Kit
@spearmintapollo.bsky.social
Mainly lurking. Leftie rage-retweeting. Nerd. Science geek. Policy wonk. Pākehā. Cis. Ace pride. Size acceptance. Wear a mask. She/her
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90% of conservative political analysis is just "this group I don't like does this thing I don't understand due to motivations I made up."
January 29, 2026 at 1:02 AM
90% of conservative political analysis is just "this group I don't like does this thing I don't understand due to motivations I made up."
Tesla is the Enron of car manufacturing
I'm a few minutes behind the live call, but here's my Q4 Tesla earnings call "live thread"!
We start out with Elon announcing that Tesla's mission has changed to "Amazing Abundance," which represents a pivot from the "Sustainable Abundance" tagline he announced last year.
We start out with Elon announcing that Tesla's mission has changed to "Amazing Abundance," which represents a pivot from the "Sustainable Abundance" tagline he announced last year.
January 29, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Tesla is the Enron of car manufacturing
Extreme weather is political because climate change is political. Extreme weather is political because funding to address it is political. Extreme weather is a political issue!
The Finance Minister says the Labour leader’s comments about the Government’s resilience spending so soon after a tragedy was “the wrong kind of politics”.
Nicola Willis says Chris Hipkins is politicising extreme weather tragedy
The Finance Minister says the Labour leader’s comments about the Government’s resilience spending so soon after a tragedy was “the wrong kind of politics”.
dlvr.it
January 27, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Extreme weather is political because climate change is political. Extreme weather is political because funding to address it is political. Extreme weather is a political issue!
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This hit so fucking hard today.
January 26, 2026 at 8:52 PM
This hit so fucking hard today.
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I did not spend 40 or 50 years learning to read faster than most people can talk to to sit there like a lemon for the endless milliseconds it takes for a guy to say "uhhhhhhh so what you're gonna want to do, in this next section, is..."
December 16, 2025 at 8:43 AM
I did not spend 40 or 50 years learning to read faster than most people can talk to to sit there like a lemon for the endless milliseconds it takes for a guy to say "uhhhhhhh so what you're gonna want to do, in this next section, is..."
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“AI is ok as long as it’s not taking anyone’s job” and whose work is it trained on. Did you forget that it’s a bunch of stolen fucking shit? Are we moving the goalposts already? “it’s sticking around so you have to get used to it, be realistic” no I don’t. Eat my shit and hair
December 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
“AI is ok as long as it’s not taking anyone’s job” and whose work is it trained on. Did you forget that it’s a bunch of stolen fucking shit? Are we moving the goalposts already? “it’s sticking around so you have to get used to it, be realistic” no I don’t. Eat my shit and hair
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Yesterday: Judge injuncts govt's puberty blocker ban unlawful due to incorrect (political not merits) grounds
Today: Different Judge declares govt's appointment of the Chief HRC and RRC unlawful due to incorrect tests
This govt has a type drive.google.com/file/d/1NqTj...
@pault.bsky.social
Today: Different Judge declares govt's appointment of the Chief HRC and RRC unlawful due to incorrect tests
This govt has a type drive.google.com/file/d/1NqTj...
@pault.bsky.social
![[101] I agree with the applicant that the declaration sought here would serve a real
purpose in ensuring that future recommendations for the position of human rights
commissioners proceed lawfully. When potential appointees for such positions
occupy an important public office intended to help ensure the human rights of
New Zealander’s are upheld and promoted, there is a clear and substantial public
interest in having errors in their appointment publicly declared.
Conclusion
[102] The judicial review application is granted.
[103] I make the declaration that the Decision was unlawful because:
(a) the Minister applied the incorrect legal test; and
(b) the Minister failed to take into account relevant considerations.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:y5ef7ykskrf34je7djcylqwm/bafkreigc6ilqrvtryuz7d6rltktqfoowlqcpnvbbtschrvfl3ze4eztil4@jpeg)
December 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Yesterday: Judge injuncts govt's puberty blocker ban unlawful due to incorrect (political not merits) grounds
Today: Different Judge declares govt's appointment of the Chief HRC and RRC unlawful due to incorrect tests
This govt has a type drive.google.com/file/d/1NqTj...
@pault.bsky.social
Today: Different Judge declares govt's appointment of the Chief HRC and RRC unlawful due to incorrect tests
This govt has a type drive.google.com/file/d/1NqTj...
@pault.bsky.social
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We won! I won my judicial review!
![[101] I agree with the applicant that the declaration sought here would serve a real purpose in ensuring that future recommendations for the position of human rights commissioners proceed lawfully. When potential appointees for such positions occupy an important public office intended to help ensure the human rights of New Zealander’s are upheld and promoted, there is a clear and substantial public interest in having errors in their appointment publicly declared. Conclusion [102] The judicial review application is granted. [103] I make the declaration that the Decision was unlawful because: (a) (b) the Minister applied the incorrect legal test; and the Minister failed to take into account relevant considerations. [104] The issue of costs is reserved. I encourage the parties to agree on any issue of costs that might arise. If that is not possible, the applicant is to file a memorandum on costs no longer than five pages within 30 working days of the date of this judgment, with the respondent to file a memorandum in response within a further 10 working days of receipt of the applicant’s costs memorandum. The Court will then decide the costs issues.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:b7y7isv72z6ku7rtpu7zvfzy/bafkreiejxsssvwd7e3gbtjsrqinyh63jrn75ppz7t6cvqpxddb65nucel4@jpeg)
December 17, 2025 at 9:36 PM
We won! I won my judicial review!
