Soon Lee
@soonleenz.bsky.social
Malaysian Chinese Aotearoa (New Zealander), geek, food, wine & microbes interest. Best Auckland Restaurant Venn diagram (Onedrive): https://tinyurl.com/AucklandRestaurant TL50
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Happy New Year 2026
Year of the Horse
May your year be wonderful!
Year of the Horse
May your year be wonderful!
February 16, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Happy New Year 2026
Year of the Horse
May your year be wonderful!
Year of the Horse
May your year be wonderful!
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One of the best sf shows ever made, Babylon 5, is being released on YouTube by Beyond Infinity in collab w/ WB. And it's upscaled!
One ep every few days.
Seasons 3-4 are masterpieces, but if you've never seen the show, you can start now!
youtu.be/Y235YEQstLo?...
One ep every few days.
Seasons 3-4 are masterpieces, but if you've never seen the show, you can start now!
youtu.be/Y235YEQstLo?...
Babylon 5 | Full Episode | The Gathering: Season 1, Episode 1 | Beyond Infinity
YouTube video by ClipZone: Beyond Infinity
youtu.be
February 10, 2026 at 11:17 PM
One of the best sf shows ever made, Babylon 5, is being released on YouTube by Beyond Infinity in collab w/ WB. And it's upscaled!
One ep every few days.
Seasons 3-4 are masterpieces, but if you've never seen the show, you can start now!
youtu.be/Y235YEQstLo?...
One ep every few days.
Seasons 3-4 are masterpieces, but if you've never seen the show, you can start now!
youtu.be/Y235YEQstLo?...
#Wordle #dailyWordleClub #Wordle1704 Wordle 1,704 3/6*
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Second guess didn't leave anything else but took me ages to see it.
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Second guess didn't leave anything else but took me ages to see it.
February 16, 2026 at 6:12 PM
#Wordle #dailyWordleClub #Wordle1704 Wordle 1,704 3/6*
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Second guess didn't leave anything else but took me ages to see it.
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⬛⬛🟨🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Second guess didn't leave anything else but took me ages to see it.
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Yeah, this is pretty much exactly what I thought about when I saw Musk's stupid racist tweet: Minnesotans have spent the last month and a half saying we will die to defend our multicultural community.
It's also part of a very direct negation of the latest stupid tweet by Musk: people have given so much, two of them their lives, to defend a multicultural city and the rights of people not exactly like them. And that multiculturalism is American culture.
February 16, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Yeah, this is pretty much exactly what I thought about when I saw Musk's stupid racist tweet: Minnesotans have spent the last month and a half saying we will die to defend our multicultural community.
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Years ago in Aussie a mall was using that high pitched sound only young people can hear, to drive loitering youth away; kids sampled it, used it as notification sound so they could message each other in class and the teacher couldn't hear
February 15, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Years ago in Aussie a mall was using that high pitched sound only young people can hear, to drive loitering youth away; kids sampled it, used it as notification sound so they could message each other in class and the teacher couldn't hear
This might be of interest to the audiophiles.
www.tomshardware.com/speakers/in-...
www.tomshardware.com/speakers/in-...
In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud — 'The mud should sound perfectly awful, but it doesn't,' notes the exper...
Who knew listening to a banana sounded so good?
www.tomshardware.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:26 PM
This might be of interest to the audiophiles.
www.tomshardware.com/speakers/in-...
www.tomshardware.com/speakers/in-...
February 15, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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In a 21st century special, this 'summer' Wellington has had figurative Shitsville and, now, literal Shitsville.
Worst. Summer. Ever. *Homer Simpson voice* Worst summer ever so far.
February 15, 2026 at 6:54 AM
In a 21st century special, this 'summer' Wellington has had figurative Shitsville and, now, literal Shitsville.
Penang Hokkien Mee a.k.a. Prawn Noodle Soup a.k.a. Har Meen a.k.a. Hae Mee. Spicy broth of pork & prawn shell, wheat noodles, rice vermicelli, blanched beansprouts, blanched water spinach, sliced pork, prawns, boiled egg, crispy fried shallot, crispy pork fat, sambal. #cookingDiary #kai #food🍜 🍽️
February 15, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Penang Hokkien Mee a.k.a. Prawn Noodle Soup a.k.a. Har Meen a.k.a. Hae Mee. Spicy broth of pork & prawn shell, wheat noodles, rice vermicelli, blanched beansprouts, blanched water spinach, sliced pork, prawns, boiled egg, crispy fried shallot, crispy pork fat, sambal. #cookingDiary #kai #food🍜 🍽️
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i think this is what drives me nuts. people talk about how, say, the UN was founded by "starry eyed idealists" who didn't understand "reality." the truth is that the UN was founded by those who had just fought and *won* the bloodiest war in human history.
