Russell Brown
@publicaddress.bsky.social
Journalist, rider of bikes, cooker of food, seeker of joy. Dad-DJ. Cosmopolitan.
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obviously you only sell almost $6 billion in stock when you're certain a company is going to get even more valuable
Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
November 11, 2025 at 7:56 AM
obviously you only sell almost $6 billion in stock when you're certain a company is going to get even more valuable
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This IPCA report on McSkimming and enabler/s needs a major systemic review of police command staff and systems to result.How deep does the rot go?Is just making up breathalysers results by lower level police a downstream reflection of the culture? New Zealand needs answers, not soundbites.
November 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
This IPCA report on McSkimming and enabler/s needs a major systemic review of police command staff and systems to result.How deep does the rot go?Is just making up breathalysers results by lower level police a downstream reflection of the culture? New Zealand needs answers, not soundbites.
Seriously, there's a whole big piece of the culture captured here. Very proud that I was a piece of the piece for a while. And I do love Papers Past.
This something I'm very proud to have done, in partnership with NatLib and @jingajik.bsky.social's team.
In 2019, we put the first 8 years of Rip It Up online, free, searchabe and downloadable. In 2024 we added 1986-98 paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/...
@audioculturenz.bsky.social
In 2019, we put the first 8 years of Rip It Up online, free, searchabe and downloadable. In 2024 we added 1986-98 paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/...
@audioculturenz.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Seriously, there's a whole big piece of the culture captured here. Very proud that I was a piece of the piece for a while. And I do love Papers Past.
Well, this story just got a lot fucking worse. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/jevon-mcs...
Police bosses ignored sex complaints against top cop, charged woman for 'revenge' emails instead
Suppressions fall away to reveal full story about the downfall of deputy police boss.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Well, this story just got a lot fucking worse. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/jevon-mcs...
I've talked to a couple of people about this and the best positive guess is that it's an abundance of caution because linking to his prior convictions could be deemed prejudicial to this case, and no one wants to be responsible for aborting a trial.
🧵Once again, RNZ (and the Otago Daily Times, which used RNZ's story) name Tim Jago in a report on his latest court appearance on charges of indecent assault and NZME, Stuff and TVNZ don't. And yet ... www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Former ACT Party president Tim Jago pleads not guilty to indecent assault
Tim Jago was charged last month relating to an allegation from 1995.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I've talked to a couple of people about this and the best positive guess is that it's an abundance of caution because linking to his prior convictions could be deemed prejudicial to this case, and no one wants to be responsible for aborting a trial.
🧵Content Warning: I am about to propose that you watch a 95-minute video about bike lanes. Sorry about that. But Not Just Bikes has done a genuinely great job with this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRPd...
This is Why Cycling is Dangerous in America
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
🧵Content Warning: I am about to propose that you watch a 95-minute video about bike lanes. Sorry about that. But Not Just Bikes has done a genuinely great job with this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRPd...
Crikey. First NZTA designs for retrofitting a busway to the northwestern, including a bus station between the Point Chev shops and the motorway and a dramatic-looking elevated busway to go over(!) St Lukes Rd and the existing eastbound on and off ramps. greaterauckland.substack.com/p/more-progr...
November 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Crikey. First NZTA designs for retrofitting a busway to the northwestern, including a bus station between the Point Chev shops and the motorway and a dramatic-looking elevated busway to go over(!) St Lukes Rd and the existing eastbound on and off ramps. greaterauckland.substack.com/p/more-progr...
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Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Gah, typo: It's *not* as if, that should be.
It's as if RNZ is being obviously reckless. It reported that a "well-known New Zealander" was facing an indecent assault charge on October 13, and only said Jago "can now be named" in this story on October 21. The report said his lawyer had not sought name suppression. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Well-known New Zealander charged with indecent assault can be named
The charges date back three decades.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Gah, typo: It's *not* as if, that should be.
The New York Times profiles Gandalf, the Northland green fairy facing charges of cultivating, possessing and selling cannabis and cannabis oil. We need to change our cannabis laws. (This is a gift link you can read for free) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
‘Gandalf’ the Medical Marijuana Grower: Folk Hero or Criminal?
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The New York Times profiles Gandalf, the Northland green fairy facing charges of cultivating, possessing and selling cannabis and cannabis oil. We need to change our cannabis laws. (This is a gift link you can read for free) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
🧵Once again, RNZ (and the Otago Daily Times, which used RNZ's story) name Tim Jago in a report on his latest court appearance on charges of indecent assault and NZME, Stuff and TVNZ don't. And yet ... www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Former ACT Party president Tim Jago pleads not guilty to indecent assault
Tim Jago was charged last month relating to an allegation from 1995.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
🧵Once again, RNZ (and the Otago Daily Times, which used RNZ's story) name Tim Jago in a report on his latest court appearance on charges of indecent assault and NZME, Stuff and TVNZ don't. And yet ... www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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This is insane. This is *literally* doing the same mechanics of the housing crisis and 2008 recession but to create debt to finance construction of AI data centers
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This is insane. This is *literally* doing the same mechanics of the housing crisis and 2008 recession but to create debt to finance construction of AI data centers
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
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Err BUT...
