Liz
@arvethli.bsky.social
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we weren’t negative enough and now no-one gets to have ram or hard drives
lot of negativity towards AI lately, but consider :
are these tools ethical or environmentally sustainable? No.
*but* do they enable great things that people want? Also no.
*but* are they being made by well meaning people for good reasons? Once again, no.
maybe you're not being negative *enough*
are these tools ethical or environmentally sustainable? No.
*but* do they enable great things that people want? Also no.
*but* are they being made by well meaning people for good reasons? Once again, no.
maybe you're not being negative *enough*
February 19, 2026 at 6:19 AM
we weren’t negative enough and now no-one gets to have ram or hard drives
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Framing alert: calling this "double dipping" is a strategy of the right to imply beneficiaries are committing deliberate fraud and must be punished for it
If you don't want people to be *forced* to apply for benefits while waiting for rightful ACC compensation, resource ACC better!
If you don't want people to be *forced* to apply for benefits while waiting for rightful ACC compensation, resource ACC better!
Horrified tonight to see Labour voting for a govt bill allowing Work & Income to claw back assistance already granted - under urgency, with no public input. Friends in the party - how can you expect anyone who supports welfare justice to vote Labour this year? #nzpol @kikorangi.bsky.social
Incoming law change so MSD can claw back welfare payments off ACC clients
The Minister moved a motion of urgency to introduce the bill.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 19, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Framing alert: calling this "double dipping" is a strategy of the right to imply beneficiaries are committing deliberate fraud and must be punished for it
If you don't want people to be *forced* to apply for benefits while waiting for rightful ACC compensation, resource ACC better!
If you don't want people to be *forced* to apply for benefits while waiting for rightful ACC compensation, resource ACC better!
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acc exists so people get care without having to sue. if acc's mandate now is to deny as much care as possible, we may as well go back to suing
February 19, 2026 at 8:07 PM
acc exists so people get care without having to sue. if acc's mandate now is to deny as much care as possible, we may as well go back to suing
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OH at cafe:
WOMAN1: We’re talking about taking a mango tour around the world.
WOMAN2: …mango?
WOMAN1: Yes! We’ll follow the mango harvest to every continent. Except Antarctica.
WOMAN2: …
I am writing with Diana Rowland and we locked eyes over our laptops in absolute astonishment.
WOMAN1: We’re talking about taking a mango tour around the world.
WOMAN2: …mango?
WOMAN1: Yes! We’ll follow the mango harvest to every continent. Except Antarctica.
WOMAN2: …
I am writing with Diana Rowland and we locked eyes over our laptops in absolute astonishment.
February 19, 2026 at 8:15 PM
OH at cafe:
WOMAN1: We’re talking about taking a mango tour around the world.
WOMAN2: …mango?
WOMAN1: Yes! We’ll follow the mango harvest to every continent. Except Antarctica.
WOMAN2: …
I am writing with Diana Rowland and we locked eyes over our laptops in absolute astonishment.
WOMAN1: We’re talking about taking a mango tour around the world.
WOMAN2: …mango?
WOMAN1: Yes! We’ll follow the mango harvest to every continent. Except Antarctica.
WOMAN2: …
I am writing with Diana Rowland and we locked eyes over our laptops in absolute astonishment.
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At the risk of repeating myself … this is the cruelest, people-hating, shittiest government ever. I hate them with the fire of a thousand suns. Complete and utter fuckers.
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
The government says it’ll stop double dipping. This retrospective law change also means beneficiaries lose out on $63m
Last October, the High Court ruled that MSD was not allowed to claw back supplementary benefits from recipients of ACC back payments. The Government is overriding it.
www.stuff.co.nz
February 19, 2026 at 4:14 AM
At the risk of repeating myself … this is the cruelest, people-hating, shittiest government ever. I hate them with the fire of a thousand suns. Complete and utter fuckers.
