Ake (not a kererū .... yet)
@tenamu.bsky.social
Nō Maꞌuke mai au. E noꞌo ana au ki Aotearoa ē ꞌAvaiki Nui. Linguist, kaiako reo, musician. Worried about a certain species of primate.
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There was no "get a smartphone or you'll be left behind" marketing, because smartphones are actually useful.
If your invention is good, you don't have to use that kind of pressure to market it.
If your invention is good, you don't have to use that kind of pressure to market it.
It's like all of these hucksters and charlatans aren't actually technologists.
You don't have to threaten people to adopt a technology. If you do, it's worthless. You don't have to say "OH NO. YOU'LL BE LEFT BEHIND!"
It's all a con. People looking to make a ton of money and get out fast.
You don't have to threaten people to adopt a technology. If you do, it's worthless. You don't have to say "OH NO. YOU'LL BE LEFT BEHIND!"
It's all a con. People looking to make a ton of money and get out fast.
December 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
There was no "get a smartphone or you'll be left behind" marketing, because smartphones are actually useful.
If your invention is good, you don't have to use that kind of pressure to market it.
If your invention is good, you don't have to use that kind of pressure to market it.
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I’ve been asking people “is the water here safe to drink” when I travel my whole life. Only here in NZ have people been SUPER INDIGNANT at the question.
Y’all are fools to think that having a poorly regulated agricultural industry can coexist with drinkable water.
Y’all are fools to think that having a poorly regulated agricultural industry can coexist with drinkable water.
Holiday makers warned to check destination water is safe to drink
Holiday makers warned to check destination water is safe to drink
Water schemes for many small and rural communities lacked the same protections and treatment of systems for larger urban areas.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I’ve been asking people “is the water here safe to drink” when I travel my whole life. Only here in NZ have people been SUPER INDIGNANT at the question.
Y’all are fools to think that having a poorly regulated agricultural industry can coexist with drinkable water.
Y’all are fools to think that having a poorly regulated agricultural industry can coexist with drinkable water.
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I appreciate this graphic issued by the NZ Central Sikh Association in response to the Destiny racists for its inspiring message of anti-discrimination, mutual aid and unity across ethnic & faith communities, and also its subtle reminder that Sikhs are known badasses so why would you fuck with them.
![Poster featuring images of the Destiny Church members who disrupted the Sikh march on the weekend, Brian Tamaki, and historical & contemporary photos of Sikhs in the imperial and NZ military.
OUR RESPONSE AS THE NZ SIKH COMMUNITY
Sikh Community's contribution to New Zealand - 140 years of Service Defending New Zealand.
What [is] Brian Tamaki's Contribution to New Zealand?
HATE. DIVISION. FEAR.
[tick] Sikh soldiers fought alongside NZ forces in the World Wars who fought at Gallipoli, European fronts & Allied forces globally
[tick] Today, Sikhs proudly serve in the NZ Army, Air Forces & Police
SERVING HUMANITY
- 680,000+ people assisted with food parcels and community meals
- Supporting New Zealanders in times of need, crisis & hardship
BUILDING STRONG COMMUNITIES
- Standing for peace, equality and unity
- Serving all communities without discrimination
OUR IDENTITY
- Proud NZers & Proud Sikhs by Faith. We stand for love over hate, service over division, unity over fear.
UNITED COMMUNITIES OF AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND
1. Our wider Māori whānau and Christian communities proudly stand with the Sikh community.
2. Muslim, Hindu, Samoan, Chinese, Asian and all ethnic communities stand together.
SUPPORTING ONE ANOTHER AND BUILDING NEW ZEALAND TOGETHER
Issued by: NZ Central Sikh Association (nzcsa2022@gmail.com)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wdpjj5tlztbjxcematya2o5p/bafkreidux5y5skyocvhmuevwxnu4j37bfvsoooh52tgioq56c2a3mt6gx4@jpeg)
December 22, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I appreciate this graphic issued by the NZ Central Sikh Association in response to the Destiny racists for its inspiring message of anti-discrimination, mutual aid and unity across ethnic & faith communities, and also its subtle reminder that Sikhs are known badasses so why would you fuck with them.
Funny Little Perspex Window waiata featuring the view through a perspex window #originalmusictrcks
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YouTube video by Perspex Window Music
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December 20, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Funny Little Perspex Window waiata featuring the view through a perspex window #originalmusictrcks
youtube.com/shorts/A01ke...
youtube.com/shorts/A01ke...
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Well well well
Always nice to get a scientific poll to remind us that TalkBack radio and the Facebook comment section are not actually representative of public opinion
www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/pub...
www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/pub...
Public support for investing in urban cycleways outweighs opposition – National Survey | PHCC
While more New Zealanders support increasing investment in urban cycleways than oppose it, there remains a substantial proportion of people who are unsure or unengaged on this issue.
www.phcc.org.nz
December 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Well well well
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A non-existent paper attributed to Ben Williamson has already been cited 42 times.
