Darryl Carey
@darrylcarey.bsky.social
Kia Ora B’sky. I’m an architect & health designer in Tamaki Makaurau, Aotearoa. Politics, art, literature, design, music, cricket, whisky & craft beer will all do it for me. He/him
This is a careful, cogent and chilling analysis of the impact of AI in health care. It’s long and directly applies to the USA’s for profit model, but has huge lessons for NZ and elsewhere.
“True care is not a transaction to be optimized; it is a practice and a relationship to be protected.”
“True care is not a transaction to be optimized; it is a practice and a relationship to be protected.”
“The problem is that when it is installed in a health sector that prizes efficiency, surveillance and profit extraction, AI becomes not a tool for care and community but simply another instrument for commodifying human life.”
#nzpol
#nzpol
What we lose when we surrender care to algorithms | Eric Reinhart
A dangerous faith in AI is sweeping American healthcare – with consequences for the basis of society itself
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
This is a careful, cogent and chilling analysis of the impact of AI in health care. It’s long and directly applies to the USA’s for profit model, but has huge lessons for NZ and elsewhere.
“True care is not a transaction to be optimized; it is a practice and a relationship to be protected.”
“True care is not a transaction to be optimized; it is a practice and a relationship to be protected.”
This such a cruel and uncaring attitude from our current government.
I don’t know how anyone can support this heartless and ignorant policy in the face of so much evidence to the contrary.
When did we stop investing in and supporting our young people, our future?
I don’t know how anyone can support this heartless and ignorant policy in the face of so much evidence to the contrary.
When did we stop investing in and supporting our young people, our future?
I wish I was surprised by this but as a country we've shown we dgaf about disabled people #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Hundreds of teens with a health condition, disability may be cut from Jobseeker benefit
The government is ending Jobseeker payments to 18- and 19 year olds whose parents earn more than $65,000.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 8, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This such a cruel and uncaring attitude from our current government.
I don’t know how anyone can support this heartless and ignorant policy in the face of so much evidence to the contrary.
When did we stop investing in and supporting our young people, our future?
I don’t know how anyone can support this heartless and ignorant policy in the face of so much evidence to the contrary.
When did we stop investing in and supporting our young people, our future?
On the face of it, this approach to solar panels seems to make a lot of sense. Any NZ trials?
Vertical rows are the agrivoltaic winner!
“The vertical panels produce slightly less electricity—but with higher value, as generation peaks coincide with morning and late afternoon demand…The crops don't seem to mind the presence of solar panels and they like the wind protection they provide.”
“The vertical panels produce slightly less electricity—but with higher value, as generation peaks coincide with morning and late afternoon demand…The crops don't seem to mind the presence of solar panels and they like the wind protection they provide.”
Double harvest: Vertical solar panels and crops thrive side by side
Imagine a field where solar panels and crops coexist—with no trade-off. It sounds like science fiction, but that's precisely what researchers from Aarhus University have now documented in a full-scale...
techxplore.com
October 4, 2025 at 12:50 AM
On the face of it, this approach to solar panels seems to make a lot of sense. Any NZ trials?
This deserves to be shared, discussed and amplified.
And the government needs to rethink.
Thank you Newsroom and Dame Anne Salmon.
And the government needs to rethink.
Thank you Newsroom and Dame Anne Salmon.
On a range of environmental and legal measures involving forestry, the coalition Government seems to be doing the opposite of what people and communities need, writes Dame Anne Salmond
Anne Salmond: Who is this Government working for?
newsroom.co.nz
August 22, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This deserves to be shared, discussed and amplified.
And the government needs to rethink.
Thank you Newsroom and Dame Anne Salmon.
And the government needs to rethink.
Thank you Newsroom and Dame Anne Salmon.
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I made this post the other day because I can’t believe how little attention the Pae Ora Amendment Bill is getting. SUBMIT NOW. HEALTH PRIVATISATION is about to become LAW.
#nzpol
www.reddit.com/r/nzpolitics...
