dingsbums
@binkle.bsky.social
Frazzled but trying, Ōtautahi, Aotearoa. Cats, words, birds, absurds. Sci-fi, fantasy, romance, crime. Eff those effing Nazis, homophobes, transphobes, libertarians, contrarians, sea lions (except the real ones obviously), two sidesers etc.
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Just gonna keep saying it: There is no point growing the pie if the wealthy keep eating all of it.
November 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Just gonna keep saying it: There is no point growing the pie if the wealthy keep eating all of it.
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Why are MBIE making the disposal of asbestos-laced children's sand toys the problem of councils, instead of K-Mart? www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
'Stop using them immediately': Asbestos found in Kmart Magic Sand as recall expands
Four Kmart products have tested positive for asbestos, prompting urgent warnings for parents, schools and early learning centres.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 15, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Why are MBIE making the disposal of asbestos-laced children's sand toys the problem of councils, instead of K-Mart? www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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GDrive > top right gear:
Manage Apps > uncheck Gemini
ALSO
Privacy > Manage Workspace smart feature settings > two Gemini settings, toggle off
(Gemini AI is on by default and it explicity scans and "shares" or "uses" your info and activity across Google products)
Manage Apps > uncheck Gemini
ALSO
Privacy > Manage Workspace smart feature settings > two Gemini settings, toggle off
(Gemini AI is on by default and it explicity scans and "shares" or "uses" your info and activity across Google products)
October 27, 2025 at 8:36 PM
GDrive > top right gear:
Manage Apps > uncheck Gemini
ALSO
Privacy > Manage Workspace smart feature settings > two Gemini settings, toggle off
(Gemini AI is on by default and it explicity scans and "shares" or "uses" your info and activity across Google products)
Manage Apps > uncheck Gemini
ALSO
Privacy > Manage Workspace smart feature settings > two Gemini settings, toggle off
(Gemini AI is on by default and it explicity scans and "shares" or "uses" your info and activity across Google products)
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WorkSafe board no longer has any worker representative - CTU
WorkSafe board no longer has any worker representative - CTU
Removing the voice of the worker from the actual governance of WorkSafe is "deeply concerning", says the CTU.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 28, 2025 at 8:25 AM
WorkSafe board no longer has any worker representative - CTU
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Don't see the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum online yet. But Act are already crowing about having gutted it.
community.scoop.co.nz/2025/10/new-...
community.scoop.co.nz/2025/10/new-...
Community Scoop » New Curriculum Takes Politics Out Of History
community.scoop.co.nz
October 28, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Don't see the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum online yet. But Act are already crowing about having gutted it.
community.scoop.co.nz/2025/10/new-...
community.scoop.co.nz/2025/10/new-...
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Kiwirail are bringing back the ChCh- - Dunedin Southerner Train for the Labour weekend 🚞
I hope the Southerner does well and is made a permanent fixture, I got to take it in May and it was an amazing trip!
I hope the Southerner does well and is made a permanent fixture, I got to take it in May and it was an amazing trip!
October 24, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Kiwirail are bringing back the ChCh- - Dunedin Southerner Train for the Labour weekend 🚞
I hope the Southerner does well and is made a permanent fixture, I got to take it in May and it was an amazing trip!
I hope the Southerner does well and is made a permanent fixture, I got to take it in May and it was an amazing trip!
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Extraordinary weather events forecast for much of AoNZ tomorrow. NOT usual spring winds, but MEGA RED ALERT WARNING winds. This is climate change. This is climate change HERE NOW. This is why we MUST meet our agreed greenhouse gas emission reductions. It’s not politics - it’s SURVIVAL Mr. Luxon.
October 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Extraordinary weather events forecast for much of AoNZ tomorrow. NOT usual spring winds, but MEGA RED ALERT WARNING winds. This is climate change. This is climate change HERE NOW. This is why we MUST meet our agreed greenhouse gas emission reductions. It’s not politics - it’s SURVIVAL Mr. Luxon.
