Jason Kemp
@dialogcrm.bsky.social
WordPress guy. Auckland, NZ - was in North Otago. Topics incl. music, film, biking -mtb, renewable energy, climate, tech, coffee, architecture, & the dog. Quals in law, arts & marketing. Barista. https://dialogcrm.com
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Jason Kemp
@dialogcrm.bsky.social
· Nov 26
Community Building in Hampden - DialogCRM
Community Building in Hampden. For the last 2 years I've been busy on community building pun absolutely intended.
dialogcrm.com
This is some of what I've been up to for the past couple of years. "I’ve been busy on community building pun absolutely intended."
dialogcrm.com/blog/2025/11...
dialogcrm.com/blog/2025/11...
Any Ethel Cain fans on here? I'm going to the concert.
American Teenager has plenty of earworms but which songs do you really like? Crush? or some other song.
youtu.be/9Ed_WWmFy9I?...
American Teenager has plenty of earworms but which songs do you really like? Crush? or some other song.
youtu.be/9Ed_WWmFy9I?...
Ethel Cain - American Teenager (Official Video)
YouTube video by EthelCainVEVO
youtu.be
February 10, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Any Ethel Cain fans on here? I'm going to the concert.
American Teenager has plenty of earworms but which songs do you really like? Crush? or some other song.
youtu.be/9Ed_WWmFy9I?...
American Teenager has plenty of earworms but which songs do you really like? Crush? or some other song.
youtu.be/9Ed_WWmFy9I?...
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This is such bs from the government. While the rest of the world gets on with solar, wind and other forms of renewable distributed generation, we go further and further backwards. I hate it. We're the dumping ground for the world's sunset industries.
February 9, 2026 at 5:02 AM
This is such bs from the government. While the rest of the world gets on with solar, wind and other forms of renewable distributed generation, we go further and further backwards. I hate it. We're the dumping ground for the world's sunset industries.
"we’re building a one billion dollar fossil fuel terminal so we can keep not having free power"
Australia: let’s roll out so much rooftop solar you can have free power during the day
NZ: businesses are closing down because they can’t afford power so we’re building a one billion dollar fossil fuel terminal so we can keep not having free power
NZ: businesses are closing down because they can’t afford power so we’re building a one billion dollar fossil fuel terminal so we can keep not having free power
New liquified natural gas terminal: 'Vital' or 'bonkers'?
February 10, 2026 at 12:10 AM
"we’re building a one billion dollar fossil fuel terminal so we can keep not having free power"
Why the LNG terminal is being built>
"An important component of this is how pricing in the wholesale electricity market works. Generators bid into the market and then everyone gets paid the clearing price – whatever the most expensive bid is that’s still needed to meet demand. Usually, that’s gas."
"An important component of this is how pricing in the wholesale electricity market works. Generators bid into the market and then everyone gets paid the clearing price – whatever the most expensive bid is that’s still needed to meet demand. Usually, that’s gas."
Why the new LNG terminal could raise, not lower, your power bill
Analysis: Energy Minister Simon Watts is confident importing gas will lower power prices, but questions remain about the scheme and its costs.
newsroom.us14.list-manage.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Why the LNG terminal is being built>
"An important component of this is how pricing in the wholesale electricity market works. Generators bid into the market and then everyone gets paid the clearing price – whatever the most expensive bid is that’s still needed to meet demand. Usually, that’s gas."
"An important component of this is how pricing in the wholesale electricity market works. Generators bid into the market and then everyone gets paid the clearing price – whatever the most expensive bid is that’s still needed to meet demand. Usually, that’s gas."
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Or to put it another way, $22/GJ subsidy is the equivalent of a $407/tonne carbon price subsidy. How are clean alternatives like biomass, pumped hydro or demand response supposed to compete with the playing-field tilted against them to the tune of $407/tonne? 2/-
February 9, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Or to put it another way, $22/GJ subsidy is the equivalent of a $407/tonne carbon price subsidy. How are clean alternatives like biomass, pumped hydro or demand response supposed to compete with the playing-field tilted against them to the tune of $407/tonne? 2/-
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COMPULSORY READING 👇
Was going to paywall but too much critical information to do so - I'll never be a good business man but who cares? Public interest first. I'll give up my days for that.
