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What a BEAUTY! 🤩
The Rothschildia Silkmoths from the neotropics are some of the most beautiful insects in the world! 🌳🦋
With over 30 species attaining a massive wingspan, they are absolute jewels to see in the dense rainforest! 💎
This one was found at around 1400m in elevation on Manu road in Peru!🌿
The Rothschildia Silkmoths from the neotropics are some of the most beautiful insects in the world! 🌳🦋
With over 30 species attaining a massive wingspan, they are absolute jewels to see in the dense rainforest! 💎
This one was found at around 1400m in elevation on Manu road in Peru!🌿
December 9, 2025 at 7:40 AM
What a BEAUTY! 🤩
The Rothschildia Silkmoths from the neotropics are some of the most beautiful insects in the world! 🌳🦋
With over 30 species attaining a massive wingspan, they are absolute jewels to see in the dense rainforest! 💎
This one was found at around 1400m in elevation on Manu road in Peru!🌿
The Rothschildia Silkmoths from the neotropics are some of the most beautiful insects in the world! 🌳🦋
With over 30 species attaining a massive wingspan, they are absolute jewels to see in the dense rainforest! 💎
This one was found at around 1400m in elevation on Manu road in Peru!🌿
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Elle Cordova & Toni Lindgren
@ellecordova.bsky.social
@ellecordova.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Elle Cordova & Toni Lindgren
@ellecordova.bsky.social
@ellecordova.bsky.social
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if we ban social media for kids but they are still allowed to talk to AI, that seems like it could be really really bad
December 9, 2025 at 3:48 AM
if we ban social media for kids but they are still allowed to talk to AI, that seems like it could be really really bad
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Ok, so what I want from my house is no adverts. I want a fridge that makes stuff cold, an oven that makes stuff hot, a washing machine that makes stuff wet and a dryer that makes stuff dry. I don't want it to be smart, or wifi connected, I want it to be mechanically sound with a 20+ year life span.
A UK woman named Carol was hospitalized after a ‘PLURIBUS’ ad on her Samsung smart fridge sparked a psychotic episode.
The targeted promo read “We’re sorry we upset you, Carol” - mirroring the Apple TV+ thriller's plot - leading her to believe someone was messaging her directly.
#Pluribus
The targeted promo read “We’re sorry we upset you, Carol” - mirroring the Apple TV+ thriller's plot - leading her to believe someone was messaging her directly.
#Pluribus
December 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Ok, so what I want from my house is no adverts. I want a fridge that makes stuff cold, an oven that makes stuff hot, a washing machine that makes stuff wet and a dryer that makes stuff dry. I don't want it to be smart, or wifi connected, I want it to be mechanically sound with a 20+ year life span.
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This would include every single online interaction and every single online platform to support online interaction 🤣😱👀
For example:
-youtube
-xbox
-discord
-online comment sections
-reddit
-substack
AND
-apps for sports teams
-apps for schoolwork
-google docs
-email
-zoom
-microsoft teams
#nzpol
For example:
-youtube
-xbox
-discord
-online comment sections
-substack
AND
-apps for sports teams
-apps for schoolwork
-google docs
-zoom
-microsoft teams
#nzpol
In other bait news, Catherine Wedd's "Social Media (Age-Restricted Users) Bill" defines a "social media platform" thusly, which is some bullshit because surely it would categorise SMS as such.
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This would include every single online interaction and every single online platform to support online interaction 🤣😱👀
For example:
-youtube
-xbox
-discord
-online comment sections
-reddit
-substack
AND
-apps for sports teams
-apps for schoolwork
-google docs
-email
-zoom
-microsoft teams
#nzpol
For example:
-youtube
-xbox
-discord
-online comment sections
-substack
AND
-apps for sports teams
-apps for schoolwork
-google docs
-zoom
-microsoft teams
#nzpol
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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As much as folks can throw around one term government, it's got to be replaced by something. Labours team seem to be thinking 2026 NZ will be like 2024 UK. They're wrong. This is the 2015 election where their leader was flawed, campaign was weak, and they lost to a chaotic austerity coalition.
December 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
As much as folks can throw around one term government, it's got to be replaced by something. Labours team seem to be thinking 2026 NZ will be like 2024 UK. They're wrong. This is the 2015 election where their leader was flawed, campaign was weak, and they lost to a chaotic austerity coalition.
