New Zealand based Engineering Manager and recovering web developer, trying to learn as much as possible about languages, cricket, drums and parenthood. Music teacher (drums, percussion & orchestral) of over 25 years. 日本人ですか?日本語を習って助けてください!
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Last Notes npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil @nprofile…fh5u Yeah we've heard the whole "no NEW taxes" BS before plenty of times. And this crowd are historically untrustworthy regardless. There is exactly zero credibility in that pledge. I'm more concerned with what they're _not_ campaigning on. npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil Luxon throwing his toys out of the cot and wanting to take his MMP home if the other kids aren't going to be nice to him is the most privileged male middle-management fail-upwards bullshit he could possibly have pulled. His leadership and party have been tanking in the polls for a year and every dirty democracy trick in the book has been coming out in response. npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil Absolute abdication of responsibility from such a manifestly unqualified, incapable and willfully negligent middle manager who has failed upwards throughout his entire career. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics/641578/prime-minister-christopher-luxon-admits-he-didn-t-know-there-was-no-night-shelter-for-rough-sleepers-in-auckland npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil I know I read or listened to some conversation around AI adoption in software engineering and the author was essentially arguing that the company needs to decide whether they viewed AI in their engineering teams as a cost or an investment, because the success metrics and decisions are different depending on each lens. Can I find that resource now? No I absolutely can not. npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil I don't think I can recall a government in NZ being so utterly impervious to recommendations and informed advice. And I'm pretty old now! npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil Seems like exactly the right time to do something indulgent. #Lego #Milestones #50Years Wonder if any real Lego nerds can figure out what I'm going to build. https://media.mstdn.io/mstdn-media/media_attachments/files/116/344/202/054/023/694/original/68e135f4067ca32f.jpeg npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil @nprofile…gtt6 Good topical one this year. npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil LASER-FOCUSED! https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/591093/terrible-timing-but-pending-power-price-increase-justified-commerce-commission npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil What relevance does the Olympics even hold today? There are other, more inclusive world championship events in most sports now. Why give the Olympics the attention? npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil International governments need to get a clue and start sending a unified position on a space treaty that defines the shared guardianship and resource rights of space. It affects absolutely everyone. npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil Brooke van Velden cannot commit to another 4 years of destroying society as the warming climate is making the ice in her veins unsuitable to sustain life, so she must return to her crypt to sleep the tormented sleep of the damned. https://newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/24/van-velden-to-step-down/ npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil God, the tone deaf bloody arrogance of saying "I have humility, look at my humility" here. NZ Herald paywalled op-ed here if you're crazy enough to give the Herald your money: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/economy/nicola-willis-faces-fuel-crisis-budget-reckoning-as-diesel-pain-spreads-fran-osullivan/premium/PHTNG4MU65CSJO7VLOE4MJBDKE/ npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil “I think the humility that I have going into this – that at times, was absent, I think, from the Covid response – is recognising that fuel importers, distributors and users know more about the global and domestic fuel system than our officials ever will” - Nicola Willis Equating fuel scarcity, which could have been proactively managed years prior and is absolutely NOT a health crisis, is in no way comparable to Labour's covid response, you stepford wife banshee in red sharpie lipstick. npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil NZ673 AKL - DUD is in a holding pattern in clear conditions and an otherwise perfect day for flying. Wonder what's causing the hold-up? NZ673 from Auckland to Dunedin https://fr24.com/ANZ673/3ed599bf npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil @nprofile…c0rg You're always very welcome back down here, mate! npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil @nprofile…c0rg Anything in particular or just [* waves arms *]? npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil Do we honestly need the scare banner for this sort of shit, NZ Stuff? Sorry - I mean RNZ. Got confused there for a moment. https://media.mstdn.io/mstdn-media/media_attachments/files/116/259/043/642/841/852/original/94b4de3e0e1bb691.png npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil My 18yo son has been failed on such minor technicalities for his driver's licence it's absurd, given the standard of driving we see in Dunedin. If it's good for one age bracket, it should be reasonable for the other extreme. Make retesting of elderly drivers the norm. Woman dies, child hurt car crashes into cafe on Auckland’s North Shore https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/589245/woman-dies-child-hurt-car-crashes-into-cafe-on-auckland-s-north-shore npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil My review of War Machine on Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/dt34tx (spoiler: I didn't think much of it) npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil Shane Reti has surely been put under extreme pressure and scrutiny from his iwi and whānau. How he's reconciled the sorts of violence and recolonisation from his party with any whakawhanaungatanga with his constituents must have been quite the personal struggle. npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil @nprofile…wj33 Perhaps but Destiny Church first. Te Kaika still does important, valuable work for the community despite its poor leadership. And that leadership is really only one family who are dug in tight. npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil @nprofile…xvcz Totally but that's kind of my point. "I misspoke" is such a benign, unaccountable phrase it detaches you from having to own the impact of your comments. It's like saying "I'm sorry IF I offended you". It's not taking accountability for your words, it's avoiding the issue. Luxon didn't misspeak; he had an unguarded moment when the mask slipped and he said exactly what he thought, and then he had to crawl it back. npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil "I misspoke" is becoming a very convenient way to say you were either lying or being honest about your true position on an issue. Luxon misspoke about wanting to dry-hump the US over Iran; Stanford misspeaking here about scare stats. "misspoke" is just weasel code. Immigration Minister Erica Stanford apologises after inflating overstayer figures https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/588661/immigration-minister-erica-stanford-apologises-after-inflating-overstayer-figures npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil thanks-I-hate-it.gif I guess we really could see the rise of the Linux desktop soon. I'm glad I switched already. Windows 12 Reportedly Set for Release This Year as a Fully Modular, Subscription-Based, AI-Focused OS https://tech4gamers.com/windows-12-reportedly-relasing-2026-modular-ai-focused-os/ npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil Meanwhile, over on Stuff... https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360946301/pictures-rare-blood-moon-stuns-kiwis-across-country npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil What even is the point of words? @nprofile…ds0l https://infosec.exchange/@0xabad1dea/116158961546098296 npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil This town's weather can die in a fire. ... which of course could never happen because IT'S CONSTANTLY FUCKING COLD AND RAINING! npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil Stop plundering our retirement future because your racist government has no useful ideas on how to solve affordability and equality issues!! KiwiSaver laws changing to help farmers buy first homes | RNZ News https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/588291/kiwisaver-laws-changing-to-help-farmers-buy-first-homes npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil Wake up this morning to see the US is warring in Iran and kicking things off by killing schoolgirls. All this to lock in an authoritarian regime at home and avoid accountability for child sex trafficking. America is a fucking disgrace. npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil @nprofile…wljr @nprofile…fh5u @nprofile…yzxf Would be if they argued that we should feed billionaires to the dogs to stop all these attacks, or that we should defund all police and use the budget to provide basic universal income for homeless people. npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil @nprofile…fh5u He's a manifestly unserious person. We should treat his comments accordingly rather than being furiously set off by his racism and blanket ignorance. npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil I see Seymour has found his latest stupid-yet-populist catch-phrase to get his face in the media again for the week. Sooner or later we need to wake up to the idea that he and Winston are weaponising an uncritical media driven by ratings and that these types of politicians are completely unserious. Their bullshit should not be getting platformed. npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil So gross and disrespectful. npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil Andrew Little trying to do a Harold Holt to keep businesses happy. Good thing mask mandates were such a successful learning moment for the country... https://media.mstdn.io/mstdn-media/media_attachments/files/116/128/180/433/381/073/original/558cfedd605962ac.png npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil @nprofile…s50v So lazy though! But whatever. It doesn't mean I can't add it manually. (*hmph*) npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil It irks me no end that Github doesn't offer any ethical licence (e.g. https://ethicalsource.dev/licenses) as part of its licence template offerings for new repositories. These resources exist, so how hard could it be to include some examples? npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil "I don't take advice" - prime minister and solitary milk-soaked honey puff Chris Luxon. Spare a thought for his PR spin doctors who must be some of the most woefully neglected damage controllers in the country. npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil @nprofile…7an5 Or hell - bring back Windows Phone! ;-) npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil @nprofile…7an5 I struggle with phone operating systems. I don't love the duopoly and wish we had better open source options that supported more devices. npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil Wwwwow. Terrible company does terrible decisions. npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil It's all just so exhaustingly, utterly, stupidly pointless. @nprofile…5rsp https://mastodon.social/@randahl/116112273823135402 npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil @nprofile…e5f4 https://careers.evercommerce.com/us/en/job/R-105866/EverHealth-Sr-Software-Engineer Check other listings on the site too. There are a few openings. npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil Genesis : "Down and Out" One of the coolest 5/4 drum beats Phil Collins ever produced. #JukeboxFridayNight #Directions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjLEOBHANkM npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil Ah, Dunedin's premium summer of awesome continues this weekend as the rain sets in again. npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil @nprofile…d2tw OMG this is awesome. Wonder what detail I can find for international airports... 