#nzpol
www.reddit.com/r/nzpolitics...
From the nzpolitics community on Reddit: The Amendment Bill seeing to PRIVATISE your health system
Posted by hadr0nc0llider - 53 votes and 11 comments
www.reddit.com
August 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I made this post the other day because I can’t believe how little attention the Pae Ora Amendment Bill is getting. SUBMIT NOW. HEALTH PRIVATISATION is about to become LAW.
#nzpol
www.reddit.com/r/nzpolitics...
#nzpol
www.reddit.com/r/nzpolitics...
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I've made this simple to use page for people to work out how much the change from fuel excise tax to road user charges will affect them. Please share it far and wide.
#nzpol
what-will-rucs-cost-me.netlify.app
#nzpol
what-will-rucs-cost-me.netlify.app
NZ RUC vs Fuel Excise Tax Calculator
Compare how the new RUC system impacts popular vs. high-consumption petrol cars.
what-will-rucs-cost-me.netlify.app
August 9, 2025 at 3:40 AM
I've made this simple to use page for people to work out how much the change from fuel excise tax to road user charges will affect them. Please share it far and wide.
#nzpol
what-will-rucs-cost-me.netlify.app
#nzpol
what-will-rucs-cost-me.netlify.app
Another excellent thread with a more balanced perspective on NZs COVID response.
Thank you!
Thank you!
Here's the gotcha chart that Treasury have placed at the heart of their ideological rant about the need for Govt know it's place and generally stand back and let, RBNZ handle things during the next crisis (a housing boom will save jobs!)
Let's look at what the IMF were reporting on here.. [1/n]
Let's look at what the IMF were reporting on here.. [1/n]
August 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Another excellent thread with a more balanced perspective on NZs COVID response.
Thank you!
Thank you!
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Discovering Ngāi Tahu's kahurumanu.co.nz/atlas for the correct place names has been huge for me, & I learn a thing or two about NZ history.
For instance 'Pudding Island' in Otago Harbour is Te Pā-o-Titere-Moana & while the Govt assumed ownership, Ngāi Tahu never agreed to sell it to the Crown.
For instance 'Pudding Island' in Otago Harbour is Te Pā-o-Titere-Moana & while the Govt assumed ownership, Ngāi Tahu never agreed to sell it to the Crown.
July 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Discovering Ngāi Tahu's kahurumanu.co.nz/atlas for the correct place names has been huge for me, & I learn a thing or two about NZ history.
For instance 'Pudding Island' in Otago Harbour is Te Pā-o-Titere-Moana & while the Govt assumed ownership, Ngāi Tahu never agreed to sell it to the Crown.
For instance 'Pudding Island' in Otago Harbour is Te Pā-o-Titere-Moana & while the Govt assumed ownership, Ngāi Tahu never agreed to sell it to the Crown.
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Thank you for your service!
This. Is. Insane.
Read this, please.
Read this, please.
Deporting children of military veterans because they were born on an overseas military base.
This man has no citizenship now.
This man has no citizenship now.
June 26, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Thank you for your service!
Well worth a read.
It is time to reframe our language, change the narrative, challenge the thinking.
It is time to reframe our language, change the narrative, challenge the thinking.
I finished my article on how to win the center while staying left, tell me what y'all think and share it around please (even better if it reaches our politicians)
These tips are heavily based on Anat Shenker-Osorio's book, Anat helped Jacinda Ardern win in 2017 despite only being leader for 7 weeks
These tips are heavily based on Anat Shenker-Osorio's book, Anat helped Jacinda Ardern win in 2017 despite only being leader for 7 weeks
From Fringe to Fundamental
The Art of Making Radical Policy Feel Essential
open.substack.com
June 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Well worth a read.
It is time to reframe our language, change the narrative, challenge the thinking.
It is time to reframe our language, change the narrative, challenge the thinking.
Very sad to learn Maurice Gee passed.
