McConnell and Graham once Trump joins them:

Lindsey Graham??

The critique of the fare cap costings vs the blank acceptance of the RONS policies brought to mind this quote:

"BuT nO OnE wIlL rIdE iN wInTeR" Skill issue.

Wellington century of humiliation:

This gardener still generates their Lovecraftian AI horrors the old fashioned way.

All the stupid BS they make up in the outer suburbs.

Silly side diversion from a project I'm working on. NZ "street" by name type (🔵Road, 🔴Street, 🟢Other).

What if instead of local authority amalgamation we decided to split the country into an HRE-style chaotic mess of counties and metros?

Hot girls spend their Friday nights yelling at the council.

The state of the office shared lunch in this economy:

I'm both annoyed and surprised at how much I agree with Wayne Brown:

Seeking a declaratory judgement from the FMA to get Robux classified as a security.

Do nothing. Win.

I'm serious if Trump ever steps inside St Ignatius Loyola in Rome, the mf is having a beatific vision.

No this is incorrect. Leo (like Mamdani) has the sauce. And on top of that, no one does gilded aurafarming like the Church. One audience from the Chair of St Peter and Trump is going to convert.

The demand side policy:

5 "Hinterland" by Phil A Neel. This is just "Hillbilly Elegy" for MFA grads. Beautifully overwritten in parts, but mostly a resentful red-brown rant against people who dare to live in cities.

Median Rewiring Aotearoa reply guy:

4 "Planet of Slums" by Mike Davis. Reminding both why I do what I do, and why I feel such pervasive doom.

3 "Summer of Fire and Blood" by Lyndal Roper Don't even remember how I came across this but for some reason I'm doing early modern Germany again??? God what a cover though.

Dear Mr Prime Minister, there are too many Ministerial portfolios nowadays. Please eliminate two. I am not a crank.

"semi trucks"