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Hospitals asked to save $510 millions despite $538 million going unspent
Hospitals asked to save $510 millions despite $538 million going unspent
The "underspend" was due in part to unfilled vacancies and the fact Health NZ has yet to settle collective contract disputes.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 19, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Hospitals asked to save $510 millions despite $538 million going unspent
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Tim: This is Tim from accounting
Me: Hi Tim from accounting
Tim: Just say Tim
Me. Tim
Tim: How are you today?
Me: Tim
Me: Hi Tim from accounting
Tim: Just say Tim
Me. Tim
Tim: How are you today?
Me: Tim
February 1, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Tim: This is Tim from accounting
Me: Hi Tim from accounting
Tim: Just say Tim
Me. Tim
Tim: How are you today?
Me: Tim
Me: Hi Tim from accounting
Tim: Just say Tim
Me. Tim
Tim: How are you today?
Me: Tim
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#FossilFriday Stack of opalised vertebrae from an Early Cretaceous ichthyosaur. Another remarkable fossil on display in the South Australia Museum, Adelaide.
December 19, 2025 at 5:55 AM
#FossilFriday Stack of opalised vertebrae from an Early Cretaceous ichthyosaur. Another remarkable fossil on display in the South Australia Museum, Adelaide.
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We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier.
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Concept Artists Say Generative AI References Only Make Their Jobs Harder
“The ‘early ideation stages’, when worlds are being fleshed out by writers and artists, are literally crucial to the development of a game’s vision,” said one artist.
thisweekinvideogames.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier.
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
People with personality disorders often use language differently – our research reveals how
theconversation.com/people-with-...
theconversation.com/people-with-...
People with personality disorders often use language differently – our research reveals how
Words reflecting anger and swearing are more common in people with personality dysfunction.
theconversation.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:34 AM
People with personality disorders often use language differently – our research reveals how
theconversation.com/people-with-...
theconversation.com/people-with-...
ria.ru/20251217/sot... In Russian, but TL;DR: ban social media for under-16s.
В России предложили ввести допуск к соцсетям только с 16 лет
Член комиссии ОП РФ по общественной экспертизе законопроектов и иных нормативных актов Евгений Машаров в беседе с РИА Новости предложил рассмотреть возможность... РИА Новости, 17.12.2025
ria.ru
December 19, 2025 at 5:19 AM
ria.ru/20251217/sot... In Russian, but TL;DR: ban social media for under-16s.
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Two of my top City Hall men, car-tographers Bosco Campari and Chet Pachinko, complete work adding several dozen dead end streets to central Toronto.
December 18, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Two of my top City Hall men, car-tographers Bosco Campari and Chet Pachinko, complete work adding several dozen dead end streets to central Toronto.
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I take it all back we should absolutely let AI run the vending machines
December 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I take it all back we should absolutely let AI run the vending machines
www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener... Jane Clifton logs off from the Lussner.
Jane Clifton signs off after 30 years of Listener columns
People often tut about the cacophony of Parliament but it’s our lifeblood they’re debating
www.nzherald.co.nz
December 18, 2025 at 9:40 PM
www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener... Jane Clifton logs off from the Lussner.
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Breaking News!
Code Yikes!
Not only was yesterday's Arctic sea-ice extent a record low for the day, yesterday's extent beat every year prior to 2024 by over half a million square kilometers.
The Arctic currently has a streak of 21 straight days of record low sea-ice extent.
Code Yikes!
Not only was yesterday's Arctic sea-ice extent a record low for the day, yesterday's extent beat every year prior to 2024 by over half a million square kilometers.
The Arctic currently has a streak of 21 straight days of record low sea-ice extent.
December 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Breaking News!
Code Yikes!
Not only was yesterday's Arctic sea-ice extent a record low for the day, yesterday's extent beat every year prior to 2024 by over half a million square kilometers.
The Arctic currently has a streak of 21 straight days of record low sea-ice extent.
Code Yikes!
