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ngai Aotearoa ahau | ลŒtautahi resident | Nearly retired | Was once an overland driver | Now a retail "human resource" | Not overly fond of our biased journos. Born at 315 ppm.

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PERFECTLY NORMAL 's avatar PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com
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Another reason to legalise drugs, this is an absolutely essential part of the whole process. $1bn a year laundered (probably far more) that could all be in the economy along with the taxation from the sale. Safer, reduced crime and the profit could be put towards rehabilitation and mental health

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Oooh, cheese scones and editing at a library! Nerdy paradise!

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Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *)'s avatar Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *) @olimnz.bsky.social
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Went and got three items mended / taken up. And the lovely Jeanette dropped them back to our house! Fantastic service. 10/10 will use again.

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Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *)'s avatar Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *) @olimnz.bsky.social
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Ah, ha! I spotted the bit they really don't like: "It made 17 recommendations, including ... strong partnerships with iwi."

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard)'s avatar Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social
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Accurate summary.

From the lie of being "all in this together", to Emperor Palpatine's cleaner, to the man who looked like he combed his hair with a kettle, then populism on smack, finally a hedgefund manager. And now... a mere stay of execution before even *worse*?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghr2...

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Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *)'s avatar Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *) @olimnz.bsky.social
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This version amused me.

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Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *)'s avatar Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *) @olimnz.bsky.social
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Don't let developers build bland houses. Use an architect who has flair.

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miravox's avatar miravox @miravox.bsky.social
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Come on NZ! It's a competition! It took 14 years to beat the UK tories. We can do it here way, way faster than that.

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Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *)'s avatar Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *) @olimnz.bsky.social
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Bloody good point. I'm not at risk, but all my details are in there if anyone cared to look.

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Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *)'s avatar Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *) @olimnz.bsky.social
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Glad to see that you kept the receipts. We'll need them again.

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Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *)'s avatar Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *) @olimnz.bsky.social
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No, no, NO!

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Gary Chiles ๐Ÿšฒ ๐Ÿ„ โ˜• ๐Ÿฆš ๐Ÿฑ ๐Ÿœ ๐Ÿš๐Ÿ˜ 's avatar Gary Chiles ๐Ÿšฒ ๐Ÿ„ โ˜• ๐Ÿฆš ๐Ÿฑ ๐Ÿœ ๐Ÿš๐Ÿ˜ @testtubeone.bsky.social
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Caution. Video contains images of Jonathan Pie being joyful and cheerful.

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Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *)'s avatar Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *) @olimnz.bsky.social
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Bought a tear to my eye, that one.

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Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *)'s avatar Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *) @olimnz.bsky.social
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Would the Tories really get into bed with Reform? Of course they damn well would if they had to.

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Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *)'s avatar Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *) @olimnz.bsky.social
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You can also override it for short bursts i.e. if you *floor it* to get out of danger.

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Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *)'s avatar Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *) @olimnz.bsky.social
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No, they will be able to travel up to that speed limit and no faster. You can turn it off *per trip* but can you imagine what your insurance company would say if you did, and had an accident?

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Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *)'s avatar Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *) @olimnz.bsky.social
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๐Ÿ’ฏ

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Bill Bennett's avatar Bill Bennett @billbennett.bsky.social
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It's probably a bit optimistic inviting people to spend 5 minutes on a Friday evening reading about what NZ needs to do to make sure everyone has decent, reliable, affordable communications. So click the link and bookmark it for when you're in the mood.

billbennett.co.nz/fresh-teleco...

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Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *)'s avatar Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *) @olimnz.bsky.social
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She really is/was clueless.

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Laura GreenBird's avatar Laura GreenBird @greenbirdo.bsky.social
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Do you need gas #Auspol? No!

More gas is burned *just to process gas exports* than is used domestically

Cc: #nzpol

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Aylene's avatar Aylene @ayleneinnz.bsky.social
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We must be able to make this happen. Surely?

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Whilst we can laugh at Liz Truss hiding from admitting she lost her seat; we must remember that thousands of people actually voted for her and that their very existence is a dangerous argument in favour of sterilisation programmes.

