Anna Butterfield

Perhaps we should just admit that the country only works at all because of the network of Aunties, and start electing governments that are basically made up of Aunties

#nzpol

A small but very deep thing that bothers me about generative AI as a shortcut to practice and work and skill is the basic assumption that it’s impossible to take pleasure in a creative pursuit that you aren’t very good at and I assure you that is not the case

I learnt so much from her, Im so sorry to hear of her passing.

A chocolate box of Choices for 2026 - Choose better

Me ranty in article form is so much more versed than live action.... Read the eloquent me here on @witchdoctornz.bsky.social before you get an earfull elsewhere

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Motherf...

#nzpol Reminder:

John Key said he'd vote for Trump.

Judith Collins thinks Trump is fab.

Chris Luxon will fawn over him.

David Seymour views Trump as his supreme leader.

Winston is mercurial.

This is not the coalition govt we need to weather America's fickle fascist leadership interventions.

How to build a radically truthful news outlet The old ways don’t work. Time to declare war on the liars.

Take note NZ media!
►Let no lie reach the audience unchallenged
►Factcheck as close to the lie as possible
►Interrupt aggressively
►Kick repeat liars off the air
►Name those with a history of lying
►Dont normalise corruption & insanity
►Don’t give liars the headlines they want
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Trying to write a call to action article about not being despondent about 2026 and I'm really having to dig deep.

I thought it was a good idea when I started this. Now Im thinking the only way forward is a Bloody Mary

Your digital identity is not under New Zealand jurisdiction Our most important data is stored on US-owned cloud infrastructure and subject to US laws.

It's under the jurisdiction of the country who just let Grok loose in it's military infrastructure....

Picard ethics tip: The fact that a conflict has many sides does not imply that every side has merit.

This is a very well written and worthy of your attention

WOnderful illustrations in a book full of such much how to knowledge on fruit trees

Cover of Homegrown Fruit a practical Guide by Kath Irvine and Jason Ross a NZ book perfect for any NZ gardener or wannabe

I have spent the weekend devouring the new Homegrown Fruit Trees book by Kath Irvine & Jason Ross and it is unbelievably good solid, non-consumerist advice #nzbooks #nzgarden #gardening 100% recommend

Today is not todaying in the way today was meant to go

Guy in the vid i was watching said "I don't know what this is"

Instantly got a Copilot pop-up saying "if you're stuck on something, copilot can help you figure it out!"

and that's how i learned copilot is an always-on background process on my Win 11 laptop

and that it is always listening

Screengrab showing colossal labs and biosciences cultural advisory board members - actors, authors, youtubers

Peter Jackson's Moa people - Colossal group ..... these are their cultural advisory board members.... This must be a pisstake
Chris Hemsworth, Joe Manganiello, Tom Brady, Steve Aoki, George RR Martin, Kit Harington, Sophie Turner AND Graham Hancock

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

Hey NZ, you have to watch this.. How the public is being manipulated in the run up to 11 Oct Local Body Elections

#nzpol #kikorangi #nzmedia #mustwatch

The one I tried didnt have enough people at the right hour for my schedule

Quick survey: Do any of you Kiwis use body-doubling services from overseas?
like Focusmate, deepwrk etc
I mean the cameras-on, not the cloning ones....
but do tell me about those in the comments please

Massive Attack does an excellent job of putting the Vylan controversy in perspective (from their Insta).

Matua Kahurangi is a fake account posted by Brynn Neilson who is running for the InternetNZ board. If you're voting there are much better candidates. Thanks @mountaintui.bsky.social @tinangata.bsky.social

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Look how frickin cool this thing looks!

And you've got to trust that all of these systems will work everytime as expected and who will be libel or able to fix it when things go wrong.

Gloriously golden for a brief moment before the rain set in this morning

More cuts proposed at Ministry for Culture and Heritage The axe is hovering over historians and staff who create digital content used by schools and the public.

Ministry for Culture and Heritage cuts will deeply affect Te Ara Encyclopaedia of NZ, Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, NZHistory, Te Akomanga digital history curriculum support. Jock Phillips is right, "they are absolutely central to the education of NZers."
#kikorangi #nzpol

Funny, also every time you look up at the night sky (if you can see it) you are looking at a museum right before your eyes, it goes everywhere around the globe with you, offering different perspectives.

The light from V762 Cassiopeiae (farthest star we can wee with our eyes) 16,308 light-years old!

I'm starting to think almost all of NZ's problems could be resolved by a wealth tax and government investment in public services

Alt text: A social media post by user "weaselle" reads: “i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again: what we want is for these things to be run like a HOUSEHOLD… a home. A household still has a budget and an income and resources to manage; all the moving parts are the same but the focus is different. a business will let every person in it die a terrible death if it makes the business profit. A household will spend its last dollar to keep the people in it safe and healthy. A household will use money as a resource to add value to the lives of the people in the household. A business will use people as a resource to add monetary value to the business. We don’t want a government run like a business, we want a country run like a household. Because we live here.”

So.much.this.

Useful thread from Craig

Hey if cancelling pay equity settlements is about saving money, why don’t we just pay men and white people less and equalise that way

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