Ira
@ira.bailey.nz
Building coshop.nz, a community-centered food platform.
Things I repost:
- Food Systems
- Art I like
- Weird Cryptography
- Liberatory Tech
I'm on Germ DM 🔑
https://ger.mx/A-eO8zapoeySJJAWhLwVOxeiP6oY8VgfsdXSS2RXLRIr#did:plc:iqk7tmzyrrczk7rnhqds63l3
Things I repost:
- Food Systems
- Art I like
- Weird Cryptography
- Liberatory Tech
I'm on Germ DM 🔑
https://ger.mx/A-eO8zapoeySJJAWhLwVOxeiP6oY8VgfsdXSS2RXLRIr#did:plc:iqk7tmzyrrczk7rnhqds63l3
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Our Right Wing government is already disenfranchising up to 14% of voters using emergency legislation with no debate or recourse or discussion
I dont know how you can fundamentally change voting rights in NZ without a super majority but here we are
#nzpol
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGFa...
I dont know how you can fundamentally change voting rights in NZ without a super majority but here we are
#nzpol
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGFa...
December 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Our Right Wing government is already disenfranchising up to 14% of voters using emergency legislation with no debate or recourse or discussion
I dont know how you can fundamentally change voting rights in NZ without a super majority but here we are
#nzpol
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGFa...
I dont know how you can fundamentally change voting rights in NZ without a super majority but here we are
#nzpol
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGFa...
Hmm thinking I might get my doc/pdf/random_files text extraction to Elasticsearch pipeline up and running that I used for the first batch of the Epstein files if there’s about 1 million files about to drop…
Worked pretty well
Worked pretty well
December 25, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Hmm thinking I might get my doc/pdf/random_files text extraction to Elasticsearch pipeline up and running that I used for the first batch of the Epstein files if there’s about 1 million files about to drop…
Worked pretty well
Worked pretty well
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December 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
A bit late to the #SecretSantaAoNZ party but loving this present!
I am indeed a coffee connoisseur and this book will probably tip me over into planting my own coffee bushes 😅
My kids are already eyeing up that chocolate and that sticker is going on my laptop
Thanks so much whoever you are!
I am indeed a coffee connoisseur and this book will probably tip me over into planting my own coffee bushes 😅
My kids are already eyeing up that chocolate and that sticker is going on my laptop
Thanks so much whoever you are!
December 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
A bit late to the #SecretSantaAoNZ party but loving this present!
I am indeed a coffee connoisseur and this book will probably tip me over into planting my own coffee bushes 😅
My kids are already eyeing up that chocolate and that sticker is going on my laptop
Thanks so much whoever you are!
I am indeed a coffee connoisseur and this book will probably tip me over into planting my own coffee bushes 😅
My kids are already eyeing up that chocolate and that sticker is going on my laptop
Thanks so much whoever you are!
I’m realising that it seems like the time of year everyone has nothing real to do at work so can post rage bait and rants all day long
December 18, 2025 at 7:34 AM
I’m realising that it seems like the time of year everyone has nothing real to do at work so can post rage bait and rants all day long
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Its like a child verification app for predators
December 18, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Its like a child verification app for predators
Hearing for the first time that @sanjanah.bsky.social and TVNZ are in court having to defend themselves against defamation proceedings from “The Racist” Julian Batchelor.
Backed by a billionaire that owns a large chunk of the NZ media footprint!
#NZPol
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Backed by a billionaire that owns a large chunk of the NZ media footprint!
#NZPol
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
NZME billionaire director revealed as financial backer in defamation case against TVNZ
The news of Jim Grenon's financial involvement came during a court hearing involving Batchelor and the lawyer acting for the academic at the Auckland District Court.
www.stuff.co.nz
December 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Hearing for the first time that @sanjanah.bsky.social and TVNZ are in court having to defend themselves against defamation proceedings from “The Racist” Julian Batchelor.
Backed by a billionaire that owns a large chunk of the NZ media footprint!
#NZPol
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Backed by a billionaire that owns a large chunk of the NZ media footprint!
