Always be dancing :) Earphones in and sashaying down the pavement, getting weird looks? Yes! In your lounge doing pants off dance off and getting funny looks (from the doggo)? Yes! Sitting in your office chair? Yes! Happily on a couch / in bed under a blankie? Yes! Etc etc etc :)

This thread brings giggles :P

Between this and Jay proudly announcing bisky is chatbot-coded, have I fallen into a fever dream?

*my dead body slumped over the steering wheel, laying on the horn*

#mustread And our leaders here should take especial note of that last para too... www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/o...

So...I have an ability to modulate my voice such that it helps humans (and others) relax and sleep. I've tested it with a few people, and it works; keen for further testing. If interested, DM me. Creepers unwelcome and immediately booted.

SO tired of humans trotting out the "love means never having to say you're sorry" toxic nonsense. Er, nah. Diametrically incorrect. Actually, being alive and even _half_ decent means saying you're sorry when you, inevitably, fuck up. Whether up front or at a remove. [This includes using genAI :P]

The Artemis II mission reminds me of these 1960s photos of NASA astronauts training in Iceland because they felt the terrain would be similar to what they'd encounter on the moon. The outfits are so great, even some 60 years later.

YES.

* gasp * Quelle surprise!

One of the problems with sharing shared paths is that walkers are often (as they have every right to do!) wearing noise-cancelling headphones/earbuds. Skoda has developed a bike bell using a frequency that gets through a gap in the noise-cancelling. Cool. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDaV...

Seven Sisters London Underground station is named after a ring of 7 elm trees that were planted over 400 years ago. The 7 trees have been replanted a number of times, always by 7 sisters. The current sisters are Hornbeam trees & were planted in 1997 by 5 families of 7 sisters.

Ooooh, Lincoln Uni and the Bioeconomy Science Institute bringing the game once again! [P.S. The bus out to Lincoln is effortless, and depending on whether you have a concession or not, it's $3 or $1.50 each way...] www.lustateoftheland.co.nz/upcoming-eve...

Knock me down with a feather. Who could have foreseen? #GenAI #LLMs #health #medicine #tech #ethics #impact #AI www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

😊For April’s meeting, we’re shifting things around to cater to our network based in Asia, Oceania, Africa and Europe! 📅Save the date: Friday 24 April 2026 at 4pm Manila time— kindly help us spread the word to our #opendata colleagues in these regions! www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

If you’re a climate/energy person, I will take your portrait pro bono.

Anyone in Ōtautahi Christchurch got a clock (AM/) FM radio they're not using? Mine's karked somewhat operatically :P (It still takes power but won't do much else except count seconds weirdly...and IAMAEE (i am not an electronics expert) :P)

Keen to get the tech giants off your devices? Come to this! Note: you need to register too. Link's in the event blurb. Attending / not attending using the Meetup system ain't sufficient :) Spread the word! #opensource #FOSS #OSS #community #education www.meetup.com/free-and-ope...

Timeline cleanse: Artemis II joy :) #giftlink And remember not to fall for the misinformation that this Trump should be credited for it, or that he's saved NASA... www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

“Waka Kotahi data shows monthly registrations of full battery EVs last month jumped nearly four-fold from recent levels, from an average of 800 a month in the last two years, to 3100. Registrations of plug-in hybrid vehicles almost tripled.”

Yeah. Fuck this. All of it. With great love: I'm done.

Ooft.

So damn tired of being punched in the soul in this motu. The latest one has started a countdown clock.

For glorified sheds. Wtf.

* sniff *

it was probably a mistake teaching him to read

This pup managed to sneak her way into a joyride with an unsuspecting delivery driver. Popped up to ask where they're headed and if there's time to get a pup cup on the way. 12/10 (TT: copperdoesstuffs)

Which brings to mind one of my fave docos ever :) www.rottentomatoes.com/m/into_etern...

When one girl finished her run in their flight simulator: “The smile on her face was huge. She stepped away and said she wanted to be the first Māori wahine in space." thespinoff.co.nz/atea/17-12-2...

Too many people think the issue is "ai look bad" not the stolen data sets not the workers rights not the climate change and the fact that people CANNOT AFFORD TO TURN ON THEIR HEAT because they're subsidizing data centers, let alone the misinformation and fascism

A new study from the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science and the Marine Megafauna Foundation finds that young Caribbean manta rays often swim with groups of other fish, creating small, moving ecosystems that support a variety of marine species.

Ok, so I want to grow fruits and veg. I have a large bed that has been overrun with herbs. What should I be doing now? Prepping soil? Planting raspberry and blackberry canes? Total beginner, Norfolk UK #gardening

/screams in rage Utterly unsurprising, utterly unforgiveable. The short-a-whole-country demolition continues. open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...

Who could have known, etc. etc.

Peak Geminids Meteor shower this past Saturday night captured over Stonehenge. Photo credit: Sandra.Davies6869

I still think of Reiner playing the character of new partner (to mum of main character) and him crooning to her :) SO CUTE.

* pointed cough * podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/t...

Can't we just select all?

This is Deejay. He wanted to offer you a big nose and tiny tongue during this trying time. 14/10 (IG: deejayelgolden)

This is gonna be a disaster. And the years and fortune it will take, directly take AWAY from making improvements in these areas. They know this. "New ministry to combine housing, transport and environment" www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Over the last 12 months: - milk up 15.8 percent annually - porterhouse/sirloin beef steak up 26.7 percent annually - white loaf bread up 53.2 percent annually. We're a primary food production country. This is Not Ok. www.stats.govt.nz/news/annual-...

The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."

The year is 2382. All physical and digital media was lost in a great cataclysm that humanity has gradually rebuilt itself from. The village gathers for festivities and drinks. A travelling musician plays a song passed down in folk tradition for centuries. It is called the YMCA. Everyone joins in

Rob Reiner was a good guy. He made a lot of movies about good guys, in worlds where not everyone was good and you didn’t have to be good. He made movies about people trying. He was angry, as many hopeful people are. He knew the world could be better and he wanted it to be. His death is devastating.

Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.

Elon's little serfs are quite literally begging journalists to come back because every publicly available source of data shows people have fled the platform and young people won't use it. They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!

Australian here 👋 Stop saying the tragedy in Sydney demonstrates that strict gun laws don’t work. There were ZERO mass shootings in Australia in the two decades after strict gun laws were passed in 1996. We have so much we need to do, but strict gun laws remain a critical part of the solution.

Fusion! Kwontim! Druuugs! Aaaw, but only one modcon... www.theregister.com/2025/12/11/d...

Sounds like a very, um, specific and on-brand demographic... (Urg.) "Users have tacitly agreed to weave AI into the fabric of their daily existence, turning to it for code reviews at 10 am and existential clarity at 2 am." www.theregister.com/2025/12/11/m...