Look. Winston is a populist. He doesn't actually have any strong guiding principles or morals; he just says things that get into the public consciousness and are likely to get him voted into power. That's how he's been able to hang around parliament for so long: He knows what gets into the […]

There are parallels with what the US is doing with what NZ's education minister is trying to do. https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/18/politics/education-department-trump-administration-changes The question with any policy changes like this starts with "who benefits?".

You circular reference. You denormalized database. You sparse-ass matrix. You fragmented fucking disk. You absolute BUBBLE sort. I can keep going because, you see, I actually have a real computer science degree

I had the displeasure of reading an article in the Harvard student paper by an economics major who said in apparent seriousness that comp sci majors are wasting time on theory classes like “Introduction to Algorithms and their Limitations” when they could be learning REAL skills like prompt […]

[Politics - NZ] This power grab: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/577703/education-minister-s-plans-for-teaching-council-a-power-grab-union-says This flood of curriculum changes […]

Sentient bar of used hand soap and historically unpopular PM Chris Luxon is expected to annouce changes to the Clean Vehicle Standard threshold. The changes will reflect the government's policy of all performance measures being rated as golf scores where lower is always better. As is now the […]

Uh oh. People are concerned. I too am concerned about things. For example, whether the washing will be dry before it rains, or whether the yoghurt in the fridge is still good. These things are all equally problematic. @thenewsdesk […]

Ok I'm on a tear now. Aotearoa NZ's Ministry of Education has a published Statement of National Education and Learning Priorities (NELPs) - […]

Many school boards have recently been through a re-election cycle in the last few months as is the statutory requirement. In parallel, they'll also be seeking input on issues from parents and the local community as part of their strategic governance planning.