Avron 🇳🇿
@avron.bsky.social
Old Millennial, queer, autistic, depressed, pakeha, born and raised in Aotearoa.
My block/mute/ignore reactions are based on years of tumblr bots/spam.
TILT (Thing I Like Tuesday/Thursday) - lasted five months.
My block/mute/ignore reactions are based on years of tumblr bots/spam.
TILT (Thing I Like Tuesday/Thursday) - lasted five months.
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If someone keeps telling you they have a plan, or a strong set of values, or guiding principles, but never spells out what they ARE in plain language, you are legally permitted nay obliged to draw the worst possible conclusion
"we've then put together a common sense sort of plan. We know that that plan needs to be executed daily, yearly, year in, year out" Isn't it amazing that you keep going on about this plan, which YOU CANNOT ARTICULATE IN ANY DETAIL AT ANY POINT because YOU ARE A FUCKING IDIOT
December 20, 2025 at 2:23 AM
If someone keeps telling you they have a plan, or a strong set of values, or guiding principles, but never spells out what they ARE in plain language, you are legally permitted nay obliged to draw the worst possible conclusion
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Posting this again because I've been getting questions: at this moment there is no licensed merch for Murderbot or Sanctuary Moon except what is on Worldbuilders Market worldbuildersmarket.com/collections/... where it's sold for charity fundraising. And they are getting a new t-shirt design soon.
Martha Wells
Worldbuilders Market is the official online shop of Worldbuilders, a geek-centered nonprofit supporting humanitarian efforts worldwide. We carry a wide variety of officially licensed merchandise from ...
worldbuildersmarket.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Posting this again because I've been getting questions: at this moment there is no licensed merch for Murderbot or Sanctuary Moon except what is on Worldbuilders Market worldbuildersmarket.com/collections/... where it's sold for charity fundraising. And they are getting a new t-shirt design soon.
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YES INDEED
One argument I used to make to my students about why it was important to learn history (and historical thinking) is that someone was always going to be trying to tell you things were natural or had always been this way and that you needed to be able to see that as an exercise of power.
December 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
YES INDEED
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Not taxing the rich sufficiently leads governments to cut spending in lots of areas.
The court system may not tug at people's heartstrings like health, education and housing, but the proposal to severely restrict jury trials will hurt us all too. When govts claim 'delay', ask how much they've cut.
The court system may not tug at people's heartstrings like health, education and housing, but the proposal to severely restrict jury trials will hurt us all too. When govts claim 'delay', ask how much they've cut.
Government weighs UK-style jury trial cuts to ease NZ court delays - https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/12/07/government-weighs-uk-style-jury-trial-cuts-to-ease-nz-court-delays/ - Details and more news at: https://nzccl.org.nz/news
Government weighs UK-style jury trial cuts to ease NZ court delays
The UK has proposed to scrap jury trials for offences carrying sentences of less than three years, a change the Justice Minister says New Zealand is also considering to help speed up court processes.
www.1news.co.nz
December 11, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Not taxing the rich sufficiently leads governments to cut spending in lots of areas.
The court system may not tug at people's heartstrings like health, education and housing, but the proposal to severely restrict jury trials will hurt us all too. When govts claim 'delay', ask how much they've cut.
The court system may not tug at people's heartstrings like health, education and housing, but the proposal to severely restrict jury trials will hurt us all too. When govts claim 'delay', ask how much they've cut.
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Yes and specifically for NZers: bookhub.co.nz if you need an online option
December 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Yes and specifically for NZers: bookhub.co.nz if you need an online option
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After much research and development I have made an offline version of ChatGPT.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
December 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
After much research and development I have made an offline version of ChatGPT.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
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Here's one such split, I think -- each of these hemispheres is roughly the same as the whole globe.
December 3, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Here's one such split, I think -- each of these hemispheres is roughly the same as the whole globe.
