Oaf https://bsky.app/profile/comingupcharlie.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/comingupcharlie.bsky.social/post/3mla2ccwqwc2dBob once complained to the BSA about an episode of The Simpsons that used the word "ass", so I'm not sure I can take this seriously07 May 2026 01:18 +0000at://did:plc:wo3zof577gcc4zfyly72haco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mla2ccwqwc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/comingupcharlie.bsky.social/post/3ml7zvuhiv22dProbably true. "What is likely to happen, I expect, is that a non-member broadcaster will do something terrible and it will be a scandal that there’s no standards regime and the government will have to reinvent one." https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/361000253/bsa-facing-abolition-what-comes-next07 May 2026 01:12 +0000at://did:plc:wo3zof577gcc4zfyly72haco/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7zvuhiv22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/comingupcharlie.bsky.social/post/3ml5kw5zwnc22Obsessed with the American influencer JManGo who is visiting every town in New Zealand for some reason. His infectious enthusiasm is so discordant. Balclutha is "slept on". Palmerston is "pretty lit". He's blown away by a normal brick house in Wyndham.06 May 2026 01:38 +0000at://did:plc:wo3zof577gcc4zfyly72haco/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml5kw5zwnc22https://bsky.app/profile/comingupcharlie.bsky.social/post/3ml3rh6wh6s2kAll the councils outside Auckland should amalgamate into one monster council05 May 2026 08:29 +0000at://did:plc:wo3zof577gcc4zfyly72haco/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3rh6wh6s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/comingupcharlie.bsky.social/post/3mkogqdueuc27There are several fundamental misunderstandings in this but the best is seeing in real time someone discovering defamation law is real and not just a fake excuse reporters use to not report things https://aniobrien.substack.com/p/the-media-lawyers-up-the-chilling-effect30 Apr 2026 01:13 +0000at://did:plc:wo3zof577gcc4zfyly72haco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkogqdueuc27https://bsky.app/profile/comingupcharlie.bsky.social/post/3mk6wqas32s2cAn Australian breakfast show broadcast live from Timaru a few days ago. The splash on the homepage of the Wall Street Journal right now is a story about American doctors fleeing to Timaru. Is this a psy-op?23 Apr 2026 21:17 +0000at://did:plc:wo3zof577gcc4zfyly72haco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6wqas32s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/comingupcharlie.bsky.social/post/3mk4sc4kp4c2fCurious to see if NZ First's relative strength this election leads to any distancing from the 'freedom' types that tried to take it over last time. The announced candidates thus far are not from that world. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Apr 2026 00:52 +0000at://did:plc:wo3zof577gcc4zfyly72haco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4sc4kp4c2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/comingupcharlie.bsky.social/post/3mjnjiy2cvs23Clothed teens refuse to leave lazy river in 45 minute standoff with cops https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/clothed-teens-refuse-leave-lazy-river-45-minute-standoff-cops16 Apr 2026 23:05 +0000at://did:plc:wo3zof577gcc4zfyly72haco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjnjiy2cvs23https://bsky.app/profile/comingupcharlie.bsky.social/post/3mib4g2v4es2gThis policy announcement about improving the media envisages a future where the front-page of The Dominion Post (sic) has a graph titled “Bara analysis of charts reveals esclusled huner the patterns in the charts chart”30 Mar 2026 07:13 +0000at://did:plc:wo3zof577gcc4zfyly72haco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mib4g2v4es2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/comingupcharlie.bsky.social/post/3mhwnmadwks2oThe Post has joined the swell of Wellingtonians making the exodus to Canterbury https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360975339/stuff-group-consolidate-its-print-operations-christchurch26 Mar 2026 03:22 +0000at://did:plc:wo3zof577gcc4zfyly72haco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhwnmadwks2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/comingupcharlie.bsky.social/post/3mhr2q7cptk2tSouthland now has the highest regional GDP per capita, overtaking Wellington and Auckland. In unrelated news, I'm formally retracting every joke I've made about the mighty city of Invercargill https://www.stats.govt.nz/news/southland-leads-regional-gdp-increase-in-year-to-march-2025/23 Mar 2026 22:01 +0000at://did:plc:wo3zof577gcc4zfyly72haco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhr2q7cptk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/comingupcharlie.bsky.social/post/3mhemr7cfm22qWasn't too worried about this until I learned 1) this doesn't account for the war and 2) the largest contributor to growth was the "rental, hiring, and real estate services" sector, while the biggest drag was construction. https://www.thepress.co.nz/business/360969591/gdp-update-expected-confirm-economy-entering-potential-fuel-squeeze-against-backdrop-moderate-growth18 Mar 2026 23:19 +0000at://did:plc:wo3zof577gcc4zfyly72haco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhemr7cfm22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/comingupcharlie.bsky.social/post/3mgxp7ys75s23The