Anna Pendergrast
@annapendergrast.bsky.social
Writing about tech, data and infrastructure + their impacts on people and planet. Occasional posts about buildings and food. I live in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Come and hang out with me & @kellypendergrast.bsky.social
in our Antistatic Group Meeting next week! It's our monthly group call to link & connect & plot & think.
Wed 24 Sep, 10:30am NZT / Tues 23 Sep, 3:30pm Pacific
More info and sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1bhc...
in our Antistatic Group Meeting next week! It's our monthly group call to link & connect & plot & think.
Wed 24 Sep, 10:30am NZT / Tues 23 Sep, 3:30pm Pacific
More info and sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1bhc...
September 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Come and hang out with me & @kellypendergrast.bsky.social
in our Antistatic Group Meeting next week! It's our monthly group call to link & connect & plot & think.
Wed 24 Sep, 10:30am NZT / Tues 23 Sep, 3:30pm Pacific
More info and sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1bhc...
in our Antistatic Group Meeting next week! It's our monthly group call to link & connect & plot & think.
Wed 24 Sep, 10:30am NZT / Tues 23 Sep, 3:30pm Pacific
More info and sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1bhc...
I'm calling into this AGM from Canada and really hoping I can get to bed before 2am...
July 31, 2025 at 8:24 AM
I'm calling into this AGM from Canada and really hoping I can get to bed before 2am...
Officially on holiday as of 20mins ago, although I’m yet to find the off button to stop me from thinking about work stuff when I’m off the clock.
July 29, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Officially on holiday as of 20mins ago, although I’m yet to find the off button to stop me from thinking about work stuff when I’m off the clock.
@kellypendergrast.bsky.social and I are excited to be part of the research team for this project. We helped write this backgrounder about internet infrastructure and climate resilience in the context of Aotearoa.
To find out more, and learn to get involved, head to internetresilience.nz
To find out more, and learn to get involved, head to internetresilience.nz
Yay published our first research output on internet infrastructure resilience in extreme weather and climate change in Aotearoa: a research backgrounder at www.internetresilience.nz/backgrounder
Online meeting next Tuesday 8 July if you want to hear more or get involved- sign up on the website!
Online meeting next Tuesday 8 July if you want to hear more or get involved- sign up on the website!
Backgrounder: Internet Infrastructure and Climate Resilience | Notion
Made with Notion, the all-in-one connected workspace with publishing capabilities.
www.internetresilience.nz
July 4, 2025 at 2:06 AM
@kellypendergrast.bsky.social and I are excited to be part of the research team for this project. We helped write this backgrounder about internet infrastructure and climate resilience in the context of Aotearoa.
To find out more, and learn to get involved, head to internetresilience.nz
To find out more, and learn to get involved, head to internetresilience.nz
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Grounded in Robin Wall Kimmerer’s latest book, The Serviceverry, writers @kellypendergrast.bsky.social and @annapendergrast.bsky.social look at the power of reciprocity and gift-giving in various digital spaces.
newpublic.substack.com/p/the-unexpe...
newpublic.substack.com/p/the-unexpe...
🎁 🔁 The unexpected gift economies thriving online
Seeking digital inspiration from Robin Wall Kimmerer's The Serviceberry
newpublic.substack.com
May 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Grounded in Robin Wall Kimmerer’s latest book, The Serviceverry, writers @kellypendergrast.bsky.social and @annapendergrast.bsky.social look at the power of reciprocity and gift-giving in various digital spaces.
newpublic.substack.com/p/the-unexpe...
newpublic.substack.com/p/the-unexpe...
Writing a report? Please, I am begging you, PUT A DATE ON IT! Not just on the website page you can download it from, or in the title, but somewhere obvious in the actual report itself.
May 20, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Writing a report? Please, I am begging you, PUT A DATE ON IT! Not just on the website page you can download it from, or in the title, but somewhere obvious in the actual report itself.
The latest @newpublic.org newsletter is written by me and @kellypendergrast.bsky.social. In it, we explore how concepts in Robin Wall Kimmerer's 2024 book The Serviceberry might manifest in digital projects and online spaces.
newpublic.substack.com/p/the-unexpe...
newpublic.substack.com/p/the-unexpe...
🎁 🔁 The unexpected gift economies thriving online
Seeking digital inspiration from Robin Wall Kimmerer's The Serviceberry
newpublic.substack.com
May 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The latest @newpublic.org newsletter is written by me and @kellypendergrast.bsky.social. In it, we explore how concepts in Robin Wall Kimmerer's 2024 book The Serviceberry might manifest in digital projects and online spaces.
newpublic.substack.com/p/the-unexpe...
newpublic.substack.com/p/the-unexpe...
