Ellen

Hypothetically I can say that it is imperative the tooth fairy repays the red packet money, er I mean piggy bank money, quite quickly because it, hypothetically, may in fact be an error in calculation to assume that the kid does not know exactly how much is in the red packet, er I mean piggy bank

Attacked some of the overgrown hedges in the garden quite satisfactorily. Had a hot shower. Now eating an ice cream. Autumn evening rating 10/10

It’s a good time to chuck on a respirator mask, esp in health care settings, public transport & busy places (indoors and out). @covidactionnz.bsky.social have set up a couple of mask blocs around the country if you’re close to one and need some masks.

A ginger and white 5mo kitten sleeping curled up on a multicoloured quilt with his pink paw pads sticking out super cutely

🐾 🫘

there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for

Where things stand with the Department of War A statement from Dario Amodei

I think one of the most staggering industry shifts in my 16 years as a tech reporter is that it’s not become a question of “should our product help the government kill and/or surveil people?” but “to what extent?”

www.anthropic.com/news/where-s...

Orange and white 5mo kitten laying in a very twisted way

Origami kitten 🐈

A fresh vaccine dropped in nz this week so if you’re due a booster go get one!

Five feijoas on a oak table top

Tis the season 💞

😣😡

Covid hospitalisations climb as New Zealand enters new wave There’s been an increase in hospitalisations and in wastewater detections, and it’s expected to last another month or two.

Still absolutely adamant you do not want Covid. Long Covid is still a crisis and is the worst health impact I’ve ever personally experienced.
Our health system is much worse than it was in 2020 - you do not want to navigate it with Covid impacts.

Book a booster here: app.bookmyvaccine.health.nz
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Government ‘kicked the tyres’ on solar subsidies but went with ‘minor’ tweaks instead It is one of the cheapest ways to cut power bills - yet documents reveal the government shelved a subsidy.

#NZpol Why is NZ lagging on rooftop solar despite falling costs?

“Government ‘kicked the tyres’ on solar subsidies but went with ‘minor’ tweaks instead” by @kirstyjohnston.bsky.social

- I’d add power from within NZ also gives resilience from world events, e.g. Qatar is currently not serving LNG.

Totally this guy. But luckily that’s just a birthmark on his nose, he came out unscathed miraculously

A 5mo ginger and white kitten resting on a cushion and looking at the camera

Who has two big ears and a very pink nose and has twice in the last 24 hours stuck his head into a drinking glass and then swung his head vigorously and smashed said glass against a wall… and then leapt down to attempt to play with the glass shards 🐈

An incredulous looking ginger sand white cat walking across a towel rail

Whatever you think you heard that was definitely not me so please leave the bathroom now I am busy

Literally, at work this morning:

Clinician: Patient should stop medication A, but must keep taking medication B.

AI VR transcription of this: Patient should stop taking medication B.

Seriously NEVER LET A DOCTOR USE AI FOR YOUR APPOINTMENTS. NEVER. UNDER ANY FUCKING CIRCUMSTANCES.

Weathering space weather | Engineering New Zealand How engineers and other experts are helping to protect New Zealand’s electricity grid against solar storms.

I've had an article published in EG Magazine. It's about #spaceweather - specifically, guarding Aotearoa New Zealand’s electricity grid against solar storms 🧪⚛️👩🏼‍🔬 #nz

www.engineeringnz.org/news-insight...

Criming is utterly exhausting it seems 😜

Haha that’s very apt for him 🍤

Ginger and white 5 month old kitten sleeping on a woven footrest

So sleepy after the mischiefs 💤

Ginger and white 5 month old kitten looking mischievous on a piece of cardboard

5 month old mischief maker 🐈

Warning having the sound on may make your teeth itch

So Findley and my 80yo mother have this thing going for a few days now where he comes RUNNING OVER when he hears her filing her nails and gets her to FILE HIS TEETH 😵‍💫

It’s always a good time to be posting your best and cutest pet pics on the timeline, but right now may be a particularly excellent and kind time to do so 🐱 🐶 🐦 🐢

A 5mo ginger and white kitten dangling over the side of a mosky full bathtub staring into it, the paw outstretched after touching the water

Findley bath inspection service: water temp is purrrrrrfect

*terrible clanging noises coming out of the bathroom*
Ginger kitten emerges carrying the bathtub stopper he somehow has unscrewed to carry out of the tub 🧐

Climate change is here. NZ isn't ready Analysis: A serious approach to climate adaptation requires reckoning with the grim reality the future holds: more storms, more floods, more heat.

NZ must reckon with the grim reality of our future: more storms, floods and heat.

This is a confronting situation. And yet, if we are to shield our communities, our infrastructure and our economy from the worst excesses of climate change, it is one we must confront.
newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/18/c...

How to Organize Safely in the Age of Surveillance From threat modeling to encrypted collaboration apps, we’ve collected experts’ tips and tools for safely and effectively building a group—even while being targeted and tracked by the powerful.

News you can use, from the @wired.com security team (who are the best in the biz).

They asked technologists, activists, aid groups, and cybersecurity experts for guidance on how to organize and collaborate in an age of surveillance. Here’s the result:

A bed with a small cat head just visible between the pillows

A ginger and white kitten tucked under bed covers with only his head and one paw out on a pillow

No jumping into bed without looking quite carefully these days 🐈 🛏️

UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges For the largest health insurer in the US, AI's error rate is like a feature, not a bug.

"why are you against progress" I yell confidently as my sloppily-implemented algorithms prematurely murder your grandma