Thanks for sharing. That was a pleasant read.

We suffer from seduction of pessimism, partially due to human nature. It’s a gentle reminder of that there are little (and not so little) things worth celebrating along our journey.

Do these polls include who people voted for previously versus who they’ll vote for now? (Sorry, I have no idea what the questionnaire looks like.) It would be interesting to see where the Opportunity votes are coming from.

Thank you. Wow, I’m glad I know now.

Has also been covered in The Detail recently. Worth a listen.

The high price of loyalty: https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2019040787/the-high-price-of-loyalty

The duopoly supermarkets in NZ never cease to amaze me. Every year is a new low.

“You’re not the customer; you’re the product.”

Mind elaborating on that please. I’ve been using both but I wasn’t aware of the latter being malicious.

Unity at last - shots fired lol

$0.3282/kWh - no daily charge, no off-peak vs peak (same rate)

Checked against with https://billy.govt.nz/, still turns out to be the cheapest. I’m with naumaira.nz.

When I first heard about homelessness to be criminalised, it reminded me of this episode of Upstream.

https://www.upstreampodcast.org/the-myth-of-freedom-under-capitalism

Worth a listen.

Or fast track to become a pimp ;)

See also:

All the times National has trashed its own campaign policies: https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/23-06-2026/all-the-times-national-has-trashed-its-own-campaign-policies

It’s politics after all but worth calling out.

Avoid success at all costs - Simon Peyton Jones

I’ve been using Migadu for last couple years with no issues. All you need is a custom domain.

https://www.migadu.com/

You can bring your own client, but there’s webmail too (requires no JS if I recall) so you can access your inbox from anywhere too.

According to their website, https://www.opportunity.org.nz/free_public_transport

For starters, moving to universal free fares is a 10% funding increase, not a 100% one. We already fund around 90% of the cost of public transport from taxes and rates; fares only cover about 10% of operating costs (or roughly $300 million a year on a $3–$4 billion system). Fully free public transport is about getting the most out of the money we’ve already invested into the network.

Free public transport is what Qiulae Wong (The Opportunity Party leader) said in the interview below.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=1b9PP7FZL1E

I guess it makes sense since the public already subsidises roughly 90% of the entire network?

Edit: Small correction. TOP says free public transport. What Labour announced is $20 cap. Not quite the same.

Nice one, thanks for sharing!

Update: It worked!

Very underrated IMO. It has been a while since I last used it but I recall it was super light and snappy - even compared to other more well-known lightweight alternatives. It was definitely a pleasant experience. Happy to see it still going strong.

Thanks for sharing. I wasn’t aware. Also, TIL Hbomberguy.

The fact that people view housing as an investment opportunity is a policy failure; there are tax incentives among other things. The system only stays afloat if there’s a constant influx of new people joining, and we all know there’s a name for it - Ponzi.

Sway and Gnome

The latter is mostly for other family members. But I like both.

Thanks for sharing. Looks like the cuntdown site is still up. I’ll give it a go next time I’m shopping there. I find their app annoyingly slow at times.