General proposition for nz folks: unless you're in the military or in the international relations or armed conflict studies field, we're going to get very little out of extended doom scrolling this evening.

i think the Greens would greatly benefit from antagonising NZ Labour directly. Lord knows, Hipkins has been happy to outright *smear* the Greens. Force him into a situation where he has to couch relative to his left flank. Labour doesn't currently respect the left at all, even internally

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I'm still so proud of this dumb edit ktk

finished Claire obscur and was so impressed by how much the first act pushed the idea of collective action and sacrifice for future generations that the rug pull never stopped feeling cold and cynical. fuck gods and their grief I'm for the people of the painting.

want to be the sound that dude in kings of leon makes in charmer

got the flu and so new years came and went like nothing happened cos it didn't like last year I have to finish book

the whenua is the perfect answer and what all public servants should be focused on protecting

our elected reps really are the scum www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

The correlation between companies named after the Tolkien legendarium and their CEO/Founder being a chittering skinwalker fingering his own taint at the idea of draining the planet of all its resources and then fucking off to a sealed dome in New Zealand while everyone else suffers is extremely high

I hate these charts so much because they imply chatgpt is comparable to the internet or phones You could create the same graphic for full screen pop-up advertising on websites and make them look like ultra-rapid technology adoption when really they were just baked unavoidably into the internet

Anyway, if you'd like to stick it to them and their shenanigans, any donations chucked our way are much appreciated. We've gone from 30% funded by the govt to just 2% under the current govt. goeco.raiselysite.com

This dude is such a relentless stain on @newsroom.co.nz's reputation tbh. If I were them my resolution would be to drop him - his "diary" on Doyle alone would be worthy, and this quote shows he hasn't learnt a single thing.

Going into a church and asking the reverend if this is the religion referenced in Neon Genesis Evangelion

I was talking with someone on Christmas Eve about the news integrating AI writing and bulletins. Trust is already not high in media institutions, don't teach people it's not worth even engaging at all.

self censorship of the "seggs" and "unalive" kind just take the fucking hit

Your regular reminder that NZ's immigration system is cruel and irrational and as bad as anything you might have read about regarding less "enlightened" countries; the only difference being it is enacted through bureaucratic means rather than physical ones.

"Imagine an unbelievably paternalistic rollercoaster that makes you feel less racist for a few hours." the perfect American blockbuster

He knows National is toast under Luxon, and he really hates Seymour. But Hipkins should be denouncing Winston after his Anti Trans Policy shit that the Courts have put an interim ruling on and a scathing one at that Dont cuddle Winston, let him die in the political cold reality of being alone

every time I think of this app

please, please, please watch this. its shorter than most video essays on youtube rn. u can do it. please watch this. dont look away. youtu.be/Ybj10537yi4?...

what is needed to give Waitangi Tribunal Executive Power??

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

Urghhhh so pretty

Okay, so AI rips off artists without compensation or permission and uses absurd new amounts of energy when we already use so much it threatens climate catastrophe, and the results are full of errors and misinfo because it’s just fancy probabilistic autocomplete, but is it profitable? Absolutely not.

I'm sorry guys but Harry Potter is a poisoned product. I wonder what conversations have been had about its reo Maaori translations? Just translate wizard of earthsea or something.

I have finally finished my list of 12 essays by Indigenous trans women in North America (plus some extra audio/video links). Please please please spend some time getting to know their work. Too often people use Indigenous trans women as a figure to weaponize rather than sit and think with them.

Yes and specifically for NZers: bookhub.co.nz if you need an online option

companies: “maybe THIS AI ad won’t end in a deluge of mockery”

This is a perfect explanation of why 'AI' that exists is nothing like and can never be anything like the 'AI' of science fiction that the grifters want us to believe this 'AI' is.

The left infight all the time. Our issue is Lab has abandoned many of its values and then attack the few parties who still have it. It isn't a winning strategy. Have you SEEN how many of us long time Labour voters this is losing? Hipkins isn't above Luxon because this is a net 0 strategy at best.

Clear, factual reporting that takes the time to research whether a reckon is actually real shouldn't be rare, but it is really feels like it increasingly is. Ricketts explainer delivers again. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

how is any nz media still doing this? oh that's right they're full of pro genocide ghouls and no one in these institutions ever challenged them about it so they feel comfortable being fucking evil whenever they want

so yes, this is Labour’s issue and Hipkins is a significant part of the problem. calling him a small bean who just *can’t* is an absurd infantilsation of someone people ostensibly think should be leading a party, let alone the country. take half a second to actually think about implications please

the core idea that can radicalize people is so simple: there is enough. there is enough food to feed everyone. enough resources to house everyone. money and technology and medicine to stop the suffering of people around the globe. once you accept that there's only one question: why don't we?

It's so moving seeing people raise funds for this legal challenge, thank you so much. It's particularly moving that the two fundraisers I've seen have been novelty t-shirts making fun of Winston Peters and a TTRPG bundle, which are both SO up my alley

thespinoff.co.nz/books/09-10-... sharing this again as I'm having my moko kanohi revealed today so what better place to dwell but in thinking about our queer tongues moving across oceans

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

TRANS IS AN ADJECTIVE!! you wouldn't call someone a tallwoman, a blondman or a disabledperson. It's not a fucking job title.

Nothing about this deal is done. Oppose it to the bitter end.

go to personal life tab on the wiki and then it's just child of divorce come on bro come on! be gay!

This is one of the most damning arguments against AI and one of the most damning indictments of the university admins who gleefully jumped on this bandwagon without once thinking about the long-term damage it might cause. Everyone should read this.

Hipkins still has not denounced Winston nor apologised to Tamatha Paul He still trashes the Greens and TPM Make as you will

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The Paediatric Society of NZ - representing the clinical field most relevant here - have released maybe the strongest statement of all the medical bodies: “puberty blockers are an established, safe, reversible, and life-saving treatment option”

this isn't necessarily true but begging Maaori poets to read their forebears there is so much shit we don't need to tackle alone (Te ao hou is a great place to look for older writings as well)

Wrong heading. Should be - Massive US tech companies steal from NZ authors & only compensate a few.

Given the decision on puberty blockers, I do want to note an objective fact that I think has been lost: Eight MPs voted to keep conversion practices legal. All were National MPs. *Every single one* of the five who remained in Parliament after the 2023 election was given a Ministerial warrant.

started reading Wicked for the first time and I'm a bit disappointed because of the musical we'll never get the grounded and fucked version of the story on a screen

james cameron every couple of years for some reason: