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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 35m

I am FROTHING mad about these ways we are failing students. This is just really shit teaching.

David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 1h

We had a discussion of this in June last year. Some NZ Uni's activated AI detection software options (Massey made the news www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3503... ). Others took a look at the false positive rate and went "No way are we going to accuse 1000s of students of things they didn't do".

Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 1h

University wrongly accuses students of using artificial intelligence to cheat www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...

Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 42m

Firm agree. Shopping is hard and also the worst and also somehow very important to being in public

I sometimes try to tempt myself to reinvent my wardrobe “ooh wouldn’t it be cool to be all put together and fashionable?” It never works. I will live and die in jeans and a t shirt, black jumpers

Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 7h

🫂 sometimes birthdays are hard.

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 7h

No I don’t consider landlords people, that is not a typo

Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 7h

“Paris is an incredible example of how a city can transform when political will meets smart data,” says one of the report’s lead authors. “We wanted to understand exactly which factors made this happen.”

When there is political will, we will see changes to benefit people & not landlords.

GO VOTE!

Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 16h

“Paris is an incredible example of how a city can transform when political will meets smart data,” says one of the report’s lead authors. “We wanted to understand exactly which factors made this happen.”
momentummag.com/new-study-pa...

New Study Shows How Paris Pedaled Its Way to a Cycling Revolution

Cycling through central Paris meant weaving between buses and scooters—a bold choice reserved for the fearless few.

momentummag.com

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 1d

Can’t wait to hear how it went!

Bill Hader Eating Popcorn GIF

Alt: Bill Hader Eating Popcorn GIF

media.tenor.com

Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 1d

All of academia is scrambling to meet AI like it’s a permanent fixture and I am here with my popcorn waiting for the bubble to burst.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s motivating a lot of people to reconsider assessments and I’m pro that, but AI as an industry? lol let it burnnnnn

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Malcolm RF 💚🇳🇿 @p-no-nwa.bsky.social · 1d

You wouldn't know her, she goes to a different school.

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 1d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 1d

I usually don’t share US political stuff, so in case anyone missed it, I lived in the US for the first 30 years of my life and am still holding US citizenship and I fucking hate the USA. I also have a “don’t talk with kiwis about US politics” policy, which is why you don’t see me post about it.

Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 1d

Lolsob

Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 1d

🎵 They did the Monster Slash 😭 @ellecordova.bsky.social

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 1d

I’m not awake enough for articulate considered microblog behaviour. So I’m sticking with Fuck Harris and Fuck Cops

Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 1d

Fuck Harris, fuck cops

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 1d

Emily Writes, thank goodness. Share, subscribe, donate to Gaza.

“The real story isn’t Winston Peters’ window no matter how much he wants it to be”

“Here's the real story by Dr Jehad Malaka from Palestine as part of the Palestinian Journalism Project I'm running here on Emily Writes Weekly”

#nzpol

Winston Peters, the victim.

Winston Peters needs you to know that he's a victim. He's a victim. And his dog is a victim. His house is a victim. What he has been through is worse than anything anyone else has ever been through. W...

www.emilywrites.co.nz

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 1d

Awesome 😎

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 1d

💯

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 1d

Omg it’s the milk/mylk thing all over again. Always because customers are easily confused and defo not about the lobbyists

Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 1d

So again “fuck landlords” and “tax the rich”

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 1d

🥳🥳 think of all the extra treats you’ll be able to buy with out that expense!

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 1d

Where are you going to see the mountain goats??

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 1d

National: fuck them kids

Labour: yeah!

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 1d

Fuck Labour for being part of the rachet effect. If they pulled policy back to the left to undo the harms of National, we might see a stalemate, but instead they are spineless and stand still, allowing all of us to be dragged toward fascism.

This is why I vote green or TPM

Kaimataara @kaimataara.bsky.social · 1d

open.substack.com/pub/joehendr...
Hipkins won't reverse National’s plan to stop 18- and 19-year-olds from accessing the unemployment benefit when out of work.

Do ya see why we call Labour (especially under Hipkins) National lite? #nzpol

Labour's view on youth welfare: 18- and 19-year-olds aren't adults either

Why the removal of the unemployment benefit for 18–19-year-olds reveals the limits of Labour’s empathy in practice.

open.substack.com

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you Jas 🥰🥰🥰

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 1d

Hell yeah! When I say it takes all types for the revolution I mean some people blockade and some people send money to support their legal efforts and some people help share the fundraiser and some knit socks and think about what they will tell our kids about it all

Jasmin Taylor @meshedlight.bsky.social · 1d

Peace Action Ōtautahi has this fundraiser linked to their insta linktree:

Aerospace Blockade - Fighting Fund

Blockade the National Aerospace Conference 2025!

chuffed.org

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 1d

I have had Covid one time, and I can no longer multitask, my functional memory is shot, my emotional regulation is wrecked and I have increased fatigue 11 months after the initial infection. This is probably my new normal. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 1d

Also reminder that these findings are matching what is found in adults. The biggest names in Covid epidemiology have been telling us for years that the risk of long COVID accumulates, we are more likely to experience it after each subsequent infection www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/lon...

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