Hugh Dingwall
@objectivereality.bsky.social
He/him. Muso, soundie, general nerd. Based in Palmerston North NZ.
Podcast "Reserved Recommendations" at www.mpr.nz/show/reserved
Games I wrote at objectivereality.itch.io
Music at wolfboy.bandcamp.com
Podcast "Reserved Recommendations" at www.mpr.nz/show/reserved
Games I wrote at objectivereality.itch.io
Music at wolfboy.bandcamp.com
On the other hand, bikes are woke gay soy etc.
New Zealand’s land and sea temperatures in 2025 were the highest in 151 years of records, prompting a new campaign from @climateclubnz.bsky.social to swap one car trip a week to walking, cycling or public transport.
newsroom.co.nz/2026/01/16/2...
newsroom.co.nz/2026/01/16/2...
2025 was New Zealand's hottest year on record
Following NZ's hottest-ever year, a new campaign is asking Kiwis to switch just one car trip a week to active or public transport.
newsroom.co.nz
January 15, 2026 at 10:41 PM
On the other hand, bikes are woke gay soy etc.
Hey, trying to assess a thing - do you know this song? Particularly if you're a Kiwi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_ut...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_ut...
Newsboys | Take Me to Your Leader | Music Video | 4K60
YouTube video by Mendes Family Memories
www.youtube.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Hey, trying to assess a thing - do you know this song? Particularly if you're a Kiwi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_ut...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_ut...
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New tunes - an old-fashioned 2 track single. This is a bit different from the last releases on account of I actually sing on one of the songs. The other one builds on the first by recontextualising its chord pattern in a totally different style. I like it!
wolfboy.bandcamp.com/album/drownt...
wolfboy.bandcamp.com/album/drownt...
Drowntown/And Then We Drown, by Wolfboy
2 track album
wolfboy.bandcamp.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:24 AM
New tunes - an old-fashioned 2 track single. This is a bit different from the last releases on account of I actually sing on one of the songs. The other one builds on the first by recontextualising its chord pattern in a totally different style. I like it!
wolfboy.bandcamp.com/album/drownt...
wolfboy.bandcamp.com/album/drownt...
This is a cool series - work by local writers, some who have never been published, and almost all the narration is by the writers themselves.
"Versions Tuaono" from the Palmerston North Library has been running for nearly a month now, with the fourth episode going out tonight at 8pm! This week's episode features the stories "The Crescent Maid", and "The Wolf and The Bunny" - listen to it here: bit.ly/versions_ep_
#accessmedianz
#accessmedianz
Versions Episode 04
A collection of excerpts from "Versions Tuaono".
This week: "The Crescent Maid" by Calie Coppinger, "Poems" by Grace Khoe, "The Wolf and the Bunny" by Jesse Tocker (narrated by Tegan Tocker), and "To Home" by J. Xerfan
Produced by Manawatū People's Radio with the support of New Zealand on Air.
player.accessmedia.nz
January 14, 2026 at 8:28 AM
This is a cool series - work by local writers, some who have never been published, and almost all the narration is by the writers themselves.
New tunes - an old-fashioned 2 track single. This is a bit different from the last releases on account of I actually sing on one of the songs. The other one builds on the first by recontextualising its chord pattern in a totally different style. I like it!
wolfboy.bandcamp.com/album/drownt...
wolfboy.bandcamp.com/album/drownt...
Drowntown/And Then We Drown, by Wolfboy
2 track album
wolfboy.bandcamp.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:24 AM
New tunes - an old-fashioned 2 track single. This is a bit different from the last releases on account of I actually sing on one of the songs. The other one builds on the first by recontextualising its chord pattern in a totally different style. I like it!
wolfboy.bandcamp.com/album/drownt...
wolfboy.bandcamp.com/album/drownt...
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Windows 11 PowerShell script to remove all AI features from Windows: https://github.com/zoicware/RemoveWindowsAI
January 12, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Windows 11 PowerShell script to remove all AI features from Windows: https://github.com/zoicware/RemoveWindowsAI
This is true but also the converse - doing deportations without all the violence and terror is unsatisfying to the people who really want deportations.
One of the most telling ways of how we ended up here is Americans are fine with terror as long as they don't have to make eye contact with it.
Obama deported 3 million illegal immigrants during his time in office and I don’t remember a single scene like this.
January 12, 2026 at 2:20 AM
This is true but also the converse - doing deportations without all the violence and terror is unsatisfying to the people who really want deportations.
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Love this!
The Witch's Circle is a micro-RPG for 2-6 players, inspired by "For the Queen" and "My Life with Master", and created for the #48WordRPGJam
I tried to squeeze background, meaningful storytelling, and an endgame in under 48 words. Every word earned its place.
springvillager.itch.io/the-witchs-c...
I tried to squeeze background, meaningful storytelling, and an endgame in under 48 words. Every word earned its place.
springvillager.itch.io/the-witchs-c...
The Witch's Circle by Spring Villager
A folk game about knowing a Witch.
springvillager.itch.io
January 11, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Love this!
