pearce
@pearced.bsky.social
They pay me in woims. Books, music, movies and politics. One-time President of the VUW Muppet Club. Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai, Aotearoa. Ngāi Tahu. He/him.
If you see this, post a vampire thag isng Dracula
October 1, 2026 at 2:05 AM
If you see this, post a vampire thag isng Dracula
No. I don't make decisions. I let the wind carry me.
Do you ever just sit and think about all the shitty decisions you’ve made to get to this point? If not, it’s a literal fuck ton.
September 29, 2026 at 9:27 PM
No. I don't make decisions. I let the wind carry me.
The Roxy in Wellington is playing one of the funniest movies in many years this Friday, Hundreds of Beavers. Highly recommended by me.
September 29, 2026 at 9:12 PM
The Roxy in Wellington is playing one of the funniest movies in many years this Friday, Hundreds of Beavers. Highly recommended by me.
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Halfway through Dirty Work, going to bed and will finish in the morning. Jordan Williams doesn't seem like a very nice person.
The story of how the book came to be is fuckin' priceless I'm sure irs already being shared far and wide
Quite a few people here half an hour before it starts
September 22, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Halfway through Dirty Work, going to bed and will finish in the morning. Jordan Williams doesn't seem like a very nice person.
The story of how the book came to be is fuckin' priceless I'm sure irs already being shared far and wide
Quite a few people here half an hour before it starts
Reckon I might go to a book launch tonight
September 22, 2026 at 7:50 AM
The story of how the book came to be is fuckin' priceless I'm sure irs already being shared far and wide
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“First and most damaging is the influence of private donors. Private money needs to be banned in our electoral system.”
September 22, 2026 at 6:18 AM
“First and most damaging is the influence of private donors. Private money needs to be banned in our electoral system.”
That recent documentary on Anderton was excellent. I saw people complain that it didn't include enough from people who disagree with him, but that is what like all mainstream news outlets are for.
'The life and career of Jim Anderton says otherwise. If he was around today, Anderton would be showing us in detail how avoidable the cost of living crisis and the scourge of homelessness really are.'
#nzpol
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL26...
#nzpol
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL26...
On The Ongoing Relevance Of Jim Anderton
If Jim Anderton was around today, he would be showing us in detail how avoidable the cost of living crisis and the scourge of homelessness really are. On principle, he would be advocating for policies...
www.scoop.co.nz
September 22, 2026 at 5:51 AM
That recent documentary on Anderton was excellent. I saw people complain that it didn't include enough from people who disagree with him, but that is what like all mainstream news outlets are for.
This is true, but it only works if they actually do appeal to centrists instead of, increasingly, to nobody.
If the Left bloc doesn’t have a centrist party, loads of votes will be lost to the Right.
Is that what you're wishing for?
Yes it's boring and annoying but it's Labour job to appeal to centrists & hoover up their votes if a left coalition is going to get across the line in November.
Is that what you're wishing for?
Yes it's boring and annoying but it's Labour job to appeal to centrists & hoover up their votes if a left coalition is going to get across the line in November.
September 22, 2026 at 5:49 AM
This is true, but it only works if they actually do appeal to centrists instead of, increasingly, to nobody.
Quite a few people here half an hour before it starts
Reckon I might go to a book launch tonight
September 22, 2026 at 5:34 AM
Quite a few people here half an hour before it starts
Reckon I might go to a book launch tonight
September 21, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Reckon I might go to a book launch tonight
Instead of making the third filmed adaptation of Stephen King's The Mist, Mike Flanagan should make the first filmed adaptation of James Herbert's 1975 novel The Fog.
September 21, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Instead of making the third filmed adaptation of Stephen King's The Mist, Mike Flanagan should make the first filmed adaptation of James Herbert's 1975 novel The Fog.
Sometimes what looks like vandalism is just making an editorial correction, e.g. the billboard on the Hutt Motorway that someone changed from "No New Taxes" to "10 New Taxes"
Seeing a heap of posts from RW politicians about signs being vandalised and how that’s not how we should democracy (and yes, vandalising things is bad) but nothing from RW politicians asking what they’re doing that makes them so clearly unpopular that they’re being called awful things by the public
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September 19, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Sometimes what looks like vandalism is just making an editorial correction, e.g. the billboard on the Hutt Motorway that someone changed from "No New Taxes" to "10 New Taxes"
Finished my 100th book of 2026 the other day, The Route of Ice and Salt by José Luis Zárate. It retells the voyage of the Demeter in Dracula from the POV of the unnamed Russian captain, who Zárate portrays as a gay man viewing the experience through the lens of the homophobia he experienced.
September 19, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Finished my 100th book of 2026 the other day, The Route of Ice and Salt by José Luis Zárate. It retells the voyage of the Demeter in Dracula from the POV of the unnamed Russian captain, who Zárate portrays as a gay man viewing the experience through the lens of the homophobia he experienced.
"PM Luxon and Peters" sounds accurate
PM Luxon and Peters committed NZ to hosting Pacific Islands Forum without Cabinet approval, Treasury says
PM Luxon and Peters committed NZ to hosting Pacific Islands Forum without Cabinet approval, Treasury says
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Foreign Minister Winston Peters did not consult Cabinet before making a commitment to host the Pacific Islands Forum in 2027, according to the Treasury.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 11, 2026 at 6:36 AM
"PM Luxon and Peters" sounds accurate
I know it's been a few years, but what soulless bureaucrat decided to rename the Wellington Museum of City and Sea to Wellington Museum?
