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 @4dfae064 @d68fe0f7 

I brought a little HP Laserjet back from the UK as (unboxed) carry-on baggage, and it performed perfectly for almost twenty years. 

These days I use a little Canon laser, picking up new but unwanted cartridges on TradeMe for less than ten bucks a shot. I've also picked up two identical, almost new Canon printers for a dollar each from students leaving town. If one printer fails, I just swap it out for the same model. 

Just wait until we get saddled with AI printers! 
 Has anyone else not got their voting packs yet?

I was hoping it would arrive today, but no luck. 
 @120acc36 
Rural Dunedin -- mine arrived on Monday. ;-) 
 Karma sometimes comes in twos. 

This week on Dan Wooton's GB News show, the dreadful Lawrence Fox discussed a named female political journalist culminating in, “Who would want to shag that?”

They've both been suspended by GBN. 

https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/300978875/dan-wootton-suspended-by-gb-news-after-laurence-foxs-sexist-comments

#GBNews #Wooton 
 Andrea Vance uncovers yet another ACT candidate with full-on conspiracist credentials. He's Simon Angelo, he's standing in Whangaparāoa and he's an awful human being.

Vance then looks at ACT's flawed candidate selection process which is described as "pre-determined" with Seymour making the calls himself.

When politicians play with cookers, someone's bound to get burnt.

https://www.thepost.co.nz/a/politics/350079264/act-candidate-homophobic-tweets-and-why-some-party-insiders-say-selection

#ACT #NZPol #Cookers 
 I like your poster @4dfae064 👍 

I've recently been spending time in an Oncology ward and as soon as the hospital mask mandate was dropped, masking dropped from 100% to around 30% overnight. Patients only. All of the medical staff are still fully masked.

When I arrived in the waiting room, I felt like saying loudly "Good morning to everyone wearing a mask." But I didn't. 

The majority of people are ill-informed & lack empathy.

@788da99f 
 @4aa575e3 @a36c86a6 

Of course here in NZ, the Taxpayer's Onion benefits from Atlas Network largesse and training. 

@3d89e131 

#AtlasNetwork 
 The ever-delightful Marina Hyde on Musk's God complex and tech billionaires having too much power. Damn, she writes well.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/08/elon-musk-satellite-war-starlink-system-ukraine

#MarinaHyde #Musk 
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 @4dfae064 @35771893 

Only 1 Labour & 1 Loyal. 

It seems the Nats aren't bothering with North Dunedin. Woodhouse is doing a Trump and not attending any candidate debates. 

My EasyVote stuff arrived last week.