Whenever anyone talks about opting out of something, everyone considers "normal" or that affects everyone, e.g., tech, politics, etc Dig behind for what privilege they hold. This professor has a very specific set of circumstances, which means he can do this. Most of us do not have the luxury

Best response ever for "Why AI" or "Why Deepfake?"

OK I'm well aware that we kill things to eat them (when you're not a vegan) but literally "meeting" your food and looking at them is a bit much. Has the #veganAgenda taken over RNZ? Also "Chianina" is not the name of this particular cow, it is the name of that cow's breed. It's not gone THAT far

See below - a final decision from the Ombudsman that Brooke Van Velden can rely on professional legal privilege to redact the human rights analysis of the pay equity changes. I gave it my all, team. Attached to the second post is my response to their provisional opinion.

Fewer than 40% voters turnout apparently. How do we reach the rest? Are most people ignoring it because its a whole faff filling in a thing and sending it in? #localElections #Aotearoa #nzpol #kikorangi

PLEASE do this and try to get all your moderate friends on board. How shook will NZ be if Greens and Te Pāti Māori get enough votes to run govt without Labour...

Has anyone made the joke about opening our first Ikea (finally!!) AND in the same year we have a Swedish origin head of reserve bank... yet?

#PSA which I've only just discovered (using official Bsky app on android) the gif button will include an alt tag, but it's frequently meh. So check if you dont want your gifs to go out with scrappy alt tags

Ok, it's a #showerThoughts kinda morning. Isn't it amusing and yet apt that the word tohutō has a tohutō in it?!? (Macron, the wee line above the ō) I've found that deliciously awesome for years

Oh wait noooo how did I miss "The Pīwakawaka Bride" #BirdOfTheYear

Ashamed to say, I've been #TeamPīwakawaka for years in #BirdOfTheYear and yet almost EVERY time, I have to look up where the tohutō goes

Ok Horton hears a Whīo is actual genius Mine: Pīwakawaka Rim

This is great, just a post that any of us might post except it's Mara Wilson...Also Mara is 38 years old, just a few years younger than me, and yet, do we call it a "Photos App" rather than "Camera" OMG am I ancient?

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

OMG PEOPLE do you know that there is an em-dash AND an en-dash and the difference is the WIDTH of the m or the n, I mean what?! how has this not been the subject of MULTIPLE memes with the whole en-dash being a thing for "outing" chatGPT. COME ON

because actual business people who do actual businessing (no matter which political party they vote for) want to be in business longer than an election cycle...

Even the traditionally NACT voting business community think the move to undo everything that labour did, was a destructive dick move by Luxon. 👀😬 #OneTermGovernment #nzpol #Election2026 #WorstPMEver businessnz.org.nz/wp-content/u...

who wants to chip in and get a few hundred of these printed out? :-D

Lol...

Lol first aid strips? Who trademarked plaster?!

OK I'm really against anything HP nowadays (for obvious reasons) but this is QUITE good

Hey Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) friends, I'm going to be at this amazing looking gig on Sat and sales are apparently not looking exciting, so if you want to support local drag, come along!! www.ticketfairy.com/r/43735/2063...

I dont even care if this is real. Its hilaruous

Ok #sustainability friends. I've had various keep cups with me, emotional support vessels, for years now. One drama I haven't solved, what do u do w/ the dregs of the last coffee, so it's not making a mess in ur bag. I sometimes stuff tissues or napkins in, but that is terrible for the environment!

Do we care about polls? Not really. What we care about is making this a one-term government. That won’t be decided by pollsters, it’ll be decided by our whānau both Māori and Tangata te Tiriti at the ballot box. Come on 2026 ❤️🤍🖤 #OneTermGovt #NZPol #ManaMotuhake #PartyVote #TPM

Between the pro-Tom Phillips crowd and the latest incarnation of Stuart Nash, it’s a lovely another week of misogyny in New Zealand. #nzpol

🍃🌹🌿 Stop calling the #NZGreens radical: they have demonstrated themselves as the most evidence-based & pragmatic NZ party with fully-costed budgets, & fiscal strategies that are meticulously researched & proofed #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/weareund...

Meeeeeeee this is me

how's your day going? mine? I just spilt ALL my coffee all over my desk (no I didn't use my handy dandy drink holder which would have prevented this, I ridiculously put the coffee on my desk ARGH) seconds before a client came so of course I'm still dealing with all that AND the office smells STRONG

It's not often I'd stand and cheer when I read an article, but the quote from Seagar van Dyke when arguing about whether or not to use gender-affirming language in a rape case - is #chefsKiss “I would use other language,” Seagar van Dyke said. “Like ‘the rapist’.” thespinoff.co.nz/politics/08-...

Bloody Australians www.instagram.com/share/reel/_...

Not all heroes wear capes, sometimes, like Jenny here, they just use puns and homophones.

ok I've literally never seen Britney's Toxic vid before, but thanks to spotify's new feature I was just mesmerised. WHAT is even happening, why did the normal looking dude become a long haired hottie, was that just so she could make out with him in the bathroom? what?

Just in case you end up New Zealand, this is the WiFi password: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu (Stolen from Threads - www.threads.com/@helamana2/p...)

Yea, I went to fact check immediately and was like, no one else is reporting this... hmmm I hate that I live in the timeline where I have to fact-check all the things Urgh

Read this. This is what happens when we change laws that affect people's lives so drastically.

Friends, LinkedIn has failed me 😑 but I know the politically engaged community I follow here won’t. I'm chairing the Karangahape Candidates debate at Double Whammy on Tues ahead of the local gvt elections - and I’d like your input. What's got you rarked up about Auckland? Questions please 🙏

Wasteful things the coalition have done: Landlord welfare Tobacco handouts Oil and gas expiration Cancelling ferries Stopping build programs Sacking govt employees Messed with the school lunch program Not one coalition policy has helped or addressed anything. All of it has been wasteful.

Ok in the examples in this article it says "someone had bacon added to their ice cream by mistake" and sure, the AI is taking the order, but did a human add bacon to ice cream? What?!?!

Errrm I'm failing this test. Isn't the answer "on"

Costco's groceries are for people who can afford to buy in bulk to save longterm. People who have extra freezers. People who have big cars. People who can do a big outlay one week a month that's wildly different from the others. That isn't what NZ's grocery price problems require!

Anyone who has shopped at Costco will know it is good but absolutely not a valid competitor for our supermarket duopoly. Tone deaf as fuck.

This entire thread sends me. Especially the reading puns. "Reads tale of two cities to surveil two titties"

Oh no @duckalini.bsky.social fyi to prepare!!

Just saw a reel that was like, "Did you know some people are really racist with food?" and I'm like, yes. Everyone, the world over, says how durian is so horrifying, but a Roquefort is an acquired taste. And you're disgusting for liking durian but uncultured for not liking Roquefort.

Hey #NZ #Kikorangi, if you haven’t already checked my art out, I would love new friends and appreciators of my work rn (and maybe some sales). I hate to ask so directly but things are Not Fun for small businesses at the moment.

Oh no... do I stop, do I go? HoW dO I kNow whAt tO DO?!?

Another day, another flight! Off to 🇨🇦.... check out my Insta story highlights! www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2...