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Stuff headline The Covid immunity cycle: Why catching the virus is basically our new booster Lloyd Burr March 12, 2026 • 4:00am

🚨 If anyone has contacts at Stuff to get this headline updated urgently please do so.

Expert advice is that getting Covid repeatedly is not like building immunity, it's more like accumulating damage. Each infection raises your risk of long Covid and serious complications.

This is unacceptable.

Officer having anxiety attack took ambulance sent for man dying from police shooting, report says A man who was shot by Connecticut police last year and later died had to wait 10 extra minutes for another ambulance to arrive at the scene, after another officer having an anxiety attack took the first one.

A man who was shot by Connecticut police last year and later died had to wait 10 extra minutes for another ambulance to arrive at the scene, after another officer having an anxiety attack took the first one.

Fuck. I hate that this shit is normal and acceptable. Humanity fucking sucks.

UN warns of widening crisis as Israeli attacks displace 750,000 in Lebanon

UN warns of widening crisis as Israeli attacks displace 750,000 in Lebanon https://aje.news/594bax

A fluffy lies on her side on a heating pad, limp and cozy

A girl and her heating pad 💕

A banner that reads "Game Workers Conference" in white text on a pink and blue background, alongside the ball and threads logo.

Do you work in games? Are you tired of corporate greed taking over our industry? Do you miss when industry events were by workers, for workers?

The United Videogame Workers of CWA, in partnership with other unions and worker-centered organizations, announce the #GameWorkersConference. May 22-23 ❤️‍🔥

‘Not the Kiwi way’: Auckland business associations call on PM to axe move-on orders In an open letter to Christopher Luxon, the Karangahape Road and Uptown business associations said the orders send the “wrong message about our society”.

Get you some business association managers like Jamey from Karangahape Road, and Brent from Uptown 👏👏👏
And big shout out to the businesses behind them, who support doing what actually works to help those without homes rather than vice signalling.

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

Grammarly Is Facing a Class Action Lawsuit Over Its AI ‘Expert Review’ Feature The feature, which Grammarly shut down Wednesday, presented editing suggestions as if they came from established authors and academics—without their consent.

I'm suing Grammarly over its paid AI feature that presented editing suggestions as if they came from me - and many other writers and journalists - without consent.

State law requires consent before someone's name can be used for commercial purposes.

www.wired.com/story/gramma...

Someone just posted about how they don't care if their students use AI as long as the text conveys the ideas the students meant to convey. The thing is, you don't know exactly what you think until you write it. And if some prefab thing pops up, you're liable to decide that was what you thought.

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Gay An awkward and absurd play about identity, honesty and intimacy when there’s nothing left to lose.

Two weeks left to pledge and support a very gay play! Get your print, ebook, or large print copies by pledging to our Kickstarter.

Ebooks are $15 NZD (~$8 US) and print copies are $30 NZD (~$16 US) plus shipping. Check it out below!

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#queerlit #LGBTreads

A framed Dutch "genre" painting depicting a tavern scene with a cat loafing on a small chair. Next to the painting is a tag that reads Cornelis Schaeck, Dutch, active 1657 to 1663. "Peasants in an Interior," about 1657 - 1663, oil on panel.

A detail of the previous image focusing on the loafing cat. The cat is white and grey and looks blissful.

almost forgot i took some photos of this Loaf of Yore for @catsofyore.bsky.social when i was at the worcester art museum

I caught these two backlit and shot it with the hope of ending to the footage on the left, but the footage on the right is pretty cool too

Shooting in a RAW video format can be a total nightmare, and at time when hard drives are obscenely expensive, it can be frustrating, but its 100% worth it 🪶

Australia has shown how subsidising solar works. It’s not a concept, it’s already been achieved in the real world. Yet NAF coalition govt.? “Nah, LNG imports mate”. Who voted for these people? Seriously? Talk about BAD decision making 😳. Their economic mismanagement will reverberate for years #nzpol

Am I supposed to be sad or something? Good fucking riddance you piece of shit. I hope a frozen lizard falls on your head.

Magic is a key part of Kristala's combat. Seamlessly shift between spell and blade, and unleash mana-fueled special attacks to defeat enemies.

#wishlistwednesday #soulslike #arpg #actionrpg #indiegames

UK court rejects bid to reinstate ‘terrorism' charge against Kneecap rapper Rapper Liam O'Hanna welcomes ruling in case he says was 'never about any threat to the public, never about terrorism'.

Rapper Liam O'Hanna welcomes ruling in case he says was 'never about any threat to the public, never about terrorism'.

TODAY IN MY BUSY LIFE AS A BUSINESS CAT:

I SUPERVISED MY HUMAN WHILE THEY WORKED

THEN I JOINED A MEETING. I MADE SURE TO LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE CAMERA AND SIT VERY STRAIGHT IN MY HUMAN’S LAP

THEN IT WAS LUNCH…BUT MY HUMAN DIDN’T SHARE

THIS WILL BE NOTED ON THEIR PERFORMANCE REVIEW

I have quite enjoyed the perfect timing of this.

We're excited to officially be part of the IPR community of retailers

I do not understand how the ABSOLUTELY VOLUNTARY destruction of the original ferry replacement is not a massive political scandal?!

It was a reflexive ideological decision that has disadvantaged the country significantly.

If it's not allowed to call a politician a liar in parliament why is it okay for politicians to lie? They're lying so flagrantly about the covid response that it makes Trump look reliable.

Dire

So apparently grammarly stole my fuckin identity

These are built to scale, btw.

𝘒𝘪𝘢 𝘰𝘳𝘢 from New Zealand. When Rakiura is not outside eating or at home feeding Nora, she makes time to preen while brooding. #Kakapo #nzwildlife

Ice obtains access to Israeli-made spyware that can hack phones and encrypted apps Trump administration contract with Paragon Solutions gives immigration agency access to one of the most powerful stealth cyberweapons

ICE will have access to one of the world’s most sophisticated hacking tools after a decision by the Trump admin. to move ahead with a contract with Paragon Solutions, a company founded in Israel which makes spyware that can be used to hack into any mobile phone – including encrypted applications.

I'm less offended by this than a lot of people seem to be, because I think it is true that people should experience art in whatever fashion is best for them. I don't believe artists can or should impose a specific experience of consumption on the people consuming the art.

That said--

‘Our hearts were shaking’: Tehran residents endure heavy Israel-US bombing

‘Our hearts were shaking’: Tehran residents endure heavy Israel-US bombing https://aje.news/fqy1nd

Photo of a cuneiform tablet fragment shaped like an irregular diamond preserving about 20 lines of broken text

"Why is not one, at his god,
speaking justice;
being a supporter of truth;
(but) is settled just like a wicked person?"

In this ancient Babylonian dialogue, this is the friend's answer to why he feels gloomy. He answers with a question. Why, he asks, is not even a single person being good?