Zooey Neumann
@zoomoo.bsky.social
Lost in the woods. Still hopeful 💚 Greenie, West Aucklander, immigrant
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I must prove to them that their own inner voice — the one we’re honing all semester — is more trustworthy than AI.
It’s a project of connecting students w/ their own humanity. Building & trusting their own muscles to run & dance when hopping in the AI golf cart seems not just easier, but *smarter.*
It’s a project of connecting students w/ their own humanity. Building & trusting their own muscles to run & dance when hopping in the AI golf cart seems not just easier, but *smarter.*
November 13, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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Not sure I want to order a Christmas food box this year, but I would be keen for just the sachets and sauces! Hm...
November 12, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Not sure I want to order a Christmas food box this year, but I would be keen for just the sachets and sauces! Hm...
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To me, this is one of the key aspects of generative AI's broader environmental, social and climate harm: it cannot exist in an efficient, lean and narrowly applied way.
It only ever looks like it "works" when it's brute-forced: just like Bitcoin. The harm is baked into its characteristics.
It only ever looks like it "works" when it's brute-forced: just like Bitcoin. The harm is baked into its characteristics.
Artificial Intelligence Wants to Sell You Stuff While the World Burns
Meta is betting on generative AI for a new generation of aggressive advertising. It requires immense energy, much of which will likely come from fossil fuels.
newrepublic.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
To me, this is one of the key aspects of generative AI's broader environmental, social and climate harm: it cannot exist in an efficient, lean and narrowly applied way.
It only ever looks like it "works" when it's brute-forced: just like Bitcoin. The harm is baked into its characteristics.
It only ever looks like it "works" when it's brute-forced: just like Bitcoin. The harm is baked into its characteristics.
This!!!
At what point do we publicly accept that NZ is deeply corrupt and the only reason why we don’t have a culture of direct payoffs and bribery (that we cite as the evidence for us not being corrupt) is because it’s not needed? The boys club gets what it wants through people playing their social roles.
November 11, 2025 at 5:38 AM
This!!!
NW busway consultations!
Really recommend going to one of the Busway consultation events. The staff are really friendly and patiently discussed all my very many objections!!
Really recommend going to one of the Busway consultation events. The staff are really friendly and patiently discussed all my very many objections!!
November 10, 2025 at 7:35 AM
NW busway consultations!
Really recommend going to one of the Busway consultation events. The staff are really friendly and patiently discussed all my very many objections!!
Really recommend going to one of the Busway consultation events. The staff are really friendly and patiently discussed all my very many objections!!
This is the way!
And their attitude - smash stuff under urgency, because we won't be in charge anymore - just highlights the need for an #OmnibusRepealBill to undo the damage.
Nothing this illegitimate regime has done can be allowed to stand. Revert it all on day one.
Nothing this illegitimate regime has done can be allowed to stand. Revert it all on day one.
November 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This is the way!
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"Children have been robbed of childhood by cars"
Tech companies have plenty of bad ideas they say will improve transportation — but the car remains a menace.
@brooklynspoke.bsky.social and @sgoodyear.bsky.social join @parismarx.com to discuss the many ways cars harm society and why that must change.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/301_...
@brooklynspoke.bsky.social and @sgoodyear.bsky.social join @parismarx.com to discuss the many ways cars harm society and why that must change.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/301_...
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
"Children have been robbed of childhood by cars"
I think most people don't know this. Yes, we have more renewable, but fossil fuel use is still growing every year 🫠
It's now clear that Ed Miliband, bizarrely thinks we can "beat" climate change with more renewables. Renewables can be part of a solution, but it must involve phasing out fossil fuels, and general system change. Fossil fuel use is growing, despite renewables.
4/
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November 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I think most people don't know this. Yes, we have more renewable, but fossil fuel use is still growing every year 🫠
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10. The freedoms we take for granted – political, economic, sexual, individual - were won through a combination of extraordinary struggle and extraordinary luck. There’s nothing “natural” or inevitable about them. They are in fact highly anomalous. And we won’t know what we’ve lost till it’s gone.
