Will de Cleene

Blue Fog

If this all goes tits up, this will be the stupidest way to kill millions since a failed anarchist got the munchies and the Archduke's driver was using Google Maps.

I’m shocked, stunned etc.

Meanwhile, everywhere else around the world assumes Australia has cracked it and are rushing to copy their law.

Not many people realise they have the humble blue cod to thank for the traffic light system.

This from the 2018 National Blue Cod Strategy.

www.mpi.govt.nz/fishing-aqua...

I gotta say, there's this strange spontaneous etiquette forming between cyclists about how to layer the bikes depending on the destination.

First time I failed LAWS101 was after learning about Love Canal.

IRGC Destroys Second US THAAD System in Gulf, Wipes Out UAE Radar and $1.1 Billion Qatar Early Warning Shield — Iran Declares Missile Dominance - Defence Security Asia IRGC precision strikes reportedly destroy a second US THAAD system, its UAE radar, and Qatar’s $1.1 billion early warning system, exposing fractures in America’s Gulf missile defence architecture and ...

Things that main stream western media won't be mentioning.... #Iran

defencesecurityasia.com/en/irgc-dest...

Barkers trying the same thing. Shitting all over the South.

"Datagrid would take seven litres per second from groundwater bores and discharge up to 5000 litres of treated wastewater onto land every day."

See Bernard Hickey's ( @bernardchickey.bsky.social ) Interview of Chlöe Swarbrick ( @greens.org.nz )

I would like 2 (two) inquiries into this in five years time please. Perhaps exploring why these cookers rolled back energy independence projects like clean car discounts.

It's very simple; Deep Blue is the status quo. Act Yellow is to the right of blue. Orange is for the Orange Electoral Guy, as it's election year. Red is a Labour led govt.

'Flatten the curve' now means to take corners widely to keep up speed and reduce the need to accelerate once turned, conserving petrol

What I would say to you is that there are a lot of very salty Luxo Loyalists who are so out of touch with ordinary kiwi battlers out here in the provinces that they are 100% sure that not only did this not happen, they are sure it COULD not happen

Te Ara Tupua is looking good. Can't wait for that to open. www.nzta.govt.nz/projects/te-...

Three bikes stacked on commuter train.

Took the trains with bike from Kapiti to Lower Hutt today in my three year quest to find a thru axle that can fit my bike trailer. Trains are gonna need more bike space. On each of the four legs there were four cyclists. The racks can handle three each at best.

What are the Greens thinking? There's only one Chris on the list and he's second to last.

A reminder - 1984 & the Rogernomics revolution is to 2026 what 1944 & the Bretton Woods Agreement was to 1984.

IOW, the economic paradigm which has dominated policy for the last 40 years has run its course. We need a fresh approach which recognises climate change & our strategic vulnerabilities.

Right up there with Zapp Brannigan's Pop-up Art of War.

Why Iran’s vital Kharg Island oil hub is still untouched by US-Israel bombers While some argue for destroying the terminal through which 90% of Iran’s oil exports flow, others caution of a global market ‘tailspin’

Here's a primer on somewhere you'll be hearing a lot about. Kharg Island. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Oh, and helium, which was a pretty endangered supply before the Epstein War.

I suppose a Tesla occupation might send messages.

I've been pondering this diffusion of public spirit for some years, and the best conclusion I've come up with is that we have lost the living memory of total war, so we have to do it all again to remind ourselves of how fucking awful it is.

It's early days, but I wouldn't be surprised if Parliament had an occupation of Ford Rangers.

It might be my imagination, but the queues at petrol pumps are longer and there's less traffic on the roads.

Car-less days? Government mulls Muldoon-era mandates as prices soar Legislation under review gives ministers the power to force car-less days or limit the sale of petrol.

If Aucklanders hated the second lockdown, they're really gonna hate this. Fuel shortages result in Car Covid. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

I attended a Medpot Symposium in Wellington in the early 2000s, when the Clark govt was making serious noises about reform. Then United Future's Peter Dunne ruled everything out. I'm having that same feeling now.

Watch this BBC interview if you want to understand how badly Trump screwed up and why Iran still holds a lot of cards.

Vivid sunset colours catching bands of cloud arranged diagonally across the frame and merging towards the horizon, with a thin strip of silhouetted land beneath. The Waitākere Ranges are barely visible in the far distance at lower left.

Waiheke sunset

Hey Danyl and Bryce. Now do Deaf people.