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Oh @rianjohnson.bsky.social played all innocent "I'm not doing a muppet thing with Knives Out" he knew HE KNEW
'Forks Out': A Benoit Blanc Sesame Street Mystery | Wake Up Dead Man | Netflix
YouTube video by Still Watching Netflix
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December 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Oh @rianjohnson.bsky.social played all innocent "I'm not doing a muppet thing with Knives Out" he knew HE KNEW
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The new integrated payments on Christchurch Metro lets you use a credit card, but you can only buy one ticket. Driver was having to give free rides to family members because there was no way to pay for them. Surprised nobody anticipated the rare scenario of buying two bus tickets.
December 1, 2025 at 3:04 AM
The new integrated payments on Christchurch Metro lets you use a credit card, but you can only buy one ticket. Driver was having to give free rides to family members because there was no way to pay for them. Surprised nobody anticipated the rare scenario of buying two bus tickets.
Board Games played through November 2025, both in person (left - recorded at BGG) and online at BGA (right - not recorded).
No specific game play appears in both grids, although Eminent Domain did get played in person and online.
Images from the www.bgstatsapp.com
No specific game play appears in both grids, although Eminent Domain did get played in person and online.
Images from the www.bgstatsapp.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Board Games played through November 2025, both in person (left - recorded at BGG) and online at BGA (right - not recorded).
No specific game play appears in both grids, although Eminent Domain did get played in person and online.
Images from the www.bgstatsapp.com
No specific game play appears in both grids, although Eminent Domain did get played in person and online.
Images from the www.bgstatsapp.com
Books I read during November, a second month averaging a couple of days to read each book. Have now reached midway through 1989 for first publication dates. About the same time I started watching TNG, part way through the first season.
app.thestorygraph.com
app.thestorygraph.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Books I read during November, a second month averaging a couple of days to read each book. Have now reached midway through 1989 for first publication dates. About the same time I started watching TNG, part way through the first season.
app.thestorygraph.com
app.thestorygraph.com
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🔴"FOI is the democratic canary in the coal mine. When official information flows freely, it signals that power is shared. When it’s withheld or delayed, it signals the opposite: power concentrated in the few."
Vital by Heather Brooke on Democracy 4 Sale democracyforsale.substack.com/p/why-the-br...
Vital by Heather Brooke on Democracy 4 Sale democracyforsale.substack.com/p/why-the-br...
The British state is addicted to secrecy - we need to fight back
Our politicians and officials are using public money to keep citizens in the dark, says Heather Brooke
democracyforsale.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:15 AM
🔴"FOI is the democratic canary in the coal mine. When official information flows freely, it signals that power is shared. When it’s withheld or delayed, it signals the opposite: power concentrated in the few."
Vital by Heather Brooke on Democracy 4 Sale democracyforsale.substack.com/p/why-the-br...
Vital by Heather Brooke on Democracy 4 Sale democracyforsale.substack.com/p/why-the-br...
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For context, these were due to be published in March 2025. The NZ govt prevented their publication because they intended to ban puberty blockers and the guidelines show they are safe, effective, and standard care internationally. Today they were released in an OIA putting them in the public domain.
In some good news, today PATHA has finally been able to release the 2025 Guidelines for Gender Affirming Care in Aotearoa New Zealand. You can read them here: patha.nz/resources-an...
Clinical Guidelines | Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa Inc. (PATHA)
patha.nz
November 28, 2025 at 7:25 AM
For context, these were due to be published in March 2025. The NZ govt prevented their publication because they intended to ban puberty blockers and the guidelines show they are safe, effective, and standard care internationally. Today they were released in an OIA putting them in the public domain.
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"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'"
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
November 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'"
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
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Puberty blockers are safe and proven - the THIRD PARAGRAPH acknowledges that children WILL still be prescribed them, just not if they're trans
This is an attack on trans children, full stop
This government does not care about children, full stop
This is an attack on trans children, full stop
This government does not care about children, full stop
The Government is banning new patients from being prescribed the most common form of puberty blocker and is explicitly aligning NZ's future policy on this matter to the UK's. PR below.