Come and hang out with me and @kellypendergrast.bsky.social in our Antistatic Group Meeting next week! It's our monthly group call to link & connect & plot & think.
9.30am May 20 (NZT) // 1.30pm May 21 (Pacific)
More info and link to sign up is here: mailchi.mp/e259a21f3649...
9.30am May 20 (NZT) // 1.30pm May 21 (Pacific)
More info and link to sign up is here: mailchi.mp/e259a21f3649...
May 16, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Come and hang out with me and @kellypendergrast.bsky.social in our Antistatic Group Meeting next week! It's our monthly group call to link & connect & plot & think.
9.30am May 20 (NZT) // 1.30pm May 21 (Pacific)
More info and link to sign up is here: mailchi.mp/e259a21f3649...
9.30am May 20 (NZT) // 1.30pm May 21 (Pacific)
More info and link to sign up is here: mailchi.mp/e259a21f3649...
Reposted by Anna Pendergrast
I learned from @kellypendergrast.bsky.social + @annapendergrast.bsky.social about this Decomputing class at Dark Times Academy — refusal, Ludditism, analog alternatives, etc. I really need this, so I signed up.
Decomputing: A Community Exploration – Dark Times Academy
darktimesacademy.co.nz
May 9, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I learned from @kellypendergrast.bsky.social + @annapendergrast.bsky.social about this Decomputing class at Dark Times Academy — refusal, Ludditism, analog alternatives, etc. I really need this, so I signed up.
New Scope of Work newsletter written by me and @kellypendergrast.bsky.social is out today. It's about moving house – from packing your life into boxes to physically moving a home from one place to another. We also snuck in a bit about Shihad, because why not. www.scopeofwork.net/moving-house...
Moving House.
A moment of personal intersection with global shipping infrastructures.
www.scopeofwork.net
April 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
New Scope of Work newsletter written by me and @kellypendergrast.bsky.social is out today. It's about moving house – from packing your life into boxes to physically moving a home from one place to another. We also snuck in a bit about Shihad, because why not. www.scopeofwork.net/moving-house...
My pals at @darktimesacademy.bsky.social have announced their latest classes and they look fab (ft. some awesome guest speakers)!
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 10:58 PM
My pals at @darktimesacademy.bsky.social have announced their latest classes and they look fab (ft. some awesome guest speakers)!
For the second time in a week I've realised stories I love (and have never previously interrogated) about Dunedin and its streets/buildings are in fact folklore... “Dunedin has steep streets, not because of some attempt to impose another town’s plans but, because Dunedin has steep hills”.
March 31, 2025 at 1:56 AM
For the second time in a week I've realised stories I love (and have never previously interrogated) about Dunedin and its streets/buildings are in fact folklore... “Dunedin has steep streets, not because of some attempt to impose another town’s plans but, because Dunedin has steep hills”.
I'm trying to find info about the history of the Otago Uni Commerce building, can you help? In particular, is the story I learned as a student in the 00's that its leaking issues were due to it being designed for the Hawai'i climate true or an urban legend...
March 27, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I'm trying to find info about the history of the Otago Uni Commerce building, can you help? In particular, is the story I learned as a student in the 00's that its leaking issues were due to it being designed for the Hawai'i climate true or an urban legend...
We still have a couple of spaces for our Antistatic Group meeting this week - details and how to sign up below:
Come shoot the shit with me and @kellypendergrast.bsky.social in our Antistatic Group Meeting next week?? It's our monthly group call to link & connect & plot & think. The Feb call was sooo fun.
10am March 19 (NZ time) // 2pm March 18 (Pacific)
Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
10am March 19 (NZ time) // 2pm March 18 (Pacific)
Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
March 16, 2025 at 10:34 PM
We still have a couple of spaces for our Antistatic Group meeting this week - details and how to sign up below:
Come shoot the shit with me and @kellypendergrast.bsky.social in our Antistatic Group Meeting next week?? It's our monthly group call to link & connect & plot & think. The Feb call was sooo fun.
10am March 19 (NZ time) // 2pm March 18 (Pacific)
Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
10am March 19 (NZ time) // 2pm March 18 (Pacific)
Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
March 11, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Come shoot the shit with me and @kellypendergrast.bsky.social in our Antistatic Group Meeting next week?? It's our monthly group call to link & connect & plot & think. The Feb call was sooo fun.