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I’ve just signed up because I believe in public and national broadcasting. As well as posting moans about it I’m going to be part of the research audience to give my views and feedback!
www.rnz.co.nz/haveyoursay
www.rnz.co.nz/haveyoursay
RNZ : Have Your Say
www.rnz.co.nz
October 20, 2025 at 4:09 AM
I’ve just signed up because I believe in public and national broadcasting. As well as posting moans about it I’m going to be part of the research audience to give my views and feedback!
www.rnz.co.nz/haveyoursay
www.rnz.co.nz/haveyoursay
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Cambridge University Library project Future Nostalgia is archiving information forgotten on floppy disks. However, legacy data storage devices like floppy disks present serious complications for archivists. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
A digital dark age? The people rescuing forgotten knowledge trapped on old floppy disks
From lectures by Stephen Hawking to the letters of British politician Neil Kinnock – it's a race against time to save the historical treasures locked away on old floppy disks.
www.bbc.com
October 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Cambridge University Library project Future Nostalgia is archiving information forgotten on floppy disks. However, legacy data storage devices like floppy disks present serious complications for archivists. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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So no money for teachers,nurses,doctors,new hospitals...
...here,have a road.
Their priorities are sh*t.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
...here,have a road.
Their priorities are sh*t.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Watch: Christopher Luxon on $515m spend-up for new roads
The government will spend more than half a billion dollars buying properties for its Roads of National Significance.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
So no money for teachers,nurses,doctors,new hospitals...
...here,have a road.
Their priorities are sh*t.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
...here,have a road.
Their priorities are sh*t.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Possibly the most epic sunset I've ever captured. A mothership lenticular cloud above the Māniatoto plains looking at Pātearoa Rock & Pillar Range, Central Otago New Zealand
#Nikon #GreatNZRoadie #Weather #NZ
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(available on my site)
#Nikon #GreatNZRoadie #Weather #NZ
paullecomtephoto.nz
(available on my site)
October 20, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Possibly the most epic sunset I've ever captured. A mothership lenticular cloud above the Māniatoto plains looking at Pātearoa Rock & Pillar Range, Central Otago New Zealand
#Nikon #GreatNZRoadie #Weather #NZ
paullecomtephoto.nz
(available on my site)
#Nikon #GreatNZRoadie #Weather #NZ
paullecomtephoto.nz
(available on my site)
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I love whatever is wrong with them 🙂↕️
October 19, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I love whatever is wrong with them 🙂↕️
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Every "Christchurch is cool now" article is illustrated with a photo of a pedestrianised street with a tram, meanwhile every local election the discourse is like "rip out the cycle lanes, then turn the botantic gardens into a car park? It's worth a least considering"
www.rnz.co.nz/news/thedeta...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/thedeta...
Once branded the world's unluckiest city, Christchurch is now the 'capital of cool'
Our second biggest city is experiencing the type of revival that should make the rest of New Zealand envious.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Every "Christchurch is cool now" article is illustrated with a photo of a pedestrianised street with a tram, meanwhile every local election the discourse is like "rip out the cycle lanes, then turn the botantic gardens into a car park? It's worth a least considering"
www.rnz.co.nz/news/thedeta...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/thedeta...
Metropol magazine is a blight on the Waitaha | Canterbury region. A free - forgive me - *complimentary* waste of good trees. I just don't get who the audience is supposed to be. Wankers would be my first guess
October 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Metropol magazine is a blight on the Waitaha | Canterbury region. A free - forgive me - *complimentary* waste of good trees. I just don't get who the audience is supposed to be. Wankers would be my first guess
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Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.
October 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.
Ōtautahi / Chch procrastinators, join me in voting in the local body elections before midday tomorrow - drop off locations listed in the link www.newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/t... #kikorangi
Time running out to vote in local elections
Time is running out for the 69 per cent of eligible voters in Christchurch and Banks Peninsula who have yet to complete and return their voting papers for the local elections.
www.newsline.ccc.govt.nz
October 10, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Ōtautahi / Chch procrastinators, join me in voting in the local body elections before midday tomorrow - drop off locations listed in the link www.newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/t... #kikorangi
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Actual journalism being done to contradict stupid vibes-based dickhead www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... #nzpol
How many job hunters are there for each job ad?
