A lover of music, literature, art, nature, community and many other fine things. A dad to two wonderful humans, and partner to another. From Aotearoa originally (pakeha, tangata tiriti) and re-settling in Australia for unsettling reasons. Known socialist.
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Last Notes npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: #NZPol #Healthcare npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: I don't want to get into any sort of fist-fight here or get picked up by immigration but I'm a #Kiwi who has been living in #Melbourne for about 10 months now and there are three cute things the locals are constantly banging on about that I absolutely love: npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: 🎵 It's like raaaaiiain, on your wedding day...🎵 npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: I like sourdough, but I'm not sure if I like it this much. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…wj33 thanks. Feel like I'm only just figuring out how to drive this thing. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…5mvz Luxon still not sure where he stands on the slavery thing, figures kiwis mostly "not bothered" by it, is instead laser-focused on improved outcomes for slaveholders, sorry, stakeholders. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…5mvz one aspect of Dog ownership i don't miss :) npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: Half a century years old today. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…vvev the Welcome to Country is often neglected and when it is done feels quite empty (although I recognise it is progress of a sort.) npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: Did you know that in Australia meetings just...start. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: I went to a local writers group last night. There were eight people in the group and three were named Nick. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: #NZPol is it time to buy a head of lettuce for Luxon? npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…wj33 he also (willfully) confuses the right to reject the use of a privately owned exploitation platform with some kind of censorship, gaslighting everyone who has, or who has thought of doing, the same. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…xpw3 @nprofile…dr33 this post stayed Julia Deans "Modern Fables" playing in my head. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…fh5u this is nothing short of an act of political & class violence... npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…5mvz pretty sure i heard a cymbal crash as i read that toot. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…wj33 sounds like a metaphor for the way we're being governed to be honest. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…5mvz envious as hell. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…5mvz so long as he reprises his role in Kaos while being a T-Rex I'm in. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: God i miss running. I used to run 4-6 times a week, from 6 km to 16km depending, for about 25 years. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…gtt6 the irony here is that all three of these parties work hard to project an image of rational people making reasonable decisions, who are never swayed by "woolly thinking" and who love to insist on evidence of impact to any agency asking for funds. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…xpw3 @nprofile…tm39 that is an absolutely blistering indictement. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: I saw an opportunity for a position in "Effective Altruism". It gave me a weird feeling. Do people have opinions on whether EA is gross? Or am I being too precious? npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: As is our tradition we packed a picnic dinner today, even as the storms raged around Auckland. Driving out to Piha in the rain it didn't seem like we'd see the sunset tonight, but the skies cleared, the wind disappeared, and we watched the sun dip into the sea for the last time in 2025. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…p7rx i love a God tupographical deep dive, but i had assumed the change was simply because the font name included the word "Roman" and fascists love appropriating classical Roman things in their misguided attempts at cultural legitimacy. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…sp74 i made it one year because i was a bit tired of the traditional trifle and everyone raved about it. I've been making it ever since. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…zvnh Nice one. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: Making Tiramisu today for dessert tomorrow. Its the only reason i normally keep coffee liqueur in the house. As we're leaving the country in a week, some of the coffee/liqueur mix has ended up in me. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…ne85 pretty sure that's a Springsteen number. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: Some advice needed from my Aussie cousins, particularly in #Melbourne: I'm looking for a family mobile plan to purchase when i arrive in a couple of weeks time. We're going to be living there full time. It must have decent data allowances. Maybe something that can be bundled with home internet at some point? npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…t0pv bah, humbug! npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: There is a level of kindness, trust, and community here that I've never experienced on social media before. It is heart-warming and, in this case, delicious. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: We must take the Orca threat seriously. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…sp74 "Unsinkable!" exclaimed Ms Collins, while behind her a small group of group of app developers, cleverly disguised as chamber musicians, rearranged the deckchairs. