Alan Holt
@weedeagle.bsky.social
Kia ora - I am a musician and writer from Aotearoa New Zealand, a member of duo White Saucer, esurient music fan, collector of audio recordings, former 95BFM DJ, former Flying Nunner and current International Manager at the New Zealand Music Commission.
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Not mentioned: the law creates a framework for surveillance of people's vehicle movements and allows the data captured to be shared with the Police and intelligence agencies. (see section 65ZF(3)). No explicit protection against capturing faces and sharing those.
legislation.govt.nz/bill/governm...
legislation.govt.nz/bill/governm...
November 11, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Not mentioned: the law creates a framework for surveillance of people's vehicle movements and allows the data captured to be shared with the Police and intelligence agencies. (see section 65ZF(3)). No explicit protection against capturing faces and sharing those.
legislation.govt.nz/bill/governm...
legislation.govt.nz/bill/governm...
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Marie & the Atom
Pt 2 of my blog on Flying Nun multitrack tapes, analyzing two songs by the amazing MATA, recorded by Terry Moore for their second EP "Spit it out" in 1985. What does the tape tell us? Have a read & listen to samples of the original multitrack audio.
natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/f...
Pt 2 of my blog on Flying Nun multitrack tapes, analyzing two songs by the amazing MATA, recorded by Terry Moore for their second EP "Spit it out" in 1985. What does the tape tell us? Have a read & listen to samples of the original multitrack audio.
natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/f...
November 7, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Marie & the Atom
Pt 2 of my blog on Flying Nun multitrack tapes, analyzing two songs by the amazing MATA, recorded by Terry Moore for their second EP "Spit it out" in 1985. What does the tape tell us? Have a read & listen to samples of the original multitrack audio.
natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/f...
Pt 2 of my blog on Flying Nun multitrack tapes, analyzing two songs by the amazing MATA, recorded by Terry Moore for their second EP "Spit it out" in 1985. What does the tape tell us? Have a read & listen to samples of the original multitrack audio.
natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/f...
Holy heck
Not always a fan of the whittakers novelty flavours but this is genuinely great. The brandy snap bits are like half way between toffee and cookie pieces and do indeed taste just like brandy snaps.
November 7, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Holy heck
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Not always a fan of the whittakers novelty flavours but this is genuinely great. The brandy snap bits are like half way between toffee and cookie pieces and do indeed taste just like brandy snaps.
November 7, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Not always a fan of the whittakers novelty flavours but this is genuinely great. The brandy snap bits are like half way between toffee and cookie pieces and do indeed taste just like brandy snaps.
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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PRESS RELEASE
The Fast-Track Amendment Bill which passed its first reading in parliament today is a savage escalation of the Luxon Government’s war on nature.
#nzpol
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
The Fast-Track Amendment Bill which passed its first reading in parliament today is a savage escalation of the Luxon Government’s war on nature.
#nzpol
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
Fast-Track Amendment Bill a Savage Escalation in Government’s War on Nature
The Fast-Track Amendment Bill passed its first reading in parliament today, prompting fierce condemnation from Greenpeace.
www.greenpeace.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:35 AM
PRESS RELEASE
The Fast-Track Amendment Bill which passed its first reading in parliament today is a savage escalation of the Luxon Government’s war on nature.
#nzpol
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
The Fast-Track Amendment Bill which passed its first reading in parliament today is a savage escalation of the Luxon Government’s war on nature.
#nzpol
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
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we don’t even have to tolerate him right this second
this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
November 5, 2025 at 3:06 AM
we don’t even have to tolerate him right this second
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Carla Bley's Escalator Over the Hill
Film by Steve Gebhardt (1970)
Bits of this have been on YT before, but I've never seen the entire film.
youtu.be/w-aSKKWz_QM?...
Film by Steve Gebhardt (1970)
Bits of this have been on YT before, but I've never seen the entire film.
youtu.be/w-aSKKWz_QM?...
Carla Bley's Escalator Over the Hill 1970, Steve Gebhardt
YouTube video by bigfootpegrande
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Carla Bley's Escalator Over the Hill
Film by Steve Gebhardt (1970)
Bits of this have been on YT before, but I've never seen the entire film.
youtu.be/w-aSKKWz_QM?...
Film by Steve Gebhardt (1970)
Bits of this have been on YT before, but I've never seen the entire film.
youtu.be/w-aSKKWz_QM?...
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PSA from 404 Media: you can opt-out of a data broker selling your flight travel data to the government to be searched without a warrant. Here's how I did it. This is ARC, the data broker owned by major U.S. airlines like United, Delta, American, etc
www.404media.co/how-to-opt-o...
www.404media.co/how-to-opt-o...
How to Opt-Out of Airlines Selling Your Travel Data to the Government
The Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC), owned by major U.S. airlines, collects billions of ticketing records and sells them to the government to be searched without a warrant. I managed to opt-out o...
www.404media.co
November 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
PSA from 404 Media: you can opt-out of a data broker selling your flight travel data to the government to be searched without a warrant. Here's how I did it. This is ARC, the data broker owned by major U.S. airlines like United, Delta, American, etc
www.404media.co/how-to-opt-o...
www.404media.co/how-to-opt-o...
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thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
Some youthful NZers… from the age of the dudes and the cut of their tees I would say this is taken in the late 80s.
November 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Some youthful NZers… from the age of the dudes and the cut of their tees I would say this is taken in the late 80s.
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Reposted by Alan Holt
Gosh, thanks, Google (whose algorithms have long pushed users toward extremist content, because profit is everything and humanity is nothing, to Google).
