In the past month I’ve been asked by Kiwi friends and acquaintances about my preferred outcome for the 2026 New Zealand election. Due to my immense dissatisfaction with existing parties in parliament, my plan had been to vote for Opportunity, primarily because they are polling well and are the only party in this election cycle
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This project is a legal, unofficial, fan reading of The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien. It was undertaken in admiration of Tolkien’s works, and in preparation for my WIP recording of The Lord of the Rings. While this is an edited project (DM me for unedited version with personal commentary), I have not bothered to go
“Any recipe can be a Power recipe — just add protein.” – Dom Serves: 4–6Taste: 4/5Preparation: 5/5Health: 5/5 Power Oats are exactly what they sound like — oats, with added power (i.e., protein). These oats in particular are a rich, chocolatey, dessert-like recipe, super nutritious and versatile for whatever you have in your pantry. You
Arataki: “One pan to boil them all, one pan to fry them, one pan to season them all and in the spices bind them.” Levi: “Under no circumstances should sesame derived products be introduced to this dish.” Serves: 3–6Taste: 4/5Preparation: 3/5Health: 3/5 (base), 4.5/5 (with all vegetable and protein additions) In the beginning there was
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Serves: N/A (its a condiment)Taste: 5/5Preparation: 5/5Health: 5/5 Tahina is incredibly versatile and can be used as a sauce or dip. Its tangy and savory profile complements a wide range of dishes – both savoury (e.g., salad, pizza) and sweet (e.g., cake, ice cream). The acidity from the lemon juice perfectly balances the bitterness of
I often get compliments on my hair, and then astonished looks when I mention that I have been nopoo (i.e., shampoo-free) for ~9 years. Admittedly, I haven’t had long hair until very recently (I stopped cutting my hair almost two years ago), and the difficulty of maintenance does scale with hair length. But after some
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Serves: 2-6Taste: 5Preparation: 5Health: 3 Everybody always asks me why my popcorn tastes so good. The short answer is flavacol, a potent buttery-salt that can be found in most cinema popcorn buckets. But the real trick to good tasting popcorn lies in the cooking method, which I describe in this post. Ingredients Method There you
This post contains an edited transcription of an awesome conversation that I recently had with David Pearce and Kristian Rönn at the Swedish QRI Strategic Summit in July 2024. Like all of the best conversations it started with a walk outside, and the topics we covered fell broadly under the umbrella of philosophy of science,
