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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Tech Policy Press rounds up what non-Western governments said about AI at the UN last week, from calls for a greater role in shaping the rules to warnings that slowing AI must not deepen the digital divide.
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What Non-Western Governments Said About AI at the UN
Ramsha Jahangir and Justin Hendrix round up how governments outside the Western AI powers and China approached AI governance during UNGA 81.
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Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 22/09/2026
Been thinking of this poem a LOT today
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Ellen @ellenstrickland.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This beloved dingus is not well, thoughts and prayers that she just secretly ate a truly terribly rotten thing (yet again) and is gonna bounce back to continue (eating trash) into her very old age 😩
Black and white dog with her paws on a  sofa looking at the camera plaintively
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Ellen @ellenstrickland.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Why, god, why 🧦
A row of 11 single unmatched socks, and a a row of 5 pairs of socks
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 19/09/2026
iOS 27 gives us Siri AI, which can dig deep into your device to find information, but introduces some new privacy problems to consider. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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How to Limit What Apple’s New Siri AI Can Access in iOS 27
Apple’s new operating system is here, and along with it comes a new version of Siri, dubbed with two very familiar letters: AI. As the name suggests, this Siri power-up resembles an AI chatbot more
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Pōneke @archivesrock.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
At this point, I think they just want us all to die and save them the bother 🫤 #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...
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Thousands of buildings no longer deemed earthquake-prone after new law passes unanimously
Thousands of buildings are no longer deemed earthquake-prone after Parliament passed legislation reforming building rules.
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Ellen @ellenstrickland.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Helping 🐈
Ginger and white cat laying on a pile of fabric next to a sewing machine
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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I am so fucking tired of having to learn about the beliefs of cooked subcultures to understand world events
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Ellen @ellenstrickland.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Excited to be part of the Critical Signals programme this year in Wellington: I’ll be sharing from research on building Internet resilience in Aotearoa to support communities during climate crisis events (and more) at this event next Thurs 10 September. Come along! criticalsignals.nz/programme/in...
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Internet Resilience for Community Support
How can we improve Internet resilience to support community in Aotearoa? Many more people will be exposed to hazards by 2050 with escalating climate change events. How should communities prepare to …
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Just a reminder:
A circular calendar showing Wellington seasons. Including  both springs and Shitsville
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Ellen @ellenstrickland.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
🎶 M-A-M-A-B-O-Y mama’s boy mama’s boy 🎶
Ginger and white cat curled up adorably on a lap with a patchwork quilt visible behind him
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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 28/08/2026
I am currently recruiting for a 2-year postdoc/research fellow role at the University of Auckland here in New Zealand, focusing on auditory perception, hearing, and music in older adults, including people with Alzheimer's disease or other dementias ~NZ$100k/yr, flexible start date, please apply!
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Postdoc in The Music Lab // Expression of interest
Note. The below text is a general overview of the sorts of postdocs we often recruit. We are currently recruiting candidates for a 2-year position focusing on auditory perception in aging populations,...
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 27/08/2026
Twenty years on from Gardasil vaccine launch, Australia on track to eliminate cervical cancer
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Australia on track to eliminate cervical cancer 20 years on from vaccine launch
Twenty years on from the launch of the world-first vaccine against cervical cancer, Australian Immunisation Register data shows HPV vaccine coverage for girls and girls is dropping.
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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
It's heartening that the term "pervert glasses" has become so widespread that it's being used in headlines about the pervert glasses and legislative attempts to halt the ability of perverts to buy them.
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David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Because it is very likely to be relevant, there are some NIWA shiny pages with a public drought forecast tool shiny.niwa.co.nz/drought-fore...
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Drought forecasting dashboard
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Kendra, spooky version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Tim Curry and Dolly Parton have taught us not only that you should be bigger, weirder, gayer, and freakier, but also that those qualities are what people will love about you. The things that make you strange and amazing are the things that will resonate with other strange and amazing people
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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Government’s attendance push driving "vicious cycle of illness" in schools #nzpol
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Government’s attendance push driving "vicious cycle of illness" in…
The government’s overzealous focus on school attendance is backfiring, with sick children returning to school too early and spreading viruses to…
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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Listen here (if you want) www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
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Expert says Australian Social Media ban hasn't worked
Dr Cassandra Mudgway is Senior Lecturer Above the Bar, at the University of Canterbury's Faculty of Law and says social media harm exists but the Government's proposed ban on under-16s on social media...
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The West Auckland Resource Centre arcnz.org.nz received a large shipment of unused craft supplies and if you’re looking for crayons, coloured pencils, paper packs, pencil sharpeners, paints for kids it’s a great time to visit. #kikorangi
West Auckland
OPEN TERM TIME:
MON 10AM-12PM, WED 12PM-2 PM SAT 10 AM-1 PM
Reimagining
Resourcing
Reusing
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Ellen @ellenstrickland.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
He’s keep getting his left ear stuck inside out and he seems unbothered, proceeding with business, but I keep flipping it back but then he flips it inside out again… is this a medical condition or just my ginger cat
Ginger and white cat curled up peacefully on a blanket with his left ear inside out
