Incredibly sage advice from Marlon Williams

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.

Rachel Gluckstern@rgluckst.bsky.social · 2mo ago

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.

In New Zealand if you're a Labour candidate who tells gang members to enroll to vote you might be pushed to resign, but if you're ACT leader, accepting donations from people who threaten to destroy mosques won't hurt your political career newsroom.co.nz/2019/10/22/f...

Far-right cap seller raises money for ACT

David Seymour won't return a donation from a man who threatened to destroy mosques.

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Lots of "politicians and gangs" in the election news. For completeness, I'd like to see "politicians and people who believe great replacement theory", "politicians and extremely conservative religions", "politicians and pedophiles who were the head of the party and had that fact suppressed" too.

Comment: Every party has a plan for the supermarket aisle but none has one for the imported fuel that raises every price on the shelf, writes Kirsten Corson

The $12.1 billion energy blind spot

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Values turned into plans. Endorsement from a national hero, right here:

Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles@siouxsiew.bsky.social · 2d ago

Several people have seen the Green Party sign up on our fence and asked me why I’m voting Green. Here’s why: because they care about people and the planet and have excellent and fully-costed evidence-based policies. They are all here if you are curious www.greens.org.nz/policy ✅✅

Seymour: People should be free to say horrible things & be challenged for it in the marketplace of ideas. Also Seymour: trans people existing infringes on the rights of others too much

I've come to the conclusion it's fine to just be blanket anti-AI right now. We can have the nuanced discussions about local models, limited usage, etc. later. It's simply not possible to have those discussions right now. The current emergency is AI as fascist movement. We need to fight that.

This tracks. Sorry to say, but every single data point I have studied, for years now, suggests that it will get worse in New Zealand - not just for her, but for all women, and especially wāhine Māori in public life. #nzpol

That’s funny cos I want fewer charter schools by 2028, and better school lunches for kids by 2027

RNZ News Feeds@rnzrss.bsky.social · 4d ago

ACT wants 10,000 charter school enrolments by 2029

“Privatisation, deregulation and austerity weren’t about efficiency, but about transferring resources from working people to the very wealthy, and winding back the clock on the egalitarian gains of the 20th century.”

He really does believe that he is God’s gift to this country

Fantastic news from Aotearoa New Zealand - trans healthcare professionals have won their court case against the government, overturning the country's ban on puberty blockers. Huge respect and congratulations to everyone involved in this fight.

New Zealand High Court rules puberty blocker ban unlawful

QNews LGBTIQA+ News

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I don't understand why people do this! don't send me your dead-rat of an AI "polished" thing, or an AI draft that you edited! just write the damn email yourself!!!

tweety fish oh wow like a chimera or something spoooky@sifu.tweety.fish · 5d ago

there's something so "here, look, I brought you a dead rat" about this move. Like you _really_ have to not be thinking about what your interlocutor might be after conversation-wise to think they probably want you to be a cut-and-paste intermediary for them

Reminder: If voting didn't matter Luxon wouldnt be doing everything he can to make it harder for you to do it. He purposely chose a date he knew would be harder for most kiwis to vote.

Yet another astroturf group from weasels David Farrar and Jordan Williams.

Inside The Parents’ Alliance, the new lobby group pushing govt school reforms

Formed by former political insiders, new lobby group The Parents’ Alliance is backing government school reforms amid questions over data integrity.

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Some of the sandwiches are grumpy and refuse to party with me, but all salads can be made to go.

leftwing politician's associations are happily weaponised by NZ msm in a coordinated manner to influence an election but if you're David Seymour the president of the ACT Party gets his name suppressed on the BASIS of it being election season, then msm ignore the association completely!

2006: omg new update dropped. Here are ten cool things you’ll want to turn on immediately. 2026: omg new update dropped. Here are ten things you’ll want to turn off immediately.

in 2000, there were 470 billionaires. in 2010, the number had more than doubled, to 1000 billionaires total. together, they controlled around $3.6 trillion in capital. for power and wealth like this, politics is less than pocket change: www.webworm.co/elections/

Nick Mowbray, The Billionaires, And Our Elections

David Farrier's Webworm newsletter looks at what role Zuru's Nick Mowbray & the billionaire class could play in New Zealand's elections.

webworm.co

PSA: You have until October 25 to enrol in New Zealand's General Election. Unlike last time, this time you cannot enrol & vote on the day of the election. If you're younger, your vote will influence what happens for more of your life than if you're older. That's why you should vote. #nzpol

🔜 Soon Lee@soonleenz.bsky.social · 3w ago

PSA: You have until October 25 to enrol in New Zealand's General Election. Unlike last time, this time you cannot enrol & vote on the day of the election. #nzpol

Crikey it might be the first time a cartoon has made me cry like that.

Richard Kadrey@richardkadrey.bsky.social · 7d ago

This is for you jerks who think cats are all aloof and don't love their family. art by Herta Burbe

This is for you jerks who think cats are all aloof and don't love their family. art by Herta Burbe

There is no coherent way to implement a social media ban without at least one of: (a) requiring private companies to collect PII of children (b) requiring adults to hand over their PII to private companies (c) mandating the collection of PII by govt agencies (d) banning VPNs

RNZ News Feeds@rnzrss.bsky.social · 7d ago

Labour pledges social media ban for under-16s within 100 days

All you Libby users borrowing digital books and audiobooks through your library cards, you can set your preferences to human authors and artists ONLY. Click the middle button at the bottom, then "Content Controls" under Settings. You'll find "AI Contributions" there. Click in to it to make changes.

Still trying to understand how Napster got shut down, but Anthropic is going public and still hasn’t paid us authors yet after stealing our work.

Truth 👇

The Allen & Unwin Aotearoa NZ Fiction Prize is open to all unpublished full-length commercial fiction manuscripts between 70,000 and 100,000 words in length written by New Zealand citizens and residents - deadline 31 March. The winner receives a publishing contract with an advance of $10,000.

Anyone who wants a tax cut while children can’t have their cancer treated is a psychopath.

Starship Hospital's cancer ward three months away from full staff after chemotherapy delays

Health NZ says it will be three months before Starship Hospital's cancer ward is fully staffed.

rnz.co.nz

In a world of metal, be Party Cannon metal.