AndrewPaulWood
@andrewpaulwood.bsky.social
Cultural mercenary. Mostly harmless. 🇳🇿
https://www.masseypress.ac.nz/books/shadow-worlds/
https://www.masseypress.ac.nz/books/shadow-worlds/
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
My main problem with Facebook is that it encourages you to connect in a certain way and then it punishes you when you do.
November 26, 2025 at 6:17 AM
My main problem with Facebook is that it encourages you to connect in a certain way and then it punishes you when you do.
The NZ Regional Council Simplification draft proposal submissions portal still isn't working, despite submissions opening yesterday. I have a 5 page submission doc burning a hole in my hard drive.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The NZ Regional Council Simplification draft proposal submissions portal still isn't working, despite submissions opening yesterday. I have a 5 page submission doc burning a hole in my hard drive.
consultations.digital.govt.nz/simplifying-...
consultations.digital.govt.nz/simplifying-...
The government website submission system for this regional councils thing isn't even working NZ
November 25, 2025 at 5:07 AM
The government website submission system for this regional councils thing isn't even working NZ
Would it have killed RNZ to supply a link to the discussion documents? Isn't that sort of important?
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
No more regional councils - major shake-up of local government announced
The government says it is not a power grab, but about "making local government fit for purpose".
www.rnz.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Would it have killed RNZ to supply a link to the discussion documents? Isn't that sort of important?
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Genius exists independently of time. Most of Mozart’s Fantasia No 3 sounds more like Chopin. The Arietta of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No 32 swings like boogie-woogie. A patch of wall in Rembrandt can anticipate the entirety of abstract expressionism.
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Genius exists independently of time. Most of Mozart’s Fantasia No 3 sounds more like Chopin. The Arietta of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No 32 swings like boogie-woogie. A patch of wall in Rembrandt can anticipate the entirety of abstract expressionism.
Hi all. Looking for a comic/cartoon for the next issue of takahe www.takahe.org.nz
If you're interested, our submittable account and guidelines are here: takahemagazine.submittable.com/submit
If you're interested, our submittable account and guidelines are here: takahemagazine.submittable.com/submit
takahē - Bringing literature and art from Aotearoa New Zealand to the world.
Founded in 1989, takahē magazine fosters and promotes art and literature that represents the diverse voices of Aotearoa New Zealand within the global context.
www.takahe.org.nz
November 24, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Hi all. Looking for a comic/cartoon for the next issue of takahe www.takahe.org.nz
If you're interested, our submittable account and guidelines are here: takahemagazine.submittable.com/submit
If you're interested, our submittable account and guidelines are here: takahemagazine.submittable.com/submit
1. Don't start a land war in Asia.
2. Don't go up against a Sicilian when death is on the line.
3. If you want to remain relevant in Māori politics and Ngāpuhi invites you to a hui, YOU GO TO THE HUI.
2. Don't go up against a Sicilian when death is on the line.
3. If you want to remain relevant in Māori politics and Ngāpuhi invites you to a hui, YOU GO TO THE HUI.
Ngāpuhi’s general manager says they are insulted Te Pāti Māori leadership is refusing to participate in a hui after expelling its local MP.
Ngāpuhi ‘insulted’ Te Pāti Māori leadership refusing to participate in hui
Ngāpuhi’s general manager says they are insulted Te Pāti Māori leadership is refusing to participate in a hui after expelling its local MP.
www.teaonews.co.nz
November 23, 2025 at 2:43 AM
1. Don't start a land war in Asia.
2. Don't go up against a Sicilian when death is on the line.
3. If you want to remain relevant in Māori politics and Ngāpuhi invites you to a hui, YOU GO TO THE HUI.
2. Don't go up against a Sicilian when death is on the line.
3. If you want to remain relevant in Māori politics and Ngāpuhi invites you to a hui, YOU GO TO THE HUI.
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The malwarebytes Google opting-your-emails-into-ai-training thing is not true. The post is based on one bad tweet.
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
Google denies ‘misleading’ reports of Gmail using your emails to train AI
Google says “we do not use your Gmail content for training our Gemini AI model.”
www.theverge.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The malwarebytes Google opting-your-emails-into-ai-training thing is not true. The post is based on one bad tweet.
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
I want to run, I want to hide
I want to tear down the walls that hold me inside…
I want to tear down the walls that hold me inside…
November 23, 2025 at 2:38 AM
I want to run, I want to hide
I want to tear down the walls that hold me inside…
I want to tear down the walls that hold me inside…
Oh god, fuck off. $1500. No one wants your shitty lit rag.
"Be an Emperor/ess for a night: Entry + journal + magnum of premium French champagne + personal slave"
www.follyjournal.com/folly-party/...
"Be an Emperor/ess for a night: Entry + journal + magnum of premium French champagne + personal slave"
www.follyjournal.com/folly-party/...
The Emperor: Sold Out — follyjournal
$1,500 +GST (invoiced upon request) Be an Emperor/ess for a night: Entry + journal + magnum of premium French champagne + personal slave who will treat you like the deity you've always known yourse...
www.follyjournal.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Oh god, fuck off. $1500. No one wants your shitty lit rag.