Instagram offered me the chance to follow the "BBC Pidgin" account, and I have never regretted it.
January 10, 2026 at 5:16 AM
Instagram offered me the chance to follow the "BBC Pidgin" account, and I have never regretted it.
Carcination, across the nation
January 6, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Carcination, across the nation
Da fearsome warrior
January 6, 2026 at 6:01 AM
Da fearsome warrior
This is what I meant by "right wing AI is just just unfettered id"
Man the right sure loves making shit up to get mad at
January 5, 2026 at 3:55 AM
This is what I meant by "right wing AI is just just unfettered id"
I thought the version of Constantine that ran for 1 season back in 2014 had the potential to go good places. Series finale showed all the signs of a rushed shutdown. Real bummer.
Name your fav show that was cancelled too soon
January 4, 2026 at 4:05 AM
I thought the version of Constantine that ran for 1 season back in 2014 had the potential to go good places. Series finale showed all the signs of a rushed shutdown. Real bummer.
Something has shifted in the algo-wind over on Fb again. Suddenly my feed is all very local, very small-scale attempted-influencers doing damage control posting over what seems like very small stakes call outs.
Specifically this one rapper (who uses chat gpt to write rhymes) and his Mrs....
Specifically this one rapper (who uses chat gpt to write rhymes) and his Mrs....
January 4, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Something has shifted in the algo-wind over on Fb again. Suddenly my feed is all very local, very small-scale attempted-influencers doing damage control posting over what seems like very small stakes call outs.
Specifically this one rapper (who uses chat gpt to write rhymes) and his Mrs....
Specifically this one rapper (who uses chat gpt to write rhymes) and his Mrs....
Stranger than that, we're alive
January 3, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Stranger than that, we're alive
MUSRUM
A book so weird I have never managed to own a copy. Failing that, all four Jerry Cornelius novels at once.
A book so weird I have never managed to own a copy. Failing that, all four Jerry Cornelius novels at once.
January 3, 2026 at 6:21 AM
MUSRUM
A book so weird I have never managed to own a copy. Failing that, all four Jerry Cornelius novels at once.
A book so weird I have never managed to own a copy. Failing that, all four Jerry Cornelius novels at once.
WORM WORM WORM WORM WORM WORM
January 3, 2026 at 5:09 AM
WORM WORM WORM WORM WORM WORM
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Incel support group run by a Ventrue with the virgin feeding restriction
January 1, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Incel support group run by a Ventrue with the virgin feeding restriction
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Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business
Banks Notch Higher Fees From Green Bonds Than Fossil Fuel Debt
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business.
bloom.bg
January 2, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business
.....and (a couple days later) a shot of the inside of a bread!
January 3, 2026 at 2:23 AM
.....and (a couple days later) a shot of the inside of a bread!
We took the dogs for a walk and saw an bunny. I didn't think they liked being out so late in the day (was 1pmish) but it was pretty cloudy so maybe that's close enough to twilight? Dogs, hilariously, were maybe 3 or 4 meters from this guy (on leads) and totally oblivious.
January 3, 2026 at 1:24 AM
We took the dogs for a walk and saw an bunny. I didn't think they liked being out so late in the day (was 1pmish) but it was pretty cloudy so maybe that's close enough to twilight? Dogs, hilariously, were maybe 3 or 4 meters from this guy (on leads) and totally oblivious.
Finally getting round to a proper listen of this (I think I found out about it courtesy of @andrewhickey.500songs.com's Fairport Convention episodes?)
January 2, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Finally getting round to a proper listen of this (I think I found out about it courtesy of @andrewhickey.500songs.com's Fairport Convention episodes?)
Gunk! Gunk! Gunk!
January 2, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Gunk! Gunk! Gunk!
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Either that or (more likely) spend €1.2 trillion annually on ways to kill each other.
As the world gets hotter and the weather more extreme, the impacts of climate change will drive an increase in violence, including armed conflicts.
Money will be spent on war, not climate adaptation.
As the world gets hotter and the weather more extreme, the impacts of climate change will drive an increase in violence, including armed conflicts.
Money will be spent on war, not climate adaptation.
At 2°C warming, the world will need to spend $1.2 trillion annually to protect everyone exposed to climate hazards, or almost 1% of GDP in affected places, write McKinsey Global Institute's Mekala Krishnan, Annabel Farr, and Kanmani Chockalingam. bit.ly/3KTOfvJ
Climate Adaptation More Than Covers Its Cost
Mekala Krishnan, Annabel Farr and Kanmani Chockalingam estimate the level of investment needed to protect vulnerable places and show why the payoff is much larger.
bit.ly
December 31, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Either that or (more likely) spend €1.2 trillion annually on ways to kill each other.
As the world gets hotter and the weather more extreme, the impacts of climate change will drive an increase in violence, including armed conflicts.
Money will be spent on war, not climate adaptation.
As the world gets hotter and the weather more extreme, the impacts of climate change will drive an increase in violence, including armed conflicts.
Money will be spent on war, not climate adaptation.