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@Simon_Ingari There won't be any oil soon. It will be a return to covid days ....

A few days ago, my boss called to say I must now work full-time from the office, despite being hired remotely. I said I had no car and the office is 2 hours from home. His reply: “Your personal commute is not my problem!” I didn’t argue. The next morning, I arrived at the office at exactly 8:00 a.m., just as ordered. My commute had taken three transfers and more than 2 hours, but I made sure to step through the door right on time—dragging a small rolling suitcase behind me. My boss froze the moment he saw it. He smirked and asked if I had mistaken the office for the airport. What he didn’t know was that inside the suitcase I had secretly put a blanket, a pillow, a kettle, and three days’ worth of snacks. I smiled sweetly and replied, “Since I don’t have a car and the commute eats up 4 hours a day, I thought it would be best if I just lived here during the week.” Then I set about unpacking. A pillow on my desk chair. A blanket draped neatly over the back. Oatmeal packets stacked in the break room. Before long, I was boiling water with my travel kettle and offering tea to my bewildered coworkers. By lunchtime, I was cross-legged under my desk, answering emails like a college student cramming in a dormitory room. That was when my manager finally pulled me aside, whispering that this was “highly unprofessional.” I tilted my head and said, “Well, my commute may not be the company’s responsibility, but my ability to do my job is. This way, I’ll never be late.” Word traveled quickly. By the next day, two colleagues with equally brutal commutes had brought their own blankets and joked about starting a “cubicle hostel.” HR soon appeared, clearly irritated, asking whether this was really necessary. Now I can’t help wondering if I’ve overplayed my hand. What started as my personal protest has drawn others in, and I’m beginning to worry it could backfire. Maybe I should have just kept my head down and accepted the change. But then again, wasn’t it unfair for the company to make such a sudden, drastic decision in the first place?

@RichardHills_ Unfiltered rabid nationalism is in the house. Misogyny, racism, facism and division are normalized on the daily. These narratives are a next level distraction. All piled on top of already scrappy power politics. I miss un-inflamed thoughtful, critically reflective conversations

It’s already law that you need to be a citizen to be an MP. Why would you make it “born here?”. If we made it law to be born in NZ you’d eliminate around a third of the country, in Auckland it’s like 40%. More than half of our Prime Minister’s were born overseas.

@Matt_Pinner Drown obviously

Be honest what would you do in this situation ???

@Matt_Pinner This is AI right?

What would be the perfect group name for these ladies?

@Matt_Pinner These are all less than 40 years ago....

7 for me!!….I feel confident nobody Has all 20!! How many for you?🤔

@elonmusk Fake news lol

Grok hits #1 in New Zealand

@hr_unhinged @hr-unhinged .... yes, this is unhinged lol

I noticed an employee taking notes during a meeting. Not in the shared doc. On paper. I asked if they planned to upload them to share with the team. They said no, they were "personal." That felt personal. I asked how others would benefit from that. They said others didn’t need to. I reminded them alignment is collective. They continued writing anyway. I logged “analog information hoarder” in their file.

@lady_valor_07 Pusillanimous

Settle a debate. What do you call this?

@Matt_Pinner We called our black cat Lupin

Can you think of a better name?

@lady_valor_07 Clarence 😆

Name one

@iamnoblefx The name for this languaging is "communication inversion". Its a party trick used to appropriate and reframe narratives so they align with white supremacist colonizer views. It's getting old!

That take is insane because it tries to turn a global human tragedy into a weird superhero origin story for “the West.” Slavery wasn’t ended by one group swooping in like Avengers — it was ended because enslaved people rebelled, resisted, sabotaged, revolted, and forced the world to change while politicians pretended to have a moral awakening. Acting like “Whites ended slavery” erases the very people who fought, bled, and died to free themselves. It’s the kind of revisionist history folks push when they want praise without acknowledging the atrocities that created the mess in the first place.

Children should be proud that Whites in the West ended slavery worldwide, which had existed for thousands of years

@its_The_Dr Why don't businesses pay their staff properly. This tipping biz is so weird

Almost a 40 dollar Tip, are you leaving that?

@hr_unhinged Lol. I feel sorry for all women named Karen.

We had a team meeting today that ended at 2:00 p.m. As soon as the meeting ended one employee was already out the door. No lingering. No post-meeting small talk. He ran out like there was a fire drill. I ran after him and asked if everything was okay. He said yes, it was just the day before Thanksgiving and he wanted to get home early. I told him holidays don’t start early just because people want them to. He said he thought today was “basically over.” I told him the work day is "basically over" at the same time every day: 5:00 p.m. Then I logged “premature departure attempt” and made him stay until 5.

@Jet_Bak @TheFigen_ Exactly

@ResearchKate @TheFigen_ We all value people for physical attraction to some extent. It’s just important to realize there’s a lot more than that. Plus not everyone needs to find everyone attractive.

There has been years of effort in this body, congrats. Are muscular women attractive? Thoughts?

@Jet_Bak @TheFigen_ This. What I think is none of her business. Admiration for commitment and discipline though. I'm tired of living in a society that judges people's worth by their physical appearance when there are so many other qualities, traits and values we could consider in a person.

@TheFigen_ I don’t think she does it to be attractive. She certainly doesn’t care what I think. I don’t personally find it attractive. However I find the toughness and determination required for a feat like this to be admirable.

@DerrickEvans4WV @BillC17136056 What, to taunt and abuse?.... how "Christian" of them

@BillC17136056 Doesn’t matter if you would do this or not. They can go pray in private. If they are using free speech to pray in public then Christians can use free speech as well.

🚨BREAKING: Several men now face FELONY charges for taunting Muslims during prayer with BACON at the University of South Florida. WTF? Why are the Muslims getting special treatment? Last I checked we still have free speech in this country. America is a Christian nation!

@MrAdetilewa @sciencegirl Accurate

@sciencegirl Noodles

What would you name this cat

@TicTocTick This must be for Christmas on Jupiter or something

For the first time ever in human history, Christmas is on 25/25/25. This phenomenon will never happen again.

@juliet_turner6 Wow. Out the gate So many men clutching their pearls!

POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success

@Pamelaklen @Rich_Cooper 😆

"Just look at the degree on that chick" ~ No man ever