tristam
@tristam.bsky.social
design, academia. more aviation references required. te whanganui-a-tara.
* this account includes a tweet archive 2007~2024.
* this account includes a tweet archive 2007~2024.
suffice it to say, i’m AI skeptic.
however a colleague today gave me a compelling use case: using it to sub edit emails to even out the tone in possibly fraught scenarios.
on that note, where to a get a patriarchal mac mini?
however a colleague today gave me a compelling use case: using it to sub edit emails to even out the tone in possibly fraught scenarios.
on that note, where to a get a patriarchal mac mini?
*It's interesting to see these spontaneous science-fiction dystopias in tweet form
January 26, 2026 at 6:49 AM
suffice it to say, i’m AI skeptic.
however a colleague today gave me a compelling use case: using it to sub edit emails to even out the tone in possibly fraught scenarios.
on that note, where to a get a patriarchal mac mini?
however a colleague today gave me a compelling use case: using it to sub edit emails to even out the tone in possibly fraught scenarios.
on that note, where to a get a patriarchal mac mini?
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Want an easy way to submit on the Arms Bill? Add your name to their summary submission at www.guncontrol.nz/submission and let Parliament know you want stronger gun laws. The website also has resources for writing your own submission.
January 15, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Want an easy way to submit on the Arms Bill? Add your name to their summary submission at www.guncontrol.nz/submission and let Parliament know you want stronger gun laws. The website also has resources for writing your own submission.
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Make Persia Again
January 9, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Make Persia Again
… it would be really quite good if MSM in Aotearoa stopped citing US government officials verbatim and without perspective, reflection nor context.
January 9, 2026 at 2:32 AM
… it would be really quite good if MSM in Aotearoa stopped citing US government officials verbatim and without perspective, reflection nor context.
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Grok, X’s AI chatbot, is being used to sexualise women, children, and marginalized communities worldwide. Abuse is fast, systematic, & often escapes current laws.
What can NZ do? What should NZ do? And what can you do? Check out the info in slides below 👇 (featuring @sanjanah.bsky.social) #nzpol
What can NZ do? What should NZ do? And what can you do? Check out the info in slides below 👇 (featuring @sanjanah.bsky.social) #nzpol
January 9, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Grok, X’s AI chatbot, is being used to sexualise women, children, and marginalized communities worldwide. Abuse is fast, systematic, & often escapes current laws.
What can NZ do? What should NZ do? And what can you do? Check out the info in slides below 👇 (featuring @sanjanah.bsky.social) #nzpol
What can NZ do? What should NZ do? And what can you do? Check out the info in slides below 👇 (featuring @sanjanah.bsky.social) #nzpol
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Chancellor Merz:
As of now, in the fourth year of the war, Germany is Kyiv's strongest supporter. And after a ceasefire, Germany will accept responsibility for the security of Ukraine and for the consequences of hostilities.
As of now, in the fourth year of the war, Germany is Kyiv's strongest supporter. And after a ceasefire, Germany will accept responsibility for the security of Ukraine and for the consequences of hostilities.
January 6, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Chancellor Merz:
As of now, in the fourth year of the war, Germany is Kyiv's strongest supporter. And after a ceasefire, Germany will accept responsibility for the security of Ukraine and for the consequences of hostilities.
As of now, in the fourth year of the war, Germany is Kyiv's strongest supporter. And after a ceasefire, Germany will accept responsibility for the security of Ukraine and for the consequences of hostilities.
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PM Starmer:
Following the ceasefire, the UK and France will establish military hubs across Ukraine.
Following the ceasefire, the UK and France will establish military hubs across Ukraine.
January 6, 2026 at 7:37 PM
PM Starmer:
Following the ceasefire, the UK and France will establish military hubs across Ukraine.
Following the ceasefire, the UK and France will establish military hubs across Ukraine.
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President Macron:
Peace agreements signed by Russia in the last 15 years have all been broken in Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine.
Based on that experience, we want to have peace and guarantees.
Peace agreements signed by Russia in the last 15 years have all been broken in Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine.
Based on that experience, we want to have peace and guarantees.
January 6, 2026 at 7:22 PM
President Macron:
Peace agreements signed by Russia in the last 15 years have all been broken in Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine.
Based on that experience, we want to have peace and guarantees.
Peace agreements signed by Russia in the last 15 years have all been broken in Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine.
Based on that experience, we want to have peace and guarantees.
