Rhys
@rjdusk.bsky.social
A photographer, graphic designer, web developer & noise maker. Aotearoa, New Zealand. #webdev #photography #industrialmusic
Web: www.madebydusk.com
Band: www.royalbathmusic.com
Web: www.madebydusk.com
Band: www.royalbathmusic.com
Time to tighten the tax screws Labour, the research shits all over Nationals talking points: taxjustice.net/press/millio... #nzpol
Millionaire exodus did not occur, study reveals - Tax Justice Network
The number of millionaires widely reported in the news to be leaving countries in "exodus" represented near-0% of all millionaires.
taxjustice.net
September 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Time to tighten the tax screws Labour, the research shits all over Nationals talking points: taxjustice.net/press/millio... #nzpol
And this is how you end up with glue on pizza and eating rocks. #aislop
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
How thousands of ‘overworked, underpaid’ humans train Google’s AI to seem smart | Google | The Guardian
Contracted AI raters describe grueling deadlines, poor pay and opacity around work to make chatbots intelligent
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
And this is how you end up with glue on pizza and eating rocks. #aislop
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
When you let the free market build homes #nzpol. www.npr.org/sections/pla...
Here's what happens when private equity buys homes in your neighborhood : Planet Money : NPR
What makes rents go down and neighborhood diversity go up? Corporate landlords. But they also make it harder to own for yourself.
www.npr.org
September 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
When you let the free market build homes #nzpol. www.npr.org/sections/pla...
Mind made up, I'm voting @nzgreenparty.bsky.social at the next election. #nzpol Thanks to @bernardchickey.bsky.social and Chlöe Swarbrick for the enlightening chat - www.youtube.com/live/a_3Z7Sv...
Bernard Hickey's mini-Hoon with Chloe Swarbrick on August 21
YouTube video by The Hoon
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August 21, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Mind made up, I'm voting @nzgreenparty.bsky.social at the next election. #nzpol Thanks to @bernardchickey.bsky.social and Chlöe Swarbrick for the enlightening chat - www.youtube.com/live/a_3Z7Sv...
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Nicola Willis on #RNZ right now blaming Labour AGAIN for their mismanagement of #NewZealand - JFC, what an absolute joke of a government. It's not like there was a global pandemic that trashed the economy #nzpol
August 6, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Nicola Willis on #RNZ right now blaming Labour AGAIN for their mismanagement of #NewZealand - JFC, what an absolute joke of a government. It's not like there was a global pandemic that trashed the economy #nzpol
God damn it @profgalloway.com, you've got me tearing up over here in NZ after listening to the last episode of @pivotpod.bsky.social - As a father of two daughters who lost my father when I was 26, you have my condolences big fella xo
July 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
God damn it @profgalloway.com, you've got me tearing up over here in NZ after listening to the last episode of @pivotpod.bsky.social - As a father of two daughters who lost my father when I was 26, you have my condolences big fella xo
@davidfarrier.bsky.social just saw your friends HEALTH last night at Double Whammy on K RD & it reminded me of you+ John photo from webworm. Which triggered a memory from webworm asking how everyone was coping, I said recording music, this is the therapy https://royalbath.bandcamp.com/album/collapse
Collapse, by Royal Bath
4 track album
royalbath.bandcamp.com
March 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM
@davidfarrier.bsky.social just saw your friends HEALTH last night at Double Whammy on K RD & it reminded me of you+ John photo from webworm. Which triggered a memory from webworm asking how everyone was coping, I said recording music, this is the therapy https://royalbath.bandcamp.com/album/collapse
OpenAI furious DeepSeek might have stolen all the data OpenAI stole from us
🔗 www.404media.co/openai-furio...
🔗 www.404media.co/openai-furio...
January 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Micro.blog is one alternative if people are looking to jump from Substack - $10 a month gets you newsletters, cross posting to social, hosting, blogs. Worth a look if you’re not into self hosting a site.
Micro.blog
Post short thoughts or long essays, share photos, all on your own blog. Micro.blog makes it easy, and provides a friendly community where you can share and engage with others.
Micro.blog
December 17, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Micro.blog is one alternative if people are looking to jump from Substack - $10 a month gets you newsletters, cross posting to social, hosting, blogs. Worth a look if you’re not into self hosting a site.
Currently building out an image gallery and using
December 5, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Currently building out an image gallery and using
Holy smokes! WTAF? #webdev
Former DigitalOcean CEO addressed an anti-LGBT hate incident by telling staff that his mentor was a KKK member, suggesting they could bend their values for the company
Full story: 🔗 www.404media.co/ceo-attempte...
Full story: 🔗 www.404media.co/ceo-attempte...
December 5, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Holy smokes! WTAF? #webdev
A great podcast from the Today in Focus team at @theguardian.com covering the Treaty Principles Bill, the #hikoi, #nzpol and the general fuckery this current #nzgovernment is up to.
podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/t...
New Zealand: the fight to protect Māori rights
Podcast Episode · Today in Focus · 02/12/2024 · 35m
podcasts.apple.com
December 3, 2024 at 12:34 AM
A great podcast from the Today in Focus team at @theguardian.com covering the Treaty Principles Bill, the #hikoi, #nzpol and the general fuckery this current #nzgovernment is up to.
podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/t...
Walking the Kepler track in Fiordland National Park, #newzealand, Easter this year with my daughter. It's the section between Forest Burn Shelter and Hanging Valley Shelter. Clear sunny day, just some strong gusts of wind. Shot with my #iPhone 13 mini.
