KnitMeAThneed
@thneed.bsky.social
I'm a Wikimedian and I run the NZThesisProject from Ōtepoti Dunedin in Aotearoa New Zealand. OpenRefine, Wikidata, Wikipedia... all the Wikis!
Inventor of WikiWashiTape. According to skuas, I am too big to carry away and too alive.
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KnitMeAThneed
@thneed.bsky.social
· Mar 20
The New Zealand Thesis Project: Connecting a Nation’s Dissertations Using Wikidata
Introduction: Libraries hold large amounts of bibliographic data, with great potential for enrichment with linked open data. The New Zealand Thesis Project explored this potential by uploading thesis ...
www.iastatedigitalpress.com
Delighted to announce that my long-awaited paper on the NZ Thesis Project is published (& is open access)! Deborah and I worked hard to write this because we would love for all academic libraries to link their data to Wikidata - this tells you why and how
www.iastatedigitalpress.com/jlsc/article...
www.iastatedigitalpress.com/jlsc/article...
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On this day in 2001, Wikipedia was born 🎂 25 years of open, collaborative knowledge, written and cared for by people around the world, one edit at a time.
What’s your favourite Wikipedia article, fact, or memory?
#Wikipedia25 #OnThisDay #OpenKnowledge
What’s your favourite Wikipedia article, fact, or memory?
#Wikipedia25 #OnThisDay #OpenKnowledge
January 15, 2026 at 10:00 AM
On this day in 2001, Wikipedia was born 🎂 25 years of open, collaborative knowledge, written and cared for by people around the world, one edit at a time.
What’s your favourite Wikipedia article, fact, or memory?
#Wikipedia25 #OnThisDay #OpenKnowledge
What’s your favourite Wikipedia article, fact, or memory?
#Wikipedia25 #OnThisDay #OpenKnowledge
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January 15, 2026 at 2:26 AM
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Writing for an Australian setting, but worth considering elsewhere, incl. #NZ –
“While these tools offer speed and convenience, their use introduces serious legal and clinical risks. Poorly governed AI use can expose providers to privacy breaches, inaccurate care records and regulatory action […]”
“While these tools offer speed and convenience, their use introduces serious legal and clinical risks. Poorly governed AI use can expose providers to privacy breaches, inaccurate care records and regulatory action […]”
AI use for progress notes is causing serious privacy and clinical risks in aged care. Professional bodies need to act. AI shouldnt be used for client notes and reports hellocare.com.au/ai-use-for-p...
AI use for progress notes is causing serious privacy and clinical risks in aged care - Hellocare
Workforce pressure is pushing aged care staff towards AI for clinical documentation, but public tools come with hidden dangers. From Privacy Act breaches to misleading progress notes, poorly governed ...
hellocare.com.au
January 15, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Writing for an Australian setting, but worth considering elsewhere, incl. #NZ –
“While these tools offer speed and convenience, their use introduces serious legal and clinical risks. Poorly governed AI use can expose providers to privacy breaches, inaccurate care records and regulatory action […]”
“While these tools offer speed and convenience, their use introduces serious legal and clinical risks. Poorly governed AI use can expose providers to privacy breaches, inaccurate care records and regulatory action […]”
Lol. No wonder it takes so long to fly anywhere from NZ!
January 15, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Lol. No wonder it takes so long to fly anywhere from NZ!
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#nzpol
Pay attention, Aotearoa New Zealand, because our lying weasel of a Health Minister won't be sharing this new information with those who have a need and have a right to know...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Pay attention, Aotearoa New Zealand, because our lying weasel of a Health Minister won't be sharing this new information with those who have a need and have a right to know...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Face masks ‘inadequate’ and should be swapped for respirators, WHO is advised
Experts are urging guideline changes on what health professionals should wear to protect against flu-like illnesses including Covid
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 10:15 PM
#nzpol
Pay attention, Aotearoa New Zealand, because our lying weasel of a Health Minister won't be sharing this new information with those who have a need and have a right to know...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Pay attention, Aotearoa New Zealand, because our lying weasel of a Health Minister won't be sharing this new information with those who have a need and have a right to know...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Speechless
In case you've seen the story about “grok now only generates images for paid users”, it's untrue. Apparently everyone just reported it because… it was what grok told them 🤦🏼
www.theverge.com/news/859309/...
www.theverge.com/news/859309/...
No, Grok hasn’t paywalled its deepfake image feature
X’s sexual deepfake machine is still running, despite Grok saying otherwise.
www.theverge.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Speechless
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So, the government knew there was a threat of our patient information being hacked over 6months ago?
Why does simple Simeon still have a job? 🤨 #nzpol
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/fresh-pro...
Why does simple Simeon still have a job? 🤨 #nzpol
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/fresh-pro...
