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Buying online at least spares you the repetitive and inane Xmas music.

What's in the bag, hmmmm?

I didn’t care for the latest one purely because Disney put a Muppets-esque musical number in the first episode.

Jodie Whittaker was brilliant, as you say.

Matt Smith was my favourite of all and the Van Gogh story was incredible.

I’m already considering my facial hair and sunglasses choices.

If Michael Burry is shorting them, I’d say it’s worth a bet.

I have seen the first episode of “Pluribus”, and I’m so glad the teasers gave nothing away.

It’s interesting to see the language around it. All the bosses all use the same phrasing and terminology. It’s like they all follow the same “gurus” on LinkedIn.

We had a large office in the CBD but when Covid hit, we all stayed home. Even after Covid, the vast majority wanted WFH. Mgmt still decided we needed to rent a smaller space with a new fit-out. Now we have to work 2days in the office to justify the spend.

Maybe we don’t need a new office at all?

I was supposed to go in to the office this week, but I had too much work to do, so I stayed home.

Our bosses have decreed a 2-day RTO now. They have yet to provide any evidence beyond “collaboration” and “inspiration”.

Laser-focused Luxon can only see what benefits businesses. Anything else doesn’t register.

Letter to the editor about Lifeline funding crisis vs money found to bring Michelin to AoNZ

Well said, Susan
#NZpol

For those of you with medium-large production systems, how many Feature Toggles (Feature Flags) do you see/expect to see in your production code at any given point in time? How long do they live before removal? #dotnet
cc: @devleader.ca @burkeholland.bsky.social @csharpfritz.com @timdeschryver.dev

I’d be curious to know too. Also how/where do you store the toggles?

I gather that won’t be an issue when sodium batteries become mainstream. CATL are apparently ramping up production now.

Musk basically creating a single occupant bus, is peak tech-bro.

Now that EV’s can compete on price and range, they are objectively the better option for a new car. And yet, the petrol diehards will dream up edge-cases to justify dying on their hill.

Just leaving this here:

"YES. I AM A SOCIALIST AND I'M PROUD OF IT. YEAH-THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BRING IT ON, AND I'M VERY PROUD TO SAY TO THE GOOD PEOPLE OF THE WAIRARAPA THAT THEY ELECTED A PROUD SOCIALIST
AS THEIR MP." KIERAN MCANULTY, LABOUR MP.
#NZPol

Labour need teeth; a firebrand at the helm.

National and ACT depend on a soft opposition. Winston doesn’t seem to be phased either way.

A leader who’s willing to put a stake in the ground, would be dangerous (in a good way).

Honestly, backyard cricket but in a proper tennis court size arena would be enjoyable. One hand one bounce, 0 runs for a nick behind, 4 for hitting back wall with a bounce, 6 for on the full. 1 batter, 6 fielders.

A rain-slick backalley containing two men, both tall and dressed predominantly in black, each walking a cat on a leash

Took the cats out for a walk with my brother and accidentally created a 90s Britpop album cover

Omg, I can already hear this album.

This is the true NSFW.

I want so, so, SO much more of this. Fuck decorum, that doesn't exist now. Fight for democracy.

“Somebody load the biscuit cannons!”

I’ll give Dick Cheney props for one thing. When he said New York would have a Muslim mayor over his dead body, he really meant it… 😳

When I heard Dr Nick Chamberlain on #RNZ saying that the measles vaccine is not like Covid, it's a scientifically proven vaccine... I pulled over to see what his role is...

Wow, that's a strange comment to hear from the Health NZ National Director.