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More from the House last week. I talked about the connection between electric vehicles and energy independence.

Easter 2026: could it be a good time to consider applying for the Lilburn Research Fellowship 2027? This is the ONLY research position specifically created for the study of NZ Music. Applications open until May 17. natlib.govt.nz/about-us/sch...

#Wwise Soundcaster session…

Get Through The Whole Oil Crisis Without Ever Endorsing Cycling Challenge starts now!

The current NZ Govt parties have opposed all efforts to reduce NZ's dependence on fossil fuels. All three coalition parties have received large donations from at least one oil company. They are making the climate crisis worse and the cost of living crisis worse.

Twerkers at the barbeque get priority parking 🫡

This is a "papers please" "English is the official language" "eat slop and be grateful" "disappear the unhoused" "women are second class" "don't learn real history" "local FBI office" government and we really cannot afford to be smug about other countries' slide to open fascism, Aotearoa

Fed Farmers: Let’s massively increase water and climate pollution. Greenpeace: No let’s cut pollution. Fed Farmers: Let’s compromise and just increase it somewhat. Greenpeace: no we must cut climate and water pollution. Right wing commentators: Greenpeace is so unreasonable.

The Education Minister is due to announce a 'refreshed' social studies curriculum on Tuesday with the Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum likely to be significantly watered down. Jim Bolger's advocacy for facing up to out history will be trampled on if that is the case. buttondown.com/unsettling/a...

Marking #Wwise projects is feeling nice and speedy partly thanks to assigning some handy preferred key shortcuts for maximising the primary editor, closing windows etc and also having the handy "Modified" button in the Property Editor

thisisfine.gif #ClimateCrisis #nzpol #fossilfools

Come work with us to define the future of digital design education in Aotearoa! We’re looking for candidates with strong background in teaching, research, design practice, and experience with web platform, game engines, or mobile apps. #AcademicJobs #AcademicSky jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/a...

Having a pleasant, war-ravaged morning writing news stories. Ate my war-ravaged breakfast. Wife's out of the house at the moment, spending time with her friends at the war-ravaged Friends Of The Library store she volunteers at. I take a sip of my coffee. Mmm! War-ravaged!

Had to witness this for myself – it’s real, and even worse as seen from the footpath. (Context: these narrow back-streets had a community-supported 30kmh speed limit… but in mid-2025, were forcibly reverted to 50kmh by the current govt.) Dangerous, petty, ridiculous kneejerk vice-signalling, ugh.

"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality." - Desmond Tutu

Nice to be back at #NZGDC. Great solid specific #gameaudio presentations from @vius.bsky.social and #NZSO ‘s Claire Wackrow this morning, and so nice to have those conversations with dev teams and audio friends.

Peters got mad when he was asked to wear hi-viz inside the CRL; said he worked on the Snowy Mountain tunnels in Australia back in the day and "no-one benefits" from this. 121 men died on the Snowy River project - 4 Pike Rivers. The good old days, apparently. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

Great idea.

As someone who cares a ton about footstep sounds in games (probably too much honestly), I'm always so happy when I see streamers, or other non-game dev/audio people mention them.