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
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Even if u've checked: keep checking, I was randomly taken off the roll one time, and with these new laws I wouldn't have been able to cast a special vote 🫡🫡🫡
PSA: GO REGISTER TO VOTE / CHECK YOUR REGISTRATION DETAILS!
National don't want you to vote (unless you're voting for them) and are making it as hard as possible for people to vote.
Don't let them suppress your vote!
Don't let them stop you from voting!
#nzpol
National don't want you to vote (unless you're voting for them) and are making it as hard as possible for people to vote.
Don't let them suppress your vote!
Don't let them stop you from voting!
#nzpol
February 19, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Even if u've checked: keep checking, I was randomly taken off the roll one time, and with these new laws I wouldn't have been able to cast a special vote 🫡🫡🫡
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Pet peeves for today: Ministers claiming a number they plucked out of the air is not arbitrary while a number based on laws and National Policy Statements they passed is arbitrary; also menu items that claim to be sandwiches but when served are actually burgers.
February 19, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Pet peeves for today: Ministers claiming a number they plucked out of the air is not arbitrary while a number based on laws and National Policy Statements they passed is arbitrary; also menu items that claim to be sandwiches but when served are actually burgers.
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You can completely uninstall/disable copilot on Windows. Your system and local search will run faster afterward. www.howtogeek.com/how-to-rip-o...
February 17, 2026 at 11:53 PM
You can completely uninstall/disable copilot on Windows. Your system and local search will run faster afterward. www.howtogeek.com/how-to-rip-o...
Some politicians urgently need to be defenestrated.
February 19, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Some politicians urgently need to be defenestrated.
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it is not enough to disable the feature that produces an AI summary of my emails at the top of my emails in gmail, I need a button that delivers an electrical shock to the person who thought it was a good idea
February 17, 2026 at 7:37 PM
it is not enough to disable the feature that produces an AI summary of my emails at the top of my emails in gmail, I need a button that delivers an electrical shock to the person who thought it was a good idea
How am I only now finding out that Good Charlotte and Tadpole are playing in Auckland the one week that I'm not gonna be there?? Rude tbh.
February 18, 2026 at 4:15 AM
How am I only now finding out that Good Charlotte and Tadpole are playing in Auckland the one week that I'm not gonna be there?? Rude tbh.
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spoiler alert: you know the adage of "if it's free, you are the product"? yes, that means they *will* privilege access to a market over their own ability to do maximum evil
February 17, 2026 at 8:29 PM
spoiler alert: you know the adage of "if it's free, you are the product"? yes, that means they *will* privilege access to a market over their own ability to do maximum evil
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Opposition plz keep proposing amendments to make official language various dialects of English. There are about 800 of them.
If the government gets sloppy we could be blessed with the right to conduct all offical business in Middle English.
If the government gets sloppy we could be blessed with the right to conduct all offical business in Middle English.
February 17, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Opposition plz keep proposing amendments to make official language various dialects of English. There are about 800 of them.
If the government gets sloppy we could be blessed with the right to conduct all offical business in Middle English.
If the government gets sloppy we could be blessed with the right to conduct all offical business in Middle English.
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If the Labour Party can't commit to repealing these anti-workers rights reforms it should change its name.
📢 "Workers who should be employees will be denied basic entitlements just because a company wants to call them a contractor," a spokesperson for union E tū says.
Govt's controversial employment relations bill passes third reading
www.1news.co.nz
February 17, 2026 at 5:34 AM
If the Labour Party can't commit to repealing these anti-workers rights reforms it should change its name.
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"The French-owned jams and preserves maker has applied to the Department of Conservation to discharge the 12,000 cubic metres of remaining industrial wastewater stored in ponds, near its South Canterbury factory, onto the Hae Hae Te Moana River Conservation Reserve."
newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/16/e...
newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/16/e...
Endgame for Barker’s wastewater pond issues becomes clear
Despite buying the neighbouring property, the fruit processor Barker’s applies to spread wastewater on a conservation reserve
newsroom.co.nz
February 17, 2026 at 8:27 AM
"The French-owned jams and preserves maker has applied to the Department of Conservation to discharge the 12,000 cubic metres of remaining industrial wastewater stored in ponds, near its South Canterbury factory, onto the Hae Hae Te Moana River Conservation Reserve."
newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/16/e...
newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/16/e...
