Rory
@roryreckons.bsky.social
ADHD | Autistic Self-Advocate | ICF ADHD/Autism Coach. Nonbinary. They/he. 🏳️🌈Bi/pan. Married.
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Rory
@roryreckons.bsky.social
· Nov 14
I see why people were doing reintroductions now.
I am an ADHD/Autism self-advocate and researcher. I skeet these things sporadically ADHD/Autism/AuDHD science, local Aotearoa (NZ) politics, my own personal experiences with AuDHD.
I also skeet a lot of shitposts, and reskeet cool art I love.
I am an ADHD/Autism self-advocate and researcher. I skeet these things sporadically ADHD/Autism/AuDHD science, local Aotearoa (NZ) politics, my own personal experiences with AuDHD.
I also skeet a lot of shitposts, and reskeet cool art I love.
Not sure how data centre scaling is supposed to work given that the 3 major manufacturers of high bandwidth memory have sold all of next years future ram stock.
They have already shifted their production away from consumer ram used in cars are PCs etc (the reason for our current shortages).
They have already shifted their production away from consumer ram used in cars are PCs etc (the reason for our current shortages).
November 28, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Not sure how data centre scaling is supposed to work given that the 3 major manufacturers of high bandwidth memory have sold all of next years future ram stock.
They have already shifted their production away from consumer ram used in cars are PCs etc (the reason for our current shortages).
They have already shifted their production away from consumer ram used in cars are PCs etc (the reason for our current shortages).
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For context, these were due to be published in March 2025. The NZ govt prevented their publication because they intended to ban puberty blockers and the guidelines show they are safe, effective, and standard care internationally. Today they were released in an OIA putting them in the public domain.
In some good news, today PATHA has finally been able to release the 2025 Guidelines for Gender Affirming Care in Aotearoa New Zealand. You can read them here: patha.nz/resources-an...
Clinical Guidelines | Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa Inc. (PATHA)
patha.nz
November 28, 2025 at 7:25 AM
For context, these were due to be published in March 2025. The NZ govt prevented their publication because they intended to ban puberty blockers and the guidelines show they are safe, effective, and standard care internationally. Today they were released in an OIA putting them in the public domain.
AI scaling running into the realities of production.
It's ok though, they only need to double infrastructure every year to keep up with the demand.
It's ok though, they only need to double infrastructure every year to keep up with the demand.
Nvidia reportedly no longer supplying VRAM to its GPU board partners in response to memory crunch — rumor claims vendors will only get the die, forced to source memory on their own
Nvidia typically bundles the GPU and VRAM together.
www.tomshardware.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:45 AM
AI scaling running into the realities of production.
It's ok though, they only need to double infrastructure every year to keep up with the demand.
It's ok though, they only need to double infrastructure every year to keep up with the demand.
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Not only is science education going to suffer from the manufactured crisis in maths education, the science curriculum itself has also been under attack to remove components of critical thinking and epistemological foundations.
theconversation.com/nzs-draft-sc...
theconversation.com/nzs-draft-sc...
NZ’s draft science curriculum favours rote learning over critical thinking
Critical thinking is an essential skill students should be encouraged to develop as part of their science learning. NZ’s draft science curriculum fails the test.
theconversation.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Not only is science education going to suffer from the manufactured crisis in maths education, the science curriculum itself has also been under attack to remove components of critical thinking and epistemological foundations.
theconversation.com/nzs-draft-sc...
theconversation.com/nzs-draft-sc...
For those that don't know what this is - the government suppressed this expert report on Clinical Guidelines for Transgender Health 24 hours before it was due to go out, and played politics with the lives of young transgender people.
You can now read the report in full.
You can now read the report in full.
Y’ALL. PATHA RELEASED THE NEW GENDER AFFIRMING CARE GUIDELINES. THE ONES THE GOVT SUPPRESSED
GET IN IT
patha.nz/resources-an...
GET IN IT
patha.nz/resources-an...
Clinical Guidelines | Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa Inc. (PATHA)
patha.nz
November 28, 2025 at 5:52 AM
For those that don't know what this is - the government suppressed this expert report on Clinical Guidelines for Transgender Health 24 hours before it was due to go out, and played politics with the lives of young transgender people.
You can now read the report in full.
You can now read the report in full.
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This is the biggest deal. SHARE IT EVERYWHERE.
Y’ALL. PATHA RELEASED THE NEW GENDER AFFIRMING CARE GUIDELINES. THE ONES THE GOVT SUPPRESSED
GET IN IT
patha.nz/resources-an...
GET IN IT
patha.nz/resources-an...
