Ugh. People are on the benefit because THERE'S NO WORK, DAVID. Lords, these are the worst people. And note the Trumpian naming thing. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

I just learned that data centers don't even NEED to use all the water they're guzzling up. It's all because the people making them refuse to make proper cooling loops, but it's cheaper to just turn all that water into waste. What the actual fuck. Want for efficiency is dead apparently.

“In short: Thiel and Palantir are positioning themselves to control nothing less than the operating system of the major Western powers. Concerns over the algorithmic organization of cultural consumption or political propaganda seem, at this point, like mere child’s play.”

If you see this, post and archer. #sorrynotsorry #phrasing #dangerzone

Weakening UK net zero policy would damage economy, chief climate adviser says

Might start spelling sycophancy as psychofancy.

AHEM NZ.

24,000 voices got their submission in on the Conservation (Exploitation) Amendment Bill over the last weekend alone! And our petition is at over 48,000 signatures and counting 😱👏👏🌏🌳🐧 Keep the pressure on. Force this Government to sink this bill, just like their harmful Fisheries bill ✊️ Links below!

You think the Greens having a typo in their tax policy document is bad? I heard Chlöe Swarbrick personally cancelled a half-billion dollar deal to replace our ageing interislander ferries via text message and then we had to pay Hyundai $144 million in contract breaking fees for it oh wait.........

Just put the cat in charge already!

Who has two thumbs and popped into Tūranga today for the NZ National Flash Fiction Day Awards? And returned home with 6 graphic novels and 1 novel? [Yes, I already have two books on the go, one of which is the ENORMOUS tome Jerusalem (Alan Moore) :P This nerd.

Over two and half TONNES of shnarf worth almost a BILLION NZ / AUS dollars! Slow clap, 'Straya. Slow clap :P

Hey Aotearoa! There's another price match on donations to the Green party now, and we really need them to be funded so we can have policy based on reality instead of racist vibes/billionaire bullshit. Donate here: www.greens.org.nz/amp_up_our_c... More info from the Green Party directly 👇🏼💚

Good lords. Craigs IP's service now, compared to what it used be? Appalling (which is expensive for its customers) :( Might need to move, arg.

Tix are still available, peeps! events.humanitix.com/aotearoa-fut...

it's raining rain! hallelujaaaaa :D #moist #damp #wet [for them as doesn't know, May had less than a tenth of its usual rainfall here]

Oh, this is interesting on a whole _bunch_ of levels. www.rnz.co.nz/news/health/...

"...what they have found...is a striking, innate tendency for people across demographics, cultures and conditions to veer in a counterclockwise direction." www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/s...

Bad bad bad bad BAD IDEA.

from our friends at @hongkongfp.com

"We can't give them our braincells. We need it...for many science reasons." Hehehehehehe. [ST SNW, s3e4.]

And we should do the same here. Plus all that unused roof space we have, which just chucks heat and energy back into an atmosphere that _really_ doesn't need it? Solar and gardens! [Check out SUPA, btw :) supa.energy ]

Good lords. The spooks are advertising publicly (North Island only) :P nz.seek.com/job/92530323

While the opposite is true for those of us who do really good, integrity-filled, high-quality / valuable work.

Truly in the find out era of underfunding critical infrastructure in favour of "low rates"

This very minute 94% of NZ generation is renewable. Every example in the article is from countries struggling to meet energy needs &/or substandard infrastructure. Just make it STOP

If this is how they wanna waste their money, I say go for it :P

I’d love to see the opposite chart. Where Claude was wrong, could a human have done better? Then plot the instances and impact of both. I now care more about how often Claude is wrong than how often it’s right. After all, I don’t worry about how often Excel is wrong.

Ah yes, the "I feel kinda floaty" phase of the infection :P

These images posted by the Claude Code team are so amusing to me not because the perfect architecture is just Claude talking to Claude talking to Claude but instead that you have layers of Claudes whose job is to fix the errors and hallucinations of the other Claudes.

WOT IS BIG HEAVY DROPS WET STUFF FROM SKY?!

This is Ramsey. He is a mail delivery dog. Shipping is free, and while packages might not be handled with care, they are handled with enthusiasm. 14/10 (TT: rhiannoninthe904)

Opportunity to contribute to this, for those who care about #corruption in #govt. [If only it covered Government, not just government (aka the public service).] www.sfo.govt.nz/counter-frau...

Trees for Canterbury talk! www.facebook.com/share/18z43R...

In case you've not already seen this :) regulateai.nz

Today Microsoft moved all its GitHub copilot subscribers to token-based billing. If you want to see what happens when people have to pay the actual costs of AI, the day is finally here. It's obvious that every customer sees the deep, meaningful value and isn't angry at all.

Happy Pride Month. If you're a gay man, please remember your power. People often think that gay men are innately fashionable, which means if you wear some stupid shit for long enough, straight people, including homophobes, will copy you and then you can laugh at them.

It is exceedingly fun to be sitting on one of these seats :D First time I've come across this config! And cracking open Elwin Cotman's anthology "Weird Black Girls". Real paper, from a real library :D #bus #publictransport #nerdlyf #booksofbluesky

Got this giant, heavy beauty at the Scorpio sale :D Had a boucher which perfectly covered it! Without those two conditions, these days, would not have been possible. #booksofbluesky scorpiobooks.co.nz/product/flor...

in case you needed another reason to vote, kid rock said if the dems take over the government again he will cease to make music. GO TO THE POLLS

We sat chatting about whether we had enough unemployed people to suppress workers' wages. A few of us thought more misery would be good, but the new boss made the line call... current levels of misery would be OK for a another month or so. It was a great discussion. The vibes were good.

May is #MenstrualHealthAwarenessMonth and I've been trying to post something about menstrual health every day. Today is day 31 which means we made it to the end! Strap yourself in for a mammoth summary thread with links to all the posts :) 1/36 #PeriodFriendlyWorld

Because we don't really fund ANY emergency infra? Let alone precautionary infra or infra which can help PREVENT emergencies.

Oh dear God!!! This is exactly what happens when dogs and cats lay down together. 😳 #Caturday

I have a new go-to browser

/sniffs a bunch of jasmine flowers (LOVE the smell), one detaches voluntarily and inserts itself into snoot :P /blinks in surprise, blows out and giggles

Vote Green, Vote TPM, maybe pay attention to the Alliance(?) Also, Become friends with people with disabilities. Listen to them(!). Be a good friend.

The best chance of any meaningful change in the way the wealthy are taxed is a very strong Greens as part of a coalition. Can't see any other way it comes about.