November 3, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Gosh, thanks, Google (whose algorithms have long pushed users toward extremist content, because profit is everything and humanity is nothing, to Google).
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Only two weeks left to submit your song! If selected your song will play during the Weather segment on Welcome to Night Vale.
Find out more and submit your song by 11/15/25 here: buff.ly/ci0js6G
Find out more and submit your song by 11/15/25 here: buff.ly/ci0js6G
November 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Only two weeks left to submit your song! If selected your song will play during the Weather segment on Welcome to Night Vale.
Find out more and submit your song by 11/15/25 here: buff.ly/ci0js6G
Find out more and submit your song by 11/15/25 here: buff.ly/ci0js6G
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America maintained hold of the World Series Championship because we attracted the skilled and willing from abroad.
Dodgers players this year were born in Japan, the Dominican Republic, Venezuala, Cuba, and South Korea, as well as in the US (including Puerto Rico).
Let's keep America attractive.
Dodgers players this year were born in Japan, the Dominican Republic, Venezuala, Cuba, and South Korea, as well as in the US (including Puerto Rico).
Let's keep America attractive.
November 2, 2025 at 5:33 AM
America maintained hold of the World Series Championship because we attracted the skilled and willing from abroad.
Dodgers players this year were born in Japan, the Dominican Republic, Venezuala, Cuba, and South Korea, as well as in the US (including Puerto Rico).
Let's keep America attractive.
Dodgers players this year were born in Japan, the Dominican Republic, Venezuala, Cuba, and South Korea, as well as in the US (including Puerto Rico).
Let's keep America attractive.
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And yes, Mark Zuckerberg was in the room.
Billie Eilish to Billionaires: "Why Are You a Billionaire?"
And yes, Mark Zuckerberg was in the room.
www.teenvogue.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
And yes, Mark Zuckerberg was in the room.
Had an enjoyable afternoon listening to the first Suicide album (one of the greatest albums in the history of music) and I was reminded of a late night DJ on 95BFM that played Frankie Teardrop every Monday night for a year.
October 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Had an enjoyable afternoon listening to the first Suicide album (one of the greatest albums in the history of music) and I was reminded of a late night DJ on 95BFM that played Frankie Teardrop every Monday night for a year.
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Watch @thebeths.bsky.social make their US late night TV debut on @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social
Watch The Beths Make Their US Late Night TV Debut On 'Kimmel'
The Beths, one of New Zealand’s national treasures, just made their US late-night TV debut. The power-pop/indie-pop greats previously performed on American television in the morning, promoting 2022’s ...
www.stereogum.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Watch @thebeths.bsky.social make their US late night TV debut on @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social
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Inflatable frog costumes are selling out following “No Kings” protests and to counter US president Donald Trump’s demonization of US cities more broadly.
October 28, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Inflatable frog costumes are selling out following “No Kings” protests and to counter US president Donald Trump’s demonization of US cities more broadly.
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#nzpol
For context: Total cost of all reparations paid to Māori for land confiscations to date = $2.7 billion
Total cost of the economic lunacy of this government reinstating mortgage interest deductions to landlords = $2.9 billion (over 4 yrs), plus $760 million every single year thereafter
For context: Total cost of all reparations paid to Māori for land confiscations to date = $2.7 billion
Total cost of the economic lunacy of this government reinstating mortgage interest deductions to landlords = $2.9 billion (over 4 yrs), plus $760 million every single year thereafter
October 27, 2025 at 1:41 AM
#nzpol
For context: Total cost of all reparations paid to Māori for land confiscations to date = $2.7 billion
Total cost of the economic lunacy of this government reinstating mortgage interest deductions to landlords = $2.9 billion (over 4 yrs), plus $760 million every single year thereafter
For context: Total cost of all reparations paid to Māori for land confiscations to date = $2.7 billion
Total cost of the economic lunacy of this government reinstating mortgage interest deductions to landlords = $2.9 billion (over 4 yrs), plus $760 million every single year thereafter
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bonnie dobson, author of "morning dew," put out a new album this summer, backed by the british psych band the hanging stars, & a lot of it's super cool! (she's 84.) thehangingstars.bandcamp.com/album/dreams
Dreams, by Bonnie Dobson & The Hanging Stars
8 track album
thehangingstars.bandcamp.com
October 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
bonnie dobson, author of "morning dew," put out a new album this summer, backed by the british psych band the hanging stars, & a lot of it's super cool! (she's 84.) thehangingstars.bandcamp.com/album/dreams
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who creates the lively art and music scenes if the rent is too high? who makes cultural life? who serves you food or washes your dishes? who creates the fancy little restaurants that draw you to urban living? affordable housing is at the heart of what makes city life worthwhile.
October 26, 2025 at 6:04 AM
who creates the lively art and music scenes if the rent is too high? who makes cultural life? who serves you food or washes your dishes? who creates the fancy little restaurants that draw you to urban living? affordable housing is at the heart of what makes city life worthwhile.
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Join in team, all signatures welcome here! #nzpol #NoRSB #NZpolitics #ToitūTeTiriti #TangataTiriti #Aotearoa #NewZealand
Sign this petition about the Regulatory Standards Bill, please
petitions.parliament.nz/212f27b2-98f...
petitions.parliament.nz/212f27b2-98f...
October 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Join in team, all signatures welcome here! #nzpol #NoRSB #NZpolitics #ToitūTeTiriti #TangataTiriti #Aotearoa #NewZealand