Joan Jett with a Gibson Les Paul in the 70’s

Bad colour conversion apparently:

Joan Jett with a very bizarre Gibson guitar that’s missing a large chunk of maple and mahogany. She’s also got some SERIOUS necrosis on the left pinky finger I hope she had that looked at…

Good stuff. Much easier than having to carry around a high hat stand and cymbals because oh my lard I learned the hard way does that ever send a screech into noise cancellation.

Health policy people’s aversion to masking needs to be studied

Windcave 3DS process from their Secure FAQ.

Windcave is now asking for an email address as part of 3DS verification data. That's a nope. Anything works in that field, for now - I've tested.

I like how the PM feels the need to remind the North Island that we’re basically in an ongoing climate emergency, like we haven’t been living it for the last 3+ years over and over…

The fact that 80+% of all human inhabitants of this archipelago are on Facebook A LOT has a lot to do with this I think. The cookers aren’t just echoing, they’re fostered there by trolls and the company itself.

Ummm….Is he ok?

Simeon Brown is laying out the messages you will hear all year on the other place. These messages are well-rehearsed and will be relentlessly pushed. Labour have failed miserably to stop these reckons becoming embedded as facts in the national psyche. So, another quick recap of reality... [🧵1/n]

a picture of a baby with the words this is so awesome above it ALT: a picture of a baby with the words this is so awesome above it

Mad props!!

Easy to complain about Americans and how they really aren’t doing much to counter the horror but like why is Winston going to America right now? There should be outrage here too 😖

At first I thought that was crime scene tape in the top left and was dying to know more…

Currently living this with getting priced out of anything that meets the family’s needs. A subsidy shift from fossil fuel industries to renewables and clean car discounts along with public transport suuuuuuuuurrre would be nice about now but lololololololololol not with the death cult at the helm. 🇳🇿

Forget false narrative about costs, the OIA needs strengthening Comment from Victoria University: New Zealand’s democracy is under pressure, and it’s going to get worse unless we act intentionally

Forget false narrative about costs, the OIA needs strengthening #nzpol newsroom.co.nz/2026/04/04/f...

#NZGovt has introduced 2 bills to replace Resource Management Act. These bills will accelerate the destruction of nature & embed the crony capitalism that has become endemic under this Govt. How the #RMA really works in practice, & why Govt is changing it #nzpol www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...

oh my christ

It's a death cult.

healthnz page

Clear state of every adult (over 30) can have a vaccine every six months if asked.

Also, slightly up the page on Zoë's original page is all if ask statement, but that unhelpfully does not say how often.
The Pharmac details are the ultimate reference, but people could also ask the vaccinator to read 5.5.3 of the immunisation handbook www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/for-health-p...

Gen X is everywhere we’re just quiet about it cause we don’t give a shit if we fit in or not 🤣

The UK Covid Inquiry has laid bare the avoidable horror of the second Covid wave It is becoming ever clearer both how devastating the second wave of winter 2020/21 was, and how much of that devastation could have been avoided.

'the overall conclusion is that the scale of deaths in the first wave could have been much lower and the devastating second wave could have been largely avoided'
@chrischirp.bsky.social

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The only answer:

youtu.be/P9F4YnZS_qQ?...

Feeling like a snap election? Trying to stay on that sweet sweet hopium.

Can relate

That’s an expensive amount of fuel for a display pic

Minister fast-tracks NZ's biggest hydro project Lake Onslow High-powered private consortium welcomes referral: 'In the context of energy security, the sooner this project gets built the better'. Jill Herron reports.

Wait, so Chris Bishop is "fast-tracking" Lake Onslow Hydro project? The one they cancelled in Dec 2023, rubbishing it after Labour started the renewables project

National threw away $20m to cancel this & now they're "fast-tracking" it? This is near comedy and 100% farce

Predicting next step to be lowering selective service registration to the age of 16. I give it 60-90 days max.

A CURIOUS MIX OF PEOPLE - THE UNDERGROUND SCENE of ‘90s AUSTIN

Sometimes nostalgia is a great escape, & this right here should do it for me. So many venues I got to play within these pages, hoping to read about some of the bands we played with & got to know. So many stories of my own to remember while reading other’s experiences. Viva la Blue Flamingo & Emo’s!

lol the pace at which EV’s are selling in 🇳🇿 is hilarious. There are virtual fist fights breaking out in the question and answer sections for Polestars on TradeMe. One of the local used EV dealers sold 50% of their stock over last weekend. Anyway I have a deposit down and a viewing Friday 🤞

Ah yes the “island” of Australia and the “North North Island” of AoNZ. It’s just like the North Island except it’s a quarter of the size of Australia to fit certain politicians and their egos. Either that’s an AI map on acid, or these scientists need to brush up on their geology/geography.

This all holds true with the 1 exception that the ex-Japan used market is tremendous & ranges on vehicles from even a few years ago don’t have that sweet sweet longer range nor the faster CCS2 DC fast charging so in some ways it is lowering the barrier (since they nuked the new EV cash back+RUC😡)

I think the notion of (and I’m putting this is big giant ass double double quotes since the details show their particular plan would be even LESS helpful to those most in need) “”UBI”” will turn off almost any Nat voter? 🤷‍♂️