January 9, 2026 at 3:01 AM
So, the government knew there was a threat of our patient information being hacked over 6months ago?
Why does simple Simeon still have a job? 🤨 #nzpol
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/fresh-pro...
Why does simple Simeon still have a job? 🤨 #nzpol
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/fresh-pro...
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X is no longer just a shitty nazi social media site. Its a machine for generating child pornography. Its output is illegal in Aotearoa. Shouldn't the machine be as well?
Every day, thousands of women and children are victimized by people on X using the Grok chatbot to generate scantily clad and naked photos of them.
It’s time for governments to take action. Elon Musk’s X should have been banned long ago. They don’t have an excuse to delay any longer.
It’s time for governments to take action. Elon Musk’s X should have been banned long ago. They don’t have an excuse to delay any longer.
Elon Musk’s X must be banned
Regulators need to stop cowering before the richest man in the world
disconnect.blog
January 8, 2026 at 11:04 PM
X is no longer just a shitty nazi social media site. Its a machine for generating child pornography. Its output is illegal in Aotearoa. Shouldn't the machine be as well?
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You did better than I.
About 60% of the papers I ordered to be retracted, as the editor-in-chief of the journal in which they were published, have yet to be.
About 60% of the papers I ordered to be retracted, as the editor-in-chief of the journal in which they were published, have yet to be.
January 6, 2026 at 5:05 PM
You did better than I.
About 60% of the papers I ordered to be retracted, as the editor-in-chief of the journal in which they were published, have yet to be.
About 60% of the papers I ordered to be retracted, as the editor-in-chief of the journal in which they were published, have yet to be.
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Re-sharing for the new year, which is also an election year! If you agree, help us out by emailing your local MP asking why Labour and National have not yet signed this letter or committed to regulating AI deployment in NZ. #nzpol
We’ve published an Open Letter calling on NZ leaders to deliver risk-based AI regulation & a national oversight body. AI has huge potential, but harms (deepfakes, gendered abuse, bias) are real and rising. Read the Letter (and sign it if you agree!) #nzpol
regulateai.nz
regulateai.nz
Home
A call to the NZ Parliament to regulate AI
regulateai.nz
January 6, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Re-sharing for the new year, which is also an election year! If you agree, help us out by emailing your local MP asking why Labour and National have not yet signed this letter or committed to regulating AI deployment in NZ. #nzpol
The ongoing ManageMyHealth saga. Worth a read. www.openaccess.nz/blog/managem...
The writer is using the Atkinson Hyperlegible font.
The writer is using the Atkinson Hyperlegible font.
ManageMyHealth Hack: A failure of standards — OpenAccess
The ManageMyHealth breach exposes a system-level failure in how Aotearoa governs health IT security — relying on self-attestation, weak procurement controls, and the absence of enforceable standards.
www.openaccess.nz
January 6, 2026 at 8:07 PM
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Pretty textbook on how not to do crisis communication for this type of attack. So here’s a little thread on what to do instead. 🧵
If you don’t know, I’m Hadyn Green, Principal Communications advisor at @first.org and my job is to go around the world teaching people how to do to cybersecurity comms
If you don’t know, I’m Hadyn Green, Principal Communications advisor at @first.org and my job is to go around the world teaching people how to do to cybersecurity comms
Manage My Health CEO: 'Trust us even though we've dropped the ball'
The chief executive of beleaguered patient portal says he is open to standing down if required.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 6, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Pretty textbook on how not to do crisis communication for this type of attack. So here’s a little thread on what to do instead. 🧵
If you don’t know, I’m Hadyn Green, Principal Communications advisor at @first.org and my job is to go around the world teaching people how to do to cybersecurity comms
If you don’t know, I’m Hadyn Green, Principal Communications advisor at @first.org and my job is to go around the world teaching people how to do to cybersecurity comms
Oh FFS. My surgery has sent a message about the ManageMyHealth breach which I have to login to MMH to read but their login with a onetime code system isn’t working. Anyone else in #Dunedin able to tell me what Maori Hill message says?
January 6, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Oh FFS. My surgery has sent a message about the ManageMyHealth breach which I have to login to MMH to read but their login with a onetime code system isn’t working. Anyone else in #Dunedin able to tell me what Maori Hill message says?
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I'm beginning to think we should all have a whip-around and see if we can pay the hackers to let us know whose records they have? Seems it'd be quicker than waiting for MMH
#nzpol
#nzpol
January 6, 2026 at 12:48 AM
I'm beginning to think we should all have a whip-around and see if we can pay the hackers to let us know whose records they have? Seems it'd be quicker than waiting for MMH
#nzpol
#nzpol
And universities, museums, government departments, politicians, etc etc
No, no, it’s ok that they’re on the white nationalist site with an on-demand CSAM generator because *they’ve blocked those parts and are pretending they aren’t there*
They’re upset at *other* people noticing that they’re still in the Nazi CSAM bar. They have a blindfold on! Can’t you see that!?
