Oscar Sims @oscarcsims
Cities, infrastructure, and technology. Antipodean social democrat. 🇳🇿 🇫🇮 oscarsims.co.nz Melbourne, Victoria Joined August 2013-
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been funny to see certain people seemingly get negatively polarised against the entire country of Sweden over the last 24h. Breman is seen as a relatively dovish governor at the world’s most dovish central bank! Whatever the govt is cooking it’s not monetary turbo hawkishness
Not sure who to vote for in Auckland’s local elections? The Coalition for More Homes survey ratings are a good start:
Not sure who to vote for in Auckland’s local elections? The Coalition for More Homes survey ratings are a good start:
More Homes is pleased to share the results of our 2025 Auckland Local Government Elections! Note: Our survey focused solely on Ward Councillors, not Local Boards🧵 morehomes.nz/news/the-cfmh-…
(extremely derisively) posting works
"IT at Optus" is Australia's "Risk Management at Lehmann" or "Accounting at Enron"
"IT at Optus" is Australia's "Risk Management at Lehmann" or "Accounting at Enron"
This is a deranged fever dream cooked up in the bowels of Zespri’s marketing department
This is a deranged fever dream cooked up in the bowels of Zespri’s marketing department
Simon Bridges - who twice lost National Party leadership elections to factions allied with Nicola Willis - not really mincing words today.
Inspired by @rustie5555 - I have had a ratatouille flashback to Taiwan circa Jan 2018
It’s a sunny day and you’re telling me I have to go inside and diagnose issues with Microsoft Internet Information Server?
Galileo: “Assume a frictionless plane.” Average person: “So… not the actual physical world?” Galileo: “Exactly. Now let me show you the elegant math.”
Galileo: “Assume a frictionless plane.” Average person: “So… not the actual physical world?” Galileo: “Exactly. Now let me show you the elegant math.”
My opinion piece is now available on the @nzherald. We have to boost domestic savings nationally. I am hoping we emulate the Australian and Singaporean model of the retirement income system and public asset development. nzherald.co.nz/business/secur…
There is not an oversupply of houses. There has been a reduction in the undersupply
A fairly common problem I’m having with finding somewhere to live is that developments in Melbourne are too new to have street view coverage

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