James Nisbet

@bandit

I design experiences, and vote for the climate in every election. Big fan of #bioswales. Snark with a smattering of earnestness. Views don't reflect those I work with.

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James Nisbet@bandit· 26d

Honestly do these people think we are all idiots? Not one mention of the ACTUAL runaway costs: labour and materials www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

James Nisbet@bandit· Jul 12

Tweet from Elon responding to a CNN headline about the human cost of USAID disestablishment:

"We spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper. Could gone to some great parties. Did that instead."

James Nisbet@bandit· Jul 6

😍 Also what?

James Nisbet@bandit· Jul 5

Guava thief caught red beaked

James Nisbet@bandit· Jul 3

Finding it quietly amusing how much you can change the vibe of an error message by simply adding the user's name to the end of it

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James Nisbet@bandit· Jul 1

God this is shameless and unbelievably cringe. All the reviews on this new Kathmandu product are people begging for free stuff. Devalues Kathmandu's entire review system that these were approved

5 stars: Overland Track review
Happy to test it out to the Overland Track in a couple of weeks!

5 stars: Tester available
Happy to take one to Hinchinbrook in a few weeks if more testers needed. They look impressive as does the new hiking range.

5 stars: Ready to use
Same here 👇👇

5 stars: Ready to use
If you send me one I’ll review it for free!

James Nisbet@bandit· Jun 27

James Nisbet@bandit· Jun 25

Omg lol that National solar crap has an interest rate of roughly 2% below floating rates. That's a lot worse than the banks are offering of their own volition. Just a totally weak sauce policy from a weak sauce political party

"The interest rate would be higher. While you're able to get very low rates from the banks at present, the spokesperson said the scheme would be about 2 percent below floating rates. At the moment, those are about 5.8 percent."

James Nisbet@bandit· Jun 23

Not really sure you could say it's increasing en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

James Nisbet@bandit· Jun 23

2 whole days to shit on the only chance you have of getting elected? Come on Chris #nzpol

James Nisbet@bandit· Jun 23

James Nisbet@bandit· Jun 22

Fixed it

James Nisbet@bandit· Jun 20

Weird

James Nisbet@bandit· Jun 17

One of the strongest El Niños *so far* None of this will improve in our lifetimes. It's only getting worse and worse and worse. Vote for the climate.

James Nisbet@bandit· Jun 13

Marc nails it: This is the cost of inaction

There was an election. Christopher Luxon said National was committed to the Paris target multiple times in the lead-up. After the coalition formed, it systematically. dismantled nearly every. part of the climate, policy framework that had enabled New Zealand to so successfully close the gap on meeting its targets in just six years. Neither in the waning days of the Labour government nor in the early days of the coalition did we see any public sign that New Zealand was preparing to secure offshore mitigation.

James Nisbet@bandit· Jun 11

Peaking gas

James Nisbet@bandit· Jun 10

Did everyone catch that Act are looking to pull us out of Paris? This would tank our ability to export and badly hurt our "100% Pure" reputation. Truly a braindead suggestion #nzpol Let's also not forget agriculture is one of the most reliant industries on a stable climate...

Meanwhile the ACT Party announced an election policy on Wednesday to change New Zealand’s commitments under the Paris climate change agreement. ACT would issue a new Nationally Determined Contribution that commits Kiwi farmers to “realistic targets”, the party’s agriculture spokesperson, Andrew Hoggard, said.

“If the Paris Agreement cannot accommodate targets that reflect the real warming impact of New Zealand's emissions, then New Zealand should leave it.”

Asked about this at Fieldays, Luxon said his coalition Government had decided to remain signed up to the Paris Agreement because exporters would be penalised on the international market if New Zealand left.

James Nisbet@bandit· Jun 9

Love to see these fighting words from Kāpiti Council about our anti-democracy government haveyoursay.kapiticoast.govt.nz/LocalGovernm...

This is a significant issue for Kāpiti. While the Government has indicated community views aren't needed, we disagree. Our neighbouring councils are working at pace, so we are too. Your voice will help inform our way forward.

We recognise the process and timeframes set by Government aren't realistic and don't encourage a true democratic process. Despite this, we'll stay actively involved to ensure our community has a strong voice in the conversation.

James Nisbet@bandit· Jun 4

Don't forget our currency!

James Nisbet@bandit· Jun 2

Left: can't believe this govt ripped up our policies and replaced them with cruelty Center Left: maybe we should aim for bipartisanship for important policies Far left: WTF TRAITOR If we can't even START the conversation about this, nothing will ever improve. Incredible that this isn't obvious

Dog "no take only throw" frisbee meme.

Pane 1: Lasting left wing policy?
Pane 2: Pragmatic compromise
Pane 3: No compromise, only lasting policy

James Nisbet@bandit· May 31

Better than most horror movies

James Nisbet@bandit· May 26

Sums it up nicely

James Nisbet@bandit· May 24

Imagine looking at our current government and thinking to yourself "yep I'll have some more of that please" Everything sucks on basically every metric. It even sucks more for rich people lol I guess the cognitive dissonance is probably still strong enough to blame Labour somehow, facts be damned

Graph showing that National borrow the same if not more than Labour

James Nisbet@bandit· May 20

Not enough is made about how badly this government has damaged our currency #nzpol

James Nisbet@bandit· May 18

Yeaaaaahhhhhhh I'm gonna need you to give me a headcount report ASAP

James Nisbet@bandit· May 15

Hey @1password.bsky.social this random password is too real for 2026

A screenshot of a generated password. The password is "grr-emotions-THEREOF"

James Nisbet@bandit· May 14

Here's a classic one that no matter how much data you present, will not die: That Labour borrows more than National Data says no: figure.nz/chart/HTEZTi... #nzpol

James Nisbet@bandit· May 14

What's crazy is this level of mental gymnastics is completely invisible to the people performing it. They have no idea at just how deranged they actually are by convincing themselves both sides are just as bad as each other. Same thing here in New Zealand. Hear it all the time. Depressing

James Nisbet@bandit· May 11

Not sure if this is just me or what

James Nisbet@bandit· May 10

As predicted. RIP democracy in the USA thehill.com/opinion/camp...