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Kaimātai @kaimatai.bsky.social · 1h

I like how the white cat is helping by trying to disturb the chairs and stool

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Kaimātai @kaimatai.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Congrats man! I mean on the 10k Not the pre-diabetes diagnosis

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Kaimātai @kaimatai.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Yup, I'm no where as bad as you are, but that whole getting hit by a car whilst cycling in 2023 has certainly changed things for me

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Kaimātai @kaimatai.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

It's asparagus season in NZ. So last night I ate fresh steamed asparagus (and beetroot). The effect on my digestive system could be interesting.

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Kaimātai @kaimatai.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Yeah, I think the combination of high oil prices (likely to persist for months or years) and the availability of cheap, capable EVs (from China) are really going to build on the momentum we're seeing already

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Kaimātai @kaimatai.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

No, but on the ever so slightly good news, the more rapid uptake of ERVs and solar panels, as meant the IPCC no longer considers the *worst case* projection to be feasible. I'd love to have an efficient, frequent, public transport system instead of so many people needing cars.

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Kaimātai @kaimatai.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

That would be the hold-out I was thinking of. Reports are that over half new car sales globally so far this year, are EVs. If this keeps growing over the next 3 years say (higher fuel prices being another push), it could get interesting.

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Kaimātai @kaimatai.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Have we reached an inflexion point in the car industry? Are we at a point where (aside from perhaps a few hold outs), EVs are taking off and are going to rapidly replace ICE cars?

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Kaimātai @kaimatai.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Definitely not safe to leave with any young women relatives...

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Kaimātai @kaimatai.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Meanwhile in NZ we are having a general election and the number of texts I've received from any party or lobby group is zero. I *do* hope they read your reply though. They don't get nearly enough social opprobrium.

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Kaimātai @kaimatai.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

It *sounds* like it should be enough time

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Kaimātai @kaimatai.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

One of the conditions we have at the science journals I'm an editor for, is that referees and associate editors, can't upload the submitted paper to AI, to assist their review or evaluation. It's a pretty big betrayal of the original authors research, to make it available to LLM before publication

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Kaimātai @kaimatai.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Hopefully that's in time for it to work.

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Kaimātai @kaimatai.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

It's a growl that goes deep into our atavistic fears.

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Kaimātai @kaimatai.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

It's one of the many great features of an EV. But alas, the speaker system is still very average, even when I play FLAC off a USB stick. On home stereo I can hear background instruments and sounds on tracks, that practically vanish in the car.

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Kaimātai @kaimatai.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

It's kind of strange listening to #music in my car, and listening to the same music at home on stereo. The car isn't bad- its an EV so the cabin is a bit naturally quieter. The sound system is ok. But at home, the same music sounds so much better.

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Kaimātai @kaimatai.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Once I returned from China with some audio clips of an Amur tiger growling I'd recorded. Played them to whānau so they'd have some idea of what I was working with. To say our cat was terrified, does not capture the wave of paralysing wide-eyed fear that came over her.

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Kaimātai @kaimatai.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Mōrena, it's a damp, Spring Monday morning here in Tāmaki Makaurau. School holidays have ended and all the school traffic is back. Could be a long day.

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Kaimātai @kaimatai.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The arachnid bauplan is 18 segments (somites) divided into the prosoma (6 segments) and opithosoma (12 segments). The prosoma has the appendages- anterior somite has the chelicerae (fangs), the second the pedipalps, then the 4 pairs of legs.

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Kaimātai @kaimatai.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

That'd be cool. I have been doing deeper into and blues and blues rock now. Turns out I'm still a sucker for a good guitar riff or solo

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Kaimātai @kaimatai.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Thanks! I think it has a nice sample of superb guitarists- Jimi, David Gilmour, Mark Knopfler and Johnny Marr. I struggled with the choices. Would have loved to pick something from The Rolling Stones also, or The Pixies if possible. Or something Australian- like INXS or the Hunter Gatherers

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Kaimātai @kaimatai.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

My nine albums- music that shaped me. Turns out is very difficult traduce my tastes to just 9 albums, but I think this reflects the general tone of my tastes. No popular music. A bias towards 80s and 90s alt-rock. A touch of blue-rock and prog-rock. And always, Jimi #my9albums

9 album covers- (L to R)- Electric Ladyland; Wish You Were Here; Parallel Lines; Brothers in Arms; London Calling; Echo and the Bunnyment; Automatic for the People; The Smiths- Singles; Garbage

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Kaimātai @kaimatai.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Quite possibly, I have picked up my pace

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Kaimātai @kaimatai.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

An apt description, possibly more about Twitter though

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Kaimātai @kaimatai.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

This is embarrassing for all cat-kind

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Kaimātai @kaimatai.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Good to know you can still battle fascism while living in NZ

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Kaimātai @kaimatai.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Ka rawe🎉 Awesome news Marvin

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Kaimātai @kaimatai.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I'd no idea, but I can see why he migrated to NZ. Somewhere at the other end of the world, green and peaceful. He was involved with youth groups, including a naturalist club for high school students. Some of this makes more sense after I knew he was at Belsen

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Kaimātai @kaimatai.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I was surprised to find the Dr that delivered me, and went on to be our family GP, was one of a group of UK medical students sent to the Belsen concentration camp near end of WW2, with instructions to save as many lives as possible. www.belsen.co.uk/john-reynold...

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John Reynolds - Medical Student

“It deeply affected him and his trust in human nature,” says Anne Stephenson of her father John Reynolds, one of 95 London medical students who arrived at t

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Kaimātai @kaimatai.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Looks fine to me. It's vegan. It has healthy green stuff.

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Kaimātai @kaimatai.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Apparently the drug cocktail he is on, is staving off the visit by the sword of death. But it is overdue.

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Kaimātai @kaimatai.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Offending old white people serves a very important social function. Well done.

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Kaimātai @kaimatai.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

But its Florida right? Nothing will surprise them

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Kaimātai @kaimatai.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I think I'd rather prefer to see a deity like Aphrodite to a 'jacked Jesus'. If I had the option of fantasy creatures during an NDE...

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Kaimātai @kaimatai.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I have also watched all of The Boys but North of North is very different. I like the whole immersion in indigenous culture they pull off, and Colin (the Māori) is a lovely, gentle representation of indigenous masculinity.

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Kaimātai @kaimatai.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It's only on Netflix in NZ, I don't know about anywhere else

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Kaimātai @kaimatai.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

That's so cool! I assume it's compulsory for you to watch then 🙂

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Kaimātai @kaimatai.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Finally started watching North of North and they have a Māori actor playing the Māori character. Ka rawe! Loving the show and the indigenous characters. Looking forward to Season 2

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Kaimātai @kaimatai.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Love the Dungeon Crawler Carl reference

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Kaimātai @kaimatai.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I had 4 kg of lokum (Turkish Delight) delivered on Friday. It's now late Sunday afternoon. I now have 4kg of lokum, less 1 piece.

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