Steve Reeves
@stevereeves.bsky.social
Immigrant, citizen, dead film star and Rocky Horror name-check, cyclist, cat lover, Prof, type-theorist, logician, functional programmer, watercolourist, vegan, Coq/Rocq-er, Lean-er etc. :-)
Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, Aotearoa/New Zealand
Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, Aotearoa/New Zealand
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Why IS Chris Bishop sending people speeding into a “death trap”?
Many people died when the Ōtaki to Levin highway was 100kmh. When the Ardern Govt reduced it to 80kmh no-one died. When Luxon Govt increased it back to 100kmh, the dying restarted.
Many people died when the Ōtaki to Levin highway was 100kmh. When the Ardern Govt reduced it to 80kmh no-one died. When Luxon Govt increased it back to 100kmh, the dying restarted.
Why is Chris Bishop Sending People Speeding into a Death Trap? - Greenpeace Aotearoa
“It’s a death trap” said National Party Campaign Committee Chair and Transport Minister Chris Bishop, on September 23, 2025.
www.greenpeace.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Why IS Chris Bishop sending people speeding into a “death trap”?
Many people died when the Ōtaki to Levin highway was 100kmh. When the Ardern Govt reduced it to 80kmh no-one died. When Luxon Govt increased it back to 100kmh, the dying restarted.
Many people died when the Ōtaki to Levin highway was 100kmh. When the Ardern Govt reduced it to 80kmh no-one died. When Luxon Govt increased it back to 100kmh, the dying restarted.
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Not the main point (that poor poor woman) but everyone who clutched their pearls and had an almighty tanty when Tamatha Paul told the truth about fearing cops needs to apologise to her and the public, and then exit public life.
November 11, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Not the main point (that poor poor woman) but everyone who clutched their pearls and had an almighty tanty when Tamatha Paul told the truth about fearing cops needs to apologise to her and the public, and then exit public life.
"Snake-oil salesmen such as Trump see [the BBC] as their enemy. If your power is built on conspiracy theories and distortions of the truth, the last thing you want is respected, independent journalists exposing that and holding you to account."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The first step towards saving our precious BBC: remove Robbie Gibb from the board | Ed Davey
The BBC belongs to all of us, and it is under attack as never before. The government must defend it from its enemies, within and without, says Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"Snake-oil salesmen such as Trump see [the BBC] as their enemy. If your power is built on conspiracy theories and distortions of the truth, the last thing you want is respected, independent journalists exposing that and holding you to account."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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New Zealand has a NEW affordable electric car! This wee thing is called the Dongfeng Box and you can buy it today for $29,990 NZD for 326 km per charge. Its a surprisingly smart little car with more tech than I expected for the price. It even has Vehicle to Load. Tesla doesn't even have that!
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
New Zealand has a NEW affordable electric car! This wee thing is called the Dongfeng Box and you can buy it today for $29,990 NZD for 326 km per charge. Its a surprisingly smart little car with more tech than I expected for the price. It even has Vehicle to Load. Tesla doesn't even have that!
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Oh the government hasn't fixed the economy? You mean...
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Oh the government hasn't fixed the economy? You mean...
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Over the next decade NZ will transition to a “personal responsibility” risk model when it comes to buying and protecting property, Simon Watts told a private insurance event.
Climate minister: Post-disaster full value property buyouts will one day be a thing of the past
Over the next decade NZ will transition to a “personal responsibility” risk model when it comes to buying and protecting property, Simon Watts told a private insurance event.
dlvr.it
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Over the next decade NZ will transition to a “personal responsibility” risk model when it comes to buying and protecting property, Simon Watts told a private insurance event.
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It’s also a mistake politicians make. It’s actually a very common human mistake: to try and change the minds of people who dislike you, rather than focus on those who already love you.
Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
November 10, 2025 at 10:11 AM
It’s also a mistake politicians make. It’s actually a very common human mistake: to try and change the minds of people who dislike you, rather than focus on those who already love you.
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Idk what your plan is Luxon, but your ministers are the ones who have actively made homelessness worse AND have undermined known solutions. Repeatedly.
November 10, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Idk what your plan is Luxon, but your ministers are the ones who have actively made homelessness worse AND have undermined known solutions. Repeatedly.
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For anyone passionate about The Huia or commuter rail, Waikato Regional Council are looking for feedback on the service. Open to anyone. Share it around #nzpol #transit #nz yourvoicematters.waikatoregion.govt.nz/future-of-te...
Future of Te Huia
The Te Huia passenger rail service has been operating between Waikato and Auckland since 2021. Whether you have travelled on Te Huia or not, we want to hear your thoughts about the service and what it...
yourvoicematters.waikatoregion.govt.nz
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 AM
For anyone passionate about The Huia or commuter rail, Waikato Regional Council are looking for feedback on the service. Open to anyone. Share it around #nzpol #transit #nz yourvoicematters.waikatoregion.govt.nz/future-of-te...
