Amanda Cossham
@afcossham.bsky.social
Books, texts,, documents, reading, research, taxonomy, classification, fabric and fibre. Librarians rule Oook!
Decorating the Christmas tree. Hung the ornament my mid-winter #SecretSantaAoNZ made for me 😀
Thank you again Santa!
Thank you again Santa!
November 27, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Decorating the Christmas tree. Hung the ornament my mid-winter #SecretSantaAoNZ made for me 😀
Thank you again Santa!
Thank you again Santa!
Drip Theory -a coffee story.
'...discover the unlikely series of events that led to one of Wellington’s most successful independent cafés - Swimsuit Coffee.'
Created and directed by James Ladanyi
#coffee #TeWhanganuiATara #wellington
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x3E...
'...discover the unlikely series of events that led to one of Wellington’s most successful independent cafés - Swimsuit Coffee.'
Created and directed by James Ladanyi
#coffee #TeWhanganuiATara #wellington
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x3E...
'Drip Theory' | Specialty: A Coffee Story
YouTube video by Specialty: A Coffee Story
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Drip Theory -a coffee story.
'...discover the unlikely series of events that led to one of Wellington’s most successful independent cafés - Swimsuit Coffee.'
Created and directed by James Ladanyi
#coffee #TeWhanganuiATara #wellington
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x3E...
'...discover the unlikely series of events that led to one of Wellington’s most successful independent cafés - Swimsuit Coffee.'
Created and directed by James Ladanyi
#coffee #TeWhanganuiATara #wellington
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x3E...
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Friends! I am in an ongoing 'discussion' (tussle) with the Ministry of Education regarding a new attendance policy they are implementing for David Seymour's pleasure. I've written a few things about this now, here's the latest: andrewdicksonnz.substack.com/p/the-minist... Please share!
The Ministry of Education Responds
School Attendance Policy Questions (un)answered
andrewdicksonnz.substack.com
August 29, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Friends! I am in an ongoing 'discussion' (tussle) with the Ministry of Education regarding a new attendance policy they are implementing for David Seymour's pleasure. I've written a few things about this now, here's the latest: andrewdicksonnz.substack.com/p/the-minist... Please share!
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Crossing the Sumida now on the way to get the kids their flu shots. Wish us luck 🤞
November 14, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Crossing the Sumida now on the way to get the kids their flu shots. Wish us luck 🤞
I came across this Ogden Nash poem today… seems apt. 😬
November 12, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I came across this Ogden Nash poem today… seems apt. 😬
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It's beginning to look a bit like Christmas,
With sign up going live!🎶🎵
So here's the Bluesky Secret Santa AoNZ, with some friends from Mastodon along for the ride. We hope you are looking forward to some fun, and that we can bring it to you 🎄
Official hashtag: #SecretSantaAoNZ
App: secretsanta.nz
With sign up going live!🎶🎵
So here's the Bluesky Secret Santa AoNZ, with some friends from Mastodon along for the ride. We hope you are looking forward to some fun, and that we can bring it to you 🎄
Official hashtag: #SecretSantaAoNZ
App: secretsanta.nz
November 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
It's beginning to look a bit like Christmas,
With sign up going live!🎶🎵
So here's the Bluesky Secret Santa AoNZ, with some friends from Mastodon along for the ride. We hope you are looking forward to some fun, and that we can bring it to you 🎄
Official hashtag: #SecretSantaAoNZ
App: secretsanta.nz
With sign up going live!🎶🎵
So here's the Bluesky Secret Santa AoNZ, with some friends from Mastodon along for the ride. We hope you are looking forward to some fun, and that we can bring it to you 🎄
Official hashtag: #SecretSantaAoNZ
App: secretsanta.nz
Proud of my husband, Chris Coad's photographic work in this exhibition.
(which doesn't show well in the poster, but you can see his work here too: www.chriscoad.co.nz/new-gallery)
#tewhanganuiatara #wellington #photography #exhibitions
(which doesn't show well in the poster, but you can see his work here too: www.chriscoad.co.nz/new-gallery)
#tewhanganuiatara #wellington #photography #exhibitions
November 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Proud of my husband, Chris Coad's photographic work in this exhibition.
