James Harris :laserkiwi:
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#NZTwits
#Aotearoa Zélandais Nouveau
#wellington #TeWhanganuiATara #CentralOtago #tarras #dunedin
Empty-nest husband, parent
May let out pouets from time to time
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#Aotearoa Zélandais Nouveau
#wellington #TeWhanganuiATara #CentralOtago #tarras #dunedin
Empty-nest husband, parent
May let out pouets from time to time
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https://open.substack.com/pub/worksinprogress/p/how-the-world-downzoned-itself
A thoughtful piece on the economics of urban and sub-urban density poltics across Europe and its colonies
A thoughtful piece on the economics of urban and sub-urban density poltics across Europe and its colonies
Why the West was downzoned
In the space of a few decades, nearly every city in the Western world banned densification. What happened?
www.worksinprogress.news
November 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
https://open.substack.com/pub/worksinprogress/p/how-the-world-downzoned-itself
A thoughtful piece on the economics of urban and sub-urban density poltics across Europe and its colonies
A thoughtful piece on the economics of urban and sub-urban density poltics across Europe and its colonies
Nz Govt has announced that it will legislate that we can install rooftop solar without building consent
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/27/new-zealand-introduces-building-consent-exemption-for-rooftop-solar/
... except in high wind zones. Once again, Wellington misses out!
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/27/new-zealand-introduces-building-consent-exemption-for-rooftop-solar/
... except in high wind zones. Once again, Wellington misses out!
October 28, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Nz Govt has announced that it will legislate that we can install rooftop solar without building consent
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/27/new-zealand-introduces-building-consent-exemption-for-rooftop-solar/
... except in high wind zones. Once again, Wellington misses out!
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/27/new-zealand-introduces-building-consent-exemption-for-rooftop-solar/
... except in high wind zones. Once again, Wellington misses out!
Reposted by James Harris :laserkiwi:
Flipping heck!
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360860860/watch-person-blown-wellington-traffic-gale-force-winds
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360860860/watch-person-blown-wellington-traffic-gale-force-winds
Stuff
www.stuff.co.nz
October 21, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Looks like Americans will finally switch to using paracetamol, just like the rest of the world
September 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Looks like Americans will finally switch to using paracetamol, just like the rest of the world
Bloom county is back to save us all!
Apologies for the fb link, do please let me know if you can find this somewhere else...
https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fberkeleybreathed%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02XnTJQ1wdge63MVygswb1Vw8ekgFjyScnujZk5djaFjt52GyNW132aRfJ6Hf6Bvk4l
#bloomcounty #opus #penguin
Apologies for the fb link, do please let me know if you can find this somewhere else...
https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fberkeleybreathed%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02XnTJQ1wdge63MVygswb1Vw8ekgFjyScnujZk5djaFjt52GyNW132aRfJ6Hf6Bvk4l
#bloomcounty #opus #penguin
September 20, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Bloom county is back to save us all!
Apologies for the fb link, do please let me know if you can find this somewhere else...
https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fberkeleybreathed%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02XnTJQ1wdge63MVygswb1Vw8ekgFjyScnujZk5djaFjt52GyNW132aRfJ6Hf6Bvk4l
#bloomcounty #opus #penguin
Apologies for the fb link, do please let me know if you can find this somewhere else...
https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fberkeleybreathed%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02XnTJQ1wdge63MVygswb1Vw8ekgFjyScnujZk5djaFjt52GyNW132aRfJ6Hf6Bvk4l
#bloomcounty #opus #penguin
Enjoyed the local "meet the candidates " session tonight. But got very distracted by a proposal to "can the pets" by the group that wants to close the zoo.
Disappointed to find "projects" on the next line. Typography matters!
Disappointed to find "projects" on the next line. Typography matters!
September 1, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Enjoyed the local "meet the candidates " session tonight. But got very distracted by a proposal to "can the pets" by the group that wants to close the zoo.
Disappointed to find "projects" on the next line. Typography matters!
Disappointed to find "projects" on the next line. Typography matters!
Reposted by James Harris :laserkiwi:
Just to piss off Don Brash and pay him back for using an image of a Māori woman without her #consent on his anti-Māori-wards billboards please share this widely.
August 6, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Just to piss off Don Brash and pay him back for using an image of a Māori woman without her #consent on his anti-Māori-wards billboards please share this widely.
Is AI the next mass hallucination? A cargo cult for our time?
This is batshit:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/what-have-we-done-sam-altman-says-i-feel-useless-compares-chatgpt-5s-power-to-the-manhattan-project/articleshow/123112813.cms
This is batshit:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/what-have-we-done-sam-altman-says-i-feel-useless-compares-chatgpt-5s-power-to-the-manhattan-project/articleshow/123112813.cms
August 6, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Is AI the next mass hallucination? A cargo cult for our time?
