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Shifty Cow

@supergoofnz.bsky.social

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Geek, dog nut, player of video games. Middle-aged idle. May contain coarse language & traces of nuts. Tangata Tiriti, Aotearoa. She/her. #Kikorangi. #ToituTeTiriti / #TransRightsAreHumanRights / #BLM

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Shifty Cow @supergoofnz.bsky.social · Jan 2

If LGBTQ+ folks make you feel uncomfortable, that is absolutely a 'you' problem. It's not up to marginalised folks to hide or change to accommodate your feelings, it's up to you to harden the fuck up and get over yourself.

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Shifty Cow @supergoofnz.bsky.social · 10h

Not the vaccine, but repeated covid infections certainty aren't making the population smarter.

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Cars are still bad @jondoesnotexist.bsky.social · 1d

“Everyone who is rich enough or close enough to reactionary politics is effectively in a cult with beliefs loonier than the median Heaven’s Gate member” is a relatively straightforward description of the current moment. I don’t know how we live like this

Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 1d

I dunno, man... I dunno. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

www.washingtonpost.com

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warrior cop @wyattprivilege.bsky.social · 20h

Trump to China: obey my command or I will destroy the United States

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 11h

When it comes to public health and outbreak response capacity, what happens in America doesn’t stay in America.

If the CDC is eviscerated it will have ripple effects the world over.

Many viruses are airborne and were in a time of global travel.

This is a threat to everyone.

Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 16h

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 10h

153 kids are in quarantine in South Carolina.

118 kids in Minneapolis.

This is what happens when we ignore the science.

When we stop vaccinating, long eradicated diseases come back.

The kids deserve better than this. Measles can disable. It can kill. And it’s completely preventable.

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

www.nbcnews.com

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 1d

“Uncritical adoption of AI, will inevitably create people without critical thinking, and this may be a feature - not a bug, as it represents an attack on human agency itself.”

collectivefutures.blog/the-infrastr...

The infrastructure of meaninglessness

Listen, there are two realities that we should be aware of. AI exists to make your job obsolete because the alternative is that AI makes managers obsolete. Let me try to break down this theory, which...

collectivefutures.blog

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 1d

"Put simply, only the extremely wealthy appear to be benefiting from all of this."

Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

futurism.com

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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 11h

Ok after an afternoon of results, texts, calls, messages on other apps and emails, I have some thoughts on today’s Local Election results

1) Voter turnout is depressing. 32%ish on average across AoNZ is pathetic.
2) The Māori Wards referendum should never have happened - it was a racebaiting farce…

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Paula Penfold @paulapenfold.bsky.social · 12h

I am forever impressed and appreciative of people’s willingness to tell their stories 🤍

Chasing the losses

They lost everything. Now more is at stake.

open.substack.com

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Shifty Cow @supergoofnz.bsky.social · 10h

And it's so bloody humid! I can practically see the grass growing, and it's too wet to even consider mowing it.

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Dr David Joffe MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP @davidjoffe64.bsky.social · 18h

Influenza versus Cövid.

826 COVID vs 89 flu deaths, and within 90 days, 1,391 COVID vs 149 flu deaths, showing worse outcomes for COVID-19

Rough maths? About 10 times more fatal

journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...

Comparative risk of post-acute sequelae among adults following SARS-CoV-2 or influenza virus infection: A retrospective cohort study among United States adults

Author summary Why was this study done? It is known that people may suffer medical complications long after COVID-19, which are called post-acute sequelae (PAS). Similar sequelae are also known to h...

journals.plos.org

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MeatMechSuit @meatmechsuit.bsky.social · 12h

To ask a pakeha majority to remove representation of an indigenous minority is ongoing white supremacist colonisation. #nzpol

TheLoyalOrder @theloyalorder.bsky.social · 12h

Preliminary results of the 2025 Māori wards referendums

#nzpol

Map showing preliminary margin of support by council for the 2025 Māori ward referendums

CC BY 4.0 TheLoyalOrder

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Shifty Cow @supergoofnz.bsky.social · 11h

Fabulous Frogs!

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The Lever @levernews.com · 11h

After cracks were found in Boeing 737s, the FAA proposed tougher inspections.

The airline lobby — led by Trump-aligned officials — is fighting to weaken the rule.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18h

Not today, Satan‼️

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Tom Easton @tomeaston.bsky.social · 12h

Hop not Hate

Three protesters in Portland Oregon in inflatable frog suits. One holds a placard reading FROGS TOGETHER STRONG

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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 13h

We're hiring a comms specialist here at Greenpeace International.

Come work with me!

It's a great team, important work with flexible working.

#job #communications #media #socialmedia

workfor.international.greenpeace.org/o/content-ed...

Greenpeace International - GPI Content Editor - Americas

Greenpeace International is seeking a Content Editor to enhance the global profile and impact of Greenpeace and its campaigns through strategic content creation, curation, and community engagement.

workfor.international.greenpeace.org

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14h

in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa

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Grant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚 @notjustdna.bsky.social · 12h

#NZpol Not holding my breath, but I’d love to see Winston Peters apologise to the protesters and Green Party members he attacked over the burglary*

“Hudson told Stuff his client wanted to be clear that he was not part of any protest activity outside Peters’ house”

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Man accused of burglary at Winston Peters’ house pleads not guilty, keeps name secret

The man pleaded not guilty and is not allowed to go within 1km of Winston Peters’ home.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Shifty Cow @supergoofnz.bsky.social · 11h

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Shifty Cow @supergoofnz.bsky.social · 11h

Cry havoc, and let loose the frogs of war!

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Shifty Cow @supergoofnz.bsky.social · 11h

Didn't ICE spray pepper spray directly into one frog's air intake last week?

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MsAlliance says Boo! @msalliance.me · 11h

Is there a strain of Covid going round that does not show up in Covid tests?

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Shifty Cow @supergoofnz.bsky.social · 11h

I think The Spinoff had a good summary of results, including Māori wards.

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Shifty Cow @supergoofnz.bsky.social · 13h

So a lot more leaks and whining to the media when Chung et al don't get their way. I can't believe enough people voted for him that he got back in, even by the skin of his teeth.