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❗️President Zelenskyy, President Macron and Prime Minister Starmer sign a declaration of intent regarding multinational force deployment in Ukraine in the future.
January 6, 2026 at 7:19 PM
❗️President Zelenskyy, President Macron and Prime Minister Starmer sign a declaration of intent regarding multinational force deployment in Ukraine in the future.
clearly i’m still stuck in the 2025 doldrums.
this scholarship was closed last month. thanks to @curiouskiwi.com for cross checking & my humble apologies for not.
thank you all for the retweets.
this scholarship was closed last month. thanks to @curiouskiwi.com for cross checking & my humble apologies for not.
thank you all for the retweets.
Toi Rauwhārangi College of Creative Arts is offering scholarships to help you start (or continue) your explorations in art, design, music or screen arts… Apply today!
… Or forward this to someone you think might benefit from a $1000 head start www.massey.ac.nz/study/schola...
#redesignnz
… Or forward this to someone you think might benefit from a $1000 head start www.massey.ac.nz/study/schola...
#redesignnz
Creative Kickstarter Scholarship
Make your Move - This is your chance to kickstart your creative journey at Toi Rauwhārangi College of Creative Arts — with a $1,000 fees scholarship to help you get here.
www.massey.ac.nz
January 5, 2026 at 3:48 AM
clearly i’m still stuck in the 2025 doldrums.
this scholarship was closed last month. thanks to @curiouskiwi.com for cross checking & my humble apologies for not.
thank you all for the retweets.
this scholarship was closed last month. thanks to @curiouskiwi.com for cross checking & my humble apologies for not.
thank you all for the retweets.
Toi Rauwhārangi College of Creative Arts is offering scholarships to help you start (or continue) your explorations in art, design, music or screen arts… Apply today!
… Or forward this to someone you think might benefit from a $1000 head start www.massey.ac.nz/study/schola...
#redesignnz
… Or forward this to someone you think might benefit from a $1000 head start www.massey.ac.nz/study/schola...
#redesignnz
Creative Kickstarter Scholarship
Make your Move - This is your chance to kickstart your creative journey at Toi Rauwhārangi College of Creative Arts — with a $1,000 fees scholarship to help you get here.
www.massey.ac.nz
January 5, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Toi Rauwhārangi College of Creative Arts is offering scholarships to help you start (or continue) your explorations in art, design, music or screen arts… Apply today!
… Or forward this to someone you think might benefit from a $1000 head start www.massey.ac.nz/study/schola...
#redesignnz
… Or forward this to someone you think might benefit from a $1000 head start www.massey.ac.nz/study/schola...
#redesignnz
POTUS can’t act with impunity if he holds Putin to account.
Ukraine (and Gaza) are pretexts for this act against Venezuela. Although, installing a vassal (economic) regime is more likely than any US military occupation.
Ukraine (and Gaza) are pretexts for this act against Venezuela. Although, installing a vassal (economic) regime is more likely than any US military occupation.
January 3, 2026 at 10:54 AM
POTUS can’t act with impunity if he holds Putin to account.
Ukraine (and Gaza) are pretexts for this act against Venezuela. Although, installing a vassal (economic) regime is more likely than any US military occupation.
Ukraine (and Gaza) are pretexts for this act against Venezuela. Although, installing a vassal (economic) regime is more likely than any US military occupation.
… aaand: “We will replace the rigidity of rugged individualism… with the warmth of collectivism.”
ace.
ace.
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 10:55 PM
… aaand: “We will replace the rigidity of rugged individualism… with the warmth of collectivism.”
ace.
ace.
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"We will govern expansively and audaciously. We may not always succeed, but never will we be accused of lacking the courage to try."
Boy it would be nice to see more of this energy in politics broadly.
Boy it would be nice to see more of this energy in politics broadly.
Mamdani: I have been told that this is the occasion to reset expectations, that I should use this opportunity to encourage the people of New York to ask for little and expect even less. I will do no such thing. The only expectation I seek to reset is that of small expectations.
January 1, 2026 at 9:42 PM
"We will govern expansively and audaciously. We may not always succeed, but never will we be accused of lacking the courage to try."
Boy it would be nice to see more of this energy in politics broadly.
Boy it would be nice to see more of this energy in politics broadly.
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In a speech full of great lines this was an all timer.
"For too long those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty."
- Mayor Mamdani.
- Mayor Mamdani.
