Jono
@jonocarpenter.bsky.social
Archaeology, banjos, Taitokerau, preschoolers and teens, lack of executive function, second chances, mental exhaustion, well-toasted bread, banjos. Not the real-life Indiana Jones, more a dwarfish sort of Evelyn O'Connell
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Jono
@jonocarpenter.bsky.social
· Sep 18
Hi to new followers. I am Jono, a 48 year old consultant archaeologist/para-historian in Taitokerau, northern Aotearoa-New Zealand. Once divorced father of three boys 17, 13, 4, partner to Dr Marine Biologist who is now retraining in MRI. Owns four banjos. Lives by the beach. Grumpy old socialist.
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Kindness over cruelty. Donated and sharing,,, cuz sharing is caring,!!
www.youthfocus.org/future-of-ms...
www.youthfocus.org/future-of-ms...
November 30, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Kindness over cruelty. Donated and sharing,,, cuz sharing is caring,!!
www.youthfocus.org/future-of-ms...
www.youthfocus.org/future-of-ms...
Ran over to return a football to my kids game. Old, fat but supportive, feeling like a badass.
Grabbed ball, bending from the waist like a spry 35 year old, feeling like a sportstar.
Sunglasses fell off before coming up, reached out, overbalanced, fell over int the mud, feeling like myself again.
Grabbed ball, bending from the waist like a spry 35 year old, feeling like a sportstar.
Sunglasses fell off before coming up, reached out, overbalanced, fell over int the mud, feeling like myself again.
Picked up two lengths of PVC pipe at Home Depot and weighed them like swords, feeling like a badass.
Picked out fittings and mentally engineered the prop I was going to make with it all, feeling like a genius.
Watched every individual part fall to the ground at checkout, feeling like myself again.
Picked out fittings and mentally engineered the prop I was going to make with it all, feeling like a genius.
Watched every individual part fall to the ground at checkout, feeling like myself again.
November 30, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Ran over to return a football to my kids game. Old, fat but supportive, feeling like a badass.
Grabbed ball, bending from the waist like a spry 35 year old, feeling like a sportstar.
Sunglasses fell off before coming up, reached out, overbalanced, fell over int the mud, feeling like myself again.
Grabbed ball, bending from the waist like a spry 35 year old, feeling like a sportstar.
Sunglasses fell off before coming up, reached out, overbalanced, fell over int the mud, feeling like myself again.
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Taiwanese ambassador to Finland performs with his metal band at Taiwan-Finland cultural event! 🤘✊️
That's what I call great ambassador
That's what I call great ambassador
November 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Taiwanese ambassador to Finland performs with his metal band at Taiwan-Finland cultural event! 🤘✊️
That's what I call great ambassador
That's what I call great ambassador
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I think a lot of modern economics can be understood by the way companies who have sold loved and trusted chips / crisps for generations keep trying "NEW FLAVOURS".
We get it. But, the truth is, we like your old stuff better than your new stuff.
We get it. But, the truth is, we like your old stuff better than your new stuff.
November 29, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I think a lot of modern economics can be understood by the way companies who have sold loved and trusted chips / crisps for generations keep trying "NEW FLAVOURS".
We get it. But, the truth is, we like your old stuff better than your new stuff.
We get it. But, the truth is, we like your old stuff better than your new stuff.
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many parts working together to make forward progress.
it'd be lost on that guy.
it'd be lost on that guy.
November 29, 2025 at 12:23 AM
many parts working together to make forward progress.
it'd be lost on that guy.
it'd be lost on that guy.
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How many of us have had that conversation… telling someone that they have a disease that will progressively cause cognitive decline? Or loss of mobility?
The fear and sadness this provokes?
That’s why I’m gentle with “the masses” wrt C19.
The fear and sadness this provokes?
That’s why I’m gentle with “the masses” wrt C19.
November 28, 2025 at 1:44 AM
How many of us have had that conversation… telling someone that they have a disease that will progressively cause cognitive decline? Or loss of mobility?
The fear and sadness this provokes?
That’s why I’m gentle with “the masses” wrt C19.
The fear and sadness this provokes?
That’s why I’m gentle with “the masses” wrt C19.
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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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"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."
Justice Committee recommends passing Electoral Amendment Bill with some amendments - https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/580237/justice-committee-recommends-passing-electoral-amendment-bill-with-some-amendments - Details and more news at: https://nzccl.org.nz/news
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 3:58 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."
