Jason Kemp
@dialogcrm.bsky.social
WordPress guy. Was Auckland, NZ - now in North Otago. B/g pic at the back of the Lindis Pass. Topics incl. music, film, biking, renewable energy, climate, tech, coffee, architecture, & the dog. Quals in law, arts & marketing. Barista. https://dialogcrm.com
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Community Building in Hampden - DialogCRM
Community Building in Hampden. For the last 2 years I've been busy on community building pun absolutely intended.
dialogcrm.com
This is some of what I've been up to for the past couple of years. "I’ve been busy on community building pun absolutely intended."
dialogcrm.com/blog/2025/11...
dialogcrm.com/blog/2025/11...
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Hey, gonna shamelessly plug my wares:
Charlie Tangaroa and the God of War is now a year old and, sadly, despite brilliant reviews, has kinda been ignored. It's a bit longer than book 1 but is very exciting
Please buy my book
bookhub.co.nz/p/charlie-ta...
Charlie Tangaroa and the God of War is now a year old and, sadly, despite brilliant reviews, has kinda been ignored. It's a bit longer than book 1 but is very exciting
Please buy my book
bookhub.co.nz/p/charlie-ta...
bookhub.co.nz
November 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Hey, gonna shamelessly plug my wares:
Charlie Tangaroa and the God of War is now a year old and, sadly, despite brilliant reviews, has kinda been ignored. It's a bit longer than book 1 but is very exciting
Please buy my book
bookhub.co.nz/p/charlie-ta...
Charlie Tangaroa and the God of War is now a year old and, sadly, despite brilliant reviews, has kinda been ignored. It's a bit longer than book 1 but is very exciting
Please buy my book
bookhub.co.nz/p/charlie-ta...
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Magic Bean Adoption Flatlines as Magic Fails to Ensue
Multiple surveys are telling the same story: AI adoption has stalled. Census data shows ~11% of workers use AI, with rates falling at 250+ employee firms. Surveys show usage spiked then plateaued.
Meanwhile Big Tech is planning $5T in AI spend by 2030 that needs $650B/year in revenue vs ~$50B today
Meanwhile Big Tech is planning $5T in AI spend by 2030 that needs $650B/year in revenue vs ~$50B today
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
www.economist.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Magic Bean Adoption Flatlines as Magic Fails to Ensue
I remember Maria McKee's first album. She is even more interesting these days but this a an awesome combo- we need more like this
youtu.be/XZ58jtbg6bk?...
youtu.be/XZ58jtbg6bk?...
Maria McKee, Van Dyke Parks & Stevie Ray Vaughan - Troubled Waters + Sailin' Shoes [1989]
YouTube video by What's for afters?
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I remember Maria McKee's first album. She is even more interesting these days but this a an awesome combo- we need more like this
youtu.be/XZ58jtbg6bk?...
youtu.be/XZ58jtbg6bk?...
It's music Friday - Jackie is awesome. I hope she comes to Aotearoa one day.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvK7...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvK7...
Next Life Live Performance by Jackie Venson ACL Late Night Show
YouTube video by Jackie Venson
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:05 PM
It's music Friday - Jackie is awesome. I hope she comes to Aotearoa one day.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvK7...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvK7...
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If at some point today
your uncle or your sibling
or your acquaintance
asks you why
you are still talking
about the pandemic
even after all this time,
kindly but firmly tell them
that you are still talking
about this pandemic
because
even after all this time
it has not ended.
your uncle or your sibling
or your acquaintance
asks you why
you are still talking
about the pandemic
even after all this time,
kindly but firmly tell them
that you are still talking
about this pandemic
because
even after all this time
it has not ended.
November 27, 2025 at 10:06 PM
If at some point today
your uncle or your sibling
or your acquaintance
asks you why
you are still talking
about the pandemic
even after all this time,
kindly but firmly tell them
that you are still talking
about this pandemic
because
even after all this time
it has not ended.
your uncle or your sibling
or your acquaintance
asks you why
you are still talking
about the pandemic
even after all this time,
kindly but firmly tell them
that you are still talking
about this pandemic
because
even after all this time
it has not ended.
It is never too early in the day for some Gary Clail but in case you want to know the back story here is an interview
youtu.be/JUZfUPVK0F0?...
youtu.be/JUZfUPVK0F0?...
Gary Clail Interview on November 1st 2024 somewhere in Wiltshire!
YouTube video by 1i2c
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
It is never too early in the day for some Gary Clail but in case you want to know the back story here is an interview
youtu.be/JUZfUPVK0F0?...
youtu.be/JUZfUPVK0F0?...
Good clip anyway
The only place I’ve seen it in NZ is in a 3 The Hard Way video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfJPglGhsB4
November 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Good clip anyway
Todays #coffee beans test. I’m always trying new blends.
