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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 23h

Energy requirements for AI mean that the only way for the bubble not to burst would require companies to multiply their carbon footprint to an unimaginable degree. Right now, while AI is barely functional and mostly a novelty for the lazy, it requires so much energy that data centers rival cities.

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beckydubs @beckydubs.bsky.social · 3h

😓 sorry to hear that

beckydubs @beckydubs.bsky.social · 3h

I’m jealous 😅

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te pua o te rēinga (🫴🏼🎃) @cucumber.bsky.social · 3h

last day to vote tomorrow at noon beautiful people 🙂

te pua o te rēinga (🫴🏼🎃) @cucumber.bsky.social · 22d

voted for te whanganui a tara 👍🏻

orange ballot bin at the library. adorned with stickers

Ngā pōtitanga ā-rohe
Local body elections
VOTE HERE

VOTE
FOR PōNEKE

vote by noon oct 11

there’s a picture of a cat on a column next to the bin

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Christina Hood @christinahood.bsky.social · 6h

UPDATE - a followup email said the emissions projections will be released at 10am not 5pm.

Christina Hood @christinahood.bsky.social · 10h

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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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 4h

Thought so. I shall wait for all of the social media posts from various political actors clearly condemning this political violence and unacceptable behaviour against Parliament's first nonbinary MP.

#nzpol

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

19-year-old charged after sending death threats to Green MP who since resigned

Detective Inspector Warren Olsson said the nature and volume of the threats met the threshold for investigation and subsequent prosecution.

www.stuff.co.nz

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2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 4h

#nzpol
A must watch, Aotearoa New Zealand 🎯💯 🤣.

And, don't forget to share it widely. 😏

the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 4h

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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beckydubs @beckydubs.bsky.social · 3h

Legend Doc. Thank you for sharing with us 🙏🏼

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beckydubs @beckydubs.bsky.social · 4h

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wow blueksky couldn't find the palestine flag emoji for me ?!?!?!?!?!?

#nzpol

'Immensely proud': Father welcomes son home after Israel detention

Greta Thunberg joined the flotilla seeking to breach Israel’s Gaza blockade.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 9h

This govt likes releasing stuff on Sundays

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beckydubs @beckydubs.bsky.social · 11h

#nzpol Union Strong ✊

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Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 12h

No wonder they gotta clamp down on the teenagers what a
disaster govt

Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 12h

Latest benefits data is out. More detail later, but suffice to say that we are going to need some new forecasts.

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beckydubs @beckydubs.bsky.social · 15h

Yeah I took the boys out to see the fireworks but the rain turned it into an Israeli ceasefire

KiwiRed @kiwired.bsky.social · 16h

Referring to something that doesn't actually happen as an "Israeli ceasefire" needs to become a thing.

Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 17h

Israeli tanks fired directly at civilians on Al-Rashid Street on Thursday as they were trying to return to northern Gaza.

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KiwiRed @kiwired.bsky.social · 1d

#NZPol Planet Luxon.

Guy Body @bodycartoon.bsky.social · 1d

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beckydubs @beckydubs.bsky.social · 16h

“Why acknowledge the wider policy decisions that fed into people’s circumstances when you could just tell them to buck up their ideas and move to Dargaville?

Why rethink economic orthodoxy when you could ask people to consider not being poor? “

#nzpol

D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 16h

Opinion: Nation upset at the inevitable result of its own actions

“Step one: push people out of work and onto the streets. Step two: get mad at people being out of work or on the streets” #nzpol

Nation upset at the inevitable result of its own actions

Step one: push people out of work and onto the streets. Step two: get mad at people being out of work or on the streets

thespinoff.co.nz

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beckydubs @beckydubs.bsky.social · 16h

Local election turnout tends to be low. It’s because it’s hard to know who people are and what they actually stand for.

Only 1 in 5 Aucklanders have voted!

This site is really helpful.

Get out and vote!

#nzpol

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beckydubs @beckydubs.bsky.social · 1d

Hard agree. What a fkn wanker Brownlee is.

Michael Bain @mikejbain.bsky.social · 1d

We live in a Māori nation. Our Parliament should reflect that more. The haka from the public gallery is an appropriate response to a maiden speech. Suspended Parliament only reminds Māori that they are not welcome to be authentically themselves there. #nzpol

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Watch: Haka breaks out after Te Pāti Māori MP Oriini Kaipara's maiden speech, Parliament suspended

Speaker Gerry Brownlee intends to investigate whether anyone knew the haka would take place after Te Pāti Māori MP Oriini Kaipara's maiden speech.

www.rnz.co.nz

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beckydubs @beckydubs.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Hoskings: the poster child for wankers.

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UNRWA @unrwa.org · 2d

Two years too long, amid a brutal war.

Our UNRWA teams in #Gaza have been working non-stop in high-risk conditions, delivering lifesaving services.

Watch our exclusive footage through the eyes of the humanitarian frontline workers.

#CeasefireNow

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 2d

In 2022, protestors hurled bricks, faeces at police & lit fires. Winston Peters said those protestors just wanted to be "heard" & shook their hands.

This week Peters called the mostly peaceful, law abiding Kiwis outside his home "gutless, spineless, [the] worst" protestors #nzpol

Faeces thrown at police at Parliament protest

Poo was pelted at officers during an early morning operation today to contain the protest at Parliament. The 3.30am operation caught the occupiers off guard with attempts to thwart the plan, resulting...

www.rnz.co.nz

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beckydubs @beckydubs.bsky.social · 2d

Yes.

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Tahetoka @amscraig.bsky.social · 2d

So some news from us - inbetween the chaos of moving house.

Te Whare Hangahanga and I are finalists in the Sustainable Business Awards this year in the Transformational Leaders category
sustainable.org.nz/next/whos-ne...

Transformational Leaders

sustainable.org.nz