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Hamish Oliver @hamisholiver.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Strategic recommendations abound for professionalism, execution and, like, thrusting. Definitely a mindset thing.

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MeatMechSuit @meatmechsuit.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

Country Calendar should be called Coloniser Pride. Every time I watch that show it’s ‘this farm has been in this family since 1870’ and I just think oh realllllllllly, whose was it for hundreds of years before then 🧐 and how did it come to be owned by this family 🧐🧐🧐

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Hamish Oliver @hamisholiver.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Would be nice to hear this new note. I wonder what it is.

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Hamish Oliver @hamisholiver.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Yes very well-written article. “…two centuries of dispossession are filed under grievance” another potent quote.

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Brian Eno News @dark-shark.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

“The bass player is like a king in chess. He doesn’t move much but when he does he changes everything.” - Holger Czukay #quote

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Lan Pham @lanpham.greens.org.nz · 11/05/2026

That time when the most anti-environment Government in Aotearoa NZ's history decided it would be a good idea to disestablish 40 years of the Ministry for the Environment despite overwhelming rejection from submitters& no clear justification or assurance of ongoing transparency ☠️

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Frank Ray Whitehouse (He/Him) @wheeltod.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

I named my dog "Nature" because he abhors the vacuum.

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Deborah Russell MP @beefaerie.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

More from the House last week. I talked about the connection between electric vehicles and energy independence.

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Michael Brown @jingajik.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Easter 2026: could it be a good time to consider applying for the Lilburn Research Fellowship 2027? This is the ONLY research position specifically created for the study of NZ Music. Applications open until May 17. natlib.govt.nz/about-us/sch...

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Jonathan King @jonathanking.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Get Through The Whole Oil Crisis Without Ever Endorsing Cycling Challenge starts now!

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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

The current NZ Govt parties have opposed all efforts to reduce NZ's dependence on fossil fuels. All three coalition parties have received large donations from at least one oil company. They are making the climate crisis worse and the cost of living crisis worse.

Shane Jones shut down NZ Involvement in road map away from fossil fuels

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 08/03/2026

Twerkers at the barbeque get priority parking 🫡

A handicap blue and white painted sign on the asphalt of a parking space. The symbols are meant to be a pregnant women and a baby stroller, but it doesn't look like that. It looks like pac man being killed with scissors next to a dancer

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

This is a "papers please" "English is the official language" "eat slop and be grateful" "disappear the unhoused" "women are second class" "don't learn real history" "local FBI office" government and we really cannot afford to be smug about other countries' slide to open fascism, Aotearoa

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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Fed Farmers: Let’s massively increase water and climate pollution. Greenpeace: No let’s cut pollution. Fed Farmers: Let’s compromise and just increase it somewhat. Greenpeace: no we must cut climate and water pollution. Right wing commentators: Greenpeace is so unreasonable.

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Vincent O'Malley @vomalley.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

The Education Minister is due to announce a 'refreshed' social studies curriculum on Tuesday with the Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum likely to be significantly watered down. Jim Bolger's advocacy for facing up to out history will be trampled on if that is the case. buttondown.com/unsettling/a...

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'You cannot know who you are as a society unless you know your history' – Jim Bolger

Former Prime Minister Jim Bolger’s death last week sparked a wave of tributes from across the political spectrum, including warm words of remembrance from...

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Hamish Oliver @hamisholiver.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Marking #Wwise projects is feeling nice and speedy partly thanks to assigning some handy preferred key shortcuts for maximising the primary editor, closing windows etc and also having the handy "Modified" button in the Property Editor

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Mark @maetl.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Come work with us to define the future of digital design education in Aotearoa! We’re looking for candidates with strong background in teaching, research, design practice, and experience with web platform, game engines, or mobile apps. #AcademicJobs #AcademicSky jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/a...

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Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Digital Product Design - University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha

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William Hughes @plumberduck.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Having a pleasant, war-ravaged morning writing news stories. Ate my war-ravaged breakfast. Wife's out of the house at the moment, spending time with her friends at the war-ravaged Friends Of The Library store she volunteers at. I take a sip of my coffee. Mmm! War-ravaged!

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Jolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Had to witness this for myself – it’s real, and even worse as seen from the footpath. (Context: these narrow back-streets had a community-supported 30kmh speed limit… but in mid-2025, were forcibly reverted to 50kmh by the current govt.) Dangerous, petty, ridiculous kneejerk vice-signalling, ugh.

A photo of tiny Provost St in Herne Bay, off Jervois Road, showing the shiny new 50kmh sign planted in the footpath. The road itself is narrow, and is a single one-way lane at the entrance. It’s just one example of the ludicrous wholesale / blanket speed raises imposed on Auckland (impacting over 1400 quiet local streets) by the current government.

The instrument of destruction in this instance was an unusually restrictive Speed Rule, designed and introduced by Simeon Brown over the objections of road safety experts, local authorities, emergency room physicians, schools and communities.

Simeon Brown’s Speed Rule not only mandates a reversion from 30 to 50 of any safer speeds implemented “with the presence of a school as a reason”, it also effectively banned 30kmh as an option in urban contexts in future. Madness. And so mean.

The Speed Rule also specifically targeted only the safe speeds installed since January 2020 (ie under the Labour govt, so petty!), resulting in many examples of inequitable and uneven rollout across the city.

The actual changes were implemented under new transport minister Chris Bishop, who disappointingly declined his golden opportunity to amend the rule to mitigate the unforeseen scale of the impact, despite numerous pleas from the public.

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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality." - Desmond Tutu

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Hamish Oliver @hamisholiver.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Nice to be back at #NZGDC. Great solid specific #gameaudio presentations from @vius.bsky.social and #NZSO ‘s Claire Wackrow this morning, and so nice to have those conversations with dev teams and audio friends.

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Richard Easther @rjme.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Peters got mad when he was asked to wear hi-viz inside the CRL; said he worked on the Snowy Mountain tunnels in Australia back in the day and "no-one benefits" from this. 121 men died on the Snowy River project - 4 Pike Rivers. The good old days, apparently. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

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Watch: Winston Peters refused to wear high-viz in tense exchange with rail boss

The Minister for Rail had a tense exchange with the CEO of Auckland’s City Rail Link over a request to wear a high-viz vest during a site visit and test train ride. He eventually put it on, but only a...

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

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Jeff Penny @jeffpennyaudio.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

As someone who cares a ton about footstep sounds in games (probably too much honestly), I'm always so happy when I see streamers, or other non-game dev/audio people mention them.

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