It's like Scholarly Communication has been injected with misinformation bombs. Events are totally out of control. No one has a handle on its extent. And, there's no plan to stop it.
@benpatrickwill.bsky.social
It's like Scholarly Communication has been injected with misinformation bombs. Events are totally out of control. No one has a handle on its extent. And, there's no plan to stop it.
@benpatrickwill.bsky.social
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
December 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
A non-existent paper attributed to Ben Williamson has already been cited 42 times.
It's like Scholarly Communication has been injected with misinformation bombs. Events are totally out of control. No one has a handle on its extent. And, there's no plan to stop it.
@benpatrickwill.bsky.social
It's like Scholarly Communication has been injected with misinformation bombs. Events are totally out of control. No one has a handle on its extent. And, there's no plan to stop it.
@benpatrickwill.bsky.social
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Every day a fresh new reminder that the New Zealand justice system and its very well paid judges do not give one single shit about the victims of sexual offenders.
name suppression granted on fair-trial grounds, but the fair-trial grounds only exist because the accused's lawyer asked that there be multiple trials. Which seems very... tactical.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Prominent Northland businessman charged with sexual offending keeps name suppressed
The man has been charged with rape and other offences relating to multiple complainants.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 19, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Every day a fresh new reminder that the New Zealand justice system and its very well paid judges do not give one single shit about the victims of sexual offenders.
Lorries eh
In some places in NZ we have these concrete separators colloquially called “tim tams”, after the biscuit/cookie!
Spoiler alert: crappy drivers complain about them and damage their cars on them 🙄
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3607...
Spoiler alert: crappy drivers complain about them and damage their cars on them 🙄
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3607...
Not so sweet: Why ‘Tim Tams’ are testing drivers in this city
Concrete cycleway separators, nicknamed after the biscuits, are being blamed for delays and accidents.
www.stuff.co.nz
December 18, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Lorries eh
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Change my mind: "Prior good character" should *increase* the sentence in cases like this
He didn’t hand himself in ffs and it was was 10 years of offending. “While he (McSkimming) expressed remorse, the report writer said he centred the impact on himself and those close to him, and did not express contrition regarding the level of harm caused to the children in images” #nzpol
Jevon McSkimming avoids jail sentence over possession of child sexual exploitation material
The disgraced former top cop was sentenced to nine months' home detention and does not need to register on the child sex offending registry.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Change my mind: "Prior good character" should *increase* the sentence in cases like this
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top cop, ya know, the ones we rely on to protect our vulnerable, who confessed to being a paedophile, sentenced to 9 months home detention!
once again i find myself disgusted by how prominent white men are treated by the NZ justice system.
it's a fucking outrage!
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
once again i find myself disgusted by how prominent white men are treated by the NZ justice system.
it's a fucking outrage!
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Disgraced former top cop Jevon McSkimming avoids jail over objectionable material
Former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming sentenced to nine months home detention in Wellington District Court.
www.stuff.co.nz
December 17, 2025 at 2:36 AM
top cop, ya know, the ones we rely on to protect our vulnerable, who confessed to being a paedophile, sentenced to 9 months home detention!
once again i find myself disgusted by how prominent white men are treated by the NZ justice system.
it's a fucking outrage!
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
once again i find myself disgusted by how prominent white men are treated by the NZ justice system.
it's a fucking outrage!
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
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remember that some of those certain politicians took money from a man directly connected to the chch mosuqe terrorist
It seems pretty clear this was an antisemitic attack on evidence so far, & looks like Aus is going to increase gun controls & support jewish communities - the right things to do
NZ politicians & agitators trying to claim that leftwing NZ MPs are somehow to blame is fucking foul & should be punished
NZ politicians & agitators trying to claim that leftwing NZ MPs are somehow to blame is fucking foul & should be punished
December 15, 2025 at 3:42 AM
remember that some of those certain politicians took money from a man directly connected to the chch mosuqe terrorist
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remember how Karen Chhour was on the website for these scammers and it was never raised as a red flag by media?
www.1news.co.nz/2025/12/17/b...
www.1news.co.nz/2025/12/17/b...
Bangerz Trust investigated for alleged attempt to access Kelston school data
The trust pulled an attempt to take over the school last month.
www.1news.co.nz
December 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
remember how Karen Chhour was on the website for these scammers and it was never raised as a red flag by media?
www.1news.co.nz/2025/12/17/b...
www.1news.co.nz/2025/12/17/b...
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Min of Health has decided not to continue with the FluTracking survey each week from next year.
What a ridiculous decision. The cost savings must be minimal
What are our taxes actually used for if not things like public health?
What a ridiculous decision. The cost savings must be minimal
What are our taxes actually used for if not things like public health?
December 16, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Min of Health has decided not to continue with the FluTracking survey each week from next year.
What a ridiculous decision. The cost savings must be minimal
What are our taxes actually used for if not things like public health?
What a ridiculous decision. The cost savings must be minimal
What are our taxes actually used for if not things like public health?
