Sarah Butcher

Why A.I. Should Make Parents Rethink Posting Photos of Their Children Online

Why A.I. Should Make Parents Rethink Posting Photos of Their Children Online www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/t... #privacy

A couple of small but very useful additions to my local government candidate database. You can now see which candidates are running ads on Facebook & Instagram, and click through to see their ad library. #nzpol

Protect Our Vote: Stop Voter Suppression Most people in Aotearoa, no matter our background, income or postcode, value fairness and freedom. The freedom to have a say in decisions that impact our lives — from making housing more affordable, t...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/pr...

Fiordland looking at the map is not listed beyond 0-3m. But 3m still feels a lot.

Ministers urged to help students trapped in Gaza with places at UK universities Forty people who have been offered scholarships unable to travel without biometric data they have no way of getting

The UK government is blocking Palestinian students in Gaza from taking up UK scholarships.

Some have been killed while waiting @theguardian.com

We’ve written to the Home Secretary demanding action and @drjogrady.bsky.social will be on @lbc.co.uk at 4 PM urging the govt to step in.

tr.ee/HjzPtS

I do not understand how people can see these violent, cruel human rights violations happening on U.S. soil every single day and just accept that this is fine and nothing needs to change.

This is back to the harassment Siouxsie Wiles faced during covid and no-one really looking out for her. The real life consequences for her were completely unfair and uncalled for.

This. So much this. I wish we still saw it as a way to explore learning, a topic and learning about ourselves too.

Everything sucks!? Yes. BUT... I reckon there's some things we can do about it...

Emily Writes, providing help and support in the most troubling of times - things I/we can do to help open.substack.com/pub/emilywri...

eSafety boss wants YouTube included in the social media ban. But AI raises even more concerns for kids AI is just one of the emerging threats online that won’t be tackled by the social media ban.

"eSafety boss wants YouTube included in the social media ban. But AI raises even more concerns for kids"

Agree with the eSafety Commissioner. And also perplexed that the online platforms are not seeing this as an opportunity to innovate.

theconversation.com/esafety-boss...

Harmful - not playful at all. Always think before you speak/write/post online and how what you say could impact others.

Playful or harmful? David Seymour’s posts raise questions about what’s OK to say online theconversation.com/playful-or-h...

Here’s why some people suffer from motion sickness – and which remedies actually work If our body is moving, but our brain can’t work out why, this creates some internal confusion.

Seasickness is not fun, but like driving makes me feel less motion sick, helming also helped me feel less queasy.

Here’s why some people suffer from motion sickness – and which remedies actually work theconversation.com/heres-why-so...

I like where your fishhooks have gone, however, the legal system is not timely enough to deal with this. And therein lies the problem with the HDCA.

As a Kiwi (recently) I’m loving your learning. It’s recent history. I’m learning about history here. It’s funny how people (Europeans) chuckle at your knowledge, but growing up in the UK I didn’t learn about NZ history beyond Cook and no-one really chuckles about that. I find the world curious.

Indigenous teen scaling her way to a World Championship Bidjara and Dunghutti teenager Orielle Michaelis-Thorpe has made history as the first Aboriginal female youth to win a national title in competitive climbing.

Bidjara and Dunghutti teenager Orielle Michaelis-Thorpe has made history as the first Aboriginal female youth to win a national title in competitive climbing.

Our gutters are similar!! It’s on the to do list….

These are fantastic. Absolutely fantastic.

A thought about generative AI: the main result of its use is mediocrity. Mediocre writing. Mediocre art. Mediocre arguments. If that’s what you aspire to, by all means go for it.

What parents and youth athletes can do to protect against abuse in sport The line between abuse and acceptable behaviour is blurred in many sports, so parents and youth athletes must be vigilant.

What parents and youth athletes can do to protect against abuse in sport theconversation.com/what-parents...

It’s a big ugly cry kind of film. With me wondering how we can be so awful to such a decent human.

observer.co.uk/news/nationa... - this makes my toes curl. #privacy #periodtracking #pregnancyloss

Girls with painful periods are twice as likely as their peers to have symptoms of anxiety or depression A new study found adolescents with period pain had higher levels of psychological distress as young adults, even after accounting for earlier mental health issues.

This doesn't surprise me and I wish more would take notice. Period pains can be debilitating. 'Girls with painful periods are twice as likely as their peers to have symptoms of anxiety or depression' theconversation.com/girls-with-p...

Roads, roads, glorious roads. There’s nothing quite like it 🤷🏼‍♀️

Bollards and ‘superblocks’: how Europe’s cities are turning on the car In Paris, Barcelona and Brussels, authorities are adopting varied approaches to the task of reducing congestion and pollution

“A startling statistic emerged in Paris last month: during the morning and evening rush hours, on representative main thoroughfares crisscrossing the French capital, there are now more bicycles than cars – almost half as many again, in fact.”

And it has kept growing from there.

Leadership. #Paris

Yes. So much yes. It’s the structural problems. Not solely the university.

A mixed use apartment building, or a co-ownership scheme like on High St would be great. But not a classic poorly built block with no orientation to the sun and also the wind that whistles through the valley.

Tracking apps might make us feel safe, but blurring the line between care and control can be dangerous | Samantha Floreani Apps like Life360 and Find My Friends are changing the landscape of what’s considered to be an expression of love – and not necessarily for the better

my latest for the guardian on love in a time of surveillance - inspired by some horrifying findings from recent eSafety Commissioner research (e.g. nearly 1 in 5 young people believe it’s okay to track their partner whenever they want)

A trial is testing ways to enforce Australia’s under-16s social media ban. But the tech is flawed Even those involved in the trial admit there are major problems with the tech that’s being tested.

Read this Aotearoa New Zealand - A trial is testing ways to enforce Australia’s under-16s social media ban. But the tech is flawed theconversation.com/a-trial-is-t...
A social media ban is not the right way forwards.

👏👏👏👏 #nzpol #TaxWealthMore #TaxWorkLess
#PeopleOverProfit