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locus @locuslebe.bsky.social · 18h

Pretty sure he can't remember Maria Machado's name or be bothered to learn it...

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locus @locuslebe.bsky.social · 19h

Unsolicited Rick pic

Rikki Morris. Best known for 1988 hit single "Nobody Else" which he wrote and performed with his older brother Ian Morris/Tex Pistol and which reached number one in Aotearoa New Zealand and remained on the charts for sixteen weeks.... ref. Wikipedia

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locus @locuslebe.bsky.social · 19h

"New Zealand’s $12 billion defence capability plan commits to uplifting defence science and tech towards space, cyber, and autonomous weapons capabilities"

Why spend 'defence' $ on machines that kill, why not on autonomous mine clearance, drone interception or on even better ROI...antiwar diplomacy

miravox @miravox.bsky.social · 21h

I loved that we were once a nominally independent nation, with its own foreign policy *sigh*
#nzpol
"In connecting to the network empire, we must ask on whose terms we fight"

An internet of military things - kill-webs – including drones, radars, and satellites, processed by AI-assisted “deciders".

Network empire: how advanced military tech is reshaping Five Eyes

NZ links to Five Eyes military technology could become tripwires if conflict breaks out, undermining our sovereignty

newsroom.co.nz

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locus @locuslebe.bsky.social · 20h

😄 👏 👏

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locus @locuslebe.bsky.social · 21h

#nzpol
As ever, Anne Salmond is on point

"When Act mounted its despicable Victim of the Day campaign, delivered by Act’s parliamentary staffers at the taxpayers’ expense and attacking individual scholars as ‘deranged,’ that was another attack on institutional autonomy and academic freedom."

Anne Salmond: Academic freedom and its enemies

In NZ there are chilling moves towards illiberal democracy. While they are being strongly resisted so far, political leaders and others must wake up.

newsroom.co.nz

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Spooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 4d

Robert Jenrick's comments about Handsworth represent more of his abhorrent racism. There's no way he can look at the colour of someone's face and tell how "integrated" they are. Also, he went to Handsworth during a bin strike to make a video about litter to smear that community. #ToryRacism

Robert Jenrick

Robert Jenrick complained of 'not seeing another white face' in Birmingham neighbourhood

Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on short visit

Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

Tue 7 Oct 2025 06.57 BST

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Robert Jenrick complained about visiting an area of Birmingham where he "didn't see another white face" and said it was not the kind of country he wanted to live in.

After highlighting the lack of white people, the shadow justice secretary said it was not about "the colour of your skin or your faith" and he wanted people to live alongside each other.

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He told the dinner: “I went to Handsworth in Birmingham the other day to do a video on litter and it was absolutely appalling. It's as close as I've come to a slum in this country.

But the other thing I noticed there was that it was one of the worst integrated places I've ever been to. In fact, in the hour and a half I was filming news there I didn't see another white face.

"That's not the kind of country I want to live in. I want to live in a country where people are properly integrated. It's not about the colour of your skin or your faith, of course it isn't. But I want people to be living alongside each other, not parallel lives. That's not the right way we want to live as a country."

The area's independent MP Ayoub Khan said: "The claims made by the shadow justice secretary are not only wildly false but also incredibly irresponsible. He has misrepresented a storied and diverse community, awkwardly distorting the product of an all-out bin strike to fit his culture-warrior narrative filled with far-right cliches.

According to Birmingham city council, the ethnicity of Handsworth is 25% Pakistani, 23% Indian, 10% Bangladeshi, 16% Black African or Black Caribbean, 10% mixed or other ethnic group and 9% white.

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locus @locuslebe.bsky.social · 22h

#MusicChallenge
#EUr0cktober

11/10 Portugal 🇵🇹

Mariza... homage to Amalia Rodrigues

Mariza ~ Primavera

YouTube video by ingifrance

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locus @locuslebe.bsky.social · 1d

Μη κουραστείς να μ' αγαπάς
Don't you get tired of loving me?

I think Dimitra Galani wrote this beautiful song sung by Haris Alexiou

Χάρις Αλεξίου - Μην Κουραστείς Να Μ' Αγαπάς - Official Audio Release

YouTube video by Haris Alexiou

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locus @locuslebe.bsky.social · 1d

#MusicChallenge
#EUr0cktober

10/10 Greece 🇬🇷
For two days only...

Dimitra Galani - Dio Meres Mono

YouTube video by DimitraGalaniVEVO

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locus @locuslebe.bsky.social · 2d

This makes me happy...

Creatures buried in soil for over a century burst back to life in Toronto waterfront

A project to restore coastal wetland leads to astonishing discoveries of a host of life: seeds and plant scraps, as well as water fleas, worms, larvae and plankton

www.theguardian.com

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locus @locuslebe.bsky.social · 2d

"And on the subject of AI, chillingly, the New Zealander Defence Officer wrote
'Safety, Security and Ethics must be balanced with impact, efficacy and return on investment'

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locus @locuslebe.bsky.social · 2d

Idlewild - Fave band from Edinburgh :)

Woomble 🎤
Jones 🎸
Newton 🥁
Mitchell 🎸
Rossi 🎹

🎶 And you can feel the information
It's confusingly profound
And the elaborate constellations
Of faces in the crowd
Full of the information
That everyday life allows
I wish I could’ve wrote it down

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locus @locuslebe.bsky.social · 2d

🙌 perfect 👏 👏 😀

locus @locuslebe.bsky.social · 2d

Just a matter of time before they're back... I remember as a teen everyone cheering when Ted Heath signed

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locus @locuslebe.bsky.social · 2d

#MusicChallenge
#EUr0cktober

09/10 United Kingdom 🇬🇧

Idlewild - 'I Wish I Wrote It Down' (Live)

YouTube video by Idlewild

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David @daverino.bsky.social · 6d

“Lukashenko’s prisons remain packed, with 1,168 political detainees still behind bars, according to the human rights group Viasna – a number that includes its founder, the Nobel peace prize laureate Ales Bialiatski”

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...