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#RecipeOfTheDay is, as it must be on Pancake Day, obviously enough, pancakes and, specifically, crêpes. These are the pancakes of my childhood and, furthermore, I have to eat them with just sugar and lemon juice. But that’s me: you go as wild as you want! www.nigella.com/recipes/crepes
Crepes
Although thick, fluffy American pancakes seem to predominate in my house, I couldn't let Pancake Day pass without making a batch of these: it would seem a sin against tradition, nature and greed. They...
www.nigella.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:43 AM
#RecipeOfTheDay is, as it must be on Pancake Day, obviously enough, pancakes and, specifically, crêpes. These are the pancakes of my childhood and, furthermore, I have to eat them with just sugar and lemon juice. But that’s me: you go as wild as you want! www.nigella.com/recipes/crepes
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Renting in Aotearoa NZ? Please fill in the survey; if nothing else the results will help me with council decision-making!
Own your home? Please share it widely to get max responses.
Own your home? Please share it widely to get max responses.
Aotearoa Renter's Survey 2026
This is about gathering stories and information about what it's like being a renter in Aotearoa in 2026 - to support you, your flatmates and your neighbours to advocate, organise and campaign for dece...
actionstation.typeform.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Renting in Aotearoa NZ? Please fill in the survey; if nothing else the results will help me with council decision-making!
Own your home? Please share it widely to get max responses.
Own your home? Please share it widely to get max responses.
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#nzpol Pay attention Aotearoa New Zealand. Woolworths and Foodstuffs will be doing this as soon as they can because our useless National/NZ First/ACT coalition government has done nothing to stop them from doing it. ⬇️⬇️🤬
(1/11) If you live in NY, you’ve probably started seeing a new warning: “THIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN ALGORITHM USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA.” This mandatory disclosure went into effect late last year, and it’s the first attempt by a US state to grapple with a new generation of surveillance pricing.
February 16, 2026 at 1:46 PM
#nzpol Pay attention Aotearoa New Zealand. Woolworths and Foodstuffs will be doing this as soon as they can because our useless National/NZ First/ACT coalition government has done nothing to stop them from doing it. ⬇️⬇️🤬
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like i get that when the structural/government response fucking sucks it can be grating to hear the message that you should also be taking personal responsibility but like … you should still have a go-bag! don’t shoot the messenger!
February 16, 2026 at 1:48 PM
like i get that when the structural/government response fucking sucks it can be grating to hear the message that you should also be taking personal responsibility but like … you should still have a go-bag! don’t shoot the messenger!
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i see we’re doing this discourse again so: encouraging people to have an emergency go-bag is not some evil neoliberal idea that is incompatible with societal or structural responses to climate change etc.
February 16, 2026 at 1:44 PM
i see we’re doing this discourse again so: encouraging people to have an emergency go-bag is not some evil neoliberal idea that is incompatible with societal or structural responses to climate change etc.
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PSA for those with elderly parents:
There is currently a Facebook scam telling people they have won Whittaker's chocolate.
It requires them to enter their credit card details & pay a small delivery fee ($4 in my Mums case).
Mum is now ringing the bank to see if she has to cancel her credit card.
There is currently a Facebook scam telling people they have won Whittaker's chocolate.
It requires them to enter their credit card details & pay a small delivery fee ($4 in my Mums case).
Mum is now ringing the bank to see if she has to cancel her credit card.
February 16, 2026 at 4:19 AM
PSA for those with elderly parents:
There is currently a Facebook scam telling people they have won Whittaker's chocolate.
It requires them to enter their credit card details & pay a small delivery fee ($4 in my Mums case).
Mum is now ringing the bank to see if she has to cancel her credit card.
There is currently a Facebook scam telling people they have won Whittaker's chocolate.
