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Just a great, wacky, fun movie.

Peaky Blinders

 

Originally Published: Jan 31st, 2023
Updated: Jan 25th, 2026

Series 1 ★★★

It took me a long time to start for whatever reason - but finished very quickly.

Series 2 ★★★

Nothing extra to say. …

Om asking the question as he weighs in on Ben Werdmuller’s post asking whether the ‘stream’ needs to give way to a new way of organizing?

I think no - but I understand the challenge, …

Lioness: Hidden Treasures by Amy Winehouse

Written before Hipkins won the leadership.

“My current view is this cements the likelihood of a National-ACT victory on October 14, with no fundamental change in tax, Government spending or …

The meaning and tragedy of Jacinda Ardern’s time as PM

“In the end, she deserves our utmost respect and thanks. She was instinctively extraordinary with her responses and leadership after the Christchurch attacks and the arrival of Covid.”

💬 Bernard Hickey

I can only agree.


Other parts of the New Zealand ‘MicroBlog Storm’

There are a number of threads in my head around New Zealand that I need to publish. Other than ‘New Zealand’ there isn’t anything particularly that connects them, so it isn’t a …

Series 1 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Just finished the first season, Did not expect that ending.

Series 2 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The second series seemed to take a long time to come through - but kept up the pace - but somehow it …

Reprise by Moby

If you’re so smart, why aren’t you rich? Turns out it’s just chance.

While wealth distribution follows a power law, the distribution of human skills generally follows a normal distribution that is …