January 1, 2026 at 9:11 PM
In a speech full of great lines this was an all timer.
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Gary Larson's groundbreaking, utterly inimitable “The Far Side" first appeared 45 years ago, on January 1, 1980. Everyone has a favorite—what’s yours?
January 1, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Gary Larson's groundbreaking, utterly inimitable “The Far Side" first appeared 45 years ago, on January 1, 1980. Everyone has a favorite—what’s yours?
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Where to donate e-waste for recycling in New Zealand.
Recycling your e-waste is an important step in ensuring it stays out of the landfill.
www.wisemove.co.nz/post/where-t...
Recycling your e-waste is an important step in ensuring it stays out of the landfill.
www.wisemove.co.nz/post/where-t...
Where to donate ewaste for recycling in New Zealand
Discover the importance of e-waste recycling in NZ and how you can keep 21kg of electronic waste per person out of landfills annually. Act now!
www.wisemove.co.nz
December 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Where to donate e-waste for recycling in New Zealand.
Recycling your e-waste is an important step in ensuring it stays out of the landfill.
www.wisemove.co.nz/post/where-t...
Recycling your e-waste is an important step in ensuring it stays out of the landfill.
www.wisemove.co.nz/post/where-t...
this resonates. make an effort to connect with someone new, perhaps someone who might not be part of your community. it can be reassuring, and it’s always enlightening…
“The world is a team sport, not an individual one. The people around us — all the people — are our teammates, not our opponents."
“The world is a team sport, not an individual one. The people around us — all the people — are our teammates, not our opponents."
So, today I'm wrapping up People Watching. Massive thanks to everyone who has supported it & all the cool people I've met and drawn. I wrote an article in the Sunday Magazine today talking about the lessons I've learned doing it - and there were so many.
www.thepost.co.nz/culture/3609...
www.thepost.co.nz/culture/3609...
December 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
this resonates. make an effort to connect with someone new, perhaps someone who might not be part of your community. it can be reassuring, and it’s always enlightening…
“The world is a team sport, not an individual one. The people around us — all the people — are our teammates, not our opponents."
“The world is a team sport, not an individual one. The people around us — all the people — are our teammates, not our opponents."
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Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year.
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
December 19, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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Climate Change Minister Simon Watts is not concerned at the lack of opportunity for public input on the Government’s decision to weaken the 2050 methane target to align it with a level of global warming deemed catastrophic by the United Nations.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/10/g...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/10/g...
Govt to rush climate target change through Parliament under urgency
The public will not have their say on the Govt's weakening of the methane target, even though it could raise household bills by $270 a year.
newsroom.co.nz
December 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Climate Change Minister Simon Watts is not concerned at the lack of opportunity for public input on the Government’s decision to weaken the 2050 methane target to align it with a level of global warming deemed catastrophic by the United Nations.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/10/g...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/10/g...
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Gmail users!!
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Gmail users!!
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
“you are not your swedish furniture.”
or… the first rule about improving the NZ economy never seems to include supporting the designers and manufacturers of Aotearoa NZ!
or… the first rule about improving the NZ economy never seems to include supporting the designers and manufacturers of Aotearoa NZ!
When I moved to Aotearoa about two decades ago, reckons were IKEA was coming ‘next year’ (and every year since!) I even went to Sydney and shipped a kitchen as the quality here for the same money was really poor. It’s going to shake things up, I reckon
December 3, 2025 at 6:31 AM
“you are not your swedish furniture.”
or… the first rule about improving the NZ economy never seems to include supporting the designers and manufacturers of Aotearoa NZ!
or… the first rule about improving the NZ economy never seems to include supporting the designers and manufacturers of Aotearoa NZ!
for most basic research and idle curiosity, if @wikipedia.org’s search was slightly better, the big search engines would be unnessary. as it is, siri is really good (i know, right?!) at prioritising wikipedia results.
and the best way to avoid #AI is to avoid the corporations who push it.
#ux
and the best way to avoid #AI is to avoid the corporations who push it.
#ux
December 3, 2025 at 6:24 AM
for most basic research and idle curiosity, if @wikipedia.org’s search was slightly better, the big search engines would be unnessary. as it is, siri is really good (i know, right?!) at prioritising wikipedia results.
and the best way to avoid #AI is to avoid the corporations who push it.
#ux
and the best way to avoid #AI is to avoid the corporations who push it.
#ux