February 13, 2026 at 7:26 PM
i think this is what drives me nuts. people talk about how, say, the UN was founded by "starry eyed idealists" who didn't understand "reality." the truth is that the UN was founded by those who had just fought and *won* the bloodiest war in human history.
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Really quick chart to show the rise of declared state of emergencies due to sever weather events. See the trend?
Also we are only 45 days into 2026!
Can we talk about climate change now?
#NZPol
Notes in Alt Text
Also we are only 45 days into 2026!
Can we talk about climate change now?
#NZPol
Notes in Alt Text
February 14, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Really quick chart to show the rise of declared state of emergencies due to sever weather events. See the trend?
Also we are only 45 days into 2026!
Can we talk about climate change now?
#NZPol
Notes in Alt Text
Also we are only 45 days into 2026!
Can we talk about climate change now?
#NZPol
Notes in Alt Text
Plasma donation & lunch.
Did my bit by donating plasma yesterday. After that I rewarded myself with a delicious lunch at Jinweide (Lincoln Road) with their Braised beef noodle with soup ($17.99) & Spicy tripe ($9.99)
#AucklandEats #kai #food 🍜🍽️
Did my bit by donating plasma yesterday. After that I rewarded myself with a delicious lunch at Jinweide (Lincoln Road) with their Braised beef noodle with soup ($17.99) & Spicy tripe ($9.99)
#AucklandEats #kai #food 🍜🍽️
February 14, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Plasma donation & lunch.
Did my bit by donating plasma yesterday. After that I rewarded myself with a delicious lunch at Jinweide (Lincoln Road) with their Braised beef noodle with soup ($17.99) & Spicy tripe ($9.99)
#AucklandEats #kai #food 🍜🍽️
Did my bit by donating plasma yesterday. After that I rewarded myself with a delicious lunch at Jinweide (Lincoln Road) with their Braised beef noodle with soup ($17.99) & Spicy tripe ($9.99)
#AucklandEats #kai #food 🍜🍽️
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I really enjoyed this interview with Mihingarangi Forbes. In 20 minutes we managed to touch on numerous issues relating to how AI is changing society, issues I've been grappling daily in conversations with colleagues here in New Zealand.
"Nothing like this has existed before, and we don't quite know what it does to people."
@carlbergstrom.com spoke to Mihingarangi Forbes about living with AI on Saturday Morning this morning → www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
#cccss26 🧪
@carlbergstrom.com spoke to Mihingarangi Forbes about living with AI on Saturday Morning this morning → www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
#cccss26 🧪
Professor Carl Bergstrom: Living with AI
Internationally acclaimed scientist Carl Bergstrom on why humans are so psychologically wired for online and whether we are living with "modern-day oracles or bullsh*t machines."
www.rnz.co.nz
February 14, 2026 at 7:23 AM
I really enjoyed this interview with Mihingarangi Forbes. In 20 minutes we managed to touch on numerous issues relating to how AI is changing society, issues I've been grappling daily in conversations with colleagues here in New Zealand.
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THIS. One reason I've warmed to the idea of compulsory civics at every stage of education in a functional democracy is to have it driven into everyone's head how incredibly hard it is to commit successful voter fraud.
Not sure who needs to hear this but the voter fraud rate is a mere 0.000003%. Anyone telling you otherwise is making shit up so they can take away your right to vote.
February 14, 2026 at 7:11 PM
THIS. One reason I've warmed to the idea of compulsory civics at every stage of education in a functional democracy is to have it driven into everyone's head how incredibly hard it is to commit successful voter fraud.
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NZ is actively undermining global efforts to cut climate pollution. But as events like this show, we are not immune. NZ should be part of the solution not part of the problem. 'Never seen anything like' weather that hit Waipā - local www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
'Never seen anything like' weather that hit Waipā - local
A Waikato man says he had never seen damage like the scenes on his parent's Waipā farm following Friday's intense rain.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 14, 2026 at 6:47 PM
NZ is actively undermining global efforts to cut climate pollution. But as events like this show, we are not immune. NZ should be part of the solution not part of the problem. 'Never seen anything like' weather that hit Waipā - local www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
February 14, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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if you're an older person who finds words like mogg and maxxing annoying, just starting using them. people over the age of 30 have the superpower to end trends by simply adopting them
February 14, 2026 at 1:50 AM
if you're an older person who finds words like mogg and maxxing annoying, just starting using them. people over the age of 30 have the superpower to end trends by simply adopting them
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Reminds me of this gem of a Douglas Adams quote comparing the BBC’s attitude toward producing a radio play of the HHGttG to Macbeth’s attitude toward murder.