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Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *)'s avatar Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *) @olimnz.bsky.social
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I actually went and found the EU debate on this and found it was a quiet one-line paragraph that, by the time anyone noticed, public consultations had closed. Very sneaky. The law was passed about 6-7 years ago.

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Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *)'s avatar Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *) @olimnz.bsky.social
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Even more funny is this: The UK is theoretically free to make the most of its post-Brexit freedoms, but the integrated nature of car manufacturing means new vehicles [in the UK] will also be telling their drivers to take their foot off the accelerator.

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Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *)'s avatar Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *) @olimnz.bsky.social
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So tomorrow, can a journalist ask Luxon **why** the UK Tories have lost and what makes his policies any better than theirs were (after all, he plagiarised them)???

#nzpol

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Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *)'s avatar Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *) @olimnz.bsky.social
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Hang on, hasn't our bloody Government just lifted speed restrictions? From 7 July all new cars sold in the EU and in Northern Ireland must have a range of technical safety features fitted as standard. The most notable of these is intelligent speed assistance โ€“ or colloquially, **a speed limiter**.

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Craig M. Ranapia's avatar Craig M. Ranapia @craigmranapia.bsky.social
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Going to be about as cheerful as I'm ever going to get, because the simple reality is no matter how big the majority the next Government won't get a honeymoon. The Tory enshittification of everything is too deep and dangerous to allow it.

#UKGE2024

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Mike Dickison's avatar Mike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social
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If anyone in ลŒtautahi Christchurch is interested in Wikipedia and becoming a volunteer editor, we're having a meetup on Sunday morning in Tลซranga cafe (which also has amazing cheese scones).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...

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Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *)'s avatar Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *) @olimnz.bsky.social
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I've cross-posted it into the Somerfield Residents group on FB too.

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Cyncopation 's avatar Cyncopation @cyncharron.bsky.social
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ลŒtautahi if you know anyone who needs any clothes-mending done, check this out! Donation requested as payment. Details in Alt Text. โ€œThis Coming Saturday! Our Shop will be open 10am to 1pm and the talented Dorothy and Janette will be there ready to take any repairs.โ€

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Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *)'s avatar Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *) @olimnz.bsky.social
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Cool. Will take in some work trousers for hemming.

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First Past the Post has given Starmer such brainworms that he thinks this landslide is bc of something he did, rather than catastrophic collapse of the Tories into a party so incapable of governing that one of their prevous PMs tanked the economy within a fornight & was outlasted by a lettuce

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haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

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Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *)'s avatar Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *) @olimnz.bsky.social
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Could not be happier ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ™‹โ˜บ๏ธ Rees-Mogg = gone burger.

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Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *)'s avatar Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *) @olimnz.bsky.social
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Apparently, yes.

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Gavin Shoebridge's avatar Gavin Shoebridge @kiwiev.bsky.social
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You might've seen the fabricated 'study' that's doing the rounds this week, claiming that most EV drivers are all desperate to go back to slower, more expensive combustion cars, being tied to the pump. ๐Ÿ˜‚LOL yeah right. Well, here's an actual study done on actual drivers.

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ษ”ฤฑN's avatar ษ”ฤฑN @hazmat.bsky.social
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Take note of the UK election results Luxo.
Youโ€™re. Fukn. Next.
#nzpol

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Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *)'s avatar Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *) @olimnz.bsky.social
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The worst (for me) is having an empty yellow bin and listening to how loud that first wine bottle is hitting the bottom. Wakes up the whole neighbourhood I'm sure.

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Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *)'s avatar Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *) @olimnz.bsky.social
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CW: I'm going to get all sweary.

BASTARDS!
BASTARDS!
BASTARDS!

Have a read of this and tell the Government what you think of them via your MP.

Possibly legal (I hope it gets challenged) but morally and ethically WRONG!

#NZPOL <<< even this is in caps.

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Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *)'s avatar Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *) @olimnz.bsky.social
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3 1/2inch or 5 1/4 inch? I still have 2 of the 5 1/4" ones at home. They have an ASCII version of my route notes on and were still readable a couple of years ago. A man at EcoTech Services in ลŒtautahi still has a floppy drive for them which also works.

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Japan's government finally says goodbye to floppy disks

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