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@simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy

30-something. Christian. Dad to 2 <5’s. Hubby to @MichaelaKHulse. Living in Te Awa Kairangi Ki Tai, Aotearoa 🇳🇿 (Lower Hutt, New Zealand). Learning te reo Māori […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mastodon.nz/@SimonCHulse, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag:@simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 8h ago

Wide screenshot of the RNZ website this afternoon, with my arrow added for comparison… even the automated “related stories” column is calling Luxon out on his BS now. #NZPol CC @BobLefridge

Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag:@simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 8h ago

Wide screenshot of the RNZ website this afternoon, with my arrow added for comparison… even the automated “related stories” column is calling Luxon out on his BS now. #NZPol CC @BobLefridge

Māmā takiwātanga @michaelakhulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 10h ago

If you know someone with #tamariki in #LowerHutt #Wellington, please share. #Add #TeReoMaori #MaoriLanguage #Aotearoa #NZ

A flyer for a Māori language learning playgroup in Naenae, targeting parents and children aged 0-7. It includes details about sessions on August 22, 29, and September 5, 12 at Te Mako Community Centre and asks people to email Maoriplaygroup@Icloud.com to register

Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag:@simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 15h ago

If we are having issue with running out of power in winter, *why on earth* are we talking about building a data centre? https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/891854/transpower-issues-power-warning

Transpower issues power warning

Transpower says Wednesday morning's peak saw the highest-ever electricity use and it has issued a warning that there might be an energy shortfall on Friday morning.

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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag:@simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 3d ago

Took him out for a 5km ride in the midafternoon sun and he’s out like a light. Normally I’d put something over his face for his privacy but the sunnies sitting askew do that well enough! #UrbanArrowAdventures #UrbanArrow #Quaxing #Bike #Cycling #Bikes #Wellington #LowerHutt #CargoBike

A young child wearing a colorful helmet and sunglasses is sleeping in a bike cargo compartment. The bike is parked in a garage surrounded with various items, including other bikes and helmets. Through the other end of the garage, you can see it is a bright sunny day.

Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag:@simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 3d ago

Ika Makimaki @pezmico.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 3d ago

"Please, Mr Seymour, everything is expensive. We can't even afford the basics." -Hear me out what if we let teachers beat up your kid at school? #NZPol #shitpost

Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag:@simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 5d ago

RE: https://cloudisland.nz/@isaacfreeman/117016564834565496 Totally agree. And Mandarin.

IIsaac Freeman@isaacfreeman.cloudisland.nz.ap.brid.gy · 5d ago

I think it's nice that they made English an official language. Now let's do Samoan. That's the next one.

Isaac Freeman @isaacfreeman.cloudisland.nz.ap.brid.gy · 5d ago

I think it's nice that they made English an official language. Now let's do Samoan. That's the next one.

Tamzin 🏙️ Paris 🔜 Bristol @tamz.in · 6d ago

Your #Wikipedia donations at work. The #WikimediaFoundation asks for your money to keep the lights on, & then spends it on notorious union-busting law firm Jones Day so its board members can recite generic anti-union rhetoric to justify ignoring supermajority […] [Original post on wikis.world]

Screenshot of a comment on Wikimedia Meta-Wiki (link in reply). Text is as follows:

Response from the Board of Trustees
The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees has heard the calls from community members regarding voluntary union recognition at the Wikimedia Foundation. We want to acknowledge the care and commitment to movement values behind these calls.

The Board does not manage the Foundation's day-to-day work, including employment decisions. Our role is to provide oversight and long-term direction.

We support the Foundation's decision to ask for a secret-ballot vote. This is not a rejection of a union. It is a commitment to ensuring that every eligible staff member can make their own decision freely, privately, and democratically. Some staff have expressed concern about feeling pressured to support the union, and that makes a fair, private process especially important. Everyone deserves the right to express their views without pressure or intimidation from anyone. Foundation leadership has a responsibility to protect the rights of all staff, regardless of a staff member's views on unionization. A secret ballot is the fairest way to ensure every employee has a choice in this decision. Everyone having a voice reflects Wikimedia values, and we would hope that all the members of the Wikimedia communities share this view. - LLosa (WMF) (talk) 20:49, 30 July 2026 (UTC)

Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag:@simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 6d ago

But National are the masters of saving the economy… right? /s #nzpol People are finally wising up, it seems. https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361013685/labour-most-trusted-all-top-5-issues-overtakes-national-economy

Labour most trusted on all top 5 issues, overtakes National on economy

The latest Ipsos survey reveals National is no longer the most trusted party on any top five voter issue.

stuff.co.nz

Ika Makimaki @pezmico.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · last wk.