#NZPol
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Errgh finally posted my #AoNZSecretSanta but mindlessly put my name on the sender info and sent it off… Not so secret now 😅
Only realised after I got my parcel following a long winded chase with NZ Post. Nabbed it off the ‘return to sender shelf’ - it was going to be returned but no sender address!
Only realised after I got my parcel following a long winded chase with NZ Post. Nabbed it off the ‘return to sender shelf’ - it was going to be returned but no sender address!
December 15, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Errgh finally posted my #AoNZSecretSanta but mindlessly put my name on the sender info and sent it off… Not so secret now 😅
Only realised after I got my parcel following a long winded chase with NZ Post. Nabbed it off the ‘return to sender shelf’ - it was going to be returned but no sender address!
Only realised after I got my parcel following a long winded chase with NZ Post. Nabbed it off the ‘return to sender shelf’ - it was going to be returned but no sender address!
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Paid off my loans! Thanks so much to everyone who supported my crowdfunding campaign, whether that was by pledging, offering rewards, or sharing it. Now to get those pledges fulfilled…
December 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Paid off my loans! Thanks so much to everyone who supported my crowdfunding campaign, whether that was by pledging, offering rewards, or sharing it. Now to get those pledges fulfilled…
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BONKERS!
The Luxon Govt’s rewrite of the RMA laws allows companies to claim financial compensation (from taxpayers) when councils introduce rules to limit pollution or protect the environment.
Let that sink in.
#NZPOL
The Luxon Govt’s rewrite of the RMA laws allows companies to claim financial compensation (from taxpayers) when councils introduce rules to limit pollution or protect the environment.
Let that sink in.
#NZPOL
December 9, 2025 at 4:36 AM
BONKERS!
The Luxon Govt’s rewrite of the RMA laws allows companies to claim financial compensation (from taxpayers) when councils introduce rules to limit pollution or protect the environment.
Let that sink in.
#NZPOL
The Luxon Govt’s rewrite of the RMA laws allows companies to claim financial compensation (from taxpayers) when councils introduce rules to limit pollution or protect the environment.
Let that sink in.
#NZPOL
Exploits are out now! I know because I just had a crytominer dropped on my VM.
Luckily GCP detected the XMRIG binary and killed my VM immediately 😅
Luckily GCP detected the XMRIG binary and killed my VM immediately 😅
A critical vulnerability in React Server Components (CVE-2025-55182) affects React 19 and frameworks, including Next.js (CVE-2025-66478).
All users should upgrade to the latest patched version in their release line.
nextjs.org/blog/CVE-20...
All users should upgrade to the latest patched version in their release line.
nextjs.org/blog/CVE-20...
Security Advisory: CVE-2025-66478
A critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-66478) has been identified in the React Server Components protocol. Users should upgrade to patched versions immediately.
nextjs.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Exploits are out now! I know because I just had a crytominer dropped on my VM.
Luckily GCP detected the XMRIG binary and killed my VM immediately 😅
Luckily GCP detected the XMRIG binary and killed my VM immediately 😅
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It's Bandcamp Friday! meaning if you buy music on Bandcamp in the next 24 hours, 100% of the money goes to the artist.
I'm grabbing one of the Fu Manchu albums that's missing from my collection
isitbandcampfriday.com
I'm grabbing one of the Fu Manchu albums that's missing from my collection
isitbandcampfriday.com
Is it Bandcamp Friday?
Is it?
isitbandcampfriday.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:04 AM
It's Bandcamp Friday! meaning if you buy music on Bandcamp in the next 24 hours, 100% of the money goes to the artist.
I'm grabbing one of the Fu Manchu albums that's missing from my collection
isitbandcampfriday.com
I'm grabbing one of the Fu Manchu albums that's missing from my collection
isitbandcampfriday.com
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Today is the birthday of Errico Malatesta, a tireless anarchist organizer and author active on four continents across six decades.
