So the countdown begins :)

NZ Herald

New Covid-19 vaccines are on the way - but should I still get a booster now?

Covid cases rise with 1411 new infections, 76 hospitalised, and four deaths reported.

New Covid-19 vaccines are on the way - but should I still get a booster now? 🤦‍♂️ OMFG! NZ, come on!!! I did notice that they are slowly admitting stuff during these lengthy propaganda pieces like injecting for a respiratory virus will not stop transmission :) Anyway, mRNA for sniffles is STILL FUCKING INSANE!!!!!! #stopmakingalexjonesseemliketyeresonableonedotcom

I dunno about the rest of NZ but watching the Treaty Principles Bill play out is sooo entertaining 🍿

USA ‘25 looks like they’re gonna have an all star cast!!!!

NZ Herald

'Conspiracy theories and racism': News giant quits X after Trump victory

Newspaper abandons account after 17 years amid growing exodus from social media platform.

'Conspiracy theories and racism': News giant quits X after Trump victory “NEWS GIANT”? WHO TF BESTOWED SUCH A LOFTY HANDLE TO THE GUARDIAN? 🤣🤣🤣 DESPITE MY ISSUES WITH THE GUARDIAN, I DO APPRECIATE THAT THEY SEEM TO BE POSTING HERE ON NOSTR. IT’S GOOD TO KEEP A FINGER ON THE PULSE OF LUNACY

Damnit it’s 80k day!!! #gonnajinxthisshit

Frikin party time!!!! Today I am truly a happy camper. Week done America, you really stepped up to the plate on this one. With popular vote also bagged (it seems at time of typing) everyone can feel calm about the ridiculous shit slinging which I guess will begin in 3… 2…

“Reward with Ethereum” #oxymoron #advertisingstandards

Whenever I travel and I tell people I am from NZ, almost without fail they will say “such a beautiful country, you must be proud”. I try to express to them that this is a function of how few people there are rather than some cultural phenomenon.

Fresh today in Barcelona!! #megustaestacuidad

#amerciascupfun #barcelona

NZ Herald

How Bitcoin made MicroStrategy a $65b company

Michael Saylor explains how his tech company buys billions in Bitcoin.

How Bitcoin made MicroStrategy a $65b company Holy shit balls!!! Saylor does an NZ Herald interview!!’n

NZ Herald

‘Why are you so afraid of a capital gains tax?' Labour’s Edmonds to National

'It may be time for another structural reform,' Labour's finance spokeswoman says.

Labour’s Barbara Edmonds to National: Why are you afraid of a capital gains tax? Everyone should be afraid of a capital gains tax because it is nothing but theft. Every example of why it is necessary is logically unsound and simply a smoke screen for communists to steal from anyone with anything. There is no such thing as “Capital Gains”. A better name for it would be an EPR “exercising property rights” tax. When ever you choose to move your savings or capital from one endeavour to another you will have to pay the communists for the privilege.

Looking for suggestions for Paella in Barcelona… preferably Montjuic/Port area… anyone got any hot tips? :)

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/liam-dann-a-good-capital-gains-tax-policy-should-mean-lower-income-tax/EWL5ZXP6XBCKJGJXW5W6BGIVOA/ Liam Dann: A good capital gains tax should mean lower income tax Don’t believe the hype, it’s just theft. There is NO good CGT.

Worth a listen. NZ is sooooo lucky that it voted out the previous government otherwise we’d be getting the same onslaught of terrifying mis/dis info law craziness that other countries with “little s” communist governments are facing (and of course some (un)lucky punters with unelected extra-national law makers are getting some too).