I interviewed him in 1976 for Nelson College’s literary mag in my bedroom near Trafalgar Park. He was gracious and patient with my predictable questions.
His advice to young writers was to keep doing it.
In his books I still hear his quiet careful voice.
I interviewed him in 1976 for Nelson College’s literary mag in my bedroom near Trafalgar Park. He was gracious and patient with my predictable questions.
His advice to young writers was to keep doing it.
In his books I still hear his quiet careful voice.
June 15, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Very sad to learn Maurice Gee passed.
I interviewed him in 1976 for Nelson College’s literary mag in my bedroom near Trafalgar Park. He was gracious and patient with my predictable questions.
His advice to young writers was to keep doing it.
In his books I still hear his quiet careful voice.
I interviewed him in 1976 for Nelson College’s literary mag in my bedroom near Trafalgar Park. He was gracious and patient with my predictable questions.
His advice to young writers was to keep doing it.
In his books I still hear his quiet careful voice.
A simple straight forward summary of the dangers of the Regulatory Standards Bill. There’s nothing good about it, and plenty of risks and erosion of everyone’s rights. We just don’t need it.
Please read, share and make a submission.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/14/a...
Please read, share and make a submission.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/14/a...
Anne Salmond: What’s wrong with the Regulatory Standards Bill
Opinion: Nine reasons why Act's legislation on regulation is flawed and should not pass
newsroom.co.nz
June 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
A simple straight forward summary of the dangers of the Regulatory Standards Bill. There’s nothing good about it, and plenty of risks and erosion of everyone’s rights. We just don’t need it.
Please read, share and make a submission.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/14/a...
Please read, share and make a submission.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/14/a...
A timely reminder (with actual FACTS!) as COVID starts ramping up again in Ao/NZ
As NB.1.8.1 spreads, there’s only one thing spreading faster: misinformation. Here, I run down 5 of the most common errors I see circulating about COVID and encourage people to integrate airborne disease mitigation into their lives holistically.
www.thegauntlet.news/p/common-mis...
www.thegauntlet.news/p/common-mis...
Common Misconceptions about COVID Hold Strong as New Variant Spreads
Media has the public talking about the "razor blade" COVID variant, but years of inaccurate public health messaging have taken their toll
www.thegauntlet.news
June 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
A timely reminder (with actual FACTS!) as COVID starts ramping up again in Ao/NZ
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I had the pleasure to writing a microhistory of a buried stream (Wai-Horotiu) in Auckland Aotearoa NZ. #coloniailsm #history #environmentalhistory #newzealand #Indigenous #environmentaljustice www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Remembering Wai-Horotiu: microhistory, public art, and Indigenous environmental justice in Tāmaki Makaurau
Few people walking along Queen Street in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, realise they are treading above Wai-Horotiu, a historically significant stream now buried beneath the urban landscape. In this pap...
www.tandfonline.com
May 30, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I had the pleasure to writing a microhistory of a buried stream (Wai-Horotiu) in Auckland Aotearoa NZ. #coloniailsm #history #environmentalhistory #newzealand #Indigenous #environmentaljustice www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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"I think the message is very clear that we're moving into winter, we have got this rise in cases - and if anyone has been putting off getting their Covid-19 booster, now would be a good time to get it." - Michael Baker 🇳🇿
Covid-19: New wave could be coming after 11-month reprieve
A new Covid-19 wave could be coming after an 11-month lull, an epidemiologist says.
www.rnz.co.nz
May 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"I think the message is very clear that we're moving into winter, we have got this rise in cases - and if anyone has been putting off getting their Covid-19 booster, now would be a good time to get it." - Michael Baker 🇳🇿
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Staff make passionate please to keep Auckland mental health service open, saying there's nothing else like it
-say it should take on more people
Feedback submitted to Health NZ this week will now be reviewed
Opposition calls on government to keep service open and properly review its future.
#nzpol
-say it should take on more people
Feedback submitted to Health NZ this week will now be reviewed
Opposition calls on government to keep service open and properly review its future.