This is batshit:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/what-have-we-done-sam-altman-says-i-feel-useless-compares-chatgpt-5s-power-to-the-manhattan-project/articleshow/123112813.cms
This is batshit:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/what-have-we-done-sam-altman-says-i-feel-useless-compares-chatgpt-5s-power-to-the-manhattan-project/articleshow/123112813.cms
A physicist's nightmare. Expect housefires.
https://youtu.be/ZH_4o-cC71Y?si=Pz2zfsK7NdIQS7aK
#thermodynamics
https://youtu.be/ZH_4o-cC71Y?si=Pz2zfsK7NdIQS7aK
#thermodynamics
August 1, 2025 at 10:19 PM
A physicist's nightmare. Expect housefires.
https://youtu.be/ZH_4o-cC71Y?si=Pz2zfsK7NdIQS7aK
#thermodynamics
https://youtu.be/ZH_4o-cC71Y?si=Pz2zfsK7NdIQS7aK
#thermodynamics
Reposted by James Harris :laserkiwi:
The wonderful David Slack summarises suggested fixes for the broken coalition coffee machine […]
Original post on mastodon.nz
mastodon.nz
August 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The wonderful David Slack summarises suggested fixes for the broken coalition coffee machine […]
Reposted by James Harris :laserkiwi:
Covid excess mortality in Aotearoa New Zealand: between
2% and -0.8% .
That's negative -0.8%. Closing the border can save lives!
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/14-07-2025/counting-the-true-toll-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-in-new-zealand
https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyaf093
#COVID19 #mortality
2% and -0.8% .
That's negative -0.8%. Closing the border can save lives!
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/14-07-2025/counting-the-true-toll-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-in-new-zealand
https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyaf093
#COVID19 #mortality
Counting the true toll of the Covid-19 pandemic in New Zealand
As the Royal Commission of Inquiry into New Zealand's Covid-19 response continues, modelling expert Michael Plank presents a new study on the country's excess mortality rate.
thespinoff.co.nz
July 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Covid excess mortality in Aotearoa New Zealand: between
2% and -0.8% .
That's negative -0.8%. Closing the border can save lives!
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/14-07-2025/counting-the-true-toll-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-in-new-zealand
https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyaf093
#COVID19 #mortality
2% and -0.8% .
That's negative -0.8%. Closing the border can save lives!
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/14-07-2025/counting-the-true-toll-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-in-new-zealand
https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyaf093
#COVID19 #mortality
Covid excess mortality in Aotearoa New Zealand: between
2% and -0.8% .
That's negative -0.8%. Closing the border can save lives!
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/14-07-2025/counting-the-true-toll-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-in-new-zealand
https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyaf093
#COVID19 #mortality
2% and -0.8% .
That's negative -0.8%. Closing the border can save lives!
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/14-07-2025/counting-the-true-toll-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-in-new-zealand
https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyaf093
#COVID19 #mortality
Counting the true toll of the Covid-19 pandemic in New Zealand
As the Royal Commission of Inquiry into New Zealand's Covid-19 response continues, modelling expert Michael Plank presents a new study on the country's excess mortality rate.
thespinoff.co.nz
July 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Covid excess mortality in Aotearoa New Zealand: between
2% and -0.8% .
That's negative -0.8%. Closing the border can save lives!
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/14-07-2025/counting-the-true-toll-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-in-new-zealand
https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyaf093
#COVID19 #mortality
2% and -0.8% .
That's negative -0.8%. Closing the border can save lives!
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/14-07-2025/counting-the-true-toll-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-in-new-zealand
https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyaf093
#COVID19 #mortality
#JukeboxFridayNight #bodyparts
Of course, from The Tall Dwarfs,
The Brain That Would Not Die https://youtu.be/IlZmx8U7lf0?si=hZhBWFXRcELbDWBp
Of course, from The Tall Dwarfs,
The Brain That Would Not Die https://youtu.be/IlZmx8U7lf0?si=hZhBWFXRcELbDWBp
June 27, 2025 at 8:06 AM
#JukeboxFridayNight #bodyparts
Of course, from The Tall Dwarfs,
The Brain That Would Not Die https://youtu.be/IlZmx8U7lf0?si=hZhBWFXRcELbDWBp
Of course, from The Tall Dwarfs,
The Brain That Would Not Die https://youtu.be/IlZmx8U7lf0?si=hZhBWFXRcELbDWBp
Americans top the list with 36 curse words in every 100,000 words they post online.
The British were next, with 25 curses per 100,000 words. Then the Aussies with 22, Singaporeans with 21 and New Zealanders with 20.
Well * that **-ways with a ***! […]
The British were next, with 25 curses per 100,000 words. Then the Aussies with 22, Singaporeans with 21 and New Zealanders with 20.
Well * that **-ways with a ***! […]
Original post on mastodon.nz
mastodon.nz
June 22, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Americans top the list with 36 curse words in every 100,000 words they post online.
The British were next, with 25 curses per 100,000 words. Then the Aussies with 22, Singaporeans with 21 and New Zealanders with 20.