Clinical Guidelines | Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa Inc. (PATHA)
patha.nz
November 28, 2025 at 5:40 AM
This is the biggest deal. SHARE IT EVERYWHERE.
Casting aside this total false dichotomy they are stating that teaching something a calculator can and will do for most adults is more important than learning skills that many adults do not and will not ever possess.
New Zealand's Minister of Education can't tell the difference between Mathematics and Social Studies.
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Casting aside this total false dichotomy they are stating that teaching something a calculator can and will do for most adults is more important than learning skills that many adults do not and will not ever possess.
"In July, Attorney-General Judith Collins found the bill to be inconsistent with the Bill of Rights Act, and indicated 100,000 or more people could be directly or indirectly disenfranchised by the rules banning enrolment in the final 13 days before an election."
Legal challenge incoming.
Legal challenge incoming.
This Bill could invalidate the votes of enough people to swing the next election in favour of the current government for no reason other than that they failed to fill out the correct piece of paper by the "proper" time (as defined by the people who benefit from the rule change).
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 28, 2025 at 4:37 AM
"In July, Attorney-General Judith Collins found the bill to be inconsistent with the Bill of Rights Act, and indicated 100,000 or more people could be directly or indirectly disenfranchised by the rules banning enrolment in the final 13 days before an election."
Legal challenge incoming.
Legal challenge incoming.
Every morning I wake up and there's a moment before I check the news where someone who is causing a ton of harm to people is both alive and dead until I check the news, and in those brief moments where that superposition exists - I find hope.
November 28, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Every morning I wake up and there's a moment before I check the news where someone who is causing a ton of harm to people is both alive and dead until I check the news, and in those brief moments where that superposition exists - I find hope.
I think we need to get back to basics for our education minister, and she should be required to take a basic reading comprehension test.
November 28, 2025 at 4:20 AM
I think we need to get back to basics for our education minister, and she should be required to take a basic reading comprehension test.
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Every prompt to chatbot software is “generate me some text.” If it generated you some text, it performed its function correctly. It never lies, it never wants anything, it’s text generating software that generates text.
Not wanting to disappoint you so much that it lies is the last quality I want in a computer.
November 28, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Every prompt to chatbot software is “generate me some text.” If it generated you some text, it performed its function correctly. It never lies, it never wants anything, it’s text generating software that generates text.
I think about this all the time, I remember getting in trouble for asking why it was important to know vector math, why it was important to understand trigonometry, and algebra. I got shut down by teachers.
I needed it badly for software engineering for games in my 20s/30s.
Make learning relevant.
I needed it badly for software engineering for games in my 20s/30s.
Make learning relevant.
IDK if anyone has seen Season 4 of The Wire, but this is something that was addressed about standardised testing and one of it's major weaknesses. When the course material is devoid of value in the lives of the students, they will disengage. Making things culturally relevant to kids fosters learning
November 28, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I think about this all the time, I remember getting in trouble for asking why it was important to know vector math, why it was important to understand trigonometry, and algebra. I got shut down by teachers.
I needed it badly for software engineering for games in my 20s/30s.
Make learning relevant.
I needed it badly for software engineering for games in my 20s/30s.
Make learning relevant.
The full quote if anyone was curious: "Critical pedagogies recognise the importance of mathematics and statistics as tools for understanding, interpreting, and addressing issues of power and inequity, both in the classroom and in the wider world."
New Zealand's Minister of Education can't tell the difference between Mathematics and Social Studies.
November 28, 2025 at 3:33 AM
The full quote if anyone was curious: "Critical pedagogies recognise the importance of mathematics and statistics as tools for understanding, interpreting, and addressing issues of power and inequity, both in the classroom and in the wider world."
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New Zealand's Minister of Education can't tell the difference between Mathematics and Social Studies.
November 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
New Zealand's Minister of Education can't tell the difference between Mathematics and Social Studies.
Love this autisticly coded skit. Related to another skeet on here sorta.
Mitchell & Webb - Needlessly ambiguous terms
YouTube video by Martin Mitchell
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Love this autisticly coded skit. Related to another skeet on here sorta.
The school lunches funding being tied to attendance is specifically aimed at cutting it while seeming like it's reasonable to the average joe.
Poverty and attendance at school are linked, the schools where attendance is an issue is directly tied to the levels of poverty.
Those kids NEED lunch.
Poverty and attendance at school are linked, the schools where attendance is an issue is directly tied to the levels of poverty.
Those kids NEED lunch.
November 28, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The school lunches funding being tied to attendance is specifically aimed at cutting it while seeming like it's reasonable to the average joe.
