Joffan
@joffan.com
Software developer. US expat in Aotearoa. Working on making a positive impact.
As a kid I often watched clouds with a sense of wonder.
It feels good to do that again, even if only for a moment.
It feels good to do that again, even if only for a moment.
October 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
As a kid I often watched clouds with a sense of wonder.
It feels good to do that again, even if only for a moment.
It feels good to do that again, even if only for a moment.
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THIS IS WHY WE NEED ART. We need games. We need films and videos. We need comics and books. These things enrich our lives especially when there is so much out there that can leave us completely drained.
Friends, please keep making and creating. You are fantastic and we need you and your creations.
Friends, please keep making and creating. You are fantastic and we need you and your creations.
October 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
THIS IS WHY WE NEED ART. We need games. We need films and videos. We need comics and books. These things enrich our lives especially when there is so much out there that can leave us completely drained.
Friends, please keep making and creating. You are fantastic and we need you and your creations.
Friends, please keep making and creating. You are fantastic and we need you and your creations.
Cory Doctorow on the most important thing about AI:
One-third of the stock market is tied up in seven AI companies that have no way to become profitable. It is a bubble that's going to burst and take the whole economy with it.
pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e...
One-third of the stock market is tied up in seven AI companies that have no way to become profitable. It is a bubble that's going to burst and take the whole economy with it.
pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e...
Pluralistic: The real (economic) AI apocalypse is nigh (27 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
September 30, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Cory Doctorow on the most important thing about AI:
One-third of the stock market is tied up in seven AI companies that have no way to become profitable. It is a bubble that's going to burst and take the whole economy with it.
pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e...
One-third of the stock market is tied up in seven AI companies that have no way to become profitable. It is a bubble that's going to burst and take the whole economy with it.
pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e...
It's the chubby dolphin, a remake of the classic tale The Ugly Duckling.
The most magical species interaction I've ever caught on video. The manatee and dolphins stayed in the area for over an hour and the manatee left with the dolphin pod.
#nature #animals #amazing #beautiful #magical #wildlife #naturephotography
#nature #animals #amazing #beautiful #magical #wildlife #naturephotography
September 5, 2025 at 8:42 PM
It's the chubby dolphin, a remake of the classic tale The Ugly Duckling.
Today I found a comic about superheroes coping with lockdown during the pandemic.
What a little gem!
Art by one of my favorites, Gurihiru. Clever writing by Zeb Wells.
What a little gem!
Art by one of my favorites, Gurihiru. Clever writing by Zeb Wells.
September 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Today I found a comic about superheroes coping with lockdown during the pandemic.
What a little gem!
Art by one of my favorites, Gurihiru. Clever writing by Zeb Wells.
What a little gem!
Art by one of my favorites, Gurihiru. Clever writing by Zeb Wells.
We recently celebrated one year since moving our family from Australia to New Zealand.
Climate anxiety, water security, and kinship to nature were big factors for us.
Mixing in mutant bugs, I would have to agree with this game trailer... Yes, Australia did it.
Climate anxiety, water security, and kinship to nature were big factors for us.
Mixing in mutant bugs, I would have to agree with this game trailer... Yes, Australia did it.
It's been a while.
Glad to be announcing a new game, and happy that it is something experimental and weird: a tiny, tense, turn-based strategy game about merging units into spectacular combinations, and then watching them evaporate thousands of bugs.
store.steampowered.com/app/2396130/...
Glad to be announcing a new game, and happy that it is something experimental and weird: a tiny, tense, turn-based strategy game about merging units into spectacular combinations, and then watching them evaporate thousands of bugs.
store.steampowered.com/app/2396130/...
Australia Did It - Reveal Trailer
YouTube video by MysticForge
www.youtube.com
September 4, 2025 at 2:25 AM
We recently celebrated one year since moving our family from Australia to New Zealand.
Climate anxiety, water security, and kinship to nature were big factors for us.
Mixing in mutant bugs, I would have to agree with this game trailer... Yes, Australia did it.
Climate anxiety, water security, and kinship to nature were big factors for us.
Mixing in mutant bugs, I would have to agree with this game trailer... Yes, Australia did it.
Taking a moment to connect to my mountain and to consider the privilege of a new day.
August 7, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Taking a moment to connect to my mountain and to consider the privilege of a new day.
What is the right term for corporations that make money facilitating the erasure of a people?
Genocide profiteering?
Our complicity runs so deep. Our governments, our media, our companies, our economy, our culture.
www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Genocide profiteering?
Our complicity runs so deep. Our governments, our media, our companies, our economy, our culture.
www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians
Revealed: The Israeli military undertook an ambitious project to store a giant trove of Palestinians’ phone calls on Microsoft’s servers in Europe
www.theguardian.com
August 7, 2025 at 11:42 AM
What is the right term for corporations that make money facilitating the erasure of a people?
Genocide profiteering?
Our complicity runs so deep. Our governments, our media, our companies, our economy, our culture.
www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Genocide profiteering?
Our complicity runs so deep. Our governments, our media, our companies, our economy, our culture.
www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
This article is a thorough condemnation of carbon offsets. Not even independent auditors can restore their integrity.
It is clear that carbon offsets are not a solution to the climate crisis. They are tools of deception, wielded by those who prefer business as usual over substantive change.
It is clear that carbon offsets are not a solution to the climate crisis. They are tools of deception, wielded by those who prefer business as usual over substantive change.
Poor integrity of carbon offsets :
"all key market participants benefit from inflated claims about carbon credits"
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
"all key market participants benefit from inflated claims about carbon credits"
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Auditors can’t save carbon offsets
The theory behind carbon offset projects is appealing: Instead of an organization cutting its own emissions, it can fund lower-cost carbon-reducing projects elsewhere to “offset” its emissions. The re...
www.science.org
July 11, 2025 at 7:56 AM
This article is a thorough condemnation of carbon offsets. Not even independent auditors can restore their integrity.
It is clear that carbon offsets are not a solution to the climate crisis. They are tools of deception, wielded by those who prefer business as usual over substantive change.
It is clear that carbon offsets are not a solution to the climate crisis. They are tools of deception, wielded by those who prefer business as usual over substantive change.
Today I explored a nearby reserve and found this amazing lookout. As a recent immigrant to New Zealand, I feel very lucky to call this place home!
March 2, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Today I explored a nearby reserve and found this amazing lookout. As a recent immigrant to New Zealand, I feel very lucky to call this place home!
What a wonderful evening to make a new friend! @ramiismail.com
February 18, 2025 at 7:38 AM
What a wonderful evening to make a new friend! @ramiismail.com
My first weta sighting since moving to New Zealand! I enjoyed watching it crawl up the post while I worked in the garden.
February 14, 2025 at 11:07 AM
My first weta sighting since moving to New Zealand! I enjoyed watching it crawl up the post while I worked in the garden.