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can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
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Want to support trans rights in Aotearoa & get a bunch of cool TTRPGs? The Ban the Ban bundle is raising funds for action against the NZ govt's blocker ban.
Proceeds go to PATHA to fund their court challenge & support individuals. Get it now!
itch.io/b/3421/ban-t...
#transrights #ttrpg #nzpol
Proceeds go to PATHA to fund their court challenge & support individuals. Get it now!
itch.io/b/3421/ban-t...
#transrights #ttrpg #nzpol
December 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Want to support trans rights in Aotearoa & get a bunch of cool TTRPGs? The Ban the Ban bundle is raising funds for action against the NZ govt's blocker ban.
Proceeds go to PATHA to fund their court challenge & support individuals. Get it now!
itch.io/b/3421/ban-t...
#transrights #ttrpg #nzpol
Proceeds go to PATHA to fund their court challenge & support individuals. Get it now!
itch.io/b/3421/ban-t...
#transrights #ttrpg #nzpol
I have eaten
the gingerbread people
that were in
the kitchen
and which
you were probably
saving
for a transphobic Twitter rant
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so nonbinary
the gingerbread people
that were in
the kitchen
and which
you were probably
saving
for a transphobic Twitter rant
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so nonbinary
I'd pay good money just to see her argument for these biscuits being "biologically male"
December 9, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I have eaten
the gingerbread people
that were in
the kitchen
and which
you were probably
saving
for a transphobic Twitter rant
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so nonbinary
the gingerbread people
that were in
the kitchen
and which
you were probably
saving
for a transphobic Twitter rant
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so nonbinary
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A list of medical associations who oppose the government’s move to ban puberty blockers for adolescents.
The professionals who spoke at the protest, like those listed, were clear: the govt hasn’t acted on the science, or for the care of adolescents, they’ve acted on bigotry, & lives will be lost.
The professionals who spoke at the protest, like those listed, were clear: the govt hasn’t acted on the science, or for the care of adolescents, they’ve acted on bigotry, & lives will be lost.
December 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
A list of medical associations who oppose the government’s move to ban puberty blockers for adolescents.
The professionals who spoke at the protest, like those listed, were clear: the govt hasn’t acted on the science, or for the care of adolescents, they’ve acted on bigotry, & lives will be lost.
The professionals who spoke at the protest, like those listed, were clear: the govt hasn’t acted on the science, or for the care of adolescents, they’ve acted on bigotry, & lives will be lost.
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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The NZ Govt is doing everything it can to obstruct climate action domestically and globally. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Government rejects all of Climate Change Commission's emissions target recommendations
It comes despite a Climate Change Commission warning that New Zealand is being hit sooner and more severely than expected.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The NZ Govt is doing everything it can to obstruct climate action domestically and globally. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Support this open letter written by trans and takatāpui rangatahi: "To be transgender or takatāpui is a taonga. To deny our young people access to life-saving medication on the basis of an imported culture war is cruel and abhorrent."
our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/re...
our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/re...
Reverse the decision to deny transgender and takatāpui young people access to puberty blockers
Dear Minister Simeon Brown
We write to you as transgender and takatāpui young people of Aotearoa New Zealand to ask you to reconsider your decision to ban the use of puberty blockers (gonadotropin-re...
our.actionstation.org.nz
December 1, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Support this open letter written by trans and takatāpui rangatahi: "To be transgender or takatāpui is a taonga. To deny our young people access to life-saving medication on the basis of an imported culture war is cruel and abhorrent."
our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/re...
our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/re...
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I've collected a list of all the medical and healthcare professionals who have put out statements against the ban on puberty blockers. I'm sure I've missed some, let me know if I have.
It is damning. I have yet to find a professional org that supports the ban, even tepidly.
#nzpol
It is damning. I have yet to find a professional org that supports the ban, even tepidly.
#nzpol
December 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I've collected a list of all the medical and healthcare professionals who have put out statements against the ban on puberty blockers. I'm sure I've missed some, let me know if I have.
It is damning. I have yet to find a professional org that supports the ban, even tepidly.
#nzpol
It is damning. I have yet to find a professional org that supports the ban, even tepidly.
#nzpol
We are so screwed...
I almost feel sorry* for my Labour friends, this is the headline of the Wellington rag...
WetNapkins asks his party to what now?
Surely he's gone after Xmas?
(*you know there's an inspirational leftist party in Green right)
WetNapkins asks his party to what now?
Surely he's gone after Xmas?
(*you know there's an inspirational leftist party in Green right)
November 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
We are so screwed...
"On two occasions I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question."
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
"On two occasions I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question."
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No matter what the politicians say, this is discrimination. Look at how the regulation is worded: This is not a ban on its use for a particular indication, it's a ban for a population.
www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/p...
www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/p...
November 24, 2025 at 4:58 AM
No matter what the politicians say, this is discrimination. Look at how the regulation is worded: This is not a ban on its use for a particular indication, it's a ban for a population.
www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/p...
www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/p...
Everything I've ever learned about Dwarf Fortress has been an unmitigated delight
"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Everything I've ever learned about Dwarf Fortress has been an unmitigated delight
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/3 I am informed it’s normal to get more intolerant as I get older and I think I am absolutely getting less tolerant of other people’s absolute bullshit.
November 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
/3 I am informed it’s normal to get more intolerant as I get older and I think I am absolutely getting less tolerant of other people’s absolute bullshit.