November 7, 2025 at 6:42 AM
10. The freedoms we take for granted – political, economic, sexual, individual - were won through a combination of extraordinary struggle and extraordinary luck. There’s nothing “natural” or inevitable about them. They are in fact highly anomalous. And we won’t know what we’ve lost till it’s gone.
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The most devastating of all the terrible things the coalition does, is its climate change denialism. Our government is totally in thrall to farmers and extractive businesses.
#nzpol
#nzpol
At every turn, the Government has opted for whatever would actually lead to more pollution and a warmer world – even if it costs more, jeopardises NZ’s reputation, overturns a campaign promise or clashes with the Government’s other priorities.
The long retreat:
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/g...
The long retreat:
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/g...
Govt's climate strategy: Let it burn
Comment: The Government has relentlessly pursued policies that boost climate pollution – even if they cost more or jeopardise NZ's reputation, Marc Daalder writes
newsroom.co.nz
November 7, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The most devastating of all the terrible things the coalition does, is its climate change denialism. Our government is totally in thrall to farmers and extractive businesses.
#nzpol
#nzpol
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REMINDER: A socialist act by a New Yorker was a major reason why polio was eliminated in the US.
November 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
REMINDER: A socialist act by a New Yorker was a major reason why polio was eliminated in the US.
Criminals. Vandals.
The Govt quietly announced a loosening of climate rules at 8pm last night:
- Decoupling the ETS from Paris
- Shifting ETS resets to every 2 years
- Delaying the public sector target by 25 years
- Removing CCC advice from *before* emission reductions plans:
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
- Decoupling the ETS from Paris
- Shifting ETS resets to every 2 years
- Delaying the public sector target by 25 years
- Removing CCC advice from *before* emission reductions plans:
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Government quietly loosens climate rules
An announcement at 8pm on Tuesday saw the Government delinking the ETS from the Paris Agreement and extending another emissions deadline by 25 years.
www.thepost.co.nz
November 5, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Criminals. Vandals.
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There’s a third:
The Greens suggested it so we will disregard it as nonsensical without reading the detail. #nzpol
The Greens suggested it so we will disregard it as nonsensical without reading the detail. #nzpol
One of my favourite things about NZ politics is there's only two possible categories for ideas:
It'll never work here
&
We can definitely make it work despite it failing elsewhere
#nzpol
It'll never work here
&
We can definitely make it work despite it failing elsewhere
#nzpol
November 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
There’s a third:
The Greens suggested it so we will disregard it as nonsensical without reading the detail. #nzpol
The Greens suggested it so we will disregard it as nonsensical without reading the detail. #nzpol
!!!!!
Natural conclusion: the police - the people responsible for enforcing the law - defrauded the government of millions of dollars by faking tests and lying about how many they'd done.
October 31, 2025 at 4:49 AM
!!!!!
Gah, read and weep :(
I'm reading the new Social Sciences curriculum content and I wasn't prepared for how sad I would feel. We spent thousands of hours working with the previous iteration and the NZ history content and all that enthusiasm and excitement was just killed for something so bad.
October 29, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Gah, read and weep :(
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6 AM Tuesday morning #HurricaneMelissa approaches Jamaica. Horrifying next 24 hours
says Dr. Shepherd. Pray. Been at this a long-time one of the most horrific, well-formed hurricanes I have ever seen. 175 mph winds and a direct landfall looming
says Dr. Shepherd. Pray. Been at this a long-time one of the most horrific, well-formed hurricanes I have ever seen. 175 mph winds and a direct landfall looming
October 28, 2025 at 10:09 AM
6 AM Tuesday morning #HurricaneMelissa approaches Jamaica. Horrifying next 24 hours
says Dr. Shepherd. Pray. Been at this a long-time one of the most horrific, well-formed hurricanes I have ever seen. 175 mph winds and a direct landfall looming
says Dr. Shepherd. Pray. Been at this a long-time one of the most horrific, well-formed hurricanes I have ever seen. 175 mph winds and a direct landfall looming
Great speech by @abelsteve.bsky.social
10 mins - well worth a watch! Talking about what matters.
www.teaonews.co.nz/video/2025/1...
