On 13-15 July the Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa’s judicial review against the Minister of Health will be heard in Wellington High Court. Join us in the court room to support PATHA as they fight for our community  www.wellingtonpridefestival.com/news-1/patha...

Leo is being the See he wants to change in the world. ... I'll get my coat.

This is quite possibly the best Wars vs Trek thing I've ever seen

Okay, so I still have a bunch of life-admin stuff I have not done, but. Settled into the new job now, and it is better than my old job and I'm happier. My older son has some good stuff going on. I'm feeling pretty good.

I keep hearing this and it's driving me a bit crazy. Dear media. Just because the leader of TOP is a woman does not make her a "queen-maker". It's "king-maker" because the potential monarchs are both men. White men. Called Chris.

Min continues his 100% Being a Dick streak for Zoom meetings...

Woke up too early this morning and was really confused, because I didn't want to get up, nor did I want to replay the dream I'd just had, and those were the only two buttons.

Workflow at my new job goes: Clinician dictates -> medical transcriptionist types -> clinician checks -> MT checks. So now I am having incredibly pass-ag grammar wars with a urologist...

The only World Cup penalty shootout you need to see today.

Just watched the highlights of last night's men's cricket (Today at the Test is a wonderful BBC show that does what it says on the tin) and oh my goodness.

“In a recent study looking at the use of AI in healthcare, researchers from Stanford and Harvard found even top-performing AI models from Anthropic and Google produced 12 to 15 severely harmful errors per 100 cases. The worst-performing models made mistakes in 40 out of 100 cases.”

National, on solar: "Okay, what about this? Is this the least we can do?"

Some things from yesterday's Gynae adventures. 1/ I was a fucking dummy and should have planned for things not going smoothly. 2/ I should carry testimonials as to my pain threshold so medical professionals know that when I say something hurts, I'm not 'a bit nervy', it FUCKING HURTS

Bless them, they've given me a coffee the staff described as "awful" and sandwich with meat in it they described as "I don't know, it's grey."

The staff in the Gynecological Procedures Unit are really lovely but I’ve been here since 8:30 this morning. I’m so sore and tired.

You should come back and do a quick, four episode run of Mock the Week, they said. Don’t be ridicolous, I said. What news will there be, in June, during a World Cup? Oh, they said. Something will happen. Anyway, Sunday nights on TLC and available on the TLC YouTube channel afterwards.

If rumours are to be believed I'll be living with a seventh different Prime Minister shortly. If it carries on like this I'm going to stop making the effort to learn their names.

Well that was One New’s THIRD completely uncritical piece on how great AI transcription is…

What a garbage day. Luckily, between last night's rugby, the cricket highlights, and the netball, I have about five hours of sport to watch.

Among 16 comparable countries, no other country has shrunk its public health expenditure as a percentage of GDP to the extent New Zealand has.

Just had one of those work files where I have to go out and have a wee sit in the porch afterwards. (The DHB actually provides counselling services for transcriptionists, which astonishes me given the degree of "I don't understand why anything would affect you" in my old job.)

So. None of you will remember that three months ago I had a scan referral declined to check for endometrial cancer. I failed sampling and Mirena insertion at my GP in order to boost the referral. I got an email giving me an appointment, but in Gynae Minor Procedures, not the scan... 1/2

I am genuinely boggled that Labour isn't responding to every criticism of the cost of their policies with, "It's less than they paid for No Ferries."

Got an email telling me Lincraft is starting the process of closing all their physical shops. Just in case anyone would like a tip-off that there may be heavily discounted paper sewing patterns in the near future...

People across the road are having their windows replaced, and man I would love it if tradies discovered headphones.

Listening to MediaWatch: "Sir Keir Starmer, who is an arse..." Me: WTF "(Arse)nal supporter.."

Just commemorating teaching my work transcription software the word "Timaru" for apparently the first time.

Work or study in town? Want to make your own bespoke Matariki earrings this Friday lunchtime? We have 4 lunchtime sessions where you can make your own earrings for only $5.85! The perfect Matariki gift or keep them for yourself! events.humanitix.com/make-turanga... ^MT

MSD has finally sent me the information I need to do my taxes, and OMG this might be the last time I ever have to do my taxes.

I can't remember when, but more than 20 years ago, a Canadian gardeners' discussion group led to an area of Canada having its 'grow zone' changed - the number that describes the climate in an area for judging what you can grow there. Because Climate Change. Gardeners are great observers of 1/2

It is possible a large brandy may not actually cure the awful cold I woke up with this morning, but surely it's worth a try.

This is excellent and important reporting and none of it surprises me (unfortunately)

I had a big chat to the chief electoral officer about: - How they are preparing for the radically shortened enrolment period - Why they still think special votes are going up - Why the counting will still take the same as last time www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...

If you were planning on using Linwood Ave today, there is a car parked through a bus shelter just across from the cemetery

First morning so far I've had to wear gloves to type.

happy pride month (now with alt text) 🌈🌈🌈

For the last couple of weeks, I have been knitting a blanket for Karl’s semi-stray cat, Not. Tonight I laid the squares out on the floor to pin them for sewing. Min has scraped them all into a pile and is sitting on them. Yes, there are pins in that.

About to roll it on to do the top third. I’ll miss you, pretty.

I don't really talk about this, because I'm actually quite private about my personal life, but many many years ago Tony Head took me under his wing and showed me the kind of person I could be. It's not an exaggeration to say that I'm the person I am today because of the kindness he showed me.

After about 10 minutes of concentrated bitching and moaning, Min settled down between my monitor and my keyboard for the rest of the Teams meeting - where no one else could see him, because he Does Not Perform.

That expert is Michael Whitbrock and he says a great example of AI integration is the transcription of doctors’ appointments. I guess he hasn’t read the Canadian Auditor General report which found AI transcripts were full of mistakes and outright hallucinations.

No, autocorrect. There is no chance I mean "bull's hit".

I miss the days when there was at least a reasonable expectation that you waited until confronted by the hero to deliver a villain monologue. You didn’t f***ing type it up and hit All Staff.

Ōtautahi, haere mai for a rally on a national day of action challenging the "definition of woman" bill. Hear from a wide range of speakers, cis and trans, and make it clear that it doesn't speak for *anyone*. 1pm 13th June, Bridge of Remembrance

This. I've had a bit of jovial "virtue signalling" pushback against my pins and t-shirts, but this is why I wear them: so the right people know they're safe around me.

This hits different now that I have the book in hand 😭

So last night, some genius decided it would be a great idea to set off fireworks in a covered stadium. There’s been some great stuff in the news, because fucking hell. But. 1/2