[-] liv@lemmy.nz 2 points 5 hours ago

I meant that more as a workaround!

[-] liv@lemmy.nz 3 points 5 hours ago

Ah yes the nonsensical myth that the number of lazy people (so insanely lazy that they prefer to live below minimum wage) magically grows and shrinks in tandem with the economy and changes to the elasticity of the labour market ...without being in any way related to it.

[-] liv@lemmy.nz 1 points 5 hours ago
[-] liv@lemmy.nz 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Oh no, easypeel are the best. Sudden childhood flashback to my mum having to demonstrate to me that actually no a sausage roll is not hard crusted dried meat all the way through, only the bits that stick out the ends. 🤦‍♂️

Yep tangelo, still going crazy, so is the mandarin. I was going to cut some fruit for the birds and post a photo friday PSA about feeding windfalls to waxeyes and tui but got too caught up in mundane paperwork. Citrus is great though isn't it, comes along at the perfect time!

When it ends will be the best time for pruning too, to repay the tree with a bit of tlc.

[-] liv@lemmy.nz 2 points 5 hours ago

Hmm maybe you need a triple shot?

[-] liv@lemmy.nz 2 points 5 hours ago

Pretty sure Philip K Dick predicted it in the 60s but I can't remember which book or story. I sometimes worry that we make things because he predicted them, but I do like the homeopapes.

Yeah I'm in a similar boat, I don't watch broadcast tv or listen to the radio unless someone makes me, I have ad blockers and tracker blockers, my loyalty cards are all signed up to an alias and its alias phone.

Now that we don't have a cat to spoil, I don't think I'm anyone's preferred target market though, except maybe some low level grifters!

I guess in the absence of data it will default to what advertising always defaults to, i.e penis enlargement.

[-] liv@lemmy.nz 3 points 7 hours ago

Yes, it coming sooner than expected was, as this article said, "WTH" and a sign of things to come not being all that great. Austerity is more or less proven to not work, it's frustrating to see it being wheeled out again especially in the form of public sector job losses.

[-] liv@lemmy.nz 2 points 10 hours ago

Google algorithms pounce on vulnerable people, billboards could do the same.

Not looking forward to the dystopia where one minute I'm admiring a picturesque landscape in a New Caledonia holiday ad and the next minute it sees me and hastily changes to an ad for cheap chocolate from The Warehouse.

[-] liv@lemmy.nz 3 points 10 hours ago

It's so fortunate that they taste terrible.

[-] liv@lemmy.nz 4 points 10 hours ago

I know this is really good for those of you with mortgages. Bad for savers, so swings and roundabouts. I had hoped the economy would sustain a higher OCR for longer.

[-] liv@lemmy.nz 3 points 10 hours ago

Cute dog sitting was super tiring but I seem to have bounced back okay with no lasting effects so am feeling pretty good.

Still citrus galore everywhere!

[-] liv@lemmy.nz 3 points 10 hours ago

Ugh that sounds gross, I hope it goes away soon!!

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Photo Friday! (lemmy.nz)
submitted 1 month ago by liv@lemmy.nz to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz

Theme: cooler than expected

Rules: no NSFW and has to be a snap you took yourself.

I think we should make themes optional so if you have a pic you want to post that doesn't fit, you still can, what does everyone else think?

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Photo Friday! (lemmy.nz)
submitted 2 months ago by liv@lemmy.nz to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz

Hi everyone, can we do a Photo Friday?

@sortofblue@lemmy.nz used to post them, but I haven't seen them for ages and @Dave@lemmy.nz said it'd be okay.

Theme: Something you like!

Rules: no NSFW and has to be a snap you took yourself.

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submitted 2 months ago by liv@lemmy.nz to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz

Stumbled on this and thought it was worth a share. I had no idea you can eat gorse!

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submitted 3 months ago by liv@lemmy.nz to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz

Was just talking about how cool New Zealand's rare frogs are and wanted to share. These frogs evolved to have no ears, so they also have no croaking noises (what's the point if the mates you are trying to attract are deaf) which is unique!

NB: There probably is a bit of "political" content insofar as some of the people are talking about threats to the frog and opposing its habatat destruction but I think this still belongs in general?

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NZGeo: Batfly (www.nzgeo.com)
submitted 4 months ago by liv@lemmy.nz to c/biodiversity@mander.xyz

These blind wingless flies are vegetarian and can only travel on a rare species of bat who prefers to walk.

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submitted 4 months ago by liv@lemmy.nz to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz

This is a really good read about one of my favourite weird animal facts!

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submitted 6 months ago by liv@lemmy.nz to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz

The kahukura red admiral butterfly has been named New Zealand's Bug of the Year today, after nearly 17,000 bug lovers voted for their favourite insect.

Twenty bugs were vying to be New Zealand's favourite, with 11 of the 20 nominees listed as at-risk, endangered or declining.

The competition - run by the Entomological Society of New Zealand - was created to give bugs the same kind publicity seen in the popular Bird of the Year race.

The winning insects receive research funding and promotion about their conservation.

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submitted 7 months ago by liv@lemmy.nz to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz

Welcome to today’s daily kōrero!

Anyone can make the thread, first in first served. If you are here on a day and there’s no daily thread, feel free to create it!

Anyway, it’s just a chance to talk about your day, what you have planned, what you have done, etc.

So, how’s it going?

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submitted 9 months ago by liv@lemmy.nz to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz

Pūteketeke won, no surprise there. I think what most of us were waiting for was the 2nd spot which goes to North Island Brown Kiwi.

According to the article the second choice of the Pūteketeke crowd was the Rockhopper penguin, so I think that means it's a legit win for the kiwi?

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