Vintage kitchen gear/material culture/old Aotearoa NZ stuff Bluesky, any ideas on manufacturer for this gas-fired plate/food warmer?
November 28, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Vintage kitchen gear/material culture/old Aotearoa NZ stuff Bluesky, any ideas on manufacturer for this gas-fired plate/food warmer?
Not many toots foe the Dire Emergency/NZPFU protest in Whangarei on a busy Black Friday.
The branding isn't particularly clear sorry guys, only only a couple of protests were in obvious fire fighting gear.
I thought it was Destiny-OneNz associated first due to the black and yellow.
The branding isn't particularly clear sorry guys, only only a couple of protests were in obvious fire fighting gear.
I thought it was Destiny-OneNz associated first due to the black and yellow.
November 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Not many toots foe the Dire Emergency/NZPFU protest in Whangarei on a busy Black Friday.
The branding isn't particularly clear sorry guys, only only a couple of protests were in obvious fire fighting gear.
I thought it was Destiny-OneNz associated first due to the black and yellow.
The branding isn't particularly clear sorry guys, only only a couple of protests were in obvious fire fighting gear.
I thought it was Destiny-OneNz associated first due to the black and yellow.
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Whoah!
Hamilton Boys High came through.
Kirikiriroa's equivalent of AKL Grammar/Chch Boys etc.
Surprising and welcome.
Times have definitely moved on - this certainly wouldn't have happened during Hassall's reign.
This useless racist Govt is being absolutely CANED on this.
Hamilton Boys High came through.
Kirikiriroa's equivalent of AKL Grammar/Chch Boys etc.
Surprising and welcome.
Times have definitely moved on - this certainly wouldn't have happened during Hassall's reign.
This useless racist Govt is being absolutely CANED on this.
November 27, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Whoah!
Hamilton Boys High came through.
Kirikiriroa's equivalent of AKL Grammar/Chch Boys etc.
Surprising and welcome.
Times have definitely moved on - this certainly wouldn't have happened during Hassall's reign.
This useless racist Govt is being absolutely CANED on this.
Hamilton Boys High came through.
Kirikiriroa's equivalent of AKL Grammar/Chch Boys etc.
Surprising and welcome.
Times have definitely moved on - this certainly wouldn't have happened during Hassall's reign.
This useless racist Govt is being absolutely CANED on this.
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In a world filled with bad news, remember today that good happens unseen every day everywhere.
For instance, each Thanksgiving morning, this group of local families comes to the green in Hartford near our house to serve breakfast to the needy. No publicity. No hype. Just good.
For instance, each Thanksgiving morning, this group of local families comes to the green in Hartford near our house to serve breakfast to the needy. No publicity. No hype. Just good.
November 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM
In a world filled with bad news, remember today that good happens unseen every day everywhere.
For instance, each Thanksgiving morning, this group of local families comes to the green in Hartford near our house to serve breakfast to the needy. No publicity. No hype. Just good.
For instance, each Thanksgiving morning, this group of local families comes to the green in Hartford near our house to serve breakfast to the needy. No publicity. No hype. Just good.
My wife (love!) opens packets like a crazy wild animal.
She doesn't rip from the seam, snip a corner, or run a knife along the top.
She tears in from the side, like a beast of the forest, leaving a gaping, jagged hole.
Woe betide, anyone pouring cereal unawares. Especially fucking rice bubbles.
She doesn't rip from the seam, snip a corner, or run a knife along the top.
She tears in from the side, like a beast of the forest, leaving a gaping, jagged hole.
Woe betide, anyone pouring cereal unawares. Especially fucking rice bubbles.
November 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
My wife (love!) opens packets like a crazy wild animal.
She doesn't rip from the seam, snip a corner, or run a knife along the top.
She tears in from the side, like a beast of the forest, leaving a gaping, jagged hole.
Woe betide, anyone pouring cereal unawares. Especially fucking rice bubbles.
She doesn't rip from the seam, snip a corner, or run a knife along the top.
She tears in from the side, like a beast of the forest, leaving a gaping, jagged hole.
Woe betide, anyone pouring cereal unawares. Especially fucking rice bubbles.
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I feel you, ancient Mongolian ceramic hedgehog. I feel you.
