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Oceans Craig (@wavygk@mastodon.nz)
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Attached: 1 image really nice seeing the best wishes from everyone here - kia ora! A good day for steaming - we are somewhere to the east of ลtautahi Christchurch heading straight south. Although saying that, the occasional wave pops up. Most people have surfaced for the day. (image Ira...
12h ago
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Ika Makimaki (@pezmico@mastodon.nz)
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Attached: 1 image Hello toot friends, I bring #antiLawn memes. I'm hoping to radicalise you all against the boring monoculture lawn and turn you into biodiversity defenders.
on Sat, 1AM
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Aquila1nz :verified_lgbt: (@aquila1nz@mastodon.nz)
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Finally starting to document this again - here's my Every Speculative Fiction Book About Queer Women I read in 2023 thread. ๐ ๐ค ๐ ๐ฆ โ๐ฉโโค๏ธโ๐โ๐ฉ Last year's: https://mastodon.nz/@aquila1nz/109339725265843855 #QueerSFF2023 #LesbianFiction #WLWFiction #Booktodon #BookRecs, #books #WLWbooks...
on Thu, 10PM
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Grant Brookes (@grantbrookesnz@mastodon.nz)
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Attached: 1 image https://theshovel.com.au/2020/05/28/mark-zuckerberg-dead-at-36-says-social-media-fact-check/
on Jan 8
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Anneleise Hall (@AnneleiseHall@mastodon.nz)
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For those wanting submission guides, here's one from Dr Bex for the Social Security Act Amendment Bill which doubles admin, invades privacy and creates more opportunities for punative rejections. Submissions close Fri Jan 10 #NZPol...
on Jan 8
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Enshitification is Logitech not saving your mouse options to your desktop so as to require you to create an account and log in just to use a mouse and keep your settings. Didn't the CEO say he wants to make a mouse subscription?
on Jan 7
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David Palmer (@cloventt@mastodon.nz)
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Attached: 1 image From my submission on BvV's appalling partial strike law change. #nzpol Submit here: https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/make-a-submission/document/54SCEDUW_SCF_E2959332-5B88-4EE8-E702-08DD18052784/employment-relations-pay-deductions-for-partial-strikes
on Jan 7
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ko kฤihe ahau ๐ซ :verified: (@donkey@mastodon.nz)
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Has anyone tried to make a submission on the #RegulatoryStandardsBill? That Ministry of Regulation has made the questions so detailed and specific that I couldn't even figure out what they were asking! At one point they were asking about examples of Regulatory Impact Statements you'd dealt...
on Jan 7
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Ika Makimaki (@pezmico@mastodon.nz)
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I'm sure there's an untapped market for "Dumb" tech. Bonus points for repairable, dumb tech. No AI assistants, no Internet connection, no DRM or login needed. Just a toaster that makes toast, a TV that plays only what you put in it, with repair kits, spare parts available, easy to reach guts...
on Jan 4
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Ika Makimaki (@pezmico@mastodon.nz)
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I don't disagree that phones might be harmful for kids' development. I just don't know if they're nearly as harmful as say, repeated covid infections, a collapsing biosphere, a justifiably bleak vision of their future, or even a prevalent lack of agency, independence, and spaces for...
on Jan 4
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Bob LeFridge :tinoflag: (@BobLefridge@mastodon.nz)
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Attached: 1 image It's happened. Stuff is using AI to write stories -- viz. a Southland Times piece called "What the Census tells us about Southlanders". At the bottom of the page there's this line: "This article was compiled with the help of the Perplexity AI tool." While AI may be good at...
on Jan 3
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Roman ALAN (@romanalanwrites@mastodon.nz)
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For the first Friday of 2025 (3 Jan), the theme of Jukebox Friday Night is "Helping People". Not just a jukebox theme; this year should be "the year of helping people". Step into the shoes of the likes of Jimmy Carter, Lyn Fleming, Tariana Turia, and all the others who looked around for any...
on Jan 3
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Gavin Shoebridge (@KiwiEV@mastodon.nz)
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Attached: 1 image ๐๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ 2 ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ.
on Jan 2
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Attached: 1 image An #ITU study https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2024/11/10/ff24-internet-traffic/ reports that we transferred over 7 zettabytes of #Internet traffic in 2024. However, the authors do not describe what all those data actually were. Therefore, I have performed...
on Dec 31
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Gavin Shoebridge (@KiwiEV@mastodon.nz)
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Attached: 1 image Here we go...