November 19, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Puberty blockers are safe and proven - the THIRD PARAGRAPH acknowledges that children WILL still be prescribed them, just not if they're trans
This is an attack on trans children, full stop
This government does not care about children, full stop
This is an attack on trans children, full stop
This government does not care about children, full stop
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On NRT: Leave the kids alone - norightturn.blogspot.com/2025/11/leav...
Leave the kids alone
Like many others, I am outraged by the regime's decision today to ban the use of puberty-blockers for trans (but not cis) children . And whi...
norightturn.blogspot.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:32 AM
On NRT: Leave the kids alone - norightturn.blogspot.com/2025/11/leav...
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The #Uber loss in the Supreme Court “highlights a grey area in the law”, says Brooke Van Velden.
It’s been through 3 courts. The judges were unanimous. There’s nothing grey about it. The law is black & white. WORKERS HAVE RIGHTS! That’s the real “problem” this anti-worker govt wants to “fix” #nzpol
It’s been through 3 courts. The judges were unanimous. There’s nothing grey about it. The law is black & white. WORKERS HAVE RIGHTS! That’s the real “problem” this anti-worker govt wants to “fix” #nzpol
November 17, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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THE BEST QUESTION EVER. :)
is ejecting the core littering
November 17, 2025 at 11:07 PM
THE BEST QUESTION EVER. :)
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It wasn't why I checked 1890s NZ yearbooks, but while I was there I noticed that in 1893 there were about 83,400 kids under 5 years of age, and 382 were killed by measles that year (So half a percent of all under 5s)
November 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
It wasn't why I checked 1890s NZ yearbooks, but while I was there I noticed that in 1893 there were about 83,400 kids under 5 years of age, and 382 were killed by measles that year (So half a percent of all under 5s)
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To misquote @sassypolitico.bsky.social , there's no point caring about the size of the pie if the rich are eating all of it.
Burn the pie and let them eat char.
Burn the pie and let them eat char.
November 18, 2025 at 9:34 AM
To misquote @sassypolitico.bsky.social , there's no point caring about the size of the pie if the rich are eating all of it.
Burn the pie and let them eat char.
Burn the pie and let them eat char.
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Gee, don’t threaten us with a good time… 😏
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Gee, don’t threaten us with a good time… 😏
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Do you trust #NZPolice to track you? Mass surveillance tools enabled in NZ will let cops find you. It's not the aim of Road User Congestion Charging
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Or phone location
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/emer...
But if database can be misused, it will be
#NZpol @nzccl.org.nz
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Or phone location
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/emer...
But if database can be misused, it will be
#NZpol @nzccl.org.nz
Legislation allowing congestion charging passes third reading in Parliament
The Bill establishes a framework permitting local authorities to set up a congestion charging scheme, by notifying NZTA.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 15, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Do you trust #NZPolice to track you? Mass surveillance tools enabled in NZ will let cops find you. It's not the aim of Road User Congestion Charging
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Or phone location
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/emer...
But if database can be misused, it will be
#NZpol @nzccl.org.nz
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Or phone location
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/emer...
But if database can be misused, it will be
#NZpol @nzccl.org.nz
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"You can't un-invent AI!" We can't un-invent asbestos either. That doesn't mean we have to use it.
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"You can't un-invent AI!" We can't un-invent asbestos either. That doesn't mean we have to use it.
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Content you purchased online shouldn’t disappear if a publisher and a tech company get into a fight. www.digitalrightsbytes.org/topics/wait...
Do I Really Own the Digital Media I Bought?
Do I Really Own the Digital Media I Bought?
www.digitalrightsbytes.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Content you purchased online shouldn’t disappear if a publisher and a tech company get into a fight. www.digitalrightsbytes.org/topics/wait...