Malcolm Wood

Such a satisfying block.

A rage-bait troll enters the room. Are you lost?

Ah, the great amorphous I-can’t-really-identify-them ‘they’. Good to see language used with such precision. Look, you’re evidently a fight-me guy, and life is too short to waste on bad faith arguments. Kirk was an asshole. Not someone who deserved to shot, but an asshole nonetheless.

Ooh, a fight-me guy. Reminds me of the bad old days on X.

Agreed. Apologies from Aotearoa New Zealand. When the first word of a post is nonsense — who is this ‘they’ —.things are not looking good.

Saw a bus in the distance today bearing the slogan Vote Gay Nuns. Very disappointed to have it resolve into Vote Guy Nunn as it neared. Picking up new prescription glasses tomorrow. Would have had my vote.

One last observation. While you have your choice of media outlets to follow in New Zealand, the world’s media have been denied access to Gaza. I hope your wishes for peace materialise.

I doubt this would have had the support of the organisers, and as for the other stated aims, as set out by The NZ Herald, they seem entirely reasonable. I trust you will not conflate my views with anti Semitism.

According to the New Zealand Herald, Auckland’s paper of record: [as well as sanctions] the organisers were calling for an immediate unconditional ceasefire; and an immediate end to the blockade and reinstatement of UNRWA to allow life-saving aid to safely enter Gaza.

Oddly enough, the only source I can find for this chant taking place is The Times of Israel, an online publication. I strongly suspect someone has been interviewing their typewriter.

I believe the locals took to painting over the ‘it takes’.

Moa bones shouldn’t be in private ownership or be able to be bought and sold. The incentives for people to loot sub fossil bird bones for private gain from swamps, caves and tomos are too great. Removed from context, they have little scientific value. It is infuriating.

Bikes in the Age of Tariffs Today's post was going to be about a new product we're introducing—but we need to hold off while we recalculate our prices. You've probably seen the news: Virtually all imports into the United States ...

What happens when tariffs hit a US boutique bike manufacturer, a scenario likely to play out across multiple sectors.

There can be only one emperor.

We should take it in shifts. Like the Chernobyl cleanup.

Ask me about HyperCard.

Snap!

Let me add Dave Dobbyn’s Loyal. Will you have my back when the lynch mobs come hunting?

Taking suggestions on where the arc of the moral universe is bending…

An absolute tragedy. Jon Krakauer, Tim Cahill and David Quammen — all signatories — are personal heroes of mine. I used to have crates of Outside magazines.

Oz-born Kiwi here. Truth is, Australia and New Zealand are more the similar than different; when we travel people have difficulty telling us apart. Canada’s values — a caring society and what we’d call the ‘fair go’ — align more closely with ours than the States. Australians always welcomed.

One of our politicians once described one of his colleagues as being “like a slot machine wired by a colour blind electrician”.

I regard the cast of Conclave as sprightly youngsters.

Fire destroys the Hindenburg.

…there will be mistakes made.

We loathy.

You are looking up towards the low peak of Aoraki-Mount Cook, which is obscured by cloud. If you ever return to the area, it is definitely worth booking a scenic flight.

Pretty sure. In my far-off younger days I climbed Mount Cook, traversing the length of the summit ridge, and I lived in the village for a bit.

Nazomi - Wikipedia

Looks like Nazomi. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazomi

Graph showing plunge in value of Trump coin.

Graph showing plunge in value of Melania coin.

For your enjoyment, let me present the rug-pull.

A new and wonderful euphemism enters the language: Can I use your presidential library?