NZ electricity company profits could fund R&D and industrial design innovation at the scale of solving any household efficiency problem imaginable. The current status quo is completely arbitrary, the result of political choices. But apparently we can’t do anything except appeal to consumer choice.

This is amazing; 40 women’s organizations standing in support of trans people’s human rights against this government’s targeting of trans people against the EHRC transphobic code. Trans people and cis women’s rights are not in opposition.

I was wrong. Betoota topped ^ that one.

Let's say it worked though. Let's say everybody was able to use these tips reduce their spend by 5%. That's going to translate to an even bigger %age drop in the power company's profit. The board call a meeting, and the CEO returns from his yacht. What happens in the meeting?

❌ DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK THROUGH FLOODWATER! ❌ A vehicle can be swept away in mere inches of water. It’s far less than you think. This is a major cause of fatalities during events like this, and you are risking the lives of potential rescuers too. That water is full of hidden hazards, often 💩 too

Here's the interesting thing about fuel storage like diesel ... it goes bad. In 6-12 months (though it can be extended out to 2-3 years through careful management) diesel will go bad. So, this reserve will have the be regularly replaced to remain a viable useable reserve. This isn't permanent.

That the U.S. appears to have completely visibly given up after a catastrophic own goal fuck up is a little on the nose.

actual pro tip from a girl who has been to more shows than i could ever count: if you ever need to get out of a crowd quickly, push your body in the direction you need to go while you put your hand over your mouth and dramatically, visibly heave. people will get out of your way IMMEDIATELY.

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All three hosts eliminated, like one of those parties where the only people who live there are already asleep somewhere unseen. The world will now raid the grandpa's liquor cabinet of America

The United States of America is a country where you can achieve anything, provided Donald Trump doesn’t notice and try to get involved.

He's a wight supremacist.

Senate Majority Leader Lich McConnell?

Drop some wings.

This feels like a good time to note that, indeed, USWNT is the winningest team in international sports history (win percentage: 84) the18.com/en/soccer-en...

The USMNT and Knicks being really good except for the precise moment when Trump involves himself is really funny

That’s what happens when you get rid of the department of defense

Among other things, the latest turn in the Platner story is a good example of why journalists need to get off X for professional and personal reasons, not just ethical ones. The writers who gassed his campaign up and now need to walk it back are mostly people who cooked their brains on X.

One of the unexamined downsides of AI image generation has been giving the power to create ‘satirical’ images to the drabbest minds on the planet.

Folks are live RIGHT NOW to make a cool new solo RPG for me to stumble through later tonight - go contribute to the chaos designing 💜

Two-time Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard is wearing a high quality mask at the start of the race. He said: “I hear already that there’s some sickness in some teams and I’ve had a history of being sick in my last two Grand Tours, so as you said: ‘Better safe than sorry.’” Great job! 👏

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This is extremely good for saving your wrist.

For better or worse, Bluesky has attracted a disproportionate amount of earnest people, and that is actually a helpful quality to evaluate the character of public figures

Got this one autoplay so maybe the algorithm is good for something

To be fair, obstructing democracy even without physical capacity or consciousness is how he'd want to go

Well if you’re seeing the text, no one is wearing it and it’s probably just a picture of the jersey, so does it come back around to working again?

but,,, but it literally is a jersey. The point of the painting is that it wasn’t a pipe, it was a PICTURE of a pipe-

AJ will be with Julz and Vahid, two other creators with vast hands-on experience on lots of different aspects of show creation, in the livestream panel tomorrow at 7pm! All part of KiwiRPG Week! www.twitch.tv/kemuwhakatau...

🚨A state of emergency has been declared for the Kaikōura district - as Kowhai River breached its banks 🚨Civil Defence says people should evacuate immediately from parts of Kaikōura and go to higher ground 🚨A red rain warning is in place for parts of Marlborough and Canty ❤️ Take care of each other

* not a *month* goes by. Every month someone pushes the button that releases a cage of skunks despite the button being CLEARLY LABELLED "don't push this button, it releases a cage of skunks" bsky.app/profile/quop...

Luxon mistaking people for dollars, again #NZPol

Includes a little reminder that the only part of US political parties that exists is the central fundraising bit

I worked back to the press release. "NZ employers more skeptical of AI than other countries" is also an interpretation. But 24% of UK employer respondents saying AI is core to their business makes me question their sample representativeness. BTW, how has the UK economy been going these days?

Seems like The Post has done the crucial job of a capital city daily: reporting well-sourced coverage of a nascent government decision so foolish that, in the cold light of day, the minister has been obliged to deny that it was ever going ahead www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...

Marlborough - "Expect 120 to 180 mm and possibly up to 220 mm, on top of what has fallen. Peak rates of 15 to 25 mm/h likely until this evening, especially about the ranges. During this period, coastal locations may receive 40 to 80 mm of rain." www.metservice.com/warnings/home

A live look at Platner HQ:

All the best movies have Orson Welles in them and titles that remind you that you're specifically watching a movie

On a purely political level nothing has made me more convinced that Obama was a uniquely brilliant generational politician than seeing all the Obama speechwriters and strategists be some of the dumbest goobers I’ve ever seen

All going well within the coalition again, I see.

Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner said he is “taking the time to reflect on the best path forward” for his campaign after a former girlfriend accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2021.

Also, until further notice, Bluesky is in charge of selecting Democratic candidates.

I have edited a lot of sexual-assault-accusation articles, and this one easily clears every veracity check: contemporaneous emails with her therapist, a boyfriend who knew, a woman she warned—all before Platner ran for office. Good on Politico for nailing it, and on Jenny Racicot for speaking up.

This is well established at slightly earlier ages, but cause and effect are probably the other way around: people with neurological damage walk slower

David Lynch's Paddington

We asked our legal department a question the other day about specific document retention and their answer was, "I asked our internal AI and it has no idea what you're talking about. Good luck and please remember to follow our policies." Zero follow up. Lol.

A paper I was sent for review once opened with word for word plagiarism of one of my publications. I told the editor, said I couldn’t review it, and then when it was eventually published, the authors had basically just replaced a few words with synonyms. That’s still plagiarism