New electricity tax to subsidise private corporations & fossil fuels #nzpol #kiwi
New electricity tax to subsidise private corporations & fossil fuels #nzpol #kiwi
New Electricity Tax To Subsidise Private Corporations & Fossil Fuels
National Party, laser focused on the cost of living, threw away ~$1 billion on ferries, introduced Paywave changes that will increase fees & are now levying a new tax on Kiwi families and businesses
mountaintui.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:38 PM
COMPULSORY READING 👇
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This is a really big, terrifying deal 🧪
Fearing that educated judges might rule on climate cases, Republican Attorneys General successfully bullied the The Federal Judicial Center (the education & research arm of the federal court system) into removing a chapter summarizing climate science from their scientific judicial reference manual.
February 9, 2026 at 6:37 PM
This is a really big, terrifying deal 🧪
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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It's just
If Indiana's 76 operational data centers are already eating up HALF of the power in the whole state the what the fuck is gonna happen when there's 152 of them online and this mythical new Gen genAI nuclear scam is still a decade away
If Indiana's 76 operational data centers are already eating up HALF of the power in the whole state the what the fuck is gonna happen when there's 152 of them online and this mythical new Gen genAI nuclear scam is still a decade away
Great work, local governments
February 9, 2026 at 12:38 PM
It's just
If Indiana's 76 operational data centers are already eating up HALF of the power in the whole state the what the fuck is gonna happen when there's 152 of them online and this mythical new Gen genAI nuclear scam is still a decade away
If Indiana's 76 operational data centers are already eating up HALF of the power in the whole state the what the fuck is gonna happen when there's 152 of them online and this mythical new Gen genAI nuclear scam is still a decade away
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Oh, so just caught up with the news - new taxes can just disappear by calling them levies. Sweet. That wealth levy of ours should now be supported by everyone. Labour can go bolder with its CGL
February 9, 2026 at 6:49 AM
Oh, so just caught up with the news - new taxes can just disappear by calling them levies. Sweet. That wealth levy of ours should now be supported by everyone. Labour can go bolder with its CGL
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Some governments raise taxes to fund public health and education. Not Luxon. He is literally raising taxes to subsidise fossil fuels. He is putting a levy on our electricity bills to pay for his LNG import terminal.
February 9, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Some governments raise taxes to fund public health and education. Not Luxon. He is literally raising taxes to subsidise fossil fuels. He is putting a levy on our electricity bills to pay for his LNG import terminal.
Current status: A MountainGoats album. Hard to keep up but that is a good problem to have. As a writer John Darnielle knows precisely what to leave out and that is what makes his music such a treat. And they are here too .@themountaingoats.bsky.social
themountaingoats.bandcamp.com/album/throug...
themountaingoats.bandcamp.com/album/throug...
Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan, by the Mountain Goats
12 track album
themountaingoats.bandcamp.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:47 AM
Current status: A MountainGoats album. Hard to keep up but that is a good problem to have. As a writer John Darnielle knows precisely what to leave out and that is what makes his music such a treat. And they are here too .@themountaingoats.bsky.social
themountaingoats.bandcamp.com/album/throug...
themountaingoats.bandcamp.com/album/throug...
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Oh the mountainous inhumanity 🥲
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Oh the mountainous inhumanity 🥲
“Even in New Zealand, we have start ups such as TasmanIon which is developing aluminium-based batteries to reduce our reliance on lithium. Or Zincovery and Mint Innovation are fantastic examples of companies taking technological and industrial waste..." by @nicgaston.bsky.social
NZ's critical minerals on the world stage - Expert Reaction
New Zealand is attending international talks in the US this week about a strategic alliance on critical minerals.
Earlier in the week, the US announced a stockpile of rare earth elements, and plans f...
www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz
February 8, 2026 at 7:44 PM
“Even in New Zealand, we have start ups such as TasmanIon which is developing aluminium-based batteries to reduce our reliance on lithium. Or Zincovery and Mint Innovation are fantastic examples of companies taking technological and industrial waste..." by @nicgaston.bsky.social
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"We, as Western nations, must choose between becoming closed and impoverished societies or open and prosperous ones. Growth or retreat: Those are the two options before us. And by growth, I’m not talking only about material gain, but also our spiritual development." Pedro Sánchez, Spanish PM
February 7, 2026 at 6:51 PM
"We, as Western nations, must choose between becoming closed and impoverished societies or open and prosperous ones. Growth or retreat: Those are the two options before us. And by growth, I’m not talking only about material gain, but also our spiritual development." Pedro Sánchez, Spanish PM
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#nzpol
We need to adopt the dispassionate clarity and truth that Kermode has mastered. This is exceptional
youtu.be/DTyUni8dbkE?...
