Richard Easther

Pusillanimous is a five dollar word, but it's a goodie.

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss...

(Given the number of people who can't tell Khomeini from Khamenei, this is not going to help at all)

We also have four seasons. Morning, afternoon, evening and night time.

Global Economy Is Facing the Prospect of Another Profound Shock

Not now, another profound shock.

Sounds more like tax fraud.

Stretches. Cracks knuckles. Sets a reminder to go outside this evening...

Dirty water, death and decline: the inside story of a privatisation scandal There is no end in sight to the pollution caused by a ‘broken’ system. Experts say it could even be getting worse

Anyone know if any NZ channels are planning to screen "Dirty Business", the docudrama about Britain's broken water system and all the death and disease it's caused?

Feels extremely topical and timely - and from what I've glimpsed, it's a powerfully told story: www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

$22,000,000,000 on just one road? - Greater Auckland Last year, I posted about the challenges I faced, trying to daylight public-interest information about the government’s Roads of National Significance programme. As I wrote then, The paper also sugges...

Try and find some time to read @connorsharp.bsky.social's excellent work here on the ways the government is trying to make its $22,000,000,000 Northern Expressway fantasy real – including refusing to release its own cost estimates. It's just reckless. www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/03/03/2...

Thanks for the tip-off!

Everyone has a plan until they punch themself in the face

Rare ‘blood moon’ total lunar eclipse to loom over North America, Australia and New Zealand Eclipse will feature a deep, coppery-red full moon on 3 March, with scientists predicting the best times to see it

@rjme.bsky.social mentioned!

www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

(Actually, thinking about, the not-really-ex-Nazi thing is a bit harsh on Teller; whatever faults the man had that, being a Nazi was certainly not one of them)

"Mein Fuhrer, I can walk!" Edward Teller crossed with Werner von Braun.

Possibly the best movie ever.

As a professional military strategist, I just wanted to make sure everyone has a full understanding of the American strategy in Iran, thank you for your attention to this matter

George Lucas is a birder?https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Jizz

I think it's about urban design as much as "culture".

Well, good luck combing this guy.

Yep, but they feel great for boomers.

a woman in a purple sweater says they are the same picture ALT: a woman in a purple sweater says they are the same picture

None whatsoever.

It's a "no hair" theorem not a "no fur" theorem 🐈‍⬛

One of these things is not like the others.

A black hole - on closer inspection actually a fluffy black cat who’s made himself perfectly smooth and spherical on his favoured sheepskin rug. One triangular ear (and is that a tiny glistening fang?) gives the game away.

Currently detecting regular vibrational pulses from a nearby black hole … 🕳️ …

Could be signs of intelligent life - any astrophysicists able to advise? #nzpets

Gay friend of mine traveled here in the 90s - she was a bit nervous about how that would go in rural areas. Came back and reported zero homophobia but quite a bit of anti-Americanism.

Pretty bespoke Wikipedia page for our Bruce.

Anything that was big in your final year of high school works for me.

Help Auckland Transport get it right on Green Lane West - Greater Auckland Picture this. You’re a Council, keen for more housing in a compact, liveable city. A chunk of former horse-racing land is up for grabs, on a major route across the heart of the isthmus, close to a par...

Green Lane West in the heart of the isthmus is home to new housing, key bus routes...and the measliest painted bike lanes.

In 2023, Auckland Transport designed a protected two-way cycleway—but then shelved it.

Now we're daylighting that plan, to ask: WHY?
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/02/26/h...

A couple of VUW friends said they hoped we wouldn't poach him after rumours started circulating about his candidacy -- no higher praise than that in academia.

One of these things is not like the others.

Prepping for the new term. Telling the students they can use AI for assignments because that's our rule for 2026.

And that they should use it carefully -- you don't get a robot to lift your weights in the gym.

Asked Meta-AI for a picture of a gym robot.

And the first shot is a keeper.