#nzpol
Health NZ wants to close a mental health facility, staff say more people need it
Rauaroha Segar House is a vital service for people who otherwise fall through the cracks, staff say.
www.rnz.co.nz
May 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Staff make passionate please to keep Auckland mental health service open, saying there's nothing else like it
-say it should take on more people
Feedback submitted to Health NZ this week will now be reviewed
Opposition calls on government to keep service open and properly review its future.
#nzpol
-say it should take on more people
Feedback submitted to Health NZ this week will now be reviewed
Opposition calls on government to keep service open and properly review its future.
#nzpol
Chaotic, illogical and dangerous - and consistent with this government
With Auckland Transport racing to raise speeds across 1500+ streets (while other cities work to *reduce* the impact of the new Speed Rule), people-power brings a last-minute reprieve for two neighbourhoods.
You wouldn't read about it! So I wrote about it.
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/05/20/a...
You wouldn't read about it! So I wrote about it.
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/05/20/a...
As AT races to raise speed limits, strange cracks appear - Greater Auckland
Last week was Road Safety Week, which Auckland Transport marked by sharing a happy little video about … but tough luck for Te Wharekura o Manurewa (and Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Manurewa next door); Ros...
www.greaterauckland.org.nz
May 27, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Chaotic, illogical and dangerous - and consistent with this government
This is potentially massive for our health system. Both for uses of plastics in medical items and in buildings.
We found a germ that ‘feeds’ on hospital plastic – new study theconversation.com/we-found-a-g... Uh oh...
We found a germ that ‘feeds’ on hospital plastic – new study
We discovered how a plastic-eating enzyme made a germ more harmful.
theconversation.com
May 27, 2025 at 6:37 AM
This is potentially massive for our health system. Both for uses of plastics in medical items and in buildings.
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Verity Johnson with the tea.
We need more of this, exposing Nat as the lying financial duds they are. Especially from the press gallery - call out these bastards to their faces.
Put it on the telly so Nat voters can see. #nzpol
We need more of this, exposing Nat as the lying financial duds they are. Especially from the press gallery - call out these bastards to their faces.
Put it on the telly so Nat voters can see. #nzpol
Verity Johnson: ‘Running the country like a household’ is a political con
OPINION: Government knows there’s nothing similar between household borrowing and government borrowing. But it also knows that you don’t know that.
www.stuff.co.nz
May 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Verity Johnson with the tea.
We need more of this, exposing Nat as the lying financial duds they are. Especially from the press gallery - call out these bastards to their faces.
Put it on the telly so Nat voters can see. #nzpol
We need more of this, exposing Nat as the lying financial duds they are. Especially from the press gallery - call out these bastards to their faces.
Put it on the telly so Nat voters can see. #nzpol
Sorry. Can’t resist posting this
May 23, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Sorry. Can’t resist posting this
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“VV set out to be a radical politician..willing to demolish procedures & protections essential to achieving..balance in workplace..she’s cashed in her right to be thinskinned..she’s expecting as of right, to be shielded from any fierce blowback..Some people really do expect to have it all”
#nzpol
#nzpol
Gordon Campbell On The Mock Horror Over Political Profanity – werewolf
werewolf.co.nz
May 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“VV set out to be a radical politician..willing to demolish procedures & protections essential to achieving..balance in workplace..she’s cashed in her right to be thinskinned..she’s expecting as of right, to be shielded from any fierce blowback..Some people really do expect to have it all”
#nzpol
#nzpol
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I find myself singing this to the tune of Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time"
"If you're lost, you can look, and you will find it ..."
"If you're lost, you can look, and you will find it ..."
May 8, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I find myself singing this to the tune of Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time"
"If you're lost, you can look, and you will find it ..."
"If you're lost, you can look, and you will find it ..."
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also you all need to see this, because this is something I don't think *anybody* could predict for where this ad goes
May 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
also you all need to see this, because this is something I don't think *anybody* could predict for where this ad goes