🤔 npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil @nprofile…d2tw How did you produce this? Did you make it? npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil @nprofile…pp76 https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360928915/maureen-pugh-retire-politics-2026-election npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil Well, guess Maureen Pugh has now done one thing in her political career that is not fucking useless. npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil @nprofile…vvev https://media.mstdn.io/mstdn-media/media_attachments/files/115/935/160/282/131/073/original/57de7fa83e2ede17.png npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil Rather them than me. Already going in exactly the same direction as the rest of Zuck's shitty walled gardens. npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil How it started: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/581699/parliament-debates-climate-targets-under-urgency How it's going: https://media.mstdn.io/mstdn-media/media_attachments/files/115/934/637/007/992/704/original/67ec7da6c05f6578.png npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil Love that last sentence. This is a good quote. npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil @nprofile…45lt Pretty sure that means it's working? More rational, objective and optimistic heads are moving to more democratic alternatives (like here for example) and leaving the frothing angry men shouting into the void in the old places. npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil I'm pretty sure "the situation" is code for "America". @nprofile…ny8g https://mastodon.social/@hanse_mina/115930830350179735 npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil I just finished watching Rental Family starring Brendan Fraser. My review on #Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/JQOw npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil Easy: "stay the fuck away from Australian beaches". https://media.mstdn.io/mstdn-media/media_attachments/files/115/926/024/181/036/819/original/f5c7a007cfba575c.jpg npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil This likely scales effectively for local councils and local / central government around New Zealand just as well as it does for corrupt countries like the US. npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil "I'm not the problem! This whole world is the problem", says man who would rather do another toxic masculinity than go to therapy. npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil What's the point of highlighting one grumpy racist's complaint other than to platform rage bait racism? Typical classless journalism from a paper with a track record of racism friendly stories. Parent slams son’s school over Treaty stance | Otago Daily Times Online News https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/queenstown/parent-slams-son%E2%80%99s-school-over-treaty-stance npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil Wonder who they voted for / paid for. @nprofile…klkf https://flipboard.com/@thenewsdesk/technology-shjum1jiz/-/a-5_9jJujCR5Sej1RupMpM9Q%3Aa%3A43591897-%2F0 npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil @nprofile…fh5u Ok but if we're going to be totally impartial here, Chris Hipkins is still actively posting there too. npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil @nprofile…zxp6 Especially when you see her talking on TV. npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil Gross that Zoom is so cosy with the fascist crime family in the US and more unpleasant that I'm forced to use their tools. https://news.zoom.com/zoom-reinforces-commitment-to-ai-literacy-with-national-student-learning-experience/ npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil Same arguments as in New Zealand when we tried to do this: "No! We want to be able to be mean to people and quietly amass more dangerous tendencies and tools!" npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil @nprofile…vhwu Absolutely no one is judging you there! npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil @nprofile…vhwu This is just ridiculous. npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil "This sudden brutal and indiscriminate violence is so shocking and upsetting. I don't even recognise my country anymore!" - Americans who have never actually critically examined their country's history in their lives. npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil @nprofile…vhwu Sensible option, honestly. npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil Mid-summer in Dunedin so of course the cricket was rained off earlier and I'm at home with the heater cranked up. npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil Someone donated $5000 to this guy. LOL awesome. npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil Scott Adams has died? https://media.mstdn.io/mstdn-media/media_attachments/files/115/889/229/320/331/485/original/b2f6e5dbfea9dce0.mp4 npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil Fucksake. This isn't new territory. It professionals know how to mitigate this stuff. There should be row-level encryption on databases with health data. There should be accountability through each item on the OWASP top 10. This shit just looks like lazy under-investment in favour of feature delivery. Another health provider targeted by data breach | Stuff https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360923210/another-health-provider-targeted-data-breach npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil This isn't radical and it's not clever. It's ideological and the epitome of shitty, dangerous management. Look if you want to get on the AI hype train as part of your company strategy, sure - knock your socks off. But don't try to pretend that decision is based on proven results. You're gambling and using your workforce to ante up. https://fortune.com/article/ceo-laid-off-80-percent-workforce-sabotage-what-are-ai-skills/ npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil I've seen some incredibly disgusting anti-patterns from companies pretending to give a shit about GDPR but this is a new low. https://media.mstdn.io/mstdn-media/media_attachments/files/115/875/109/316/556/214/original/8f03a8bf43148885.png npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil @nprofile…fh5u Yeah but his pollsters aren't so how's he going to be told what he thinks and therefore what he would just say to us? npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil 2024 Luxon: "I want the public service to be highly productive and "firing on all cylinders" working from home undermines that" https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/528811/working-from-home-would-more-public-servants-back-at-the-office-make-a-difference 2026 Luxon: "Oh I'm obviously working very productively from home. Get back to work, lazy bottom-feeders!" https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/583521/christopher-luxon-working-from-home-as-year-gets-underway npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil I'm in a meeting that should have been an email. 