To observe the occasion, we invite you to read about how he and his comrades organized mutual aid to address the cholera epidemic of 1884.
crimethinc.com/cholera
🧵⬇️
To observe the occasion, we invite you to read about how he and his comrades organized mutual aid to address the cholera epidemic of 1884.
crimethinc.com/cholera
🧵⬇️
December 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Today is the birthday of Errico Malatesta, a tireless anarchist organizer and author active on four continents across six decades.
To observe the occasion, we invite you to read about how he and his comrades organized mutual aid to address the cholera epidemic of 1884.
crimethinc.com/cholera
🧵⬇️
To observe the occasion, we invite you to read about how he and his comrades organized mutual aid to address the cholera epidemic of 1884.
crimethinc.com/cholera
🧵⬇️
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Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
BOSTON—Stressing that the move would help keep digital currencies liquid through the coming year, crypto leaders called for an infusion of 20 million dopes Thursday to stabilize the market. “We’re cal...
theonion.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
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Yes that is entirely the point.
Force user-pays on everybody so that the wealthy can have a nice society that the poor aren't able to participate in but have to prop up.
Force user-pays on everybody so that the wealthy can have a nice society that the poor aren't able to participate in but have to prop up.
Rates caps may mean more expensive parking, libraries and pools, mayors say
Councils might consider raising fees for things like pools, recreation centres and other community facilities, Wellington mayor Andrew Little says.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Yes that is entirely the point.
Force user-pays on everybody so that the wealthy can have a nice society that the poor aren't able to participate in but have to prop up.
Force user-pays on everybody so that the wealthy can have a nice society that the poor aren't able to participate in but have to prop up.
Errgh not much work this entire year and now I get 6 offers this week.
And they’re all super good and interesting and I have to turn down 5 of them 😭
And they’re all super good and interesting and I have to turn down 5 of them 😭
December 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Errgh not much work this entire year and now I get 6 offers this week.
And they’re all super good and interesting and I have to turn down 5 of them 😭
And they’re all super good and interesting and I have to turn down 5 of them 😭
If you want to see the future of graphics check out gaussian splats, a kind of point cloud of blurs
Especially if you're into #MacroPhotography.
The image below is a still from a fully interactive 3D model you can view on this link and runs very smoothly in a browser
superspl.at/view?id=ac0a...
Especially if you're into #MacroPhotography.
The image below is a still from a fully interactive 3D model you can view on this link and runs very smoothly in a browser
superspl.at/view?id=ac0a...
December 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM
If you want to see the future of graphics check out gaussian splats, a kind of point cloud of blurs
Especially if you're into #MacroPhotography.
The image below is a still from a fully interactive 3D model you can view on this link and runs very smoothly in a browser
superspl.at/view?id=ac0a...
Especially if you're into #MacroPhotography.
The image below is a still from a fully interactive 3D model you can view on this link and runs very smoothly in a browser
superspl.at/view?id=ac0a...
My son is off school for 7 weeks at the end of this week.
Unfortunately I have brought him up to be so nonmaterialistic that he doesn’t want to do work for any amount of money.
He doesn’t even want a new computer and prefers to lounge around reading books, sleeping and learning Japanese 😭
Unfortunately I have brought him up to be so nonmaterialistic that he doesn’t want to do work for any amount of money.
He doesn’t even want a new computer and prefers to lounge around reading books, sleeping and learning Japanese 😭
December 1, 2025 at 1:42 AM
My son is off school for 7 weeks at the end of this week.
Unfortunately I have brought him up to be so nonmaterialistic that he doesn’t want to do work for any amount of money.
He doesn’t even want a new computer and prefers to lounge around reading books, sleeping and learning Japanese 😭
Unfortunately I have brought him up to be so nonmaterialistic that he doesn’t want to do work for any amount of money.
He doesn’t even want a new computer and prefers to lounge around reading books, sleeping and learning Japanese 😭
Great to see a technical support service to help victims identify tech-enabled abuse.
Would be good if @stuff.co.nz had some mention of the country this is in (Australia!) somewhere in the article though! Was very confused as I thought it was a NZ based service.
www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...