Not only was yesterday's Arctic sea-ice extent a record low for the day, yesterday's extent beat every year prior to 2024 by over half a million square kilometers.
The Arctic currently has a streak of 21 straight days of record low sea-ice extent.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Peter Arnett, who traveled the world covering wars from Vietnam to Iraq, has died.
Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Peter Arnett, who reported from Vietnam and Gulf War, has died
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Peter Arnett, who traveled the world covering wars from Vietnam to Iraq, has died.
bit.ly
December 18, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Peter Arnett, who traveled the world covering wars from Vietnam to Iraq, has died.
University of Hong Kong professor loses key role over retracted paper found to contain AI-generated references to non-existent publications.
sc.mp/h1fey
sc.mp/h1fey
University of Hong Kong professor loses key role over retracted paper
Population expert Paul Yip was corresponding author of paper found to contain AI-generated references to publications that didn’t exist.
sc.mp
December 18, 2025 at 12:48 AM
University of Hong Kong professor loses key role over retracted paper found to contain AI-generated references to non-existent publications.
sc.mp/h1fey
sc.mp/h1fey
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d... Yeah look I wouldn't diss Mexicans and their bread either...
British baker outrages Mexicans with attack on their ‘ugly’ bread
Food bloggers liken Richard Hart to Christopher Columbus for ‘stomping’ on a country that has welcomed him
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:14 AM
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d... Yeah look I wouldn't diss Mexicans and their bread either...
That's very disappointing about Sacks.
An investigation of his personal journals revealed that celebrated neurologist Oliver Sacks fabricated some of his most well-known work. Sacks himself referred to his “lies” and “falsification” in journal entries. [kottke.org]
The Lies and Falsifications of Oliver Sacks
In a recent bombshell piece for the New Yorker, Rachel Aviv explored the personal journals of the celebrated neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks. What she found was shocking: he had fabricated and embellished some of his
kottke.org
December 17, 2025 at 11:14 PM
That's very disappointing about Sacks.
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If NZTA can’t work out how to fund rail services between our biggest city and its nearest neighbour it will be a damning indictment on its whole set up. Highlighting that it is not a transport agency, just a tarmac one. NB it is not just funded by drivers.
www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Crunch time coming for Te Huia trial extension
The train service could come off the rails if councillors don’t support continuing the trial - and an appeal for more government funding.
www.waikatotimes.co.nz
December 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
If NZTA can’t work out how to fund rail services between our biggest city and its nearest neighbour it will be a damning indictment on its whole set up. Highlighting that it is not a transport agency, just a tarmac one. NB it is not just funded by drivers.
www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
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This is Boris and Sofia Gurman, 69 and 61, the couple who heroically tried to stop the Bondi beach shooter as he exited his car before the Chanukah massacre
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
December 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This is Boris and Sofia Gurman, 69 and 61, the couple who heroically tried to stop the Bondi beach shooter as he exited his car before the Chanukah massacre
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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#NZ Cutting the flu tracking service 😔
- it seems a weird thing to cut given it’s not a "big budget" item
- if you’ve read on pandemic planning you’d know this is the sort of thing we need to step *up*, not drop. Feels like cutting off your nose to spite your face
- it seems a weird thing to cut given it’s not a "big budget" item
- if you’ve read on pandemic planning you’d know this is the sort of thing we need to step *up*, not drop. Feels like cutting off your nose to spite your face
Plan to ditch flu tracking tool will leave big data gap, epidemiologist says
The Ministry of Health is not renewing its contract for the FluTracking tool, which surveys about 40,000 people year-round, in a bid to cut costs.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
#NZ Cutting the flu tracking service 😔
- it seems a weird thing to cut given it’s not a "big budget" item
- if you’ve read on pandemic planning you’d know this is the sort of thing we need to step *up*, not drop. Feels like cutting off your nose to spite your face
- it seems a weird thing to cut given it’s not a "big budget" item
- if you’ve read on pandemic planning you’d know this is the sort of thing we need to step *up*, not drop. Feels like cutting off your nose to spite your face
Julian Batchelor v TVNZ defamation hearing: Former TVNZ news presenter Peter Williams labelled anti-co-governance campaigner a “nutter” shortly after appearing for him as expert witness. www.nzherald.co.nz/business/med...
