Chris

A sunny view of Otago Harbour and Dunedin from the Tolcarne Avenue lookout.

Otago Harbour, still.

It’s incredible how useless and frustrating “business” tech is these days.

8 cores at 3.9Ghz, 32Gb of ram, 1Tb SSD, and i can’t even scroll a webpage or a PDF without lagging.

I can’t search a MSTeams conversation without it giving me results from local files.

Sorting by date is not an option.

PSA: The Lentil Bolognese Potato Top pie from Roslyn Bread Tech is outstanding.

I just attempted to watch the Gentleman's Wimbledon Final replay on the Disney+/ESPN-shittified app.

What an absolute dumpster fire of unneeded ESPN overlays, interviews during play, pointless stats boards during play, appalling video quality. Lasted five minutes.

BBC iPlayer to the rescue.

Controversial opinion:

Tea towels should only ever be used for their intended purpose... picking up hot oven trays.

Ominous. Did you move from CHC?

I sure hope the sheer demand shown for this limited series proves there's huge demand for it.

The Southerner passenger train in view with the Dunedin Railway Station behind. Photo taken from the pedestrian over bridge.

The Southerner arrives in Dunedin for the first time in 23 years.

TANK vs TESLA

"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"

- ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank

Imagine if the competition to Air New Zealand was a thriving rail network. 🥺

I will always prioritize pedestrian safety over a few parking spots! @cmjuliewon.bsky.social introduced legislation to bring universal daylighting to NYC and I couldn’t agree more! Daylighting makes pedestrians safer by increasing visibility at intersections.

Residential shared street in Antwerp. Photo by me.

Shared Streets are places where cars are allowed but people are centered (not squished against the edges).

them: you never age, what's your secret?

me: actually, i've just been kind of sad and eating a lot of toast

them: maybe it's your lipgloss?

me: that's butter

The purple Sunshine pegs appear to disintegrate faster than the other colours.

All transport geeks commence! How cool is this map! 🗺️ 🚃😎

A tram network in Ōtepoti Dunedin. Map has been created by Sam van der Weerden a few years ago. Thanks for sharing Elliot. Here is the link to his full post:

www.facebook.com/100084209267...

#publictransport #nz #kikorangi #futurecities

C-130 Hercules farewell flight over Dunedin.

Anyone else having vertical scrolling issues on the latest BlueSky Android update (v1.96.6)?

I'm yet to even see any of these recent comets.

I do recall being in awe of McNaught a number of years back. I think I did manage to take a couple good photos on the trusty old PowerShot S3 IS. It seemed like that comet covered half of the Western sky.

The light was pretty neat out there tonight.

Is there a comet floating around anywhere in those photos? I've been looking West-ish when it has been clear the last few nights, no cigar.

Screenshot of Associated Press article stating Trump’s inauguration will be moved indoors due to forecasted frigid temperatures

the people who want to forcibly take over Canada are moving an event indoors because it is -6C outside. lol. lmao, even.

The spreadsheet brigade that's keeping LA's rental market from exploding There's an army of volunteers at their keyboards right now, all over the country, preventing the ignition of a secondary disaster by snuffing out LA's price-gouging rentals

The spreadsheet brigade that's keeping LA's rental market from exploding—new from @awalkerinla.bsky.social

www.torched.la/the-spreadsh...

Happy Tuesday, folks! I’m spending my evening at a city council meeting in the Bay Area suburb of Menlo Park (average home value $2,600,000), home of Facebook, where a battle is brewing over an item to convert 3 downtown parking lots (gasp!) into affordable housing.

Grab some 🍿, 🧵starts here!

I understand Elon Musk is trying to get people to stop donating to Wikipedia, which reminded me that I hadn't yet made my usual annual donation to Wikipedia, so now that's been taken care of

Excellent light placement.
Looks like I need to up my game next year.

Dunedin Christmas day summer.

Does anyone know someone/s who wants to help unload our truck of furniture and stuff in Chc today, late afternoon/evening, $75p/h cash.

A view of Dunedin city from Tolcarne Ave lookout.

I believe the term is #DunnerStunner

Repost if BlueSky is now your primary social media site.

This time, there is actually blue sky.