Edward Stanaway
@edwardstanaway.bsky.social
From punk musician and healthtech pioneer to Founder and Creative Director of Tumeke Studio. We’re building a Māori focused multiplayer game and platform. I like to do stuff that matters to real people. Https://linkedin.com/in/edward.stanaway
How do you navigate a weak job market while keeping your sense of self and purpose intact? I explore one way here. #indigenous #jobs #hiring #employment www.linkedin.com/pulse/naviga...
Navigating a Weak Market with Indigenous Values
New Zealand’s job market is bad. Unemployment reached 5.
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43% of migrants surveyed in NZ reported unfair treatment because they came from overseas. 23% reported it when applying for a job. My Masters dissertation explores the harsh reality in New Zealand. www.researchgate.net/publication/... #newzealand #immigration #equalrigjts #discrimination
(PDF) Fair Access and National Responsibility: The Ethical Problem of Evidence Gaps in Skilled Migrant Hiring in New Zealand
PDF | New Zealand makes strong ethical and policy claims about fair access to work for skilled migrants, including through skills shortage signals and... | Find, read and cite all the research you nee...
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She killed her three children. But this piece still finds a way to blame her husband, men, and “motherhood.” That’s just sexism. Zero sympathy from me on this one. Wired got it wrong. #Accountability #GenderBias www.wired.me/story/the-pa...
The Patrick Clancy Conspiracy Theories Are Rooted in the Harsh Realities of Motherhood
Lindsay Clancy’s defence argues she killed her three kids because of postpartum psychosis. But armchair detectives, including many fed-up mothers, are laying blame with her ex-husband.
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What life looks like right now: Day job: Can you save us $90m in 2 weeks? Night job: Can you run a video game dev company and be a new dad? Sure. No problem. I'll sleep later. #startuplife
A powerful video. Why is it relevant in New Zealand today? www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9n_... #aotearoa #newzealand #racism #discrimination #immigration
Give Nothing To Racism
YouTube video by Te Kāhui Tika Tangata NZ Human Rights Commission
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Ever wonder if AI has any practical use? What if it does? In this paper I make the case for why AI can be an equalizer for indigenous creatives. www.researchgate.net/publication/... #ai #representationmatters #indigenous #maori #newzealand #gamedev #startuplife
(PDF) AI in Indigenous Expression: Sovereignty, Access, and Cultural Gatekeeping
PDF | Generative AI has entered an older fight over Indigenous creative authority. The same institutions that praise Indigenous culture as heritage... | Find, read and cite all the research you need o...
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I've updated my 2025 paper on Indigenous Futurism to include issues that directly affected the Māori community in 2026, including the Path of Exile appropriation controversy. Check it out. www.researchgate.net/publication/... #indigenous #representationmatters #maori #gamedev #indiedev #aotearoa
(PDF) Indigenous Futurism in Pop Culture
PDF | Indigenous futurism has become a production issue for games, film, television, and speculative media. Indigenous-coded language, architecture,... | Find, read and cite all the research you need ...
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The clock is officially ticking. I'm pretty sure I should be absolutely terrified. #parenthood #newborn
History has taught us this lesson before. I didn’t found an indigenous game studio to grandstand on purity while someone else gets to write the stories because they cranked them out faster. Let’s level the playing field. #ai #genai #gamedev #indiedev #representationmatters #indiegenous #equality
What if I told you that my company was giving artists, technologists ,and creatives jobs doing what they love? And we were doing it by using AI? What if I told you this was happening right now? What if I told you these people were indigenous? #ai #gamedev #indiedev #videogames #startuplife
Sad news in game development. This is a reminder that what's going on behind the screen is something nobody is aware of. We should be kinder to each other than what we are. Our disagreements online have the potential to create chaos in the real world.
Mellow_Online1@mellowonline1.bsky.social · 5mo agoBREAKING NEWS: Bohrdom has been purchase disabled on Steam following the developer's shooting at a White House dinner. store.steampowered.com/app/945530/B... #Steam #PCGaming #GameDev #GamingNews #SteamGames #TechNews #PlatformPolicy #DigitalPlatforms #BreakingNews #USNews
When people read less, they understand less history. When you don’t know history, you can’t learn the lessons from it. This causes a decline in critical thinking, and a rise in mass hysteria and groupthink. This is a global issue. #ai #education #criticalthinking www.forbes.com/sites/vibhas...
Gen Z Is Reading Less. What That Means In The Age Of Ready Answers
Gen Z reads less as AI answers more. What that means for imagination, learning, and the future workforce
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History teaches us repeatedly that objecting to a new technology doesn’t change the impact of its arrival. AI isn’t “good” at art. Real human art will become more valuable because AI lowers the entry point, making more people use art and increasing the value of well made work. #ai #creativity
Tumeke Studio@tumekestudio.bsky.social · 5mo agoIf this is how our team feels about AI, why are we using it? Because retreating from a space and ignoring it doesn't make a problem go away. Once Pandora's box is opened, its up to us to decide how its used. We're not checking out of this process. Doing so let's someone else tell our stories.
We’ve been quiet while building the foundations. Now it’s time to start showing it. The first in-game footage from Errata is live. Systems are up, the world is now being populated. Watch here: youtu.be/maRv4vWExJw?... #gamedev #indiedev #mmorpg #unrealengine #gaming #indiegame #openworld
Errata Intro
YouTube video by Tumeke Studio
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Just dropped a new paper. If you’re curious about some causes of the brain drain in New Zealand, this might shed some light on it. Consider it a primer. www.researchgate.net/publication/... #newzealand #braindrain #australia #immigration #discrimination #bias #hiring
(PDF) Immigration into New Zealand, Employment Exclusion, and Brain Drain: A Failed Social Contract
PDF | This report examines whether New Zealand's skilled migration settings create an implicit social contract through shortage signaling, while failing... | Find, read and cite all the research you n...
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Fuck ICE. Fuck JD Vance. And if you support their bullshit, fuck you.
Please pardon any handle issues over the next few days. I'm updating DNS providers.
Amazon has deployed it's 1 millionth service robot today. These robots have replaced people working at facilities for years, all powered by AI. So why are we still shopping at Amazon? Aren't they "stealing" jobs from actual workers? Or are we just looking the other way when it's convenient? #ai
The real question js: did Llama have a pre-existing contract with the SAG? massivelyop.com/2025/05/20/f...
Fortnite’s AI Darth Vader was a toxicity disaster and an apparent provocation for striking voice actors | Massively Overpowered
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After this is addressed can we look at Māori unemployment and Māori suicide rates? They’re over 2x the national average in both respects. #maori #newzealand #indigenous #humanrights www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
UN to hear human rights complaint over New Zealand’s treatment of Māori
UN committee to consider claim by prominent Māori leader Tureiti Moxon that alleges government policies have harmed Indigenous people
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