Yesterday I noted RNZ had just quoted an Auckland Transport claim about the cost of driving that was implausible on the face of it, and didn’t seem to have done any checking or provided any ...

The National Party is saying in ads “Stats show people under the age of 25 on Jobseeker Support will spend an average of 20 ...

Here are the predictions for Week 6. The prediction is my estimated expected points difference with a positive margin being a win to the home team, and a negative margin a win to the away team.

Here are the predictions for Round 3. The prediction is my estimated expected points difference with a positive margin being a win to the home team, and a negative margin a win to the away team.

Here are the predictions for last week’s games.

Here are the predictions for Week 13. The prediction is my estimated expected points difference with a positive margin being a win to the home team, and a negative margin a win to the away team.

Here are the predictions for Week 5. The prediction is my estimated expected points difference with a positive margin being a win to the home team, and a negative margin a win to the away team.

This is frivolous, but it’s similar in many ways to putatively serious survey questions such as “bombing Agrabah” or asking about Harambe as a presidential candidate in 2016. Thomas Lumley (@tslumley) ...