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  • Treaty Principles hearing worthwhile despite inevitable death – Seymour

    David Seymour believes introducing his controversial Treaty Principles Bill is a worthwhile exercise, whether or not it proceeds beyond the select committee stage. Because David Seymour is a racist provocateur(*) who just needs a vehicle to sow dissent. * While provocateur is the right word… it over-sauces Seymour and makes him sound way sexier and…

  • Rebinding DUNE

    I found this series of videos over the weekend… it’s was so satisfying to watch. Dennis takes an old edition of Dune and transforms it. It’s one of those experiences where you get both the art and craft.

  • Harnessing harakeke – a new future for a traditional taonga

    It could change the performance of a pickleball paddle, a snowboard, a surfboard, even a rally car. It could also reduce our reliance on carbon fibre, restore Māori tikanga and put unproductive land to sustainable use. For Ben Scales and William Murrell (Ngāi Tahu), co-founders of KiwiFibre in Ōtautahi Christchurch, the potential of composite materials…

  • For His Money…

    … this is the best Thiel can put on the political field: I mean this broken at every level… where was the prep? Let alone Vance’s complete inability to related to anyone he thinks aren’t valuable too him (fool! those workers were the most valuable people on the planet for you, right then). https://www.theroot.com/so-cringey-in-viral-video-jd-vance-embarrasses-himsel-1851630068 Peter…

  • An Amazing Act of Generosity Given by Redd Foxx to Pat Morita That Was Paid Forward to Robin Williams

  • FACT: The Left is Better at Job Creation

    By a factor of 50:1 in the US. https://braddelong.substack.com/i/147796490/one-image-the-disjunction-between-economic-performance-under-democratic-and-republican-presidents

  • Only Idiots and Liars…

    … believe that the current state of inflation is because of government spending. It’s FUCKING GREED.

  • Fuck that Shit, It’s All Out the Window

    I can’t get enough of this clapback by Elizabeth Booker Houston. @bookersquared Somebody tag Ann so she can get this smoke #Clapback #DNCEdition ♬ original sound – Elizabeth Booker Houston https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js One of the important things of this cycle is dropping the “if they go low, we go high” BS…”Fuck that Shit, It’s All Out…

  • Gordon Campbell On The Plague Of The Seymourites

    I have a test that I run on a particular brand of LinkedIn dipshit. It’s a really easy tell…. show me you’re a parochial moron without telling me you’re a parochial moron: you complain about NZ red tape. I’ve run US domiciled companies. The best comparison I make is the cost of filing end-of-year income…

  • Some lessons for NZ…

    … especially: Economic rent must be hunted down and killed. Landlords should make a decent living but not get rich. Housing should be turned into a utility: relatively cheap and easy to afford. (Some European countries are close to this already, some aren’t.) High returns on financial games must be ended: move to public (postal)…