(which doesn't show well in the poster, but you can see his work here too: www.chriscoad.co.nz/new-gallery)
#tewhanganuiatara #wellington #photography #exhibitions
(which doesn't show well in the poster, but you can see his work here too: www.chriscoad.co.nz/new-gallery)
#tewhanganuiatara #wellington #photography #exhibitions
Wait, what??!!
The Govt quietly announced a loosening of climate rules at 8pm last night:
- Decoupling the ETS from Paris
- Shifting ETS resets to every 2 years
- Delaying the public sector target by 25 years
- Removing CCC advice from *before* emission reductions plans:
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
- Decoupling the ETS from Paris
- Shifting ETS resets to every 2 years
- Delaying the public sector target by 25 years
- Removing CCC advice from *before* emission reductions plans:
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Government quietly loosens climate rules
An announcement at 8pm on Tuesday saw the Government delinking the ETS from the Paris Agreement and extending another emissions deadline by 25 years.
www.thepost.co.nz
November 5, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Wait, what??!!
Changi chips, mmmm
October 24, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Changi chips, mmmm
This week, my health insurer (NIB) sent a letter saying they were moving to 20% co-pay, and removing some benefits within a month. Written like they were doing me a favour 🤦♀️
Seriously unhappy. Have other Aotearoa NZ health insurers started to do this too?
Seriously unhappy. Have other Aotearoa NZ health insurers started to do this too?
October 23, 2025 at 9:06 AM
This week, my health insurer (NIB) sent a letter saying they were moving to 20% co-pay, and removing some benefits within a month. Written like they were doing me a favour 🤦♀️
Seriously unhappy. Have other Aotearoa NZ health insurers started to do this too?
Seriously unhappy. Have other Aotearoa NZ health insurers started to do this too?
Perfect! 😁
Another day, another random post bitterly defaced by yours truly, who only strives to keep it real 😇
October 22, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Perfect! 😁
💯 this. Please.
Please don't do this. Critical public safety information must be accessible to everyone.
October 22, 2025 at 5:53 AM
💯 this. Please.
Thread… 📘📒
My new "classic audiobook in place of actually reading the book because I know I'll never get around to it" is The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte. I know you eagerly await my ice-cold takes
October 22, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Thread… 📘📒
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If you're talking to a reporter make sure AT THE START you know the status of the conversation.
eg: "Hi, happy to chat. Is this for a story? Are you looking for a comment on the record or is this just to help you understand the thing?"
Sort it.
Say it.
Before you see it (in print).
eg: "Hi, happy to chat. Is this for a story? Are you looking for a comment on the record or is this just to help you understand the thing?"
Sort it.
Say it.
Before you see it (in print).
October 21, 2025 at 4:54 AM
If you're talking to a reporter make sure AT THE START you know the status of the conversation.
eg: "Hi, happy to chat. Is this for a story? Are you looking for a comment on the record or is this just to help you understand the thing?"
Sort it.
Say it.
Before you see it (in print).
eg: "Hi, happy to chat. Is this for a story? Are you looking for a comment on the record or is this just to help you understand the thing?"
Sort it.
Say it.
Before you see it (in print).
😬
An OpenAI executive said GPT-5 found solutions to 10 "previously unsolved" math problems when in reality all it did was find online references to places where people had already solved them
techcrunch.com/2025/10/19/o...
techcrunch.com/2025/10/19/o...
OpenAI’s ‘embarrassing’ math | TechCrunch
No, GPT-5 did not solve a bunch of previously unsolved math problems.
techcrunch.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:27 AM
😬
‘call me crazy, but I’m pretty sure that causing an entire country to fear for its own safety if they don’t award you a Peace Prize kind of disqualifies you from ever getting a Peace Prize.’
Yup!
