Peter Sime
petesi.me
Peter Sime
@petesi.me
Left leaning 40-something in Dunedin | Ōtepoti NZ. Enemy of infinite scrolling and short form video. I like making pictures.

He/him

Blog: https://petesi.me
I don't think I have it in me to be like that to family.
January 1, 2026 at 3:57 AM
"Yes, dad, you can have multiple email addresses..."
January 1, 2026 at 3:24 AM
"For, in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal."

John F. Kennedy, Commencement Address at American University, 10 June 1963

www.jfklibrary.org/archives/oth...
December 29, 2025 at 11:45 AM
So this is part of a programme of work that began in December 2024 and planned for nearly 100 days without services until the end of January next year. The article below from a year ago outlined the schedule. But still, what a shit show.

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-...
Auckland rail shutdown begins: What you need to know
Auckland's railway lines will have no trains operating on them for the next 32 days.
www.nzherald.co.nz
December 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
It's very likely we already have Tempora-style mass data collection in place given the narrow chokepoints our submarine cables have on communications. But watch out for efforts against encryption such as chat control, digital IDs and outlawing VPNs beyond age-gating social media in 2026.

#nzpol
December 26, 2025 at 11:08 PM
December 24, 2025 at 1:21 AM