government has sold around 150 state houses in Christchurch, most of which have been bought by investors. It has caused the first decline in the city’s public housing supply since at least 2017 dlvr.it/TRT7lc http://dlvr.it/TRT7lc13 Mar 2026 19:58 +0000at://did:plc:wo3zof577gcc4zfyly72haco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgxp7ys75s23https://bsky.app/profile/comingupcharlie.bsky.social/post/3mgthdqephk2nHis punishment is expulsion to an even more distant, windswept island https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360965532/auditor-general-blasts-paul-eagle-over-460000-house-upgrade-wifes-consultancy-and-misleading12 Mar 2026 03:27 +0000at://did:plc:wo3zof577gcc4zfyly72haco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgthdqephk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/comingupcharlie.bsky.social/post/3mgqw3222jc2bHow things change11 Mar 2026 03:12 +0000at://did:plc:wo3zof577gcc4zfyly72haco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgqw3222jc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/comingupcharlie.bsky.social/post/3mgo5m22k522cI must admit I'm surprised at how little the Royal Commission gave to vaccine opponents, some of whom saw this process as the thing that would vindicate them. Can't get much clearer than this.10 Mar 2026 00:49 +0000at://did:plc:wo3zof577gcc4zfyly72haco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgo5m22k522chttps://bsky.app/profile/comingupcharlie.bsky.social/post/3mglberyccc22Only 297 people in the last census said they worked 168 hours a week (24/7). You can't have a successful country with so few hustlers08 Mar 2026 21:18 +0000at://did:plc:wo3zof577gcc4zfyly72haco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mglberyccc22https://bsky.app/profile/comingupcharlie.bsky.social/post/3mfzmfzbffs2lFormer doctor Mark Bailey, a germ theory denialist and common law adherent, has been haranguing local children for riding their motorbikes by his house https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360958182/hes-going-kill-someone-rural-stoush-erupts-over-dirt-bike-riding-teens01 Mar 2026 20:48 +0000at://did:plc:wo3zof577gcc4zfyly72haco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfzmfzbffs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/comingupcharlie.bsky.social/post/3mft3e7q5p22oIn some parts of the world, a rich person using their wealth to undermine a media outlet for ideological reasons would be considered a bad thing, but here it is a “masterstroke” archive.ph/kBPiZ27 Feb 2026 06:27 +0000at://did:plc:wo3zof577gcc4zfyly72haco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mft3e7q5p22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/comingupcharlie.bsky.social/post/3mfszolmjvc2oA disgraceful farce. Bowl it, put a Chemist Warehouse on the rubble and give the rental income to the museum dlvr.it/TR9r4p http://dlvr.it/TR9r4p27 Feb 2026 05:57 +0000at://did:plc:wo3zof577gcc4zfyly72haco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfszolmjvc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/comingupcharlie.bsky.social/post/3mfd4g6lba22kI wrote about a pressure campaign centred on a fake “water tax”, which was a revealing insight into the lobbying machine https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360951138/pressure-campaign-sank-phantom-water-tax20 Feb 2026 22:03 +0000at://did:plc:wo3zof577gcc4zfyly72haco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfd4g6lba22khttps://bsky.app/profile/comingupcharlie.bsky.social/post/3mehstn2d5s2kHoping this isn't correct. His mental state should not be allowed to improve beyond 'concerning' at any time during his sentence https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360946675/christchurch-mosques-terrorist-was-consistent-about-pleading-guilty-lawyer-says10 Feb 2026 01:30 +0000at://did:plc:wo3zof577gcc4zfyly72haco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mehstn2d5s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/comingupcharlie.bsky.social/post/3meetglwrec2nThis is the most Wellington boomer thing I have ever seen https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360945104/post-letters-editor-february-908 Feb 2026 21:03 +0000at://did:plc:wo3zof577gcc4zfyly72haco/app.bsky.feed.post/3meetglwrec2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/comingupcharlie.bsky.social/post/3me7oli2pgs26A once abundant native fish is on the verge of extinction. It is seemingly linked to the rapid collapse of the Rakaia river ecosystem https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360943787/native-fish-foretold-rivers-collapse06 Feb 2026 19:52 +0000at://did:plc:wo3zof577gcc4zfyly72haco/app.bsky.feed.post/3me7oli2pgs26https://bsky.app/profile/comingupcharlie.bsky.social/post/3md23unswds2q"In the silent depths of interstellar space, there are clouds of ionized gas that are doing as much to 'work for you' as any of these people" https://www.theringer.com/2026/01/21/media/tony-dokoupil-bari-weiss-cbs-evening-news-whiskey-fridays22 Jan 2026 21:09 +0000at://did:plc:wo3zof577gcc4zfyly72haco/app.bsky.feed.post/3md23unswds2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/comingupcharlie.bsky.social/post/3mcg7bjvzk222Be kind to Cantabrians today https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/01/15/scott-robertson-expected-to-be-axed-as-all-blacks-coach/14 Jan 2026 23:17 +0000at://did:plc:wo3zof577gcc4zfyly72haco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcg7bjvzk222