Would be good if @stuff.co.nz had some mention of the country this is in (Australia!) somewhere in the article though! Was very confused as I thought it was a NZ based service.
www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...
The mechanic claimed nothing was wrong with Sarah’s stalling car. He was in on a sinister tactic
Abusers are remotely accessing cars to track their partners’ movements, lock them out of a vehicle, and stop the cars from travelling outside a perimeter.
www.stuff.co.nz
December 1, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Great to see a technical support service to help victims identify tech-enabled abuse.
Would be good if @stuff.co.nz had some mention of the country this is in (Australia!) somewhere in the article though! Was very confused as I thought it was a NZ based service.
www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...
Would be good if @stuff.co.nz had some mention of the country this is in (Australia!) somewhere in the article though! Was very confused as I thought it was a NZ based service.
www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...
This is video is a good example of the current state of AI-powered identity threat.
It’s made it through the uncanny valley and is now out, uncontrolled, on the other side.
It’s made it through the uncanny valley and is now out, uncontrolled, on the other side.
Something insidious, possibly driven by AI, is infecting my Youtube offers.
This appears to be Paul Krugman, and it is clearly "him" but he refers to himself in the 3rd person
But hidden in the collapsed info bar, the disclaimer, "Visual lip-syncing and dubbed narration", also known as faked
This appears to be Paul Krugman, and it is clearly "him" but he refers to himself in the 3rd person
But hidden in the collapsed info bar, the disclaimer, "Visual lip-syncing and dubbed narration", also known as faked
Every Nation Is in Debt… So Who’s the Lender | Paul Krugman
YouTube video by ThinkAxis
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This is video is a good example of the current state of AI-powered identity threat.
It’s made it through the uncanny valley and is now out, uncontrolled, on the other side.
It’s made it through the uncanny valley and is now out, uncontrolled, on the other side.
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This is madness.
All books by Normal People and Conversations with Friends author Sally Rooney set to be withdrawn from sale.
The 34-year-old Irish author says: “The disappearance of my work from bookshops would mark a truly extreme incursion by the state into the realm of artistic expression.”
All books by Normal People and Conversations with Friends author Sally Rooney set to be withdrawn from sale.
The 34-year-old Irish author says: “The disappearance of my work from bookshops would mark a truly extreme incursion by the state into the realm of artistic expression.”
Sally Rooney books may be withdrawn from UK sale over Palestine Action ban, court told
Rooney has said she intended to use royalties from her work "to go on supporting Palestine Action."
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:38 AM
This is madness.
All books by Normal People and Conversations with Friends author Sally Rooney set to be withdrawn from sale.
The 34-year-old Irish author says: “The disappearance of my work from bookshops would mark a truly extreme incursion by the state into the realm of artistic expression.”
All books by Normal People and Conversations with Friends author Sally Rooney set to be withdrawn from sale.
The 34-year-old Irish author says: “The disappearance of my work from bookshops would mark a truly extreme incursion by the state into the realm of artistic expression.”
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“To keep profits rolling in, oil and gas companies want to turn fossil fuels into a mounting pile of packaging and other plastic products”
www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
The Fossil-Fuel Industry Has a Plan to Drown Earth in Plastic
To keep profits rolling in, oil and gas companies want to turn fossil fuels into a mounting pile of packaging and other plastic products
www.scientificamerican.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
“To keep profits rolling in, oil and gas companies want to turn fossil fuels into a mounting pile of packaging and other plastic products”
www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
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agreed. this is why:
November 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
agreed. this is why:
Talked about forklifts today with someone. Absolutely no internet searches, googling or anything else forklift related online.
And now getting ads on LinkedIn for special deals on forklifts 🙄
And now getting ads on LinkedIn for special deals on forklifts 🙄
November 28, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Talked about forklifts today with someone. Absolutely no internet searches, googling or anything else forklift related online.
And now getting ads on LinkedIn for special deals on forklifts 🙄
And now getting ads on LinkedIn for special deals on forklifts 🙄