pshemk
@pshemk.bsky.social
Aotearoa/New Zealand 🇳🇿|city dweller🏙️| urban enthusiast 🏢| commuter cyclist🚴| public transport advocate 🚇| amateur trainspotter 🚆| loves cats 🐈| he/him 🏳️🌈 | IPA: pʂɛmk
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So I read in some article that folks are adding deliberate typos to their writing in order to dispel suspicions that they’re getting machines to speak for them. That’s coward shit. I say just use the word “fuck” more.
In the face of enshittification, commence the enfuckening.
In the face of enshittification, commence the enfuckening.
February 9, 2026 at 10:09 PM
So I read in some article that folks are adding deliberate typos to their writing in order to dispel suspicions that they’re getting machines to speak for them. That’s coward shit. I say just use the word “fuck” more.
In the face of enshittification, commence the enfuckening.
In the face of enshittification, commence the enfuckening.
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always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
February 10, 2026 at 2:51 AM
always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
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The Govt claims to be pro-market yet: $200m subsidy for oil exploration; Uncapped subsidies to decommission old oil fields; $1billion subsidy for LNG imports; Fonterra faces zero price for emissions under ETS. There is a pattern here. They are using the state to support and subsidise pollution.
February 9, 2026 at 11:38 PM
The Govt claims to be pro-market yet: $200m subsidy for oil exploration; Uncapped subsidies to decommission old oil fields; $1billion subsidy for LNG imports; Fonterra faces zero price for emissions under ETS. There is a pattern here. They are using the state to support and subsidise pollution.
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So these dipshits won't fund a *pair* of ferry terminals that'd get used several times a day, but will fund an LNG terminal that *might* get used once in a blue moon?
One terminal, for the same price as two, and with zero (0) ferries?
One terminal, for the same price as two, and with zero (0) ferries?
February 10, 2026 at 6:57 AM
So these dipshits won't fund a *pair* of ferry terminals that'd get used several times a day, but will fund an LNG terminal that *might* get used once in a blue moon?
One terminal, for the same price as two, and with zero (0) ferries?
One terminal, for the same price as two, and with zero (0) ferries?
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woah, this is kinda fucked up (but on brand).
The Trump Administration ordered the National Parks Service (which manages momument locations like the Stonewall Hotel) to remove the Pride flag.
This is the birthplace of the queer revolution movement!
#LGBTIQA
The Trump Administration ordered the National Parks Service (which manages momument locations like the Stonewall Hotel) to remove the Pride flag.
This is the birthplace of the queer revolution movement!
#LGBTIQA
Trump administration removes Rainbow Flag from Stonewall National Monument
The Trump administration removed a large Rainbow Flag from a flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument, the National Park Service confirmed to Gay City News
gaycitynews.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:27 AM
woah, this is kinda fucked up (but on brand).
The Trump Administration ordered the National Parks Service (which manages momument locations like the Stonewall Hotel) to remove the Pride flag.
This is the birthplace of the queer revolution movement!
#LGBTIQA
The Trump Administration ordered the National Parks Service (which manages momument locations like the Stonewall Hotel) to remove the Pride flag.
This is the birthplace of the queer revolution movement!
#LGBTIQA
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Every young person sentence online reads like this to me now:
"Bro entered low-stim flow state doing a 10 min grocery rotation and got mogged by a friendly neighborhood cat 💀 Is proximity-maxxing essentials while touch-grass-pilled more optimal than suburb-meta carbrained bulk errands?"
"Bro entered low-stim flow state doing a 10 min grocery rotation and got mogged by a friendly neighborhood cat 💀 Is proximity-maxxing essentials while touch-grass-pilled more optimal than suburb-meta carbrained bulk errands?"
February 8, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Every young person sentence online reads like this to me now:
"Bro entered low-stim flow state doing a 10 min grocery rotation and got mogged by a friendly neighborhood cat 💀 Is proximity-maxxing essentials while touch-grass-pilled more optimal than suburb-meta carbrained bulk errands?"
"Bro entered low-stim flow state doing a 10 min grocery rotation and got mogged by a friendly neighborhood cat 💀 Is proximity-maxxing essentials while touch-grass-pilled more optimal than suburb-meta carbrained bulk errands?"