September 10, 2026 at 8:40 PM
I know it's been a few years, but what soulless bureaucrat decided to rename the Wellington Museum of City and Sea to Wellington Museum?
Trains in Wellington are expensive, but they're on on time, right? No. Are they comfortable and spacious? Uh-uh. Well are they at least seldom cancelled? Listen buddy,
September 3, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Trains in Wellington are expensive, but they're on on time, right? No. Are they comfortable and spacious? Uh-uh. Well are they at least seldom cancelled? Listen buddy,
Here I am once again at Aro Video Secret Cinema, last Wednesday of every month, at Massey Cinema in Wellington. Why aren't you here?
September 2, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Here I am once again at Aro Video Secret Cinema, last Wednesday of every month, at Massey Cinema in Wellington. Why aren't you here?
Without saying your age, what's your favorite movie that came out when you were 20 years old?
September 2, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Without saying your age, what's your favorite movie that came out when you were 20 years old?
"Did Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem meet on Vicky Christina Barcelona?"
@josholson.bsky.social please let me recommend Jamon Jamon to you, they already have amazing chemistry in that in 1992. It's co-written & directed by Bigas Luna, who had made Anguish and it is so much fun.
@josholson.bsky.social please let me recommend Jamon Jamon to you, they already have amazing chemistry in that in 1992. It's co-written & directed by Bigas Luna, who had made Anguish and it is so much fun.
We’re graced with a bona fide movie star this week on our podcast @moviesthatmademe.bsky.social! Today, Onslaught star Adria Arjona breaks down the movies that made her with hosts @josholson.bsky.social & @thejoedante.bsky.social!
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ONSLAUGHT star Adria Arjona
Podcast Episode · The Movies That Made Me · September 1 · 1h 8m
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September 2, 2026 at 5:08 AM
"Did Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem meet on Vicky Christina Barcelona?"
@josholson.bsky.social please let me recommend Jamon Jamon to you, they already have amazing chemistry in that in 1992. It's co-written & directed by Bigas Luna, who had made Anguish and it is so much fun.
@josholson.bsky.social please let me recommend Jamon Jamon to you, they already have amazing chemistry in that in 1992. It's co-written & directed by Bigas Luna, who had made Anguish and it is so much fun.
I just recorded a two and a half hour podcast guest spot talking about Barb Wire (1996), who would have thought I had so much to say about that movie?
August 31, 2026 at 11:05 AM
I just recorded a two and a half hour podcast guest spot talking about Barb Wire (1996), who would have thought I had so much to say about that movie?
Plan a horrorfest using only your first name
Perfect Blue (1997)
Eko Eko Azarak II: Birth of the Wizard (1996)
At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (1964)
Razorback (1984)
City of the Dead (1960)
Encounters of the Spooky Kind (1980)
Perfect Blue (1997)
Eko Eko Azarak II: Birth of the Wizard (1996)
At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (1964)
Razorback (1984)
City of the Dead (1960)
Encounters of the Spooky Kind (1980)
Plan a horrorfest using only your first name
Evil Dead 2
Hellraiser
Return of the Living Dead
Event Horizon
Nightbreed
Evil Dead 2
Hellraiser
Return of the Living Dead
Event Horizon
Nightbreed
Plan a horrorfest using only your first name
Candyman
It Follows
Nosferatu
Dawn of the Dead
You’re Next
Candyman
It Follows
Nosferatu
Dawn of the Dead
You’re Next
August 31, 2026 at 5:51 AM
Plan a horrorfest using only your first name
Perfect Blue (1997)
Eko Eko Azarak II: Birth of the Wizard (1996)
At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (1964)
Razorback (1984)
City of the Dead (1960)
Encounters of the Spooky Kind (1980)
Perfect Blue (1997)
Eko Eko Azarak II: Birth of the Wizard (1996)
At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (1964)
Razorback (1984)
City of the Dead (1960)
Encounters of the Spooky Kind (1980)
I'll pick up any book by or about an Aotearoa political figure if it's cheap enough, even if I find them loathsome. Found this one for $1 at a book fair some years ago, and just opened it for the first time. Prebble had recently won the Wellington Central electorate over Labour's Alick Shaw.
August 31, 2026 at 5:44 AM
I'll pick up any book by or about an Aotearoa political figure if it's cheap enough, even if I find them loathsome. Found this one for $1 at a book fair some years ago, and just opened it for the first time. Prebble had recently won the Wellington Central electorate over Labour's Alick Shaw.
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Windows 98 finding out you don’t go to Start → Shut Down to turn off your computer.
August 24, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Windows 98 finding out you don’t go to Start → Shut Down to turn off your computer.
Never thought I'd voluntarily read another book by an economist, but Escape From Capitalism: Economics is Political, and Other Liberating Truths by Clara Mattei was an inspiring & surprisingly breezy read, basically a manifesto for alternatives to austerity. Can't wait to dig into The Capital Order.
August 24, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Never thought I'd voluntarily read another book by an economist, but Escape From Capitalism: Economics is Political, and Other Liberating Truths by Clara Mattei was an inspiring & surprisingly breezy read, basically a manifesto for alternatives to austerity. Can't wait to dig into The Capital Order.