It requires them to enter their credit card details & pay a small delivery fee ($4 in my Mums case).
Mum is now ringing the bank to see if she has to cancel her credit card.
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Meanwhile, I’m texting a mate who is watching the water rise outside her window making a plan to evacuate and another mate is out clearing trees for the council, trying to work safe in the wild winds.
For folks not in our region, I know we have a reputation for wind. But what was so scary overnight was there was no let up.
I am used to big gusts, I am used to higher winds. I am not used to both lasting more than 12 hours.
And this is from a part of the region that is more sheltered than most.
I am used to big gusts, I am used to higher winds. I am not used to both lasting more than 12 hours.
And this is from a part of the region that is more sheltered than most.
February 16, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Meanwhile, I’m texting a mate who is watching the water rise outside her window making a plan to evacuate and another mate is out clearing trees for the council, trying to work safe in the wild winds.
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Wairarapa friends: the Red Cross has six families keen to have sewing machines and we are out of stock there.
Could you please ask your neighbours, aunties, sports buddies etc ? Email any offers to sewingmachinedonations@gmail.com please 🧵💚
Please share!
Could you please ask your neighbours, aunties, sports buddies etc ? Email any offers to sewingmachinedonations@gmail.com please 🧵💚
Please share!
February 14, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Wairarapa friends: the Red Cross has six families keen to have sewing machines and we are out of stock there.
Could you please ask your neighbours, aunties, sports buddies etc ? Email any offers to sewingmachinedonations@gmail.com please 🧵💚
Please share!
Could you please ask your neighbours, aunties, sports buddies etc ? Email any offers to sewingmachinedonations@gmail.com please 🧵💚
Please share!
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Tragically I think 11 people have already died in Aotearoa this year because of extreme weather. We need to reduce our emissions and invest in climate adaptation with urgency. But naturally, this government is instead pursuing coal mines and an LNG terminal. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/weather-l...
'Threat to life': State of emergency declared across entire region as low rapidly deepens
People are strongly urged to take this seriously and prepare now.
www.nzherald.co.nz
February 15, 2026 at 6:14 AM
Tragically I think 11 people have already died in Aotearoa this year because of extreme weather. We need to reduce our emissions and invest in climate adaptation with urgency. But naturally, this government is instead pursuing coal mines and an LNG terminal. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/weather-l...
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🚨Your regular reminder to STAY OUT of flood waters.
🚨 You can be washed away by far shallower water than you’d think, and flood water is full of debris and probably contaminated 💩
🚨Follow the instructions of civil defence, evacuate early if you feel unsafe.
❤️Stay safe and look after each other
🚨 You can be washed away by far shallower water than you’d think, and flood water is full of debris and probably contaminated 💩
🚨Follow the instructions of civil defence, evacuate early if you feel unsafe.
❤️Stay safe and look after each other
🔴🔴RED HEAVY RAIN WARNING IN FORCE FOR
MANAWATU, RANGITIKEI and RUAPEHU DISTRICTS north of FEIDING and east of STATE HIGHWAY 1
Valid from 6pm Sunday-2pm Monday
‼️Expect 140 to 180 mm of rain
Check details here
bit.ly/AllWarnings
MANAWATU, RANGITIKEI and RUAPEHU DISTRICTS north of FEIDING and east of STATE HIGHWAY 1
Valid from 6pm Sunday-2pm Monday
‼️Expect 140 to 180 mm of rain
Check details here
bit.ly/AllWarnings
February 15, 2026 at 6:48 AM
🚨Your regular reminder to STAY OUT of flood waters.
🚨 You can be washed away by far shallower water than you’d think, and flood water is full of debris and probably contaminated 💩
🚨Follow the instructions of civil defence, evacuate early if you feel unsafe.
❤️Stay safe and look after each other
🚨 You can be washed away by far shallower water than you’d think, and flood water is full of debris and probably contaminated 💩
🚨Follow the instructions of civil defence, evacuate early if you feel unsafe.
❤️Stay safe and look after each other