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Dr Dave Hone @davehone.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This one has been a long time coming. Been chasing Brent to talk about his work for ages and he has such a cool career trajectory and involvement in various parts of palaeontology.

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aaronsingline.bsky.social @aaronsingline.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

@ellecordova.bsky.social strikes again with such a sophisticated and intelligent video. It gives me so much hope that people see the opportunity to turn a bad situation into one with hope. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwXM...

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Can the AI Power Problem Lead to a Cleaner Future? (with Steph Speirs)

YouTube video by Elle Cordova

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Freya Holmér @freya.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

on AI generated voiceovers in games

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever

A tweet by SarahStarberry that says "oh god read the vertical axis" on top of a chart measuring AI models' release dates and model numbers rather than any real capabilities

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 01/10/2026

this video of Chlöe Swarbrick, who leads the Greens in New Zealand's parliament, is worth your five minutes' time

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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe @theskepticsguide.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

One of the Trump administration's attempts to erode our science infrastructure was stopped. Our scientific institutions are still struggling, but this is an important reminder that there are still some avenues where we can push back. theness.com/neurologicab...

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Setback For Trump’s Tampering With Science Funding - NeuroLogica Blog

This is a tiny bit of good news it what has been a horrific story for American science over the last almost two years. Trump has backtracked on his attempts to politicize science funding at the NIH, a...

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Whakamataku - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉 @whakamataku.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is GOLD!!! Ngā mihi nui @abelsteve.bsky.social Ka whawhai tonu mātou AKE! AKE! AKE! #nzpol

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aaronsingline.bsky.social @aaronsingline.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Something that never made sense to me. You have $20 in account A and $500 in account B, with the same bank. You spend $40 from account A, and now they get to charge you fees because you are overdrawn by $20. But they still have $480 of your money! What?

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Confused Math Meme

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aaronsingline.bsky.social @aaronsingline.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Aww Shane Jones wants to try make 'green pixies' an insult?!? Well, I think we should all identify as 'green pixies'. Far better than whatever lower form of life the pile of ancient rotting pond scum that Shane Jones and those cronies are. This government has been rubbish. Vote them out.

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Sportsnet Rogers

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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 22/09/2026

While we are on the topic, the most excellent Richard Shaw is giving a talk at Otago this evening & I'm going. He's a damned good egg www.nzreviewofbooks.com/the-good-set...

Public talk - We are one people (aren't we?): From Parihaka to Pakeha myth
Wed 23 September 2026 6:00pm to 7:00pm
• Burns 2 Lecture Theatre, Dunedin
Cost
Free
Audience
All University, Public
Event type
Lecture
Organiser
Politics
On the morning of 5 November 1881 an Irishman called Andrew Gilhooly formed up alongside other members of the Armed Constabulary at the entrance to Parihaka pã: he was there for the invasion, the occupation and - much later
- for the farming of land taken from Taranaki iwi. But those events dropped out of the family stories handed down to Gilhooly's ancestors; neither do they feature in national narratives of fairness, egalitarianism and equal treatment.
In this presentation Richard Shaw, one of Gilhoolys descendants, will explore the relationship between historical amnesia amongst (some) descendants of settler families and the stories we tell each other about the nation we live in.

Cover of Richard's new book, the Good Settler: Essays from other people's lands

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Tommy Siegel @tommysiegel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

how AI can reduce your email workload: a helpful guide

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Dr Sarah Hendrica Bickerton 🏳️‍🌈 @sarahhbickerton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Ah, enshittification, we meet again. (and by enshittification, I mean the original specific @doctorow.pluralistic.net version, not just the colloquial understanding of "online things getting worse")

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aaronsingline.bsky.social @aaronsingline.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Wait... what happened to the Chicago Bears? 59 last week and 3 this week? What?!!

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aaronsingline.bsky.social @aaronsingline.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

In the NFL, helmet-to-helmet contact makes me cringe every time. Especially when you hit your QB's helmet, don't do that! Brock Purdy doesn't need it! 😂

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aaronsingline.bsky.social @aaronsingline.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I'm a much better singer in my mind compared to our loud.

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aaronsingline.bsky.social @aaronsingline.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I feel Death Cults have already been done far too much. Should I aim to be the charismatic leader of a Life Cult? Or perhaps an Existence Cult?

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aaronsingline.bsky.social @aaronsingline.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I need to analyse, summarise, and organise if I'm to emphasise and maximise the enterprise. That is, until my brain makes me hypothesise that I should compromise. I need someone to supervise to make sure I itemise and finalise. For ultimately, that would be the most... wise.

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aaronsingline.bsky.social @aaronsingline.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

ACT... the party that wants to squeeze the living crap out of low-income earners and line the pockets of the super-rich. Why? Vibes, and to suck up to their rich donors instead of looking after New Zealanders. So nothing new.

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Steve Carell's 'My Shocked Face' Reaction

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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I cannot emphasise enough how bad Luxon's economic speech was today - a veritable torrent of crap. Seriously. If this is what Treasury are giving him to say they should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves. I'll try and keep my critique to six points.... [🧵 1/n] www.1news.co.nz/2026/09/14/w...

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Full video: PM Luxon holds post-Cabinet media briefing

This is the second to last week that Parliament is sitting before it rises for the election.

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Dr Sarah Hendrica Bickerton 🏳️‍🌈 @sarahhbickerton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

*sigh* could we please stop thinking that every solution is more police? Because it’s genuinely not. There are lots of situations in peace keeping & law enforcement where a police presence has the opposite effect. Not to mention alienating vulnerable & minority … www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

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National to set up Auckland Transport police team if re-elected

The National Party will set up a dedicated Auckland Transport police team if re-elected.