😢 Great start to the first week of the year. npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil Somebody obviously wants to put all that toothpaste back in the tube. If only somebody had repeatedly warned them, provided evidence and explained the consequences in detail... npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil One day, US-based tech product companies will realise there are countries outside the United States that exist _below the equator_ and have.... DIFFERENT SEASONS!! 🤯 But it is not this day. https://media.mstdn.io/mstdn-media/media_attachments/files/115/838/815/372/087/553/original/3ec3cf2b7d50aad6.png npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil Well 2026 sure isn't holding back right out of the gate! https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/former-dunedin-mayor-jules-radich-dies npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil Anything that reduces reliance on American corporates is good by me. @nprofile…xpmk https://mapstodon.space/@lokjo/115832258058784798 npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil Happy "every dog in the neighbourhood going absolutely apeshit for the next hour" to all who celebrate. npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil 今年はあっという間に過ぎていった。苦しく、悲しく、ややこしかった。 新しい年はもっと勇気、自分に優しく、感情的に正直にする。 npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil @nprofile…qpm0 Thoughts and prayers. npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil Welp, it's almost January. Time to light the fire. #KiwiSummer npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil Technically, isn't Lethal Weapon also a Christmas movie? npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil Exciting win from the #Sparks here in Alexandra. They're easily my favourite sports team. #cricket npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil Finally at our first #SuperSmash game between the #Sparks and Magicians. Lovely day here at Molyneux Park, Alexandra. npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil See? This is how you do it. https://flipboard.com/@thenewsdesk/business-nbfr4cs7z/-/a-7q_-qFleS9qNexW8aCHCcw%3Aa%3A43591897-%2F0 npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil Swimming at Outram Glen not advised | Otago Daily Times > Farmers won't be happy until every river is deemed "wadeable" and they've polluted or extracted every fresh water source in the country. https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/swimming-outram-glen-not-advised npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil LOL fuck no! Or you could do the same with less bullshit for free by installing Ubuntu or Mint Linux. https://flipboard.com/@thenewsdesk/technology-shjum1jiz/-/a-iIxjF2izT1mw-b8Pk8jKsA%3Aa%3A43591897-%2F0 npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil It's honestly hard - and almost certainly pointless - to rebut all the drivel from this raving lahar of bile and rosacea, but the entitled characterisation of cyclists as selfish, "pious planet-savers" and virtue-signalling while insisting that no road data be gathered is wilful ignorance. npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil Dunedin's most reliable conspiracy cooker sympathiser and malcontent rabble-rouser, Lee Vandervis, is summoning his frothing-mouthed flying monkeys again. This time over this article: https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/aa-chairman-%E2%80%98frustrated%E2%80%99-trial-closure The notified closure: https://www.dunedin.govt.nz/news-and-events/public-notices/notified-road-closures/various-streets-town-belt-active-travel-trial https://media.mstdn.io/mstdn-media/media_attachments/files/115/778/091/884/786/708/original/f84e5b267f5f225a.png https://media.mstdn.io/mstdn-media/media_attachments/files/115/778/114/292/176/749/original/1fdaa96341eb3b03.png npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil 94 quadrillion years, suckers! @nprofile…4gvy https://mstdn.social/@kibcol1049/115773544503404628 npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil @nprofile…rypq Right? We need more of this sort of thing. I'd love to figure out how to keep records of what politicians promise or say in public statements vs what their parliamentary track record demonstrates. npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil X-posting from BluSky (from https://cjs.nz/socials/) - https://bsky.app/profile/cjs.nz/post/3maoq6ugzmk2s > I’m not certain if there’s a big #nzpol community on here, but if there is: > Last night I finally launched my web tool to track when this Parliament has gone into urgency, and which bills were affected by it. Takeaways: Urgency sessions: 19 Bills: 104 See the stats: https://nzpt.cjs.nz npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil I'm not sure it's possible to love a TikTok account more than I love this one. https://www.tiktok.com/@robotsdraw npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil This is 100% a thing I have observed in my household and wider family. Study shows the experience of Māori grappling with 'te reo trauma' | RNZ News https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/582406/study-shows-the-experience-of-maori-grappling-with-te-reo-trauma npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil Nothing says "rich elite sport" like naming your horse "Republican Party". JFC. https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/racing/republican-party-goes-back-back npub1juvga2j92cf7rsauvqldvf6ptrnv48k096s0d2uxwl5ff8hr9qxq7w9xwq Phil This is a good, inclusive middle ground from Firefox and Mozilla. Recognising that your user community has - above all - a strong desire for autonomy and choice is the right move.