"Be an Emperor/ess for a night: Entry + journal + magnum of premium French champagne + personal slave"
www.follyjournal.com/folly-party/...
"Be an Emperor/ess for a night: Entry + journal + magnum of premium French champagne + personal slave"
www.follyjournal.com/folly-party/...
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The secret mission to save Gaza's historical artefacts
Palestinians scramble to save centuries-old books and manuscripts before they are lost
With a ceasefire in effect in Gaza, a restoration team is painstakingly retrieving historical manuscripts, rare volumes, and archival documents from beneath the rubble of a destroyed mosque.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 23, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The secret mission to save Gaza's historical artefacts
I am by no means one of these anti-Jacinda lunatics, but I do think a lot of people outside of New Zealand have an unrealistically rose-tinted view of how things went down internally in that period. There definitely were failings. Still, would I take her back as PM? Absolutely.
November 22, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I am by no means one of these anti-Jacinda lunatics, but I do think a lot of people outside of New Zealand have an unrealistically rose-tinted view of how things went down internally in that period. There definitely were failings. Still, would I take her back as PM? Absolutely.
Strangely I don't recall JA being arrested for embezzlement in the middle of a massive corruption scandal, so maybe that was a very silly thing to say.
The former prime minister of New Zealand has likened her experience of politics to that of former Scotland first minister Nicola Sturgeon
Jacinda Arden: My experience of politics is similar to Nicola Sturgeon
www.thenational.scot
November 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Strangely I don't recall JA being arrested for embezzlement in the middle of a massive corruption scandal, so maybe that was a very silly thing to say.
At the moment what's fascinating me is the problematics of depicting Roman military in early Christian art. How Roman Christians redemptively align the overtly negative depictions of Roman soldiers in the Gospels with the positive identification in Romanitas. #AncientBluesky
November 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
At the moment what's fascinating me is the problematics of depicting Roman military in early Christian art. How Roman Christians redemptively align the overtly negative depictions of Roman soldiers in the Gospels with the positive identification in Romanitas. #AncientBluesky
Now I'm no expert on causality, but it does seem odd to me that the latest issue of Folly must have put the "banned" stickers on every copy before Whitcoulls pulled them from the shelves.
November 22, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Now I'm no expert on causality, but it does seem odd to me that the latest issue of Folly must have put the "banned" stickers on every copy before Whitcoulls pulled them from the shelves.
Oh, honey, like we don't all remember that Wintec Press Club in 2016... Also, it's Wodehousian, not Woodehousian. thespinoff.co.nz/society/20-1...
Help Me Hera: A beloved artist hates me for no reason
All my friends love and admire her. How can I get over this?
thespinoff.co.nz
November 21, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Oh, honey, like we don't all remember that Wintec Press Club in 2016... Also, it's Wodehousian, not Woodehousian. thespinoff.co.nz/society/20-1...
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Doctors and parents should make decisions about what it best for their kids' health - not politicians.
November 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Doctors and parents should make decisions about what it best for their kids' health - not politicians.
Is it just the default state of ever Brit visiting Aotearoa to be condescending? Nothing like 150 years of land theft and being used as cannon fodder to make one a little bit sensitive.
November 20, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Is it just the default state of ever Brit visiting Aotearoa to be condescending? Nothing like 150 years of land theft and being used as cannon fodder to make one a little bit sensitive.
Is the fucking obvious answer "because it's a fucking isthmus?" and can I have a chocolate fish now?
Why Auckland’s traffic is bad, in one map
Why Auckland’s traffic is bad, in one map
Hint: it’s not because we didn’t build enough motorway lanes....
thespinoff.co.nz
November 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Is the fucking obvious answer "because it's a fucking isthmus?" and can I have a chocolate fish now?
This isn't any more helpful than misusing the term tbh. If a significant portion of your assets remain in your country of origin, you aren't seeking citizenship and are leaving returning to your country of origin open, yes, you are an expatriate, or seeking asylum.
Dear white people, you aren't "expatriates", you're immigrants
November 18, 2025 at 2:48 AM
This isn't any more helpful than misusing the term tbh. If a significant portion of your assets remain in your country of origin, you aren't seeking citizenship and are leaving returning to your country of origin open, yes, you are an expatriate, or seeking asylum.
I endorse the position the Ockham's are taking on AI covers. There is, I think, an onus on authors to keep an eye on publishers. I wouldn't have noticed the Obligate Carnivore one myself, but the Angel Train one can be clocked from space. I'd probably make exceptions for the self-published though.
A new ruling on AI means the Ockhams are in the strange position of judging a book by its cover.
Ockhams dump books from awards over AI covers
newsroom.co.nz
November 17, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I endorse the position the Ockham's are taking on AI covers. There is, I think, an onus on authors to keep an eye on publishers. I wouldn't have noticed the Obligate Carnivore one myself, but the Angel Train one can be clocked from space. I'd probably make exceptions for the self-published though.