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I feel you, ancient Mongolian ceramic hedgehog. I feel you.
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I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
You'll be visited by 3 spirits.
November 27, 2025 at 9:36 AM
You'll be visited by 3 spirits.
I feel this.
Like, literally, in my wrists. Hand physio booked for wednesday.
Stupid boxes of books.
Like, literally, in my wrists. Hand physio booked for wednesday.
Stupid boxes of books.
the vast majority of books and book collections are of negative market value (unsellable, an economic burden to their owner to move or even maintain)
this is normal; endless appreciation and the expectation of profit in the possession of physical things is not normal
this is normal; endless appreciation and the expectation of profit in the possession of physical things is not normal
November 27, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I feel this.
Like, literally, in my wrists. Hand physio booked for wednesday.
Stupid boxes of books.
Like, literally, in my wrists. Hand physio booked for wednesday.
Stupid boxes of books.
Oh, I am taking this baked-looking mofo and his drunk-ass friend home for my office.
...leftovers from the playcentre garage sale...sweeeeeet.
...leftovers from the playcentre garage sale...sweeeeeet.
November 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Oh, I am taking this baked-looking mofo and his drunk-ass friend home for my office.
...leftovers from the playcentre garage sale...sweeeeeet.
...leftovers from the playcentre garage sale...sweeeeeet.
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Today on Volts: I've had more requests to cover this than almost any other topic in the pod's history, so now, at long last, balcony solar! We dig into how "plug-in solar" took off in Europe & how it's making its way to the US, starting in Utah. Backyard DIY types rejoice!
What's the deal with balcony solar?
Cora Stryker joins me to explain how "plug-in" solar took Europe by storm and is finally, via Utah (?), making its way to America.
www.volts.wtf
November 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Today on Volts: I've had more requests to cover this than almost any other topic in the pod's history, so now, at long last, balcony solar! We dig into how "plug-in solar" took off in Europe & how it's making its way to the US, starting in Utah. Backyard DIY types rejoice!
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Vaccinating all kids works
November 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Vaccinating all kids works
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NEW: ICE has torn up its $180M cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program and is now guaranteeing private surveillance firms at least $7.5M each, with potential payouts reaching $281M per vendor. The change signals a shift from “pilot” to full-scale outsourcing of street-level investigative work.
ICE Offers Up to $280 Million to Immigrant-Tracking ‘Bounty Hunter’ Firms
Immigration and Customs Enforcement lifted a $180 million cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program while guaranteeing multimillion-dollar payouts for private surveillance firms.
www.wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
NEW: ICE has torn up its $180M cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program and is now guaranteeing private surveillance firms at least $7.5M each, with potential payouts reaching $281M per vendor. The change signals a shift from “pilot” to full-scale outsourcing of street-level investigative work.
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When the Ministry cannot explain how a foreign company won a national contract to hold the learning data of every child in Aotearoa, it is not an administrative inconvenience.
It is a breach of trust.
It is a breach of trust.
Tears Weren’t About the Fight
by ELVOn the way home, I cried.Tears stung the unhealed cold sore on my lip,and the aircon dried them hard against my chin.I didn’t cry because I was exhausted from breaking up a fight before morning ...
www.engaginglearningvoices.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:13 AM
When the Ministry cannot explain how a foreign company won a national contract to hold the learning data of every child in Aotearoa, it is not an administrative inconvenience.
It is a breach of trust.
It is a breach of trust.
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What the hell is going on with the new New Zealand school curriculum, and what does it have to do with the Atlas Network? (No, really!)
A thread:
#nzpol #kikorangi
A thread:
#nzpol #kikorangi
November 26, 2025 at 4:16 AM
What the hell is going on with the new New Zealand school curriculum, and what does it have to do with the Atlas Network? (No, really!)
A thread:
#nzpol #kikorangi
A thread:
#nzpol #kikorangi
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I beg of my fellow attorneys, trust yourselves. You’re trained to do legal research. You shouldn’t be using AI summaries but if you do, and get a case summary that sounds suspiciously on point and not only sounds like the exact question you asked the LLM, but is the answer you want, double check!
November 26, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I beg of my fellow attorneys, trust yourselves. You’re trained to do legal research. You shouldn’t be using AI summaries but if you do, and get a case summary that sounds suspiciously on point and not only sounds like the exact question you asked the LLM, but is the answer you want, double check!
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