Reposted by Tom Ackroyd
My semi-regular reminder of a really important reality about cities, density, services and taxes.
Original graphic cleaned up by @kathrynmathias.bsky.social. #CityMakingMath
Original graphic cleaned up by @kathrynmathias.bsky.social. #CityMakingMath
September 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
My semi-regular reminder of a really important reality about cities, density, services and taxes.
Original graphic cleaned up by @kathrynmathias.bsky.social. #CityMakingMath
Original graphic cleaned up by @kathrynmathias.bsky.social. #CityMakingMath
Reposted by Tom Ackroyd
The protest in Wellington today.
September 27, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The protest in Wellington today.
Reposted by Tom Ackroyd
I've just started a wiki page for "The Story of a New Zealand River"; anyone able to do a decent plot summary and add stuff about its study in NZ universities? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sto...
The Story of a New Zealand River - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 26, 2025 at 7:41 AM
I've just started a wiki page for "The Story of a New Zealand River"; anyone able to do a decent plot summary and add stuff about its study in NZ universities? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sto...
Reposted by Tom Ackroyd
When we don’t build new housing in the places rich people want to live, they buy existing older homes and renovate them into luxury housing.
When we DO build new market rate housing, rich people move into it, setting off a “moving on up” effect that creates vacancy in the cheapest housing.
When we DO build new market rate housing, rich people move into it, setting off a “moving on up” effect that creates vacancy in the cheapest housing.
The data is abundantly clear: if we want to make housing broadly affordable to low-income households, we need to reform zoning and build a lot of new homes. www.pew.org/en/research-...
New Housing Slows Rent Growth Most for Older, More Affordable Units
The nationwide housing shortage has driven rents up more in low-income neighborhoods than in the U.S. overall, but in areas that have recently added large amounts of housing, rents have fallen the mos...
www.pew.org
August 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
When we don’t build new housing in the places rich people want to live, they buy existing older homes and renovate them into luxury housing.
When we DO build new market rate housing, rich people move into it, setting off a “moving on up” effect that creates vacancy in the cheapest housing.
When we DO build new market rate housing, rich people move into it, setting off a “moving on up” effect that creates vacancy in the cheapest housing.
Reposted by Tom Ackroyd
Hey Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, have you ever seen a Wikipedia article that you thought could use some improvements?
This is your chance to learn how to edit Wikipedia – one of the most visited websites in the world – while helping improve accessible information about our unique native species.
This is your chance to learn how to edit Wikipedia – one of the most visited websites in the world – while helping improve accessible information about our unique native species.
July 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Hey Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, have you ever seen a Wikipedia article that you thought could use some improvements?
This is your chance to learn how to edit Wikipedia – one of the most visited websites in the world – while helping improve accessible information about our unique native species.
This is your chance to learn how to edit Wikipedia – one of the most visited websites in the world – while helping improve accessible information about our unique native species.
Reposted by Tom Ackroyd
The Science Media Centre has gathered several expert reactions to the "de-extinct the moa" publicity announcement. Each is withering in a different way. www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2025/07/09/m...
Moa "de-extinction" plans announced - Expert Reaction
An overseas company has announced plans to "bring back" the South Island giant moa.
Colossal Biosciences, working with Ngāi Tahu Research Centre and Canterbury Museum, says it expects to "resurrect" t...
www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz
July 9, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The Science Media Centre has gathered several expert reactions to the "de-extinct the moa" publicity announcement. Each is withering in a different way. www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2025/07/09/m...
Petition to restrict the Morning Report birdcall to songbirds. I have had it up to here with the penguins, albatrosses, petrels, gannets and boobies.
June 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Petition to restrict the Morning Report birdcall to songbirds. I have had it up to here with the penguins, albatrosses, petrels, gannets and boobies.
Reposted by Tom Ackroyd
Incredible news for NZ cultural history researchers
The first 20 years of the NZ Listener (1939-1959) are now available on NLNZ's Papers Past platform, through the editorships of Oliver Duff & Monte Holcroft
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/...
The first 20 years of the NZ Listener (1939-1959) are now available on NLNZ's Papers Past platform, through the editorships of Oliver Duff & Monte Holcroft
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/...
June 11, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Incredible news for NZ cultural history researchers
The first 20 years of the NZ Listener (1939-1959) are now available on NLNZ's Papers Past platform, through the editorships of Oliver Duff & Monte Holcroft
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/...
The first 20 years of the NZ Listener (1939-1959) are now available on NLNZ's Papers Past platform, through the editorships of Oliver Duff & Monte Holcroft
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/...
