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@suburbanennui

Pākehā, burger aficionado, dad-of-twins.

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I was really surprised and a little sad she didn’t play Fuck Me Eyes last night. But, amazing show.

13.02.2026 22:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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If time travel isn’t a thing how come George Michael managed to appear in this photograph captured in Robert Frank’s book The Americans 1958, Fishkill NY (Newburgh) 1955.

13.02.2026 21:02 👍 134 🔁 21 💬 11 📌 1

Of all the weird shit served up by the algorithms on FB today, the grossest was an ad for a few free chapters of a book by former corporate raider and now convicted pedophile Ron Brierley. HARD NOPE.

13.02.2026 03:10 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Fuck’s sake, someone has just started chainsawing as I hit Send

06.02.2026 00:23 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Why is every motherfucker in my immediate neighbourhood using a weedeater or a leaf blower or a petrol mower AT THE SAME TIME right now?

06.02.2026 00:22 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

* Wet Leg - another band I really like, but who I was a bit underwhelmed by
* Wolf Alice - really great, but I’m angry they didn’t play Delicious Things
* Chappell Roan - absolutely outstanding act. A bit more “rock” than on record with a kick-ass band

05.02.2026 18:29 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My very brief Laneway review:
* Wisp - really great 90s-throwback shoegaze, worth getting there early for
* Alex G - I really like his music but didn’t feel like a “festival band” and was a bit underwhelmed
* Lucy Dacus - absolute class act, would see her again in a second

05.02.2026 18:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The Free Speech Union didn't exist when black ppl couldn't speak.
The Free Speech Union didn't exist when LGBTQ ppl couldn't speak.
The Free Speech Union didn't exist when disabled ppl couldn't speak.
The Free Speech Union existed when racist white ppl were asked to keep their racism to themselves.

17.01.2026 09:57 👍 106 🔁 43 💬 5 📌 3

That Viagra Boys shot was the sweatiest gig I’ve been to since the 90s.

15.01.2026 05:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

My favourite thing is when the rugby story is the lead story on the news and then gets completely rehashed 20 minutes later in the sports news

15.01.2026 05:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I don't know about all of you, but I am finding it difficult to process Venezuela, Greenland, Minneapolis, and the Fed all at once.

14.01.2026 20:39 👍 980 🔁 126 💬 69 📌 33
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The new Trump line is that if you "disrespect" a law enforcement officer, he is entitled to murder you... unless it's Jan 6, of course, in which case the protester is entitled to murder the law enforcement officer.

13.01.2026 18:17 👍 141 🔁 44 💬 8 📌 4

NO ONE LOVES DOG MORE THAN DANIELLE

12.01.2026 05:38 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Returning to an old favourite. The pink line is the official GDP data (% change for year vs previous year). The wild swings are due to Govt *subsidies* (e.g. wage subsidies) being deducted from the official GDP stats. The blue line shows the unadjusted data; far better reflects reality.

08.01.2026 07:52 👍 22 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 1

Like, deep down does he *know* he’s shit, or is he actually dumb / delusional enough to think he’s “working hard”?

08.01.2026 05:40 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

ALOHA FROM TE PUKE

08.01.2026 05:39 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Look, if you’re not hand-making your own single-batch artisanal toilet paper are you even ethical?

07.01.2026 23:45 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Yeah it’s day-fucking-seven. I want a follow up to this article in October.

07.01.2026 23:44 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Meanwhile the same supermarket has not had apples for a week. APPLES.

07.01.2026 22:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Fucking hot cross buns in January

Fucking hot cross buns in January

Supermarkets: “It’s January 8th, TIME TO START SELLING HOT CROSS BUNS”

07.01.2026 22:27 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Not threatening war with fucking DENMARK of all places

07.01.2026 20:45 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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It’s January 8th. Is Luxon back at work?

07.01.2026 18:47 👍 105 🔁 13 💬 8 📌 0

Just a few weeks ago our “hard working” PM was bemoaning NZ’s long summer shutdown. Yet he’s been completely absent from fronting on either Venezuela or the Manage My Health data breach. Is he still uncontactable / on holiday?

05.01.2026 20:13 👍 16 🔁 4 💬 3 📌 0
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I know everyone is on holiday, but I’m surprised no NZ journo has done a story on Amanda Palmer’s attempt at playing a show in Auckland this week. Both Waiheke venues “mysteriously” canceled and now it’s a “secret” show somewhere in the CBD tomorrow.

04.01.2026 22:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I am pretty livid that I haven’t had an actual email from MMH or my MMH-using-GP yet.

04.01.2026 20:48 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Not if they go straight in the trash when I’m done detangling

01.01.2026 20:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The first 90 minutes of taking down the Christmas decorations - taking down ALL the decorations. The second 90 minutes of taking down the Christmas decorations. Untangling this one set of lights.

01.01.2026 19:23 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
Screenshot of a Tweet from Jane Orrick MD saying "all covid vaccinated will be dead by December 31, 2025"

Screenshot of a Tweet from Jane Orrick MD saying "all covid vaccinated will be dead by December 31, 2025"

Well this aged like milk ...

01.01.2026 08:29 👍 13 🔁 2 💬 3 📌 1
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ManageMyHealth investigating possible cyber breach The personal health portal ManageMyHealth is investigating reports of a cyber breach.

Gosh I’m glad I found out that the portal that holds my health data may have been breached via the news rather than direct communication from them

ManageMyHealth investigating possible cyber breach www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

31.12.2025 01:04 👍 176 🔁 65 💬 27 📌 8

I chose not to go camping this summer because the weather looked awful. I have chosen to not go camping every other summer of my life because camping sucks.

31.12.2025 03:47 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0