❌️Potaka made it harder to access emergency housing
❌️Upston made it harder for teens to access Jobseeker
❌️Bishop cancelled thousands of planned social housing builds AND sold off existing social housing
❌️Chhour slashed OT investment into youth employment programs
❌️Potaka made it harder to access emergency housing
❌️Upston made it harder for teens to access Jobseeker
❌️Bishop cancelled thousands of planned social housing builds AND sold off existing social housing
❌️Chhour slashed OT investment into youth employment programs
Government 'got to sort out' homeless in Auckland CBD, PM Christopher Luxon says
Government 'got to sort out' homeless in Auckland CBD, PM Christopher Luxon says
Central government and Auckland Council are considering how they can move homeless people out of the CBD ahead of summer.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Err BUT...
❌️Potaka made it harder to access emergency housing
❌️Upston made it harder for teens to access Jobseeker
❌️Bishop cancelled thousands of planned social housing builds AND sold off existing social housing
❌️Chhour slashed OT investment into youth employment programs
❌️Potaka made it harder to access emergency housing
❌️Upston made it harder for teens to access Jobseeker
❌️Bishop cancelled thousands of planned social housing builds AND sold off existing social housing
❌️Chhour slashed OT investment into youth employment programs
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Unhinged.
Wake up, babes. The Leader of the Free World is crashing out.
Again.
Again.
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Unhinged.
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BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Kia ora - Rāhina Monday has rolled around again! In good news, it does bring the AudioCulture Quiz. This week's questions are by Renee Jones (um, me). How did you get on? www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/aud...
AudioCulture Quiz - Article | AudioCulture
Welcome to the weekly AudioCulture Quiz. Clue: answers are on the site or, for those in a hurry, at the link below.
AudioCulture Quiz, 10 November 2025
Golden Harvest. - Photo by Murray Cammick
1. Go...
www.audioculture.co.nz
November 10, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Kia ora - Rāhina Monday has rolled around again! In good news, it does bring the AudioCulture Quiz. This week's questions are by Renee Jones (um, me). How did you get on? www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/aud...
I can't access the review itself, but it appears to be quite emphatic. There is no relationship.
No link between paracetamol in pregnancy and autism or ADHD in children, review finds
No link between paracetamol in pregnancy and autism or ADHD in children, review finds
Wide-ranging review finds no convincing connection after Trump said women should ‘fight like hell’ to avoid painkiller
A wide-ranging review into paracetamol use by pregnant women has found no convincing link between the common painkiller and the chances of children being diagnosed with autism and ADHD.
Publication of the work was fast-tracked to provide prospective mothers and their doctors with reliable information after the Trump administration urged pregnant women to avoid paracetamol – also known as acetaminophen or Tylenol – claiming it was contributing to rising rates of autism. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I can't access the review itself, but it appears to be quite emphatic. There is no relationship.
This New Yorker story on how America's AI-driven boom in data centres began, how they're used and the implications of their proliferation is a very useful read. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Inside the Data Centers That Train A.I. and Drain the Electrical Grid
A data center, which can use as much electricity as Philadelphia, is the new American factory, creating the future and propping up the economy. How long can this last?
www.newyorker.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
This New Yorker story on how America's AI-driven boom in data centres began, how they're used and the implications of their proliferation is a very useful read. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Palm Beach, Waiheke. Right now
Nerd fact (I’m a marine biologist after all), when luciferin and luciferase (gotta love the biblical names) join together, they react with the oxygen in the air to make an oxidised complex. After that, luciferin emits a photon, and that is what you see when it breaks
Nerd fact (I’m a marine biologist after all), when luciferin and luciferase (gotta love the biblical names) join together, they react with the oxygen in the air to make an oxidised complex. After that, luciferin emits a photon, and that is what you see when it breaks
November 9, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Palm Beach, Waiheke. Right now
Nerd fact (I’m a marine biologist after all), when luciferin and luciferase (gotta love the biblical names) join together, they react with the oxygen in the air to make an oxidised complex. After that, luciferin emits a photon, and that is what you see when it breaks
Nerd fact (I’m a marine biologist after all), when luciferin and luciferase (gotta love the biblical names) join together, they react with the oxygen in the air to make an oxidised complex. After that, luciferin emits a photon, and that is what you see when it breaks
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If you meet someone and they tell you they're part of the Washington Post editorial board, be sure to pat them on the shoulder, tell them to hang in there and maybe they'll get a respectable job someday.
This is references “class warfare” and “Generalissimo Zohran Mamdani” and only gets more bananas from there. The new editorial page is… really something. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Zohran Mamdani drops the mask
The mayor-elect divides New Yorkers into two groups: the oppressed and their oppressors.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
If you meet someone and they tell you they're part of the Washington Post editorial board, be sure to pat them on the shoulder, tell them to hang in there and maybe they'll get a respectable job someday.
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ChatGPT is doing everything 80s parents thought heavy metal and D&D did and I wish this was hyperbole
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 8, 2025 at 1:44 AM
ChatGPT is doing everything 80s parents thought heavy metal and D&D did and I wish this was hyperbole
Me: Now that I can play hi-res music files, maybe I won't need to buy any records for a while.
Also me: [Attends record fair]
Also me: [Attends record fair]
November 7, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Me: Now that I can play hi-res music files, maybe I won't need to buy any records for a while.
Also me: [Attends record fair]
Also me: [Attends record fair]
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If Wellingtonians want to catch a sweet little musical about local supernatural creatures that's also made up on the spot, one more chance bats.co.nz/whats-on/son...
Songs From a Spellbound City – BATS
A Spooky Improvised Musical
bats.co.nz
November 7, 2025 at 8:52 AM
If Wellingtonians want to catch a sweet little musical about local supernatural creatures that's also made up on the spot, one more chance bats.co.nz/whats-on/son...
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Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.
November 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.
