Nigel Robertson
@easegill.bsky.social
Explorer - Life, learning, technology, caves. He/him/ia. http://ds106rad.io/listen #DS106Radio #4life
The professor told me that all across her campus students are catching “the freshman flu” (and that this is not limited only to actual freshman), and when I asked her what she makes of it she replied that “the freshman flu” is an odd way of spelling Covid.
#NZAlert Keoni has been developing some of the best te reo Māori speech recognition and transcription tools
Alex Hanna@alexhanna.bsky.social · 4h ago“AI” won’t solve Indigenous peoples’ healthcare gaps. @emilymbender.bsky.social and I speak with Keoni Mahelona, CTO of Te Hiku Media, about his work on Indigenous data sovereignty, and why it’s worth being skeptical when the “AI" industry says it cares about preserving Indigenous languages.
1/28 A Soviet cruise liner with 738 people aboard, a flat, calm afternoon in 1986, and a pilot who knew that water better than almost anyone alive. He steered her at 15 knots into a gap between a headland and a lighthouse rock. Mikhail Lermontov. A 🧵 #maritimehistory #maritimeincidents
So, yeah, this happened early hours this morning in Dijon France.
Tania Roxborogh@taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 2d ago15 hours until I can share my very good news. It's been a shit old time in my whānau - immediate, in law and extended so this will be a lovely respite but I can't share yet. Time difference and all that and, still...
It is hilarious that Todd McClay fairly obviously confused Fernando Hernandez Espino of Both Ends with Francisco Hernandez of the Greens but neither he nor Luxon will admit it. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Christopher Luxon walks back 'bizarre claim' about the Greens
Christopher Luxon has walked back claims made by one of his ministers about the Greens, before then suggesting - wrongly - that they originated from the media.
rnz.co.nz
It's October 2026. Someone at Labour needs to better appreciate the fact that RCR explicitly promotes, week after week, month after month, w/out exaggeration, exactly the same violent extremism that the ChCh killer based his 'manifesto' on. This isn't a platform that should be engaged with. #nzpol
The other day, I was walking around central Welly, and there was a young man in a nice outfit walking around with a handmade sign. It said something to the effect of, "Enthusiastic & looking for work," with his phone number in big digits at the bottom. 😔 Idk, it just felt bleak.
Gary Chiles 🚲 🍄 ☕ 🦚 🐱 𝟜 𝟚𝟘@testtubeone.bsky.social · 20h agoWithin living memory, we've gone from a job for everyone to no jobs for anyone, including highly qualified graduates. Nobody under 50 has any idea what full employment prioritised over delivering profits looks like. None of this happened by accident.😡 #PeopleB4Profit #OneTermGovernment #nzpol
If you want evidence from just this past week, I would have to point you to this disgraceful John Campbell interview with Winston Peters, in which Peters is allowed to claim unchallenged that New Zealand is refusing to recognise Palestine in order to have mysterious "private conversations".
Winston Peters looks back on his stint as Foreign Minister
Winston Peters delivered his final speech as Foreign Affairs minister in this government yesterday, reflecting on what he called a deeply troubled world. Peters has been Foreign Affairs Minister in th...
rnz.co.nz
“‘I’m haunted by last night,’ said Spivey, who was there during the execution attempt.” “‘Last night was not just inefficient; it was cruel and it was torturous,’ Spivey said.” "When the second dosage of pentobarbital was administered, Spivey described seeing Pike’s arm turn purple.”
Gabe Ortíz@tusk81.bsky.social · yesterday“Christa Pike is in critical condition after a failed execution in Tennessee, her lawyers say. At least seven needles were used to administer the lethal injection into Pike’s arm over the course of an hour, one of her lawyers, who witnessed the failed execution attempt, said.”
“The profound moral question is not, 'Do they deserve to die?' but 'Do we deserve to kill them?'" - Sister Helen Prejean
How are is it we* have all known for ages that Curia was dodgy, yet it apparently comes as a surprise to the Spinoff who purportedly cover politics 🤔 *in this case "we" refers to literally every person in NZ I've ever interacted with on this platform 🤷♀️
And per Nicky Hager - “be louder” he said to the TPU while they ran vile ads attacking Manaia Mahuta and Jacinda Ardern.
PSA: if you've dug *anything* on webworm over the last 6 years, but on the fence about being a paid member - some options for you here: 50%-off, or if you're a student / on a benefit - free. i'm off substack now, & can always do with more support to keep us ad-free. please RT: www.webworm.co/about/
Omfg I just caught up on this and the earlier article. God this protected from disclosure scheme is batshit: relying on scouts honour of megadonors to not tell the candidates, and the candidates to not know.
Farah@kiwifarah.bsky.social · 2d agoLatest update on protected from disclosure donations. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... #NZPol
Because being part of society is a 'nice to have' for disabled Australians. #AusPol
Rebel@rebellionista.bsky.social · 2d agoFrom today’s NDIS newsletter…
Your reminder why many women, when asked what they’d do if there were no men for a day, said they’d go for a walk at night and look at the stars. Also, why we’d choose the bear.
maura quint@mauraquint.bsky.social · 2d agoYes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.
Do the right thing Replace it with a mural of Martin Phillipps
In light of the news of Tennessee’s botched execution tonight, revisiting my colleague @laurengill.bsky.social’s piece on witnessing Alabama attempt to experiment with execution methods to kill a man. boltsmag.org/alabama-nitr...
“Agony” and “Suffering” as Alabama Experiments with Nitrogen Executions - Bolts
Alabama said Alan Miller’s execution by lethal gas would be “more humane.” He writhed and gasped for air in his final moments.
boltsmag.org
Scrapping the gender definitions bill is part the Coalition for the Safety of Women & Children's calls to political parties to take 20 steps from violence to freedom (also: reinstating safe community sport guidelines for trans inclusion and closing the gaps in hate speech law) awc.org.nz/20steps/
Jennifer@jennifilm.nz · 2d agoAbsolutely fantastic to see these large businesses being really clear that Marcroft’s bill is harmful and creates complexity rather than addressing it newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/30/m...
actually i can't justify charging for this when i haven't written shit for months. it's free.
David Cormack@davidcormack.bsky.social · 2d agojesus i haven't written for a long time. thanks hobson's pledge for being muse. www.patreon.com/davidcormack...
We've just heard the terribly sad news that Phil Gifford has passed away. Chris Bourke says, "Gifford was a giant in New Zealand journalism for half a century...What is missing from the reports of his unexpected death, on Tuesday, aged 79, is that he was also one of NZ’s best music writers... 🧵
“Māori have long cottoned on to that. Nicky Hager’s latest book helps to join the dots for others who may have wondered how it was iwi became public enemy number one during the Stop Three Waters campaign.” #nzpol www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/09/28/t...
The powerful have figured out how to work together. Journalists need to catch up
Analysis: It was a set of interviews I did on the Māori delegation to Israel for Te Ao with Moana recently – and the release of the Nicky Hager book Dirty Work – that took me back
teaonews.co.nz
