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Oscar Ellison

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Urbanism, cricket tragic, skier, in search of the perfect tiramisu.

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I just did the math (and looking on Alibaba).

The $2.7B spent on this singular LNG terminal could buy a million 5KW solar kits. Or 770,000 $10KW systems.

Absolutely madness!

10.02.2026 20:10 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 4
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Insurer temporarily halts new policies in Westport due to flood risk The decision will be the first of many as the full force of climate change arrives, a researcher says.

There it is. Always, always follow the money. When insurers say they can't cover you because of climate change impacts you can finally understand it is real and is causing harm today.

Yes, this is a sub-tweet.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

28.01.2026 19:59 πŸ‘ 69 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1
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Podcast: How to Fight Back Against AI Bot Scrapers The rise of Anubis; ICE's new facial recognition app; and a bunch of articles about LLMs.

www.404media.co/podcast-how-...

07.10.2025 19:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜For the team of 5 million’: The boss of NZ’s largest farm had a radical idea before quitting Jim Ward wanted NZ’s biggest farm to become a not-for-profit operation with heritage status. But then he suddenly quit after 24 years.

Wow, I would love to see more about this idea!

24.09.2025 20:40 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing - Wikipedia

Wikipedia editors trying to fend off the onslaught of AI crap have crowdsourced some telltale signs of LLM-generated writing; it might be handy for editors and proofreaders generally. Thanks to @ellenrykers.com for pointing me to it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...

31.08.2025 23:58 πŸ‘ 1263 πŸ” 658 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 82
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NZ housing affordability best since pre-Covid, report finds Lower mortgage rates and steady income growth have helped improve housing affordability.

Yes, this is how we should report house prices!
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/new-zeala...

27.08.2025 22:25 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Dental notation - Wikipedia

As someone who has had a fair few dental issues. I think this is standard as it is what the dentist sees.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_...

11.08.2025 22:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Foxton Beach

01.06.2025 11:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Wayne Brown just proposed limitless density on Waiheke and Whangaparāoa as a compromise exchange after the local councillors from those areas tried to downzone the city centre, and it resulted in a really beautiful moment between him and his deputy

22.05.2025 00:00 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
On the left a 30 kmh KURA speed sign. On the right unreadable and dangerous variable speed signage

On the left a 30 kmh KURA speed sign. On the right unreadable and dangerous variable speed signage

Turns out objections to Te Reo signage was never about legibility or safety ....
Distracting, unreadable and dangerous signage on the right coming to over 150 school communities across Auckland to replace the sign on the left.

21.05.2025 22:17 πŸ‘ 163 πŸ” 67 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 12

Who is this Wayne Brown guy talking about congestion charging on RNZ!? So based! 😍

14.11.2023 19:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hi folks, I know some of you still lurk over at Muskrats - but I need to post here too.

There's a large Aurora going on atm & on current numbers should be visible across most of NZ below Tauranga.

Here's a threat on X for how to photograph the night sky light show

x.com/five15design...

06.11.2023 03:46 πŸ‘ 99 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 2

Another weather bomb for Tairāwhiti 😒

24.10.2023 19:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Dominant performance from the ABs. RWC final here we come!

20.10.2023 20:54 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It's official: 2023 will be Auckland's wettest year on record.

The previous record, 1979, saw 1487 mm of rain.

As of Wednesday, Auckland has now passed that level with more than two months still to go in the year.

19.10.2023 23:30 πŸ‘ 101 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 6

Working on a new feed that shows posts that three or more people you follow like:

18.10.2023 18:53 πŸ‘ 353 πŸ” 103 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 12