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We have Police in our embassies offshore. Why not expect reciprocal?
I suspect there's been FBI in NZ for a while. This is just increased.. stature.. for the role, instead of being subordinate to the LegAt in Canberra.
Liaison between law enforcement is how we deal with mulitnational crims.

YouTube video by Paul… The Other One Fabricated Consent: Astroturfs Go Local

This is a must watch. youtu.be/bOekmUdnN80

Exactly. Makes me twitch when people excuse a mistype as a 'typo'.

Mayor takes responsibility for 'typo' that could have cost council $20m The mayor of New Plymouth has taken personal responsibility for a "typo" that could've cost his council $20 million in lost revenue.

Mayor takes responsibility for 'typo' that could have cost council $20m www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

A typo is when you hit incorrect keys. I feel like the world's lost sight of that meaning.

Accidentally using 'exclusive of GST' instead of 'inclusive of GST' shldnt be a 'typo'. "Error" instead.

The Misleading Panic over Misinformation People can’t agree on how to define misinformation and its related terms, making regulation nearly impossible. Instead, free expression serves as a better tool for discovering truth.

🧵 THREAD: Why the Cato Institute’s new paper on “misinformation panic” is dangerously wrong, and why it completely misunderstands the real crisis we face.
www.cato.org/policy-analy...

Police shoplifting changes: 'We have to prioritise and that's a challenge' Police confirm staff have been directed not to investigate shoplifting of goods worth less than $500.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Anyone else think this sends the wrong message?

Ministry of Health has joined Bluesky.

Holy crap. USA is off my visit list, that's for sure. www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/...

Banning teens from social media won’t keep them safe. Regulating platforms might The burden of online safety shouldn't fall on young people themselves, while the systems that foster harm continue unchecked.

thespinoff.co.nz/internet/07-...

Sharing because this makes a lot of sense.

Good plug here. This is a simple way to help contribute to the public good. Sign up and get your friends to do so as well.

Why refuse my password when it's correct? Why not tell me in the notification email that a different login is required first-time-back? Why not support an app-only experience? Why not know what my date format is from my account locale?
Finicky experience. Puts me off.

5. ... again used one-time-code, that let me in, again had to enter my DOB and reaffirm my gender (so it can give me good content/search results, apparently) but in a full browser it at least realised my local format is DDMMYYYY.
6. Retried mobile app, still refused til killed/restarted app.

1. Gotta use the one-time-code option to login. It'll refuse your password.
2. Doing (1) on a mobile (app) prompts you to enter your DOB (but forces MMDDYYYY format which caught me out.
3. After passing (2) on the mobile it didn't work anyway.
4. So used Chrome, again password failed...

The problem with working in IT and knowing what good looks like, is how infurating I find it when I see shitty UX.

Tonight it's DisneyPlus. Experience reactivating after having put the account to sleep a couple of months ago, really ratshit.

Tips for anyone else follow...

I spoke to MIR when I was 18. A treasured memory, especially as it was an Australian Astronaut I worked. Andy Thomas VK5MIR. Would love to have met him IRL!

I don't agree that TTM has gone as wild as the MP's say.

But for Anzac Day the demands are way OTT.

But _in practice_ it would not take a lot to put in a risk-based management approach that basically meant top/tail with a vehicle and side-roads managed by someone in a vest for a few minutes as the parade walks past. Perhaps NZTA needs to be less rigid in their application of the CoPTTM.

Road cones win Anzac Day parade battle The big cost of traffic management plans more detailed than D-Day has seen two local RSAs forced into footpath marches.

I wish I didn't agree with the main point of this.

www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/3606...

When you look at the Temporary Traffic Management requirements _on paper_ there's a lot of considerations required under the Code of Practice for something like this.
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And this constant bullshit is why I don't use Google Photos anymore. One misplaced tap and I'd be blowing up my Google account for the second time.
There is no way to permanently disable this nag! (Am I wrong?)

Tariffs xkcd.com/3073

Planned tsunami test failed because person in charge was dealing with car crash Planned testing of sirens along Christchurch's coast did not happen.

Planned tsunami test failed because person in charge was dealing with car crash

Select committee recommends scrapping Treaty principles bill amid huge opposition Delivering the report 40 days ahead of schedule, the justice committee has recommended, by majority, that the bill not proceed.

90% opposed, was never going to pass and yet we've burnt amazing amounts of energy on this stupidity. thespinoff.co.nz/atea/04-04-2...

I'm sure the Aussies will be pleased to see this level of detail being applied by the Trump government.

Top Gun to Batman: A look back at Val Kilmer's best roles In a career spanning decades, Val Kilmer took on supporting and leading roles spanning from Batman to Doc Holliday.

Top Gun to Batman: A look back at Val Kilmer's best roles

I guess not

Holy crap!

Is there a good Android app to let you browse SMB shares, that doesn't force ads on the user?

www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/i-...

Well there's a brand I won't be buying. What the hell.

... Or, apparently, one cannot have dissenting views about the President anymore (whether or not there's anything illegal being suggested, alleged or implied!)

Disturbing but not surprising, unfortunately.

French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found France’s research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched

Thought Police are coming?

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Unless there's more to the anti-Trump views this scientist expressed, this feels uncalled for....