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#31daysofgraves #13 Skeleton
The monument for Elizabeth Benson, obit 1710, in St Leonard, Shoreditch. Carved by Francis Bird, it shows two gleeful skeletons holding a shroud, vigorously ripping apart the tree of life.
www.speel.me.uk/chlondon/stl...
The monument for Elizabeth Benson, obit 1710, in St Leonard, Shoreditch. Carved by Francis Bird, it shows two gleeful skeletons holding a shroud, vigorously ripping apart the tree of life.
www.speel.me.uk/chlondon/stl...
October 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
#31daysofgraves #13 Skeleton
The monument for Elizabeth Benson, obit 1710, in St Leonard, Shoreditch. Carved by Francis Bird, it shows two gleeful skeletons holding a shroud, vigorously ripping apart the tree of life.
www.speel.me.uk/chlondon/stl...
The monument for Elizabeth Benson, obit 1710, in St Leonard, Shoreditch. Carved by Francis Bird, it shows two gleeful skeletons holding a shroud, vigorously ripping apart the tree of life.
www.speel.me.uk/chlondon/stl...
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The solutions proposed for New Zealand's (and virtually every other country's) problems are always like:
"We need to make people work for more years"
"We have to cut back on services, I'm sorry, there is just no other way"
"We have to cut benefits for young people"
never:
"We need to tax the rich"
"We need to make people work for more years"
"We have to cut back on services, I'm sorry, there is just no other way"
"We have to cut benefits for young people"
never:
"We need to tax the rich"
October 12, 2025 at 6:52 AM
The solutions proposed for New Zealand's (and virtually every other country's) problems are always like:
"We need to make people work for more years"
"We have to cut back on services, I'm sorry, there is just no other way"
"We have to cut benefits for young people"
never:
"We need to tax the rich"
"We need to make people work for more years"
"We have to cut back on services, I'm sorry, there is just no other way"
"We have to cut benefits for young people"
never:
"We need to tax the rich"
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Foxtober 11th: Caramel Apple
I just felt like drawing Mahri gnawing on a caramel apple like a dog with a ball or something while she's distracted by research findings. 🦊🍎
I just felt like drawing Mahri gnawing on a caramel apple like a dog with a ball or something while she's distracted by research findings. 🦊🍎
October 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Foxtober 11th: Caramel Apple
I just felt like drawing Mahri gnawing on a caramel apple like a dog with a ball or something while she's distracted by research findings. 🦊🍎
I just felt like drawing Mahri gnawing on a caramel apple like a dog with a ball or something while she's distracted by research findings. 🦊🍎
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“In the first of an occasional series on finding wellness in mātauranga Māori, Hira Nathan shares the small habits that create calm in his life.” #kikorangi
The mindful Māori: Finding calm in everyday chaos | E-Tangata
“Our tūpuna navigated vast oceans with no modern instruments, guided by the stars, the winds, the currents. If they could find calm in the uncertainty of the Pacific, surely, we can find it in the unc...
e-tangata.co.nz
October 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
“In the first of an occasional series on finding wellness in mātauranga Māori, Hira Nathan shares the small habits that create calm in his life.” #kikorangi
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Ok after an afternoon of results, texts, calls, messages on other apps and emails, I have some thoughts on today’s Local Election results
1) Voter turnout is depressing. 32%ish on average across AoNZ is pathetic.
2) The Māori Wards referendum should never have happened - it was a racebaiting farce…
1) Voter turnout is depressing. 32%ish on average across AoNZ is pathetic.
2) The Māori Wards referendum should never have happened - it was a racebaiting farce…
October 11, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Ok after an afternoon of results, texts, calls, messages on other apps and emails, I have some thoughts on today’s Local Election results
1) Voter turnout is depressing. 32%ish on average across AoNZ is pathetic.
2) The Māori Wards referendum should never have happened - it was a racebaiting farce…
1) Voter turnout is depressing. 32%ish on average across AoNZ is pathetic.
2) The Māori Wards referendum should never have happened - it was a racebaiting farce…
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look ai is completely destroying the world with massive pollution and is using up water at a concerning rate but at least you get to use technology that lies to you and is the primary propaganda mechanism by fascists
October 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
look ai is completely destroying the world with massive pollution and is using up water at a concerning rate but at least you get to use technology that lies to you and is the primary propaganda mechanism by fascists
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No but I literally love being able to create things that only me and six other people will ever use.
Did it take too long? Yes.
Was it hard? Also yes.
Is it profitable? Absolutely not.
But was it worth it? Also yes.
Did it take too long? Yes.
Was it hard? Also yes.
