Robyn

Ōtepoti resident, Tāmaki Makaurau raised. Covid protection cult proselytiser. I like tramping, reading, cycling, crafting and cooking, but don't seem to get around to doing them a lot.
Very keen on plants.

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2026-03-23 19:25:37 UTC

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@nprofile…gydw
Those Tritium 50kW chargers are really getting to be past their use by date aren't they? Obviously there's pure self interest here driving an older leaf, but I wish they would focus on replacing the remote ones rather than putting extras in places that are already supplied.
There's 2 potential routes to Wanaka from Dunedin and on a recent trip I set off the long way because the Roxburgh charger showing faulted on the short route is one I can't skip. After I left home the Ranfurly charger went offline. I have skipped it once, but back when the leaf had 12 bars and going downhill. I spoke sweetly to it and it delivered a charge, but I would have been considerably inconvenienced if it hadn't
@nprofile…vvev @nprofile…pg4v

2026-03-22 03:24:11 UTC

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@nprofile…xpw3
He was showing signs of fatigue before we got to Dunners
@nprofile…7e94 @nprofile…wj33 @nprofile…vvev

2026-03-22 02:27:11 UTC

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@nprofile…7e94
There's a bus to Queenstown, not to Wanaka. I'm moderately concerned that the same driver does the route from Christchurch right through.
Or at least they did the day I traveled from Christchurch
@nprofile…wj33 @nprofile…vvev

2026-03-19 07:13:37 UTC

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@nprofile…xpw3
Indeed I am. I suspect it had new proprietors by the time I frequented it. We speculated wildly about what kind of tax-dodge they were running, or money they were laundering, because they couldn't possibly have been turning a profit.
@nprofile…wj33

2026-03-19 04:50:06 UTC

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@nprofile…wj33 @nprofile…xpw3
That's more inconvenient than the infamous in city rise in the 1990's Russell street (in)convenience store. Where you could reach the shelves, but they seldom held what you wanted

2026-03-08 22:26:46 UTC

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@nprofile…wj33
When people rang me a while back it was all on anonymous cell phone numbers. I correctly assumed they were just having to use office cell phones, as calling mine from a landline would have cost too much None of them were blocked, that would be more of a red flag. I might be more wary now.
Medical practices never expect me to know my NIH number. They are all able to look it up.
For confirming my identity they ask for things like date of birth and residential address.

2026-03-08 19:49:50 UTC

There's a small part of this article that is important to think about: Ministry of Transport figures on serious injury are almost certainly incomplete. I recall reading an article about a study done comparing various records (ACC, hospital and police) and there was a lot of inconsistency.
Feels a bit personal to me - a family member was knocked off their bike by a driver accelerating straight into the side of their bike in a "didn't see you" incident. Though the driver did also claim the cyclist was on the pedestrian crossing to the left of the lane they should have used so it was their fault ???
They suffered whiplash, dislocated knuckles that had been crushed between the handlebars and bonnet and severe bruising on their legs. You could see the audi grill bar impact points individually but most of the side of the leg was deeply coloured, and the cross bar impact on the other thigh also made one wince. The knuckles in particular made it impossible to continue with the practical component of their study and they had to withdraw.
One might expect those to count as at least minor injuries, leading to a careless driving causing injury charge, but no. The police reportedly told the driver that the bike wasn't damaged and the cyclist was fine.
The article also reminds me of a recent conversation I was having with a primarily pedestrian friend. I said expecting bikes and pedestrians to share a footpath was bad for similar reasons as expecting cars and bikes to share roads - he disagreed and when i started talking about speed differentials he said he knew people who say "When i see a bike on the road i just want to run them down"I had to acknowledge I've never heard a single cyclist say that about pedestrians on shared paths.
My family member who wasn't "seen" says one of the things that sticks with them is how terrifyingly long it felt to them being in the full glare of the cars headlamps.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/people/duo-biking-around-the-world-say-nz-drivers-are-the-most-aggro

2026-03-05 19:47:46 UTC

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@nprofile…gtt6
They may be slumping too soon.
Old wisdom was not to change leader too close to an election, but Ardern may have changed that.
Hopefully they can drag it out real well, maximizing the damage. They rolled Brash too efficiently for the left to get much benefit from his misspeaking

2026-03-05 10:02:01 UTC

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@nprofile…tkzw
I did manage to blag mine a few days early last time.
@nprofile…9xaz @nprofile…gtt6 @nprofile…rp72 @nprofile…urmy

