Steve Newall

Hey Chris Luxon, remind me again how much solar energy passes through the Strait of Hormuz.

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

I can't fucking believe we're doing this again.

A from Reddit: Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) and Karl Urban (Éomer/Billy Butcher) in Japan, purchasing Gundam models back in 2003.

I think a lot of Gundam fans are familiar with this image of Karl Urban and Viggo Mortensen stocking up on MSiA, but did you know that both of them are wearing Viggo’s homemade No More Blood for Oil (in Japanese) t-shirts?

What year is it etc

album cover for a band called GOITSE

did a quadruple take

It’s worth it too, not just for the WP lols. Crazy how some of the best anti-Trump 2.0 media has been The Onion, People and Wired

A sad cyber truck parked in front of a sad hooters

I added 15 minutes to my commute today in order to pull over and take a picture of this Cybertruck parked in front of Hooters at 3:30pm.

I love getting The Onion in the mail each month - even better in context, with (satirical) ads, and in real life.

I've never humiliated a Big Space Pervert before, but it sounds like fun...

Look at this photograph

Aide Wearily Begins 5th Explanation Of Why Trump Can’t Pardon Prince Andrew

Aide Wearily Begins 5th Explanation Of Why Trump Can’t Pardon Prince Andrew https://theonion.com/aide-wearily-begins-5th-explanation-of-why-trump-cant-pardon-prince-andrew/

“Are we going to charge him, Sarge?”
“Not right away, constable. Stick him in a cell and let him sweat for a while.”
“Er…”

Noncequences!

This is HomeGround. Auckland’s homeless shelter. Tone-deaf much, Bayleys? One for you @bernardchickey.bsky.social

And after all that, the Pitt/Cruise AI fight scene appears to have been just digital BG and face replacement on multi-angle green screen reference videos of two real live human stuntees fighting.

In other words, like most AI hype — it was a con. www.shokunin.studio/blog/2026/2/...

at some point, it's going to be easier to just revert the internet to an Wayback Machine snapshot

Important thread for anyone who relies on the internet for information - or for their info being used by others.

Climate change is here. NZ isn't ready Analysis: A serious approach to climate adaptation requires reckoning with the grim reality the future holds: more storms, more floods, more heat.

NZ must reckon with the grim reality of our future: more storms, floods and heat.

This is a confronting situation. And yet, if we are to shield our communities, our infrastructure and our economy from the worst excesses of climate change, it is one we must confront.
newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/18/c...

did their will have a non compete clause?

You know I love a good publicity photo shoot

Love the cover!

@philnobilejr.bsky.social has written the scariest horror short story I’ve read all year.

Now I’m definitely gonna get to COLORS at Hollywood Avondale this Fri

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Luxon claiming his Mum and Dad would let him stay up and watch State of Origin when it wasn't broadcast live here until 1990, and he would have been 20 years old #nzpol

A reminder for $2.7b you could put solar and batteries into every home in Aotearoa with enough money left over to put solar and batteries into every factory in South Auckland. Now that is called an investment.

This is a letter you find in a filing cabinet in an abandoned government building in a post-apocalyptic open world RPG.

Lars Ulrich of Metallica stars in truly horrifying anti-Napster skit during the 2000 MTV VMAs (2000)

Laneway latest: Mokotron had Taonga Pūoro, Oklou has someone with a triangle

The Hulk reading the newspaper: "Everyone dumb."

Everyone dumb.