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I wrote a thing about AI apps and mental health just in time for the season most people will be looking into them. Now up on Witchdoctor
www.witchdoctor.co.nz/2024/ai-ther...
www.witchdoctor.co.nz/2024/ai-ther...
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Picard ethics tip: The fact that a conflict has many sides does not imply that every side has merit.
October 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Picard ethics tip: The fact that a conflict has many sides does not imply that every side has merit.
This is a very well written and worthy of your attention
"Form the dough. Knead until it’s as elastic as the truth."
"Use the backs of your closed fists. Don’t leave fingerprints. Let nothing get under your nails."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/how...
"Use the backs of your closed fists. Don’t leave fingerprints. Let nothing get under your nails."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/how...
How to Make Strudel Like Magda Goebbels
“My grandfather used to say ‘and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel’ and I never knew what it meant until after he died my grandmother explained s...
www.mcsweeneys.net
October 6, 2025 at 3:18 AM
This is a very well written and worthy of your attention
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I have spent the weekend devouring the new Homegrown Fruit Trees book by Kath Irvine & Jason Ross and it is unbelievably good solid, non-consumerist advice #nzbooks #nzgarden #gardening 100% recommend
October 5, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I have spent the weekend devouring the new Homegrown Fruit Trees book by Kath Irvine & Jason Ross and it is unbelievably good solid, non-consumerist advice #nzbooks #nzgarden #gardening 100% recommend
Today is not todaying in the way today was meant to go
July 28, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Today is not todaying in the way today was meant to go
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Guy in the vid i was watching said "I don't know what this is"
Instantly got a Copilot pop-up saying "if you're stuck on something, copilot can help you figure it out!"
and that's how i learned copilot is an always-on background process on my Win 11 laptop
and that it is always listening
Instantly got a Copilot pop-up saying "if you're stuck on something, copilot can help you figure it out!"
and that's how i learned copilot is an always-on background process on my Win 11 laptop
and that it is always listening
July 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Guy in the vid i was watching said "I don't know what this is"
Instantly got a Copilot pop-up saying "if you're stuck on something, copilot can help you figure it out!"
and that's how i learned copilot is an always-on background process on my Win 11 laptop
and that it is always listening
Instantly got a Copilot pop-up saying "if you're stuck on something, copilot can help you figure it out!"
and that's how i learned copilot is an always-on background process on my Win 11 laptop
and that it is always listening
Peter Jackson's Moa people - Colossal group ..... these are their cultural advisory board members.... This must be a pisstake
Chris Hemsworth, Joe Manganiello, Tom Brady, Steve Aoki, George RR Martin, Kit Harington, Sophie Turner AND Graham Hancock
Chris Hemsworth, Joe Manganiello, Tom Brady, Steve Aoki, George RR Martin, Kit Harington, Sophie Turner AND Graham Hancock
July 9, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Peter Jackson's Moa people - Colossal group ..... these are their cultural advisory board members.... This must be a pisstake
Chris Hemsworth, Joe Manganiello, Tom Brady, Steve Aoki, George RR Martin, Kit Harington, Sophie Turner AND Graham Hancock
Chris Hemsworth, Joe Manganiello, Tom Brady, Steve Aoki, George RR Martin, Kit Harington, Sophie Turner AND Graham Hancock
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Hey NZ, you have to watch this.. How the public is being manipulated in the run up to 11 Oct Local Body Elections
#nzpol #kikorangi #nzmedia #mustwatch
#nzpol #kikorangi #nzmedia #mustwatch
Fabricated Consent: Astroturfs Go Local
YouTube video by Paul… The Other One
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July 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Hey NZ, you have to watch this.. How the public is being manipulated in the run up to 11 Oct Local Body Elections
#nzpol #kikorangi #nzmedia #mustwatch
#nzpol #kikorangi #nzmedia #mustwatch
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Quick survey: Do any of you Kiwis use body-doubling services from overseas?
like Focusmate, deepwrk etc
I mean the cameras-on, not the cloning ones....
but do tell me about those in the comments please
like Focusmate, deepwrk etc
I mean the cameras-on, not the cloning ones....
but do tell me about those in the comments please
July 3, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Quick survey: Do any of you Kiwis use body-doubling services from overseas?
like Focusmate, deepwrk etc
I mean the cameras-on, not the cloning ones....
but do tell me about those in the comments please
like Focusmate, deepwrk etc
I mean the cameras-on, not the cloning ones....
but do tell me about those in the comments please
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Massive Attack does an excellent job of putting the Vylan controversy in perspective (from their Insta).
July 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Massive Attack does an excellent job of putting the Vylan controversy in perspective (from their Insta).
Matua Kahurangi is a fake account posted by Brynn Neilson who is running for the InternetNZ board. If you're voting there are much better candidates. Thanks @mountaintui.bsky.social @tinangata.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Matua Kahurangi is a fake account posted by Brynn Neilson who is running for the InternetNZ board. If you're voting there are much better candidates. Thanks @mountaintui.bsky.social @tinangata.bsky.social
Look how frickin cool this thing looks!
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July 1, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Look how frickin cool this thing looks!
And you've got to trust that all of these systems will work everytime as expected and who will be libel or able to fix it when things go wrong.
very well said from @meredithmeredith.bsky.social
Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
June 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM
And you've got to trust that all of these systems will work everytime as expected and who will be libel or able to fix it when things go wrong.
