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Christina,

@christinahulbe.bsky.social
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wine mom, glaciologist, concerned, she/they/ia, views my own, obvs. Ka toitu ahau ki Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"My fondest memorye as a childe ys the A.I.-generatid voyce of my fathir, sayinge, 'as sure as handes are vague globs of paste, my son, and as true as hydrogen tarifffs are enshrined yn the bill of rights, you are loved by your ChatGPDad.'"
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David Clegg @delphijunkie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Wrong question. It should be "Which political party would make us all better off?". #nzpol
Which political party would make you better off?
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Cath S @cathsheard.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
You mean they lied in their advertising,
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Truthout @truthout.org · 02/10/2026
Trump was reportedly encouraged by Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, Grok, to carry out his illegal invasion of Venezuela during an hourslong session with the chatbot just weeks before the attack this January.
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Report: Trump Used Grok to Help Talk Him Into Illegal Invasion of Venezuela
The president reportedly used the AI chatbot for hours when Elon Musk visited the White House last December.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 01/10/2026
“It’s actually the people who are building [AI] that are the existential risks to humanity. If a bridge collapses, we don’t ever ask, “Was the bridge uncontrollable? Was the bridge unethical?”
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The Real Existential Risk Is AI Company CEOs, AI Researcher Timnit Gebru Says
Instead of being held liable through existing laws, AI companies are making “a ploy for regulatory capture.”…
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Nick Baker @nickbaker.digital · 28/09/2026
The top 4 most unidentifiable school lunches so far. See how well you do in the quiz - the average score is 8.6/15
Brown gunkBrown gunkWeird gunkHardly any gunk
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Nick Baker @nickbaker.digital · 27/09/2026
This is your school holiday assignment. Complete the school lunch quiz by matching the image to the name - a quiz based on the school lunch images sent by @ninjakitty.bsky.social this past school term. There are 15 images in total. forms.gle/et7qDL4VGBJH...
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The Aotearoa New Zealand School Lunch Quiz
The images show 15 school lunches delivered to a school in August 2026. Your task is to pick the name that was assigned to each one.
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RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Profits from iwi-led solar project tagged for families experiencing energy hardship
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Profits from iwi-led solar project tagged for families experiencing energy hardship
A floating solar project has transformed a Dannevirke wastewater treatment pond into a source of clean energy, with profit from the electricity generated going to whānau the Tararua community experiencing energy hardship.
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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Happy news 🎉 the Children’s Writer in Residence in Otago is returning in 2027! Apply by 18 Oct. The residency is made possible with support from Creative New Zealand and Robert Lord Writers Cottage. More info & link to applications here: www.otago.ac.nz/news/newsroo...
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Kickstopper -- an app wher yf you rayse ynogh moneye then tech companynes do not do thinges
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"Ich askid ChatGPT," Well Ich askid the stones, and the forest, and the starres, and the mountaynes, and the moone daunsinge above, and what thei seyde was learninge, and dreames, and growinge thinges, and makinge art, and a flawed honest worlde wher we talke to each othir and care about each othir.
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Natasha Lennard @natashalennard.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
We could waste a lot of time speculating about the apocalyptic worldviews of tech billionaires. Whatever they believe, talk of existential risk is a convenient way to not address known harms produced by AI systems overseen by fascist billionaires. @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2026/09/14/a...
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Tech CEOs’ Doomsaying Is a Distraction from Real, Existing Harms of AI
The binary between AI apocalypse and AI redemption asks us to ignore data centers and AI war machines — all as tech executives get incredibly rich.
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Char Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Found elsewhere, worth a share here. #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Powerful message: "You do my dad's legacy and the legacy of all these victims no honor by using this tragedy to spread hate," he said. "I've had to grow up and spend the past 25 years seeing people use it to hate on our Muslim brothers and sisters, to hate on people who don't look like them."
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Climate.us @climate.us · 09/09/2026
Sea Ice Today is back! For nearly two decades, scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center, or NSIDC, have helped people understand what is happening to sea ice in the Arctic and around Antarctica. Its monthly science analyses were paused last fall. buff.ly/e20zCU6
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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Just updating on the latest nanny herald clickbait debt story. Same old tired myths... Govt books destroyed by the pandemic (they got stronger by the most sensible measure), Super is unaffordable (it isn't), and zero mention of the real drivers of the fiscal deficit. Let's dive in... [1/n]
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Lilith Grace Toitū Te Tiriti @lilithgrace.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
We have right-wing politicians spreading disinformation and outright lies, wrecking our country and causing people to die on the streets and in the hospitals, but OTOH a left-wing politician is knitting, so #NZPol
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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 31/08/2026
Could only read the first 2 paragraphs, no mention of humans, thank god I don't have access. Estimates of 4000 souls had their lives cut short in the most unimaginable horror as a wall of destruction swept down the valley at over 130km/hr (faster in places). Be nice to mention the humans?