on Dec 31
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For #EndingsAndBeginnings on #JukeboxFridayNight at the end of 2024, hereโs a cover of a song about giving up the high life and beginning again with something simpler. Sara Bareilles โ Goodbye Yellow Brick Road recorded at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta https://youtu.be/Ozd2ja7mAgM
on Dec 30
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@nicknicknicknick@friend.camp @mcc@mastodon.social "This is the Bad Place".
on Dec 30
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Sarah Hendrica Bickerton ๐ณ๏ธโ (@sarahhbickerton@mastodon.nz)
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A friend has been lovely enough to lend me her (ICE) car for me to go camping in the Coromandel (sheโs off to South America) but there are 2 things I notice: A) when youโre used to electric vehicles, ICE cars SUCK for responsiveness, B) if a fellow motorcyclist passes you, you die a little inside.
on Dec 26
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ben dafydd gillard (@benchaotica@mastodon.nz)
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comrades, your dedication to doing the opposite of what Elon Musk tells you to do is commendable and reasonable, but Wikipedia has quite a lot of money already. You know who does need more money for holding the powerful to account and ensuring important history is not memory-holed though? The...
on Dec 26
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witless (@witless@mastodon.nz)
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Elon Musk has ordered everyone to stop donating to Wikipedia. I never started, until this morning. https://donate.wikimedia.org is the link, if anyone feels like disobeying a direct order from a billionaire jerkwad.
on Dec 26
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Tim McNamara (@timClicks@mastodon.nz)
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LONG FORM INTERVIEW DROP Listen in to a topic that is "infinitely deep in all directions" [Jon's words]. Jon is extremely knowledgeable and patient, so you will learn a lot. Listen via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and more...
on Dec 25
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Peter Gainsford (@KiwiHellenist@mastodon.nz)
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Attached: 2 images The Northern Hemisphere experienced very cold weather in the 1810s. In 1817-1820 New York, the Hudson River was closed by ice for over 100 days each year. In 1821 'Santeclaus' first appears in a fur suit and a sleigh pulled by one reindeer -- no longer a bishop in a...
on Dec 25
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Peter Gainsford (@KiwiHellenist@mastodon.nz)
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While some elements of Santa are older than the 1820s, and some more recent, my own sense is that it was the events ot 1817-1823 that cemented his core elements. That's when Santa became independent of St Nicholas -- with a wintry combination of reindeer, sleigh, fur, and Christmas. The icy...
on Dec 25
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Rawiri Waititi wraps up end of year debate with cheeky waiata | RNZ - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgtXO1RmT0E
on Dec 22
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Xauri'EL Zwaan (@XauriEL@mastodon.nz)
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Accept our cookies. Sign up for our newsletter. Give us your email address, your date of birth, your mobile number. Download our app. Turn off your adblocker. Get a free 1-month trial. Earn points to level up. Try out our AI. Here's a birthday gift -- 20% off! Enmesh yourself in the tendrils of...
on Dec 21
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Attached: 1 image Merlion The happiest spot in Singapore, I reckon. I've not seen so many smiles and laughs in one place anywhere else.
on Dec 20
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Which One's The Monkey? (@draftexcluder@mastodon.nz)
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How many more CEOs need to be shot for it to be normalised in the same way that school shootings are?
on Dec 16
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Paul H :tinoflag: (@paulhellyer@mastodon.nz)
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Content warning: Syria: Prison Footage: YouTube Link **DEBUNKED**
on Dec 15
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Gavin Shoebridge (@KiwiEV@mastodon.nz)
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Attached: 1 image Alright, which one of you put googly eyes on this New Zealand police recruitment advertisement? Fess up.
on Dec 15
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Attached: 1 image Stealing this from @AllonsyMelissa@mastodon.social, and starting on the first in the month in the hopes I won't confuse myself any more than necessary. Also going to hashtag so all y'all can mute my nonsense. :) #KPop #30DayKPopSongChallenge
on Dec 14
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Gavin Shoebridge (@KiwiEV@mastodon.nz)
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Attached: 1 image IT'S HERE! This Windrose E1400 electric super truck is the first of many hitting kiwi shores, being tested in China doing 670km on 1 charge at 49 tonnes. It's now road legal and in Auckland so I'll be going for a blast in it on Monday morning. Can't wait! ๐
on Dec 12
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Gavin Shoebridge (@KiwiEV@mastodon.nz)
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Attached: 1 image The future has just landed in New Zealand. This Windrose E1400 has been pushed on Chinese highways doing 670 km on a single charge while loaded down at 49 tonnes. Looking forward to going for a blast in it real soon. Diesel is dead. At last.
on Dec 12
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Gavin Shoebridge (@KiwiEV@mastodon.nz)
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Attached: 1 image They're getting closer to New Zealand for better or worse. This Cybertruck was just spotted at Caloundra (QLD) in Australia.
