Damon Colbert

Committing that workplace sin of heating fish in the microwave. I had no choice.

My 5 simple pleasures to beat doomscrolling

1. The ritual, aroma & flavor of morning coffee
2. Rolling dice & performing imaginary heroic deeds with friends
3. The glassy ocean surface on the perfect day for diving
4. Trusting the process & nailing a miniature paint job
5. Brewing a good beer

An interview with AT’s chief executive, on the eve of his corporate execution Dean Kimpton thought he was turning Auckland Transport around. Then his political bosses spent a week telling everyone how much it sucks....

An interview with AT’s chief executive, on the eve of his corporate execution

Brave of you to try the old ones, to know how well they aged 😅

Why do some clothes shrink in the wash? A textile scientist explains how to ‘unshrink’ them When your favourite dress or shirt shrinks in the wash, it can be devastating, especially if you followed the instructions closely. Unfortunately, some fabrics just seem to be more prone to shrinking than others – but why?

Can you unshrink your clothes after a washing disaster?

Majority of Govt's $231m tech institute funded through research funding cuts 'It will be a cornerstone of our plan to grow a high-tech, high-value economy.'

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/... Majority of Government’s $231m spend on Advanced Technology Institute funded through planned research funding cuts

Project 10: How the government kept the pay equity law change secret Documents reveal how the government worked to keep sweeping pay equity changes hidden until the last minute.

Personally I love it when the government works very hard to keep massive law changes a secret and then retrospectively releases all the information about it at 8.34pm on a Thursday www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

A chuffed small brindle dog wearing a bowtie

A brown and tan miniature pinscher standing on long grass.

I'm confident these two would. She especially seems to hate birds and is very reactive to TV noises.

Honestly, I'm impressed he knows and you could recognize it. I was slice (just) when it still existed and would have no idea.

🤣 'Flaccid uncles'! Brilliant

"endless reservoirs of psychological dysfunction" JFC, what a line! Excellent.

Weird men are driving people out of politics Their smear campaigns are ham-fisted and grotesque. They’re also working.

This is such an important read. Thank you @haydendonnell.bsky.social thespinoff.co.nz/politics/15-...

Yes, although unlike Captain Planet where their powers combined produced something greater than the sum of their individual powers, that may not happen with the new PROs unless the government also addresses underfunding in the science system.

I just said this elsewhere, but the irony is they are being required to behave in a way that many sitting MPs don't even behave.

The irony is they're being required to behave in a way that many during MPs don't even behave.

Oh yeah, there is a paladin in my group who has much-too-high an AC for me to balance any encounter easily.

Ah, rivers! My own groups worst enemy 😅
This is brilliant.

Anne Salmond: Victim of the Day Dame Anne Salmond on a lame but personally intimidating campaign launched by Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour against academic critics of his Regulatory Standards Bill

A must read, Aotearoa New Zealand: "In many ways, the campaign launched and fronted by the Deputy Prime Minister is lame, even laughable. At the same time, it is an abuse of high office. "

#kiwi
#newzealand

Wait wait, I just saw an appropriate response for this!

These guys understand reading like a goat understands parsley.

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😂🤣😂"What in the Brooke van Velden"!!!

Got an air fryer you can bring along?

Subbed!

At least we don't have Whippoorwill here.

a man with glasses and a mustache is wearing a white shirt and says yes . ALT: a man with glasses and a mustache is wearing a white shirt and says yes .

The best thing is when there's a long weekend and your fortnightly Saturday D&D game has a bonus session, on top of the scheduled monthly Sunday game you run.

Man, I am in awe.
Coincidentally my party also has a casino visit coming up (mine isn't half as well decorated 😭), but they just did a vault heist. So this time it's maybe just a little gambling and some light entertain the Lich casino shareholders with some shark-tank style business pitches.

Hahaha, fuck yes!

This councillor is a prize clownshoe if he doesn't realize there's a world of cultural difference between China and the Hamilton CBD.
Surveillance drones would get smashed in a hot minute. And not even by drunks, just regular old civil disobedience. 😅

* we didn't turn on her, the media gave voice to the most insane misogynist fringes of society *

How To Get Away With Laundering, coming to a lecture theatre near you.

Cool. I did a workshop the CTU ran, during lockdown I think, where the recommendation was to keep relationships open but also question their fears and find common ground with them. Good to know that's still the case, a shame really because sometimes making fun is much easier 😅