My friend used to manage one of their shops.

I reckon he's trying to take the cookers off of Winnie. Any port in a storm, I guess...

Americans are a race now? 😜

Between 2015 and 2025, academic freedom declined in 50 countries, whereas only 9 countries experienced improvements.

In the period 2015–2025, several countries have experienced substantial and significant declines in all dimensions of academic freedom.

For a while, arrests decreased, but under the current government they have increased (quelle surprise!).

No, this is related to increases in cannabis possession arrests over the last few years. The 2019 amendment to the Misuse of Drugs Act states that Police should not arrest or refer people for charges for possession, unless that arrest can be shown to be "in the public interest".

I once had to buy a replacement cap. Those little tethers... they are for people like me. 😅

I thought we would have been more progressive too. Especially coming along right after the boomers.

This tracks with what I experienced growing up in the US (early Gen X here). Most of my cohort are dumb as a box of rocks.

Cannabis is legal in NZ only if you are wealthy.

Enrol to vote: What you need to know... swipe for more >>>

voting is less accessible... you can't enrol on election day the last day to enrol to vote will be 13 days before election day to vote, you will need to enrol before 25th October swipe for more>>>

How to enrol: Visit vote.nz or call 0800 36 76 56 or freetext 3676

The National Government have made it harder for you to vote. It's important you make sure you are enrolled as you won't be able to enrol in the two weeks before election day anymore. The best time to enrol is right now - so head to vote.nz online, call 0800 36 76 56 or free text 3676. Pass it on 😉

Todd is a good follow

It’s a good question, let’s clear the air:

1) Disco is awesome, like 25 all-time classic tracks in a 4 year span,

2) Disco was hated because it was queer, brown, and black,

3) Disco was hated because it paired women and men in a different power dynamic.

4) “Disco Sucks” was a “ MAGA” test run.

Pumaman mask? 😁

I was 10, definitely a member of the intended audience. First movie I ever saw in a cinema more than once.

So... someone gave him cancer?

By the time this was happening, the relationship between George and Patti was hanging by a thread... and George basically did nothing to discourage it.

Miniature hot dogs.

My American friends and family finally stopped asking me when I was moving home about 20 years into my overseas life. 😁

I've told this story before, but my brother's ex-wife (also American, of course) had no idea that other countries had different currency than US dollars.

What drug kills 900 NZers a year, but may actually get easier to sell in NZ next year? YouTube video by Big Hairy Network

Alcohol harm costs the NZ taxpayer roughly $7 for every $1 collected in alcohol taxes. So why are we weakening, rather than strengthening, our alcohol regulations?

Andrew Galloway of Alcohol Healthwatch talks about the proposed alcohol policy changes. #nzpol

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIDo...

The white flag, aka the official flag of the Confederacy

Wishing you and yours a very merry Confederate Surrender Day.

My nephew in the US turns 18 in June. I am going to offer to stash him at my house here in AoNZ until this war business comes to an end...

just kinda realizing trump declared a ceasefire the same way michael scott declared bankruptcy

What drug kills 900 NZers a year, but may actually get easier to sell in NZ next year? YouTube video by Big Hairy Network

Dr @garypayinda.bsky.social is back tomorrow morning with #thefrontline at 8am

What drug kills 900 NZers a year, but may actually get easier to sell in NZ next year? #nzpol #nzpolitics

youtube.com/live/XIDoRF9...

Square graphic photo of a family standing in shallow water at a beach, with children splashing and playing. An adult holds a small child while others watch nearby. A dark blue banner across the bottom reads: ‘Have your say: Consultation open until 18 May 2026’, with a QR code and ‘Scan me’ text. Below are the Te Kāwanatanga o Aotearoa New Zealand Government and Ministry of Health Manatū Hauora logos.

Have your say on the future of mental health and wellbeing in Aotearoa.

Public consultation is now open on the draft Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy

🗓️ Open 8 April – 18 May 2026

Help spread the word.

Find out more (link in comments).

The photo of earthrise from the moon, showing the earth's blue marble at gibbous, and a quote from Edgar Mitchell, one of the Apollo 14 crew. Original is in caps, growing from about 12 point to about 35 point over the course of the five paragraphs. "YOU DEVELOP AN INSTANT GLOBAL CONSCIOUSNESS, A PEOPLE ORIENTATION, AN INTENSE DISSATISFACTION WITH THE STATE OF THE WORLD, AND A COMPULSION TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. FROM OUT THERE ON THE MOON, INTERNATIONAL POLITICS LOOK SO PETTY. YOU WANT TO GRAB A POLITICIAN BY THE SCRUFF OF THE NECK AND DRAG HIM A QUARTER OF A MILLION MILES OUT AND SAY 'LOOK AT THAT, YOU SON OF A BITCH!'" APOLLO 14 ASTRONAUT EDGAR MITCHELL

With alt text:

Look who was the previous owner of the record I bought today, @publicaddress.bsky.social

Ah yes, the "hand in the pocket" series of photographs. 😅

He was apparently at the dedication ceremony for the new stadium here in Ōtautahi. Priorities, I guess. 🤪

My condolences to you and your family, Paul.