Poverty and attendance at school are linked, the schools where attendance is an issue is directly tied to the levels of poverty.
Those kids NEED lunch.
Poverty and attendance at school are linked, the schools where attendance is an issue is directly tied to the levels of poverty.
Those kids NEED lunch.
This NZ government is just irredeemably shit.
Every day they do something else grotesque.
Every day they do something else grotesque.
November 28, 2025 at 3:09 AM
This NZ government is just irredeemably shit.
Every day they do something else grotesque.
Every day they do something else grotesque.
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What did I just read
November 27, 2025 at 10:26 PM
What did I just read
Chris Hipkins making a quick pledge not to confirm he wants to treat women equally.
November 27, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Chris Hipkins making a quick pledge not to confirm he wants to treat women equally.
I dont relate to the taking things literally thing too much....
Also me: I refuse to eat red velvet anything because neither of the terms are food specific.
Also me: I refuse to eat red velvet anything because neither of the terms are food specific.
November 27, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I dont relate to the taking things literally thing too much....
Also me: I refuse to eat red velvet anything because neither of the terms are food specific.
Also me: I refuse to eat red velvet anything because neither of the terms are food specific.
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By popular request: Goblin Tools has a ko-fi now!
ko-fi.com/goblintools
Goblin Tools isn't at risk but it is getting a bit tighter around the waistline. Serving 2 million people every month is an awesome impact to have, but it does give one cold sweats from time to time :D
ko-fi.com/goblintools
Goblin Tools isn't at risk but it is getting a bit tighter around the waistline. Serving 2 million people every month is an awesome impact to have, but it does give one cold sweats from time to time :D
Support Goblin Tools
Support Goblin Tools
ko-fi.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
By popular request: Goblin Tools has a ko-fi now!
ko-fi.com/goblintools
Goblin Tools isn't at risk but it is getting a bit tighter around the waistline. Serving 2 million people every month is an awesome impact to have, but it does give one cold sweats from time to time :D
ko-fi.com/goblintools
Goblin Tools isn't at risk but it is getting a bit tighter around the waistline. Serving 2 million people every month is an awesome impact to have, but it does give one cold sweats from time to time :D
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I co-sign this moderate and reasonable compromise position:
I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
November 27, 2025 at 9:17 AM
I co-sign this moderate and reasonable compromise position:
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"To the medical community, we urge all our colleagues to resist the move toward authoritarianism over our work"
I'm reminded of this statement, from the AMA Code of Medical Ethics 2002-03: "In exceptional circumstances of unjust laws, ethical responsibilities should supersede legal obligations."
I'm reminded of this statement, from the AMA Code of Medical Ethics 2002-03: "In exceptional circumstances of unjust laws, ethical responsibilities should supersede legal obligations."
Civic Obligations in Medicine: Does "Professional" Civil Disobedience Tear, or Repair, the Basic Fabric of Society?
Professional civil disobedience can have benefits and risks to both medical professionals and patients.
journalofethics.ama-assn.org
November 27, 2025 at 4:52 AM
"To the medical community, we urge all our colleagues to resist the move toward authoritarianism over our work"
I'm reminded of this statement, from the AMA Code of Medical Ethics 2002-03: "In exceptional circumstances of unjust laws, ethical responsibilities should supersede legal obligations."
I'm reminded of this statement, from the AMA Code of Medical Ethics 2002-03: "In exceptional circumstances of unjust laws, ethical responsibilities should supersede legal obligations."
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Statement from Te Ohu Rata o Aotearoa (Māori Medical Practitioners Association) expressing its condemnation of the banning of puberty blockers by the NZ government.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Statement from Te Ohu Rata o Aotearoa (Māori Medical Practitioners Association) expressing its condemnation of the banning of puberty blockers by the NZ government.
The NZ-EU FTA:
Article 19.2:
4. A Party shall not weaken or reduce the levels of protection afforded in its environmental or labour law in order to encourage trade or investment.
Article 19.2:
4. A Party shall not weaken or reduce the levels of protection afforded in its environmental or labour law in order to encourage trade or investment.
Trade Minister says UK and EU counterparts never raised concerns with him over climate policies
Trade Minister says UK and EU counterparts never raised concerns with him over climate policies
The Trade Minister said no one had raised concerns with him directly about New Zealand's oil and gas developments.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 27, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The NZ-EU FTA:
Article 19.2:
4. A Party shall not weaken or reduce the levels of protection afforded in its environmental or labour law in order to encourage trade or investment.
Article 19.2:
4. A Party shall not weaken or reduce the levels of protection afforded in its environmental or labour law in order to encourage trade or investment.