At least... 💀
Commercial farmers in this country are the NRA of New Zealand.
If 40 people a year were dying from say rancid steak n cheese pies, there would be a national outcry (justifiably), but because it's 'a mystery' in our waterways from the untouchable agriculture sector - meh it's fine.
What a shit country.
What a shit country.
December 15, 2025 at 11:32 PM
At least... 💀
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Like, it's so bad and so discriminatory that it feels like a policy that would be struck down in a court somewhere after years of doing untold harm, incredible work here by this government
December 13, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Like, it's so bad and so discriminatory that it feels like a policy that would be struck down in a court somewhere after years of doing untold harm, incredible work here by this government
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This is gonna be the meth-house testing racket all over again
Me so old, I remember sitting in Nandor Tanczos' Parliamentary office discussing the saliva tests available at the time and their false positive rates. From memory, a shittonne of these saliva tests were made by a fundamentalist Corporate Christian backing.
December 13, 2025 at 7:40 AM
This is gonna be the meth-house testing racket all over again
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I've seen protecting kids used as an excuse to demonise; Muslims, trans and queer folks, cycle lanes for some reason, sexual and relationships education, healthcare provision, informed consent and each time it comes from people who want to exercise weird control of their kids or hate minorities.
December 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I've seen protecting kids used as an excuse to demonise; Muslims, trans and queer folks, cycle lanes for some reason, sexual and relationships education, healthcare provision, informed consent and each time it comes from people who want to exercise weird control of their kids or hate minorities.
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A glorious sight on my way to the bus stop this morning.
December 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A glorious sight on my way to the bus stop this morning.
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My dad will have been dead for two months tomorrow morning. I would love to talk to him forever. I can't. And a fucking glorified LLM-fueled chatbot can't change that, but it can be a freakish abomination in the eyes of God and men, preying on the grief stricken to give them shit and call it gold.
December 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
My dad will have been dead for two months tomorrow morning. I would love to talk to him forever. I can't. And a fucking glorified LLM-fueled chatbot can't change that, but it can be a freakish abomination in the eyes of God and men, preying on the grief stricken to give them shit and call it gold.
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🎶 New MUSIC by Blue Sky artists! Dec. 8 - Dec. 14 🎶
SINGLES
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ONLINE EVENTS
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December 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🎶 New MUSIC by Blue Sky artists! Dec. 8 - Dec. 14 🎶
SINGLES
bsky.app/profile/flor...
ALBUMS
bsky.app/profile/flor...
ONLINE EVENTS
bsky.app/profile/flor...
👉 If something is missing from these lists, please feel free to drop the links under the appropriate threads! 👈
SINGLES
bsky.app/profile/flor...
ALBUMS
bsky.app/profile/flor...
ONLINE EVENTS
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👉 If something is missing from these lists, please feel free to drop the links under the appropriate threads! 👈
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I’d thought we may be able to sunset the RSS feeds on the NZ Legislation website, and replace with an API. Nope! There was a lot we learned from current users, but most compelling for me personally was the value ascribed to anonymous notifications to changes in the law.
pco.govt.nz/about-us/pco...
pco.govt.nz/about-us/pco...
pco.govt.nz
December 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I’d thought we may be able to sunset the RSS feeds on the NZ Legislation website, and replace with an API. Nope! There was a lot we learned from current users, but most compelling for me personally was the value ascribed to anonymous notifications to changes in the law.
pco.govt.nz/about-us/pco...
pco.govt.nz/about-us/pco...
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One big effect of AI hype and promotion of unreliable chatbots is that a significant amount of additional friction and labour is being injected into our knowledge-making and -maintaining systems. At a time when these systems are already contracting and being starved by growing austerity.
December 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
One big effect of AI hype and promotion of unreliable chatbots is that a significant amount of additional friction and labour is being injected into our knowledge-making and -maintaining systems. At a time when these systems are already contracting and being starved by growing austerity.
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Principals spending their wellbeing allowance shouldn't be news. This is a further attack on schools. Suss that Peggy Burrows specifically named. What are MPs spending? #nzpol
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Schools rapped for spending on gym memberships, yoga classes and overseas travel
The principal of a Christchurch school is defending an $18,500 trip to Queenstown for its senior leadership team, one of scores questioned by the Office of the Auditor-General for their spending.
www.thepress.co.nz
December 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Principals spending their wellbeing allowance shouldn't be news. This is a further attack on schools. Suss that Peggy Burrows specifically named. What are MPs spending? #nzpol
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
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I remain adamant that rare wine fraud is the most pro-social, most economically productive, most just, and most hilarious crime that exists. The prison sentence for anyone convicted of it should be two weeks in a resort and extra training to help them do it better.
December 8, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I remain adamant that rare wine fraud is the most pro-social, most economically productive, most just, and most hilarious crime that exists. The prison sentence for anyone convicted of it should be two weeks in a resort and extra training to help them do it better.