Daniel
@dznz.bsky.social
Aotearoa, recently ex-IT. Some kind of socialist/anarchist, focused on climate response. ADHD, pakeha, she/they/he 🏳️⚧️, fash can DIAF.
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did some data journalism thespinoff.co.nz/politics/11-...
February 11, 2026 at 3:14 AM
did some data journalism thespinoff.co.nz/politics/11-...
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First tee of 2026 and it's a BANGER: Trees Please, feat. seven Aotearoa native tree species in a three-colour screenprint of verdant greens, plus painstakingly hand-lettered text (nearly killed me ngl).
Pre-order open: please do pre-order to help gauge demand and secure your size: pepperraccoon.com
Pre-order open: please do pre-order to help gauge demand and secure your size: pepperraccoon.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:57 AM
First tee of 2026 and it's a BANGER: Trees Please, feat. seven Aotearoa native tree species in a three-colour screenprint of verdant greens, plus painstakingly hand-lettered text (nearly killed me ngl).
Pre-order open: please do pre-order to help gauge demand and secure your size: pepperraccoon.com
Pre-order open: please do pre-order to help gauge demand and secure your size: pepperraccoon.com
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Now before you get all worked up about how bad these numbers are, it's important to take a minute and remember that they're also very funny.
Sora 2 apparently cost something like $5 billion to run every year and so far made OpenAI around $1.4 million.
February 11, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Now before you get all worked up about how bad these numbers are, it's important to take a minute and remember that they're also very funny.
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first rosencrantz and guildenstern and now romeo; i think someone is systemically killing shakespeare characters
February 11, 2026 at 2:12 AM
first rosencrantz and guildenstern and now romeo; i think someone is systemically killing shakespeare characters
When the glitched upload is funnier than the original post
February 11, 2026 at 2:05 AM
When the glitched upload is funnier than the original post
Look how they massacred my boy.
February 11, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Look how they massacred my boy.
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All this time spent on talking about banning trans people from sport is wasted energy we could spend on the real issue: banning cis men from buying ford rangers
February 11, 2026 at 1:23 AM
All this time spent on talking about banning trans people from sport is wasted energy we could spend on the real issue: banning cis men from buying ford rangers
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NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:07 PM
NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
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A reminder: this is an Irishman with valid papers speaking about how he's being held in US concentration camps. If you don't have to go to the US, do not go to the US. "GDC" is not "have to go". One denial at the border is going to mark you for life, and that's the best of the bad outcomes.
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 4:18 PM
A reminder: this is an Irishman with valid papers speaking about how he's being held in US concentration camps. If you don't have to go to the US, do not go to the US. "GDC" is not "have to go". One denial at the border is going to mark you for life, and that's the best of the bad outcomes.
This is how I find out that it's not just every GP
There is a small amount who are doing diagnoses. Most are not. At my local clinic which serves a pretty massive area due to living rurally, out of 20 doctors working there - one has taken it on, and only a few appointments a week, it costs a lot.
February 10, 2026 at 8:48 PM
This is how I find out that it's not just every GP
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Allied Security sucks (I used to work for them) so I don't care that they're losing money AND I don't care that WINZ will no longer have doormen who do literally fucking nothing all day but press the button to open the doors.
Ministry of Social Development set to cut security guards
Twenty jobs are set to go at offices in some regional towns - with one guard saying the risk of danger is real and the decision reduces a spare pair of eyes.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 10, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Allied Security sucks (I used to work for them) so I don't care that they're losing money AND I don't care that WINZ will no longer have doormen who do literally fucking nothing all day but press the button to open the doors.
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Its important to have a game on your wishlist that keeps going on sale every couple of months and you still never buy it.
February 10, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Its important to have a game on your wishlist that keeps going on sale every couple of months and you still never buy it.
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The cases being dismissed in the US is not proof of Gaiman’s innocence. The judges all ruled that the case should be pursued through the courts in New Zealand
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
US judges dismiss lawsuits accusing Neil Gaiman of sexual assault
Former nanny Scarlett Pavlovich filed suit in three US states alleging author assaulted her in New Zealand in 2022
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:49 AM
The cases being dismissed in the US is not proof of Gaiman’s innocence. The judges all ruled that the case should be pursued through the courts in New Zealand
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
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In an alarming development, it appears the UK Government covered up a massive spike in trans youth suicides after restrictions.
Then covered it up again when caught.
Now, after fighting for years, the data is public: trans suicide increased 5x in the country.
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Then covered it up again when caught.
Now, after fighting for years, the data is public: trans suicide increased 5x in the country.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Trans Youth Suicides Skyrocketed In UK After Care Drawdown; Government Covers It Up
A Freedom of Information request to the National Child Mortality Database reveals that 22 trans children under 18 died by suicide in England in 2021-22 alone.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:37 PM
In an alarming development, it appears the UK Government covered up a massive spike in trans youth suicides after restrictions.