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Instead of getting money that's really owed to the country as a portion of Capital Gains, Nats want to sell off some of the few Assets they've left us at the back've the cupboard? They say to spend on Education/Health but they could've spent the $3Billion for Landlords that way, couldn't they #NZPol
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Instead of getting money that's really owed to the country as a portion of Capital Gains, Nats want to sell off some of the few Assets they've left us at the back've the cupboard? They say to spend on Education/Health but they could've spent the $3Billion for Landlords that way, couldn't they #NZPol
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"[Luxon said] I think we need to have quite a mature conversation about assets in New Zealand"
But you won't have a mature conversation about
CGT
Emissions
Health
Education
3 waters
etc.
Fuck you, mate.
#nzpol
But you won't have a mature conversation about
CGT
Emissions
Health
Education
3 waters
etc.
Fuck you, mate.
#nzpol
He talk about farms and other “non-performing assets” but he really means healthcare, education and water infrastructure - I mean: let’s be mature about this
NZ needs to have a ‘mature conversation’ about selling state assets, PM says
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has indicated asset sales could be included in National’s manifesto for the 2026 election.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 AM
"[Luxon said] I think we need to have quite a mature conversation about assets in New Zealand"
But you won't have a mature conversation about
CGT
Emissions
Health
Education
3 waters
etc.
Fuck you, mate.
#nzpol
But you won't have a mature conversation about
CGT
Emissions
Health
Education
3 waters
etc.
Fuck you, mate.
#nzpol
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This, from OUSA's President, is very good and warrants reading:
"For decades, governments of every stripe have treated universities as businesses to be managed rather than institutions of learning and curiosity. ... Students are rebranded as customers, research, degrees and graduates as outputs."
"For decades, governments of every stripe have treated universities as businesses to be managed rather than institutions of learning and curiosity. ... Students are rebranded as customers, research, degrees and graduates as outputs."
November 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
This, from OUSA's President, is very good and warrants reading:
"For decades, governments of every stripe have treated universities as businesses to be managed rather than institutions of learning and curiosity. ... Students are rebranded as customers, research, degrees and graduates as outputs."
"For decades, governments of every stripe have treated universities as businesses to be managed rather than institutions of learning and curiosity. ... Students are rebranded as customers, research, degrees and graduates as outputs."
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"Owning everything we own forever is not the right thing to do, I suspect."
They're happy to say this without hiding.
Aotearoa, this is extremely worrying.
#nzpol
They're happy to say this without hiding.
Aotearoa, this is extremely worrying.
#nzpol
National to mull asset sales as part of next election, Christopher Luxon says
National to mull asset sales as part of next election, Christopher Luxon says
But the prime minister has ruled out asset sales this term.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
"Owning everything we own forever is not the right thing to do, I suspect."
They're happy to say this without hiding.
Aotearoa, this is extremely worrying.
#nzpol
They're happy to say this without hiding.
Aotearoa, this is extremely worrying.
#nzpol
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Or No, there are people with 2yachts and 100 house property portfolios and fighting their neighbours for a private helipad so #TaxTheRich! Just a bit off the top…
Or ask yourself why Labour calls that unrealistic. #nzpol
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
Or ask yourself why Labour calls that unrealistic. #nzpol
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
Greens promise $88b from new taxes spanning inheritance to private jets
The Greens want a wealth tax, inheritance tax and some income tax increases.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Or No, there are people with 2yachts and 100 house property portfolios and fighting their neighbours for a private helipad so #TaxTheRich! Just a bit off the top…
Or ask yourself why Labour calls that unrealistic. #nzpol
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
Or ask yourself why Labour calls that unrealistic. #nzpol
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
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This could have been us, with flow-on effects on emissions, the cost of living, balance of payments, and air pollution deaths. But the regime killed EV policy.
"Far from a peak, China's gasoline demand is estimated to have fallen 9% in October on the year to 12.5 million tons, with average daily use roughly flat with September..."
China's oil demand is entering structural decline.
China's oil demand is entering structural decline.
EVs put an end to China's usual holiday surge in gasoline use
Tianyu Jiang took a 2,000-km (1,200-mile) road trip this month during China's national holiday week, driving in his electric vehicle from the southwestern Sichuan basin to Beijing for the first time.
www.reuters.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
This could have been us, with flow-on effects on emissions, the cost of living, balance of payments, and air pollution deaths. But the regime killed EV policy.