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: The more i read about the moral panic over teens and social media, the more convinced i become that it is a way of deflecting our attention from the deeper challenges they are facing, their aspirations curbed by parasitic technology and capitalism, climate change, and the erosion of political agency. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: The proposed debate between past and present National Finance Ministers, both of them terrible, is surely the political ouroboros the country needs right now. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…4z7j a gold onion, being held aloft by zombie hands. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: I went to our #hapkido club today to watch my daughter earn her first degree blackbelt. This was the culmination of an epic journey that began with me starting a kids class (mostly because of her) when she was seven. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…sp74 out maybe the traffic chaos was a cleverly engineered PR scheme all along. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: Today I am reflecting on the word 'nasty' and it's use as a pejorative by government ministers (lately aimed at those wanting to uphold Te Tiriti, which until recently was deemed a fairly mainstream position.) npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…sp74 that is accurate, yes. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: New World's bold new approach to customer engagement: npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…g3p0 @nprofile…ysnq he's going to spend some time working on his music career. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: I'm waiting at my local tyre shop while they work on my car and the TV in the waiting room is showing GBNews. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…8c65 yeah sorry about that. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…4z7j @nprofile…5nnv I see that Coster is now on leave as CEO of the Social Investment Agency. There's a deep rot among powerful men, and they're so often rewarded for it. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…wcg4 i saw it at the movies when it was released and really enjoyed it, and an interesting appearance from Minnie Driver too. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…4z7j when access to healthcare is variable based on wealth and privilege, and when the same can be said about feeling the economic consequences, then the lesson can safely be ignored by those at the top. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…fwwf @nprofile…t0pv if i put some quantum into my AI can i crypto faster? npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…ne85 now that really is a shitpost. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…5nnv @nprofile…lff8 Labour needs to find its soul. It's little more than the fetid carcass of a once meaningful party. It's zombie labour. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: I don't know what sort of prayers you lot offer the gods, but every few days of late I've found myself dropping to my knees to intone the sacred words of our finest poet: npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…fwwf @nprofile…g3p0 @nprofile…5nnv @nprofile…wlef the scenario that probably scares the shit out of Labour the most is if the Greens were to win a larger proportion of the vote than them in the next general election. I don't think we'll be at that point in the next 12 months, but if the Greens start edging up towards 20% (which is a real possibility,) and if TPM holds it together then expect Labour to get very nervous and name-call-y. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…fwwf they also seem scared that the folks currently in government might be mean to them. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: Labour absolutely smashing it today by leaking a mild and in-offensive tax policy that will have limited impact. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…lff8 @nprofile…sp74 @nprofile…2hcg if we can let rich people get just a little bit richer then they'll finally be able to solve poverty for us. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…2hcg @nprofile…sp74 how many years worth of teachers pay rises is that? How many nurses? How many medicines, social programmes? npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…8e3f @nprofile…ne85 @nprofile…998y the most crapulent take on enshittification since i took out my smart toilet subscription. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: One of my last acts as an NZ-based health advocate for rare disorders is being the first guest on the 'Rare Aware' podcast hosted by my friend Alanna. I can't remember what we talked about exactly, and I don't think I can bring myself listen to me speak for an hour but apparently there are some good nuggets in here about advocacy in general, and creating change. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…sp74 @nprofile…7yvh i was going to jump in, but there's already been a lot of highs and lows on this thread. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: My thoughts and prayers are with all of the trampolines in the lower reaches of the country tonight. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: Was scheduled to fly into Wellington tomorrow morning but, I don't know, I think I'm going to pass. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…ne85 watery emulsions are an enemy of the people. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…ne85 you put on pants after you drag your ass into the city? npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…ne85 @nprofile…uaam look at patient zero right here. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: I made the mistake of reading two paragraphs penned by Damien Grant this morning, and i think I'll need the day off. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: It has been a trying few years and i think that for my (somewhat deferred) midlife crisis I'm going to abandon my comfortable suburban life and become a pirate. