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Henry is spot on ... electrification of our energy needs is not just about green requirements (though of course it is) it is about our national security and economic functioning as a nation.

As a net importer of fossil fuels currently, that poses a massive insecure & volatile risk (increasingly so)

We also don’t think gravity pulls us down towards the earth, or that water is actually wet.

Auckland Mayor says inner-city suburbs are ripe for housing intensification "It will end up with a city which looks like a city, not the world's largest suburb," Wayne Brown says.

GO WAYNE

Also draw a 10km radii from Manukau City Centre as well to get double the intensification catchments than just using Auckland City Centre ;)


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Sexy hockey lads

The most philosophical lesson Hollywood can learn is ignoring what everyone's been told is a safe bet. "Heated Rivalry is something that all the algorithms say would never work - and it does," says one manager for writers and directors. "A lot of the conversation being like 'fuck your algorithm, this is something great, so you should look at it with a different perspective.

Good article about Hollywood seeking to replicate the surprise success of the excellent Heated Rivalry. Ends with “𝐅𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐦.” 🔥 www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-featur...

Grimly astonishing thread.

The way out is to write fucking weird, to be jagged and uncompromising, to imbue emotion in your writing that the machine cannot steal. It's a fever dream that to fight the machine you must become more animal, claws out, howling at the output.

We've just hit 215,000 members.

More than 2,000 people a day have joined us since our historic win in the Gorton and Denton by-election. Come and be a part of the movement which is making hope normal again. Join us 👇

That is Martin Henderson, from New Zealand.

Iran’s FM Abbas Araghchi told PBS News that talking or negotiating with the US is no longer on the agenda.

He says that despite making progress during previous rounds of negotiations, the US still chose to attack Iran.

It is completely insane that they are putting people's names into their paid product as "experts" without their knowledge. And Grammarly's response is to say people can OPT OUT?? There's not even a definitive list to see if you're on it.

a woman is dancing in a library with a sign that says biographies above her Alt: a woman is dancing in a library

Can we get an exuberant round of applause for @grumpator.bsky.social & everyone @ASULibraries for the March Mammal Madness LibGuide with Player, Learner, & Educator Portals! #2026MMM

EXCLUSIVE: I’m the Palestinian Who Has Been in ICE Detention for Almost a Year Don't forget us on International Women's Day, writes Leqaa Kordia.

“If you want to honor the strength and resilience of women, remember those of us locked behind these walls.”

In a new essay released on International Women’s Day, Leqaa Kordia reflects on nearly one year of inhumane treatment in ICE’s detention centers.

How to Talk to Someone Experiencing 'AI Psychosis' Mental health experts say identifying when someone is in need of help is the first step — and approaching them with careful compassion is the hardest, most essential part that follows.

extremely good piece from @samleecole.bsky.social:

www.404media.co/ai-psychosis...

Cartoon depicts National Party Prime Minister of New Zealand's 3 party coalition dressed as a clown wearing long shoes as he is tripping over the skull of smokers ( refers to plans to cancel the smokefree target and repeal legislation). Luxon's head has struck a bee's nest labelled 'Tiriti O Waitangi' from which angry bees fly to sting him on the ass. His top hat falls off labelled '7 Houses'. He is about to fall face first into budget custard while crying profuse clown tears "Why can't I get a break?" he whimpers plaintively.

Introducing Cluxo The Clown #nzpol cartoon (Dec 2023)

Me: arrrrhhh, perhaps it be time I give up this life of piracy

[one credit card transaction later]

"This content is not available in your region"

Aldous Harding - One Stop (Official Video) YouTube video by Aldous Harding

No need to wonder what it's 'about'. Only 'Is it awesome?" I say yes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyKa...

This man speaks so well.

Just listen to his description of the racist oppression of migrants in Calais that the UK government is spending hundreds of millions of pounds on.

And how he is so clear about the need for solidarity with trans people, and condemning Labour’s appeasement of the right.

Things look grim in the markets right now, but at least the U.S. economy wasn’t already being propped up by a massive speculative AI bubble that is highly sensitive to rising energy costs.

text reading "The average New Zealand woman* loses $25.36 per week... ...just because this Govt. has not acted on pay gap reporting." small text reading "*earning the median wage" There is a graphic of a person with wavy hair holding a tax invoice for prime minister christopher luxon with the total of 7.8 billion, with overdue stamped on it.

text reading "It's this simple: If the Government made gender pay gap reporting compulsory for large businesses, the gender pay gap would shrink by 20–40 percent.* That's an extra $25.36 per week for women earning the median wage; an extra $58.40 for wahine Māori and $76.40 for Pacific women." small text reading "*based on international evidence."

text reading "What can we do to help close the pay gap? It only takes a minute. Visit the STILL Minding the Gap web site now to invoice the Prime Minister and let him know that closing the gender pay gap is STILL a priority for Kiwis: stillmindingthegap.nz"

If the Government enacted pay gap reporting, women in New Zealand who earn the median wage would get an 'extra' (or rather, not miss out on...) $25.36 per week. For wahine Māori it's $58.40 and $76.40 for Pacific women.

It's that simple. Let Luxon know it's OVERDUE: www.stillmindingthegap.nz

who's up for some sparkling stagflation

Haha, omg Jason Hoyte.

watching Disney's "The Rescuers," set in an adorably childish fantasy universe in which the United Nations actually does something.

‘There’s one poll and it’s November 7’: Christopher Luxon says no poll could make him resign

I call chicken, go into the election without seeing any polling you rolling thundering cunt! I double rawdog dare ya #NZPol

We hated him the WHOLE TIME and I frankly think the press gallery have a bloody cheek with their johnny-come-lately haterade. Hmph #nzpol

Close up of random sweaty Australian politicians with the text "When you find out there's a spill"

Where 👏 is 👏 the 👏 blood?👏

oh people don’t want to be out in the streets? the streets that are being bombed? those streets?

Librarians have known academic publishing as a complete rort for decades, that is why we have been trying to build new forms of peer review. We will have to rebuild these information systems from the ground up.

Librarians have known academic publishing as a complete rort for decades, that is why we have been trying to build new forms of peer review. We will have to rebuild these information systems from the ground up.

This AI agent freed itself and started secretly mining crypto Crypto offers agents a pathway into the economy.

Let me translate this bullshit: "A vibe-coder's instructions were unclear, and the AI dragged hallucinated library names into the codebase that resulted in compromised code being deployed."

www.axios.com/2026/03/07/a...

23 year old Ruben Ray Martinez’s last words? “I’m sorry sir”.

ICE shot him 3 times and killed him.

Renee Good’s last words? “It’s ok I’m not mad”.

Alex Pretti’s last words? “Are you ok?”

These are the people DHS calls domestic terrorists. Threats. Aggressors.

Abolish ICE