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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Hot off the internets — there's a brand new kid on the DASL block: Web Tiles!
It's still early days, some key features are missing, and there are some rough edges, but you can publish tiles to AT and play with the idea!
webtil.es
It's still early days, some key features are missing, and there are some rough edges, but you can publish tiles to AT and play with the idea!
webtil.es
Web Tiles
Tiles are composable web docs and apps that can safely be used in arbitrary contexts and assembled from multiple sources to carry out complex user interface tasks.
webtil.es
February 10, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Hot off the internets — there's a brand new kid on the DASL block: Web Tiles!
It's still early days, some key features are missing, and there are some rough edges, but you can publish tiles to AT and play with the idea!
webtil.es
It's still early days, some key features are missing, and there are some rough edges, but you can publish tiles to AT and play with the idea!
webtil.es
I just did the math (and looking on Alibaba).
The $2.7B spent on this singular LNG terminal could buy a million 5KW solar kits. Or 770,000 $10KW systems.
Absolutely madness!
The $2.7B spent on this singular LNG terminal could buy a million 5KW solar kits. Or 770,000 $10KW systems.
Absolutely madness!
A reminder for $2.7b you could put solar and batteries into every home in Aotearoa with enough money left over to put solar and batteries into every factory in South Auckland. Now that is called an investment.
Watts is an idiot of the first order and a symptom of anti intellectualism rife in National
But when both the Taxpayers Union AND Greens absolutely diss the Government on the LNG Corruption Show, you know National fucked up mega
newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/11/n...
But when both the Taxpayers Union AND Greens absolutely diss the Government on the LNG Corruption Show, you know National fucked up mega
newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/11/n...
February 10, 2026 at 8:10 PM
I just did the math (and looking on Alibaba).
The $2.7B spent on this singular LNG terminal could buy a million 5KW solar kits. Or 770,000 $10KW systems.
Absolutely madness!
The $2.7B spent on this singular LNG terminal could buy a million 5KW solar kits. Or 770,000 $10KW systems.
Absolutely madness!
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A drawing for you today
February 7, 2026 at 11:04 PM
A drawing for you today
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Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Google to pay $68 million over allegations its voice assistant eavesdropped on users
Class-action lawsuit alleged that Google's voice assistant illegally recorded and shared private conversations with advertisers.
www.cbsnews.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
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13 May 2012
January 31, 2026 at 10:33 PM
13 May 2012
Big recommendation for Sig Wilder and Friends.
They're in the midst of their debut album launch and have decided to keep it off Spotify for very good reasons.
It's on Bandcamp though and definitely worth a listen if you like "Americana" from the bottom of the earth!
sigwilder.bandcamp.com/music
They're in the midst of their debut album launch and have decided to keep it off Spotify for very good reasons.
It's on Bandcamp though and definitely worth a listen if you like "Americana" from the bottom of the earth!
sigwilder.bandcamp.com/music
why our debut album isn't on Spotify
Try Spotify! The premier service for AI slop!
sigwilder.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Big recommendation for Sig Wilder and Friends.
They're in the midst of their debut album launch and have decided to keep it off Spotify for very good reasons.
It's on Bandcamp though and definitely worth a listen if you like "Americana" from the bottom of the earth!
sigwilder.bandcamp.com/music
They're in the midst of their debut album launch and have decided to keep it off Spotify for very good reasons.
It's on Bandcamp though and definitely worth a listen if you like "Americana" from the bottom of the earth!
sigwilder.bandcamp.com/music
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I haven't finished reading it yet but I did particularly enjoy this bit:
> The world doesn't know it, but New Zealand already produces the successor to C++ (the world's most popular programming language) under the name JADE.
> The world doesn't know it, but New Zealand already produces the successor to C++ (the world's most popular programming language) under the name JADE.
January 29, 2026 at 8:07 AM
I haven't finished reading it yet but I did particularly enjoy this bit:
> The world doesn't know it, but New Zealand already produces the successor to C++ (the world's most popular programming language) under the name JADE.
> The world doesn't know it, but New Zealand already produces the successor to C++ (the world's most popular programming language) under the name JADE.
Whelp!
Thanks for the reposts - looks like a bunch of new peeps came onboard.
Now we have way more orders than we normally have and Thursday is gonna be mad. We’ll probably hit $3.5k by Tuesday night I think?
Now I just need to find a place for the a sail boat in my truck to live by Thursday😅
Thanks for the reposts - looks like a bunch of new peeps came onboard.
