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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 2h

Some of us have the privilege to just ignore/refuse to use AI in teaching. Others have so little time it's obvious why it will sneak in. But our institutions pushing LLMs as learning resources to students? Strikes me as untenable if they can be easily tuned by anti-academic sentiment and grievance.

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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 11h

One final bit of good news - 234600 people across the motu voted to remove Māori wards, 245800 to keep them - 51.1% of all votes were to keep them, 48.9% not to. The majority of the country that voted were in favour so suck it coalition!

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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 5h

Genuine question: for those enthusiastically pushing AI tools into every part of our education system—what checks/guardrails are there around algorithmic biases like this?

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 10h

The administration “is currently pressuring OpenAI and other AI companies to make their models more conservative-friendly.”

OpenAI is trying to clamp down on ‘bias’ in ChatGPT

GPT-5 is better at resisting liberal ‘pressure,’ the company says.

www.theverge.com

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 8h

Everyday now there is new information detailing just how economically unviable AI is. Data centers will be the new abandoned Walmarts, but on an even larger scale.

futurism.com/future-socie...

AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought

An investment manager realized he made a crucial mistake — and that his grim prediction about AI investments may not have been cynical enough.

futurism.com

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Jonathan Marshall @jmarshallnz.bsky.social · 19h

Palmy keeps

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Louise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · 20h

Here's what I know:
Lower Hutt, Whanganui, Nelson, Masterton, Rotorua, Whakatāne all keeping their Māori wards

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Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 21h

Lower Hutt:

I VOTE TO KEEP THE MĀORI WARD / 14,816

I VOTE TO REMOVE THE MĀORI WARD / 9,279

Yessss

thespinoff.co.nz/politics/11-...

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Alice Soper @alicesoapbox.bsky.social · 20h

And my city voted overwhelmingly to retain Māori wards. That’s right up my Hutt Valley!

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 1d

as a cognitive scientist, I can confirm we don't know how humans think

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Stephen Hill @srhastraea.bsky.social · 23h

I wasn’t prepared for the satire to be so non-satire-y.

the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 1d

The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!

Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

www.youtube.com

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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 1d

The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!

Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

www.youtube.com

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RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 1d

Shrinking job market forces scientists to pursue careers offshore

After 13 years studying for a biology degree, Ian has had to apply - unsuccessfully - for labouring jobs.

www.rnz.co.nz

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econmaett @econmaett.github.io · 1d

Ross Ihaka: The Open-Hearted Data Hero
#rstats
www.historyofdatascience.com/ross-ihaka-t...

“R changed my opinion of humanity to some extent, to see how people are really willing to freely give of themselves and produce something larger than themselves without any thought of personal glory.”

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Christina Hood @christinahood.bsky.social · 1d

Heads up - New Zealand government's annoucements on 2050 climate target will be made midday Sunday NZ time. Will we be the first country to weaken a legislated 2050 target?

Email from the Ministry for the Environment:

Tēnā koe,
On Sunday at 12.00pm (12th October) the Government will make an announcement about New Zealand’s 2050 climate change targets.

The Ministry for the Environment will also release the 2025 emissions projections at 5.00pm on Sunday.

Ngā mihi
Ministry for the Environment

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Stephen Hill @srhastraea.bsky.social · 1d

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Stephen Hill @srhastraea.bsky.social · 1d

Are they just?

Story from RNZ news with amazingly spelled headline "Singapore and NZ PMs concrened about new gobal order"

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Paula Simoes @paulasimoes.bsky.social · 2d

A small number of samples can poison LLMs of any size

www.anthropic.com/research/sma...

A small number of samples can poison LLMs of any size

Anthropic research on data-poisoning attacks in large language models

www.anthropic.com

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Long Covid Support Aotearoa @lcsupportaotearoa.bsky.social · 2d

Heartfelt thanks to our young people with #longcovid who took part in this, sharing their stories #kiwi #nzpol

www.1news.co.nz/2025/10/10/o...

Offered rest home care at 24: the lonely plight of young Kiwis with long Covid

A group of young Kiwis prove what international studies show: that long Covid has a particularly debilitating effect on young people. But how much medical support is there for them?

www.1news.co.nz

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Greg Linden @glinden.bsky.social · 2d

Yep: "Bank of England warns of growing risk that AI bubble could burst"
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Bank of England warns of growing risk that AI bubble could burst

Possibility of ‘sharp market correction has increased’, says Bank’s financial policy committee

www.theguardian.com

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Stephen Hill @srhastraea.bsky.social · 2d

Genius

Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 2d

Comment: Minister Judith Collins has relaxed constraints on consultants spend, after the public sector massively over-delivered on promised spending cuts ... and the Govt work-rate slowed accordingly.

Public spend on consultants slashed – but not to those embedded deep in govt

newsroom.co.nz

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Benjamin Riley @benjaminjriley.bsky.social · 3d

"“We’re sort of counterfeiting the human experience at scale across several dimensions simultaneously and then putting that in the hands of children and hoping that works out. That’s a high-stakes gamble.” www.sfexaminer.com/news/technol...

Students raise alarms about AI use

Study connects schools’ adoption with concerns.

www.sfexaminer.com

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Stephen Hill @srhastraea.bsky.social · 3d

Dunno - I can’t picture @simine.com in that hat.

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 4d

Treasury: "Because of this, it is hard to reconcile (from a purely logical perspective) how building a new medical school is going to be better than any non-build option, if we aren’t facing a capacity constraint."

The University of Waikato paid Steven Joyce $1m to get $82.85m of taxpayers' money.

Matthew Littlewood @matthewdunedin84.bsky.social · 4d

www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin... Treasury repeatedly criticised Waikato Medical School proposal, but those complaints fell on deaf ears. @publicaddress.bsky.social

Treasury warnings over medical school ignored

The government ignored repeated warnings from Treasury not to approve the new Waikato Medical School amid concerns about cost overruns. The...

www.odt.co.nz

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Public Health Communication Centre @phcc.bsky.social · 4d

The health effects of climate change are unevenly distributed. Communities with fewer resources face higher risks and fewer protections. Policy responses in Aotearoa must prioritise equity. #climateaction #publichealth www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/cli...

Climate change is harming health: The need for urgent action

With mounting evidence of climate change’s health consequences, the case for urgent action is stronger than ever.

www.phcc.org.nz

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