David Clegg

OMG the anti-Jacinda unauthorised biography ads running during the ad breaks.

Wouldn’t therapy be cheaper? 🤣

It’s simultaneously entertaining, and sad. Sad because I’m reminded of the tremendous leadership we used to have, and then I remember who is allegedly running the country now.

We’re basically twins now.

You had me right up until “glutinous”

Our Ninja Slushi with a frozen margarita half consumed.

Frozen marg? Don’t mind if I do. 😆

(Best purchase we ever made)

I also note that 41 seconds can be described as "within seconds" or "nearly a minute", so... yeah... this is an editorial choice.

Apparently the original headline wasn't alarmist enough for RNZ.

A reminder that this was within FORTY ONE seconds. Or when converted to distance, within eight kilometres.

The track listing of Ingenious Devices by Big Big Train.

In fact, the album I'm playing right now is chocka block with awesome songs, and only one (a prelude of sorts) is < 10 minutes.

Just one?! How much time do you have?

A photo of my inner forearm showing my tattoo which is a mashup of the Yin Yang symbol and one that harks back to the band that sparked my lifelong love of music.

This is my "Music nerd Easter Egg", which turns out is more obscure than I anticipated. Only one person has ever recognised unprompted what inspired it. 🤘😮🤘

And thanks to the playlist created for you all to follow along with, I now know that I purchased nearly sixteen hours of music on vinyl this year.

Not sure how useful that is, but as a metric it certainly is one. 🤣

Ingenious Devices by Big Big Train

We reach the end of our journey with a band I've only recently come to really appreciate, after catching them live last year.

This album was a Fathers Day gift from my daughter, who knows the way to this man's heart is through his eardrums. #VinylWrapped2025

open.spotify.com/playlist/0Hh...

Of Valleys And Mountains by Pull Down The Sun

Time to crank up the heaviness again, with this awesome album from Kiwi prog metallers Pull Down The Sun, purchased when I saw them live at The Tuning Fork earlier this year.

I saw them again when they opened for Opeth. 🤘😆🤘

#VinylWrapped2025

open.spotify.com/playlist/0Hh...

Localised context from the 🧵 shared earlier. #nzpol

More welly is usually the solution. Just make sure you don't give it too much welly.

More welly
More welly!
MORE WELLY
...
Fuck

usually a fan of @rodemmerson.bsky.social's work, but this is a terrible take.

it's not a religious or morale win for kids or parents. it's the destruction of the free internet for ALL people regardless of age.

framing like this will only help fuel the nutjobs that think this is a good thing.

Two aircraft came within 41 seconds of a head-on collision, TAIC report reveals The way airspace is managed is being blamed after the near miss.

This headline seems to be going for the alarmist tone that our media loves so much, but reading that the planes came within 8KMs of each other before the "last line of defence" kicked in blunts that quite significantly.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

The Final Flight Live at L'Olympia by Transatlantic

This one is for all of you who were thinking "That was nice, but it just wasn't proggy enough". 🤣

It's also a 4 disc live set, so it'll keep us entertained for a little bit longer than the previous EP. #VinylWrapped2025

open.spotify.com/playlist/0Hh...

Last To Run by The Pineapple Thief

We're on the home stretch now, and should get #VinylWrapped2025 ... umm... wrapped up today.

This EP was the last in my series of purchases from the Great JB Hi Fi Vinyl Sale of 2025, and contains out takes from the other The Pineapple Thief album featured here.

open.spotify.com/playlist/0Hh...

I wish there was a way to distil and widely distribute the core information in this thread, but when the elites control the media platforms, you're pushing shit up hill.

It is so obvious that we're being played, but most of us still fall for it regardless. #nzpol

Can we stop treating Musk as anything other than the worlds richest white supremacist now?

Looking at you specifically here, media.

Excellent 🧵. Unfortunately, the government is going to consider precisely zero of these issues.
#nzpol

That new Booze Maths ad on the telly reminds me of the time I was picking up my daughter from a 21st and we got stopped at a Police breathalyser checkpoint.

She was freaking out in the passenger seat. “Dad I’ve been drinking!” 🤣

And the winner could debate the winner of the other “debate“. #nzpol

A text from my daughter saying “Bus driver has stopped into the dairy for a pie 😂”

Never change, New Zillund 🤣

Geoffrey Palmer: Ministerial power vs democratic values in New Zealand Comment: The Government is enabling ministers to have the final say in wide areas of NZ public policy - with risks to our democracy, writes Sir Geoffrey Palmer

#nzpol Just relistened to this. I highly recommend you do too. Sir Geoffrey Palmer is our nation's leading legal expert on democratic practices and law. He's taking the extraordinary measure of ringing an alarm bell! So pay heed. 1/4

newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/08/g...

YouTube video by delphijunkie Airbag with guest vocalist

By his own admission the guitarist, Bjørn Riis, was heavily influenced by Pink Floyd, and the band brought out a guest vocalist from Pink Floyd's iconic Dark Side Of The Moon album when I saw them live. Awesome stuff. #VinylWrapped2025

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFYX...

The Century Of The Self by Airbag

The red and black splatter vinyl sitting on my turntable

Final record for the day is this awesome red and black splatter vinyl from a band we first encountered yesterday.

For fans of the laid back style of prog that Pink Floyd are known for. #VinylWrapped2025

"We know you're trying to negotiate with a taxpayer-funded, left-wing website - when the offer on the table is the largest broadcast audience in New Zealand ... you have until 5pm or we're out."

The kayfabe has jumped the shark. Are they seriously trying to sell Willis as left wing?! 🤦‍♂️ #nzpol

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

"Profits up for firms but not wages".

Wait. Weren't we told this stuff would trickle down? 🤔 #nzpol