Stephen Ross
@aratiatia.bsky.social
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Stephen Ross
@aratiatia.bsky.social
· Jun 12
OK this is too sneaky, Connections, because this really should be a set of four BUT IT ISN'T 😡😡😡
Reposted by Stephen Ross
![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
Sign the PPTA petetiton to protect te Tiriti in education! Please share, people of Aotearoa: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/pr...
Protect Te Tiriti in Education
Aotearoa should be a place where everyone, regardless of their background, is respected and part of a vibrant connected community. Where everyone feels a sense of belonging and knows their children wi...
our.actionstation.org.nz
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Sign the PPTA petetiton to protect te Tiriti in education! Please share, people of Aotearoa: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/pr...
AI is the new laminator for primary school teachers
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 AM
AI is the new laminator for primary school teachers
Nicola Willis calling inclusion of te Tiriti in education "virtue signalling" is the most disgusting immoral shit I have heard all day and I am fuming
November 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Nicola Willis calling inclusion of te Tiriti in education "virtue signalling" is the most disgusting immoral shit I have heard all day and I am fuming
Erica Stanford's ignorance, racism and arrogance are destroying NZ education systems, the goodwill of thousands of educators and the learning experiences of countless young people.
Emboldened by lack of consequences for other regressive policies
Teachers shocked by government decision to remove Treaty of Waitangi requirement in schools
The minister had been moving to change the requirement in the Education Act, but has announced it will remove it altogether.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 4, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Erica Stanford's ignorance, racism and arrogance are destroying NZ education systems, the goodwill of thousands of educators and the learning experiences of countless young people.
Here's a long, depressing list of funding cuts and reductions in NZ education from April this year. It's all being vaguely "reinvested" in education but who knows where, when, how and who actually benefits. www.education.govt.nz/our-work/pub...
Reinvestment
$613.5 million of operating funding over 4 years will be reinvested into evidence informed frontline services, learning supports, and curriculum resources to help lift achievement for all learners.
www.education.govt.nz
November 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Here's a long, depressing list of funding cuts and reductions in NZ education from April this year. It's all being vaguely "reinvested" in education but who knows where, when, how and who actually benefits. www.education.govt.nz/our-work/pub...
It's really hard to find a single ear gaming headset these days. We have a Dolby Atmos setup and one ear piece means I can hear chat but also the full surround sound. My current headset is over 15 years old and starting to pack up 😫😫😫
November 1, 2025 at 7:10 AM
It's really hard to find a single ear gaming headset these days. We have a Dolby Atmos setup and one ear piece means I can hear chat but also the full surround sound. My current headset is over 15 years old and starting to pack up 😫😫😫
Year 3 students (7-8 yr olds) in Aotearoa are gonna lap up the stuff about lfred Brehm (1829–1884) who recorded observations of animal diets and feeding behaviours (I mean, don't we all!!). His writings popularised zoology and animal studies in Europe! Relevant, cool! Science is all white, guys!
October 30, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Year 3 students (7-8 yr olds) in Aotearoa are gonna lap up the stuff about lfred Brehm (1829–1884) who recorded observations of animal diets and feeding behaviours (I mean, don't we all!!). His writings popularised zoology and animal studies in Europe! Relevant, cool! Science is all white, guys!
New mayor of Taupō who stated before the local election that he wanted to remove Māori wards won't be going to any marae as part of his new role.
October 24, 2025 at 7:36 AM
New mayor of Taupō who stated before the local election that he wanted to remove Māori wards won't be going to any marae as part of his new role.
Reposted by Stephen Ross
"Let’s stop mistaking white-coated research for truth, or charisma for credibility. Let’s listen to the voices in the room that too often go unheard — and more importantly, let’s ask why those voices didn’t show up in the first place."
www.engaginglearningvoices.com/post/what-ac...
www.engaginglearningvoices.com/post/what-ac...
What Actually Happened on the Curriculum Roadshow? A Knowledge-Rich Love Story
by ELVWe’ve all been waiting, haven’t we? For someone — anyone — from Camp Roadshow to step forward and tell us what really went on. Not the soundbites, not the policy gloss, but the actual story be...
www.engaginglearningvoices.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:09 PM
"Let’s stop mistaking white-coated research for truth, or charisma for credibility. Let’s listen to the voices in the room that too often go unheard — and more importantly, let’s ask why those voices didn’t show up in the first place."
www.engaginglearningvoices.com/post/what-ac...
www.engaginglearningvoices.com/post/what-ac...
