Tessera
Folgen

Ben Reid

@ben-r.bsky.social

Human+AI holobiont at the edge of the world 🧠📈🌌 Upgrading the future @memia.bsky.social 🌱/acc 📚Author: ⏩🇳🇿Fast Forward Aotearoa https://ffwd.nz 🌐🌏Location: post-meta-Ōtautahi, Aotearoa

102 Posts818 Follower231 Folgt
Daniel Swain@weatherwest.bsky.social · last wk.

I was searching for a public domain clip of the wildfires in France for a livestream earlier today, and this is what AI autocorrect on a Google Video search defaulted to. I was actually unable get Google to un-default to "aerial views of french fries" after several attempts:

A screenshot of a Google search for "aerial view of french fires" that auto-defaulted to a search for "aerial view of french *fries*" (with accordingly ridiculous results).
Richard Easther@rjme.bsky.social · 2w ago

Out of curiosity -- plotted the rise in electricity from non-hydro renewables v oil and gas in New Zealand. Those numbers do begin to tell a story and we still have a lot of cards to play...

Bild
rahaeli@rahaeli.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Mandatory age verification to "protect children" is not to protect children. It is to deanonymize every adult speaker and consumer of speech online so the government can retaliate against speakers and speech they don't approve of. For instance: apnews.com/article/trum...

US revokes visas for 6 foreigners over Charlie Kirk-related speech

The Trump administration has revoked the visas of six foreigners deemed by U.S. officials to have made derisive comments or made light of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last m...

apnews.com

Eddie Clark@dreddieclark.bsky.social · last yr.

It also seems to have been lost that Hipkins has committed to repealing promptly if elected. ACT's overreach here in clear very right wing rather than technocratic principles mean it has a pretty short expiry date. & meanwhile this govt will legislate consistently with it because it wants to anyway!

Musical Chairs@musicalchairs.bsky.social · last yr.

Game changing. Let's explore why a jobs guarantee is fabulous social *and* economic policy. Quick reminder that making sure kiwis have jobs is not that radical. NZ Govt thru the mid-20th century was scared witless if a few folks (well, white men) were unemployed. See image 2 (1960 Stats NZ) [🧵 1/n]

The Green Party has marked May Day with a pre-budget announcement in Tokoroa, detailing the party’s plan for a Green Jobs Guarantee. READ THE FULL POLICY DOC “New Zealanders should be in control of our economy, our jobs and our future. We don’t need to leave our fate to be decided by international shareholders,” says Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick. “From the West Coast of the South Island, to Ohakune, to Tokoroa, in the last year alone, we’ve heard the same devastation driven by the same political decisions to let offshore companies decide the fate of regional communities. “No more. “Today, we launch our Green Jobs Guarantee, which will directly create at least 40,000 jobs across this country to rebuild our infrastructure, plant native trees and restore biodiversity, build homes and an economy that we, New Zealanders, own - and can genuinely be proud of. “We’ve done it before and we can do it again. Before politicians took their hands off the wheel of the economy 40 years ago and sold off the assets we all used to own, we had a Ministry of Works. Our Ministry of Green Works builds on that proud tradition but is future fit for the climate transition. “Our Future Workforce Agency, Mahi Anamata, will actively plan for the skills we need. We’ll revitalise and supercharge the roaring success of Jobs for Nature, and we’ll ensure everyone in this country who wants a good, decent, living-wage paying job will get one. “In a time of global volatility, after a forty-year economic experiment that’s failed regular people and is currently seeing record numbers leave the country, it’s time to take back control and build our resilience. “A better world is possible, and this is how we build it,” says Chlöe Swarbrick.Excerpt from 1960 Stats NZ Yearbook: Of recent years special attention has been directed to the problem of Maori employment. Outstanding features of the Maori population are its rate of growth and the fact that the Maori people are largely resident in localities remote from the main centres of industrial activity. Practical measures for ensuring the continuing absorption of the Maori race into full employment have included the fostering of Maori apprenticeships and the establishment of Maori youth hostels. In the post-war years the labour situation was characterized by overfull employment and a high number of vacancies in industry. Over the last two years, however, the employment situation has not been quite so buoyant; the number of notified vacancies dropped to 5,300 in October 1959. During the winter months of 1959 there was insufficient work for seasonal workers during the off-season and it was necessary to accelerate scheduled Government works and to arrange limited subsidized employment with local authorities to provide work for men who could not be placed in normal avenues of employment. The peak figure for disengaged workers was reached in August 1959 (1,526 males and 130 females). One employment promotion measure which has been in operation for some years is Scheme 13, under which 57 men were employed at 31 March 1960, compared with 52 on 31 March 1959. Most of these men are fit for light work only and are located in districts where employment opportunities are limited. Everything possible is done to place them in suitable private employment when the opportunity arises. They are allocated to local authorities and their wages are subsidized to an extent which brings their earnings up to the award rate for the type of work performed.