Pigeon vs duck

In confidence for my paid subscribers, for reasons that will become obvious.

Last year marked a batshit turn in my already batshit life.

It seems like nowhere is immune these days. Dirty politics is proliferating – and it tends to go hand in hand with harassment. Pōneke, generally such a sensible place, has succumbed to it all, and in 2025, I got caught up myself. It’s a long story I can’t tell for a while yet; and anyways, the story’s still not finished.