10am March 19 (NZ time) // 2pm March 18 (Pacific)
Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
10am March 19 (NZ time) // 2pm March 18 (Pacific)
Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
How did I never know that it's Sting singing the second vocal part on Dire Straits' Money for Nothing?
February 21, 2025 at 2:24 AM
How did I never know that it's Sting singing the second vocal part on Dire Straits' Money for Nothing?
One of my highlights for 2024 was doing interviews for our annual Print Object zine. If you missed out, @kellypendergrast.bsky.social and I
have reformatted the zine and made it available as the first object in our new SHOP (lol) antistaticobjects.bigcartel.com/product/anti...
have reformatted the zine and made it available as the first object in our new SHOP (lol) antistaticobjects.bigcartel.com/product/anti...
February 6, 2025 at 9:35 PM
One of my highlights for 2024 was doing interviews for our annual Print Object zine. If you missed out, @kellypendergrast.bsky.social and I
have reformatted the zine and made it available as the first object in our new SHOP (lol) antistaticobjects.bigcartel.com/product/anti...
have reformatted the zine and made it available as the first object in our new SHOP (lol) antistaticobjects.bigcartel.com/product/anti...
Reposted by Anna Pendergrast
If you missed out on getting Antistatic Print Object in 2024, @annapendergrast.bsky.social and I have reformatted the zine and made it available as the first object in our new SHOP (lol) - buy one to read 6 interviews with some of the best 2 ever do it antistaticobjects.bigcartel.com/product/anti...
Antistatic Interview Object
Antistatic Interview Object contains interviews with six people we know or admire from the internet. The content was first created for our 2024...
antistaticobjects.bigcartel.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
If you missed out on getting Antistatic Print Object in 2024, @annapendergrast.bsky.social and I have reformatted the zine and made it available as the first object in our new SHOP (lol) - buy one to read 6 interviews with some of the best 2 ever do it antistaticobjects.bigcartel.com/product/anti...
Can’t even go on a morning walk without encountering AI.
December 18, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Can’t even go on a morning walk without encountering AI.
Every year @kellypendergrast.bsky.social and I make a Print Object (usually a zine) and send it as a gift to friends/colleagues/internet strangers. It’s always so fun to see when they start to arrive!
I thought I was too late to snag an Antistatic Print Object this year bc when I tried to sign up for one, they were already maxed out. But I guess I must have signed up earlier and then forgotten because GUESS WHAT JUST ARRIVED!!!
December 18, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Every year @kellypendergrast.bsky.social and I make a Print Object (usually a zine) and send it as a gift to friends/colleagues/internet strangers. It’s always so fun to see when they start to arrive!
Reposted by Anna Pendergrast
Digging into this year’s Antistatic Print Object - thank you @kellypendergrast.bsky.social for blessing my postbox
December 16, 2024 at 8:45 PM
Digging into this year’s Antistatic Print Object - thank you @kellypendergrast.bsky.social for blessing my postbox
Reposted by Anna Pendergrast
When he won in French someone observed that this was the best way to understand AI language models, and that really stuck with me -- knowing all the words doesn't mean you know what any of them mean or how to use them www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...
This year’s Spanish Scrabble champion? A man who can’t speak Spanish.
Nigel Richards, arguably the best Scrabble player ever, previously won French tournaments without speaking the language.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 15, 2024 at 9:18 PM
When he won in French someone observed that this was the best way to understand AI language models, and that really stuck with me -- knowing all the words doesn't mean you know what any of them mean or how to use them www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...
Reposted by Anna Pendergrast
When you think Gattaca is aspirational viewing
Tech bros know what every parent wants: children who sleep less
December 11, 2024 at 9:57 PM
When you think Gattaca is aspirational viewing
This week I made a submission on MBIE's consultation about changes to NZ Post's minimum requirements for the standard mail service (e.g. delivery days, number of Post Shops). You can read it here: www.antistaticpartners.com/blog/mail-se...
Submission: Moving towards a financially sustainable mail service — Antistatic
This week, Anna made a submission on proposed changes to New Zealand Post’s minimum service obligations, which are set out in the Postal Deed of Understanding. Proposed changes include reducing the nu...
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December 11, 2024 at 8:34 PM
This week I made a submission on MBIE's consultation about changes to NZ Post's minimum requirements for the standard mail service (e.g. delivery days, number of Post Shops). You can read it here: www.antistaticpartners.com/blog/mail-se...
Can't differentiate between O and 0? Good luck trying to prove your humanity. (This is an actual captcha I was just served up).
December 11, 2024 at 1:40 AM
Can't differentiate between O and 0? Good luck trying to prove your humanity. (This is an actual captcha I was just served up).