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Christina, @christinahulbe.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Introduce yourself with 10 acts you’ve seen live Tami Neilson Topp Twins Dolly Parton Rosemary Clooney Jessye Norman Delaney Davidson Marlon Williams Troy Kingi Stanley Lunetta The Dead Milkmen
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David Slack @davidslack.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Free to share www.davidslack.net/borrow-story/
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Trainwreck debt quiz
Christopher Luxon is forever talking about the colossal economic train wreck the last government left and this gets repeated as certain fact. But what are the actual numbers?
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Christina, @christinahulbe.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Guessing this is not the only way this guy shows off how bad he is at being human.
Screen shot of a click bait article: 

Opinion | Postdocs Aren't Burger
Flippers: Why Unionization Is a Bad Idea
Unionization disrupts the bespoke mentor-mentee relationships that are central to the advancement of science.
By Evan D. Morris: bit.ly/3Sus7fa
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Allison @handle.invalid · 29/08/2026
All day everyday it’s
A black and white photo of NZ PM Chris Luxon looking real grumpy with the words ‘Fuck them kids’ scrawled across his face.
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Christina, @christinahulbe.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Oh F me. Port of Auckland CEO on the morning news saying that a recent uptick in passenger vehicle imports is a good news story. No it isn’t my dude, no it isn’t.
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
“Supporting New Zealanders of all backgrounds to use their vote to protect Te Tiriti, so that Te Tiriti can protect us all.” #nzpol www.votefortetiriti2026.com
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Home | Vote For Te Tiriti
Protecting Te Tiriti with our vote
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
“Te Tiriti in the parties’ founding documents This section examines how often the parties mention Te Tiriti in their constitutional documents, and what they have to say about it” #nzpol www.votefortetiriti2026.com/blank
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Aromatawai | Vote For Te Tiriti
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johnedwinmason @johnedwinmason.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
One more great thing about Dolly. She was a paid-up union member — American Federation of Musicians, Local 257, Nashville. And she had been for 58 years. www.afm.org/2026/08/afm-...
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AFM Statement on the Passing of Dolly Parton
Today, the entire community of professional musicians mourns the loss of an irreplaceable icon and a generous heart: Dolly Parton. While the world knows her as a global superstar and philanthropist…
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Christina, @christinahulbe.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Thank you @effinbirds.com
A sequence of posts in my Bluesky feed. A Radio New Zealand story titled "Labour Party reveals its 2026 campaign slogan" is followed immediately by Effin' Birds card on which a Red-throated Swallow is bringing the side-eye and the epigram "oh for f*ck's sake".
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
SUPPORT THESE DATA CENTERS (from magic city books : magiccitybooks.com )
Support These Data Centers: Schools, Libraries, Bookstores, Museums, Public Media, Concerts, Elders, Farmers Markets, Record Stores, Theaters.
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Christina, @christinahulbe.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Smart, hilarious, phenomenal foley. If you missed this in the NZIFF, don’t make that mistake again when it’s in general release.
Film poster for Mum I’m Alien Pregnant. The green lettering of the film title, warped like a pregnant belly, floats above an inflated, crusty cell-like sac that glows from the inside. A person appears to be either falling in or erupting out of the sac.
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Christina, @christinahulbe.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I feel like this sums it up. Late, unimpressive prop podium, everybody checking their phones. #nzpol
A photo of an off-kilter podium with nobody speaking at it, as reporters do stuff on their phones.
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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 11/08/2026
Pip Adam's novel Audition is shortlisted for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. Here, Pip (@pipadam.bsky.social) introduces the book, then reads from the novel's opening pages. More about this year's shortlist: www.ursulakleguin.com/prize26
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Pip Adam reads from "Audition"
YouTube video by Ursula K. Le Guin Foundation
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Pat Brittenden @patbrittenden.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
#BHN We're coming for you ZB GfK Survey 1 2026 6am - 9am #1 Mike Hosking, ZB, 374,000 weekly listeners #2 The Breeze Breakfast, 248,500 weekly listeners BHN 302,934 weekly viewers/listeners on our three major platforms Best bang for your buck in NZ media advertising@bhn.nz
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Christina, @christinahulbe.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Just now listening to a radio economist saying the solution is to give the Commerce Commission bigger guns. Wonderful.
