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Officially now a cyborg Got a Bluetooth device embedded in my body tracking my every function I wonder if I can add it to Home Assistant "Hey, Siri, is there a Home Assistant assistant for my CGM?" 😆

I thought I would work out how much each of my solar panels generates in a month, on average It's $23.35 Last year we generated $3,870 of electricity I didn't have to pay for, $2,830 so far this year, with some big generating days to come Don't let anyone tell you it isn't worth it #Solar #PV

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula.

Why and how are they getting more meth into #nz ? "The drug survey showed the price of a gram of meth has dropped from $563 in 2017 to $334 in 2025" A gram of meth in SE Asia is NZ$15, by comparison www.rnz.co.nz/news/crime-a...

"When it comes to best-practice examples in the housing debate, Vienna is a common reference. Indeed, the Austrian capital features prominently in narratives about successful housing policies" #nzpol #aotearoa www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Finally convinced 'er indoors to get a heat-pump unit which is being installed tomorrow One unit for the whole house - a big 7kW floor-standing Daikin We'll finally take full advantage of the solar panels... #SoToasty

They gave us some strawberries by mistake at Pak'N'Save click and collect and I decided to put my Kenwood Chef to good use... #RudeNotTo

Hundreds of children embracing te reo swim safety lessons

Maureen "High Voltage" Pugh is completely inept as Deputy Speaker and shouldn't be left in charge of a sausage sizzle, let alone Parliament The leader of her own party described Pugh as "fucking useless" www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361... #nzpol

It's bean a busy few days I've processed kilos of dried beans, rehydrated and cooked, then cooled and in the freezer to free-flow bags 2kg Cannellini 2kg Chickpeas 1kg Red kidney 1kg Black turtle 1kg Pinto All dry weight, made nearly 20kg of cooked - enough to last months Equivalent to 80+ cans

If Henry is gifted a list seat at the next election we're never gonna hear the end of the fucking prick, are we? He's got nothing of substance for ACT, he's only there as a prop for Seymour - someone who is clueless enough to say the stupid shit out loud, so Seymour can smirk at the outrage #nzpol

As I'm sick, I'm enjoying 'Episodes' with Tamsin Greig, Stephen Mangan and Fatt Le Blanc ( 😆 ) I must have missed it when it first came out in 2010, but its lost nothing for the 16-year pause www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4yH...

Some inspiration... Explore New Zealand with this comprehensive travel guide to Aotearoa, covering the best seasons, visa and entry requirements, itineraries for both islands, packing essentials, driving and transport op... https://f.mtr.cool/40xl9m97hd

I'm certain that colds are the worst human disease All of the misery, without the release of death And being a man, I suffer worse than any human in history. All I want is a fizzy drink, a comic and some Fruit Bursts, but Nursie says 'No way, Mr Diabetes!' ... from the person who infected me...

A dolphin statue has been stolen from the grave of a 13-year-old Christchurch girl who was killed while cycling to school more than 30 years ago.

Everywhere. My @smh @theage cartoon.

Cartoon by Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press

Brazen offending by the Police, or the level of journalistic competence you get if you hire less-qualified foreign-based correspondents? www.rnz.co.nz/news/crime-a... "Police said they also kicked and struck the victim several times, before attempting to restrain him."

Read the ‘compassionate but unflinching’ National Schools Poetry Award winner, announced today

I have finally gone and done it: today I paid the deposit to have a heat pump installed Of course, with my usual smarts and tactical nous, I have done it at the end of winter. But still, there will be some chilly nights ahead in which I can bask in the warmth of my new purchase Yay, toasty toes!

www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361... "The Prime Minister said on Thursday he would “obviously” apologise for the error" Saying that he 'would' apologise, isn't making an apology.

Are these idiots clueless about public opinion? www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...

#aotearoa peeples, anyone got a ducted heat pump? We are looking at getting one, so give me your tales of woe or wonderful successes

Cook Strait ferry cancellations have ripple affect across livestock industry

It was gratifying to see that my opinion of Ani O'Brien being a hypocritical cunt was not misplaced The board member of the Free Speech Union laying a complaint because somebody was mean to her online is chefs kiss beautiful And her reason?'I was just tired of it' www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...

About freakin' time... #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/crime-a...

Electoral Commission launders almost half a million dollars for political parties www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

ACT are scraping the bottom of the barrel with Paul Henry He's an execrable human being Racist, misogynistic, bigoted, with a wholly inflated opinion of himself He expects to get in at number three on the list? How do the current ACT party list members feel about that? #nzpol

If someone is killed by some lunatic Destiny cult member, or a mosque or place of worship attacked, will you be "interested" then, Mr Prime Minister? What a pathetically weak response by Luxon! #nzpol 'I'm not interested in anything Brian Tamaki says' - Prime Minister www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

My friend Nicole Skews-Poole, who does safety planning and responses for people facing online harm has developed a safety planning toolkit with Tāhono and Amnesty NZ which is a practical guide to navigate the problem of coordinated campaigns of harm and false information: safetytoolkit.nz. So good!

Tax the super rich, because in reality there is no justification for this absolute grift by the 1% . #nzpol #TaxTheRich #TaxJusticeNZ #OneTermGovernment #NZ ✅✅

The only World Cup footage you need to see today. 📹: YouTube Rudy Janssens

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The cruelty is the point. Referees should boycott all US games in protest #FIFA www.theguardian.com/football/202...

"...Judge Bolstad ordered him to be placed on the child sex offender register. The judge also granted the offender permanent name suppression" How can this be justified? On the sex offenders reg, but cannot be identified? He's been *found guilty* of child abuse - the community deserves to know #NZ

Food today came from the freezer - birria beef - with rice, chopped tomatoes, chopped red onion, tortilla chips Chicken salad tomorrow. Something baked for afters - I'm keen to make a mango coconut/oat slice as I have an 800ml can of mango puree and some mango slices I want to use #nzautumn

Live long and... may the forth be with you

I don't know who cares about such things: When I read "America overwhelmingly supports Trump", knowing that he got less than half of the votes cast and only 48.06% of eligible US voters even bothered to cast any kind of vote, I can only assume that 'overwhelmingly' now means 23.54% #trump