2026-03-04 08:58:34 UTC

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@nprofile…vvev
Compost is essential for gardens

2026-03-04 00:08:08 UTC

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@nprofile…wj33
God save us all
That would be the ultimate dark joke on the rapturists, who are convinced most of us will not be saved.
Whatever God does I'll keep trying to build resilient community in my area and do what I can to influence power with truth

2026-03-03 23:01:12 UTC

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@nprofile…x58r
No. I said pretty clearly I don't think this situation is at all like the one I described.
You asked if there was a protocol where minors could receive reproductive healthcare for sexually transmitted infections without their parents knowledge. I described a situation which justifies such a protocol.
@nprofile…s80c

2026-03-03 00:06:31 UTC

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@nprofile…x58r
I can see situations where there needs to be this provision. If they got the infection from a family member or some other person that the family will protect rather than have a concern for the safety of the child, then it could be very unsafe for the parents to know the kid is getting treated. This doesn't look at all like that situation.
@nprofile…s80c

2026-03-02 21:07:55 UTC

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@nprofile…r769
Clearly the solution is to support Trump in his apparent vision of a Pax Americana where all the wars are pushed out to the edge of an immense empire so everything that matters to the centre is under imperial control.

2026-03-02 04:00:59 UTC

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@nprofile…wj33
Well actually I appear up be wrong about the motorway status. The road is a state highway, the land is designated a motorway, as it was when the road eas built. Motorways were obviously the cool thing to aspire to in 1957!
Another bit of mismatch between the legal designation of land and the road on the land is the town belt. That Queens drive "road" closure? Legally it's designated a reserve. The council could just close it at will, yet they take a softly softly approach.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunedin-Waitati_Highway ]

2026-03-02 03:06:54 UTC

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@nprofile…wj33
It may once have been officially called that. Fairly sure I've seen police and other such officials do so. When I checked it's designation in frustration I found it's not currently legally a motorway, and I suspect it never was. It does have an overbridge or 3 though! And no cycling signs at all entrances.
I do know at least one "born and bred" person who ascribes to the circular logic of - But if it's not a motorway, why do people call the other road "the old motorway"? and I just couldn't quite work out what to say.

2026-03-02 02:44:51 UTC

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@nprofile…wj33
I suspect it is still in Dunedin City local government area. But a motorway? It does have similarities to the "northern motorway" though. One lane each way, divided by a painted on safety barrier. Intersections. Windy, hilly with the odd narrow bridge. Most people here are happy to call that but of SH1 a motorway, so maybe we should give SH87 a pass

2026-03-02 02:38:10 UTC

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@nprofile…rp72 @nprofile…gydw
Sure was one hell of a party.

2026-02-28 20:36:20 UTC

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@nprofile…xpw3
Although in this article someone says "generally 'Heidi' " so now I'm confused. Why would you do s trial of one system then on the basis of that use something else as probably the same?
My health clinic is using Heidi AI. My lovely GP took my refusal with good grace. I haven't got round to looking into it in detail yet.

2026-02-28 20:24:14 UTC

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@nprofile…xpw3
That's small s scribe. It's called Heidi.

2026-02-28 06:55:05 UTC

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@nprofile…r769
Nooooo.
My heart was already aching. Thinking too of the community here, some of whom I met again yesterday at the vigil they very capably organised

2026-02-27 22:53:08 UTC

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@nprofile…7760
Well, that'll trigger the start of the annual firewood price rises, I suppose

2026-02-25 19:09:10 UTC

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@nprofile…vvev
Cursing my shonky memory, so this one comes with an unreliability warning. I heard in some seemingly well researched podcast that they have been doing that since the 1980's for offshore rigs. Of course they might be re-evaluating how big a storm they need to prepare for now.