10 mins - well worth a watch! Talking about what matters.
www.teaonews.co.nz/video/2025/1...
Steve Abel: Full Speech – Third Reading of the MACA Amendment Bill
The latest local, national and international stories from Te Ao Māori News.
www.teaonews.co.nz
October 23, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Great speech by @abelsteve.bsky.social
10 mins - well worth a watch! Talking about what matters.
www.teaonews.co.nz/video/2025/1...
10 mins - well worth a watch! Talking about what matters.
www.teaonews.co.nz/video/2025/1...
Let's keep an eye out on venues and get in touch. Last time she was booked to speak at West Auckland's Trusts Stadium. I think I still have a draft letter somewhere!
Meanwhile, in New Zealand: Conservative US commentator Candace Owens granted NZ visa after government intervention www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
October 15, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Let's keep an eye out on venues and get in touch. Last time she was booked to speak at West Auckland's Trusts Stadium. I think I still have a draft letter somewhere!
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This fascination with "Māori" parliamentary politics reveals how limited mainstream analysis is. Te Pāti Māori is one tactical engagement with one part of the Crown's apparatus, not the centre of Māori political life.
October 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This fascination with "Māori" parliamentary politics reveals how limited mainstream analysis is. Te Pāti Māori is one tactical engagement with one part of the Crown's apparatus, not the centre of Māori political life.
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So far TODAY Israel has:
- bombed Gaza City
- bombed Khan Younis
- shot and killed five Palestinians in Gaza City
- refused to open the Rafah border crossing
- announced they would once more block aid
This is what a "ceasefire" with Israel looks like. This is what it has always looked like.
- bombed Gaza City
- bombed Khan Younis
- shot and killed five Palestinians in Gaza City
- refused to open the Rafah border crossing
- announced they would once more block aid
This is what a "ceasefire" with Israel looks like. This is what it has always looked like.
October 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
So far TODAY Israel has:
- bombed Gaza City
- bombed Khan Younis
- shot and killed five Palestinians in Gaza City
- refused to open the Rafah border crossing
- announced they would once more block aid
This is what a "ceasefire" with Israel looks like. This is what it has always looked like.
- bombed Gaza City
- bombed Khan Younis
- shot and killed five Palestinians in Gaza City
- refused to open the Rafah border crossing
- announced they would once more block aid
This is what a "ceasefire" with Israel looks like. This is what it has always looked like.
Exactly. No more private companies running elections!
… give it to the electoral commission, have it run like a general election, look at online options, more education and tools for councils and candidates, much better and more media coverage, a uniform voting method and some better accountability tools for candidates.
October 12, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Exactly. No more private companies running elections!
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The audacity to say this when C&R councillors voted AGAINST making voting in person... the hypocrisy and misinformation is off the charts!!
So VOTE if you haven't already, and tell your friends and family to vote if you have voted!
And vote for progressives who actually want to make things better!
So VOTE if you haven't already, and tell your friends and family to vote if you have voted!
And vote for progressives who actually want to make things better!
October 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The audacity to say this when C&R councillors voted AGAINST making voting in person... the hypocrisy and misinformation is off the charts!!
So VOTE if you haven't already, and tell your friends and family to vote if you have voted!
And vote for progressives who actually want to make things better!
So VOTE if you haven't already, and tell your friends and family to vote if you have voted!
And vote for progressives who actually want to make things better!
Listen to Pepper. Last day today and tomorrow morning 💚
Hi if you’re in NZ I HOPE YOU VOTED IN YOUR LOCAL ELECTIONS OTHERWISE UR A JERK
October 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Listen to Pepper. Last day today and tomorrow morning 💚
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If Winston truly believes Chlöe is responsible for his broken window then logically it follows that he must be accepting personal responsibility for every single death threat made to Benjamin Doyle and their whanau.
October 9, 2025 at 5:43 AM
If Winston truly believes Chlöe is responsible for his broken window then logically it follows that he must be accepting personal responsibility for every single death threat made to Benjamin Doyle and their whanau.