Steve Reeves

Not in Aotearoa mate. Our oil soaked govt has destroyed the EV market and is going to tax households to tie our power market to LNG.

We are so screwed.

#nzpol

The name I first used on Unix on a PDP11 is still going (on several machines...though no longer a PDP 11 :-) ). It's followed me around the world. Since 1978.

If you ever think your friendly socialist podcasters are being too insane about how the right wing has our media on a string look at how a TPU Curia poll has been all day news.

The people who like Erica Stanford are the people who don't take any notice of anything much

Posted while literally slashing the city's climate budget. You can't make this shit up.

The Israeli finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, threatened in a post on X that “the southern suburbs of Beirut will become like Khan Younis”.

We now announce war crimes casually and in advance, it seems.

Thoughts and prayers to Judith Collins at this difficult time
#nzpol

BYD's new 1500kW 'flash charger' is over 3x faster than anything US has Last year, BYD unveiled a 1,000kW charger. Now they're up to 1,500kW. The company plans to install 20,000 stations this year.

Oh, and as an addendum regarding those 1,500kw chargers ... isn't the 'T' design excellent?

It allows for a) the heavy weight of fast-charging cords to be held by the unit itself, and b) means you can easily access your port regardless of which side of the car it is on.
electrek.co/2026/03/05/b...

How OPERATION EPSTEIN FURY is going so far:

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Steve-O was on Joe Rogan's show trying to defend trans people and Rogan went off, he called trans people "fucking perverts" and "mass shooters" who have done the majority of school shootings.

Completely unhinged bigotry paid for by your Spotify subscriptions.

Read these words from 100 years ago about immigrants in Britain – and see how history is chillingly repeating itself | George Monbiot Shabana Mahmood’s new rights clampdown looks outlandish until we remember that this kind of hardline action is part of our country’s fabric, says George Monbiot

And echoed in history all over the world:

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Read these words from 100 years ago about immigrants in Britain – and see how history is chillingly repeating itself | George Monbiot Shabana Mahmood’s new rights clampdown looks outlandish until we remember that this kind of hardline action is part of our country’s fabric, says George Monbiot

It was ever thus, in NZ too:

"Scheming aliens undermining our values” is a narrative built across a century and more, originally by antisemites. It has been drilled into our heads as if it were an incontrovertible truth"

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

There's really no way to take in this information without assuming that the airstrike on a girl's school was a direct result.

Like, maybe it wasn't, but it's very easy to assume it was, and unlikely they'll ever prove otherwise.

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.

Unreal! we are an island nation that has to import all its fuel, even putting aside the enviromental aspects, a government with any long term thinking would realise that bringing in inefficiant, dirty vehicles is bad for our energy resiliance

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

Investing in homegrown solar and wind energy is now a matter of national security.

Spain’s Sánchez says ‘no to war’ after Trump’s threats over Nato spending and use of bases – Europe live Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sánchez says he opposes ‘repeating the mistakes of the past’

"Spain will not be complicit in something that is bad for the world … simply out of fear of reprisals from someone.” Pedro Sánchez (just now)

Be nice if the anglosphere "leaders" Starmer, Albanese and Luxon could get a spine transplant instead of being craven jellyfish.

I saw Gary Stephenson speak tonight and the message was clear... If you want your children to have any chance of owning a home, we must address inequality, and that starts with taxing the wealthy

U.S. sub sinks Iranian warship off Sri Lanka, killing 87 and expanding war zone A U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, killing dozens of sailors and dramatically widening Washington's pursuit of the Iranian navy.

A US submarine sinking a lonely, dinky Iranian surface ship an ocean away from the theater of the main conflict—and 9000
miles from North America—makes it pretty clear the US is fighting a general war, without the declaration required by the Constitution. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

US submarine sank Iran’s warship off Sri Lanka coast, says Hegseth Sri Lanka says it recovered several bodies and rescued 32 wounded sailors after the frigate sank.

No war has been declared by the USA. A US submarine sinking a warship posing no immediate threat to anyone on the high seas 1000s of km from the combat zone is just cold blooded murder. This is the illegal, immoral shit that Luxon refuses to condemn #nzpol

www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/...

this guy's smart and he found it useful, what does that mean for the rest of us?

well it's still blood soaked machinery you rent from fascists so it's not affecting my analysis really

This is a basic and crucial point for any discussion of LLMs’ use in teaching research or writing. Whether it can ape us, fool us, or get facts right or wrong is, in the end, irrelevant. The LLM is not the thinker we are trying to encourage; the LLM is not the writer that we are trying to improve.

TVNZ board chair rang senior minister to discuss negative coverage Justice minister won't reveal exactly what the public broadcaster's board chair said, while police minister doubles down on concerns about bias.

so now we know there's actual collusion will people accept that the media/pol environment is corrupt at the highest levels, there's definitely even MORE that isn't caught, and that *given the political outcomes* we've seen, it's been happening for *years*

newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/04/t...

Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger Bregman As a historian, I’ve studied the major consumer boycotts of history. We can take down ChatGPT and send a powerful signal to Silicon Valley, says author and historian Rutger Bregman

"a screening tool powered by ChatGPT. The same company behind your friendly chatbot is helping the government decide who to hire for deportation raids"

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Google Has a Secret Reference Desk. Here's How to Use It. 40 Google features to find exactly what you need, the alternative search engines that do things Google won't, and the reference desk framework underneath all of it.

TIL about a large number of operators/tools that can be used to make Google searches much more focused and productive
🧪 #philsci

cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...

Whenever I suggest even modest public transport improvements, I get people screaming about cost and that I simply must face “facts” that railways lose money and deserve no investment

You could have electrified commuter rail in every major centre and extensive regional rail for half this ridic road

New Zealanders support more taxes on ultra-rich, new poll shows | RNZ News Half of New Zealanders also agreed that billionaires shouldn't exist while people still struggled with basic necessities like housing, food and healthcare.

Half of NZers agreed billionaires shouldn't exist while people struggle with basic necessities

68% supported billionaires being taxed more

37% were in favour of introducing a billion-dollar wealth cap to minimise the amount of wealth any person could legally hold

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

it’s more than the data quality and the change in methodology, it’s the claim that the decrease is entirely or substantially or even partially related to policy that requires scrutiny.

We could do something for every Kiwi, something that provides sustainable and comfortable transport and reduces costly dependence on a single mode, or we could… upgrade one existing road north of Auckland

Oh well I guess we must give in to the car, better things aren’t possible

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.

There were 19 reported covid related deaths last week and a big uptick in hospitalizations. We're in a wave.

We haven't been hearing much about it, so I'm pleased to see this article on Stuff.

NZ is famous for its Two Degrees of Separation

NZ politicians argue that Two Degrees of Separation means conflicts of interest are unavoidable and, thus, must be accepted

NZ politicians constantly implement policies that favour business interests over people/environment

NZ is corrupt as fuck