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badfishnz.bsky.social @badfishnz.bsky.social · 1h

Can anyone recommend a trusted sleepover-in-our-home pet sitter in west Auckland? Our amazing sitter has moved away and I’ve had no luck finding a regular replacement. I’ve tried Pawshake and they’re great but would prefer consistency. 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🇳🇿

Two black cats sitting on a windowsill watching the rain outside. Ozzy (left) will love bomb when he’s hungry and then disappear; Tui (right) is timid but once he gets to know you he’ll be a cuddly limpet.

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JP Spencer @jpspencer.bsky.social · 2h

The map below shows how far behind France and Germany we are in mass transit. In France, every place with over 150,000 people has some form of tram or metro.

But if mayoral areas can 'become builders' as @tracybrabinmayorwy.bsky.social puts it in the foreword, we can turn this around.

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The UK has very few mass transit systems compared to peers

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Wisdom of r/religion @reddit-religion.bsky.social · 7h

r/religion
Is the dead sea a result of soddom and gamorah
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SendThisVoidAway18 • 1d
Agnostic
No
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rinel521 OP • 1d
elaborate
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SendThisVoidAway18 • 1d
Agnostic
No

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 23h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Toby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 2h

Japan at the vanguard of so many (genuine) first world problems. Always worth following how it deals with them. on.ft.com/4oeQJ5O

Japan has an ‘enshortification’ problem

An ageing workforce is affecting all sorts of professions

on.ft.com

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Catherine McKenzie @catherinejmckenzie.bsky.social · 6h

Jeepers Wellington, giddy up! Only 27.52% have voted. You've only got two days left.

wellington.scoop.co.nz?p=174681

With two days to go, only 27.52% have voted in WCC elections

Latest voting figures for Wellington show that 44,397 people have voted so far, representing 27.52 per cent of eligible voters. This compares with 24.

wellington.scoop.co.nz

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Juha Saarinen @juha.bsky.social · 7h

Europe's war on encryption continues, but the "Chat Control" device scanning measure looks set to fail. www.interest.co.nz/technology/1...

Europe’s war on encryption continues

The encryption breaking and privacy busting "Chat Control" device scanning measure looks set to fail in EU, after Germany opposed it

www.interest.co.nz

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Juha Saarinen @juha.bsky.social · 13h

Good point.

Juha Saarinen @juha.bsky.social · 13h

$170m promised for EV chargers yet to materialise newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/24/1...

$170m promised for EV chargers yet to materialise

The National Party promised to "supercharge" electric vehicle infrastructure but critics say it’s more of a trickle.

newsroom.co.nz

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 22h

😂

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Tory Whanau @misswhanau.bsky.social · 14h

Just got sent this from an article by Bryce Edwards. This is completely false, and he never once fact-checked it with me. My campaign was run by me and my small volunteer team. Comments like this reflect a tired mindset that assumes women can’t succeed in politics without a man pulling the strings.

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concerns about transparency and public trust.
The Anatomy of influence - A Wellington case study
Many of the powerful vested interests behind local politicians are barely acknowledged. For example, how many Wellington voters knew that the current Mayor of Wellington, Tory Whanau, had her successful 2022 campaign essentially run by corporate lobbyist Neale Jones?
Jones co-owns and operates the Capital Government Relations firm with fellow political commentator Ben Thomas. The firm is the epitome of the "revolving door"

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Juha Saarinen @juha.bsky.social · 1d

www.itnews.com.au/news/actor-a... Not sure that I am, but it's fascinating software for sure.

Actor auth tokens gave Global Admin access across Azure Entra ID tenants

Legacy authentication bypassed modern security controls and logging.

www.itnews.com.au

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Juha Saarinen @juha.bsky.social · 1d

The Reserve Bank slashes the Official Cash Rate to 2.50% to bolster faith in an economic recovery that seems to have stalled over the past six months www.interest.co.nz/economy/1355...

RBNZ opts for JUMBO cut to resurrect recovery

The Reserve Bank slashed the Official Cash Rate to 2.50% to bolster faith in an economic recovery that seems to have stalled over the past six months

www.interest.co.nz

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Juha Saarinen @juha.bsky.social · 1d

Eww, you said AD.

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Juha Saarinen @juha.bsky.social · 1d

Microsoft to kill local account workarounds in Windows 11 preview builds www.itnews.com.au/news/microso... This is both good and potentially annoying. Imagine there are still some ways around it though.

Microsoft to kill local account workarounds in Windows 11 preview builds

Internet connection and Microsoft account required.

www.itnews.com.au

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 2d

Right. Apologies for the delay. Really didn’t expect so much interest in a grumpy little Welsh owl so thank you for all the kind words - I’ve loved reading some of your own rescue stories.

Lots of you had rehab-related questions so thought I’d tackle the big ones here in one looong thread… 🧵

Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 4d

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

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Juha Saarinen @juha.bsky.social · 1d

A Powerhouse Writer Found One Word to Change the Debate About Tech www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/b...

A Powerhouse Writer Found One Word to Change the Debate About Tech

www.nytimes.com

Juha Saarinen @juha.bsky.social · 2d

I am very fond of owls.

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 4d

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

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Tea Junkie @teajunkie.bsky.social · 2d

"And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it ‘the future,’ AI is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be re-consumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line".
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda hits out at AI-generated videos of her dead father: ‘stop doing this to him’

Film-maker tells the public to stop sending her videos, saying: ‘You’re not making art, you’re making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings’

www.theguardian.com

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Keith Alexander @keithalexander.bsky.social · 2d

“We must stop expecting carbon offsetting to work at scale. […] We have assessed 25 years of evidence and almost everything up until this point has failed.”

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says

Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

www.theguardian.com

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Juha Saarinen @juha.bsky.social · 2d

Nobel prize awarded for discovery of immune system’s ‘security guards’
theconversation.com/nobel-prize-...

Nobel prize awarded for discovery of immune system’s ‘security guards’

The discovery of cells that prevent the immune system from hurting the body is paving the way for new treatments for autoimmune diseases and cancer.

theconversation.com

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Juha Saarinen @juha.bsky.social · 2d

LinkedIn sues alleged data scrapers that use millions of fake site accounts www.itnews.com.au/news/linkedi...

LinkedIn sues alleged data scrapers that use millions of fake site accounts

Placing "unreasonable load" on servers.

www.itnews.com.au

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Juha Saarinen @juha.bsky.social · 2d

Mike Lee was doing battle with his fancy election poster thing in Grey Lynn yesterday. #nzpol

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 3d

Dumb Britain, in every issue of the mag, collates the best real answers given on real quiz shows, by real contestants.

Walsh: Truss at 10: How Not to Be Prime Minister is a book about which female prime minister?
Contestant: Margaret Thatcher.

From the new Private Eye, out now.

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