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For my sins, I have been on Facebook longer than sixteen years so if they ask me to verify my age that is dumb
December 8, 2025 at 1:52 AM
For my sins, I have been on Facebook longer than sixteen years so if they ask me to verify my age that is dumb
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I hope everyone who pushed for this understands this is the end of online anonymity for all ages. It means age verification and Digital IDs for everyone. Does anyone trust social media companies to handle this information appropriately?
www.myprivacy.blog/australias-d...
www.myprivacy.blog/australias-d...
December 8, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I hope everyone who pushed for this understands this is the end of online anonymity for all ages. It means age verification and Digital IDs for everyone. Does anyone trust social media companies to handle this information appropriately?
www.myprivacy.blog/australias-d...
www.myprivacy.blog/australias-d...
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I can't stress what Mark says enough.
We really will be in the territory of trading liberty for (illusory) security.
Some of us haven't been sleepwalking, but I honestly don't see Labour having the courage to make the case against a ban to parents.
We really will be in the territory of trading liberty for (illusory) security.
Some of us haven't been sleepwalking, but I honestly don't see Labour having the courage to make the case against a ban to parents.
Ending pseudonymity has huge consequences for online activism. We‘ve sleepwalked into a surveillance state. The next few years are going to look very different in terms of risk assessment.
December 8, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I can't stress what Mark says enough.
We really will be in the territory of trading liberty for (illusory) security.
Some of us haven't been sleepwalking, but I honestly don't see Labour having the courage to make the case against a ban to parents.
We really will be in the territory of trading liberty for (illusory) security.
Some of us haven't been sleepwalking, but I honestly don't see Labour having the courage to make the case against a ban to parents.
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The one thing I would say about New Zealand summer holidays is they are our only significant break all year long whereas in Europe (for example) you get a Christmas break and then a summer break so you're only stuck for about six months at a time, not the full year.
December 7, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The one thing I would say about New Zealand summer holidays is they are our only significant break all year long whereas in Europe (for example) you get a Christmas break and then a summer break so you're only stuck for about six months at a time, not the full year.
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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Whatever else it can do, this tech adds work and erodes trust. The extra work is time-wasting and wearying, and I resent the erosion of trust most deeply. I cannot believe it is healthy for society to be ever less sure that anything you encounter is the real thought or expression of a fellow human
I spend so much time verifying everything now from art to cited sources to photos to historical references to citations to quotes to legal and medical information that it's really hard to fathom how much work AI has collectively added to the world, not reduced
Here's the reality this example illustrates:
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
December 7, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Whatever else it can do, this tech adds work and erodes trust. The extra work is time-wasting and wearying, and I resent the erosion of trust most deeply. I cannot believe it is healthy for society to be ever less sure that anything you encounter is the real thought or expression of a fellow human
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Watch and learn.
💯 this.
Hate and anger raise cortisol levels.
If you are always hateful. Always angry. Cortisol destroys the body from the inside out.
💯 this.
Hate and anger raise cortisol levels.
If you are always hateful. Always angry. Cortisol destroys the body from the inside out.
December 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Watch and learn.
💯 this.
Hate and anger raise cortisol levels.
If you are always hateful. Always angry. Cortisol destroys the body from the inside out.
💯 this.
Hate and anger raise cortisol levels.
If you are always hateful. Always angry. Cortisol destroys the body from the inside out.
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You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:
A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
December 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:
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Our gorgeous #WakeUpDeadMan end credit portraits, painted from life by Isabella Watling. We’re still in theaters, see my pinned post for a theater finder!
December 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Our gorgeous #WakeUpDeadMan end credit portraits, painted from life by Isabella Watling. We’re still in theaters, see my pinned post for a theater finder!
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My @politicshome.bsky.social story from the summer about the AI-generated "I rise to speak" phenomenon in Parliament has made it into @nytimes.com 🇺🇸
(sadly, without credit)
(sadly, without credit)
December 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My @politicshome.bsky.social story from the summer about the AI-generated "I rise to speak" phenomenon in Parliament has made it into @nytimes.com 🇺🇸
(sadly, without credit)
(sadly, without credit)
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Laws aren't real. They exist solely on account of buy-in from society's participants. Once one side disengages, you no longer reside in a society based on laws. You live in a society based on power and armed force. I am begging folks to accept this so we can get moving.
