@ambers196524 Good for a 19-year-old. Also cold and dark and boring. Glad he ended up in a happier place.
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EllieBW
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yeah that’s my art above. if you recognise it, you know me. hi - and thanks! 🚀 I read a lot more than I speak.
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David Hockney painted this when he was 19.
An absolute master. RIP.
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@Sneketoshi I love these. All artists hope there is eventually understanding of their visual world view.
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I want to introduce you to Steve. He’s 83. His wife died a few months ago and he comes to this lodge in Spring Mill, Indiana and draws. He taught art in Terre Haute, IN his whole life. He also did courtroom sketches in court cases. In the comments I’ll share some pics from his sketchbook. He was excited when I said I was going to share his sketches with the world.
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If this is AI Hockney, where is there room to make genuine art any more?
🇬🇧 Natalie 🏴🇮🇷@FireRabbit25
“It takes a long time to make it simple.” —David Hockney (1937-2026)
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@therealgregjack I remember talking to him at WelTec maybe 10 years ago. He undoubtedly got out and about in the electorate. He was not very confident then, which I understood. What I don’t understand is how he is super confident now.
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"Chris Bishop"'s disintegrating fieldays snark at Labour makes me wonder if he still thinks he is the real campaign manager.
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'Human error': Police gave address of woman under protection order to ex-partner msn.com/en-nz/news/nat…
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@jofromgreylynn You made good decisions, worked hard and are lucky. I wish this for everyone. ❤️
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INBOX: Labour's first policy of 2026 is a public transport fare cap:
- $20 for AKL, Wellington, Chch,
- $10 for everywhere else
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I have cleaned this amazing Autochrome portrait of the French Impressionist painter Claude Monet (1840-1926), photographed in colour by Étienne Clémentel near the water Lily pond in Monet's garden at Giverny in 1917 (often dated online as 1921). It was taken in colour over a century ago using an early colour glass plate process and isn't colourised.
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Last month's credit data showed the full impact of the Lactalis money on the Agri sector balance sheet. Farmers have retired the overdraft and are flush with cash. The system loan to deposit ratio is very low indicating a strong balance sheet.
Wonder where that cash is going to go then?
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@Gregatnelson Yes. I have had six dogs (often two at a time), and only two of them were the same breed. They all have their own personality. Those high energy nutty moments are an expression of joy and usually short-lived. And it is fun to make a moment that makes a dog super-happy.
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@NiallHarbison Marilyn Monroe would have been 100 years old this week.
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She is a very special girl indeed is Marilyn Monroe.
It takes a lot to break a dog but she was very nearly there. She is utterly exhausted.
Time to start changing her life
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A rosy, if not blindfolded, “View from the East Wing” cnn.com/2026/06/02/pol…
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So "Suit and tie" is likely James Ross from NZ Taxpayers Union. A former UK Tory staffer, Ross is TPU's OIA Lead in a "Suit and Tie". It explains why it was able to feed insider news to Ani O'Brien to take down Maiki Sherman & its MO. Ani works for TPU's Jordan Williams too 🧵
Suit and tie@Suitandtie9999
Wellington City Council’s Chief Māori Officer reportedly earns around $300,000 a year — a staggering sum for a position that had only four direct reports and a total team of 16 in late 2024, according to an OIA I previously filed.
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@London_W4 During the covid lockdowns, New Zealanders painted or printed rainbows on their street-facing windows and people went on walks alone or with friends or with their kids in their neighbourhood and felt some sense of community. Super love rainbows and always will.
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Marilyn Monroe would have been a hundred years old today (shown on her final birthday, 1962):
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@TheCoot5 @NicolaWillisMP AI is currently THE go-to excuse for corporates for ‘we can’t balance our budget right now so we are going to lay off people and blame AI - making it a free hit that deflects closer scrutiny’.
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AI is anti democratic.
Thats why @nicolawillismp loves the idea so much.
Clash Report@clashreport
Denmark’s PM Mette Frederiksen: There is a total established link between power, political power, capital, tech giants and AI. And the purpose of this is undermining democracy. That's the goal because the people who are developing this stuff are against democracy. I met Sam Altman a couple of years ago. I spent hours with him and at the end of the discussion I said to him, "You have created a monster." And he said, "Yes, and now it's up to you to find out how to deal with it."
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@kiwikipper @bryce_edwards Please name the areas of law that unions have a say in. Perhaps I am missing something.
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@bryce_edwards The Fonterra case didn't need a NZI rep to advise on the necessity to correct.
It was blatantly obvious.
National are bereft of knowledge in many areas. Great minds are ignored but Labour are led by unions which is just as bad.
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