Paula Browning

“Meta claims Instagram scrolling not ‘intentionally addictive’ as MPs probe social media harm”.

File under “this is what they say to all governments seeking to minimise harm to their citizens, including children”. Now they’ve brought it to NZ.

A listed company only serves its shareholders (and we all know who their shareholders are). A non-profit in the other hand serves its stakeholders and we all have a stake in NZers doing well (all of us, not the “sorted” 1%).

They haven’t managed to regulate social media, or the market imbalance in news media after two decades….chances of getting AI regulation must also be close to zero…..unless…that upsized trade agreement with Oz means we can share their regulations too 🤨

Or the well-being of our population, including our children….they operate purely with a profit-motive and should be heavily regulated.

Whatever the event is at Eden Park this afternoon they’ve done a rubbish job of getting people onto PT. Streets all the way to the NW motorway are choked 😩

ernie from sesame street is wearing a striped shirt and orange gloves ALT: ernie from sesame street is wearing a striped shirt and orange gloves

Just read the comments on an NZH article about a possible sale of TVNZ…

Apparently there’s a lot of love for her in the South 🤨

Still waiting for someone to scratch the surface of the wreckage the same minister is making of Vocational Education 🤯 #Vendetta

Following all of Big Tech into the “can’t possibly get any worse” camp 🤯

How many of the world’s resources are being wasted for this rubbish?

a close up of a woman covering her face with her hand and the words this got me like this . ALT: a close up of a woman covering her face with her hand and the words this got me like this .

Eroni Clark singing the National Anthem in front of his son

Still waiting for one (just one!) US commentator/ media outlet to recognise & report that the choices these companies are making does not only impact the US 😡 OpenAI et al are coming for our resources - data, electricity, land etc - as well. Would be great to see some acknowledgment of this!

Or live blogging / Blueskying 😅

Eldest daughter has one & absolutely loves it. But she also has spacious living areas & concrete floors. Definitely wouldn’t go there for our small, carpeted apartment.

We’re only being held back by Winston’s ego, right? He just wants the limelight of an international audience

He took the lesson hard at the CRL site when Winston packed a paddy 😅

The “See Tomorrow First” campaign was all set to turn this around….it was defunded when the CoC came in. Still waiting to hear how that lined up with the plan to “grow exports”

There are concerning pointers in pretty much all the education “reforms” that are underway….all about taking us backwards , not forwards.

A friend recently mentioned that a certain ZB talk host was advocating for neurodiverse children to be in separate schools so they don’t “hold back” other kids education. The ignorance 🤬

Flicks is my go-to for finding out what’s screening where in NZ. They only list Disney.

Any day a bookshop opens is a date to celebrate 🥳

Diligently fill it out every week.

Hopefully they can communicate this in a way that isn’t about “going back”…that trope got really boring with the CoC

And our faces and our voices and our personalities…they’re coming for everyone - artists & media were at the front of queue

Adding to the gorgeous Birman timeline cleanse. About to return this guy to his family after a year. Gonna be very sad to say goodbye 😩

Spot on - it’s the capitulation to a bully that makes it all so much worse.

If you’re the Minister for Economic Growth & the economy isn’t growing doesn’t that = failure? 🤨

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Makes the case for way more civics education….