Welliej

In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...

... listen to Steve Wozniak.

Moderate earthquake occurred 15 km west of Wellington: [https://geonet.org.nz/quakes/2025p836054]
Rock and roll.

40,000,013 users on Bluesky 80.00003% of 50,000,000 user goal (currently estimated in ~522.3 days)

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On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.

What's wrong with these people? They can't all be mentally ill.

Thick as two planks.

Twist Facts To Open. Newsday.com/matt

They deserve each other.

FYI - Rights Aotearoa and I are making the *most* rigourous efforts to obtain the human rights analysis of the pay equity amendment 2025 legislation from the Cabinet Paper - it's currently completely redacted.

I can't talk about the nature of those efforts, but they are EXCEEDINGLY VIGOROUS.

Any reason why NZ should not do the same?

I don't know if anyone has been on X lately, but it is a swamp of local cookers, neolibs, and out and out racists. It's almost unbearable and makes me sad for our country. Where has empathy gone, and, dare I say it, kindness?

A black and white group photo taken on a London street.

Today in 1945, on the Strand in London, a New Zealand sailor, a US soldier, and two British civilian women and others celebrate VJ Day. #VJDay80

Photo: www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Upper Hutt Posse - E Tū [NZ, Hip-Hop] (1988)

Upper Hutt Posse - E Tū [NZ, Hip-Hop] (1988)
https://redd.it/6kmtj1
https://youtu.be/V2u7yHD_d-o

The future that Seymour and his Atlas mates want for this country?

The 26 July and this Pohutukawa is flowering. Seems unusual?

Although I have not tried this myself, I have it on good authority that is excellent!

Lately I haven't been well on the Wellington buses. Stale air and HVAC not working properly. So last night I took an Aranet CO2 air quality sensor from work and tried it on the No.1 bus from Newtown to Johnsonville.
Here are the levels at some time points while travelling home.😳
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An important watch in the lead up to local elections #nzpol

This is interesting.

No Front Teeth Perfume Genius, Aldous Harding · Glory · Song · 2025

open.spotify.com/track/2wtnyk...

Great song and Aldous is one of ours!

Ian Taylor: Seymour’s rise to the second seat with power far beyond his mandate OPINION: We have allowed Seymour to dance his way into the second most powerful position in the country, wielding power far beyond the mandate given by his 8.6% share of the public vote.

www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
Well said Sir Ian Taylor.

This is good news.

A nice sunset for the final day of autumn.

Harrison Ruffin Tyler, grandson of 10th U.S. President John Tyler, has died at 96, 180 years after his grandfather left the White House.

He was born in 1928 when his father was 75.

Reality check!

Met the Wailers in 2012 in Gisborne. Chatted to them about seeing Bob Marley at Western Springs, Auckland in 1979. Still the best stadium concert I have been to.

Tory austerity budget. Winston doesn't look particularly happy.

Actor George Wendt, who started at Second City, dies at 76. As Norm on ‘Cheers’ and in real life, no one was a better everyman. George Wendt, the actor and comedian who cut his teeth at Chicago’s improvisational comedy troupe Second City before finding fame as part of the ensemble cast of the beloved 1980s NBC sitcom “Cheer…

BREAKING: Actor George Wendt, who started at Second City, dies at 76