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Christina, @christinahulbe.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I wish our workload model had a category for time spent repeating work due to (or developing a workaround for) some mediocre Micro$oft product I'm forced to use.
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Christina, @christinahulbe.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
IOW, the Prime Minister knows racism when he hears it, is comfortable with it, and only sees it as an issue in a political sense.
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Luxon calls Winston’s remarks ‘racist’ (but still backs him as foreign minister)
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is expressing confidence in Winston Peters as his foreign minister and won’t sack him. He adds he’s “not worried” about “spats” with China.
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Laurie Winkless @lauriewinkless.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
This is despicable. As I saw @patrickgaley.bsky.social say on LinkedIn: "The burnings of the Library of Alexandria destroyed an estimated 400,000 written texts. Anthropic has destroyed 2 million books this year alone." novaramedia.com/2026/07/29/a...
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AI Firms Are Buying up Old Books, Then Scanning and Destroying Them
The world’s biggest AI companies are buying antiquarian books en masse so they can be scanned to train their large language models (LLMs) before being destroyed.
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Christine Ryan @cryan1974.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
How did The Speaker deal with this? www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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China's ambassador weighs in as Winston Peters tells Green MP to 'go back to your own country'
China's ambassador has delivered a pointed response after Foreign Minister Winston Peters told a Chinese-born New Zealand MP to "go back to your own country" in Parliament.
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Christina, @christinahulbe.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The building where I work has a small tearoom for students. Fridge, bench, sink, microwave, "cafe" tables, vending machine. The machine is bulky and some time ago, students asked if it could be removed. In a perfect case of "be careful what you ask for", a second vending machine has now arrived.
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Christina, @christinahulbe.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Quote post with a female superhero you love.
She Ra as realised by ND Stevenson. Standing strong, sword drawn, white costume with a peplum over shorts and gold embellishments, a teen She Ra looks determined and confident. The background captures the colours of a rising sun, with golden sun rays and a spray of stars.
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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
🏴‍☠️🚨NEW EPISODE!! 🚨🏴‍☠️ This week on You’re Dead To Me we sail the high seas with female pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read, with comedian Kemah Bob and expert curator Hannah Cusworth from Greenwich Royal Museum Listen to the full episode on BBC SOUNDS 🎧, or watch us on BBC iPlayer 📺
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Simon A @iamsimona.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Surely the worst case scenario is New Zealand's native bird population being decimated by an illness they've never had any exposure to and that it would likely spread to our predator free Islands?
A screenshot of an RNZ article on bird flu arriving in NZ.  MPI Minister Andrew Hoggard describes the worst case scenario being an infection in our major poultry facilities and not the risk to NZs significant native bird population
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Daniel Vernon @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Matariki connects us all, no matter our background or origins.
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Christina, @christinahulbe.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
As we race toward a new semester, pressed into as much automation as we can manage, it strikes me that putting a humanities prof in charge of choosing the software used to run quantitative online tests might not have been the best way. (Acknowledging that I crashed out of the testing group.)
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Some amazing quotes in this article about how Ford replaced hundreds of engineers with AI, which broke a bunch of shit causing billions in damage and forcing them to rehire those people. www.the-independent.com/tech/ford-ai...
“Artificial intelligence is a fantastic tool, but it’s only as good as the information you use to train it,” said Charles Poon, Ford’s vice president of vehicle hardware engineering.“Mistakenly, we thought that by just introducing artificial intelligence and ingesting the design requirements that we had, that that would produce a high-quality product.”
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Melissa @2023chastete.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
House in the Mountain (1919) by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 23/06/2026
Climate.us is officially live! After NOAA ended Climate.gov’s day-to-day operations in 2025, former team members built Climate.us to carry that work forward. Their explanations and graphics have always stood out to me as clear, accessible, and transparent. I’m really looking forward to this reboot.
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Climate.us Home
independent, nonprofit, and immune to politics
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Christina, @christinahulbe.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
So I dunno. Rich guy decides he’d rather not continue on in the hard job he doesn’t need. Super.
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Emma Cameron @ecameron.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The Major Oak has died. The huge tree which has grown in Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire, England, for at least 1,000 years, failed to produce any leaves this year, after becoming stressed by a series of hot, dry summers. #majoroak #climatecrisis 😢🌳 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Most famous tree in the world’: Sherwood Forest’s 1,000-year-old Major oak dies
Nottinghamshire tree, one of Europe’s oldest and largest, fails to produce leaves after being stressed by series of hot, dry summers
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James Renwick @cubaraglanguy.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Come join us! Te Herenga Waka is looking for a senior academic to join our climate change teaching and research programme - apply by Monday 22 June.
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