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Two fire trucks failing at a large fire is what firefighters have been warning about for a long time. Services need a government that will invest in them #nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Part of Taupō high school ‘completely destroyed’, as two fire appliances fail
Emergency services were called to the blaze on Spa Rd on Sunday afternoon, while Fire and Emergency NZ
www.stuff.co.nz
February 8, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Two fire trucks failing at a large fire is what firefighters have been warning about for a long time. Services need a government that will invest in them #nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
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They tried to blame drag queens, called us groomers, when the real groomers were Epstein and Maxwell and a whole lot of rich men.
February 8, 2026 at 4:48 PM
They tried to blame drag queens, called us groomers, when the real groomers were Epstein and Maxwell and a whole lot of rich men.
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Well Heeled by Arthur Steel (1973)
February 6, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Well Heeled by Arthur Steel (1973)
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A little bear figurine carved out of amber some 6,000 years ago 🐻❤️
A hole runs through the bear’s torso suggesting it was threaded on a cord, perhaps worn or carried as a protective charm.
Found in a peat bog near Słupsk, Poland, in 1887.
📷 National Museum in Szczecin
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
A hole runs through the bear’s torso suggesting it was threaded on a cord, perhaps worn or carried as a protective charm.
Found in a peat bog near Słupsk, Poland, in 1887.
📷 National Museum in Szczecin
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
February 6, 2026 at 8:04 AM
A little bear figurine carved out of amber some 6,000 years ago 🐻❤️
A hole runs through the bear’s torso suggesting it was threaded on a cord, perhaps worn or carried as a protective charm.
Found in a peat bog near Słupsk, Poland, in 1887.
📷 National Museum in Szczecin
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
A hole runs through the bear’s torso suggesting it was threaded on a cord, perhaps worn or carried as a protective charm.
Found in a peat bog near Słupsk, Poland, in 1887.
📷 National Museum in Szczecin
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
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When the ghouls say we need to grow the economy before we can afford the basics for our people, remember that our economy has made our households - on AVERAGE - amongst the richest in the world. Our issue is not the size of the pie, it's the size of the slice that goes to the rentiers.
February 6, 2026 at 7:28 AM
When the ghouls say we need to grow the economy before we can afford the basics for our people, remember that our economy has made our households - on AVERAGE - amongst the richest in the world. Our issue is not the size of the pie, it's the size of the slice that goes to the rentiers.
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These two graphs show the 'recovery is here' vs sliding sideways issue nicely. Change in jobs (1) looks like it might push hard into positive growth, but the (dominant) service jobs data hints at the more likely outcome for 2026... settling at the current state. Basically no real growth at all.
February 5, 2026 at 7:09 PM
These two graphs show the 'recovery is here' vs sliding sideways issue nicely. Change in jobs (1) looks like it might push hard into positive growth, but the (dominant) service jobs data hints at the more likely outcome for 2026... settling at the current state. Basically no real growth at all.
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One of the world's most majestic granite spires, Mount Cerro Torre in Patagonia, Argentina, is clothed in intense alpen glow, its reflection broken by thin ice which formed during the cold, windless night.
#photography #nature #bluesky #landscape #mountains #landscapephotography #naturephotography
#photography #nature #bluesky #landscape #mountains #landscapephotography #naturephotography
January 31, 2026 at 2:09 PM
One of the world's most majestic granite spires, Mount Cerro Torre in Patagonia, Argentina, is clothed in intense alpen glow, its reflection broken by thin ice which formed during the cold, windless night.
#photography #nature #bluesky #landscape #mountains #landscapephotography #naturephotography
#photography #nature #bluesky #landscape #mountains #landscapephotography #naturephotography
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Fact: Climate change is making the weather more extreme.
My #cartoon today #NZpol #ClimateChange #Floods #ClimateInaction
My #cartoon today #NZpol #ClimateChange #Floods #ClimateInaction
January 31, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Fact: Climate change is making the weather more extreme.
