Paul Brislen

@brislen.nz

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Cassandra PR. Our motto: I fkn TOLD you... I shall bind him to me, with promises. šŸ‡³šŸ‡æšŸ“󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳ó æ Cymro o ddewis (Welsh by choice) "We consider that Mr Brislen is an authoritative source." (BSA decision, March 2020) Aotearoa he/him

Dough Bakery plum danish
William Gibson reposted my post.
In the distance an impenetrable snowy mountain range marks the edge of the world. Beyond lies the Lip and from thereā€¦ nobody has ever returned to tell the tale.
New Zealandā€™s national time keeper, currently showing the wrong time. Should be an hour earlier for winter time.
A platter of carrot sticks crackers cheese nuts and dates are arrayed before me. Plus some other stuff I donā€™t know.
The Grandfather from the movie The Princess Bride. An older gentleman with a moustache and hat.
The cover of Stephen Pile's book "The Book of Heroic Failures". Highly recommended.
Figure 1 compares the cost of gas plus electricity plus petrol for a two car household ($21,180/year) vs the same but using solar/battery set up and two EVs $17,160/year) leaving a savings of $3020 per year.
The cover of Tom Coxā€™s new novel, ā€œEverything will swallow youā€ freshly delivered by Blackwellā€™s in Oxford.
A screenshot from the London Economic that says, "Head-to-head IPSOS poll gives Count Binface a 12-point lead over Nigel Farage".
Instagram ad for gloves. The old gloves have character, life, heft and style. The new gloves look like someone is about to check your prostate.
Screenshot of a weekā€™s power production and consumption with the solar panels at our place. 45% self sufficiency because of timing issues around not being able to charge the battery yet.
The sun shining in a blue sky. Not in sight, my solar farm which is harvesting all that bounty for my car and bike and washing machine and aircon and oven and underfloor heating and laptop andā€¦
Screenshot from an Al Jazeera story that claims 99% of people on Earth will get sunlight at the same time this Wednesday. New Zealand is in the dark, as is Japan and most of Stralia.
Screenshot from a cooking video where Cody points to a whiteboard that has written on it, "It wasn't for you, and you don't know what you're talking about." He's my new hero.
An online ad for Temu with a picture of what appears to be a German WWII soldier's helmet apparently for sale. The ad is on Facebook.
Screenshot from my solar app showing a picture of a house showing the flow of electricity.
Erling Haaland who doesn't appear to be a Lost Boy.
A clear blue sky is forming over the sunrise that sits behind Auckland city. Itā€™s 0730 and the dawn is breaking.
The Yahoo financial page on SpaceX's share price. Sitting flat well below opening price.
A sunny winter day in Auckland
Screen shot of the Fox app for home solar production. Shows Iā€™ve used the equivalent of 56.8 trees or 7L of oil but via solar. No idea how they work that out.
Norman Rossington (left) and Sean Connery star in The Longest Day, about the D-Day landings in World War II.
Battery, EV charger, inverter, side of the car, messy garage is messy.
If you squint you can hear the electrons moo as they're farmed by my giant array of solar panels.
Daylight reflected off the solar panels on my roof with some scaffolding and a neighbour in view beyond. Auckland City loiters as a backdrop.
Minnie who is 12 years old looks up at me and wags her tail.
The roof with solar panels and a series of braces for more solar panels to be placed.
Lake Okataina
An inverter, car charger and battery stack in my garage.
A collection of solar panels laid out ready to be deployed against a background of my poor gardening abilities.
A wall mounted battery thing and an EV charger and some cables and such.
The sparky has taken over my garage. Tools and kit festoon the place.
Trying to report content to Facebook. Up pops a list of reasons why you're reporting it. I click on "bullying, harassment or abuse" as the nearest fit. The site responds with this - a box asking "How is it bully, harassment or abuse" but no way to enter any detail.
Scaffolding and a ladder (with a wee gate) up to the roof.
Human rights protest in Myers Park Auckland.
A joyful day out.
A human rights protest in central Auckland.
A frieze on the wall of the MLC building on Queen Street in Auckland of a worker kneeling and the words ā€œUnion is strengthā€ written underneath.
T'Nia Miller, a sitter for the new Servalan if only because of her haircut.
Screenshot of the New Zealand Herald front page with a picture of multiple satellite domes on an Auckland rooftop and the headline, ā€œSatellite station takes shape on city rooftop for secret US broadband providerā€.
MG Midget 1979 in blue with black rubber bumpers and US yellow headlights.
A new Brighton Blue MG4 Urban.
A screenshot of a Reuters post that says ā€œEU weighs rules to cut reliance on China through broader supply chainsā€ three times.
Taxis parked and double parked outside Auckland Theatre on Halsey St.
A map of the world with a wonky Stralia and New Zealand kind of flat, lying down on the job
A map of Australia and other places.
Am ad for a dementia test above a news ticker with obviously dementing Donald Trump calling Netanyahu ā€œcrazyā€.
Screenshot that shows 9x increase in uplink traffic by 2035.
A list of Australian company names that are the ā€œmost distrustedā€ brands in Australia. Several telcos, oil companies, grocery stores and Google.
A man stands at the lectern speaking at a conference.
A smattering of conference attendees soon to be joined by 400ish others.
Sydney, by candlelight
Sydney Harbour Bridge support structure. Taken in black and white (because of course) during the Vivid festival.
Generation X sings Dancing with Myself played properly will trigger the ā€œVolune should be turned downā€ warning.
A freshly baked sausage roll sits before a laptop.
You canā€™t beat Wellington on a good day.
Screenshot from the New Zealand Herald with a black and white photo of a school sportā€™s team and the headline, ā€œAuckland Grammar rowers fail in appeal to review 1988 Maadi Cup final result.ā€
Michael Keaton (UK edition) playing Vila in Blake's 7.
Screenshot that outlines just how complex biology is when it comes to gender.