lol hooton's editorials are more savage about luxo than anything anyone directly in politics could ever do www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3610...

Editorial: National has one last chance to re-consider leadership before election

EDITORIAL: National MPs have an obligation to their party and its supporters to assure themselves Christopher Luxon is the best of their number to defeat Chris Hipkins again

thepost.co.nz

Stancil is actually so good Everywhere we find doomer slopulist nonsense. People won't believe things used to be worse, people poorer, progress made.

Will Stancil@whstancil.bsky.social · 3mo ago

14k likes for a kid from the richest young generation in history screaming NO ONE HAS ANY MONEY, hundreds of people replying that this is the future of politics. You guys are authoring the destruction of progressivism and you're too amped up on cheap TikTok thrills to see it.

I wouldn't have thought that Australian media was worth funding, in the main

Why is luxon so much worse at politics than his coalition partners?

if you lean right, and are generally qualified, you're probably better off fighting for an ACT list spot than a Nat electorate Nats only care about electorates. ACT can pick from the list, with more flexibility and prioritize overall coherence. Plus they need more good candidates

both goldsmith and bishop have had haircuts. Looking fresh

wait I drunkenly explained 9/11 to a child this weekend

did anyone ever write well when doing the "punctuation and upper case are colonialist" thing? Bell hooks?

At the woke café listening to a podcast about, I guess, accounting while waiting a latte. Nice view too

After a lengthy chat with the new meta llm, which frankly isnt amazing, it reckons luxon is gonna get rolled Which i already thought anyway, and I did tell it what to think, but I'll take it

There's no hope. Olivia Rodrigo drops a love song referencing just like heaven, and people online compare it to dont delete the kisses because there are some spoken word verses. Idk man

My prediction is that luxon goes. If its orderly he probably passes to Willis as heir; if its hostile, probably Bishop just for the scrap

TOP basically needs to pull 5% fairly broadly and evenly from labour, greens, nats, act and nzf and i don't know if they've got the provocative, technocrat, contrarian scope to do that

spill is on, luxo might be out. For like the 3rd time in 5 months, but then he really is dreadful

I thought geese were overhyped but I won't stand for them being overhated. They probably are a plant but they're alright

I am generally in favour of using LLMs for legal services. But it is quite funny that one of the loudest barristers about LLMs on LinkedIn in NZ just got absolutely thumped by a fairly legally courageous claim

I broadly and increasingly see the sense of a statute of limitation for criminal offences

I broadly think WFH is a bad idea for any workplace doing serious work but now that i have my own place I do see the appeal

Man eating well and sleeping full nights is fairly good for you ay

free fares feel good but are an incredibly expensive way to deal with a low priority issue for PT use. To the extent people are price sensitive, increases in car use costs matter more than PT pricing (which is wild) theconversation.com/victoria-has...

Victoria has made public transport free – NSW hasn’t. Has there been any difference in uptake?

Public transport access, travel time and familiarity with the network all play a role in how many people switch away from driving.

theconversation.com

Moana pasifika were always going to have an uphill battle and once they worked out that playing in the islands wasn't viable, it was already over

More people are materially well off than ever Food delivery went from niche and expensive to super common; housing has gotten worse and health costs, but many of those complaining don't understand Baumol or aren't YIMBYs; Americans complain about clothes quality then use their dryers constantly

There Are many people who are dumb and have bad takes on this bit of the internet and they love turning their replies off . Just get a blog. A diary.

I didn't realise the sun of all papers is doing surprisingly detailed pro Ukraine analysis videos I'll take it, grand coalition against putin

Ned is so fucking good. The most underrated YIMBY policy writer out there

Ned Resnikoff@resnikoff.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Against homeownership populism publiccomment.blog/p/against-ho...

New Zealand having better beer and coffee than either isn't too powerful, but it is kinda baffling. Not beating the hobbit/hipster allegations

William B. Fuckley@opinionhaver.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A truth that is too powerful for many is that American beer and coffee culture is better than most of Europe most of the time.

I like it when bullshit NIMBY litigation fails www.stuff.co.nz/home-propert...

Trees taken down, shelter removed amid legal fight over 500-apartment development

The Sanctuary Mahi Whenua Gardens in Auckland is unhappy after parts of their garden were removed to accommodate early construction works.

stuff.co.nz

coke zero is the greatest public health initiative of the 21st century

Not having your own website is so dumb Websites can ban you, they go down sometimes, you'll be on line 1 to 3 social media when there's line 20. Just have a barebones website too

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie@audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 4mo ago

I'm old-fashioned. I want your business to have a website. Don't gimme an Instagram page and a phone number. I wanna see what services you offer and then make an appointment on a regular degular website!

The late Roman empire had an emperor, 6 or so in their inner circle, and 200 senior officials. Successors were normally one of the 200 Which explains Magyar being an insider who went on jihad when his ex got blamed for a scandal, opposing the least popular policies