Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️The Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social · 23h‘I was fighting for my life’: Rose Matafeo chased by sheep on Taskmaster NZthespinoff.co.nz‘I was fighting for my life’: Rose Matafeo chased by sheep on Taskmaster NZThe most New Zealand task possible. 093
Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️Jason Rasgon @vectorgen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Yeah but that ain't what they're asking for on the tin is it?static.klipy.comThomas Nicholas: I Said Give Me My Money!ALT: Thomas Nicholas: I Said Give Me My Money! 111
Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️NinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Yeah, right. I really don’t understand why you’d do that with a supporter 🤷♀️ 051
Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️Paula Penfold @paulapenfold.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“Apologies but we have had unprecedented demand for the campaign launch and are full for the bus and tickets for the event.”stuff.co.nzA National Party member was told the campaign launch was full - but hundreds of seats were emptyLily Yao was invited to National’s campaign launch, then told there was no room for her 75616
Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026www.instagram.com/reel/Dd23gOr... #nzpol 712263
David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️ @gringene.org · 29/09/2026That's a lossy reverse translation, even if perfect. There is redundancy in the amino acid codons, but some of that redundancy has a functional effect on protein folding. 120
Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026All of this media on "takes on rogue AI" or whatever, is all the billionaires (newly minted or old), people doing so-called "AI safety" getting hundreds of millions claiming to save us from extinction, and then me playing in my kiddy pool with my pretend dollars 😂 www.npr.org/2026/09/26/n...npr.orgThe AI safety debate is confusing. Here's our guide to the different factionsThe battle over AI's promise and perils is not a clash between two opposing sides, but a debate among a range of competing voices and ideologies. Here is a guide to who's who in that debate. 1016322
Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️Biker "Cash Bazooka" Chiwi @bikerchiwi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Lol. Neutering the base. Buggering up the future. #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...stuff.co.nzA National Party member was told the campaign launch was full - but hundreds of seats were emptyLily Yao was invited to National’s campaign launch, then told there was no room for her 183
Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 28/09/2026White trans women, please knock this shit off. 1317
Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️Ganesh Rajaram Ahirao @ganeshahirao.bsky.social · 29/09/2026#nzpol Less technical version of PREFU26 analysis is in the headline of the Exec Summary🙏🏾. "An emerging economic recovery has been delayed by higher oil prices." following by the first sentence: "The economic recovery has experienced a series of delays." or, alternatively: CRY ME A RIVER 🤔😢😠 12410
Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 29/09/2026Also actually this: 162
Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️Dr Heather Came @heathercame.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Waitangi Tribunal Report confirms shut down of Te Aka Whai Ora without a plan was another Tiriti breach. New blog shares some highlights from the Report and reflections on our involvement. www.heathercameassociates.com/.../hautupua...heathercameassociates.com 044
Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️Char Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I’m not surprised there are “whistleblowers”…I’d be screaming it from the rooftops too if I were unfortunate enough to be working for a fucking racist like Erica (white supremacy) Stanford. #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #Aotearoa #NZ #ToitūTeTiriti 1153
David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️ @gringene.org · 29/09/2026"Labour does not support giving an unelected body the power to override Parliament." Chris needs to read up on He Whakaputanga. nzhistory.govt.nz/media/intera...nzhistory.govt.nzHe Whakaputanga - Declaration of Independence, 1835 | NZ HistoryInteractive (zoomable) image of the 1835 Declaration of Independence, including transcript and translation 010
Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️Lia @liasae.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The way it's deliberately crafted as a hit piece (originating from Jesse Singal!) against disabled people and a Black person in particular should have been a lot more obvious to the commentariat and I'm deeply worried it ever got traction, TBQH 1282
Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 29/09/2026> my AI checker says so 16112
Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026unsolicited brag: dug into the data -> ai -> surveillance pipeline in class this morning and received a standing ovation at the end of class. genuinely did not expect it. now i’m in tears. first time for everything 1634041
David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️ @gringene.org · 29/09/2026#3Dprinting You Wouldn't Download A Car sh.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting...sh.reddit.comfujiwaraNANIsenpai's comment on "My full 3D printed Lancia Delta Integrale Evoluzione 2"Explore this conversation and more from the 3Dprinting community 000
Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️🐻Iona🐻 @bewarethefish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Greens have committed to restore assets.nationbuilder.com/beachheroes/...assets.nationbuilder.com 022
David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️ @gringene.org · 29/09/2026National is the ratchet, Labour is the Pawl. Neither will let us go back to where we were. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratchet...en.wikipedia.orgRatchet (device) - Wikipedia 073
Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️🐻Iona🐻 @bewarethefish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The question was asked in the candidate meeting with Ayesha Verrall I went to. She was very clear that they would not restore it. Said something to the effect that it wouldn't be fair to the members if National got back in and disestablished it again 🙄🙄🙄 It came across as very patronising to me. 472
Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️NinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Actually, the more I’ve thought about it, it’s quite funny how they’ve pivoted so quickly to blaming the Boomers for their shit management of the economy 😂😂😂 #nzpol 4345
Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Technology enthusiasts severely overestimate the average person’s desire or willingness or capacity to build and use AI agents. I understand some work roles that could mandate or encourage it but that is no way a tech revolution. Agents are best for structured, clearly delineated tasks. 321874305
Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️AppleInsider @appleinsider.com · 28/09/2026In a completely unsurprising turn of events, Meta's Muse AI is stealing Apple Messages, past and present, and uploading the contents to its cloud, even if explicitly told not to.appleinsider.comMeta's new AI agent blatantly ignores users permissionsIn a completely unsurprising turn of events, Meta's Muse AI is stealing Apple Messages, past and present, and uploading the contents to its cloud, even if explicitly told not to. 30398252
Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️Evil Nata 🇺🇦 @fors.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I was teaching an online class and had to end it 5 min earlier because my students in Kyiv literally jumped out of their seats and ran to the hallway, hiding from a drone over their house. I have my own air raid in Odesa rn too, btw. fckn rss #UaView #UkrainianView 13112
Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️Rebekah Rogers @evolscientist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I suppose whether that's being enforced is pretty up in the air. 🤷♀️ 111
Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️Rebekah Rogers @evolscientist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026If we've ever had an argument over CC-NC vs CC-BY, if you chose CC-NC it likely was supposed to prevent those AI bots from using your work for profit. 131
Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️Sarah Hörst @planetdr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We had a paper that had 3 reviewers. Went back and forth. Got accepted! Got an email from the journal that I was expecting to be the galley proofs, surprise 3 more reviewers! The editor apparently decided it was so important she wanted more reviews. After already accepting it 391
Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️Tara C. Smith @aetiology.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Have you ever had a manuscript with so many reviews (5! + additional editor comments) and so many contradictory revision suggestions that you just wanted to say "fuck it" and never look at it again? I'm getting anxiety dreams over this damn paper. 12663
Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️fsherman.bsky.social @fsherman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026As witness all the "what about his scholarship?" "What about his internship?" cries when college students commit rape. During the Kavanaugh furor, all the arguments about how unfair it was to derail his career for something from years ago would have been the same it if had been ten minutes ago. 1609
Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Data point on what's possible 05216
Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026We've seen a distinct drop in interest in these conditions as people have memory-holed COVID; they'd like to forget infection-associated chronic conditions, but they're impacting everyone, including kids. I'm the Scientific Director at #MEAction, and I advocate for #MECFS, #LongCOVID, & other IACCs. 015060
Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️STEMfem @stemfem.bsky.social · 28/09/20269/28/1893 — b. Hilda Geiringer von Mises, Austrian applied mathematician, statistician, scholar. Professor of #mathematics, Istanbul U (1934-39); lecturer, Bryn Mawr (1939); prof + math chair, Wheaton Coll (1944-59); research fellow, Harvard ('55-59) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #MathSky #AcademicSky 116046
Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We're almost out of tickets for this show, so if you wanna go, you better get tickets ASAP (and you should wanna go, it's gonna be a hoot). biodiversitease.eventbrite.com 03412
David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️ @gringene.org · 28/09/2026[Suppose Green Party rises above Labour] Media: "The left bloc is still struggling, with Labour needing the support of the Green Party in order to form a government." 010
Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026Ah that makes sense. I honestly think just adding that small bit of friction will make students less likely to use it. Sure someone's studied this somewhere 1401
Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️Jennie @unabridgedopinions.com · 28/09/2026I *think* the difference here is we got an actual adjustment on the core Copilot product. So it isn’t toggling Copilot on/off. We have turned off it automatically having this functionality full stop. Even with Copilot enabled. 21026
Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️Lady Stannis :3 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸 @ladystannis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"First" or not it's a victory we have to count our blessings and the magnitude of them we can't say "Oh, this has happened before, this always happens eventually anyway, who cares" otherwise we'll never fully appreciate our collective power 0182
Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026Want to make it v clear that I was one of many, and credit @bparsia.bsky.social for pushing for this in his union capacity 341518
Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them! 895422932
Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️Janelle Shane @janelleshane.com · 28/09/2026I feel like I'll finally be a real writer once I learn how to type all the em-dashes. 0171
Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️Whakamataku - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉 @whakamataku.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The story of Aotearoa’s Te Tiriti deserves a trilogy of 3hr movies. Directed by Taika Waititi & Peter Jackson. Just saying #nzpol 0184
Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️Mark Zuckerberg's Jet @zuckjet.grndcntrl.net · 28/09/2026Mark Zuckerberg's G700 Took off from Mountain View, California, United States. 032
David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️ @gringene.org · 28/09/2026#nzpol now that the Green Party has hit their highest polling ever, the media are starting to talk about their rise in the polls. 162
Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️The Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A Green surge in new polling puts the left bloc in reach with Opportunity holding the balancethespinoff.co.nzA Green surge in new polling puts the left bloc in reach with Opportunity holding the balanceBoth major parties are tied on 28% in the latest 1News-Verian poll, while the Greens have hit a record 16%. 071
Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️Reuters @reuters.com · 28/09/2026Pennsylvania measles cases cross 900 as outbreak grows reut.rs/46Oj8sOreut.rsPennsylvania measles cases cross 900 as outbreak growsPennsylvania's measles outbreak continued to worsen, with 68 new infections reported since Wednesday last week, bringing the total to 903 on Monday, health department data showed, as the state grapples with the worst measles resurgence in decades. 45626
Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 28/09/2026and as we're all seeing rn, colleges are already way too eager to ignore serious sexual violence on their campuses, so weakening that even further gives them cover to ignore it even more 0232
Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 28/09/2026as usual the focus is on sports but as someone working in higher ed, my more immediate concern is "how is this going to impact harassment protections for a particularly vulnerable subset of the population" 26317
Reposted by David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026the horrific cornell gang rape case has me thinking about emma sulkowicz who alleged she was raped as a student at columbia in 2014 and never got any justice. it has me thinking about the physical and mental weight young women are forced to carry while their safety is subsumed by male potential. 353667765