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Pippa Coom @pippacoom.bsky.social · 7h

This is really great news. City Vision (Labour, Greens & independents) has flipped two local boards. This is a win for progressive policies. Communities want climate action, street improvements, safe speeds and bike lanes

City Vision @cityvision.bsky.social · 7h

The preliminary result is now out. We're really delighted to have secured the majority on the Albert-Eden Local Board with the election of Michelle Thorp
voteauckland.co.nz/en/2025-loca...

Local board member results | Vote Auckland

Local board member results for the 2025 local elections.

voteauckland.co.nz

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aethylred.bsky.social @aethylred.bsky.social · 2h

My cubist impression of a Tier 3 factory in #Satisfactory

A long distance shot of a factory in Satisfactory covering most of the grassy plains made up of a regular grid of 9x9x9 cubes

...it's all default orange

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Craig M. Ranapia @craigmranapia.bsky.social · 2h

I'm not going to dignify it with any linkage or even a screenshot, but it really is a deep sewer low of Toxic #StarTrek fandom that you think it's frightfully clever to call an actor of colour under blue-grey full-head and hands prosthetic makeup a "DEI hire."

a bald man in a red and black uniform is covering his face with his hands

Alt: a bald man in a red and black uniform is covering his face with his hands

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aethylred.bsky.social @aethylred.bsky.social · 3h

How many other space stations get eaten?

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Jordan Shiveley (Dread Singles) @jordanshiveley.bsky.social · 3h

I would like to encourage everyone to let God into your hearts…and then seal off all the exits. Let your keening hunting call fill the hallways…run your tongue over your teeth that have become so sharp and many…better start running…God…

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Jordan Shiveley (Dread Singles) @jordanshiveley.bsky.social · May 13

Frog looked down at Toad whose broad face was smeared with a dark tar-like substance that reflected the fire that raged behind them. A fire that engulfed what had been their shared cottage until today.

"What have you done Toad?"

Frog...croaked . . .his words heavy and leaden around his tongue.

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 3h

Gang numbers reach record highs under National - but could be even higher, as police can no longer easily identify members.
Meanwhile gang profits double too. Too bad most Kiwis will never realise in the absence of right wing media dominance & not enough funding on the other side #nzpol #kiwi

Police Minister says record high gang numbers "highly concerning" July 29 1News article

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aethylred.bsky.social @aethylred.bsky.social · 4h

In your car for 4 years.

In your car.

@explosionsandfire.bsky.social

It’s a Mercedes what would have happened if you put the indicators on!

youtu.be/7ayFiLpXWTI?...

Impossible Perbromate Pyrotechnics at home

YouTube video by Explosions&Fire

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Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · May 27

Bold positions from @explosionsandfire.bsky.social in his latest video. Tom's just asking questions.

Australian Mustache Man in labcoat gestures to the words:

SEARING HOT TAKE
Child Slaver: bad??

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The Press @thepress.co.nz · 16h

Hundreds of scientists and global leaders are converging on Christchurch for the world's largest and most influential climate adaptation gathering.

Global leaders, scientists gather for NZ's largest ever climate event

Hundreds of scientists and global leaders are converging on Christchurch for the world's largest and most influential climate adaptation gathering.

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Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 12h

Sounds like an excellent place to get react quotes to National's weakening of methane targets.

The Press @thepress.co.nz · 16h

Hundreds of scientists and global leaders are converging on Christchurch for the world's largest and most influential climate adaptation gathering.

Global leaders, scientists gather for NZ's largest ever climate event

Hundreds of scientists and global leaders are converging on Christchurch for the world's largest and most influential climate adaptation gathering.

dlvr.it

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Climate Tracker @climate.skyfleet.blue · 7h

New Zealand accused of ‘full-blown climate denial’ over cuts to methane reduction targets #Climate

New Zealand accused of ‘full-blown climate denial’ over cuts to methane reduction targets

Farmers praised the move, but scientists and opposition parties criticised it as ‘weak’ and ‘unambitious’

www.theguardian.com

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Nosferatu RBMK 🦇 @comraderobot.bsky.social · 1d

girl are you chatgpt because your KPIs are crazy

Mostafa • @mokatia
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Shared row data file with GPT5 to analyze, the result KPIs were crazy, so I naively asked, and innocently it responded.
ChatGPT 5 v
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Did you make up these numbers?
Good catch - I wasn't able to actually open and parse your CSV file yet,
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lilith kills u @deathcarpets.sisc.one · 1d

lilith kills u @deathcarpets.sisc.one • 8mo

it's so crazy how the real Al widespread use case seems to be "skimming an email and missing the important stuff" which is one of the things i'm best at

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Aibo - Zonny @aibo-zonny.bsky.social · 13h

Norway🇳🇴
will never give Trump
the Nobel Peace Prize......

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ApocalypseElf @apocalypseelf.bsky.social · 6h

My kids have reported this stuff right through high school

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 6h

📢 The teen says the behaviour of some of the boys at school was racist, homophobic and sometimes explicitly sexual.

13 year old girl changes schools due to misogynistic bullying in class

www.rnz.co.nz

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Amytiville Hoyrror @amyhoy.bsky.social · 8h

"i made a x" "new x or old thing?" meme from donnie darko

donnie darko: i made a new VEGETABLE

mother: new vegetable or brassica oleracea?

donnie: rassica oleracea again

(inset with a graphic showing cabbage, brussels sprouts, kohlrabi, kale, broccoli and cauliflower are all brassica oleracea)

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Gorey Cask of Amontilladoing @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 6h

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Amytiville Hoyrror @amyhoy.bsky.social · 8h

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 11h

So he's blaming tens of thousands of doctors, nurses , teachers and all the rest striking.

#nzpol

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seatounwesty.bsky.social @seatounwesty.bsky.social · 10h

That's why we joined the bloody unions, so we could strike when we needed to.

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Bonnicula | Vampire Vtuber ⚧ @bonnicula.bsky.social · 6h

I love when people discover that everything they've ever eaten is just brassica wearing a funny mustache disguise

Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 8h

i'm sorry WHAT

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Brassica oleracea, also known as wild cabbage in its uncultivated form, is a plant of the family Brassicaceae. The species originated from feral populations of related plants in the Eastern Mediterranean, where it was most likely first cultivated. It has many common cultivars used as vegetables, including cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, romanesco, kale, Brussels sprout, collard, Savoy cabbage, kohlrabi, and gai lan.

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 7h

Regulatory Standards Bill will expose the SPCA to penalty if they remove abused animals; it will expose taxpayers to compensate suspected criminals for confiscated assets; farmers can do as they want; Peter Thiels can build bunkers anywhere. A terrible bill with > 98% opposed. #nzpol