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helen @helen.systerserver.town.ap.brid.gy · 1h

Enrol to vote BEFORE 25 October!

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Jon Udell @judell.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

This was a powerful quote in today's interview with Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor: "Every fascism has its subhumans, but for the techno-fascists humans are the subhumans."

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Jon Sullivan @joncounts.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

One of the ecology postgrads working with me at the moment, Dee Patel, has spent this year doing lots of data curation work, and now stats analysis, on my 23-years of ongoing high frequency bird counts between Ōtautahi-Christchurch city and Lincoln town in Canterbury, NZ. That's where I […]

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Isaac Freeman @isaacfreeman.cloudisland.nz.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

“AI” is inelegant. I think that's what offends me the most.

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Isaac Freeman @isaacfreeman.cloudisland.nz.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

@pezmico Signed, but not impressed with the site, which is rather buggy.

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 13/10/2026

Oh hell yes, greens, who actually noticed that new zealand science funding has been decimated and actually want to fix it!!! #nzpol

Green party economic dev plan wuth science rebuild circled in red

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Peters Insult du Jour @salty.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

If anyone would like a hangi or to donate a hangi to someone in need, while also raising money for the Green Party South Auckland campaign, here is where to go -- […]

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Isaac Freeman @isaacfreeman.cloudisland.nz.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

The Green Party has released AI policy today as part of our general election campaign: www.greens.org.nz/ai_policy I’m pretty happy with it. There are some things I’d word differently for a more technical audience, but as something going out to all voters I think it strikes the right […]

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helen @helen.systerserver.town.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

how to vote in aotearoa's general election from overseas:

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Isaac Freeman @isaacfreeman.cloudisland.nz.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

[Spoiler for the film version of _Our Town_ (1940)] Also they change the ending so a character who's supposed to die just wakes up and it was all… let's say charitably a near-death experience rather than a dream. Which is terrible in its own right but also undermines the foreshadowing near the […]

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Isaac Freeman @isaacfreeman.cloudisland.nz.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

I'm a bit late to this, but… what on earth were they thinking with the film version of _Our Town_? The play's whole deal is that there's an empty stage, and one actor is a narrator who describes the setting so you're drawn into imagining it for yourself. You're there with the actors making it […]

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Isaac Freeman @isaacfreeman.cloudisland.nz.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

@DamienWise What Margaret Hamilton did was software engineering. Calling what most software developers do “engineering” is stolen valour.

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Isaac Freeman @isaacfreeman.cloudisland.nz.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

@conniptions @stephen As a (gentile, to be clear) member of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand, I'm used to looking at overseas green parties and thinking “that's not it”. However, this degree of self-defeating posturing seems like something new from the Green Party of England and Wales […]

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Wayne Myers @conniptions.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

If the main thing you want to do right now is to read a long, rambling, angry response by a non-Zionist Jewish now ex-Green Party Of England And Wales member to the not-so-hilarious antics of yesterday, then have I got the post for you: wayne.conniptions.org/2026/10/05/w... (It may not be, tbf)

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Isaac Freeman @isaacfreeman.cloudisland.nz.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

[nzpol] @stephen Very likely. We'll also see the usual “But what if the Greens go with National?” from both National (copium) and Labour (trying to maximise list seats). I think it's often useful to look at _when_ these messages come out. If it's in the last week or two before the election […]

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Isaac Freeman @isaacfreeman.cloudisland.nz.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

@pezmico I feel there's a simpler explanation: Todd McClay doesn't care to understand any distinction between the Green Party and other organisations in the environmental movement. It's all just “greenies” to him, and this level of ignorance is normal and expected in his social circles.

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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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Isaac Freeman @isaacfreeman.cloudisland.nz.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

@SimonCHulse Honestly, I thought you were going to ask whether it's a Nazi dogwhistle.

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Isaac Freeman @isaacfreeman.cloudisland.nz.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

@stephen Do it. You're a delightful neighbour they deserve to meet. If they play their cards right, they could make a banana friend.