Is it profitable? Absolutely not.
But was it worth it? Also yes.
I love when programmers go "here's the side-project I've been working on, it's a nexflorp library that scrumbles your beatmorps into typeslick"
hell yeah buddy, this is just for you and the 6 other people with your specific use case that will love this
hell yeah buddy, this is just for you and the 6 other people with your specific use case that will love this
October 6, 2025 at 8:36 AM
No but I literally love being able to create things that only me and six other people will ever use.
Did it take too long? Yes.
Was it hard? Also yes.
Is it profitable? Absolutely not.
But was it worth it? Also yes.
Did it take too long? Yes.
Was it hard? Also yes.
Is it profitable? Absolutely not.
But was it worth it? Also yes.
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Possibly the stupidest thing I've seen all day lmao
We went from "ban guns" to "manufacture guns" in six years 🙃
Govt plan to make weapons for export
Defence Minister Judith Collins wants to see New Zealand develop lethal weapons for international export through the help of tech companies. The...
www.odt.co.nz
October 4, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Possibly the stupidest thing I've seen all day lmao
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"I went naively to an event I got invited to. I regret going. Had I realised he was a divisive figure, I wouldn't have gone..."
So you attended and spoke at a memorial without doing *any* homework on the person? Like...none?
Didn't even put 3 minutes in to do a cursory scan of a wikipedia page?
So you attended and spoke at a memorial without doing *any* homework on the person? Like...none?
Didn't even put 3 minutes in to do a cursory scan of a wikipedia page?
Whanganui mayor regrets speaking at Charlie Kirk vigil after backlash
Andrew Tripe says he knew little about the assassinated US activist's views when he spoke at the event.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 1, 2025 at 6:06 AM
"I went naively to an event I got invited to. I regret going. Had I realised he was a divisive figure, I wouldn't have gone..."
So you attended and spoke at a memorial without doing *any* homework on the person? Like...none?
Didn't even put 3 minutes in to do a cursory scan of a wikipedia page?
So you attended and spoke at a memorial without doing *any* homework on the person? Like...none?
Didn't even put 3 minutes in to do a cursory scan of a wikipedia page?
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Tonight me and my whānau got to see the official mayoral portrait done by Pōneke artist, Clark Roworth. This felt like a lovely end to this chapter with my mana intact and we will leave behind a progressive long term plan for the next council. I’m proud of of us 💚
October 3, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Tonight me and my whānau got to see the official mayoral portrait done by Pōneke artist, Clark Roworth. This felt like a lovely end to this chapter with my mana intact and we will leave behind a progressive long term plan for the next council. I’m proud of of us 💚
Waking in the middle of the night at nearly 5am with the world's biggest craving for brownies is in fact not a good time
October 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Waking in the middle of the night at nearly 5am with the world's biggest craving for brownies is in fact not a good time
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A just described something I read in the local paper as a “three-dimensional circlejerk—so essentially a spheregasm.“ I wanted to share that with my Internet friends.
October 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
A just described something I read in the local paper as a “three-dimensional circlejerk—so essentially a spheregasm.“ I wanted to share that with my Internet friends.
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The Associated New Zealand Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Society (ANZMES) has lodged a formal submission with Medicines Control, calling for an urgent review of medication dispensing regulations that are causing significant harm to New Zealanders with chronic illnesses.
#ME/CFS. #LongCovid
1/5
#ME/CFS. #LongCovid
1/5
Press Release: Prescription & Dispensing Rule Changes | Medicines Control Group
Date – 2nd October 2025 The Associated New Zealand Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Society (ANZMES) has lodged a formal submission with Medicines Control, calling for an urgent review of medication…
anzmes.org.nz
October 2, 2025 at 11:57 PM
The Associated New Zealand Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Society (ANZMES) has lodged a formal submission with Medicines Control, calling for an urgent review of medication dispensing regulations that are causing significant harm to New Zealanders with chronic illnesses.
#ME/CFS. #LongCovid
1/5
#ME/CFS. #LongCovid
1/5
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"When someone argues that fewer trans people should exist, when they liken... healthcare to child abuse, when they advocate criminal penalties for doctors following...best practice —That is .... eliminationist rhetoric dressed up in the language of concern."
www.rightsaotearoa.nz/media-releas...
www.rightsaotearoa.nz/media-releas...
Media Release: Rights Aotearoa utterly condemns the Free Speech Union for bringing anti-transgender campaigner Helen Joyce to New Zealand
For immediate release
2 October 2025
www.rightsaotearoa.nz
October 2, 2025 at 12:19 AM
"When someone argues that fewer trans people should exist, when they liken... healthcare to child abuse, when they advocate criminal penalties for doctors following...best practice —That is .... eliminationist rhetoric dressed up in the language of concern."
www.rightsaotearoa.nz/media-releas...
www.rightsaotearoa.nz/media-releas...
