Greens promise R&D at 3% of GDP. NZ spends 1.54%. Last year the government scrapped the 2% target and cut the Marsden Fund by about 29%. Why it matters: in 1970 an hour of Kiwi work produced about what a Danish or Finnish hour did. By 2022 it was 40% less. Denmark and Finland spend 3%. #nzpol
Greens promise 284,000 jobs with $6b economic plan
The Green Party says it will create 284,000 jobs over four years as part of its nearly $6 billion economic development plan.
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80's tech: we made a gizmo! 90's tech: we made our gizmo look way cooler! 00's tech: we made a version of the gizmo you can fit in your pocket? 10's tech: we made a version of our gizmo that kinda sucks! 20's tech: your phone has a "damp" setting now. you can't turn it off
so they’d be exercising the duties congress is supposed to perform, namely “investigating someone lawless.” what a concept.
Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · yesterdayDemocrats are preparing to investigate Musk if they win control of the House in November, Politico reports. Potential probes would focus on his DOGE leadership, federal job cuts, alleged data breaches, government contracts and Starlink’s role in Ukraine.
I can't even get my students to read the syllabus, but sure. Why not.
Joel S.@joelhs.bsky.social · 4d agoSir, I’m happy if I can get all my students to do the reading and come to class on time consistently.
2006: omg new update dropped. Here are ten cool things you’ll want to turn on immediately. 2026: omg new update dropped. Here are ten things you’ll want to turn off immediately.
That is definitely true, but part of the quote that makes it comedy was cut off. youtu.be/fcIMIyQnOso
Office Space - "I Have People Skills!"
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A million unheard Cassandras say together OH REALLY IMAGINE THAT
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 6d agoEmployers worldwide are pulling back on AI as they navigate a flood of errors and low-quality work that sap employee time, raise privacy and security risks, and drive up costs
Children can’t have cancer treatment because Nats government have cut nurses numbers should be enough on its own for them to lose the election #NZPol
I'm dying laughing at how the cat has conformed to her flower shaped bed today
I hear X is a lovely website if you wanna hear from your fellow cis white guys, some of whom are probably not the fash even if they don’t seem to mind rubbing shoulders with people who probably are
Jarrod Baker@jarrodbaker.bsky.social · last wk.if you’re still having a nice time on X I think it probably says a lot about who you are (and aren’t) interested in hearing from
Dog status: Smudge, 11 (black mound of hair): Cushing's disease, tumour on his adrenal gland, and something on his liver. Likely to be ~ $12kish. No insurance, since he seemed fine and it was getting pricey. Bowie, 11 (golden retriever): weird tear duct issue, likely to make him blind.
Felt sorry for the farmer who didn't have decent phone service. Right up to when he said "people need to remember who butters their bread.. and that's rural farmers" Get. Fucked. Cunt. Half of us can't even afford butter cos of your "international markets" and govt fukn handouts. #nzpol
If you could use a pick-me-up, check out the Smithsonian’s live cheetah cub cam. The five-day old cubs are beyond adorable, and an important addition to the captive breeding program for this vulnerable species.
Cheetah Cub Cam
The Cheetah Cub Cam streams live from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia.
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Geez, it’s terrible to hear about Winston Peters. Nothing happened to him; it’s just terrible to hear about him. #NZPol
“every time someone is sleeping on a subway bench in a city, the rest of america can sort of say ‘ugh, look at these cities.’ but we are holding a lot of your people who you failed to love and take care of.” 👏 👏 👏
David Roberts@volts.wtf · 2w agoHoly shit.
The total and expanding devastation in Gaza is a result of Zionism—the racist colonial movement that led to the establishment of Israel, an apartheid state built on land stolen from massacred and forcibly exiled Palestinians.
I mean it's ACT, grooming's a big part of the culture right?
Those TOP bottom lines all seem kinda centre-leftish to me.
My daughter, playing minecraft next to me: "Daddy, can you come and help me kill these pillagers? They're taking over my home. Well, I'm taking over their home, but can you come and help?" I don't *think* she's intending it as geopolitical commentary...
There is no excuse, none. As a ND parent of ND men I’ve labored, LABORED to instill that in them. Lack of social awareness isn’t a get out of jail free card. so yeah it enrages me when people push it as an excuse. No, never ever. Absolutely not. Being autistic is not a license to be an asshole.
