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Friday, 13 February 2026

'The Reverse-Centaur’s Guide to AI'

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" S tart with what a reverse centaur is. In automation theory, a 'centaur' is a person who is assisted by a machine. You're...
Thursday, 12 February 2026

It's Liberation Year [updated]

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R emember so-called Liberation Day, when the Toddler in Chief announced to the world tariffs that split asunder world trade, and wrecked th...
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"Like so many of the Trump administration’s actions, this is simultaneously weird, dangerous, and profoundly stupid. And we are all going to pay the price for it."

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" L ast night brought news that the US Food & Drug Agency (FDA) has refused to review Moderna’s application for their new mRNA inf...

"Those saying we need more welfare in order to produce more children are pushing a remedy fraught with risk, cost and irresponsibility."

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" T heir study was based on a population of children aged 0-14 years 'informed by a cohort analysis of individuals ... who can be ...

Testing

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" A fter 8 billion doses (yes 8 BILLION, not a typo) Covid vaccines are at this point one of the most tested medical interventions in h...
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Wednesday, 11 February 2026

The 'Sovereign Citizen' scam

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" S overeign citizen belief is linguistic magic . "They believe:  Legal power comes from words If you refuse the words, the power ...

Americans? Libertarians did try to warn you

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"[ I ]n light of how the past year has unfolded, consider cutting your friendly neighbourhood libertarian some slack. After all, we did...
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Tuesday, 10 February 2026

Collectivism v Democracy

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“ I t is now often said that democracy will not tolerate 'capitalism.' If 'capitalism' means here a competitive  system base...
Monday, 9 February 2026

"It’s NZ’s own Emancipation Proclamation!"

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G ood to see more folk acknowledging that Waitangi Day should also be recognised as NZ's Emancipation Day.  Posted on the 6th, by David ...

Catastrophic sewage failure starts with pisspoor decision-making

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"[ T ]he cause of the calamity are ... sitting, neatly itemised, in Wellington City Council’s own records. ... "On 27 May 2021, We...
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Saturday, 7 February 2026

Just how reliable are AIs? A historian's examination.

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A historian and cultural commentator has been examining the reliability of AIs for historical research, with thoughts on the future of AI ...
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Thursday, 5 February 2026

At dawn

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Hobson's grave, at the end of K Rd, beside Grafton Bridge. Worth a dawn visit on Feb 6? A t dawn tomorrow an assorted rabble of politici...
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Auckland can't afford a second crossing ... or can it?

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O VER SUMMER ONE ALWAYS gets a few ideas. Some good, some questionable . Some that just seem obvious once they've occurred to you.  Here...
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Wednesday, 4 February 2026

Lifetime busybody complains about busybodying

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"[ A ]fter 31 years as an MP, where he spent inordinate hours in creating nonsensical rules that impinge on the personal responsibility...
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"Profit is the signal that a need was actually satisfied by voluntary choice"

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" W hat’s always evaded when people say 'capitalism is about profit, not needs' is that profit is the signal that a need was ac...
Tuesday, 3 February 2026

The Chart of the Century, in context

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" I magine a horse race between Smith, Schumpeter, and Stupidity," begins economist Peter Boettke . Who wins? The horse "Smit...
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Monday, 2 February 2026

"The point is not to get 2 million homes."

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" R ight now, Auckland Council’s zoning allows people to build about a million shops selling tasty pies. ... Can you imagine it? Auckla...
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Tariffs: "The experts were correct all along"

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" T ariffs have caused higher prices on a broad array of retail goods. The experts were correct all along." ~ Phil Magness
Sunday, 1 February 2026

It's a heatwave?

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"It's like a heat wave It's burning in my heart I can't keep from burning It's tearing me apart" ~ Martha and the ...
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Saturday, 31 January 2026

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: "99% of boomer 'success' was just interest rates falling for 50 years"

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  " N inety-nine percent of boomer 'success' was just interest rates falling for [forty] years because they destroyed the real ...
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Friday, 30 January 2026

Your 'employees' have given themselves another big pay rise

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.... " W hile ratepayers across the country faced double-digit rate hikes, mayors and councillors up and down New Zealand once again sa...
Thursday, 29 January 2026

The Return of Chloe's Wealth Tax

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Watch any rant by Chloe Swarbrick and, after the obligatory nods to te reo, to Palestine, and to passing laws to change the weather, she...
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