Milly

It was called something else. Had taxi on the name but tbh I forgot it as soon as decided it wasn’t for me.

Zero, handsome tuxedo cat, peeking from behind the wooden railing of a staircase so that only one eye, one ear and half his whiskers are visible.

Zero in stealth mode.
#cats

It really does. Had a cab driver keep pushing some driver controlled app at me last time I caught a cab to Newtown from the airport. When I looked at the reviews was most definitely not going anywhere near that train wreck

That is literally illegal. They’re not allowed to refuse fares

Black & white photo. My dad aged 11 freshly arrived in Hamilton NZ from Dundee. Standing in front of a weatherboard house, sun shining down

Okay heading back to Timaru tomorrow morning. Sounds like this really may be the end for my darling Dad. He’s rallied a few times and surprised us all but not sounding good at all atm

Looking sideways at Scott for that side of things 🥰

Rusty metal box about a foot tall

Interior of the box, painted black and in good condition

Just bought myself this metal box from the Sallies. The outside is a it dinged up and rusted, but the interior is still in pretty good shape. Happy to have shelled out $15 for it

Consultants hired to run Health NZ’s IT service desk after layoffs Critics say a restructure gutted the health department’s IT service team, then it had to hire consultants to fill the gaps.

Predictable Government half-assery resulting in half-assed outcomes. I'm shocked I tell you, shocked.

Their ideologically-driven impulsive restructuring left a vital organisation of more than 100,000 workers with 79 IT support staff.

Some people need to stand up and say something
Seeing influential people in these photos that they either say something or they lose their businesses, their positions, families and friends
I dont care if you are a President or ex President, your silence now reeks of corruption and filth
#epstein

The first IREX ferry would have been online THIS WEEKEND if Nicola did not cancel them

Now we have 4 more years of dodgy shit while we wait for the TEMU option....

In response to recent posts about fabricated citations, someone was telling me how awesome Gemini is, and implied that because it's Google there's some kind of secondary checking of sources happening.

Anyway I asked for recent books about AI published by academic presses. This was quite a ride. 🧵

Calling @foxylustygrover.bsky.social Miramar Sallies

YouTube video by Michi NekoMichi It's Not Just You - The iOS Keyboard is Broken

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hksV...
Thank the maker- I was feeling clumsy for about three releases. Well done Apple.

It’s not just visiting either. People merely transiting through the USA, from VWP countries, New Zealand to London for example, also need an ESTA.

Search results were somewhat unhelpful (even with DDG) so I’m attaching the source.

That’s when you let some water out and top it up with more hot dufus

Pentagon Unveils New GenAI Platform, It Immediately Starts Flagging Pete Hegseth's War Crimes - Above the Law The Defense Department's new ChatJAG turned out to be better than the human chain of command.

LOL... Pentagon released a new AI military chatbot and it immediately pointed out that Pete Hegseth is a war criminal.

abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...

AI "Companion Bots" Actually Run by Exploited Kenyans, Worker Claims A new testimony from a remote worker in Kenya details the grueling and exploitative work behind romantic AI chatbots.

“The work was emotionally exhausting, with chat users confiding intimate details about their real-life relationships, as well as their own emotional trauma, falsely believing they were talking to an unfeeling AI chatbot.”

Slapping a "I bought this before we knew the Segway inventer hung out with Epstein" sticker on my Segway.

A painting of a bird beside the text "it was my childhood dream to deal with stupid bullshit every day"

Eurovision winner Nemo returns trophy in protest over Israel's inclusion Singer's statement follows walkout by 5 countries after organisers cleared Israel to participate in next year's contest.

Singer's statement follows walkout by 5 countries after organisers cleared Israel to participate in next year's contest.

Every single news article about the latest ferry mishap should be including this information. EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. #nzpol

Was going to say Hamilton Gardens are incredible and worth travelling to Hamilton to see (no I do not live there myself)

The internet is fast becoming so choked with this, it'll be unusable. We'll all be boats chugging blindly through the gloom and the muck, finding nothing, barely each other, uncertain what's true or even real anymore.

I should also say kudos to Phil Smith of RNZ, for doing what seems to be the hardest thing for many in the media: publicly admitting that he got it wrong in an earlier report. Much appreciated.

A small rainbow-tinsel Christmas tree decorated with large green baubles sits on a white furry surface in front of a dark blue starry backdrop. To the right of the tree, a black-and-white tuxedo cat sits upright, looking slightly upward and to the side with bright green eyes. In front of both the cat and the tree lies a yellow book titled The Cat Operator’s Manual, featuring a pink cartoon cat inside a cardboard box on the cover.

In case you missed it, #cuddleUnit6 posing with this season’s hot gift for cat lovers: The Cat Operator’s Manual
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YouTube video by The Daysleeper Organisation LaQuisha St Redfern - Eulogy For A Tunnel

With a possibility of a second Terrace Tunnel for Wellington city it is my duty to remind everyone that I starred in a short film about the original cancellation of the second tunnel youtu.be/TGzgM-xcOI0

Native bird numbers double in Miramar Peninsula Predator Free Wellington says efforts to eliminate predators have led to increased numbers of kōtare (kingfisher), pīwakawaka (fantail), riroriro (grey warbler), and tūi being observed.

Native bird numbers double in Miramar Peninsula www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
❤️🪶🇳🇿

Crimes bill adds things outside the usual rules Parliament has been pushing hard, rushing through bills and working under urgency all week. In that scramble, one bill bypassed the rules, adding things not usually allowed.

Just to be clear what is (and isn’t) happening here. The Govt MPs are empowering a select committee with a majority of its MPs on it to stuff more things into the government’s bill, because these things procedurally couldn’t be included in the bill when introduced.

Oh fuck no

Post-doc @ Auckland Looking for a cosmology post-doc at the University of Auckland

I'm hiring a postdoc -- come and do awesome cosmology with great people in one of the nicest cities in the world (not that I'm biased or anything) 🔭 🧪
cosmology.blogs.auckland.ac.nz/2025/12/12/p...