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Kevin Veale 😷 (Toitū Te Tiriti) @krveale.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
And the next best time to go back to wearing masks whenever you're in public *is now,* if you're not already doing so. *high fives the other folks who never stopped.*
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Leonore (Lee) Carpenter @leecarpenter.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
In case you are an academic who is currently being gaslit into believing that you're a caveman who wants their students to be jobless if you resist allowing AI in your classrooms... I present to you Berkeley Law's response, which can be summarized as "Fuck off directly into the sun."
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Artificial Intelligence Policy
Effective Summer 2026 Purpose Future lawyers may need to use artificial intelligence (“AI”) fluently. But the current state of the technology requires that AI use be coupled with the cognitive […]
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
Panel one shows a bone. The bone says, "I make stem cells!"
Panel two shows a pancreas. The pancreas says, "I make insulin!"
Panel three shows the bone and pancreas and now a brain. The brain says "I make scenarios!"
Panel four shows the bone, pancreas, and brain. The brain is on fire.
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Ellen @ellenstrickland.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
In Brisbane and oof the delights of an easy, affordable airport train (kids ride free!) and then flat 50 cent fares on other public transport, including catamarans up and down the river. *side eyes Auckland* 😒
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Associate Professor Suze Wilson @suzewilson.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
good peeps of #nzpol, please help spread the word about this upcoming event, Digital #hate, real #harm: Mapping the landscape of online #misogyny. WLG CBD, Sept 3rd, or online. Register here: events.massey.ac.nz/digital-hate... #WomensRights #HumanRights #manosphere #TFGBV
woman seeking to escape from online hate and abuse
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Ellen @ellenstrickland.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Sometimes it’s worth debating things and other times, not.
12 blueberry buttermilk muffins on a cooling rack on a white counter, 6 have streusel topping and 6 do not
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Temperature History @temphist.com · 14/08/2026
Today in Auckland 🌡️ 13.5°C. This is the warmest 14th August in 16 years. Today is 2.1°C warmer than average for the time of year. Average: 11.3°C · Trend: +0.07 ± 0.14 °C/decade #weather #Auckland
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Auckland · Today | TempHist
13.5°C. This is the warmest 14th August in 16 years. Today is 2.1°C warmer than average for the time of year.
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Thalia @thaliathalia.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Tomorrow is the last day to register for the Internet NZ AGM. 'Free Speech' 'Union' folks are going to be there in force - we need to be there to vote.
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Yale Stewart @yalestewart.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The official Mister Rogers YouTube channel has been posting full episodes recently, and believe me when I tell you that watching one is a great way to take a break from the general state of things. www.youtube.com/@MisterRoger...
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Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
Welcome to the official Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood YouTube channel! For more than 30 years, Mister Rogers created a relationship with millions of children, each of whom felt like they were visiting ...
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Ellen @ellenstrickland.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Visitor to our house: So the tabby cat is 9yo’s and the dog is yours and the little ginger cat is kinda both of yours? Me: no absolutely not
Ginger and white cat sleeping partially on a lap with his paw stretched out and his face tucked into the lap, quite confident the human which the lap belongs to is his
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Larissa needs more sleep @larissacomments.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
for a junk drawer to legally qualify as a real junk drawer, what is the ONE absolute mandatory item it must include? A box of Beehive matches
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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The number of people who want work or more work is now up to 427,000 souls (13.8% of the working age population). That's about 1 in 7 kiwis... Friends, What the actual fk? Is there nothing that needs doing? Who's in charge? [2/n]
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Ellen @ellenstrickland.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Soup kind of night 🌧️
A big pot of chicken soup with potato’s and carrots in it
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Ellen @ellenstrickland.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The only thing more annoying than how going on the stupid little walk does in fact help me feel better is that spending an hour prepping ingredients and a few snack/light meal options on Sunday does in fact make eating during the week way less stressful and we eat better. Dammit to hell.
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Ellen @ellenstrickland.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I just wanted to show you all some really delicious oat choc cookies I baked and I ended up reading inexplicably vile preelection policy takes so I’m gonna log out now and eat some of these 😩
A wire rack filled with delectable oat chocolate chunk cookies
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Ellen @ellenstrickland.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Free power day challenge:!do ALL the washing, lots of baking for the freezer, charge the EV, slow oven cooked dinner 💡
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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.
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Kawaiicon @kawaiicon.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Been meaning to submit but hadn’t quite got around to doing it yet? Call For Participation (CFP) closes midnight Friday 7th of August, NZST Just one week left!!
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Cute Cat Typing on Laptop
Alt: Cute Cat Typing on Laptop
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Ellen @ellenstrickland.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I was young and spry and sneered at the old people complaining about their aches and taking pills and potions. Now I curse the cold night, rubbing pain reliever on my arthritic feet.
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G██████ 🇮🇪 🇳🇿 @genesis.eurosky.social · 13/07/2026
Live your life so that people are seeing posts like this, one after the other, when you die.
Social media posts urging people to live so that folk in NZ talk about you when you die like we're talking about Sam Neill
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Jolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
How about this story from just three weeks ago, about how the nation's transport agency can only afford to fix one (1) more bout of storm damage given current funding: www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361... Someone best tell Mother Nature: no more road-damaging extreme weather until 1 July 2027, thanks!
A screenshot from the linked story in The Post, "Risk emergency fund to fix roads could run dry after another major event", by Nick James, June 16, 2026