Gloriously golden for a brief moment before the rain set in this morning
June 27, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Gloriously golden for a brief moment before the rain set in this morning
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Ministry for Culture and Heritage cuts will deeply affect Te Ara Encyclopaedia of NZ, Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, NZHistory, Te Akomanga digital history curriculum support. Jock Phillips is right, "they are absolutely central to the education of NZers."
#kikorangi #nzpol
#kikorangi #nzpol
More cuts proposed at Ministry for Culture and Heritage
The axe is hovering over historians and staff who create digital content used by schools and the public.
www.rnz.co.nz
June 13, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Ministry for Culture and Heritage cuts will deeply affect Te Ara Encyclopaedia of NZ, Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, NZHistory, Te Akomanga digital history curriculum support. Jock Phillips is right, "they are absolutely central to the education of NZers."
#kikorangi #nzpol
#kikorangi #nzpol
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Funny, also every time you look up at the night sky (if you can see it) you are looking at a museum right before your eyes, it goes everywhere around the globe with you, offering different perspectives.
The light from V762 Cassiopeiae (farthest star we can wee with our eyes) 16,308 light-years old!
The light from V762 Cassiopeiae (farthest star we can wee with our eyes) 16,308 light-years old!
May 27, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Funny, also every time you look up at the night sky (if you can see it) you are looking at a museum right before your eyes, it goes everywhere around the globe with you, offering different perspectives.
The light from V762 Cassiopeiae (farthest star we can wee with our eyes) 16,308 light-years old!
The light from V762 Cassiopeiae (farthest star we can wee with our eyes) 16,308 light-years old!
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I'm starting to think almost all of NZ's problems could be resolved by a wealth tax and government investment in public services
May 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I'm starting to think almost all of NZ's problems could be resolved by a wealth tax and government investment in public services
So.much.this.
May 27, 2025 at 10:13 PM
So.much.this.
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Useful thread from Craig
#nzpol The pay equity decision today – just before Mothers Day – takes employment law back decades. It will likely impact the earnings of hundreds of thousands of women, often working in some of the most poorly paid work. It will cost us all in the long-run. A 🧵 www.beehive.govt.nz/release/chan...
www.beehive.govt.nz
May 6, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Useful thread from Craig
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Hey if cancelling pay equity settlements is about saving money, why don’t we just pay men and white people less and equalise that way
May 6, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Hey if cancelling pay equity settlements is about saving money, why don’t we just pay men and white people less and equalise that way
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New classes from Dark Times Academy are here and we are so excited about this next group!
From understanding Silicon Valley oligarchs to resisting Christian nationalism to 'decomputing' these are about action, community and learning together.
darktimesacademy.co....
From understanding Silicon Valley oligarchs to resisting Christian nationalism to 'decomputing' these are about action, community and learning together.
darktimesacademy.co....
April 4, 2025 at 5:35 AM
New classes from Dark Times Academy are here and we are so excited about this next group!
From understanding Silicon Valley oligarchs to resisting Christian nationalism to 'decomputing' these are about action, community and learning together.
darktimesacademy.co....
From understanding Silicon Valley oligarchs to resisting Christian nationalism to 'decomputing' these are about action, community and learning together.
darktimesacademy.co....
Really thrilled to have found @darktimesacademy.bsky.social and @parismarx.com this week. The talk put a lot of things into place and got a lot of webs weaving. Thanks to all
April 12, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Really thrilled to have found @darktimesacademy.bsky.social and @parismarx.com this week. The talk put a lot of things into place and got a lot of webs weaving. Thanks to all
Look what my wonderful husband made for me......Radio with pictures and knobs
April 12, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Look what my wonderful husband made for me......Radio with pictures and knobs
I have been saying this for years! But esp here in NZ where it's autumn and we get to eat all the treats
‘Christmas without the stress’: British shoppers embrace Eastermas
‘Christmas without the stress’: British shoppers embrace Eastermas
Trees, decorations and gifts such as sheep jumpers and bunny-shaped trinkets are a distraction from the gloom
www.theguardian.com
April 12, 2025 at 7:04 AM
I have been saying this for years! But esp here in NZ where it's autumn and we get to eat all the treats
This is heartbreaking and beautiful and totally worth a look anchoreditions.com/blog/dorothe...
Dorothea Lange’s Censored Photographs of FDR’s Japanese Concentration Camps — Anchor Editions
The military seized her photographs, quietly depositing them in the National Archives, where they remained mostly unseen and unpublished until 2006.
anchoreditions.com
April 1, 2025 at 9:37 PM
This is heartbreaking and beautiful and totally worth a look anchoreditions.com/blog/dorothe...
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I've said something like this before, but it bears repeating: In NZ, powerful people are looking at what's happening in the United States, and they are *salivating.*
They want exactly what's playing out over there to happen here.
#nzpol
They want exactly what's playing out over there to happen here.
#nzpol
March 31, 2025 at 5:32 AM
I've said something like this before, but it bears repeating: In NZ, powerful people are looking at what's happening in the United States, and they are *salivating.*
They want exactly what's playing out over there to happen here.
#nzpol
They want exactly what's playing out over there to happen here.
#nzpol