Appetite for construction

Probably already polling above Luxon and Chippy too

Eh, just chuck it in the square hole with all the others

Listening to Gary Numan's 2000 release, Pure. Pretty awesome his 14th solo album might be his second best. Gives me hope, anyway...

I was making potato and leek soup and the recipe asked for five potatoes cubed. Even for potato soup, 125 potatoes seems a little excessive.

I am no longer accepting the argument "there are bigger problems than this!" unless you are personally working to stop the ultimate Heat Death of the Universe.

So you're saying to only trust probabilities of 96 percent and higher. Got it.

New Scientist@newscientist.com · 2d ago

Commentators say the probability of machines wiping us out ranges from 0 to over 95 per cent. Columnist Jacob Aron explains why you shouldn't trust any of those numbers

Has the way armies worked changed, or something?!

Manu Caddie@manucaddie.bsky.social · 2d ago

Jeezus, if this doesn’t get a White Guy “with potential” a conviction, would anything? www.rnz.co.nz/news/crime-a... #nzpol

Well that debate is over now, right?

Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · 2d ago

Google Maps images show scale of Israel's destruction of Gaza, where more than 74,000 Palestinians have been killed.

Here we go... recording the vocals for this tune, I was fucking livid at my past self for writing new lyrics for every chorus. Wasn't able to cheat and just copy-paste the best takes. Took forever...

Anecdata@anecdata.bsky.social · 2d ago

Sneak peek at what the new album 'There's Only Going Back Now' has in store... this is from the first song, 'Better Vampires (Dog and Pony Show). Will be up on Bandcamp later this week. anecdata.bandcamp.com

Ugh, gotta do the worst part of releasing music... making sure at least three people hear it before it's consigned to the trash heap

GPS on my phone stopped working, so now I can tick 'get lost in the country's biggest cemetery, in the rain' off my bucket list

This lede works even if you read 'beef' as 'arguing', like I did the first time through

The Press@thepress.co.nz · 2d ago

Beef in the US is at historic highs - but demand is also at a peak. These factors, as well as a push to “health”, means New Zealand retains a huge opportunity there.

Ms 7 is making her album cover debut! She was Ms 6 when @tariqa.bsky.social took this photo of her with a weird cloud in Bali last year. Might look like a Pink Floyd album cover, but I promise there's only about 20 seconds of guitar solos all-up in its 33 minutes and 59 seconds.

Anecdata@anecdata.bsky.social · 3d ago

It's done! Out October 30.

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.

Countries by how New Zealand they are

None of which looked like that

IGN@ign.com · 5d ago

With The Simpsons returning for an unprecedented 38th (!) season on September 27, we're once more looking back at the show's very best episodes: https://bit.ly/4yVc3Cx

Might be the most niche post I ever do, but was just listening to 'Push Upstairs' by Underworld and surely, this is the exact tune Strong Bad's 'Techno Song' is based on

$100,000 each!? What are they buying, vintage Neumann u47 microphones used by Frank Sinatra himself? www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 6d ago

President Trump’s war on Iran, now in its seventh month, has led to a plunge in the consumption of oil and gas around the world as fighting disrupts production and transportation. https://wapo.st/4ycPvNA

Hastening the robot apocalypse by asking a robot about an apocalyptic robot

Sometimes you don't decide what a song's title is until it's time to mix it down, ready for distribution...

As is tradition

Don't think I'll ever eat a basic two-minute noodle again now I've discovered the identically priced stuff they sell in Asian supermarkets

NRL grand final now safe to watch there's no risk of hearing 'Dance Monkey' www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/1...

Tones And I turns down NRL grand final pre-match show citing prior commitment with Macklemore

Tones And I has broken her silence after the NRL declared it will forego a grand final tradition of pre-match entertainment.

rnz.co.nz

So what happened to Bluesky users being above using AI-generated political slop? Been a noticeable rise in it the past couple of weeks. Don't wanna start insta-blocking people, but surely you can tell the difference by now

Isn't this how we ended up with Crazy Frog?

The Guardian@theguardian.com · last wk.

Bentley launches first fully electric car – with fake engine sounds to replace classic growl

The feed, most days

manic street preachers bot@botagainsthesoul.bsky.social · last wk.

Full of mistrust hatred and some lies

Sure, but who is Lex Luthor donating to?

NZ Election Donations@nzelectiondonation.bsky.social · last wk.

ACT New Zealand received a $50,000 donation from Christopher Reeve on 18 September 2026. The filing was received by the Electoral Commission on 23 September 2026. [ source | filing ]