It's odd wake up in the morning and realise I'm not surprised I'm in pain. Very mild pain, thankfully. But to fully think, this is not a common experience but one I've come to shrug my shoulders at is strange. #mecfs
September 29, 2025 at 10:12 PM
It's odd wake up in the morning and realise I'm not surprised I'm in pain. Very mild pain, thankfully. But to fully think, this is not a common experience but one I've come to shrug my shoulders at is strange. #mecfs
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"When we look at London, for example, where they've got a target of 100% Accessible new housing for social housing. We don't see why that couldn't be implemented here in New Zealand." - Disability Connect chief executive Mike Potter
September 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
"When we look at London, for example, where they've got a target of 100% Accessible new housing for social housing. We don't see why that couldn't be implemented here in New Zealand." - Disability Connect chief executive Mike Potter
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Timeline cleanser 🐈
September 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Timeline cleanser 🐈
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Relatedly, it’s not smart that people who look at what generative AI actually does in the real world (including studies of cognitive offloading) are routinely described as “doomers,” while people who do nothing more than recycle AI sales hype are treated as experts on AI *and* everything it touches
If you don’t teach your students your subject, you’re not doing your job.
If you teach your students to ask AI first, you’re ensuring they’ll never be *needed* for any job.
You’re also guaranteeing that knowledge of your subject slowly dies.
Asking ChatGPT is gaining neither knowledge nor skills.
If you teach your students to ask AI first, you’re ensuring they’ll never be *needed* for any job.
You’re also guaranteeing that knowledge of your subject slowly dies.
Asking ChatGPT is gaining neither knowledge nor skills.
If you don’t teach your students how to use AI, you’re doing them a huge disservice because they won’t have jobs in the future.
September 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Relatedly, it’s not smart that people who look at what generative AI actually does in the real world (including studies of cognitive offloading) are routinely described as “doomers,” while people who do nothing more than recycle AI sales hype are treated as experts on AI *and* everything it touches
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🧵Spotted at a Garden Tea Party in Aotearoa New Zealand:
A man (70s?) and a tiny human (1?) are both laying on their backs under some blossoming plum trees.
Looking up at the sky while Grandad points at interesting clouds. His fedora sitting on the grass nearby.
Chortles from tiny human. (1)
A man (70s?) and a tiny human (1?) are both laying on their backs under some blossoming plum trees.
Looking up at the sky while Grandad points at interesting clouds. His fedora sitting on the grass nearby.
Chortles from tiny human. (1)
September 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM
🧵Spotted at a Garden Tea Party in Aotearoa New Zealand:
A man (70s?) and a tiny human (1?) are both laying on their backs under some blossoming plum trees.
Looking up at the sky while Grandad points at interesting clouds. His fedora sitting on the grass nearby.
Chortles from tiny human. (1)
A man (70s?) and a tiny human (1?) are both laying on their backs under some blossoming plum trees.
Looking up at the sky while Grandad points at interesting clouds. His fedora sitting on the grass nearby.
Chortles from tiny human. (1)
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get absolutely fucked you embarrassing clown of a man
September 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
get absolutely fucked you embarrassing clown of a man
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Unironically I think this should be illegal. We should have the right to be dead.
"Dad—I’m creating this chatbot to talk to you." Jon Michael Varese on the resurrection of his dead father through ChatGPT:
I Used ChatGPT to Resurrect My Dead Father
My own private Frankenstein
bit.ly
September 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Unironically I think this should be illegal. We should have the right to be dead.
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We watch a people go through an attempted genocide, and we sit back and say you are no people. You have no state.
For you see, we are friends with both you and your murderer.
For you see, we are friends with both you and your murderer.
September 27, 2025 at 4:01 AM
We watch a people go through an attempted genocide, and we sit back and say you are no people. You have no state.
For you see, we are friends with both you and your murderer.
For you see, we are friends with both you and your murderer.
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So just to be clear, these businesses would be uneconomic if they had to pay for the cost of cleaning up the damage they are doing, and can't just leave it to ratepayers to fix?
And that is a bad thing?
And that is a bad thing?
September 16, 2025 at 8:55 AM
So just to be clear, these businesses would be uneconomic if they had to pay for the cost of cleaning up the damage they are doing, and can't just leave it to ratepayers to fix?
And that is a bad thing?
And that is a bad thing?