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If you like coming-of-age dramas, and have Netflix (in NZ, at least) I just spotted Sean Wang's excellent DIDI (弟弟). A verite dive into the messy life of a teen boy (of immigrant parents) struggling to fit in.

My ★★★★★ review of Dìdi on Letterboxd boxd.it/74LOK5
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F**k the current NZ Government's weak-arse pandering to power/money in the face of ongoing illegal, awful, inhumane genocide. This is how the most evil shit in the history of the world manages to keep happening 🤬😓

It's like Paul Thomas Anderson was directing my work laptop this morning #OneUpdateAfterAnother

Treasury laser focused on screwing over workers & making the cost of living crisis worse.

There are plenty of other options (eg tax wealth, tax tobacco, remove tax breaks for landlords, increase overall tax rate for higher incomes...) but no, Treasury decides to come for working families instead 😕

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Reason With the Machine

That second guess tho...
#commutelife
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Ironic Maiden

The Arts: Not just nice to have.

When you grip a new deck and then fingerprint recognition stops working for the next few days... 🛹🤦🏾‍♂️

According to the kids (and millennial sports commentators) competitors are continually 'versing' each other. Poetry has never been so rampant!

"Like if Big Bird smoked Fraggle Rock." is a simile that needs to be put into wider circulation 🤓

"Like if Big Bird smoked Fraggle Rock" is a simile that begs reusing.

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Jennifer Lawrence in WINTER'S BONE; Elizabeth Olsen in MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE; Hailee Steinfeld in TRUE GRIT; Ethan Hawker in DEAD POETS SOCIETY... &c. &c.

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Begs the question: what's happening with your foliage if it requires a perm? 🤔

I've been meaning to ask: how are your NFTs going?

Was lighter on the physiological and psychological ick than many Cronenberg's past but was pleasingly troubling. Tone (rather than narrative) put me in mind of a softer coda to DEAD RINGERS, plus 'Vincent Cronenberg' was a nice touch. Enjoyed.

‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished

For thousands of years, we have been parasitised, exploited and destroyed by elites. Our survival depends on overthrowing them.
Fascinating article by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Whānau Mārama: The Shrouds David Cronenberg’s sardonic self-portrait of his own struggle with grief is couched within a chilly and unsettling story of a tech-savant and his morbid invention which brings bereavement into the app...

Now seated for #NZIFF film no.3 (well, 5, but 3 in fest) Cronenberg's THE SHROUDS. Should be a relaxing evening! 😂

New Zealand must move beyond empty statements on Gaza Nothing will change without overwhelming international pressure – and meaningful disruption....

New Zealand must move beyond empty statements on Gaza

Generic 'Ooonst' remixes/versions of random songs are are the new muzack. Like this homogenised oonst version of Rocket Man that was filling the sonic background on campus just now. Silence and ambient noise would be less bland 🤦🏾

[File under: 'Shit that doesn't matter']

Anne Salmond: New Zealanders deserve better Reflections on the politics of personal attack, a sign of hope and some ways forward, by Dame Anne Salmond

"Many Kiwis feel that the occupants of the Beehive need reining in. The executive has seized too much power, both within government and beyond it. At the same time, fringe parties are allowed to run riot, imposing unpopular measures on the electorate without their consent." - Anne Salmond

THIS ☝️☝️☝️

Dude from Infometrics on the radio basically saying that $10 for a block of butter is good for the economy & will make us all better off in the long run.

Funny how paying farmers well is a good thing but fair pay for women apparently had no value.
#nzpol

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And it's only been a couple of days, with limited chance to test, but it seems like the days of flaky fibre connection have passed 😅

Chilling in the new whare with a tasty glass of 2019 Obsidian Reserve Syrah tonight, after a few busy, stressful days 😅 🍷

Picture of a neon light tube fallen from its fitting at one end and hanging vertically down towards the floor, with a small rope cordon around it.

New'installation' at work: I call it 'The Fall of Zeus's

This is a thorough and useful analysis of the Regulatory Standards Bill, and its possible implications:

Creepy AF 😬

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