The Green Party of Aotearoa's manifesto is out in the world now, in case you are into that sort of thing. https://assets.nationbuilder.com/beachheroes/pages/78863/attachments/original/1785027604/Green_Party_Manifesto_2026.pdf?1785027604 #NZPol #voteGreen

Grumpy Goblin Dawg @loosewheelnz.bsky.social · 2w ago

From a few years ago, but true as ever. #nzpol

Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 2w ago

The average person has no idea how many particles are spewed when talking about banning cars.

Māmā takiwātanga @michaelakhulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 2w ago

I’ve known I was autistic since my childhood, but I just got diagnosed with #ADHD so just starting to learn about it. This was fascinating. https://youtu.be/RxJjV9t_0mI?si=PxG4IGvZqQux6GB3 The effects of rejection sensitivity over the course of a lifetime. A lifetime of being told what you’re […]

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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag:@simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 2w ago

RE: https://mastodon.nz/@davemosk/116954247044836265 China can see what most of the west can’t (or won’t, on account of being in the pockets of fossil capital): that solar and wind is actually now cheaper and faster to install, so why the heck wouldn’t you?

Dave Moskovitz (((❤️)))@davemosk.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 2w ago

China is installing the wind and solar equivalent of five large nuclear power stations per week - ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2024-07-16/chinas-renewable-energy-boom-breaks-records/104086640 While Australia debates the merits of going nuclear and frustration grows over the […]

jcrabapple @jcrabapple.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 3w ago

🧪 The placebo-controlled trial wasn't invented by doctors. It was invented by medieval witch hunters. In 1423, Jean Gerson proposed testing religious claims with consecrated vs unconsecrated objects that looked identical - the same logic behind modern placebo controls. His method ended up in […]

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Jack Saint @lackingsaint.bsky.social · 3w ago

No fuck off we're not calling this "Millennial grey" this shit was dictated completely by boomer retiree house flippers we absolutely had NO say in this

Millennial grey

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A kitchen with beige grey floors, drab walls, brushed steel appliances, and grey granite countertops.
Grey floors and furnishings are said to appeal to Millennial tastes.
Millennial grey refers to a desaturated colour scheme that is said to appeal to the interior design sensibilities of the Millennial Generation in the early 21st century.[1] Cultural historian Kassia St. Clair attributed its widespread adoption to a desire among Millennials for "a flexible, sensible choice that will last years, hide any stains, and can be adapted to different schemes."[1] Some have diagnosed Millennial grey as a reaction to the warm hues of the late 20th century.[2]

Millennial grey is polarising, particularly when used with imitation-wood-texture sheet vinyl flooring, which many describe as depressing, soulless, or corporate.[3][4] Although attributed to Millennials, the grey colour scheme is often chosen by house flippers, vacation rental owners, or other people who do not actually live in the greyed properties.[3] Thus, the occupant of the property—Millennial or not—has little say in its colour scheme, particularly when deployed for fixtures such as flooring.[4] The greying may have been driven, in part, by a desire to prepare properties for sale in a manner thought to be least offensive to the average buyer.[5] Given the housing crises gripping many countries in the early to mid-21st century, buyers and renters may feel they have no choice but to accept a property decked in Millennial grey.[4]

To the extent that Millennial grey is said to be enjoyed by Millennials, it is also said to be loathed by Generation Z.[1][2]

glamcode @glamcode.openbiblio.social.ap.brid.gy · 3w ago

How I receive your offer to put AI into anything 👇 #AI #LLM

Two panels from a Calvin and Hobbes comic strip.
Calvin has a hammer and offers “you name the surface and I’ll fill it full of nails”. The answer of mum is “Um, no…” and “No thanks, not today”.

Phil @paw.mstdn.io.ap.brid.gy · 3w ago

There's a (obviously disingenuous) hypocritical but useful comment embedded in Winston's speech about the ferry names that I suspect has gone unnoticed: ""A mature country does not run from its history. A serious country does not vandalise its memory to satisfy the latest fashion in whinger […]

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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag:@simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 3w ago

Winston’s trying to swing it as good news that his ghost ships now have names. No mention of how they’ll end up costing more than the ferries he cancelled, of course. https://www.reddit.com/r/newzealand/s/yLzIWoKFe9

Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag:@simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 3w ago

Please boost for coverage: #Wellington Council asking for feedback on a new grade separated cycleway outside the Train Station on Bunny St! Fellow Mastodonians, give it a read, as someone who bikes through here regularly, the changes are badly needed! Please spam it with "Strongly support" votes!

Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 3w ago

It's suddenly very important to me that bsky knows about Chase, my friend's cat who kept being taken to the vet by very well meaning people who thought he was lost as he wandered about town. Now he's famous www.facebook.com/chaseisnotlost