Tutti - translation everyone from L’Affare is very likeable. Not enough to persuade me to switch from Supreme or High Noon but. Beans from Ethiopia & PNG
Tutti - translation everyone from L’Affare is very likeable. Not enough to persuade me to switch from Supreme or High Noon but. Beans from Ethiopia & PNG
November 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Todays #coffee beans test. I’m always trying new blends.
Tutti - translation everyone from L’Affare is very likeable. Not enough to persuade me to switch from Supreme or High Noon but. Beans from Ethiopia & PNG
Tutti - translation everyone from L’Affare is very likeable. Not enough to persuade me to switch from Supreme or High Noon but. Beans from Ethiopia & PNG
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November 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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This government has done some absolutely horrendous shit but this - denial of essential health care for trans youth - is unforgivable. Pure evil.
Zero surprises that the brainless transphobic health minister in NZ ignored all expert advice and evidence and banned puberty blockers for trans youth. Literal blood on his hands.
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-...
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-...
www.beehive.govt.nz
November 19, 2025 at 10:27 AM
This government has done some absolutely horrendous shit but this - denial of essential health care for trans youth - is unforgivable. Pure evil.
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Anti-democracy in action (again)
"The Ministry of Justice found 80.2 percent of submitters opposed the bill, with 0.5 percent supporting it."
#nzpol
"The Ministry of Justice found 80.2 percent of submitters opposed the bill, with 0.5 percent supporting it."
#nzpol
Justice Committee recommends passing Electoral Amendment Bill with some amendments
The bill would prevent same-day enrolments, ban prisoners from voting, and tighten up the rules around treating.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Anti-democracy in action (again)
"The Ministry of Justice found 80.2 percent of submitters opposed the bill, with 0.5 percent supporting it."
#nzpol
"The Ministry of Justice found 80.2 percent of submitters opposed the bill, with 0.5 percent supporting it."
#nzpol
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I wish we had a media figure like @mrjamesob.bsky.social here in Aotearoa New Zealand.
We're in desperate need of a sensible voice of reason to call out the bullshit
#nzpol
We're in desperate need of a sensible voice of reason to call out the bullshit
#nzpol
- A 100,000 drop in net migration costs us £7bn
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
November 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I wish we had a media figure like @mrjamesob.bsky.social here in Aotearoa New Zealand.
We're in desperate need of a sensible voice of reason to call out the bullshit
#nzpol
We're in desperate need of a sensible voice of reason to call out the bullshit
#nzpol
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Re-routing of ships around the Cape of Good Hope led to a natural experiment.
By "comparing NO₂ [unaffected by the sulfur-reducing regulations], with cloud droplet number, which is sensitive to sulfur, [they] found a 67% reduction in ships' cloud-altering abilities" after the new IMO regulations.
By "comparing NO₂ [unaffected by the sulfur-reducing regulations], with cloud droplet number, which is sensitive to sulfur, [they] found a 67% reduction in ships' cloud-altering abilities" after the new IMO regulations.
When trade routes shift, so do clouds: Researchers uncover ripple effects of new global shipping regulations
When militia attacks disrupted shipping lanes in the Red Sea, few imagined the ripple effects would reach the clouds over the South Atlantic. But for Florida State University atmospheric scientist Mic...
phys.org
November 22, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Re-routing of ships around the Cape of Good Hope led to a natural experiment.
By "comparing NO₂ [unaffected by the sulfur-reducing regulations], with cloud droplet number, which is sensitive to sulfur, [they] found a 67% reduction in ships' cloud-altering abilities" after the new IMO regulations.
By "comparing NO₂ [unaffected by the sulfur-reducing regulations], with cloud droplet number, which is sensitive to sulfur, [they] found a 67% reduction in ships' cloud-altering abilities" after the new IMO regulations.
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Wow!
14-yo girl brilliantly excoriates Megyn Kelly for "corruptly" trying to excuse Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse of 15-yo girls.
Love each time a child, teen & young adult demonstrate they understand & defend real American values!
They prove there's hope for our country to return to normal.
14-yo girl brilliantly excoriates Megyn Kelly for "corruptly" trying to excuse Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse of 15-yo girls.
Love each time a child, teen & young adult demonstrate they understand & defend real American values!
They prove there's hope for our country to return to normal.
I normally don't post/repost anything about Megyn Kelly. She is - as one poster put it - a vapid c*nt who just wants her 15 minutes.
However, I'm glad that this young lady I am posting was given permission by her parents to post this 👇🏽💙 Spot on dear! 💙
However, I'm glad that this young lady I am posting was given permission by her parents to post this 👇🏽💙 Spot on dear! 💙
November 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Wow!
