The irony here is that academics don’t just write the articles for free—we also referee and edit for them for free. Something is deeply broken. “New Zealand's eight universities spent $30-million a year on journal licences and about half of that sum went to Elsevier. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

didn't know i would laugh so much watching ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. also convinced matt berry wrote most of the character names

Love this art style

Impressive work, and really detailed write-up

😭 Moe mai rā e te manukura, e tā mātou kaiarataki ka aroha ana ki tōna whānau pani www.teaonews.co.nz/2025/11/07/l...

Because, how can the plaintiffs in this case now have any confidence that even if they win their claim they'll get to enjoy the fruits of their litigation as, being Māori, their rights are entirely dependent on whether it is politically convenient to permit their existence?

Hmm

A stat we don't talk about enough: Newspapers have lost 77% of their jobs over the last 20 year, more than any of the 532 other industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

It’s Labour Weekend in Aotearoa, where we celebrate Samual Duncan Parnell, unions, and the Labour movement (no, not the party) for getting us the 8hr work day and the weekend. By striking. Big time. nzhistory.govt.nz/people/samue...

Happy Internet Archive Day! Join us tonight—online or IRL—for The Web We’ve Built! If you visit the Archive in person, grab a free copy of Sir Tim Berners-Lee's new book THIS IS FOR EVERYONE from our BIG Free Library! 🎟️ ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/10/22/h... #Wayback1T

I know a fae trap when I see one

Great news for kiwis needing to see a doctor: you can now see something *other than a doctor*

ME, IN TEARS: you can't just say every single part of a computer system is a file UNIX, POINTING AT THE MOUSE: file

I like arch, but I'm not a huge fan of constantly installing new flaky versions of nvidia drivers when I `-Syu` (actually, maybe my real problem should be with nvidia's lack of open drivers / decent linux support...)

I think it says a lot about NZ's Green Party being environment/ecosystem/science based rather than some of the cultural trends in other countries, that the Green Party had the fewest voters who had never had a covid vaccination 0.34%. 32.5% of NZ First voters say they never had a covid vaccination.

I see they’ve given up on calling him associate minister.

So FSU got one board member into #InternetNZ (following their big membership flood) but the rest of us got Dylan Reeve which is nice, and every member motion was "not carried" (2/3 majority needed). 12 of those 15 motions were moved by team FSU. Membership has gone from 400 -> 4000 in 2025.

The upshot here is that a) the FSU block had ~1000 out of 2800 votes, so not a big margin, but big enough, and b) it was definitely a FSU vs everyone else block - virtually all of Ayling's surplus votes went in the bin (ie. Ayling voters didn't rank anyone aside from Ayling/Brown*)

So FSU got one board member into #InternetNZ (following their big membership flood) but the rest of us got Dylan Reeve which is nice, and every member motion was "not carried" (2/3 majority needed). 12 of those 15 motions were moved by team FSU. Membership has gone from 400 -> 4000 in 2025.

If you joined InternetNZ to help stop the takeover by rhe FSU and Hobson's Pledge, you've done some great work tonight Consider bringing that energy to other civil society organisations, groups like Voices for Freedom are also trying to take advantage of low participation to push their agenda

The person who wrote this simultaneously demonstrates a deep lack of understanding and also an extraordinary deficit of seriousness in a very remarkably small number of words.

"I've been reading less political news lately" I say, mentally noting your over-medium egg order as typically centrist

Why Lenin’s imperialism is still relevant https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/why-lenins-imperialism-still-relevant #auspol

"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪

If you joined InternetNZ more than 3 months ago to help stop the hostile takeover of the NGO by the Free Speech Union and Hobsons Pledge, you will have received an email with a link and password to cast you vote. This is a good guide. Don't rank the FSU/Hobsons candidates at all, leave them blank

There is no longer any doubt that Israel has set up a fake humanitarian organisation so it can kettle Gazans into a kill box and murder them en masse It is evil beyond description and in a decent world it would result in immediate, massive, global action to stop them and prosecute those responsible

contrast younger self's fear of being put out to pasture with mature and wise self's deep yearning for the pasture

It is a scientific fact that in Berlin-Brandenburg, no matter how far into nature you go, there will always be a half naked 50 year old dude blasting House or DnB on a Bluetooth speaker

Explanation of the intensive copyright assessment-clearance work that goes into making a serial available on NLNZ's Papers Past website - and a callout for information natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/a...

📣📣 Aotearoa, take a bow! 📣📣 🗣 Approximately 131,000 submissions made, 2nd highest ever after the Treaty Principles Bill. I puta te karanga, and Aotearoa, you answered. ❤️✊🏾💯 #NZPol #RSB #ToitūTeTiriti

my train's digital boards and announcements are all busted so i'm being treated to proper human station announcements and stuff, quite nice

And there you go. It would be poor form for me to rant. www.thepost.co.nz/culture/3607...

After the success of the first Berlin Swapfest we're happy to announce the date for the next: July 20th, 2025 at @c-base.org from 12:00 - 18:00 We're incredibly thankful to everyone who attended the last and we're excited for the next! Register to attend or reserve a table: www.swapfest.berlin

Is academia.edu harvesting sandbox Datacite or ORCID data? I just an a really old test repository item "recommended" to me... it's never seen a production system. A couple of other random "researcher profile" sites seem to have dragged this old test item in from somewhere, too...

if the hardcore band looks like this you are going to die in the pit

"elder scrolls" is just me looking at my phone

We did not fail to see it.

Same, medieval dudes. Same.

Kurt Vonnegut man

Sorry I'm not available to be lectured on "caring about victims" from a lobby group that defended a man who chased down and killed a 15-year-old Māori boy, for allegedly tagging his garage door

When I saw this. Wow 😮

HEADS-UP: The FSU (and their pals) attempt to take over InternetNZ is picking up again. Hundreds of new memberships paid for with a much smaller number of cards. Reason: only members who join *before Monday* are eligible to vote in the AGM. I've (re)joined here, only $21: internetnz.nz/membership/

The loss of so many highly-skilled staff from Archives NZ and the National Library will inevitably have a detrimental impact for researchers. www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

I've been thinking about this for a while

Will the right to fix your things pass into law in New Zealand? Make your voice heard before April 3 www.interest.co.nz/technology/1... Headline fixed...

Starting to wonder if Infinite Jest was a cryptic prophecy....

first phase of moving house complete: old place handed over, essentials at new place, only a thousand more train trips to fetch the rest of my gear from my office. it's all worth it because i have a gas stove again