Allanah
allanah.bsky.social
Allanah
@allanah.bsky.social
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An optimist on a good day. 💚 Science and impact comms, whanau, running, food, dance, books. She/her. Tangata tiriti. 🇳🇿 www.sharedscience.nz
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If the 'support for houses' is realised, will the time saving gains my just be worn away by ask the extra perks I from the extra houses? Or is this already factored in?

In which case, build houses and trains?
Meanwhile in NZ it's that lovely lull between lectures finishing and exam marking starting. Just studious and panicking students showing they care about their study (in some cases, belatedly)
We have a winner. Game over.
Penric and Desdemona, effective temporary relief for all ailments (including news overload).

I'm astonished they are new to you!
To the driver of the American sized SUV/truck/I don't know what they're called vehicle behind me, who stopped with hazards on while I reversed into a parallel park on a busy Tuam Street at rush hour, THANK YOU. You are a prince among drivers. I wish this courtesy was the norm.
Yep. Surely this is true of NZ too.
#nzpols
How do we fix this mess?
Murderbot, on point as always.
(It was still a stupid thing to do, but I understood the impulse. I understood it a lot.)
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Starting a new thread to collect critical perspectives on AI, as they are articulated dozens of times every day and appear repeatedly on my timeline. I can't read everything right away, but if, like me, you want to stay up to date, then this might help a bit:
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Doing the NY Times Spelling Bee. Disappointed 'bollocks' is "not in word list".
It's the combi of 'says author needs to use British English' and 'replaces common English word with an Americanism' that's the true gold here.
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As a physicist I can easily calculate time dilation from relativistic motion (time slows when you're moving fast) or proximity to a massive object (time slows in gravity) but I have yet to find a solution for emotional time dilation (the task takes five minutes to complete but six weeks to start) 🫠
And Eire. Sorry, Ireland.
Commenters on the English 'needing' to be before Te Reo on our passports: border security officers need to see the English first.

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Greek passport cover
Meta's so helpful.
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IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart govts do the math on investing in better mobility.

Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.

#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.bsky.social
I was too late this year, but one year in the other place, someone gifted me a 50c school exercise book with all their favourite recipes hand-written. It was an excellent gift! But I'm aware there's still postage etc.
Evening.
(It's the reflection of the light above my table in my herbal tea)
Toasties in our house tonight too. We went with a nostalgic return to the 90s: sandwich press paninis with smoked chicken, cranberry, and Brie.

It did not live up to my memories.
Christchurch/Otautahi icon on a sunny winter's day. Followed by Charlie's ice.

For a while, this area (Victoria Square) was a trading place between Ngai Tahu hapu and colonial settlers. For the longest time (and in my childhood memories), it was very English, but good to see that changing.
My 17yo explaining her homework to me: blah blah capacitor
Me: oh oh I know this one, it's a thing that lets you travel in time if you're in a electrical storm in an 80's movie.
Her: No.

Readers, she does not think I'm funny.
Hello, Jack.
Today's gratitude: living in a house with good insulation and double glazing. And skylights.
Also: Frosty Otautahi mornings that bring hope of getting the washing dry.
Vet bills!!!! It all becomes clear. Well, clearer. I'm still not feeling the Easter (in July) section.