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@GoldenKnightGFX Lifer. Live across the Pacific ocean in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Managed to get to Staples once:

Unda Smoked > Riga Gold

@traskjd @foo_4_thought Solutions please

Nats could start by delivering on their promise of cutting the overtired public service. Despite the bleeding from our left wing media, they didn’t cut nearly enough. Still thousands and thousands more employed than pre-COVID. An absolute handbrake on the country, by keeping a larger portion of society in non-productive jobs.

The New Zealand government should have to find $1.50 of savings for every $1 of new spending until we have a country that sustains its spending with its taxation, without borrowing. At that point it can change to $1 of savings for every $1 of new spending to keep the budget in check. The borrowing causes inflation that erodes everyone’s wealth. Forcing the government to make tough decisions to save taxpayer money can only be a good thing. None of us get to borrow an infinite amount of money without paying it back ourselves, why should the government?

The science behind it is one of the most alarming datasets in modern ecology. A 20-year study in Denmark measured dead insects on car windshields along the same two stretches of road from 1997 to 2017. Controlled for time of day, temperature, and wind speed. The result: an 80% decrease in insect impacts over two decades. That wasn’t an outlier. A German nature reserve study found 75% of flying insect biomass had vanished over 27 years. A UK citizen science project called “Bugs Matter” had thousands of drivers count splats on their license plates using a standardized grid. Between 2004 and 2023, insect splats dropped 78% nationwide. England alone lost 83%. London lost 91%. Now scale that globally. A 2020 study in Science analyzed 166 long-term surveys across 1,700 sites. Terrestrial insect populations are declining at roughly 1% per year. That compounds to 9% per decade. A quarter of all land-based insects gone since 1990. The economic math is where this gets real. Insect pollination services underpin an estimated $235 to $577 billion in annual global crop production. One out of every three bites of food you eat exists because a pollinator visited a flower. Fruits, vegetables, coffee, chocolate, almonds. Without pollinators, those crops don’t disappear overnight, but yields collapse and prices spike in ways that hit the poorest populations first. Three billion birds, 29% of all North American bird abundance, have vanished since the 1970s. The primary driver: their food supply disappeared. Insects are the base layer of terrestrial food webs. When the base layer erodes at 1% per year, every layer above it follows on a lag. Your clean windshield is a real-time sensor for a collapse most people only notice when the grocery bill changes.

Pop's trippin

Rest in Peace my dear friend TK, a true gentleman and someone I greatly admired. 🕊️

Tāwhirimātea chegou

Our first medal at #MilanoCortina2026 🥹 Zoi Sadowski-Synnott claims the Silver Medal in the Women's Big Air🥈 More action LIVE on #SkySportNZ 📺

The prez should take more fotos

I think I've cracked the code to eating sardines

@Trevira6 He got name suppression, of course. His excuse is that he didn't 'enter into a contract'. Disgusting.

Executive admits hiring underage girl for 'sexual services' rnz.co.nz/news/national/… If this cretin gets name suppression I'll make sure his name goes out there! I already know who he is.

Live look at NZ police

D’Angelo’s Prince tribute was the only one that moved me to tears, the way he got choked up. He was truly his greatest musical son.

RIP D'Angelo 😥🕊️

🕊️Dame Patricia Routledge 😥

@Yellowsnowdown @katie_pai @KiwibankNZ @FlyAirNZ 👆

@katie_pai @KiwibankNZ @FlyAirNZ Profit greed

Can anyone tell me why @KiwibankNZ is getting rid of their Airpoints Visa and why AMEX is the best Airpoints earner? For our national carrier? @FlyAirNZ ?

Visa/MasterCard and the banks will still charge, so now small businesses who weren't charging people not using the service will have to raise prices on products to cover the cost of those who do. Please tell me how is this helping with the cost of living?

@ClutchPoints @WhatsWrightShow Nick Wright lol

“It’s almost as if the Lakers are frustrated that LeBron [James] hasn’t fallen off… Me, personally, I’d love having two top ten guys on my team. It doesn’t seem like the Lakers necessarily feel the same way.” - Nick Wright (Via @WhatsWrightShow)

@tonyonz71 @TallBlacks Any NZ restrictions on the YouTube stream?

Fantastic move from #9 to #4 on the FIBA website power rankings for the u19 @TallBlacks All the best vs Switzerland 🇨🇭 6.00am Saturday NZT We got this! Kia kaha 🇳🇿🏀👍

@bnightingale11 @ThatEricAlper *Psycopath

@ThatEricAlper Lauren’s an idiot.