Reposted by Tom Ackroyd
I’ve been reading SAY NOTHING, Keefe’s book on the Troubles, and, surprisingly, it’s also a useful case study of how not to run an oral history archive.
1. Be unclear about whether interviews will be released after each participant dies, or after they all do (big difference!) …
1. Be unclear about whether interviews will be released after each participant dies, or after they all do (big difference!) …
June 9, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I’ve been reading SAY NOTHING, Keefe’s book on the Troubles, and, surprisingly, it’s also a useful case study of how not to run an oral history archive.
1. Be unclear about whether interviews will be released after each participant dies, or after they all do (big difference!) …
1. Be unclear about whether interviews will be released after each participant dies, or after they all do (big difference!) …
Reposted by Tom Ackroyd
NZ Parliamentary Collection goes online, with artworks and objects available to view
www.parliamentarycollection.parliament.nz/explore
www.parliamentarycollection.parliament.nz/explore
Explore the collection - The Parliamentary Collection, New Zealand Parliament
Displayed across New Zealands parliamentary precinct you will find one of the countrys most significant, but perhaps lesser-known, art and heritage collections. With over 4,500 items, the Parliamentar...
www.parliamentarycollection.parliament.nz
June 5, 2025 at 12:50 AM
NZ Parliamentary Collection goes online, with artworks and objects available to view
www.parliamentarycollection.parliament.nz/explore
www.parliamentarycollection.parliament.nz/explore
Reposted by Tom Ackroyd
Is using AI wrong? A review of six popular anti-AI arguments by Sean Goedecke https://www.seangoedecke.com/is-ai-wrong/ #AI
May 17, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Is using AI wrong? A review of six popular anti-AI arguments by Sean Goedecke https://www.seangoedecke.com/is-ai-wrong/ #AI
@stronglang.bsky.social Brooke van Velden drops C-word in Parliament www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Brooke van Velden drops C-word in Parliament
Act leader David Seymour says he is proud of his deputy: 'She's a star'.
www.rnz.co.nz
May 14, 2025 at 7:02 AM
@stronglang.bsky.social Brooke van Velden drops C-word in Parliament www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
The new mandir in Naenae
April 16, 2025 at 3:55 AM
The new mandir in Naenae
Record Store Day at Slow Boat. Warm Regards.
April 12, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Record Store Day at Slow Boat. Warm Regards.
Reposted by Tom Ackroyd
La reconstitution d'une base de données des photos censurées par le département de la Défense des États-Unis progresse bien. #WikiCommons a 600 000 photos sur les 5 millions d'images sur #DVIDS. Voilà déjà 5 % des 26 000 photos supprimées. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Categor...
March 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
La reconstitution d'une base de données des photos censurées par le département de la Défense des États-Unis progresse bien. #WikiCommons a 600 000 photos sur les 5 millions d'images sur #DVIDS. Voilà déjà 5 % des 26 000 photos supprimées. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Categor...
@siobhanleachman.bsky.social I was at the Melbourne Museum
March 19, 2025 at 10:49 AM
@siobhanleachman.bsky.social I was at the Melbourne Museum
Reposted by Tom Ackroyd
You've just been thrown to your death by the Beatles.
January 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
You've just been thrown to your death by the Beatles.
Reposted by Tom Ackroyd
Lovely example of how weird real-world data is. I put all 55 million points in Overture maps into a Nomic Atlas map. Lots of points spuriously appearing in the ocean. But the 1° square around 'null island' (0° lat, 0° long) is suspiciously clear -- someone has cleared out bad data just there.
January 6, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Lovely example of how weird real-world data is. I put all 55 million points in Overture maps into a Nomic Atlas map. Lots of points spuriously appearing in the ocean. But the 1° square around 'null island' (0° lat, 0° long) is suspiciously clear -- someone has cleared out bad data just there.
Reposted by Tom Ackroyd
Your photos of yesterday's historic hīkoi are important. You can add them to the public record with Wikimedia Commons, Category:Hīkoi to Parliament. I wrote a step-by-step guide (www.rove.wiki/blog/uploadi...) and an accompanying video tutorial (www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwe-...).
How to upload a photo to Wikimedia Commons
YouTube video by Mike Dickison
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Your photos of yesterday's historic hīkoi are important. You can add them to the public record with Wikimedia Commons, Category:Hīkoi to Parliament. I wrote a step-by-step guide (www.rove.wiki/blog/uploadi...) and an accompanying video tutorial (www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwe-...).