2026-02-25 18:58:07 UTC

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@nprofile…vvev
It seems to bring up.some inconvenient feelings. Apparently that's what BP was banking on when they framed CO2 footprints as an individual responsibility.
Strangely I used the term "sunset industry" back then, and was treated to a tale about how in the 70's we were all told we'd run out of oil, but they kept finding more. I didn't bother mentioning energy return on energy invested. I guess there was some self interest there, rent to buy deals are an incredibly generous thing to be offered. Even at market interest rates an agreed price is usually effectively a gift to the tenant
@nprofile…kecf

2026-02-25 11:14:34 UTC

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@nprofile…vvev
9kg bottles almost run a califont, without cylinder rental or inspection fees. But it's reportedly a bit of a nuisance in a Southland winter, and even in warmer places you need to keep the bottles well topped up.
I had an interesting time going iinto a rent to buy arrangement arguing to keep the old electric plus wetback system. The cooktop was being replaced with gas and the plan was to get gas hot water at the same time. My "I don't want to have another appliance using gas when the industry should be on its way out" wasn't particularly persuasive. Fortunately the access was likely to make delivery of the large bottles potentially problematic and that was a more compelling argument.
@nprofile…kecf

2026-02-24 23:46:47 UTC

Ōtepoti people might be interested in this memorial vigil for the lives taken in Iran. It's organized by local people who are part of the Women, Life, Freedom movement
This Friday, 5.30 - 7 pm, The Link at the university
#Dunedin
#Ōtepoti
#WomenLifeFreedom
#ZanZendegīĀzādī."
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2026-02-22 01:41:26 UTC

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@nprofile…vvev
OP does say their sister has the price rounded up. That's not consistent with the sign and should land them in hot water if a complaint is raised
@nprofile…v47q

2026-02-22 00:42:38 UTC

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@nprofile…vvev
If they are rounding prices up, or change down, yes it theft.
Sign says they are rounding cash change up. So if you buy something for 99c and give them a dollar the 2c change rounds up to 5c.
@nprofile…v47q

2026-02-09 22:24:29 UTC

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@nprofile…7760 and as a bonus if imy laundry attracts more rain, your garden will like it. Let me know when it needs to come in again for your flowers to dry off.

2026-02-09 21:33:37 UTC

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@nprofile…kpw3
Whole bunch of tiny hand towels getting an extra rinse here. Tossing up whether to just leave them out until they finally get dry, or Chuck them through a spin cycle.
Trnding toward the low effort option
@nprofile…7760

2026-01-31 05:14:41 UTC

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@nprofile…gydw snap!

2026-01-28 00:05:36 UTC

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@nprofile…7760 absolutely

2026-01-05 21:00:19 UTC

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@nprofile…wj33 eek

2025-12-14 08:53:40 UTC

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@nprofile…5nnv so a nor'wester for us?

2025-12-01 20:28:19 UTC

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@nprofile…ne85 so new! those squished newborn skulls are awesome.excellent mahi, DIL. and home already?

2025-10-27 03:51:07 UTC

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@nprofile…fwwf
And the ones who identified that the concrete barricades had steel reinforcing, but again felt this indicated a weapon being sneakily deployed against those sleeping in the nearby tents
@nprofile…fe2s

2025-10-26 20:28:47 UTC

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@nprofile…fwwf
Its worse than that. When people near them get sick and die it's the 5G, or the chem trails, or vaccine shedding from the sheeple who came too close, or the fluoride ...
Remember when a whole lot of people at the Parliament encampment got terrible headaches and felt quite ill?
@nprofile…fe2s

2025-10-13 03:40:45 UTC

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@nprofile…sxdw
Tough choices all round.

2025-10-13 03:34:13 UTC

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@nprofile…sxdw
Sigh. I guess you're going to have to take it off the road until it can be sorted. Unless you can trust an agreement to be liable for any claims in the event of a crash

2025-10-13 03:17:17 UTC

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@nprofile…sxdw
I do not understand how people who would not be affected in the least opposed such taxes because -some day- they expect to be rich enough to have to pay them. Also the belief that your whole income goes to the high rate as soon as you earn $1 over the threshold. Aargh.
@nprofile…eqt6

2025-10-13 03:12:28 UTC

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@nprofile…eqt6
We replace it with higher income taxes on very high income people and a wealth tax/capital gains tax.
I know people say the millionaires and very high income earners will leave, but really? Not only does the experience where countries have done this show that most of them stay, from this country where would they go. Somewhere with higher taxes.
Pretty much everywhere else in the OECD has some form of wealth tax *and* higher income tax. Yet we persist with the neoliberal trickle down experiment where regressive taxes drive inequality and austerity cuts to services leave everyone worse off.
@nprofile…sxdw

2025-10-12 23:22:53 UTC

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@nprofile…sxdw
I really must get round to finding out more about debt, and quantitative easing - I recall that being the euphemism for money printing? It really does seem as if something that should be a useful tool has gone rogue and is used to cause immense harm. Councils borrowing (more expensively than the alternative that NACT 1st ditched) to cover 3 waters costs seems a predictable influence on this election. I am so annoyed
@nprofile…eqt6