February 13, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Reminds me of this gem of a Douglas Adams quote comparing the BBC’s attitude toward producing a radio play of the HHGttG to Macbeth’s attitude toward murder.
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Also there were bouquets of red roses for $100. One. Hundred. Dollars.
You could buy so many snacks for that money.
Buy your person their favourite treats. The ones that they're like "oh I love it but it's too expensive". That's a good gift.
You could buy so many snacks for that money.
Buy your person their favourite treats. The ones that they're like "oh I love it but it's too expensive". That's a good gift.
February 13, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Also there were bouquets of red roses for $100. One. Hundred. Dollars.
You could buy so many snacks for that money.
Buy your person their favourite treats. The ones that they're like "oh I love it but it's too expensive". That's a good gift.
You could buy so many snacks for that money.
Buy your person their favourite treats. The ones that they're like "oh I love it but it's too expensive". That's a good gift.
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I regularly post updates on this story because it's an atrocity on an incomprehensible scale but people don't really talk about it
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
USAID cuts may cause over 14 million additional deaths by 2030, study says
Deep funding cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development and its potential dismantling could result in more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030, according to research published in The ...
www.reuters.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:01 PM
I regularly post updates on this story because it's an atrocity on an incomprehensible scale but people don't really talk about it
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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In incredible news, the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly for "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women."
Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration.
It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Our latest.
Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration.
It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Our latest.
European Parliament Votes Overwhelmingly For "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women"
The resolution, though nonbinding, is a significant shot at those who seek to erode transgender rights on the continent.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:17 PM
In incredible news, the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly for "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women."
Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration.
It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Our latest.
Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration.
It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Our latest.
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I feel this way about pretty much all vaccine-preventable infectious diseases. You shouldn't be allowed to dump cyanide into municipal drinking water and you shouldn't be allowed to recreationally spread viruses around shared public spaces.
My most authoritarian opinion is that the MMR vaccine should be mandatory, with only medical (not religious or floofy) exemptions allowed. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
This Is How a Child Dies of Measles
When your family becomes a data point in an outbreak
www.theatlantic.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM
I feel this way about pretty much all vaccine-preventable infectious diseases. You shouldn't be allowed to dump cyanide into municipal drinking water and you shouldn't be allowed to recreationally spread viruses around shared public spaces.
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Things that are bad luck, worldwide:
▪️Friday the 13th (France)
▪️Friday the 17th (Italy)
▪️Tuesday the 13th (Greece)
▪️Sharing a pear with your spouse (China)
▪️Whistling indoors (Lithuania)
▪️Yo-yos (Syria)
▪️Complimenting a baby (Serbia)
▪️Having ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife (Canada)
▪️Friday the 13th (France)
▪️Friday the 17th (Italy)
▪️Tuesday the 13th (Greece)
▪️Sharing a pear with your spouse (China)
▪️Whistling indoors (Lithuania)
▪️Yo-yos (Syria)
▪️Complimenting a baby (Serbia)
▪️Having ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife (Canada)
February 13, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Things that are bad luck, worldwide:
▪️Friday the 13th (France)
▪️Friday the 17th (Italy)
▪️Tuesday the 13th (Greece)
▪️Sharing a pear with your spouse (China)
▪️Whistling indoors (Lithuania)
▪️Yo-yos (Syria)
▪️Complimenting a baby (Serbia)
▪️Having ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife (Canada)
▪️Friday the 13th (France)
▪️Friday the 17th (Italy)
▪️Tuesday the 13th (Greece)
▪️Sharing a pear with your spouse (China)
▪️Whistling indoors (Lithuania)
▪️Yo-yos (Syria)
▪️Complimenting a baby (Serbia)
▪️Having ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife (Canada)
February 13, 2026 at 6:13 PM
"This is progress" by Aram J. French
mandatoryrollercoaster.com/post/8081046...
(It's good to link back to the creator)
mandatoryrollercoaster.com/post/8081046...
(It's good to link back to the creator)
February 12, 2026 at 11:49 PM
"This is progress" by Aram J. French
mandatoryrollercoaster.com/post/8081046...
(It's good to link back to the creator)
mandatoryrollercoaster.com/post/8081046...
(It's good to link back to the creator)