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Alison Campbell

@acampbelteacher.bsky.social

Biology educator, science communicator (I'm retired but still doing both!), foodie, dog-lover, avid reader, & somewhat addicted to cycling for pleasure. Occasional blogger: https://blog.waikato.ac.nz/bioblog/

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Accessibility Awareness@a11yawareness.bsky.social · 10h ago

Some are suggesting you deliberately write inaccurate or confusing alt text, because they say this confuses AI scrapers that are analyzing images. The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.

Kay in the End Times 🏳️‍🌈 💗💜💙📚@jennykaynz.bsky.social · yesterday

If you're an older or disabled NZ voter, please consider what ACT Party policies would mean for you. ACT plans to raise superannuation age by 3 months each year, cut disability benefits by $653M, pause contributions to NZ Super Fund, + cut support for migrants. #NZpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

ACT sets out plan to raise retirement age, cut debt, spending and disability benefits

The ACT Party's fiscal plan promises to cut debt and spending, raise the superannuation age by three months every year, and cut disability benefits by $653 million.

rnz.co.nz

James Medlock@jdcmedlock.bsky.social · yesterday

Turns out the friction of having to learn photoshop was a crucial firewall protecting society from the terrible taste of small business owners

terra firma, terra eterna 🚱🌉@kavi.bsky.social · last mo.

When I first heard about AI being used for menus and advertisements, my concern was largely that it would be used to idealize the food and make it look better than it actually was. At no point did I imagine that restaurants would willingly put out horrific looking images of their food on purpose

Rachel Maddow@maddow.bsky.social · 2d ago

“It’s really fundamentally about whether or not people with disabilities can live, work, go to school, make all the decisions about how you spend your day and you spend your life with..." 19thnews.org/2026/10/disa...

The federal government is backing away from a decades-old disability rights promise

Lois Curtis and Elaine Wilson won a victory that gave people with disabilities the freedom to choose where they live. That legacy is now under threat.

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Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d ago

This is completely outrageous and disgusting. This must immediately be blocked by Congress and Trump should be impeached for this. The US is now funding Putin’s war machine as he murders civilians including children. We are lost as a country.

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Mlb Kiwi 🫵✋😛🤚@mlbkiwi.bsky.social · 2d ago

America cannot be trusted. They make the rule of law political from the Supreme Court to the local Sheriff’s department. Now they want to change the ICC 🤷#auspol #nzpol www.dw.com/en/us-impose...

US announces sanctions on the International Criminal Court

The US has announced new sanctions on the International Criminal Court. It's the latest in a series of steps by the Donald Trump administration as it seeks to "dismantle" the intergovernmental organiz...

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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞@mary1kathy.bsky.social · 2d ago

Her career has spanned from defending the rights of an imprisoned Nelson Mandela to leading a panel that found that Israel committed genocide in Gaza. Congratulations, excellent choice! apnews.com/article/nobe...

South African-born jurist Navi Pillay wins Nobel Peace Prize for her work in international justice

Navi Pillay, a former U.N. human rights chief, has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The South Africa-born Pillay was honored for her efforts to promote peace and international law.

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Grant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚🇳🇿@notjustdna.bsky.social · last wk.

Even without Kelvin waves I’d be avoiding coastal properties. If nothing else insurance companies and banks are keeping a close eye on climate change-related risks… Saw a reminder of this a couple of days ago - bsky.app/profile/notj...

Grant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚🇳🇿@notjustdna.bsky.social · 2w ago

An introduction to this can be read here: www.newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/n... If you want all the details, they’re in this PDF: ccc.govt.nz/assets/Docum... The ToC gives a clue to one aspect – insurance and bank assessments are going to have a say in this ⬇️

Section 6 of the ToC reads, "Insurance, banking and recovery funding may change" including why insurance is changing, banks are actively considering climate risk, there’s no guarantee of Crown funding, what modelling show for private homes.
Aaron Hawkins@ahawkins.bsky.social · 2d ago

Drug testing has (by design) captured all the attention, but it's nowhere near the worst bit. For more than 30 years, benefit levels have been kept lower than the cost of staying alive. On purpose. Campaigning on the back of cutting them even further is monstrous. The cruelty is the point.

Ryan CrawCour@ryan.crawcour.social · 2w ago

The majority of Kiwis will be better off with the Greens plan, but somehow everyone is panicking about “taxing the rich”. You’re not “the rich” they’re looking at. And if you are, an extra 2% tax on your wealth would hardly be noticed.

Ryan CrawCour@ryan.crawcour.social · 2w ago

It’s the usual - the rich are trying to convince us that 1) it will apply to everyone (it won’t) 2) it will apply to your family home (it won’t) 3) we are all somehow property speculators and have multiple properties (1/3 of houses are owned by very few investors)

Russel Norman@russelnorman.bsky.social · 2w ago

The NZ Govt has systematically broken the environment and climate conditions of the EU free trade agreement over the last three years. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

NZ accused of breaking climate change promise with EU, but Todd McClay rejects claim

A Dutch environmental group claims New Zealand has broken its climate change promises in the free trade agreement with the EU and is lodging the first complaint of its kind through the European Commis...

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