They’re upset at *other* people noticing that they’re still in the Nazi CSAM bar. They have a blindfold on! Can’t you see that!?
how the fuck can any journalist remain on this fucking website.
January 4, 2026 at 8:34 PM
And universities, museums, government departments, politicians, etc etc
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RNZ posted a write-up this morning on MMH going a little bit into the samples and the alleged motives behind the breach.
I supplied the top photo for it 🤓
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
I supplied the top photo for it 🤓
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
ManageMyHealth breach: Patients at risk of identity theft, extortion - experts
The hackers say they will leak more than 400,000 files if a ransom isn't paid, in what an expert says is "the worst data breach that I recall seeing in New Zealand".
www.rnz.co.nz
January 4, 2026 at 7:29 PM
RNZ posted a write-up this morning on MMH going a little bit into the samples and the alleged motives behind the breach.
I supplied the top photo for it 🤓
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
I supplied the top photo for it 🤓
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Manage My Health continues to be a case study in how not to handle a security breach.
For example, the lack of direct comms with users of the platform (still), and a number of exploitable issues that can be checked with basic tools still not fixed.
For example, the lack of direct comms with users of the platform (still), and a number of exploitable issues that can be checked with basic tools still not fixed.
January 4, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Manage My Health continues to be a case study in how not to handle a security breach.
For example, the lack of direct comms with users of the platform (still), and a number of exploitable issues that can be checked with basic tools still not fixed.
For example, the lack of direct comms with users of the platform (still), and a number of exploitable issues that can be checked with basic tools still not fixed.
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Stay safe out there. There are indications we may be entering another wave. We have resources on our website about staying safe but also what to do if you do test positive: covidaction.nz/en/resources
January 3, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Stay safe out there. There are indications we may be entering another wave. We have resources on our website about staying safe but also what to do if you do test positive: covidaction.nz/en/resources
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And the article only briefly mentions the most outrageous part- there’s no plans to hire the appropriate specialists in Wellington for the next 4-6 years
Health NZ has spent $26,000 sending North Island patients south for complex gynaecological cancer surgery, after the Wellington service collapsed.
#nzpol
#nzpol
Health NZ paying thousands to fly gynae cancer patients south
Health NZ has spent $26,000 flying North Island patients to Christchurch for complex gynaecological cancer surgery, after the Wellington service collapsed.
www.thepost.co.nz
January 3, 2026 at 1:15 AM
And the article only briefly mentions the most outrageous part- there’s no plans to hire the appropriate specialists in Wellington for the next 4-6 years
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We will require age verification for internet use under the guise of protecting children but watch this and the csam just slide right on by.
NEW: People are using Elon Musk's chatbot, Grok, to alter images to depict real women being sexually abused, humiliated, hurt, and even killed.
futurism.com/future-socie...
futurism.com/future-socie...
Grok Is Being Used to Depict Horrific Violence Against Real Women
People are asking Elon Musk's Grok chatbot to alter images to depict women being sexually abused, humiliated, and even killed.
futurism.com
January 2, 2026 at 8:27 PM
We will require age verification for internet use under the guise of protecting children but watch this and the csam just slide right on by.
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other people should do this too. if wedd wants the internet to be safer for kids, she has to explain what she plans to do about *companies* producing and disseminating child pornography and nonconsensual deepfakes *while her party leaders enthusiastically use that platform*.
ruining catherine wedd's holidays by asking her what her member's bill about banning social media will do about social media *operators* like elon musk producing and distributing childporn and non-consensual deepfakes.
January 2, 2026 at 8:07 PM
other people should do this too. if wedd wants the internet to be safer for kids, she has to explain what she plans to do about *companies* producing and disseminating child pornography and nonconsensual deepfakes *while her party leaders enthusiastically use that platform*.
WANT #NZ
If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
January 2, 2026 at 4:36 AM
WANT #NZ
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Once again CoC Ministers have 0 idea why people are concerned (or are gaslighting us by deflecting)
Patient privacy is the main issue here little Simeon. Not fukn "clinical impact"
#nzpol
Patient privacy is the main issue here little Simeon. Not fukn "clinical impact"
#nzpol
ManageMyHealth data breach concerning, but no clinical impact - Health Minister
Simeon Brown says government agencies are working with ManageMyHealth to fully understand the scope of the breach and to protect the privacy of patients.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 1, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Once again CoC Ministers have 0 idea why people are concerned (or are gaslighting us by deflecting)
Patient privacy is the main issue here little Simeon. Not fukn "clinical impact"
#nzpol
Patient privacy is the main issue here little Simeon. Not fukn "clinical impact"
#nzpol