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…5wev @nprofile…l5w8 @nprofile…0vl8 I feel horrified and proud in equal measure. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: I do not currently have a cat, a situation that causes me immense jealousy and longing each #Caturday, but I've learned several other topics that spark passionate discourse on this site: npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: These are tough times for #YouthWorkers in NZ right now - I just had to cancel another training workshop due to low ticket sales (and we have one of the best, and most respected, trainers in the industry). npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…at2c npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: Judith Collins thinks that the people protesting the aerospace conference in Christchurch "live in another world". npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: It's baked potatoes for dinner, folks. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: Our cartoonishly inept government has now entered the "let's sell weapons" stage of economic fantasy. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…6t6n i can think of a number of examples where it _makes sense_, but i am curious about the maths at a large scale. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: I have a question, which might yet turn out to be naive, but i don't even have the right tools to frame it as a search query so I'm asking you, the hive mind, for help: npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: My family and I are heading to #Melbourne in January, not just for a visit but to live. The process of packing up your entire life and shipping it to another country is...challenging. I'll post more about the exact circumstances of that at a later date - but suffice it to say, I have *thoughts* to share about the broken social contract in Aotearoa (and how it affects people with rare disorders specifically.) npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: Spotted on my walk today, on a pole in Blockhouse Bay. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…l5w8 my whole family will be there, and I'll be dragging along anyone else I can find who isn't tied down. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…g3cq put them on the B ark, and tell them we'll all be along soon. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: Decisions about education in Aotearoa continue to be made without consulting the trained professionals who work with young people everyday and who know what is needed, and in return for their hard work, our politicians treat teachers with contempt. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…l5w8 I see that old mate Ian Taylor is out there defending the Minister after he did some of his own research using ChatGPT, so everything's fine, really, and we shouldn't worry so much about the stench of bullshit. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…l5w8 Erica Stanford has also made it clear that none of the new books in that series will feature *any* māori words, so that kids won't be 'confused'. I read this while on the train, swore out loud, then had to apologise to those around me. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: I've lived in Tāmaki Makaurau for almost every one of my forty-nine years and today I did something I've never done before - I took a walk through the Symonds Street Cemetery. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…cgjt Chloe only gains mana in this exchange, especially for refusing to apologise. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: Basic news story for the past 18 months: npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: #NZPol #Youth My number one problem with the ridiculous bootcamp theatre our government has been running is this: npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…4aq7 10 out of 10 youth workers agree. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: At a youth sector conference and an amazing young person is presenting about how the youth sector is an easy target for neoliberal politicians, linking this ideology with recent political actions that almost gleefully sacrifice youth wellbeing. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…g3cq @nprofile…aeng yeah the timing, amid a flurry of what feel like US sponsored policies, is highly sus. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…gyq6 ghost seems pretty cool. I played around with it for awhile and if I was going to try monetising a blog (or even writing for an audience regularly) I reckon it's what I'd use. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…3qlv @nprofile…g3cq From what I understand, not a fan. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: Why do I get the feeling that, despite my own views on the matter, the government sees no contradiction in these headlines: npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…cgjt @nprofile…5fc0 @nprofile…azpw there's a bit in Goldsmith's media release about also banning free food or drink within 100m of polling booths. Is he suggesting people are voting based on a free sausage? I'm struggling to grasp the big problem, but perhaps brighter political minds than mine can clarify. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…g3cq good point. I think I was too distracted by the rats in the face bit to recall this, but it rings a bell. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: In my opinion, not enough of the scifi i read growing up dealt with a dystopian future in which diary products were so expensive. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…g3cq goddamn that's a helluva sentence. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…g3cq trouble is, he's a Vogon apologist. And don't get me started on the poetry. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…g3cq Christopher Luxon is very comfortable with the merger. npub1fpwpjs9nrx5dxmdn7aa7m950eddz9rd7js3a4gy4fljayav4j67s9vpvf5 Kōtare :tinoflag: @nprofile…g3cq use HiveAI. There's a great deal of buzz around it right now.