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The fact that 30% of our stock market is wrapped up in “help-kids-kill-themselves” technology seems to be an important datapoint in the evolution of late stage capitalism.
ChatGPT advised a suicidal young woman on how to take her own life, telling her "If you choose death, I'm with you - till the end, without judging."
I wanted ChatGPT to help me. So why did it advise me how to kill myself?
ChatGPT wrote a woman a suicide note and another AI chatbot role-played sexual acts with children, BBC finds.
www.bbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The fact that 30% of our stock market is wrapped up in “help-kids-kill-themselves” technology seems to be an important datapoint in the evolution of late stage capitalism.
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New:
The current “AI race” media frenzy, whether framed as productivity revolution, Chinese competition, or AGI salvation, is either largely myth-making or missing the most crucial point.
So let me challenge that frenzy with a different story.
1/
open.substack.com/pub/protagon...
The current “AI race” media frenzy, whether framed as productivity revolution, Chinese competition, or AGI salvation, is either largely myth-making or missing the most crucial point.
So let me challenge that frenzy with a different story.
1/
open.substack.com/pub/protagon...
The AI Race to Reboot Feudalism
Let's be honest about why they gamble everything
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:47 PM
New:
The current “AI race” media frenzy, whether framed as productivity revolution, Chinese competition, or AGI salvation, is either largely myth-making or missing the most crucial point.
So let me challenge that frenzy with a different story.
1/
open.substack.com/pub/protagon...
The current “AI race” media frenzy, whether framed as productivity revolution, Chinese competition, or AGI salvation, is either largely myth-making or missing the most crucial point.
So let me challenge that frenzy with a different story.
1/
open.substack.com/pub/protagon...
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twitter being bought and turned into a propaganda machine for fascism, which is directly pumped into every journalist in the world's brain, is one of the worst things to happen in the last few years. we might not survive it.
I'm guessing the BBC 'scandal' has been big on X this week as this was the first I had heard of it...
November 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
twitter being bought and turned into a propaganda machine for fascism, which is directly pumped into every journalist in the world's brain, is one of the worst things to happen in the last few years. we might not survive it.
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V tired of seeing people I respect and admire talking about how they use LLMs. "I don't use it to write but I do use it to interrogate my ideas". Why don't you talk to other writers to do that? Or other people in general? Have you considered the ethics?
November 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
V tired of seeing people I respect and admire talking about how they use LLMs. "I don't use it to write but I do use it to interrogate my ideas". Why don't you talk to other writers to do that? Or other people in general? Have you considered the ethics?
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If you'd told me that a speaker at the Free Speech Union conference would call for banning non-Christian public expressions of faith to an applauding crowd, I would have said yes, obviously that is going to happen newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/10/t...
November 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
If you'd told me that a speaker at the Free Speech Union conference would call for banning non-Christian public expressions of faith to an applauding crowd, I would have said yes, obviously that is going to happen newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/10/t...
"A provision that requires universities to host all invited speakers could encompass a range of extreme, but legal, speech, including incitement of hatred against religious and other groups.”
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/08/w...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/08/w...
Who Benefits: Seymour directs officials to consult the free speech lobby
In the final part of this Who Benefits instalment, Act leader David Seymour intervenes – but says he wasn’t working in concert with the Free Speech Union
newsroom.co.nz
November 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
"A provision that requires universities to host all invited speakers could encompass a range of extreme, but legal, speech, including incitement of hatred against religious and other groups.”
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/08/w...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/08/w...
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It seems like the more time game developers spend with generative "AI", the less impressed by it they are. In the most recent Game Developer survey of people working the industry only 13% expect these tools to have a positive impact on the industry, a decline of nearly half from the previous year.
Developers still aren't warming up to generative AI
Developers do not in fact welcome our new AI overlords.
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
It seems like the more time game developers spend with generative "AI", the less impressed by it they are. In the most recent Game Developer survey of people working the industry only 13% expect these tools to have a positive impact on the industry, a decline of nearly half from the previous year.
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I see people moving their projects' DOCUMENTATION to Discord and it feels like watching someone move their family photos albums and vinyl record collection into an old, dry woodshed filled with hay and lithium batteries
November 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I see people moving their projects' DOCUMENTATION to Discord and it feels like watching someone move their family photos albums and vinyl record collection into an old, dry woodshed filled with hay and lithium batteries
"After years in which it appeared the world was beginning to act on the climate crisis, a populist tide has swept in, turning back or threatening progress in many democracies."
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Amid squabbles, bombast and competing interests, what can Cop30 achieve?
Climate summit in Brazil needs to find way to stop global heating accelerating amid stark divisions
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
"After years in which it appeared the world was beginning to act on the climate crisis, a populist tide has swept in, turning back or threatening progress in many democracies."
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...