on Dec 8
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AnneFrandiCoory (@AnneFrandiCoory@mastodon.nz)
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@auschwitzmuseum@mastodon.world Shame Israel has such a short memory!!! "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you" #Gaza
on Dec 6
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Bob LeFridge :tinoflag: (@BobLefridge@mastodon.nz)
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Attached: 1 image This website shows you what Google AI learns from your photographs. The level of detail is quite amazing. The site is owned by a former Google engineer who is trying to put people off storing photos on Google's servers. I fed it some Seymour and just look what it...
on Dec 4
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Simon Green (@Salty@mastodon.nz)
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At this rate we should just give $100B directly to Shaneโs mates. At least it would save the environmental damage of extracting and burning the fuel. #nzpol https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/535373/oil-and-gas-lobby-asks-government-to-underwite-fossil-fuel-exploration-govt-considering-options
on Dec 1
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Reece (@pipesunlimited@mastodon.nz)
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Oh gosh it's #Whamageddon time. ๐คฃ I hope i don't get whammed. Good thing my phone only has a cover of that song lololol
on Dec 1
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Jon Sullivan (@joncounts@mastodon.nz)
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Now I know what a trug is! Hereโs an excellent story from #RNZ about a national park ranger in Golden Bay, #NZ, that makes wooden trugs in his Trug Workshop. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/country/535234/country-life-when-i-start-building-a-trug-i-fall-into-a-wonderful-state-of-mind #trugs...
on Nov 30
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Rob Ingram (@robjingram@mastodon.nz)
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Surely it isnโt that hard to segment Happy Thanksgiving emails to the one country in the world that gives a toss
on Nov 30
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craftygardennz (@craftygardennz@mastodon.nz)
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New Zealanders, if you take off the 22-24 April 2025 on holiday, it means you'll get 10 days of leave thanks to Easter and ANZAC day as well.
on Nov 28
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Liz Hibbs (@Lizly@mastodon.nz)
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Oestrogen patches: Pharmac plans to fund an inferior product, putting women's health and mental health at risk. You can help - sign the petition to maintain funding for decent oestrogen patches, for all the peri- and menopausal women in your life. And just to note -most of us have tried every...
on Nov 27
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Jeremy Jupiter Jones (@jeremy_pm@mastodon.nz)
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Attached: 1 video If you want to see #NZPol #ACT Party leader and author of the #TreatyPrinciplesBill David #Seymour squirm, watch his response to Mihingarangi Forbes asking him about the #AtlasNetwork involvement in this assault on #NewZealand founding document #TeTiritioWaitangi and...
on Nov 27
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Tim McNamara (@timClicks@mastodon.nz)
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Niche post, but "string view" is a better name than "string slice".
on Nov 25
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Bill Bennett (@billbennett@mastodon.nz)
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Good question. https://www.abc.net.au/religion/jessica-wolfendale-moral-responsibility-trump-voters/104584970
on Nov 25
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Jeremy Jupiter Jones (@jeremy_pm@mastodon.nz)
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NZ #Rugby Union are reportedly editing out on social media posts the start of #haka in #AllBlacks vs #Italy test also T J Perenara's last game for the ABs to keep racists from smashing their TVs or whatever device they're watching it on. What Perenara says is: "Toitลซ te mana o te whenua, toitลซ...
on Nov 24
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Ngati Pakeha Kuia (@CarolynStirling@mastodon.nz)
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Whittakers chocolate now $7.69. ๐ฑ
on Nov 24
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Niall in Raglan :laserkiwi: (@Niall@mastodon.nz)
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Haka 'goes metal' This is wonderful - Andre composes viral clips with heavy-metal guitars. Highlights include: *ol' Sourdough's solo *The gallery action (I hadn't seen that before) *An attack of emotion & pride as you realise there's so much global support for the Tangata Whenua (maybe just me...
on Nov 24
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Paul H :tinoflag: (@paulhellyer@mastodon.nz)
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A number of people here on Mastodon have posted Matthew Hooton's piece in the Herald today titled, "Luxon is completely out of his depth". It's brilliant and accurate. A must read. It is behind the Herald's paywall however, but the link below may help you access it. If you have any interest in...
on Nov 22
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Fuuuuuuuck. Everyone, PLEASE. Stay up to date on vaccines. Stay home when sick. Wear a well-fitting respirator in public. And for heavens sake, push for cleaner air measures. ๐ #pertussis #epidemic New Zealand declares whooping cough epidemic | RNZ...
on Nov 22