2025-10-12 23:10:07 UTC

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@nprofile…eqt6
Almost all people who are eligible to vote are in a household/living situation that contributes to rates revenue in some way. It's harder to register to vote if you have no address, and rent almost universally covers the rates on a property. Commercial leases can specify the tenant must pay the rates on the property in addition to the rent. Otherwise the landlords name is on the bill but the tenant is paying through their rent. (And in some cases the landlord gets an extra vote in an area they do not live in)
Is a citizen tax one where every person has to pay? I have 2 problems with that - one it's the classic regressive tax where it's a bigger proportion of a poor persons income than a rich person's.
And 2 it's basically a poll tax, which even if the regime isn't trying to exclude voters (yes, that has happened) will have the effect of disenfranchising people who are having trouble affording it.

2025-10-12 20:31:57 UTC

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@nprofile…zn3h
I'm told the ships come direct, the long way without stopping to avoid countries with more principled views about allowing shiploads of stolen property free passage. Also that they definitely don't reprovision in South Africa anymore.
@nprofile…sxdw

2025-10-12 20:07:00 UTC

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@nprofile…jc9n
I do wonder if it has had an impact on cones not being put out.
Resurfacing work on Cumberland st for example - there was nothing to show where the bike lane is on the left hand side of the road. Most of my trips along the traffic in the LH lane was partly or wholly driving in where it should be. There was sometimes more space on the RH side of the road.
A good long line of cones would probably have gone the trick, but perhaps at cost of causing double irritation
Both road cones and cycling at once. Rage!

2025-08-14 09:21:14 UTC

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@nprofile…jc9n they have had her doing a podcast series.
I miss the interviewers who did their homework. Jesse Mulligan is particularly annoying that way. His bumbling around being clueless is not the best use of the interviewees time. He wastes so many opportunities to have more interesting enlightening discussions.
@nprofile…6t6n @nprofile…254a

2025-05-25 20:28:03 UTC

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@nprofile…z5wd all she needs is a cheap supply of cream

2025-03-31 23:54:53 UTC

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@nprofile…jc9n
I think the journo quite enjoyed choosing quotes to most efficiently highlight how illogical her defense was.
I was there when she drove by a rally shouting at the participants. When she was posting vids of it before we'd even finished pack down I thought, "oh well she wasn't arrested then. No way do people get processed and released that fast" Apparently not the case. I guess the cops felt the best way to deal with sovereign citizen nonsense was to get her out of there asap.

2025-03-31 11:24:24 UTC

I'm told it's not healthy to hold grudges or crow at other's misfortune, but it looks like I'm doing it anyway, just for a treat.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360635134/perverts-dunedin-nurse-registration-stripped

2025-03-23 05:00:08 UTC

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@nprofile…dn53
Wasn't aware it was banned yet here? Did I miss the coalition government doing something good for a change? Even better would be refusing to enforce GSK IP rights to the shingles vaccine so we could get protected without lining their pocketbook

2025-03-17 09:56:27 UTC

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@nprofile…jc9n the next challenge will be persuading people that all that space under the floor should not be turned into an extra story

2025-03-15 21:53:33 UTC

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@nprofile…jc9n
Unfortunately they are not recyclable and contaminate the soft plastics collection.
@nprofile…lt2g

2025-02-18 07:10:16 UTC

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@nprofile…zlas my first driving lesson was in a triumph herald on a farm airstrip
@nprofile…jc9n @nprofile…qqcc @nprofile…yqv9

2025-02-18 03:09:11 UTC

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@nprofile…z5wd and huge raindrops just starting to fall

2025-02-18 03:07:57 UTC

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@nprofile…z5wd @nprofile…jc9n
Long rumbly thunder over Corstorphine just now

2025-01-22 21:46:13 UTC

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@nprofile…jc9n not hugely useful for a cut and paste mission though

2025-01-22 21:40:33 UTC

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@nprofile…jc9n
My buddy has said they don't mind if I work in the rain
@nprofile…z5wd

2025-01-22 21:08:51 UTC

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@nprofile…z5wd
You may be ok with some decent rain but I have a gardening mutual aid venture scheduled.
Heads off to check forecast

2023-06-16 02:00:18 UTC

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@npub1zdp…vqv8 permission to share with not-on-mastodon teacher mates?