Well * that **-ways with a ***! […]
The British were next, with 25 curses per 100,000 words. Then the Aussies with 22, Singaporeans with 21 and New Zealanders with 20.
Well * that **-ways with a ***! […]
Reposted by James Harris :laserkiwi:
Iranian ballistic missile launches spotted from a commercial plane over Dubai. - Popular Front
#Iran #israel #israeliranwar
#Iran #israel #israeliranwar
June 17, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Iranian ballistic missile launches spotted from a commercial plane over Dubai. - Popular Front
#Iran #israel #israeliranwar
#Iran #israel #israeliranwar
Reposted by James Harris :laserkiwi:
3. The 2020 pandemic involved a massive shift to remote healthcare (phone, video, e-consult) and also introduction of lots of digital technologies. Some tech was great, some was clunky and made work for people.
June 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
3. The 2020 pandemic involved a massive shift to remote healthcare (phone, video, e-consult) and also introduction of lots of digital technologies. Some tech was great, some was clunky and made work for people.
Reposted by James Harris :laserkiwi:
Apparently, if you have facebook or Instagram installed on your phone, #meta was able to track your browsing habits and link them to your real identity even if you never logged in on the web, used incognito mode or a VPN. I hope Meta gets hit with every fine in the book […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
June 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Apparently, if you have facebook or Instagram installed on your phone, #meta was able to track your browsing habits and link them to your real identity even if you never logged in on the web, used incognito mode or a VPN. I hope Meta gets hit with every fine in the book […]
I've never seen a tuatara run this fast before!
#tuatara v #takahe. Let's get #taikawaititi to make the full-length feature version, eh?
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/561097/doc-ranger-snaps-rare-footage-of-tuatara-and-takahe-having-a-scrap
#tuatara v #takahe. Let's get #taikawaititi to make the full-length feature version, eh?
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/561097/doc-ranger-snaps-rare-footage-of-tuatara-and-takahe-having-a-scrap
DOC ranger snaps rare footage of tuatara and takahē 'having a scrap'
While the takahē started the rough stuff the tuatara "got a couple of bites in" during the bush-floor stoush.
www.rnz.co.nz
May 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
I've never seen a tuatara run this fast before!
#tuatara v #takahe. Let's get #taikawaititi to make the full-length feature version, eh?
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/561097/doc-ranger-snaps-rare-footage-of-tuatara-and-takahe-having-a-scrap
#tuatara v #takahe. Let's get #taikawaititi to make the full-length feature version, eh?
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/561097/doc-ranger-snaps-rare-footage-of-tuatara-and-takahe-having-a-scrap
#AnzacDay, a moment to reflect on the life of one of my many military ancestors.
This year, it seems mildly topical to highlight Wilhelm von Gall, who invaded New York from Canada.
One of three Hessian Brigadiers-General fighting for a British king of German […]
[Original post on mastodon.nz]
This year, it seems mildly topical to highlight Wilhelm von Gall, who invaded New York from Canada.
One of three Hessian Brigadiers-General fighting for a British king of German […]
[Original post on mastodon.nz]
April 24, 2025 at 4:52 AM
#AnzacDay, a moment to reflect on the life of one of my many military ancestors.
This year, it seems mildly topical to highlight Wilhelm von Gall, who invaded New York from Canada.
One of three Hessian Brigadiers-General fighting for a British king of German […]
[Original post on mastodon.nz]
This year, it seems mildly topical to highlight Wilhelm von Gall, who invaded New York from Canada.
One of three Hessian Brigadiers-General fighting for a British king of German […]
[Original post on mastodon.nz]
https://open.spotify.com/track/7kriFJLY2KOhw5en9iI2jb?si=mPPce5-2SBmMBgu6wEVDmg&pi=vShni85LSlKAd
#JukeboxFridayNight #riseup
But omething stirs and something tries
And starts to climb towards the light
#JukeboxFridayNight #riseup
But omething stirs and something tries
And starts to climb towards the light
Echoes
Pink Floyd · Meddle · Song · 1971
open.spotify.com
April 18, 2025 at 6:48 AM
https://open.spotify.com/track/7kriFJLY2KOhw5en9iI2jb?si=mPPce5-2SBmMBgu6wEVDmg&pi=vShni85LSlKAd
#JukeboxFridayNight #riseup
But omething stirs and something tries
And starts to climb towards the light
#JukeboxFridayNight #riseup
But omething stirs and something tries
And starts to climb towards the light
April 12, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Two rats and a mouse in the trap lines beside #wellingtonzoo today. I was wondering if the new #predatorfreewellington poison bait stations would be making a difference yet, it seems the answer is "no not much"
March 22, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Two rats and a mouse in the trap lines beside #wellingtonzoo today. I was wondering if the new #predatorfreewellington poison bait stations would be making a difference yet, it seems the answer is "no not much"
@bsky.brid.gy @thejazzbutcher.bsky.social
January 22, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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