Robbie Nicol

Pixar’s Pete Docter Says Queer ‘Elio’ Storyline Was Axed Because “We’re Making A Movie, Not Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars Of Therapy” Pixar Chief Creative Officer Pete Docter explained the animation company's decision to ax a queer storyline in last year's Elio.

If you're a powerful creative person, a moment will always arrive when you can do something a little brave that will help people, or refuse to. The book I'm working on right now is in part a history of who did what. All I'll say about this is, it never gets forgotten. deadline.com/2026/03/pixa...

Letterboxd screenshot Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) Watched by Branson Reese 28 Apr 2022 Abrams isn't a man so much as he's an avatar of cultural entropy. If you make something popular enough eventually you will die or sell it off and and a person in thick rimmed glasses whose main artistic vision is that he loves to have meetings will take it and sandblast it until it's nothing. I hate to see this happen here but maybe it's good that this happened. Maybe every franchise should collapse into a version of itself that makes shareholders nod and shake each others' hands. We should learn to speak in a language that rich people who don't dream can't comprehend.

i often think about this review

Apologies, Brett. The best answer I could give is "heaps".

Just found out that Liam Dann and Corin Dann are brothers. Holy smokes, they're like the Barretts of business journalism.

I remember looking up battery costs and capabilities 20+ years ago. Even the wildest forecasts for 2026 wouldn’t have been as optimistic as the present state turned out to be.

Gaz, you cheeky monkey.

A lot of the time, when people say, "The audience didn't laugh enough." I translate that to, "This production could not afford to properly mic the audience."

Here is another way of approaching it - for the 0.1% (318) most rainy known hours at Auckland Airport (in north of country, has long run of data), when were those hours distributed through time.

Matt Nippert: Corruption klaxon blaring, but at least we can now hear it OPINION: NZ's fall in the least-corrupt rankings is because we are no longer ignorant.

Look at me, pontificating in my lane: www.nzherald.co.nz/business/cor...

TikTok faces app deletions, censorship claims and glitches in days after its ownership change Censorship claims, technical problems and a report of a surge in app deletions are just some of the challenges TikTok is facing this week as it adjusts to a new ownership structure in the U.S.

Censorship claims, technical problems and a report of a surge in app deletions are just some of the challenges TikTok is facing this week as it adjusts to a new ownership structure in the U.S.

Really just Toby, but I'm happy to ride on his coattails. 🫡

When will the 2026 New Zealand election be held? September? October? November? Christmas Eve?

lol @robbienicol.bsky.social and Toby Manhire correctly predicted the election date

Wild to think that Al Gore wanted to save the world, but everyone thought he was too dull. And a real lesson for boring smart people to effectively kidnap any charismatic person that they know to be their representative.

When I posted this I had forgotten I had TWO new eps waiting for me!

I think @jetlagthegame.bsky.social might be the only show in the world I'm always in the mood for. It's just great telly.

harmalade on tumblr: "*scrooge voice* spirit of christmas future, for what wretched soul do they play the crab rave? spirit, take away this frightful vision! let me not see these hateful crabs!"

A lot of the time, when people say, “I don’t like that celebrity.” I translate that to, “That celebrity’s PR team aren’t doing a very good job.”

Neon, you actually can't advertise to me because I'm paying. You have to pick one.

In my defence, there was no such sign!

Turned the oven on while the pav was cooling. Perhaps the greatest crime a person can commit on Christmas day. Will be calling the police on myself and accepting the consequences.

I think it out loud on bsky dot app.

I really enjoy the amount that people now say "pre-prepared", because prepared was insufficient.

YouTube video by Our Nostalgic Memories And Now For Something Completely Different... Monty Python Olympics | Upper Class Twit of The Year

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Shout out to the person who helped me find the last copy of The Book of Guilt at Unity, even though they wanted it themselves. 😭 The Christmas spirit is powerful in Tāmaki.

Ferry terminals have now arrived! Our latest update is out now on all platforms! 🏙️ Can you help get Hong Kong’s residents to where they need to go? ⛴️

Govt accused of breaching Paris climate deal after Willis rules out buying credits Analysis: Finance Minister Nicola Willis effectively confirmed New Zealand will not meet its 2030 climate target under the current Govt's policies.

Analysis: Finance Minister Nicola Willis effectively confirmed Tuesday that New Zealand will not meet its 2030 climate target under the Paris Agreement under the current Government’s policies.
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The Auckland story.

getting the onion newspaper is worth it alone for the ads

I liked it, too!

Fire at Auckland LGBTTQIA+ nightclub G.A.Y treated as suspicious | RNZ News Police have now revealed where the fire started.

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