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• Post #4222011

  Good to see these unions standing on the right side of history https://trib.al/A72m2Ud Crossposted with @openvibe@mastodon.social

• Post #3872559

  The creator of Roger Rabbit (who is 85 years old by the way) is a good sort Crossposted with @openvibe@mastodon.social

• Post #3779097

  This is tragic, Sam was not just a great actor, but a great human being https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/07/13/kiwi-screen-legend-sam-neill-dies-aged-78/ Crossposted with @openvibe@mastodon.social

• Post #3746831

  TV in this restaurant is playing some tenants-from-hell type reality show and the property manager has "as seen on TV!" on the car. I feel like for a renter "property manager has a reality TV show" would be something of a red flag Crossposted with @openvibe@mastodon.social

• Post #2433706

  "Following the move, the internet will be riddled with conspiracies and misinformation. In other words, not much will change." https://thespinoff.co.nz/media/07-05-2026/the-governments-scrapping-of-the-broadcasting-standards-authority-explained

• Post #2271321

  Whatever your opinion on the disestablishment of the Broadcasting Standards Authority, once it's formally gone TVNZ should make the begining of the new era by airing George Carlins "seven words you can't say on television" bit Who is going to stop them?

• Post #2088129

  "The News Publishers Association said it became aware of social media content Woodhouse had re-posted. It said the NPA considered it was "inconsistent with the values and standards" it upholds for New Zealand news publishing." https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/media-technology/594421/media-awards-dump-voyager-as-sponsor-after-founder-s-social-media-posts

• Post #2066661

  Tonight's watch is Hive (2026) Has middling reviews but it's been getting some good buzz among horror fans so I'm checking it out

• Post #2066659

  POV: you got a good deal on some frozen pizzas

• Post #2066658

  I wonder how much wealth a 50 something year old man needs before having 14 kids to four different mothers and posting about how white people are oppressed on Twitter almost daily starts to be seen as an aspirational figure and not a weird loser *This describes Elon Musk

• Post #2066657

  Freeview launched in New Zealand 19 years ago today. I was working at a Dick Smith Electronics store at the time and remember selling a lot of set top boxes and efen the occasional dish 📡 For a brief time you could watch Australian television which was carried by the same satellite 🛰️

• Post #2066656

  I'm looking for the next Gaza based writer to commission an article from My DMs are open. Pay is US$140, and I can pay via GoFundMe or Chuffed (can't send money to Palestine on PayPal from my country) I can not write the article on your behalf

• Post #2066654

  My mind automatically adds the words 'England Prevails' to the end of every Reform UK tweet I see

• Post #2025469

  David Seymour on 1News claiming we're bringing in migrants to be fast food workers. The 'migrants' you see in fast food outlets are international students whos visas allow them to work up to 25 hours a week International education is one of our biggest export services worth $4.52 billion a year

• Post #2009248

  If horse racing is unsustainable without tax breaks we should just let it die https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/594120/big-nz-first-donors-argue-for-tax-breaks-to-save-unsustainable-racing-industry

• Post #1801966

  Pleased to be able to share this new book that I have contributed two chapters too You can pre-order now and there's a pay-it-forward option to help someone who can't meet the cost also get a copy https://farrightplaybook.nz/shop/

• Post #1800886

  I turn 40 today which means I only have to do the whole "I've just gotta make it through this month" thing 300 more times then I can superannuation

• Post #1766076

  Botswana has removed the colonial era law criminalising same sex relationships (it has already been ruled unconstitutional) This is decolonisation https://gayexpress.co.nz/2026/04/botswana-finally-removes-anti-gay-law-from-the-books/

• Post #1738875

  Someone asked to do a TradeMe pick up in the CBD and since I was meeting people for a drink anyway I said sure So that's why I'm standing outside a bar with a broken laptop like a non-playable character with an unusual side quest

• Post #1700313

  Oh no

• Post #1647129

  This is an inversion of the ANZAC story; the Ottoman empire wasn't planning to invade New Zealand, however I've been thinking about the rhetoric that uses ANZAC history to oppose immigration 🧵

• Post #1647128

  Tonight's watch is 'The Gods Must be Crazy' (1980) Just landed on Kanopy

• Post #1647127

  Jackpot

• Post #1647126

  Made some sauerkraut

• Post #1647125

  This puts the past year of British polls on context. This is the demographic that's made Reform the most popular party, radicalised by far-right content on Facebook https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/apr/18/the-families-torn-apart-by-older-relatives-going-far-right

• Post #1647124

  "butter chicken tsunami" Echos of "taco trucks on every corner" xenophobic, no doubt, but also sounds like a delicious outcome we should be bringing about, not avoiding https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/592889/alarmist-prime-minister-criticises-shane-jones-butter-chicken-comments

• Post #1647123

  Every Facebook post about about a Green Party policy announcement is like [Policy throughly researched by a bunch of wonks, fully costed with economic impact forecasted] Comments Barry: And I guess without cars we'll ride unicorns to work 🤣 🦄 Gary: Chole flys business class

• Post #1647122

  750 Palestinians have been killed since the start of the ceasefire https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/04/20/six-months-into-gaza-ceasefire-phase-two-of-trump-s-peace-plan-remains-in-limbo_6752627_4.html

• Post #1647121

  It's now thermal underwear season in Ōtautahi, at least for those of us who leave the house before dawn 🥶

• Post #1647120

  "Over 371,888 housing units have been destroyed or damaged, more than 50 per cent of hospitals are non-functional, and nearly all schools have been destroyed or damaged. The economy has contracted by 84 per cent." https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/04/1167336