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 👨🏻‍🎨 Commissions are OPEN. Subscribe to malarkey at https://tworuru.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/tworuru.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/tworuru.com/post/3muxiukds4k2panother day/week/month of the "we've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas" party losing ground to the parties that say they'll try things and have ideas07 Sep 2026 21:57 +0000at://did:plc:wrv55ghznlbrmbrzuod3abtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3muxiukds4k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/tworuru.com/post/3muvprrc2ok26has anyone else found Google Workspace services intolerably slow in recent days/weeks? It ain't my connection. I'm getting timeouts, disconnections, impossibly slow loading on simple spreadsheets and documents. It's maddening07 Sep 2026 04:56 +0000at://did:plc:wrv55ghznlbrmbrzuod3abtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3muvprrc2ok26https://bsky.app/profile/tworuru.com/post/3muvpjfqntk2ahack to National Party MP pipeline continues production unabated https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics_election-2026/1280789/former-journalist-jessica-rowe-named-as-candidate-to-replace-chris-penk07 Sep 2026 04:51 +0000at://did:plc:wrv55ghznlbrmbrzuod3abtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3muvpjfqntk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/tworuru.com/post/3mugyvyj3oj2cLittle wins In days of yore, before the Great Enshittification, companies offered perks to their employees.... https://www.tworuru.com/cynics-guide-to-self-improvement/little-wins/01 Sep 2026 08:29 +0000at://did:plc:wrv55ghznlbrmbrzuod3abtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mugyvyj3oj2chttps://bsky.app/profile/tworuru.com/post/3mueiwk2u4c2ushout out to politics-knowers that parties with more left-wing policy than Labour (Greens, TPM, Opportunity) are collectively (snort) outpolling Labour31 Aug 2026 08:38 +0000at://did:plc:wrv55ghznlbrmbrzuod3abtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mueiwk2u4c2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/tworuru.com/post/3mtvk7llizq2bDid you stop drawing as a kid? Nearly everyone does. And they almost always do it for the same reason. https://www.tworuru.com/blog/we-have-to-go-back-to-the-drawing-board/25 Aug 2026 09:51 +0000at://did:plc:wrv55ghznlbrmbrzuod3abtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvk7llizq2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/tworuru.com/post/3mturailihk2msuggestions for landing page infrastructure for my new site? I want something to occupy my domain name while I build the product. It needs to take email signups and give "a human made this" without looking like rubbish. I would prefer to avoid scammy SaaS builders and AI stuff. pls & thank u!25 Aug 2026 02:24 +0000at://did:plc:wrv55ghznlbrmbrzuod3abtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mturailihk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/tworuru.com/post/3mturailihk2msuggestions for landing page infrastructure for my new site? I want something to occupy my domain name while I build the product. It needs to take email signups and give "a human made this" without looking like rubbish. I would prefer to avoid scammy SaaS builders and AI stuff. pls & thank u!25 Aug 2026 02:24 +0000at://did:plc:wrv55ghznlbrmbrzuod3abtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mturailihk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/tworuru.com/post/3mtrwclt3z224there are some conclusions that we can draw from this that have mostly been screamingly obvious for years or decades but have entirely escaped the political class which absolutely includes nearly all politics journalists: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics_election-2026/1093787/opportunity-leader-voters-starting-to-see-us-as-a-stable-and-safe-coalition-partner #nzpol #kikorangi #thread23 Aug 2026 23:17 +0000at://did:plc:wrv55ghznlbrmbrzuod3abtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrwclt3z224https://bsky.app/profile/tworuru.com/post/3mta7ppquys2cbritish-media.gif [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Aug 2026 22:17 +0000at://did:plc:wrv55ghznlbrmbrzuod3abtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mta7ppquys2chttps://bsky.app/profile/tworuru.com/post/3mt37z6kcek2sI have a new job. Details within. (It's a journey.) https://www.tworuru.com/cynics-guide-to-self-improvement/won-a-year/14 Aug 2026 22:39 +0000at://did:plc:wrv55ghznlbrmbrzuod3abtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt37z6kcek2shttps://bsky.app/profile/tworuru.com/post/3mt37z6kcek2sI have a new job. Details within. (It's a journey.) https://www.tworuru.com/cynics-guide-to-self-improvement/won-a-year/14 Aug 2026 22:39 +0000at://did:plc:wrv55ghznlbrmbrzuod3abtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt37z6kcek2shttps://bsky.app/profile/tworuru.com/post/3msw6harl322f#nzpol bsky is doing Should I Vote For The Opportunity Party discourse again so I'll just leave this here https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/should-you-vote-for-the-opportunity-party/ (if you reply and it's clear you haven't read this I am going to block you and I'm not sorry)12 Aug 2026 22:28 +0000at://did:plc:wrv55ghznlbrmbrzuod3abtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3msw6harl322fhttps://bsky.app/profile/tworuru.com/post/3mss5kbuib225welp time to get it out of storage11 Aug 2026 08:01 +0000at://did:plc:wrv55ghznlbrmbrzuod3abtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mss5kbuib225