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Isaac Freeman @isaacfreeman.cloudisland.nz.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

@strypey It's on our list. We didn't originally plan to do website hosting, but we're hearing that it's something a lot of people need. The work to do is really to articulate which platforms are good for which jobs. I'm personally a fan of Drupal for many jobs, but it has a learning curve […]

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Isaac Freeman @isaacfreeman.cloudisland.nz.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Reflect Orbital: You know what people hate? Daylight saving. But what if there was a way we could take daylight saving and make it so very rich people can selfishly inflict it on you any time they choose? That's the part of daylight saving you hate, right? All doing it together?

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Isaac Freeman @isaacfreeman.cloudisland.nz.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Going well. I've already saved one hour of daylight, just today.

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Isaac Freeman @isaacfreeman.cloudisland.nz.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

It's time. I'm going to save so much daylight.

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Adrianna Tan @skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

The most Malaysian Chinese food review ever

Screenshot of a Google map review where the reviewer says they heard at a eulogy that the deceased loved the wanton mee at this restaurant, Hung Kee in Kuala Lumpur

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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It takes a toll.

4 frame comics. first frame shows espresso in a portafilter. second shows a coconut milk carton and a cup to foam milk with a thermometer. 4rd frame shows a small espresso machine making espresso. 4th frame shows a foamy cappuccino in a promotional Frozen the Musical coffee cup. The text, spread over the four frames, reads :
I wish that I could give cis
people a glimpse of what it
feels like.
to be villainized and
dehumanized in the media
every day.
to see your existence
being legislated against all
around the planet.
to see friends and
family members vote for
politicians who promise to
make the lives of people
like you worse.

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helen @helen.systerserver.town.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

"Chlöe Swarbrick is now more trusted to manage the economy than Nicola Willis." well, duh!! 😂 www.thepost.co.nz/politics/36108162…

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River 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @riverseeber.net · 13/09/2026

I need to find more GenZ and/or queer/trans folks to follow on Mastodon. Especially looking for more mutuals tbh. It would be nice to make some more actual friends on Fedi. Everyone should boost this to help me make more mutuals. :cyber_boost_request: And come follow me if you fit either of […]

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 11/09/2026

In an incredible move, Saddle Lake Cree Nation in Alberta, Canada has announced a gender-affirming care clinic for trans youth, asserting tribal sovereignty and defying the region's ban. It is one of the biggest cross-movement solidarity moments in Canada. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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Canada First Nation Leaders Announce They Won’t Comply With Alberta Trans Care Ban

“This is about more than one health service,” officials wrote. “It is about Indigenous sovereignty. It is about our responsibility to care for one another.”

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Isaac Freeman @isaacfreeman.cloudisland.nz.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

So, if you put those together, you have a pedantic attempt to precisely define obligations, juxtaposed with a phrase people use to provide wiggle room to their obligations through ambiguity. And that is a funny idea. It is possibly the funniest thing I have ever thought of. Although, of course […]

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Isaac Freeman @isaacfreeman.cloudisland.nz.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

This is a great joke, let me explain why. See, there's this famous IETF document RFC 2119, where terms like “MUST”, “SHOULD", "SHALL”, and “MAY” are carefully defined so people can understand all the subtle distinctions. Other documents refer to it in hope that readers will therefore understand […]

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Isaac Freeman @isaacfreeman.cloudisland.nz.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

The key words “INSHALLAH”, and “IF GOD SO WILLS” in this document WILL be interpreted as described in the Holy Quran, surah Al-Kahf verses 23-24. Inshallah.

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Phil Stevens :tinoflag: @phil-stevens.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

Here we are over a quarter of the way through the 21st century and the state of browsing the web is every link you click sends you on a mandatory side quest to prove you're not a snotty little script whose existence is predicated on sucking the creative joy out of everything that humanity does.

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Isaac Freeman @isaacfreeman.cloudisland.nz.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

_Ghost Riders In The Sky_ is a song I wouldn't normally associate with a Thai restaurant.

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Isaac Freeman @isaacfreeman.cloudisland.nz.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

Let me know if you need more Vengabus content.

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Isaac Freeman @isaacfreeman.cloudisland.nz.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

They started playing the song, but halftime was over before the Vengabus actually arrived.

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Isaac Freeman @isaacfreeman.cloudisland.nz.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

I am in a big stadium watching adult sporting. This is new.

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Isaac Freeman @isaacfreeman.cloudisland.nz.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

@skinnylatte Plus they're nocturnal (the name means “night parrot”), make great pets, and reputedly can see into the future.

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