Then covered it up again when caught.
Now, after fighting for years, the data is public: trans suicide increased 5x in the country.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Then covered it up again when caught.
Now, after fighting for years, the data is public: trans suicide increased 5x in the country.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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The consequences curve is now so sharp companies can do the finding out months before they fuck around
February 9, 2026 at 7:17 PM
The consequences curve is now so sharp companies can do the finding out months before they fuck around
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A marine biologist says the Moa Point sewage spill could be a massive ecological disaster that would take many years to reverse.
Millions of liters of raw sewage now pour into the sea, following a catastrophic sewage treatment plant failure in NZ’s capital city.
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Millions of liters of raw sewage now pour into the sea, following a catastrophic sewage treatment plant failure in NZ’s capital city.
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
February 9, 2026 at 2:05 AM
A marine biologist says the Moa Point sewage spill could be a massive ecological disaster that would take many years to reverse.
Millions of liters of raw sewage now pour into the sea, following a catastrophic sewage treatment plant failure in NZ’s capital city.
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Millions of liters of raw sewage now pour into the sea, following a catastrophic sewage treatment plant failure in NZ’s capital city.
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
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New Zealand mentioned. Over by the Infectious Disease Physicians, the Indie game developers, and the left wing French.
February 9, 2026 at 2:50 AM
New Zealand mentioned. Over by the Infectious Disease Physicians, the Indie game developers, and the left wing French.
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Wow, I was just notified that The Covid Safety Handbook got an incredible BookLife Prize 2025 review and is advancing to the next round (quarter-finals)! 10 out of 10 for prose!!!
Here's what they wrote:
booklife.com/project/the-...
Here's what they wrote:
booklife.com/project/the-...
The Covid Safety Handbook: Staying Safe In An Unsafe World by Violet Blue | BookLife
An eyes-wide-open look at how we got here--entering the 6th year of a pandemic that continues to infect, disable, and kill people of all ages and backgrounds--why so many are so invested in pretending...
booklife.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Wow, I was just notified that The Covid Safety Handbook got an incredible BookLife Prize 2025 review and is advancing to the next round (quarter-finals)! 10 out of 10 for prose!!!
Here's what they wrote:
booklife.com/project/the-...
Here's what they wrote:
booklife.com/project/the-...
My web ads are more targeted, like, I keep getting ads for the Stag Door. Do I want to pass through the Horn Gate and be counted among the Know? Of course I do! But in this economy?
Every Super Bowl ad is for the door in the forest. It’s annoying. “You must walk through the door.” Yeah thanks, I know that already. I dream of the door every night
February 9, 2026 at 1:16 AM
My web ads are more targeted, like, I keep getting ads for the Stag Door. Do I want to pass through the Horn Gate and be counted among the Know? Of course I do! But in this economy?
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Every Super Bowl ad is for the door in the forest. It’s annoying. “You must walk through the door.” Yeah thanks, I know that already. I dream of the door every night
February 9, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Every Super Bowl ad is for the door in the forest. It’s annoying. “You must walk through the door.” Yeah thanks, I know that already. I dream of the door every night
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I still can't believe that Elon Musk has a brother who looks exactly like him except he wears a cowboy hat. If I wrote that into a novel my editor would kill me.
February 8, 2026 at 2:50 PM
I still can't believe that Elon Musk has a brother who looks exactly like him except he wears a cowboy hat. If I wrote that into a novel my editor would kill me.
Sometimes people are hired as CEO to perform a role that is not about creating a sustainable, functional company. Sometimes they were hired to destroy the thing. Hatchet men.
February 8, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Sometimes people are hired as CEO to perform a role that is not about creating a sustainable, functional company. Sometimes they were hired to destroy the thing. Hatchet men.
My hottest fantasy fiction take is that when magic is a reliable, mechanical, well-understood field of knowledge and practice.. it is no longer magic, it is technology. Which is fine, but it isn't magic, because magic is enchanting. It has mystery.
February 8, 2026 at 11:47 PM
My hottest fantasy fiction take is that when magic is a reliable, mechanical, well-understood field of knowledge and practice.. it is no longer magic, it is technology. Which is fine, but it isn't magic, because magic is enchanting. It has mystery.
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Pro tip for the neurodiverse driver going North from Auckland.
Get your front seat passenger to pay the road tolls x 2 WHILE DRIVING. Pay there and then, for both directions. Don't wait. On the phone. Easy.
Get your front seat passenger to pay the road tolls x 2 WHILE DRIVING. Pay there and then, for both directions. Don't wait. On the phone. Easy.
February 8, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Pro tip for the neurodiverse driver going North from Auckland.
Get your front seat passenger to pay the road tolls x 2 WHILE DRIVING. Pay there and then, for both directions. Don't wait. On the phone. Easy.
Get your front seat passenger to pay the road tolls x 2 WHILE DRIVING. Pay there and then, for both directions. Don't wait. On the phone. Easy.