Now we have way more orders than we normally have and Thursday is gonna be mad. We’ll probably hit $3.5k by Tuesday night I think?
Now I just need to find a place for the a sail boat in my truck to live by Thursday😅
January 26, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Whelp!
Thanks for the reposts - looks like a bunch of new peeps came onboard.
Now we have way more orders than we normally have and Thursday is gonna be mad. We’ll probably hit $3.5k by Tuesday night I think?
Now I just need to find a place for the a sail boat in my truck to live by Thursday😅
Thanks for the reposts - looks like a bunch of new peeps came onboard.
Now we have way more orders than we normally have and Thursday is gonna be mad. We’ll probably hit $3.5k by Tuesday night I think?
Now I just need to find a place for the a sail boat in my truck to live by Thursday😅
Realised I haven’t done shill post for coshop.nz, my food startup co-op platform, which just kicked off this year!
If you’re in Wellington check it out.
Newtown, Miramar, Haitaitai and Berhampore coming onboard from next week!
Peaches 🍑 at $3.31/kg! 👀
If you’re in Wellington check it out.
Newtown, Miramar, Haitaitai and Berhampore coming onboard from next week!
Peaches 🍑 at $3.31/kg! 👀
$15 on average for a dozen of free range eggs?!
We sell them in the food coop for $8.60 a dozen 😵💫
We sell them in the food coop for $8.60 a dozen 😵💫
January 25, 2026 at 6:35 AM
Realised I haven’t done shill post for coshop.nz, my food startup co-op platform, which just kicked off this year!
If you’re in Wellington check it out.
Newtown, Miramar, Haitaitai and Berhampore coming onboard from next week!
Peaches 🍑 at $3.31/kg! 👀
If you’re in Wellington check it out.
Newtown, Miramar, Haitaitai and Berhampore coming onboard from next week!
Peaches 🍑 at $3.31/kg! 👀
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Just wanna go on record that I have been screaming since 2003.
January 24, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Just wanna go on record that I have been screaming since 2003.
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NZ media acting as US state media is perhaps more of an uncalculated risk than these editors, managers and execs consider.
January 25, 2026 at 1:20 AM
NZ media acting as US state media is perhaps more of an uncalculated risk than these editors, managers and execs consider.
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To be clear, what I am saying is that justifying or downplaying state-led extrajudicial killing is never acceptable for reasons that should be wildly fucking obvious, red sirens blaring, etc.
January 25, 2026 at 1:44 AM
To be clear, what I am saying is that justifying or downplaying state-led extrajudicial killing is never acceptable for reasons that should be wildly fucking obvious, red sirens blaring, etc.
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A little while back I glanced over responses to @metservice.com (I'd call it a utility account with general and occasional emergency info) posting the same posts to 1.1K followers on Bluesky & a supposedly 144K followers on X (so 130 times).
Bluesky routinely had more engagement in the posts made.
Bluesky routinely had more engagement in the posts made.
January 19, 2026 at 11:01 PM
A little while back I glanced over responses to @metservice.com (I'd call it a utility account with general and occasional emergency info) posting the same posts to 1.1K followers on Bluesky & a supposedly 144K followers on X (so 130 times).
Bluesky routinely had more engagement in the posts made.
Bluesky routinely had more engagement in the posts made.
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Blacksky @blackskyweb.xyz now has its own servers running the network
This means they're able to run their own feature development and moderation policies, while still connecting to Bluesky through the shared Atmosphere network!
s/o to @rude1.blacksky.team and the blacksky team for amazing work
This means they're able to run their own feature development and moderation policies, while still connecting to Bluesky through the shared Atmosphere network!
s/o to @rude1.blacksky.team and the blacksky team for amazing work
January 19, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Blacksky @blackskyweb.xyz now has its own servers running the network
This means they're able to run their own feature development and moderation policies, while still connecting to Bluesky through the shared Atmosphere network!
s/o to @rude1.blacksky.team and the blacksky team for amazing work
This means they're able to run their own feature development and moderation policies, while still connecting to Bluesky through the shared Atmosphere network!
s/o to @rude1.blacksky.team and the blacksky team for amazing work
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From the archives: "The Nobel peace prize is a who’s who of hawks, hypocrites and war criminals" (Spoiler: Henry Kissinger had one!)
The Nobel peace prize is a who’s who of hawks, hypocrites and war criminals
Aung San Suu Kyi is the latest Nobel peace prize laureate to bring the award into disrepute. But people misunderstand what it stands for: absolutely nothing
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:10 AM
From the archives: "The Nobel peace prize is a who’s who of hawks, hypocrites and war criminals" (Spoiler: Henry Kissinger had one!)
