The Life of Death and the Ensh*ttificator From Forbrukerrådet ( @forbrukerradet.bsky.social ) - Norwegian Consumer Council. Ever noticed how things tend to die a little too soon? That’s the topic of their latest report. [ www.forbrukerradet.no/shortlife/ ] 122
Reposted by Thomas BlairJames Nisbet @bandit.nz · 14/09/2026No LNG facility needed to replicate results like this www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comAustralia’s dependence on gas generation during evening energy peak falls by almost 70%Batteries now meet almost half of the grid’s dispatchable power needs during hours of highest demand 0168
Reposted by Thomas Blairbossk baby @bonnnt.bsky.social · 14/09/2026It is so mentally corrosive to try to ascertain, every day, whether the images I am seeing or the texts I am getting or the phone calls I am receiving are real - produced by a human who is trying to communicate something with me, even indirectly. It makes me feel insane and paranoid all the time 6616153
Reposted by Thomas Blaireastlower @eastlower.co.uk · 14/09/2026Wrote this 3 years ago over on Twitter, and it’s still exactly the same. 527528
Reposted by Thomas BlairKent Lundberg @kentlundberg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026One of the biggest improvements that came with the Auckland subway project was the introduction of bollards to manage streets. 35313
Reposted by Thomas BlairBen Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Back of the A3 butter paper estimate means the CRL on Day 1 was already matching the maximum capacity the motorway network can offer in people per hour into the City Centre. And the CRL patronage will only grow. The motorway network will not 24419
Reposted by Thomas BlairBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 09/09/2026“We need an Ozempic for cars. They are growing at a phenomenal rate, wreaking havoc on roads, squeezing out smaller vehicles and endangering pedestrians. Like ever-hungry teenagers, cars in Europe are growing on average a centimetre wider every year.” Don’t repeat North America’s mistake, Europe.theguardian.comBritain’s cars and SUVs are growing bigger – but there is a way to stop this deadly ‘carspreading’ | Christian WolmarLarger vehicles crowd our roads and are far more dangerous to pedestrians. Let’s curb them before they do even more damage, says says transport commentator Christian Wolmar 31626164
Reposted by Thomas BlairAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Trump 🗣️: "im gonna invade CANA-DA. 51st state. okay" Canada: *signs military pacts with Poland, Ukraine, EU — creates brand new mil industry to build millions of combat drones within 2 years* 2344787
Reposted by Thomas BlairFietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 10/09/2026What people think will happen if we remove street parking and pedestrianize a street: 9847
Reposted by Thomas BlairToonHive @toonhive.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Studio Ghibli chairman Toshio Suzuki says Hayao Miyazaki doesn’t even know what generative AI is. Suzuki also criticized AI-generated animation as uninteresting and says Miyazaki’s artistic expression cannot be replicated by AI or CG. 9520147
Thomas Blair @thomas-bg.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Putting in place pro-competition policies and anti-cartel regulation in NZ for power, banking & supermarkets would make a significant cost of living difference. Some of this (incentivising solar, or licensing neo-banks like Revolut - both done in Australia) is easy. Government needs to act not talk. 010
Reposted by Thomas BlairIdiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Australia also has a Chrises 095
Reposted by Thomas Blair@AAllenSport @aallensport.arseblog.com · 03/09/2026Invited onto #TheDailyGrind by @lattefirm.bsky.social for a chat about Arsenal's transfer window. Think being frustrated with our failure to upgrade the attack is fair - and suspect Arteta falls into that camp - but still believe the squad is the best in the league. www.youtube.com/live/DeTTzB6...youtube.comRating ARSENAL's summer window. With Andrew Allen. #TheDailyGrindYouTube video by Latte Firm - Arsenal FC 0223