Eesh... cringe, desperate and not the vibe
A new joint release is available from Hon Simeon Brown, Hon Erica Stanford and Hon Judith Collins KC.
Strike unfair, unproductive and unnecessary
Tomorrow’s proposed strike is unfair, unproductive and unnecessary and should be called off, Public Service Minister Judith Collins says.
www.beehive.govt.nz
October 21, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Eesh... cringe, desperate and not the vibe
We're all just using the front left burner, let's be real
October 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
We're all just using the front left burner, let's be real
Education minister Erica Stanford, with zero relevant qualifications and no sector experience, is causing untold damage to education in Aotearoa and deeply hurting govt-educator relationships and her own arrogance prevents her from reflecting on any of it
October 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Education minister Erica Stanford, with zero relevant qualifications and no sector experience, is causing untold damage to education in Aotearoa and deeply hurting govt-educator relationships and her own arrogance prevents her from reflecting on any of it
I modified this email template from the PPTA to send my own message about the PPTA Collective Agreement to the minister of education www.ppta.org.nz/campaigns/wr...
Write to Minister Stanford
www.ppta.org.nz
October 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I modified this email template from the PPTA to send my own message about the PPTA Collective Agreement to the minister of education www.ppta.org.nz/campaigns/wr...
Cringe 😒 Weird 🥴
Inappropriate ❌
Desperate 🙏 Sad ☹️
Underhanded 🔪 WTF 🙄
Inappropriate ❌
Desperate 🙏 Sad ☹️
Underhanded 🔪 WTF 🙄
A new release is available from Hon Judith Collins KC.
Open letter to the people of New Zealand
To the patients, students and families affected by this week’s planned strike,
www.beehive.govt.nz
October 19, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Cringe 😒 Weird 🥴
Inappropriate ❌
Desperate 🙏 Sad ☹️
Underhanded 🔪 WTF 🙄
Inappropriate ❌
Desperate 🙏 Sad ☹️
Underhanded 🔪 WTF 🙄
Reposted by Stephen Ross
Could you pls do an old ex-Art History teacher a solid, sign this petition to save the subject in our schools, and pass it on.
These philistines need to hear from you all.
Thank you
petitions.parliament.nz/a1acf19a-72f...
These philistines need to hear from you all.
Thank you
petitions.parliament.nz/a1acf19a-72f...
October 14, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Could you pls do an old ex-Art History teacher a solid, sign this petition to save the subject in our schools, and pass it on.
These philistines need to hear from you all.
Thank you
petitions.parliament.nz/a1acf19a-72f...
These philistines need to hear from you all.
Thank you
petitions.parliament.nz/a1acf19a-72f...
🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕 To the racists of Taupō who successfully voted to remove Te Papamārearea Maori ward. Get some fucking education about te Tiriti o Waitangi. Your families should be ashamed of you.
October 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕 To the racists of Taupō who successfully voted to remove Te Papamārearea Maori ward. Get some fucking education about te Tiriti o Waitangi. Your families should be ashamed of you.
Trying to understand the USA shutdown and Gemini says this
October 1, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Trying to understand the USA shutdown and Gemini says this
Our girl, Magic, on the greyhound walk in Taupō this morning, #photography
September 28, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Our girl, Magic, on the greyhound walk in Taupō this morning, #photography
Winston Peters and his fringe minority supporters are the worst of us. Utterly disgraceful.
September 27, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Winston Peters and his fringe minority supporters are the worst of us. Utterly disgraceful.
What is it about LinkedIn that makes it feel so dry and bleak and hopeless
September 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
What is it about LinkedIn that makes it feel so dry and bleak and hopeless
AMI's online and phone systems are the worst to navigate, jesus hell
September 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
AMI's online and phone systems are the worst to navigate, jesus hell
Hell Is Us combat is not fun 😕
September 22, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Hell Is Us combat is not fun 😕
Ironic that this govt wants to remove art history, which is all about research, visual literacy and cultural context, and bring in generative AI, which is all about faceless theft, shallow meaning and generic slop
September 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Ironic that this govt wants to remove art history, which is all about research, visual literacy and cultural context, and bring in generative AI, which is all about faceless theft, shallow meaning and generic slop
None of the Taupō supermarkets have had cardamom for weeks now 🤨🤔
September 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
None of the Taupō supermarkets have had cardamom for weeks now 🤨🤔