My #cartoon today #NZpol #ClimateChange #Floods #ClimateInaction
My #cartoon today #NZpol #ClimateChange #Floods #ClimateInaction
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A new study from Anthropic finds that gains in coding efficiency when relying on AI assistance did did not meet statistical significance; AI use noticeably degraded programmers’ understanding of what they were doing. Incredible.
The latest from Anthropic: using Anthropic's products makes you worse at your job
How AI assistance impacts the formation of coding skills
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
www.anthropic.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:47 PM
A new study from Anthropic finds that gains in coding efficiency when relying on AI assistance did did not meet statistical significance; AI use noticeably degraded programmers’ understanding of what they were doing. Incredible.
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Hidden gem of a dataset - IRD data on people by primary income source. First chart shows annual change in people, second the % change in the number of people with salary and benefit as primary income source. As I keep saying, we're a long way from crossing into the positive.
January 28, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Hidden gem of a dataset - IRD data on people by primary income source. First chart shows annual change in people, second the % change in the number of people with salary and benefit as primary income source. As I keep saying, we're a long way from crossing into the positive.
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Another chart to challenge the hopium. The commentariat have seen things turning *towards better* and assumed that means we will get there any time soon. Those lines look like they are trending to slide sideways to me. That would mean no real job growth and continued increase in benefit dependency.
January 27, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Another chart to challenge the hopium. The commentariat have seen things turning *towards better* and assumed that means we will get there any time soon. Those lines look like they are trending to slide sideways to me. That would mean no real job growth and continued increase in benefit dependency.
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The end of the cheapening era? We are not prepared.
January 23, 2026 at 6:51 AM
The end of the cheapening era? We are not prepared.
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Marie Antoinette orders new anti guillotine protection services as she calls for everyone to eat AI cake.
January 22, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Marie Antoinette orders new anti guillotine protection services as she calls for everyone to eat AI cake.
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Super rich: Chris come over
Luxon: I can't I've got to be PM
Super rich: we're laser focused on synergizing our outputs to align with our strategy vision
Luxon:
Luxon: I can't I've got to be PM
Super rich: we're laser focused on synergizing our outputs to align with our strategy vision
Luxon:
January 22, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Super rich: Chris come over
Luxon: I can't I've got to be PM
Super rich: we're laser focused on synergizing our outputs to align with our strategy vision
Luxon:
Luxon: I can't I've got to be PM
Super rich: we're laser focused on synergizing our outputs to align with our strategy vision
Luxon:
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life ending and infrastructure destroying floods are now an annual occurrence in new zealand. there is no political recognition of this new reality, and thus there is no resourcing for its prevention. we are not ready
January 22, 2026 at 8:26 AM
life ending and infrastructure destroying floods are now an annual occurrence in new zealand. there is no political recognition of this new reality, and thus there is no resourcing for its prevention. we are not ready
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Eyewitness videos shot from a helicopter showed landslides that had occurred in northern New Zealand due to heavy rain, including one at a campsite in Mount Maunganui, a popular tourist spot on the northern coast of the country.
January 22, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Eyewitness videos shot from a helicopter showed landslides that had occurred in northern New Zealand due to heavy rain, including one at a campsite in Mount Maunganui, a popular tourist spot on the northern coast of the country.
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I was speaking to an ex-Mayor about a decade ago who said that climate change would bankrupt Councils.
They're not wrong.
We can't keep spending millions every year fixing the same roads over and over. Something has to give.
They're not wrong.
We can't keep spending millions every year fixing the same roads over and over. Something has to give.
life ending and infrastructure destroying floods are now an annual occurrence in new zealand. there is no political recognition of this new reality, and thus there is no resourcing for its prevention. we are not ready
January 22, 2026 at 8:39 AM
I was speaking to an ex-Mayor about a decade ago who said that climate change would bankrupt Councils.
They're not wrong.
We can't keep spending millions every year fixing the same roads over and over. Something has to give.
They're not wrong.
We can't keep spending millions every year fixing the same roads over and over. Something has to give.
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IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility.
Let’s be clear— it WASTES public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
Let’s be clear— it WASTES public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:09 AM
IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility.
Let’s be clear— it WASTES public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
Let’s be clear— it WASTES public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
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