#photography #hiking #landscape #nature
#photography #hiking #landscape #nature
December 2, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Walking the Kepler track in Fiordland National Park, #newzealand, Easter this year with my daughter. It's the section between Forest Burn Shelter and Hanging Valley Shelter. Clear sunny day, just some strong gusts of wind. Shot with my #iPhone 13 mini.
#photography #hiking #landscape #nature
#photography #hiking #landscape #nature
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For New Zealanders - this from Peter Dunne is critical and I can not stress it enough- #ToituTeTiriti #nzpol
December 1, 2024 at 7:50 AM
For New Zealanders - this from Peter Dunne is critical and I can not stress it enough- #ToituTeTiriti #nzpol
I wrote a little diddy about blocking AI bots from scraping your @astro.build site. It’s not fool proof but coupling this technique with @cloudflare.social AI bots blocking, it seems to do ok. #webdev #astrojs #frontend #webdevelopment
https://www.madebydusk.com/journal/block-ai-bots/
https://www.madebydusk.com/journal/block-ai-bots/
Block AI bots from scraping your website
Update your robots.txt file and keep it updated automatically as new bots come onto the scene with Dark Visitors agent list.
www.madebydusk.com
November 29, 2024 at 6:09 PM
I wrote a little diddy about blocking AI bots from scraping your @astro.build site. It’s not fool proof but coupling this technique with @cloudflare.social AI bots blocking, it seems to do ok. #webdev #astrojs #frontend #webdevelopment
https://www.madebydusk.com/journal/block-ai-bots/
https://www.madebydusk.com/journal/block-ai-bots/
We just released our first #EP ! It's a grimy, industrial noise affair, heavily influenced by the current #political climate in #newzealand and globally.
#music #industrialmusic #newmusic #unsigned #musicsky #musiciansky #originalmusic #aotearoa
royalbath.bandcamp.com/album/collapse
#music #industrialmusic #newmusic #unsigned #musicsky #musiciansky #originalmusic #aotearoa
royalbath.bandcamp.com/album/collapse
Collapse, by Royal Bath
4 track album
royalbath.bandcamp.com
November 27, 2024 at 3:26 AM
We just released our first #EP ! It's a grimy, industrial noise affair, heavily influenced by the current #political climate in #newzealand and globally.
#music #industrialmusic #newmusic #unsigned #musicsky #musiciansky #originalmusic #aotearoa
royalbath.bandcamp.com/album/collapse
#music #industrialmusic #newmusic #unsigned #musicsky #musiciansky #originalmusic #aotearoa
royalbath.bandcamp.com/album/collapse
“One said Māori were like seagulls: if you feed them "more come - and then they start crapping on you."
Direct quote from an ACT supporter on Wednesday night - this carry on can fuck right off. There’s a few more “insights” from your average ACT voter here www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/534... #nzpol
Direct quote from an ACT supporter on Wednesday night - this carry on can fuck right off. There’s a few more “insights” from your average ACT voter here www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/534... #nzpol
ACT's David Seymour won't 'bow down' to his hapū leaders
They have pleaded with the ACT leader to stop what they say are abusive violations of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 22, 2024 at 8:46 AM
“One said Māori were like seagulls: if you feed them "more come - and then they start crapping on you."
Direct quote from an ACT supporter on Wednesday night - this carry on can fuck right off. There’s a few more “insights” from your average ACT voter here www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/534... #nzpol
Direct quote from an ACT supporter on Wednesday night - this carry on can fuck right off. There’s a few more “insights” from your average ACT voter here www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/534... #nzpol
I frickn’ love #newzealand - taken from the top of Pinnacles in Coromandel Forest Park, looking toward Tairua.
#photography #landscape #iphone
#photography #landscape #iphone
November 21, 2024 at 5:19 AM
I frickn’ love #newzealand - taken from the top of Pinnacles in Coromandel Forest Park, looking toward Tairua.
#photography #landscape #iphone
#photography #landscape #iphone
November 20, 2024 at 11:37 PM
But I thought Kluxon and Nicky No Boats said #AotearoaNZ had too much debt and we were in the shitter!? #NzGovernment #RNZ #NzPol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
Govt's fiscal policy dragging out recession, economists say
Slashing the budget deficit and reducing public debt are making matters worse for households and businesses, they say.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 20, 2024 at 5:52 PM
But I thought Kluxon and Nicky No Boats said #AotearoaNZ had too much debt and we were in the shitter!? #NzGovernment #RNZ #NzPol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
Going to start putting some of my photography up here, so it's not all bitching about #politics and #webdev
Tongariro National Park, #NewZealand - not far from Oturere Hut. #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography
Tongariro National Park, #NewZealand - not far from Oturere Hut. #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography
November 20, 2024 at 1:41 AM
Going to start putting some of my photography up here, so it's not all bitching about #politics and #webdev
Tongariro National Park, #NewZealand - not far from Oturere Hut. #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography
Tongariro National Park, #NewZealand - not far from Oturere Hut. #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography
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The Hīkoi is 14 times the size of the 2022 anti-mandate protest, yet there has been only one arrest.
Additionally, no one has bought a noose with them, and no one is calling for "Nuremberg trials" of politicians, or comparing David Seymour to Stalin
Additionally, no one has bought a noose with them, and no one is calling for "Nuremberg trials" of politicians, or comparing David Seymour to Stalin
November 19, 2024 at 5:59 AM
The Hīkoi is 14 times the size of the 2022 anti-mandate protest, yet there has been only one arrest.
Additionally, no one has bought a noose with them, and no one is calling for "Nuremberg trials" of politicians, or comparing David Seymour to Stalin
Additionally, no one has bought a noose with them, and no one is calling for "Nuremberg trials" of politicians, or comparing David Seymour to Stalin