This has aged worse than sour milk. "Luxon rejected suggestions that a Defence Force flight allowed greater flexibility." #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Christopher Luxon commits to flying commercial if elected
Opposition leader Christopher Luxon says he will not use Defence Force planes to travel internationally if elected as prime minister.
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This graph (data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY...) blows me away. GDP per capita, in a fixed-value currency (eg inflation adjusted) has increased by a factor of around 4 since 1960. I don't think households are actually better off. So...where has all that wealth gone?
Just spent 5m looking for my watch (which I had put back on) and my hearing aids (which I had put back in).
Palmerston North was invaded by an army of Ninjas at the weekend. No one reported on it. No one saw them. No one heard them. Because they were Ninjas.
"Hey Winston, you've been a bit racist!" "Shut up, Luxon." "OK good chat." <Luxon shuts up>
Prime Minister basically saying "I'm sorry you took offence" re: small businesses.
If the Jellyfish looking for a spine disciplines Peters, he will probably trigger an early election. If he doesn't, he looks even weaker and there is a higher chance they'll lose the election anyway. Racism is never delicious but in this case the likely consequences are.
It hurts be to say this (as a Kiwi) but Australia have to be one of the greatest sporting nations on earth.
I did that vote website thing and I am 99% aligned with Green. I am ashamed to say I am 20% aligned with NZF, 8% with Natioanl and 6% aligned with ACT. Assume there is some overlap where nearly all parties agree.
The New Zealand AI political ads are driving me (even more) nuts.
I've hit 2200 km walking with the dog this year so far (2213 actually)
Eliza McCartney is one of my favourite athletes. She's always got a smile on her face and comes across as a really genuine human being.
I would also hope the Green MP would know his place. Which is here in New Zealand, in the country that is his home.
Don't get me wrong, I like swimming, but the Commonwealth Games coverage on TV3 at the moment feels more like they are covering a Swimming Competition than a wide variety of sports.
Very niche, but I'm very excited my 12-sided d4's arrived.
When I started teaching we had 3 terms of 13-14 weeks. Last term was 11 weeks, near the end of week 1 and I'm shattered already like we didn't just have a holiday. I'm getting old lol
No one could possibly have foreseen AI going rogue
Arnold Schwarzenegger as Terminator Puts on Sunglasses
ALT: Arnold Schwarzenegger as Terminator Puts on Sunglasses
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Are ACT and NZF having a competition to see who can put forth the worst possible candidate for the upcoming election? Close-run race.
“The Finance Minister should stop pretending that inflation is a mysterious visitor from overseas, that he has no control over,” Nicola Willis, Stuff 2022 #nzpol
It's been a while since the final whistle, has FIFA found a way to award Argentina the World Cup yet?
I've seen less diving in an Olympic Diving competition. It's not a good advertisement for the sport.
The second most ridiculous thing of this event is that they are charging $10/ticket for it.
Trying to park the bus and give a team with the attacking weapons Argentina has that much possession was never going to get it done. Just handed Argentina all the momentum.
