Nice work: stuff.co.nz/culture/360576…

Is COBOL the last line of defence for the US government as The Elon moves in? theverge.com/elon-musk/6091…

In the words of the song, "it's a shakedown, baby!" stuff.co.nz/world-news/360…

Sound familiar?

Ahh, back in my hometown ..

Disgraceful. A truthteller bullied. We can argue about the water quality, but not until we know where it comes from, where it's going and why. rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

UK defence official on missing F35 fighter jets: “These are fifth-generation stealth fighters. If anything, this proves they’re working perfectly." ukdefencejournal.org.uk/number-of-f-35…

Germany shuts 15 coal-fired power plants as phase-out ramps up Donald J. Trump power-technology.com/news/germany-s… via Future Power Technology & Power Technology

Portugal bans deep sea mining in response to "years of research". yahoo.com/news/governmen…

oag.parliament.nz/media/2025/sch… Auditor-General is launching an enquiry into the government's 'alternative' school lunch programme.

OpenAI’s Pitch to Trump: Rank the World on U.S. Tech Interests by Sam Biddle theintercept.com/2025/06/03/ope…

DOC spends around $250,000 a year on procuring toilet paper. “15,000 kilometres of toilet paper was ordered for the 2024/2025 year, ending April 2025. Most of this toilet paper (3,103,037 metres) is used in the southern South Island. procurement.govt.nz/about-us/news/…

The “Nerd Reich” is a web of powerful, ultrawealthy tech billionaires, think Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Marc Andreessen, pushing the USA further and further away from democracy and toward something resembling a cross between capitalism and monarchy. tiny.cc/c0zp001

A Chinese man living in Beijing airport for 14 years wanted to get away from his family. He said he “wanted to smoke and drink without his family bothering him.” share.google/7k8qJFX7UTnsMy…

The Grand Hotel in Whangarei was once very rand indeed. share.google/xzX269Ey2iODa9…

Talk about cheapening your brand! AI images in a news story? [Great looking supermodel] mental health team excluded from decisions on shared prison cells for mentally ill prisoners nzherald nzherald.co.nz/nz/psychiatris…