Shifty Cow

Yeah, that's the ideal.

The rat was white with grey patches, too. Didn't look like the usual brown wild ones. Might have been a former pet, or descended from one. I'm surprised the dogs hadn't made a beeline for the stash, it was definitely starting to stink.

I KNOW I have followers who can help Jill with this

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez: “Today more than ever, it is essential to remember that one can be against a hateful regime as is the case with the Iranian regime…and at the same time be against an unjustified, dangerous military intervention outside of international law.”

Cool, so he's made the UK a target for retaliation, too. Starmer never fails to disappoint.

Fact-checking statements made by Trump to justify U.S. strikes on Iran President Donald Trump accusation that Iran is building nuclear weapons that could "soon" reach the U.S. is contradicted by a 2025 federal government assessment that said Iran is years away from the a...

President Donald Trump's accusation that Iran is building nuclear weapons that could "soon" reach the U.S. is contradicted by a 2025 federal government assessment that said Iran is years away from the ability to produce long-range missiles. (via @politifact.bsky.social)
https://to.pbs.org/4slHtik

Gross, I found a local cat's stash in the back yard yesterday--a dead rat and a decapitated bird. The bird may have been a waxeye, based on the yellow wings.
Please put a bell on your darling little predators, so they don't kill birds!

‘Strikes undermine international peace’: Opposition parties hit out at Luxon’s Iran stance Following attacks by the United States and Israel against Iran, New Zealand’s political sphere has been divided on opinion.

People voted this guy in🤦
Luxon is the weakest leader we have ever had.
#nzpol

www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

I'm ashamed of our government. Today supporting an illegal war is a nail in the coffin.

This is not the NZ of nuclear free, of anti apartheid, of the Treaty of Waitangi Act.

This is neo-liberals and populists run amok. Not the country I want nor that I'm willing to excuse #nzpol

Inpex originally reported just 4 tonnes of benzene, a chemical classified by the WHO as a class 1 carcinogen —
Other volatile organic compounds (VOCs) linked with health risks, including toluene, were also drastically revised upward.
#Auspol
I’m sure they’ll face a jail sentence for this. (Sarcasm)

Wellington Pride Festival Show your support as we march for Pride at the Wellington Pride Parade! Cheer on the fabulous procession through Courtenay Place and Dixon Street, finishing at the iconic Cuba Street Rainbow Crossing....

Who’s thinking of heading into Pōneke’s Pride Parade next Saturday afternoon (7th March, from 4pm)? www.wellingtonpridefestival.com/events/welli...

Why is he talking about her in the past tense as if she's dead?

#NZpol

This post is for all of you in every time zone all around the world.

I keep hearing that Bluesky is still mostly North American. But I think there’s lots of you around the world that love cities, and want them to be better.

We want @urbantruth.bsky.social to be global.

I hope you’ll check us out.

Wife was suggested to watch "America's Sweethearts" about the Dallas Cheerleaders, and it ends up being one of the most blistering critiques of American work/grind culture.

I accidentally told my GPS “avoid trolls” and it deleted all the saved locations of the homes of my extended family. Five stars, would do again.

Supporting ‘illegal aggression’ against Iran ‘the worst thing’ Australia could do, international law experts say Ben Saul says ‘rolling over’ after Israel and US attack is counterproductive for middle powers because it undermines rules-based order

Absolutely. We become responsible for a whole lot of outcomes that are entirely unknowable. The worst sort of reckless gambling, with innocent people (always) the losers.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Apollo with the dodgeball of prophecy

Years ago in another life I gave a guest lecture at The Hague warning “AI weapons” could be invoked to remove accountability for war crimes from the chain of command. I said “there are no autonomous weapons, only unsupervised ones,” and sadly it seems I was cooking with that one

A robotic dragon with a large spherical body and an ovoid head with a large, fang-filled mouth. It has little wings and a barbed tail and has some random stuff in front of it - a die, a paperclip, and a Blockbuster Video card. Smoke is rising from its nostrils and it looks kind of menacing, in a silly way.

565) Dragonbot. A robot dragon friend. Collects 'treasure' for its hoard in the form of random household junk it likes the look of. A bit bitey. #SmallRobotsRemonstered #Halloween

A country surrounded by the ocean, with active geothermal zones, buffeted by winds and basking in sunshine should not be relying on tanker loads of oil, gas and coal shipped half way across the world to run its energy network.

Christopher Luxon - Stop growing homelessness!

Green Party petition regarding move-on orders for the unhoused.

action.greens.org.nz/stop_homeles...

Stop. Voting. For. Parties. That. Take. Money. From. Fossil. Fuel. Companies.

If America still had the rule of law, this would be the easiest prosecution ever, but we all know absolutely nothing will happen.

My brother bought an MG EV recently, too. He's very happy with it.

That's been Bibi's line for the last 30 years - Iran is always weeks or days away from having a nuclear weapon. He finally found a US president evil and stupid enough to go along with it.

Oh no did an unpopular right wing president fail to come through on any of their promises while they crash the economy and unilaterally start a war to 'distract' from it? Again?

What fucking year is this?

It has occurred to me that NZ could be an Alderaan, something to be blown up as a threat / display of power to the US this govt is so servile to.
Sadly, the US regime wouldn't give a shit unless someone blew up one of shitler's golf courses.

The first two paragraphs could also be describing the US they're so desperately sucking up to.

He's such a corrupt moral void, I expect he's been compromised by everyone with an agenda.

At some point you wonder not just if insiders using information to place bets, but maybe also reshaping their advice to make those bets profitable.