Just legal Calvinball. Obviously lawless.
December 6, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Laws aren't real. They exist solely on account of buy-in from society's participants. Once one side disengages, you no longer reside in a society based on laws. You live in a society based on power and armed force. I am begging folks to accept this so we can get moving.
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The Portishead and the Jarlsberg-flipping, Cocktail-style, are sending me
December 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The Portishead and the Jarlsberg-flipping, Cocktail-style, are sending me
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I have one piece of advice for American men: be the guy at the party who makes everyone a perfect grilled cheese at 3 in the morning and you’ll never sleep alone. Also what is going on with this embassy thirst trap
December 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I have one piece of advice for American men: be the guy at the party who makes everyone a perfect grilled cheese at 3 in the morning and you’ll never sleep alone. Also what is going on with this embassy thirst trap
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KiwiSaver hardship withdrawals: 'Worried where I will be in two weeks'
KiwiSaver hardship withdrawals: 'Worried where I will be in two weeks'
In October, $49.4m was withdrawn for hardship reasons, up from $38.4m in October 2024.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
KiwiSaver hardship withdrawals: 'Worried where I will be in two weeks'
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So not only were we busy telling the world what we were doing on insecure Signal chats, we were shooting down our own people at the same time. It has costs to put incompetent people in charge of national security, and I fear we are just beginning to pay them.
www.businessinsider.com/navy-warship...
www.businessinsider.com/navy-warship...
A Navy warship mistook US fighter jets for enemy missiles and opened fire. The targeted pilot saw his life flash before his eyes.
New documents reveal how the USS Gettysburg shot down an F/A-18 and nearly hit a second one above the Red Sea last year.
www.businessinsider.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
So not only were we busy telling the world what we were doing on insecure Signal chats, we were shooting down our own people at the same time. It has costs to put incompetent people in charge of national security, and I fear we are just beginning to pay them.
www.businessinsider.com/navy-warship...
www.businessinsider.com/navy-warship...
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Not until encountering them this (early) morning on the outskirts of the Redwood grove did I realize that among the invasive pests in the Rotorua forests are wallabies.
(And I can’t believe we live in a world now where I have to say this but, NO, this is not AI)
(And I can’t believe we live in a world now where I have to say this but, NO, this is not AI)
December 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Not until encountering them this (early) morning on the outskirts of the Redwood grove did I realize that among the invasive pests in the Rotorua forests are wallabies.
(And I can’t believe we live in a world now where I have to say this but, NO, this is not AI)
(And I can’t believe we live in a world now where I have to say this but, NO, this is not AI)
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OTD in 1994 Russia signed the Budapest memo, guaranteeing Ukraine's territorial integrity in exchange for their nukes, 44 Ukrainian Tu-22 heavy bombers and 1,068 Kh-55 cruise missiles.
Which have been fired at Ukraine in this war.
Which have been fired at Ukraine in this war.
December 5, 2025 at 7:33 AM
OTD in 1994 Russia signed the Budapest memo, guaranteeing Ukraine's territorial integrity in exchange for their nukes, 44 Ukrainian Tu-22 heavy bombers and 1,068 Kh-55 cruise missiles.
Which have been fired at Ukraine in this war.
Which have been fired at Ukraine in this war.
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"Prior to tradescantia biocontrol release the average dry weight biomass at these sites was close to 500 g/m2. After agent establishment the average biomass was slightly above 100 g/m2, well below the 200 g/m2 threshold needed for native regeneration." www.landcareresearch.co.nz/publications...
More damage, less biomass: monitoring progress of tradescantia biocontrol
Four classical biocontrol agents targeting tradescantia have been present in New Zealand’s environment for up to 14 years.
www.landcareresearch.co.nz
December 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"Prior to tradescantia biocontrol release the average dry weight biomass at these sites was close to 500 g/m2. After agent establishment the average biomass was slightly above 100 g/m2, well below the 200 g/m2 threshold needed for native regeneration." www.landcareresearch.co.nz/publications...