wordsSHIFTminds
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wordsSHIFTminds is Auckland, New Zealand-based composer, Chris Bell (est. 1960), recording in the Universal Mango Research Kitchen. https://www.instagram.co/wordsshiftminds https://soundcloud.com/wordsshiftminds https://wordsshiftminds.bandcamp.com
Last night, I skipped the TV news to watch Attenborough's 'Planet Earth 3', and so missed any reminder that Daylight Saving started overnight. I didn't realise until this morning I noticed the discrepancy between the time on my mobile and all the other clocks in the place. 😐 😑 😶
Superb. Oil market experts on Al Jazeera's 'Counting The Cost' are unanimous in their view that the world is in the middle of "the mother of all oil shocks". If only there was some sort of energy alternative... 🤔
Talking of misheard song lyrics, there's a 2024 song by US singer Kacey Musgraves called 'Cardinal'. I misheard the title as "Garden Gnome": "Garden gnome, Are you bringing me a message from the other side?" #mondegreen
I'm no demographer nor a criminologist, but I reckon that the Herald probably has Auckland's murder rate wrong here. I reckon it's probably lower than 3.6 per person.
I have a bag of coriander from Woodhaven Gardens (via Woolworths) that has thick, woody stems and larger leaves, almost like flat-leaf parsley, and I'm wondering if someone has successfully crossed coriander with parsley to make it more resilient... 🤔
Minister Erica Stanford refuses to divulge #curriculum feedback amid #OIA secrecy claims, despite it being her job & her responsibility. She should be sacked. #nzpol #education #AtlasNetwork www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Minister refuses to divulge curriculum feedback amid OIA secrecy claims
The Education Minister says information about the feedback she personally gave on curriculum changes "does not exist", amid accusations of a culture of secrecy.
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If anyone in Wellington lost their copy of Dirty Work on the number 4 bus yesterday, rest assured it’s gone to a good home. Also get in touch as I’m happy to reimburse you! #nzpol
hundreds of abused interns: arise church decided to pay just four. please RT: www.webworm.co/arise2026/
Arise Church Still Sucks, Ya'll
Arise church in New Zealand abused hundreds of interns, and after 3 years has paid just 4 of them. Ben Kendrew of Arise Church responds. Webworm with David Farrier.
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Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal and his government has committed genocide in Gaza. The United States should stop all military assistance to Israel. Saying this is not antisemitic. (I’m Jewish, by the way.)
Three years old today. A double album inspired by the late Russell Hoban's science fiction novel of the same name.
I just had some National Party door-knockers: Two whippersnappers wielding a Greg Phlegming [sic] tote bag. I was polite - if it's possible to shut the door in someone's face politely.
wordsSHIFTminds, 'Starswarm' (title from a poem by the late Orkney poet George Mackay Brown), out 1 October 2026. Pre-sale starts today. #distrokid #music #synthwave
That these 2 guys can dismiss the book as 'business as usual' tells us a shitload about their warped perspective on NZ politics and the infiltration of lobbyists. It also insults their listeners, who care deeply about the influence of corporate money, esp when it's ramping up racism and dividing us
Ka pū te ruha - Toitū Te Tiriti@kaputeruha.bsky.social · 3d agoPaddy Gower and Guyon Espiner. Dirty Work is a fail. Damp squib. Just a book about lobbying. Ha ha ha #nzpol
Fonterra increased climate emissions 4.3% in just two years. That is 1 million tonnes of emissions more per year in 2026 cf 2024. They are totally out of control. They lobbied to remove constraints on cow numbers and hey presto. view.publitas.com/fonterra/ann...
Fonterra - Fonterra FY26 Annual Report_Publitas - Page 195
Fonterra Annual Report 2026 Contents Annual Review Sustainability Reporting Governance Disclosures Introduction Financial Statements Governance Strategy Group
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I hate it when cinematographers shoot long scenes in almost total darkness.You can't make out what's going on over 90 percent of the screen except for maybe a tiny pocket of light somewhere. What's the point? It might as well be a radio play.
#nzpol Headline has already been rewritten in the piece to remove the shame of our snivelling government of collaborators making UN delegates remain out of respect to this genocidal war criminal. I’m ashamed and sickened.
Find that amusing, do you? Let's see how funny you find it when you're rotting in prison, you murderous bastard.
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d ago⚡️JUST NOW: MASS UN WALKOUT ON NETANYAHU
Listening back to the 21 tracks I've made so far for next January's CROP project (there'll be 31, one for each day of the month), they are among the best I've composed and recorded. I may not be an objective judge of my own music, but I can only write to please myself.
but i kept being told that this wasn't real, NZ weren't actually involved, it was always the "US part of the business" etc etc etc by supporters of RocketLab This is a very significant shift in NZ defense policy, and certainly doesn't lend itself to independence www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
New Zealand agrees to put almost $24 million into military satellite US is building
New Zealand has agreed to put almost $24 million into a military satellite the United States is building.
rnz.co.nz
In case you've been wondering about Tory [sic] Relf, who's been fronting for the Taxpayers' Union on the TV news, she previously worked as a campaign manager for the UK Conservative Party, which probably tells you all you need to know. 🙄 #nzpol
What does democracy even mean??? NOBODY VOTED FOR THIS!!! 🖕🏾🇺🇸 #nzpol
New Zealand agrees to put almost $24 million into military satellite US is building
New Zealand has agreed to put almost $24 million into a military satellite the United States is building.
rnz.co.nz
