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...
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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-...
Some good news about solar powered batteries for $2 a day>
"About 200 million people in sub-Saharan Africa live in households that rely on some form of solar power, according to the global association for the off-grid solar energy industry."
www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-ne...
"About 200 million people in sub-Saharan Africa live in households that rely on some form of solar power, according to the global association for the off-grid solar energy industry."
www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-ne...
US$2 rental batteries are helping to power South Africa
The batteries offer an affordable system for those who lack reliable power and the money to buy their own solar panels.
www.thestar.com.my
February 4, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Some good news about solar powered batteries for $2 a day>
"About 200 million people in sub-Saharan Africa live in households that rely on some form of solar power, according to the global association for the off-grid solar energy industry."
www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-ne...
"About 200 million people in sub-Saharan Africa live in households that rely on some form of solar power, according to the global association for the off-grid solar energy industry."
www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-ne...
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Someone with time and talent should write about how solar panels, wind farms, and batteries have probably saved Texas from a winter or summer blackout maybe three times since the infamous TX Freeze of 2021. You can plainly see the daily power curves which would have broken without them.
February 4, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Someone with time and talent should write about how solar panels, wind farms, and batteries have probably saved Texas from a winter or summer blackout maybe three times since the infamous TX Freeze of 2021. You can plainly see the daily power curves which would have broken without them.
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This is also an object lesson for my kiwi colleagues: because NIH is controlled by Congress and not the executive branch, it is far better protected from political whims than is the NZ science establishment. A new president can't just do away with the whole thing!
February 4, 2026 at 12:02 AM
This is also an object lesson for my kiwi colleagues: because NIH is controlled by Congress and not the executive branch, it is far better protected from political whims than is the NZ science establishment. A new president can't just do away with the whole thing!
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Mamdani is proving what we all suspected. The Democrats didn’t want him to win because they knew he’d succeed and show how it’s not just possible to fix things- it’s actually pretty fucking easy.
Incredible contrast between this and Keir Starmer running a delivery driver over
Mamdani Forces Delivery Apps to Pay Back $4.6 Million Cheated From Drivers
New York City's new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has already scored a major win for deliveristas working for three delivery giants.
futurism.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:38 AM
Mamdani is proving what we all suspected. The Democrats didn’t want him to win because they knew he’d succeed and show how it’s not just possible to fix things- it’s actually pretty fucking easy.
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I sent it via pantomime
While you were watching someone else
While you were watching someone else
February 3, 2026 at 7:16 AM
I sent it via pantomime
While you were watching someone else
While you were watching someone else
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$3,000 billion dollars. the whole earth is being turned into paperclips right now for this trash people don't even want being shoved into every product that's consistently failing businesses that are trying to use it, deeply screws up and even undoes learning in ways that seem borderline irreparable
February 2, 2026 at 2:36 PM
$3,000 billion dollars. the whole earth is being turned into paperclips right now for this trash people don't even want being shoved into every product that's consistently failing businesses that are trying to use it, deeply screws up and even undoes learning in ways that seem borderline irreparable
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The tech oligarchs, people in charge of world class operating systems and tech infrastructure went all in on the single largest scam of the century and set us up to all burn with them on their impossible mission to create something they knew couldn't be made in the first place.
February 2, 2026 at 3:56 PM
The tech oligarchs, people in charge of world class operating systems and tech infrastructure went all in on the single largest scam of the century and set us up to all burn with them on their impossible mission to create something they knew couldn't be made in the first place.
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"We find that AI use impairs conceptual understanding, code reading, and debugging abilities, without delivering significant efficiency gains on average"
arxiv.org/abs/2601.20245
arxiv.org/abs/2601.20245
How AI Impacts Skill Formation
AI assistance produces significant productivity gains across professional domains, particularly for novice workers. Yet how this assistance affects the development of skills required to effectively su...
arxiv.org
February 2, 2026 at 2:52 PM