The @inaturalist.bsky.social people ran a workshop on taking better nature photos with your phone, and there are some good tips there. www.inaturalist.org/posts/134313...
Smartphone Photography for iNaturalist
Many thanks to the more than 4,700 of you who joined us for our first-ever Smartphone Photography for iNaturalist webinar! With some tips and techniques, your smartphone can be a pretty great nature c...
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At some point, AI boosters are going to have to engage with the fact that the people who have most fully and prominently bought into this product are also the stupidest, most evil people on the planet.
PBS News@pbsnews.org · 6d agoThe State Department said it takes "full responsibility" for "hastily" altering and then presenting a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that mislabeled every single country it highlighted. An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI.
Gloria of Greymouth meets Gloria of Greymouth! We are thrilled to be publishing this beautiful chronicle of Gloria’s establishment – coming 22 October 2026.
One of my favourite episodes I've made was Name Changers, where people talked about choosing their names (many of them as part of a Gender Journey) and now someone is seeking trans people to share their name stories anonymously - submit here if that's you: reclaimournames.com/2026/06/23/w...
I’m Developing a Trans Names Workbook!
Anonymously Share the Story of Your Name I changed my name or plan to: I don’t want to or can’t change my name: As I’ve now told hundreds of trans and queer organizations via unso…
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Shouldn't that be "right-wing" Free Speech Union? Same writer, same paper, but only the tax group gets called out as "left-wing" huh? (And if your response is everyone knows the FSU is right-wing: a) they do not, and b) some people think the Nazis were socialist because of their name.)
Daily Indignation@dailyindignation.bsky.social · 4mo agoOh are we identifying the ideology of lobby groups now? That's great! I look forward to the NZ Initiative, Free Speech Union, Taxpayers' Union, and every bank economist being called right-wing in the headlines of their numerous self-generated stories from now on.
🌨️ Here's an anatomy of the snow flurries which caused such excitement in Wellington yesterday 📉 The high for the day was 8.9°C at 1am. The strengthening southerly pushed temperatures down through the morning, until the sun started to get a bit of strength and start increasing the temperature.
Bede's World! Bede's World! Party time! Venerable!
I can never get over how much these people just hate life. The amount of money, time and energy they pour into being utterly spiteful and miserable is astonishing. I'm sure part of the reason why the left struggles to counter them is because we actually enjoy life and want to be doing things
I can’t say enough how vital this kind of writing is. It shouldn’t be rare to see decision makers & leaders being held to account, but this is one of the few crystal clear, absolutely on point articles I’ve seen outside of the excellent work being done by those who don’t have a mainstream platform.
Hayley@writagal.bsky.social · yesterday“There is at least one important section of society where little shittery is rampant, destructive and harmful to the environment of the workplace. It’s actively impeding the ability of well-behaved people to perform well & limiting productivity. I’m talking, of course, about parliament.” No notes🙌
Chuds can and do ride bikes but I think riding bikes in the car-brained US is a moral, pro-social, pro-environment, lefty political act. Accordingly, when bike brands post AI slop they tend to get obliterated, which is very funny.
Do any of my NZ pocket friends like to make entomology-related art/merch & would like to sell their crafts at our upcoming NZ Entomological Society conference 1st week September? If so, please get in touch. 🪲 🐞 🪱 🪰 🕷
In her house at R'lyeh, dead Morton Salt Girl waits dreaming
Derek Faraci@whwoolhat.bsky.social · 2d agoBet you didn't know that the Little Morton Salt Girl is an immortal being who existed before there was life on Earth.
If your desire and ability to exercise state power is predicated on the state exercising racism, then yes - you are the baddies.
Mitchell And Webb: Are We The Baddies Sketch
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henry cooke@henrycooke.bsky.social · 2d agoNicola Willis and Mark Mitchell suggested this morning that firing Winston Peters would bring down the Government. www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
I misread the forecast and briefly thought we’d be getting some slutty little showers.
VIDEO: Bear takes a dip in backyard spa in L.A. foothill neighborhood
VIDEO: Bear takes a dip in backyard spa in L.A. foothill neighborhood
A black bear was caught on camera taking a dip in a backyard spa to beat the heat in a foothill neighborhood of Los Angeles County Sunday afternoon. A La Crescenta-Montrose resident captured video …
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Let me take a minute to tell you how bonkers this is. The first election I worked was (I think) 2008, before there was really any advance voting. At every election, if you weren't on the roll, we let you cast a special vote and then worked out if you were eligible afterwards. Two reasons: 1/2
Marc Daalder@marcdaalder.bsky.social · 2d agoThe Electoral Commission has told staff to turn away voters who aren't on the printed roll and who say they're unenrolled, but has no plans to count how many people will be affected. newsroom.co.nz/2026/08/03/t...
See my friend group that excludes Nazis could be considered a bubble, but that's exactly the point of my 'bubble' I don't want Nazis in, nor try to understand their point of view, or engage with them.
Derek Powazek@fraying.bsky.social · 2d agoReminder that “bubble” just means “a community I don’t like” or “a community that rejected me.” Please replace the word with the appropriate phrase whenever you see it used to describe a social media system.
"Why can't you just appreciate how revolutionary the job-taking, environment-degrading, information-shredding, technology-hoarding, economy-swamping machine is?" My brother in Christ, there may indeed be a revolution in part because of "AI," but it might not be the one you wanted.
That said, let us take a moment to thank our Bluesky Trans and Furry Elders for freaking out Jack Dorsey so much he bolted and left us this nice social media playground, taking most of his crypto chuds with him. We thank you for your service.
I should be clear that the architecture of Bluesky makes it the social media place I most like to be. I'm not on social media to be an influencer or instigator; I want to hang out with folks and have an enjoyable time. This place delivers on that. I hope it continues to do so for a long time.
#nzpol Tamatha knows exactly what she’s talking about.
RNZ News Feeds@rnzrss.bsky.social · 2d agoAt least 10 police staff face criminal charges after anti-corruption investigation
...if mommy was somehow using up the entire neighborhood's electricity and water, copying from your classmates' answers, didn't care if those answers were correct or if you got a good grade, was blowing cigarette smoke in your face the whole time, and was also setting the house on fire.
Using AI to do your job is no different from asking Mommy to do your homework for you.
Nicholas Wells' / Nicholas Newport's X/Twitter account often simply alternated between re-tweets praising Adolf Hitler and Shane Jones.
Winston Peters described him as a “member of the public” the party had no responsibility for. He is in fact an executive committee member of Young NZF (at least he was described as such in 2024) and spoke on behalf of the group at the party convention last month.