We need to adopt the dispassionate clarity and truth that Kermode has mastered. This is exceptional
youtu.be/DTyUni8dbkE?...
Mark Kermode reviews Melania
YouTube video by Kermode and Mayo's Take
youtu.be
February 6, 2026 at 3:00 AM
#nzpol
We need to adopt the dispassionate clarity and truth that Kermode has mastered. This is exceptional
youtu.be/DTyUni8dbkE?...
We need to adopt the dispassionate clarity and truth that Kermode has mastered. This is exceptional
youtu.be/DTyUni8dbkE?...
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Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
February 5, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
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10:15pm & the last of the days light is fading fast in the SW sky.
Overlooking Otago Harbour from Muaūpoko Otago Peninsula to Ōtepoti Dunedin city. NZ.
Glorious evening.
Overlooking Otago Harbour from Muaūpoko Otago Peninsula to Ōtepoti Dunedin city. NZ.
Glorious evening.
February 5, 2026 at 9:16 AM
10:15pm & the last of the days light is fading fast in the SW sky.
Overlooking Otago Harbour from Muaūpoko Otago Peninsula to Ōtepoti Dunedin city. NZ.
Glorious evening.
Overlooking Otago Harbour from Muaūpoko Otago Peninsula to Ōtepoti Dunedin city. NZ.
Glorious evening.
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William Nordhaus received the Nobel Memorial Prize for these flawed economic models, and Bjorn Lomborg built a highly lucrative career on them.
They told rich and powerful people what they wanted to hear.
While helping to consign us all to catastrophe.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
They told rich and powerful people what they wanted to hear.
While helping to consign us all to catastrophe.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn
States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:28 AM
William Nordhaus received the Nobel Memorial Prize for these flawed economic models, and Bjorn Lomborg built a highly lucrative career on them.
They told rich and powerful people what they wanted to hear.
While helping to consign us all to catastrophe.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
They told rich and powerful people what they wanted to hear.
While helping to consign us all to catastrophe.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Climate crisis could cause global financial crash as economic models fail to capture risk
@stuti.bsky.social
@stuti.bsky.social
Climate crisis could cause global financial crash
Researchers say governments and financial institutions underestimating threat because they rely on models that assume climate crisis impacts will be gradual
www.independent.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Climate crisis could cause global financial crash as economic models fail to capture risk
@stuti.bsky.social
@stuti.bsky.social
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Chuffed and grateful to share what the amazing Chris Wylie, the Cambridge Analytica whistleblower, has to say about #PROPHECY:
“Véliz exposes the con of Silicon Valley’s coup to define the future. 1/
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/759692...
“Véliz exposes the con of Silicon Valley’s coup to define the future. 1/
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/759692...
February 5, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Chuffed and grateful to share what the amazing Chris Wylie, the Cambridge Analytica whistleblower, has to say about #PROPHECY:
“Véliz exposes the con of Silicon Valley’s coup to define the future. 1/
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/759692...
“Véliz exposes the con of Silicon Valley’s coup to define the future. 1/
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/759692...
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Among my many beefs with LLM-based systems is I refuse to agree with the future of technology being limited to a poor copy of the most popular bad ideas of the past, but stolen.
February 4, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Among my many beefs with LLM-based systems is I refuse to agree with the future of technology being limited to a poor copy of the most popular bad ideas of the past, but stolen.
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New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped
February 4, 2026 at 6:05 AM
New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped
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@eli-aotearoa.bsky.social's take here. bsky.app/profile/eli-...
We challenged the Minister of Oceans & Fisheries’ decision to only close some hoiho habitat to setnet fishing, when the entire population is at risk.
While we were not successful on the grounds of our case, the judgment delivers powerful clarity on the Minister’s legal duties to protect #hoiho.
While we were not successful on the grounds of our case, the judgment delivers powerful clarity on the Minister’s legal duties to protect #hoiho.
February 4, 2026 at 6:42 AM
@eli-aotearoa.bsky.social's take here. bsky.app/profile/eli-...