Example 7,651 of needing a better regulatory framework for new technologies than ‘can we?’ and a weak Privacy Act.
RNZ News Feeds@rnzrss.bsky.social · 7d agoNew EFTPOS terminals remove the need for cards or phones
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www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-bra... I have not checked details yet - but this is the bare bones of what is so apocalyptically dangerous without AI REGULATION. No more dumbing down the masses so we can continue being milked. No.
Israel Is Paying Millions to Train AI Chatbots How to Talk About Gaza. It's Working.
Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale is overseeing an operation posting hundreds of blog posts on behalf of Israel, with the goal of infiltrating artificial intelligence.
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The Greens are calling for a one year pause on new AI data centres - so New Zealanders get to have their say on how to protect our resources, environment and communities. Sign our petition today: action.greens.org.nz/pause_ai_dat...
How come posts from people are all in a row like a dump of them in the last week? What has happened to the feed?
Always this. "Protect our women and children from those people" is pure projection. The beast is the man in the mirror. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Most people arrested during Henry Nowak protests had been reported for domestic abuse
Exclusive: Hampshire police data reveals 22 of 37 detained had been accused or convicted of intimate partner violence
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No science fiction could have prepared us for just how stupid the end of the world can be. "The environment was on the brink of collapse, and so, rather than deal with that, we burned what fuel we had left getting computers to scam each other for money."
We have just launched a parliamentary petition calling for mandatory AI transparency in the public sector. If AI is going to be used in the delivery of public services, it must be AI that is worthy of our trust. Sign: petitions.parliament.nz/7bfe1c60-b99... Read more: www.trustworthyai.nz
Petitions are addressed to the House of Representatives and ask that the House do something about a policy or law, or put right a local or private concern.
petitions.parliament.nz
I'm on the bathroom floor again, and breathing is hard, and eating's been hard, and sleeping, the world is a laden thing rolling around on my chest lately. Just being alive is heavy tonight, but we have enough dead friends. Come over. - LENA OLEANDERSON #Poetry 💙📚👀
Six years... that's a Labour, National, NZ First, & ACT problem. NZ Greens actually have a policy & plan.
Bernard Hickey@bernardchickey.bsky.social · 2mo agoChorus out: Nearly six years after the ComCom launched its market study into the Foodstuffs/Woolworths grocery duopoly, the regulator finds no improvement in competition & fears more profit gouging this year #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...
The wooded areas along the hills around Barcelona can be quite dense but they make awesome monochrome fine art images. #FineArtPhotography #Photography #Woods #Trees #B&Wphotos #Monochrome
BREAKING: SB 2471 has been signed into law! It’s the first of its kind in the nation and renders the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision irrelevant in Hawaii. This is a win for the movement to get big money, especially dark money, out of politics.
New Hawaii law targets corporate influence in politics after Citizens United ruling
Hawaii's Democratic governor has signed a bill to curb corporate and "dark money" influence in politics. This move comes after the 2010 U.S.
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A dog’s love is more unconditional than a man’s; lock them both in the trunk, open it later and see which one is happy to see you.
Just remember that given the abundance of neurodivergent people in science, it is far more likely that autism caused vaccines.
A less than regular visitor came by this afternoon, a male Costa’s hummingbird with that amazing purple gorget! Also some nice squeaks and wing hums. #birds #BirdBuddy cam
Probably not needed and no doubt we are beneath their attention but it would be helpful to get the current USA administration and/or musk to come out and support our current administration before our elections. #nzpol
Will try and sing through the storm tonight. Hope the cats do not think it adding insult to injury.
The Story of Writing@sownow.bsky.social · 4mo agoHappy Anne Lamott's birthday! Read, write, dance - or clap - but definitely sing:
Vanessa Stockard (Australian, b.1975) "Satan Taking a Break from Hate Crimes," 2022 Oil on dibond #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt #catlover
From a post: “Told my wife to have dinner ready by 6 or I'll obliterate her entire civilization. So anyway, she now charges me a fee to use the bathroom that used to be free, and I didn't get any dinner, but I'm pretty sure I won that exchange.”
We’ve published an Open Letter calling on NZ leaders to deliver risk-based AI regulation & a national oversight body. AI has huge potential, but harms (deepfakes, gendered abuse, bias) are real and rising. Read the Letter (and sign it if you agree!) #nzpol regulateai.nz
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A call to the NZ Parliament to regulate AI
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This is tragic. How fucking awesome is neoliberalism for primary producers. Will the last person left in NZ Inc. turn out the lights McCain to close Hastings vegetable processing plant by January 2027 www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
McCain to close Hastings vegetable processing plant by January 2027
It's not clear how many workers at the plant and growers this will affect.
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Scoop: NZ has rejected post-pandemic changes to the WHO's global health rules without providing a reason, making it one of just five countries to do so. "This is reputation-wrecking. People will think that we’ve lost our mind," says former PM Helen Clark. newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/18/n...
NZ rejects WHO pandemic rule changes, aligning with 'fringe' RFK Jr
NZ is now one of just five countries to have rejected the post-pandemic changes to the WHO's global health rules without providing a reason. Marc Daalder reports.
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