14-yo girl brilliantly excoriates Megyn Kelly for "corruptly" trying to excuse Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse of 15-yo girls.
Love each time a child, teen & young adult demonstrate they understand & defend real American values!
They prove there's hope for our country to return to normal.
14-yo girl brilliantly excoriates Megyn Kelly for "corruptly" trying to excuse Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse of 15-yo girls.
Love each time a child, teen & young adult demonstrate they understand & defend real American values!
They prove there's hope for our country to return to normal.
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‘Fossil fuel companies were given privileged, insider access to confidential drafts of legislation during a two-year campaign to weaken oil and gas regulation and overturn the offshore exploration ban’ - RNZ
My Stuff #cartoon today #nzpol #FossilFuels
My Stuff #cartoon today #nzpol #FossilFuels
November 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
‘Fossil fuel companies were given privileged, insider access to confidential drafts of legislation during a two-year campaign to weaken oil and gas regulation and overturn the offshore exploration ban’ - RNZ
My Stuff #cartoon today #nzpol #FossilFuels
My Stuff #cartoon today #nzpol #FossilFuels
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I wrote a book about the animal research films made by experimental psychology. It's open-access and includes embedded videos.
Hooray for organic thinking and writing! Share yours!
www.ucpress.edu/books/the-ce...
Hooray for organic thinking and writing! Share yours!
www.ucpress.edu/books/the-ce...
November 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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The latest evidence that America is becoming a land of idiots:
November 27, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The latest evidence that America is becoming a land of idiots:
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I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
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Jodie is a highly respected professor of teaching mathematics. Jodie understands every aspect of pedagogy & assessment.
Stanford, with a BA in Pols, doesn’t even under how NCEA works.
Listen to Jodie. #nzpol #nzed
Stanford, with a BA in Pols, doesn’t even under how NCEA works.
Listen to Jodie. #nzpol #nzed
"it's very problematic to say that these children have made one to two years progress, when potentially looking at what has been released, they are only testing the children in one very small area of mathematics, which is numbers," Hunter said."
#nzpol
#nzpol
Maths professor says Education Minister's claims a school trial is 'groundbreaking' is problematic
Erica Stanford said the results showed the government's focus on fixing the basics is working.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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This feels like a timely prompt to announce that I have a new book out, The Women of 1922 (ed. w/ Sascha Morrell). These really superb essays each consider the stakes of women’s writing in 1922, #modernism 's miracle year, across different global contexts link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #modwrite
November 27, 2025 at 1:51 AM
This feels like a timely prompt to announce that I have a new book out, The Women of 1922 (ed. w/ Sascha Morrell). These really superb essays each consider the stakes of women’s writing in 1922, #modernism 's miracle year, across different global contexts link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #modwrite
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A reason we learned nothing from the GFC is that Larry Summers--lately of the Epstein Files--shut down uppity women like Elizabeth Warren who saw the crash coming years in advance & tried to stop it.
A small grp of men have been wreaking destruction on our world for decades & were REWARDED for it.
A small grp of men have been wreaking destruction on our world for decades & were REWARDED for it.
We learned ~nothing from the Global Financial Crisis
The US is deregulating banks. Will the rest of the world follow?
New rules will boost lending and profits and entrench American dominance. But critics say they could lead to another crash
on.ft.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:20 AM
A reason we learned nothing from the GFC is that Larry Summers--lately of the Epstein Files--shut down uppity women like Elizabeth Warren who saw the crash coming years in advance & tried to stop it.
A small grp of men have been wreaking destruction on our world for decades & were REWARDED for it.
A small grp of men have been wreaking destruction on our world for decades & were REWARDED for it.
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when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
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The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
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GOOD MORNING FROM VIENNA
Bi-Colored Pink Amaryllis
Schönbrunn Palm House
Hietzing, 13th District
Image © Merisi Vienna
#EastCoastKin #Photography
#BloomScrolling #Flowers #Amaryllis
#Conservatory
Bi-Colored Pink Amaryllis
Schönbrunn Palm House
Hietzing, 13th District
Image © Merisi Vienna
#EastCoastKin #Photography
#BloomScrolling #Flowers #Amaryllis
#Conservatory
November 27, 2025 at 6:53 AM
GOOD MORNING FROM VIENNA
Bi-Colored Pink Amaryllis
Schönbrunn Palm House
Hietzing, 13th District
Image © Merisi Vienna
#EastCoastKin #Photography
#BloomScrolling #Flowers #Amaryllis
#Conservatory
Bi-Colored Pink Amaryllis
Schönbrunn Palm House
Hietzing, 13th District
Image © Merisi Vienna
#EastCoastKin #Photography
#BloomScrolling #Flowers #Amaryllis
#Conservatory
November 27, 2025 at 7:44 AM