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Algeria Worblebot

@algeriaworblebot.bsky.social

An existentially ambiguous network of confabulations and trivia, knotted together with code-switching wordplay. Will probably not follow you back.

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Morgan Davie@fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 2d ago

Hi international friendos, to help you understand what NZ bluesky is talking about, here is a summary: While Prime Minister Chris has survived leadership challenges from MP Chris (today) and MP Chris (recently), this instability bodes ill for election chances against Former Prime Minister Chris

Sophie these days@spiderandme.bsky.social · 3d ago

In a country where the Ford Ranger was the best-selling car for 10 years in a row, this is probably worth paying attention to. 🚲 vs 🛻 #BuildMoreBikeLanes #kikorangi

Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · 3d ago

“Here’s what we found: Every additional 100kg of vehicle weight was associated with a 6% increase in odds of pedestrian fatality. Every additional 10cm of height was associated with an 11% increase in odds of pedestrian fatality. The relationship was even stronger in lower-speed environments.”

Baldur Bjarnason@baldurbjarnason.com · 5d ago

“Mea Culpa - Dark Hours — Terry Godier” https://blog.terrygodier.com/2026/08/09/mea-culpa-dark-hours.html > it became clear to me that the web app I had launched using Claude was strikingly similar to his open source project, even reproducing a bug he had later fixed

Mea Culpa - Dark Hours

Last week I launched a project called Dark Hours, which was a website utility to give you an idea of what could be seen in the sky that night. A developer who …

blog.terrygodier.com

Matt@kiwimatt.bsky.social · 7d ago

National is doing its usual election year spin of "rahhh Labour more tax! National low tax!" And is just wrong in general, but also... Cost of living is a tax. It's a worse tax because it goes toward private profit, not public benefit. Desperately need people to understand this. #nzpol

Cezary Jan Strusiewicz@ostrichson.bsky.social · last wk.

Three things I would NEVER eat as a health influencer: - Poison. You would not believe what awful things science has to say about it. Google it if you don't believe me. - Antimatter. More of a question of price, really. - Grass-fed T-Rex. Because all dinosaurs were atheist.

Anthony Oliveira@meakoopa.bsky.social · 2w ago

I am going through Bram Stoker’s earliest notes on DRACULA today - they include a list of the powers and features of the Count (then named “Wampyr” before Stoker stumbled on “Dracula”), many of which are never elucidated in the book…

• panters cannot pant hım; looks like someone else (38b) • insensitive to music (38b) • despises death and the dead (38b) . is affected only by relics that are older than he is (38b) • can create evil thoughts in others, banish good ones, and destroy will (38b) • cannot be photographed; photographs come out black or like a skeleton corpse (4, 38b) • can tell if bodies are dead or alive (4) • sees man semingly dead and says "no" (4) • has to be brought or carried over threshold. Dracula visits an asylum where he stumbles on the threshold (4, 16) • named "Count Wampyr" (1) • can determine and prove if people are sane (24) green taper with blue flame in Count's house (43va)
Jon Bois@jonbois.bsky.social · 2w ago

becoming a parent has turned out to be a great excuse to learn the entire alphabet. sometimes he’ll ask me what a letter is and i’m like well shit, bubba. let’s find out together

Sam Sachdeva@samsachdeva.bsky.social · 2w ago

Not sure how much attention this will get, but it’s quite a big deal - Labour has pulled its support for the Govt’s controversial census ‘modernisation’ plans, meaning it no longer has the 75% majority it needs in Parliament: newsroom.co.nz/2026/08/03/g...

Govt’s census overhaul thrown into doubt after Labour pulls support

Opposition parties warn relying on government agency data instead of a full census risks undercounting Māori and minority groups.

newsroom.co.nz

Ada Palmer@adapalmer.bsky.social · 2w ago

Endometriosis takes nine years to diagnose. That’s about to change. NICE has approved two tests: a saliva test reading microRNA markers, and a gut-sensor test returning results in 45 minutes, sparing women the keyhole surgery currently needed. buff.ly/QX3jHk8 #ShareGoodNewsToo

Rapid endometriosis tests to be made available on NHS in England and Wales

Saliva and gut sensor-based tests hailed as ‘gamechanger’ for millions of women who can wait years for diagnosis

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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19)@covid19disease.bsky.social · 2w ago

🚨 After 40 years of research, Brazilian scientist Dr. Mariangela Hungria wins the World Food Prize for pioneering a $2 nitrogen-fixing bacteria treatment that replaces costly fertilizers, saves farmers $25 billion annually, and cuts 230 million tons of CO₂ emissions.

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