'Silly me': Peter Williams labels campaigner a 'nutter' after testifying for him against TVNZ
Ex-TVNZ host says he thought his conversation with news boss outside court was private.
www.nzherald.co.nz
December 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Julian Batchelor v TVNZ defamation hearing: Former TVNZ news presenter Peter Williams labelled anti-co-governance campaigner a “nutter” shortly after appearing for him as expert witness. www.nzherald.co.nz/business/med...
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our buzzy little whangarei radio station Beagle Radio has just had a massive upgrade, all new mics, mixer, turntables etc and finally a new soundcard for the stream so it no longer has a 1000hz whine all the fucking time. merry christmas
stream.beagleradio.co.nz/stream
yeah bwoii
stream.beagleradio.co.nz/stream
yeah bwoii
stream.beagleradio.co.nz
December 17, 2025 at 3:48 AM
our buzzy little whangarei radio station Beagle Radio has just had a massive upgrade, all new mics, mixer, turntables etc and finally a new soundcard for the stream so it no longer has a 1000hz whine all the fucking time. merry christmas
stream.beagleradio.co.nz/stream
yeah bwoii
stream.beagleradio.co.nz/stream
yeah bwoii
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609... A High Court decision to throw out a defamation case is “vindication for the Talley’s and Affco workers who spoke out about what they saw at their workplaces”, the TVNZ journalist, whose reporting was the subject of the case, said.
‘Vindication for the workers who spoke out’: Judge dismisses defamation case brought by Talley’s
Talley’s had argued Television New Zealand defamed the company in six stories reported by Thomas Mead.
www.stuff.co.nz
December 17, 2025 at 12:44 AM
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609... A High Court decision to throw out a defamation case is “vindication for the Talley’s and Affco workers who spoke out about what they saw at their workplaces”, the TVNZ journalist, whose reporting was the subject of the case, said.
"The Danish government wants the public to weigh in on its proposed laws restricting use of VPNs to access certain corners of the internet." www.theregister.com/2025/12/15/d...
Denmark takes a Viking swing at VPN-enabled piracy
: Minister insists 'modest' bill is not an assault on privacy-preserving tech
www.theregister.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:59 PM
"The Danish government wants the public to weigh in on its proposed laws restricting use of VPNs to access certain corners of the internet." www.theregister.com/2025/12/15/d...
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If I get bored halfway through a big shop, I like to stop off by the gravy aisle and have an impromptu game of noughts and crosses with a complete stranger.
December 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
If I get bored halfway through a big shop, I like to stop off by the gravy aisle and have an impromptu game of noughts and crosses with a complete stranger.
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Day 1391 of my 3 day war. A $40,000 Ukrainian drone sank a $400,000,000 Russian submarine.
I remain a master strategist.
I remain a master strategist.
December 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Day 1391 of my 3 day war. A $40,000 Ukrainian drone sank a $400,000,000 Russian submarine.
I remain a master strategist.
I remain a master strategist.
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I’m in Berlin & have always been interested in the Stolpersteine or stumbling stones commemorating Jewish holocaust victims
I spotted these today near Humboldt Uni - academics hounded out of their jobs before they either fled or were sent to camps
We need to learn from this history, not repeat it
I spotted these today near Humboldt Uni - academics hounded out of their jobs before they either fled or were sent to camps
We need to learn from this history, not repeat it
December 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I’m in Berlin & have always been interested in the Stolpersteine or stumbling stones commemorating Jewish holocaust victims
I spotted these today near Humboldt Uni - academics hounded out of their jobs before they either fled or were sent to camps
We need to learn from this history, not repeat it
I spotted these today near Humboldt Uni - academics hounded out of their jobs before they either fled or were sent to camps
We need to learn from this history, not repeat it
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100% NZ, made in China.
December 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
100% NZ, made in China.