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@sachadylan.bsky.social

Pakeha man from Aotearoa New Zealand. Community, tech, cities, health systems, politics, disability, design, culture, wit, whimsy..

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Yes, which clashes with the pressure to use it to save time.

04.03.2026 23:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Somehow they're not tired of crimes against humanity, and want to do a Gaza on Lebanon. I guess it's like 'well, if we're going to The Hague anyway may as well stack that docket'

04.03.2026 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

like i can tell them what the teacher wants to hear about these poems, but that is infinitely less interesting than how it made you feel or what it made you think about

04.03.2026 23:23 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The reason so many were pushed/forced back into in-office work was to maintain commercial property rental viability

The reason so many small shopfront businesses are closing is due to commercial property rental prices

Another outdated system bleeding the economy to death

04.03.2026 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

such sharp writing

04.03.2026 23:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Twin Peaks title scene but it says MISS PEAKS

Twin Peaks title scene but it says MISS PEAKS

04.03.2026 23:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

*politician who told a carefully crafted lie because they were being stung by a social insect* sorry i bespoke

04.03.2026 23:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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NZ spy chiefs warn of extremism risk as teenage boys dominate investigations Our national security agencies are worried about New Zealand’s young men.

In 2022 a group of us (experts) tried to explain to the joint security group that extreme misogyny was the fastest growing form of violent extremism www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

04.03.2026 23:15 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

Reminds me of the 90s when, as a young wine waiter at the amazing Mongolia exhibition opening, at the Auckland museum, I heard a NZ MP say (re: Chinese officials) "I had to tell them we can't do that, we don't control the media here."
Simpler times

04.03.2026 23:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wild eh

04.03.2026 23:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image 04.03.2026 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

IME, non-AI voice recognition systems are less prone to making catastrophic mistakes.

04.03.2026 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

yeah, that's why I only use it to transcribe interviews I do myself so I know what was actually said and can check it. It often leaves out "not" so if you aren't careful, you'll quote someone saying opposite of what they meant. but better than just handwritten notes which was my earlier method.

04.03.2026 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My wife says I like The Pitt because "where else do you see competent people in positions of authority trying to help?"

04.03.2026 22:09 β€” πŸ‘ 418    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 0

US culture

04.03.2026 22:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

true

04.03.2026 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

NZ hospital voice non-recognition system error caught by human transcriber.

04.03.2026 22:06 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

ulp

04.03.2026 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Tide turning? #UsPol

04.03.2026 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"misspoke" it's going round (special for NZers)

04.03.2026 21:41 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you are an Immigration Minister, with access to the latest data and experts as part of your job description, and you're still peddling false and misleading over-stayer figures in an election year?

You didn't "misspeak." You are a LIAR who got caught LYING. End of story. #nzpol

04.03.2026 20:47 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

That would describe McCully

04.03.2026 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Immigration Minister Erica Stanford apologises after inflating overstayer figures The government has been accused of scaremongering after Erica Stanford said there were "tens of thousands more" overstayer.

"Misspoke" is such a weaksauce euphemism for "lied" and it seems like a daily occurrence that senior members of the government are having to admit to have "misspoken". Here is today's edition.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

04.03.2026 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yikes. Is this hospital or primary care deployments?

04.03.2026 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
everyone's favorite warcriming Lich King: "when crazy people have nuclear weapons, bad things happen"

everyone's favorite warcriming Lich King: "when crazy people have nuclear weapons, bad things happen"

that's exactly what we're worried about

04.03.2026 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 85    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Just wow not even attempting to hide it

04.03.2026 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is a real problem

Those journalists depend on access to parliament for their jobs

So Ministers "remonstrating" with them is a big deal - effectively threatening their livelihood

04.03.2026 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Brazen eh

04.03.2026 21:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Stuff

Anything visible from Stuff's office windows on Williamson Ave now counts as news.

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

04.03.2026 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Government considering scrapping entire clean car standard An EV advocate says if the proposal goes ahead, Kiwis will be sold "the high-emitting leftovers" that manufacturers can no longer sell in Australia.

Car importers lobbying govt to gut emissions standards.

04.03.2026 21:22 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0