Robin de Haan
@nitty-gritty.bsky.social
On a branch
floating downriver
a cricket, singing.
-Kobayashi Issa
Let's keep Dystopian Sci-fi fiction!
Wealth consolidation seems irrepressible now.
But our careless consumption is unsustainable too.
and countless murdered by states of greed...
floating downriver
a cricket, singing.
-Kobayashi Issa
Let's keep Dystopian Sci-fi fiction!
Wealth consolidation seems irrepressible now.
But our careless consumption is unsustainable too.
and countless murdered by states of greed...
www.noemamag.com/the-future-o...
Refreshing take on space exploration that puts biological diversity before interstellar domination
Refreshing take on space exploration that puts biological diversity before interstellar domination
The Future Of Space Is More Than Human | NOEMA
The time has come to expand our visions of life beyond Earth.
www.noemamag.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:52 AM
www.noemamag.com/the-future-o...
Refreshing take on space exploration that puts biological diversity before interstellar domination
Refreshing take on space exploration that puts biological diversity before interstellar domination
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This is a thousand years worth of Creative NZ government funding
our govt wants to spend 327 times more on a single road ($18b) than they are currently spending yearly on all of basic science in new zealand ($55m) #nzpol
The Northern Expressway we were told would cost $10 billion is now priced at $18 billion, or six times the Cook Strait crossing we were told was unaffordable. This is fantasy stuff. www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-adv...
October 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This is a thousand years worth of Creative NZ government funding
I'm nearing the 15GB free limit in Gmail, and getting absolutely hammered by pop ups asking for money (me pay so they can mine my data better? I think not!) the last one had "buy now" or "clean up", with no way to bypass or skip! Talk about coercive dark patterns; they've optimised it to perfection!
October 4, 2025 at 8:03 AM
I'm nearing the 15GB free limit in Gmail, and getting absolutely hammered by pop ups asking for money (me pay so they can mine my data better? I think not!) the last one had "buy now" or "clean up", with no way to bypass or skip! Talk about coercive dark patterns; they've optimised it to perfection!
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The 'two languages confuse children' line is literally assimilationist shit from two generations ago that has been so massively debunked even as whole cohorts lost their mother tongues at school.
August 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The 'two languages confuse children' line is literally assimilationist shit from two generations ago that has been so massively debunked even as whole cohorts lost their mother tongues at school.
Reposted by Robin de Haan
Reposted by Robin de Haan
An extractive rent-seeking focus is holding Aotearoa back.
NZ’s economy is not underperforming by accident
Opinion from Auckland University: The findings of a new IMF report suggest NZ is not just underperforming, but actively backing the wrong kinds of growth.
newsroom.co.nz
June 14, 2025 at 8:35 AM
An extractive rent-seeking focus is holding Aotearoa back.
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Applying sanctions to people on benefits and expecting them to find a properly paying job in response is like tossing someone out of emergency housing and expecting them to buy a nicely renovated villa in Grey Lynn in response
June 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Applying sanctions to people on benefits and expecting them to find a properly paying job in response is like tossing someone out of emergency housing and expecting them to buy a nicely renovated villa in Grey Lynn in response
Cactus in the Auckland winter garden conservatory. @moriudon.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Cactus in the Auckland winter garden conservatory. @moriudon.bsky.social
I'm so sorry and appauled. This is video evidence of a war crime, but there are so many more credible allegations of war crimes kept secret. What will it take for international action to stop the atrocities?
The video of Israel using silenced weapons to murder the 15 aid workers who are clearly in ambulances.
These are blatant War Crimes, Israel must be sanctioned and all aid cut off to them now.
These are blatant War Crimes, Israel must be sanctioned and all aid cut off to them now.
April 6, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I'm so sorry and appauled. This is video evidence of a war crime, but there are so many more credible allegations of war crimes kept secret. What will it take for international action to stop the atrocities?
Reposted by Robin de Haan
December 8, 2024 at 10:07 PM
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In this era of electrifying transport, it's worth reflecting on how New Zealand cities big and small used to have extensive electric public transport networks: tramways
In this thread below, let's take a tour of the systems we used to have 1/23
In this thread below, let's take a tour of the systems we used to have 1/23
December 2, 2024 at 5:10 AM
In this era of electrifying transport, it's worth reflecting on how New Zealand cities big and small used to have extensive electric public transport networks: tramways
In this thread below, let's take a tour of the systems we used to have 1/23
In this thread below, let's take a tour of the systems we used to have 1/23
Reposted by Robin de Haan
If you're in a position to support The Spinoff financially, please do so
While publications like The Spinoff struggle, disinfo outlet Reality Check Radio remains well funded. The future is grim if real journalism declines and fake news is what remains
https://thespinoff.co.nz/open-letter-2024
While publications like The Spinoff struggle, disinfo outlet Reality Check Radio remains well funded. The future is grim if real journalism declines and fake news is what remains
https://thespinoff.co.nz/open-letter-2024
Open letter 2024 | The Spinoff
Open letter 2024
thespinoff.co.nz
November 27, 2024 at 6:41 PM
If you're in a position to support The Spinoff financially, please do so
While publications like The Spinoff struggle, disinfo outlet Reality Check Radio remains well funded. The future is grim if real journalism declines and fake news is what remains
https://thespinoff.co.nz/open-letter-2024
While publications like The Spinoff struggle, disinfo outlet Reality Check Radio remains well funded. The future is grim if real journalism declines and fake news is what remains
https://thespinoff.co.nz/open-letter-2024
@moriudon.bsky.social Hello! Can I not direct/private msg you on bsky? Anyway, we might get cherry shrimps next week. Partly because they are so cute, and partly cos of green algae problem in the aquarium.
October 17, 2023 at 8:36 PM
@moriudon.bsky.social Hello! Can I not direct/private msg you on bsky? Anyway, we might get cherry shrimps next week. Partly because they are so cute, and partly cos of green algae problem in the aquarium.