I Played 'The Boys Are Back in Town' on a Bar Jukebox Until I Got Kicked Out The boys were back in town, but I was out of the bar, because they asked me to leave.

on the 50th anniversary of the release of The Boys Are Back in Town I'm morally obligated to share my favorite story of all time

In today’s Weekend Herald

How the Iran War Revealed a Truth About Gas YouTube video by Bloomberg Originals

A trap we should not even be thinking about stepping on:

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ENROL YOUR TEENS PEOPLE! You can pre-enrol a 17 yo too. Just do it! Go to vote.nz

The 'Musk used SpaceX to buy Cybertrucks' story is going around but Electrek was on this shit awhile ago! There's so much scammy shit out there in the wild about Elon and yet the markets keep floating his ass

Govt sets new record for bills skipping select committees No government since at least 1987 has passed 30 or more laws without a select committee vet – until the coalition last month, Marc Daalder reports.

No government since at least 1987 has passed 30 or more laws without a select committee vet – until the coalition last month.
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a man is standing next to a woman sitting on a couch in a living room . Alt: The Spanish Inquisition bursts in on someone unexpectedly. Posted for no reason. No reason IN PARTICULAR.

Yes, this is a subtweet.

The fail whale, in all her glory

"Gather ye round, childn, and hear from the Days Long Gonne."

The Art of War is very funny once you understand it for what it actually is, which is Warfare 101 For Dipshit Nobles

the intended audience is exactly people like Pete Hegseth

The 100-hour gauntlet that could decide whether Luxon survives as PM Seven potential hazards across the coming days.

So the fuse has been lit, the destabilising campaign is under way, Bishop fronts Q+A on Sunday (Luxon refuses as long format interviews are just too intelligent for him) and there is a poll out Sunday which National would have seen by now. Ill watch Q+A and see where this lands

Millions of voices crying out in anguish does indeed look like a DDOS attack if you’re a social media platform built on vibes.

Bluesky status page: Orange dot, "Some systems down" An alert headed "We are investigating an incident with service in one of our reginos"

(from last night)

TFW you have an incident in your reginos

Ceasefire means you both stopping shooting, not just one of you.

Wonder if Donald understands that. Netanyahu certainly doesn’t.

In today’s NZ Herald

New CBS Boss to Host Fancy Dinner ‘Honoring’ Trump David Ellison’s friendly ties with the president have horrified staffers.

THIS kind of "intimate" relationship between Paramount and Trump is the reason why I am testifying this afternoon before a Senate panel against the merger of Paramount and Warner Bros., which owns CNN

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new free money scam unlocked

JD Vance named the 2026 FIFA Pope.

Incoming Hungarian PM Péter Magyar went on Orbán's state TV today for the first time in 18 months:

"This factory of lies will end once the Tisza govt is formed... What has been going on here since 2010, which even Goebbels or the North Korean dictator would have been envious of, cannot continue."

C-SPAN Clip Goes Viral For Showing Just How Bizarre Things Have Gotten During Trump's 2nd Term

We're living in the stupidest timeline.

OK, Boomer.

In today’s NZ Herald

The Flettner Rotor!

The only law.

Never forget The Sun or the people who did this.

oh oh, is there a sign-a-friend bonus? Send me a thing if there is. We're getting the solars put in soon and I want to sell to the grid.

Also, just on the subject of #Supergirl.... MAN I wish they'd let Milly use her natural accent and just say "Well, she was raised on Krypton, Sounding like an Australian is just an artifact of Kryptonian being her mother tongue"

Coz I REALLY want Supergirl to be all "GIT FAHKD LOBO YA' GROTTY CUNT"

Yes, usually. A wee catch at the back of the drawer let's them out fully.

We had one full of mice and I juggled them all safely out into the garden after finding the catch.

Oh that's excellent. I did think over the past few months the search results had improved so that's good to see.

Pam Bondi didn’t show up for her hearing today, despite our subpoena. We’re going to begin contempt proceedings. It’s time to hold these people accountable to the laws we passed in Congress.