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I am the very model of a modern day typographer I know the type tonalities from elegant to jocular I am a master tracker and my kerning is harmonical I know the sacred swatches and can name the hues Pantonical (Full version of Modern Day Typographer now on my YouTube channel)

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Modern Day Typographer - Elle Cordova

YouTube video by Elle Cordova

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aaronsingline.bsky.social @aaronsingline.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

We've lost focus. We keep blaming labels like "AI" or "LLMs" instead of blaming the people who are designing and training the systems around it. The technology itself has no morals. The people developing them do, and these people need to be held legally accountable. They _have_ stolen work.

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aaronsingline.bsky.social @aaronsingline.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Science is where philosophy meets reality.

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aaronsingline.bsky.social @aaronsingline.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

How large is large? Gimungously large is how large it is.

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Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand @greens.org.nz · 06/09/2026

Everyone in Aotearoa should have access to affordable kai. The Green Party has a plan to take on the supermarket duopoly, bring down grocery prices, and make sure everyone can access good food. Affordable Food For All of Us: www.greens.org.nz/affordable_f...

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aaronsingline.bsky.social @aaronsingline.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Q: Why are they called ACT? A: Because they're performative, and their policies have no intentionally positive outcomes in mind.

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Dr Sarah Hendrica Bickerton 🏳️‍🌈 @sarahhbickerton.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Kia ira koutou. I’ve got a 48” Samsung 1080p HD LCD TV that I got at the end 2014, that is superfluous to requirements, and free to a good home (particularly a deserving one, like refugees or solo parents, etc) First 2 pics are from 2014 when I got it, last pic is from earlier this year.

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aaronsingline.bsky.social @aaronsingline.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Samuel L. Clemens or Mark Twain. One of them is just the same as the other one.

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aaronsingline.bsky.social @aaronsingline.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Someone at work just asked if turbulent flights affect me. Not really. I mean, they've not affected me for a good few decades, actually. Why? Because I've not flown in about 35 years. The South Island is awesome. Why go anywhere else? But don't tell anyone, or they'll all want to live here.

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Neil Patrick Harris Says 'Shhh'

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aaronsingline.bsky.social @aaronsingline.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Something tells me we're going to be hearing a lot more about the bond markets. 🤨

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aaronsingline.bsky.social @aaronsingline.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Overhead: "Yeah, no. I've never wanted kids of my own but it might be cool to have grandkids that I never, ever meet."

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aaronsingline.bsky.social @aaronsingline.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Now deep in my thoughts about being the descendant of both the abused and the abusers. Thanks @hotdogsladies.bsky.social and @johnroderick.bsky.social for this new mind virus. Unless it's just the next stage of trickydickyosis?

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SDF @sdforg.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

“Why do you want to run a 36-bit PDP-10 in 2026?!” #blinkenlights #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #vintage icm.museum

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Dr Sarah Hendrica Bickerton 🏳️‍🌈 @sarahhbickerton.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

*sigh* regardless of this being good politics, this is just bad policy. Like for crying out loud, we only have weeks of sitting left. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

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Watch: Luxon moves to ban under-16s from social media - but NZ First, Act disagree

Legislation to ban under-16s from social media will be introduced today.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 18/08/2026

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Asher @asherwilsongoldman.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Wellington Hospital is so overwhelmed with influenza at the moment that earlier this week they phoned to cancel my wife's surgery, 3 hours after it was finished - maybe they were planning on putting back in what they'd just taken out? Seriously tho, please get your flu vaccine.

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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 20/08/2026

Happy #WorldPhotographyDay & all those who don't use AI #Aotearoa #Whakaahua #photography #B&W

A young woman lies on her back in the warm waters of a river after jumping off a bridge - New Zealand's unofficial summer sport.

6 weeks later we were all in lockdown

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aaronsingline.bsky.social @aaronsingline.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

This quote I heard on The Big Short lives in my head. It applies to so many things in the world. "People want an authority to tell them how to value things, but they choose this authority not based on facts or results. They choose it because it seems authoritative and familiar." - Michael J. Burry

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aaronsingline.bsky.social @aaronsingline.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Whilst breaking down some cardboard for recycling today, I invented a little H&S ditty: Be careful with the knife It won't be fun if you cut your thumb Be careful with the knife Don't be an egg and stab your leg Be careful with the knife Don't aim high and stab your eye You're welcome. 😁🗡️🩸

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Louise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Attempting to outst the Prime Minister? Sackable offence as a Minister. Racism? Still fine apparently.

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aaronsingline.bsky.social @aaronsingline.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Part of the long-term reason the NZ economy is hamstrung and will stay that way is that we all have to sink so much capital into housing. This means that there is less available capital for people to invest in the rest of the economy. The housing market is broken, and it breaks everything else.

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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag: @simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026

Labour MP Damien O’Connor has been handing out popcorn to the media who are waiting to hear what’s happening at Parliament *guffaws* #NZPol

Pic of an opened packet of “Sweet and Salty” popcorn, followed by the quote “Veteran Labour MP Damien O’Connor has arrived with a supply of Sweet & Salty Kettle Corn, and dropped off a few bags of popcorn to press gallery reporters who are waiting for news from the National Party caucus room.

He said popcorn seemed like a fitting snack.”

Screenshot from Stuff.co.nz

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