Finding work may not be as easy as "getting off the PlayStation", data on jobs and job hunters shows.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Actual journalism being done to contradict stupid vibes-based dickhead www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... #nzpol
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Zuckerberg hailed AI ‘superintelligence’. Then his smart glasses failed on stage | Matthew Cantor
Zuckerberg hailed AI ‘superintelligence’. Then his smart glasses failed on stage | Matthew Cantor
The Meta CEO fumbled a demo of his AI Ray-Bans, giving us hope that the robots might be too dumb to take over
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Zuckerberg hailed AI ‘superintelligence’. Then his smart glasses failed on stage | Matthew Cantor
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🧠 First treatment for Huntington’s
A UK trial of gene therapy slowed Huntington’s disease by 75% over three years, offering real hope for families facing this fatal condition.
🔗 www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
#SciComm 🧪 #Genetics #Huntingtons
A UK trial of gene therapy slowed Huntington’s disease by 75% over three years, offering real hope for families facing this fatal condition.
🔗 www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
#SciComm 🧪 #Genetics #Huntingtons
Huntington’s disease treated successfully for first time in UK gene therapy trial
Surgical procedure to treat devastating illness slowed progress of disease by 75% in patients after three years
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
🧠 First treatment for Huntington’s
A UK trial of gene therapy slowed Huntington’s disease by 75% over three years, offering real hope for families facing this fatal condition.
🔗 www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
#SciComm 🧪 #Genetics #Huntingtons
A UK trial of gene therapy slowed Huntington’s disease by 75% over three years, offering real hope for families facing this fatal condition.
🔗 www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
#SciComm 🧪 #Genetics #Huntingtons
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Local Bird Elections are on. Do your avian duty and vote for the Kākā. Just joking. Vote for whoever you like. But the Kākā really is best. Voting closes today.
My Stuff #cartoon today #BirdOfTheYear
My Stuff #cartoon today #BirdOfTheYear
September 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Local Bird Elections are on. Do your avian duty and vote for the Kākā. Just joking. Vote for whoever you like. But the Kākā really is best. Voting closes today.
My Stuff #cartoon today #BirdOfTheYear
My Stuff #cartoon today #BirdOfTheYear
Serves me right for reading a romance titled"Stretched By A Billionaire" (which is way less perverted than you might assume from the title):
September 22, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Serves me right for reading a romance titled"Stretched By A Billionaire" (which is way less perverted than you might assume from the title):
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I'm big mad about the media coverage of the citizenship pathways for tangata whenua born overseas story not asking the Green Party who ARE THE PARTY THAT HAVE AN ACTUAL, SPECIFIC POLICY ABOUT THIS.
www.greens.org.nz/overseas_new...
www.greens.org.nz/overseas_new...
Overseas New Zealanders Policy
This policy covers: Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the Aotearoa New Zealand Diaspora; Services, Support and Human Rights; Meaningful Connections; and Participation in Society.
www.greens.org.nz
September 17, 2025 at 7:09 AM
I'm big mad about the media coverage of the citizenship pathways for tangata whenua born overseas story not asking the Green Party who ARE THE PARTY THAT HAVE AN ACTUAL, SPECIFIC POLICY ABOUT THIS.
www.greens.org.nz/overseas_new...
www.greens.org.nz/overseas_new...
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Hey Hutt folks, you may miss it when voting, but please don’t vote for Suzanne Levy! She sounds fine, but OOPS she runs the TERF organisation Speak Up For Women.
September 17, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Hey Hutt folks, you may miss it when voting, but please don’t vote for Suzanne Levy! She sounds fine, but OOPS she runs the TERF organisation Speak Up For Women.