A vote for National or NZ First means returning ACT to power again. ACT are gunning for workers, disabled people, and children. They will actively and intentionally make all our lives worse, except ofc for their wealthy donor class.

PERFECTLY NORMAL@nzpom.com · 20h ago

Today's chart after ACT got another $25k The system is rigged

“Gender equality in Parliament is a fragile thing. Parliament briefly hit 50/50 in late 2022…It’s too early to call but the number of men announced so far who are replacing women could threaten achieving anything like gender parity in November’s 55th Parliament.” This seems very fine and normal etc

Women’s representation threatened as parties show off their machismo

Comment: As safe seat selections favour men and political hostility targets women, NZ risks losing its historic gender parity in Parliament, says Jo Cribb

newsroom.co.nz

I will pay you a monthly fee to not fix it

Bluesky Server Status@status.bsky.app · yesterday

We're currently experiencing an issue with the Discover feed. We expect an update or resolution shortly. status.bsky.app

Burning. My @smh @theage cartoon.

if everyone alive today had the same ecological footprint as we in New Zealand, the planet would use more than it could replenish (aka: resource overshoot day) in mid-April of a figurative year based on data from 2026. more data, methodology, etc: overshoot.footprintnetwork.org/newsroom/cou...

if everyone alive today had the same ecological footprint as we in New Zealand, the planet would use more than it could replenish (aka: resource overshoot day) in mid-April of a figurative year based on data from 2026. more data, methodology, etc: overshoot.footprintnetwork.org/newsroom/cou...

The only reason Bluesky is a liberal bubble is because it’s not algorithm driven & reality has a liberal bias. This is super simple.

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

🧵Right-leaning newspapers are trying to blame Europe's raging wildfires on everything EXCEPT fossil fuels 1. The Wall Street Journal Frontpage story: "Greece fights wildfires as Europe crisis spreads" WSJ editorial: "How green policies fuel fires in Europe"

once more for the people at the back … social media companies who manipulate their audience into responding a certain way are not worth your time. if bluesky needs to attract smiling supremicists to increase their income they’re not worth anyone’s time either.

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

A dark day for human rights.

*Delighted* that Mr Ward’s Map—a book I had the pleasure of designing for (and with) @bayheritage.bsky.social—has been shortlisted for *three* PANZ Book Design Awards, for best illustrated book, typography and cover 🎉📕 🎈😻 www.bookdesignawards.co.nz/mr-wards-map...

Mr Ward’s Map: Victorian Wellington street by street— Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 2026 FINALIST

Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 2026 Finalist Designer: Jo Bailey Title: Mr Ward’s Map: Victorian Wellington street by street Publisher: Massey University Press For…

bookdesignawards.co.nz

most of my pre-academic professional career was in #UX. &… i just got around to making my first web app with #AI. as a bootstrap experience, it was fantastic… but overall, it's more like working with a dog who wants to play-fight rather than a colleague (in dev) who is aligned to the end-goal… 1/n

We are also a hotspot for threatened seabirds, or rather "not yet wiped out" seabirds biodiversitymapping.org/index.php/se...

Mapping the Diversity of the World's Seabirds

Maps of the diversity of seabirds around the world. GIS data available.

biodiversitymapping.org

Byron C Clark@byroncclark.bsky.social · 7d ago

I've been taking our seabird diversity for granted Crossposted with @openvibe.social

Awkward NZ Herald is running farming propaganda the same time as this story is out. (I mean, it runs farming propaganda every day so I guess it was inevitable).

Reading the report linked here, and its predictions of economic armageddon, as usual, turn into panic that the economy might grow slightly less if we radically cut pollution, and still leave us all better off www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Missing climate briefing note: Z Energy boss speaks out

The boss of Z Energy says his team "followed the instructions of government" when handing over a document to a former Beehive staffer with suggestions for a law change.

rnz.co.nz

*Reagan Star Wars 2026 AD *It's always a whole lot easier to improve the bullets than it is to improve the bullets that attempt to shoot down the bullets "What's your answer then?" *Bullet disarmament

BYTESEU@byteseu.bsky.social · 3w ago

Ukraine and Europe Launch FREYJA Anti-Ballistic Shield https://www.byteseu.com/2193783/ President Volodymyr Zelensky and European allies launched the FREYJA Anti-Ballistic Missile Program on Monday, setting a 12-month goal to develop an affordable, mass-produced system capable of protecting …

… other models of organising of and engaging with digital information is still one of the biggest available #ux opportunities out there (it might do a lot to offset AI’s bleaker impacts too) image: “Another Day” by @professormusgrave.bsky.social — profmusgrave.github.io/anotherday/

At almost 50,000 signatures, this petition to hold power companies and politicians to account for disgustingly high prices is rapidly growing. Sign here 👇 #nzpol

Petition: End high power prices now

Back our four-point plan and help us fight for cheaper power.

campaigns.consumer.org.nz

Happy friday, Luxon just uploaded a photo of people flipping him off and then replaced it with an edited version 20mins later 👍🏽 Thats our Prime Minister 🤦🏾

art needs to challenge the peer. in order for it to do so, it must be sponsored by the elder.

few communities in this era should be trusted with a monopoly on knowledge or the representation of understanding… OTH, very few organisations represent consensual reality — thorough form and/or interaction — as well as wikipedia does… www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/b...

Wikipedia Is Battling for the Soul of the Internet

nytimes.com

… [moralising about behaviours that result from Conspicuous Despair] “while preserving the structure that produces them is either stupid or dishonest, and usually both.”

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 4w ago

This is a brilliant essay, which, in my view, accurately describes the predicament of the post-Boomer generations, and the vast infrastructure of lies designed to disguise it. "Degeneracy is a symptom. The disease is rent." 🧵 henryfudgeofficial.substack.com/p/degeneracy...

… one more time for the people up the back: the internet is not a thing unto itself. do not refer to it as an entity some how separate from human communities.

few communities in this era should be trusted with a monopoly on knowledge or the representation of understanding… OTH, very few organisations represent consensual reality — thorough form and/or interaction — as well as wikipedia does… www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/b...

Wikipedia Is Battling for the Soul of the Internet

nytimes.com

Bellingham scores again less that 2 minutes later! 2-0 England

Saka to Bellingham for the header, 1-0 England

'The Shining' 2,998 images from a time-lapse sequence photographed by Jessica Meir on ISS Expedition 74 are repaired, remastered & retimed to create this moment of zen, shining satellites & Aurora Australis with music by Andreas Vollenweider. 06m38s 4K youtu.be/_l50gsHbGKo

Hey @swordsjew.bsky.social I am packing up my office on penguin street and took some video for you.

About once a year I reshare this little bit of urban planning wisdom.