Yup!
here's today's post: "let’s laugh at the sad loser who didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize" — and let’s congratulate the woman who did.
thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —
thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —
let’s laugh at the sad loser who didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize
and let’s congratulate the woman who did.
bit.ly
October 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
‘call me crazy, but I’m pretty sure that causing an entire country to fear for its own safety if they don’t award you a Peace Prize kind of disqualifies you from ever getting a Peace Prize.’
Yup!
Yup!
Reposted by Amanda Cossham
One curious thing on this site about speaking out against the encroachment of LLMs is that inevitably you get accused of being anti-tech. I don’t hate technology. I’ve used machine learning in my own code before. But I also recognize that oligarchs are so hellbent on pushing this tech for a reason.
October 10, 2025 at 3:52 AM
One curious thing on this site about speaking out against the encroachment of LLMs is that inevitably you get accused of being anti-tech. I don’t hate technology. I’ve used machine learning in my own code before. But I also recognize that oligarchs are so hellbent on pushing this tech for a reason.
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"All self-respecting river kingdoms have vast supernatural plagues, but the best the Old Kingdom had been able to achieve in the last hundred years was the Plague of the Frog*.
(*It was quite a big frog, however, and got into the air ducts and kept everyone awake for weeks)" - Terry Pratchett.
(*It was quite a big frog, however, and got into the air ducts and kept everyone awake for weeks)" - Terry Pratchett.
Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.
Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
October 10, 2025 at 4:47 AM
"All self-respecting river kingdoms have vast supernatural plagues, but the best the Old Kingdom had been able to achieve in the last hundred years was the Plague of the Frog*.
(*It was quite a big frog, however, and got into the air ducts and kept everyone awake for weeks)" - Terry Pratchett.
(*It was quite a big frog, however, and got into the air ducts and kept everyone awake for weeks)" - Terry Pratchett.
Portland is awesome!
Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.
Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
October 10, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Portland is awesome!
Lego, some of the greatest manufacturing ever… 💜Lego
won’t compromise on: mattress, appliances, house stuff generally - get high quality shit that lasts
also, lego bricks, the quality control is impeccable
will compromise: most foods are fine off-brand, but I will pay for real maple syrup, quality Parmesan cheese, and pesto (Rana)
also, lego bricks, the quality control is impeccable
will compromise: most foods are fine off-brand, but I will pay for real maple syrup, quality Parmesan cheese, and pesto (Rana)
here’s an interesting prompt: what are the things you’ll compromise on with regard to price, and what are the things you won’t?
October 3, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Lego, some of the greatest manufacturing ever… 💜Lego
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Matthew 15:29-31: And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they put them at his feet, and he healed them after verifying their citizenship status.
October 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Matthew 15:29-31: And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they put them at his feet, and he healed them after verifying their citizenship status.
LinkedIn is not worth the stress, time and energy.
Seriously irate with this platform. I created an account and started entering my personal details. Came back to it three weeks later AND THE BLOODY SITE WON'T LET ME IN.
It insists on me providing proof of identity from a government ID, yeah/nah...
Seriously irate with this platform. I created an account and started entering my personal details. Came back to it three weeks later AND THE BLOODY SITE WON'T LET ME IN.
It insists on me providing proof of identity from a government ID, yeah/nah...
September 27, 2025 at 3:52 AM
LinkedIn is not worth the stress, time and energy.
Seriously irate with this platform. I created an account and started entering my personal details. Came back to it three weeks later AND THE BLOODY SITE WON'T LET ME IN.
It insists on me providing proof of identity from a government ID, yeah/nah...
Seriously irate with this platform. I created an account and started entering my personal details. Came back to it three weeks later AND THE BLOODY SITE WON'T LET ME IN.
It insists on me providing proof of identity from a government ID, yeah/nah...
Reposted by Amanda Cossham
From the original Swedish researchers.
Paracetamol use during pregnancy not linked to autism, our study of 2.5 million children shows
Our research provides strong evidence against the concerning claims made recently by US president Donald Trump.
theconversation.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:52 AM
From the original Swedish researchers.