I wonder how the white creators of these fake indigenous accounts experience the full on racism that their fake accounts experience?
When they pretend to be a fake account and are harassed for no reason other than being indigenous, do they clock it?
When they pretend to be a fake account and are harassed for no reason other than being indigenous, do they clock it?
Fake Aboriginal account created by a South African living in Aotearoa NZ. Definitely feeding into my stereotypes.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘It’s AI blackface’: social media account hailed as the Aboriginal Steve Irwin is an AI character created in New Zealand
More than 180,000 people follow the Bush Legend’s accounts across Meta platforms, but its Aboriginal host is a work of digital fiction
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:53 PM
I wonder how the white creators of these fake indigenous accounts experience the full on racism that their fake accounts experience?
When they pretend to be a fake account and are harassed for no reason other than being indigenous, do they clock it?
When they pretend to be a fake account and are harassed for no reason other than being indigenous, do they clock it?
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Screenshots of some of the documents found in looted ICE vehicles from one of the livestreams before it got turned "private" on YouTube (after the other one already was). Share widely and make sure the genie can't go back in the bottle.
January 15, 2026 at 6:44 AM
Screenshots of some of the documents found in looted ICE vehicles from one of the livestreams before it got turned "private" on YouTube (after the other one already was). Share widely and make sure the genie can't go back in the bottle.
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Dumbest Gestapo of all time
ICE agents fled from the crowd and left behind their CONOPS battle plan for Minneapolis, including agent's names, hotel rooms, phone numbers, boxes of license plates, and tac radio frequencies.
January 15, 2026 at 7:09 AM
Dumbest Gestapo of all time
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i would like to highlight the phrase "neighborhood signal chats"
These neighborhood signal chats are absolutely crazy right now. You’ve got young activists in there with the most normie folks alive who all just absolutely fucking hate ICE so much. And they are all willing to put their bodies on the line for their communities.
January 15, 2026 at 3:27 AM
i would like to highlight the phrase "neighborhood signal chats"
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Just a reminder that NOAA releases monthly desktop screens with calendars featuring deep-sea animals and its reminder right now that at least some in government are still wholesome oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/multimedia/c...
Chimaera - NOAA Ocean Exploration
This cute chimaera was seen at a depth of 820 meters (2,690 feet) in the Stetson-Miami Terrace Deepwater Coral Habitat of Particular Concern off the coast of Florida during Dive 04 of the 2019 Southea...
oceanexplorer.noaa.gov
January 14, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Just a reminder that NOAA releases monthly desktop screens with calendars featuring deep-sea animals and its reminder right now that at least some in government are still wholesome oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/multimedia/c...
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Louder for the folks in the back:
thespinoff.co.nz/atea/13-01-2...
thespinoff.co.nz/atea/13-01-2...
Your digital identity is not under New Zealand jurisdiction
Our most important data is stored on US-owned cloud infrastructure and subject to US laws.
thespinoff.co.nz
January 12, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Louder for the folks in the back:
thespinoff.co.nz/atea/13-01-2...
thespinoff.co.nz/atea/13-01-2...
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Mostly no, because non-consensual intimate images are generated overwhelmingly by men, overwhelmingly targeting women, and New Zealand demonstrably employs misogyny as a tool in every sphere of life with zero qualms whatsoever, including our media, our politicians, and as evidenced here, our policy.
are any NZ media talking about grok and applying pressure, let alone any politicians??
BREAKING: Technology Secretary Liz Kendall says creating ”non-consensual intimate images”, including with X’s Grok, will be made illegal this week
January 13, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Mostly no, because non-consensual intimate images are generated overwhelmingly by men, overwhelmingly targeting women, and New Zealand demonstrably employs misogyny as a tool in every sphere of life with zero qualms whatsoever, including our media, our politicians, and as evidenced here, our policy.
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This amazing map by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information shows World Magnetic Model 2025 & why New Zealand is so beautifully placed to view Aurora. The strength of the red lines out of the poles plays important role.
Magnetic south is now 2,860 kilometers NW of geo South Pole
Magnetic south is now 2,860 kilometers NW of geo South Pole
January 12, 2026 at 8:22 PM
This amazing map by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information shows World Magnetic Model 2025 & why New Zealand is so beautifully placed to view Aurora. The strength of the red lines out of the poles plays important role.
Magnetic south is now 2,860 kilometers NW of geo South Pole
Magnetic south is now 2,860 kilometers NW of geo South Pole