The text reads: "In response to questions from The Post NZTA said the total funding for emergency works was $420 million between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2027.

At the time of the board meeting the estimated cost of emergency works for the January storms was $140m.

As of the the end of May this year, the total emergency funding spent was $236m, with $86m spent in the 2024/25 financial year and $150m paid out in the 2025/26 financial year (which included $45m from the January storm events).

That left the emergency works kitty with $184m of unspent money through to June 30 next year.

NZTA said if demand for emergency works exceeded the funding available it could look at reprioritisation of funds within the NLTP and consideration of additional funding subject to Government decisions."
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tofu & tesla! (& krisko) 🐈 📚 🎲 ♿ @krisko.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
happy 4th of july!
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Ellen @ellenstrickland.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
We’re in Florida (for family reasons) and let’s just call today a… cultural experience 🇺🇸 ⛈️ 🌭 🎆 😵‍💫
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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Have you heard of ##noharmware? It's a joint campaign between Amnesty and Tāhono Trust on online safety. Part of the campaign includes an open letter to Parliament to implement an independent regulator and online safety standards. Read and sign the letter below! #nzpol amnesty.org.nz/no-harmware/
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No harmware
Amnesty International is a global movement of 10 million people in over 150 countries who are standing with humanity and working to build a world based on justice, equality and compassion. Take Action...
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Andrew Chen @andrewtychen.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
We have just launched a parliamentary petition calling for mandatory AI transparency in the public sector. If AI is going to be used in the delivery of public services, it must be AI that is worthy of our trust. Sign: petitions.parliament.nz/7bfe1c60-b99... Read more: www.trustworthyai.nz
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Petitions are addressed to the House of Representatives and ask that the House do something about a policy or law, or put right a local or private concern.
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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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Ellen @ellenstrickland.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Ah having a little Internet at its best moment, connecting with random people whose grandparents also used to extol the delights of eating squirrel brains 💖
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 10/06/2026
one’s 'AI developing its own dialect' is another's 'incomprehensible slop'
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Ellen @ellenstrickland.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Memory of my youth, at bedtime on vacation, my mum and auntie marvelling at me comfortably wearing long sleeve/long pant pyjamas when it was just a bit cool and me flummoxed that they always wore summer nightgowns, year round, and said they ‘used to’ wear pyjamas but can’t anymore.
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Eerke Boiten @eerkeboiten.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
The Guardian should be deeply ashamed of itself for supporting the authoritarian narrative that any protest is "extremism" and hence deserves to be monitored, constrained, and ultimately forbidden.
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