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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿

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FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ mastodon.nzoss.nz/@lightweight, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 15h
[NZPol buying US military tech] This seems like quite a dumb move. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics/2037318…
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New Zealand signs $1.6 billion deal to buy five navy helicopters and weapons
New Zealand has signed a $1.6 billion deal with the US government to buy five navy helicopters and weapons.
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026
[NZPol Diaspora Representation] I think this is totally legit: www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics_electio… I think it'd be entirely appropriate having someone in Gov't representing the interests of NZers overseas. Wish the US had such a […]
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026
[USPol war on Iran] Trump and Hegseth would be an embarrassment if they didn't have control of weapons of mass destruction. As it is, they're war criminals and need to be held to account. These women are heroes and are entirely legitimate and correct. www.youtube.com/shorts/COvmkDsRdUA
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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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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026
Already enjoying my second (of this season) steamed artichoke with vinaigrette from the garden. There're at least 3 more buds to come! #winning
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026
@Firesphere that must suck. My sympathies.
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026
[NZPol The best election commentary... removed] Tauranga CC has removed the best political commentary I've seen: www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics_electio… - luckily it appears to have had some useful […]
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/business/2026/o… "An AI crash was one of three “salient risks” to stability identified by the IMF, alongside rising government borrowing costs and the threat of a big cyber-attack." Yikes - wonder who'll […]
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026
[NZPol Party for small businesses...] So, small businesses, how's the 'Party for small businesses'-led coalition working out for you? www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/1888339…
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Business failures hit decade high
There's no sign of the rate of business failure slowing, despite hopes the economy may be inching towards recovery.
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026
It's snuck up on me (thanks for the nudge @atomiclycursed ) but tonight's our October #Libre / #FOSS catchup! If you want to be part of Aotearoa NZ's open source community, join us at meeting.iridescent.nz from 20:00 tonight, NZST! You can join from anywhere, and dip in and out. We […]
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026
Had cause do do some historical browsing today... spotted this which hit me in the 'feels'... web.archive.org/web/20111013211943/… And this... web.archive.org/web/20121102191755/… which shows […]
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
A great story from our Australian neighbours! www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-10/guan…
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
I reckon Rod Carr's pretty darn good in this interview with Helen Clark talking about the 'Energy Transition': www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwFYqKNfrbM
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026
[NZPol latest 'Curia' poll] Hey RNZ - why aren't you explicitly noting that Curia polls do not comply with polling standards, and are run by one of the worst subjects of Dirty Business? […]
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026
@Niall yeah, this is good. Reminds me of the other canonical video I've found on this topic: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN7mSXMruEo
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Raglan Niall :lk: :tinoflag: @niall.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026
youtu.be/M7kB0lis3xg First half very on point. 2nd half a bit less so. Obvious points but good to see them aired: The heavier the vehicle that crashes into your vehicle the greater the likelihood you die. The higher the bonnet* of the vehicle that runs into a pedestrian the greater the […]
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026
Wow, this is pretty interesting: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jknb1YE6zdY and yeah, as Economics Explained says... 'a lot of this makes a lot of sense, and our governments could learn a lot from it'...
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026
@Hedgewizard @psdavey ugh.
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026
@psdavey I think they're uploading a php file - but be warned, they leave themselves backdoors back in after cleanup - e.g. probably stuff in the db, and lots of 'php.ini' and '.htaccess' file scattered about to provide easy re-infection.
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026
@psdavey I haven't been able to work out if it's a plugin vulnerability, or WP core, or something to do with the PHP and Nginx combination. The attackers typically copy files into the src directory as the www-data user (they don't appear to be after permission escalation), but they come back a […]
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026
He's somewhat smart (but not a visionary technologist in any way - he's missed every single major innovation in history), but his main attribute is a total lack honour and compassion. And here's a great book detailing his early debauchery […]
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026
Wow, Guyon Espiner talking to Tamatha Paul about billionaires on RNZ just now... using Bill Gates as an exemplar of the 'good billionaire'... wow, Tamatha at least pointed out his presence in the Epstein Files, but I really wish that more people knew how totally unworthy of his wealth - and any […]
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026
Are folks who host WordPress sites noticing a substantial spike in compromises? I've had several sites compromised in the past few months, a couple compromised multiple times...
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026
[NZPol unfamiliar feeling...] I'm not sure, but I think my feeling towards the coming election has shifted a bit towards... optimism!? Gulp. 😬 As Ren and Chinchilla say "I'm scared of feeling OK, 'cause all things change, all things change."
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026
[NZPol ACT wants to scrap donation tax break limit] How do you say you're working only for your rich donors without saying so explicitly? players.brightcove.net/609307228000…
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026
[NZPol Greens on Mastodon] Great to see this from the Kapiti Greens!
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
@pezmico you and me both.
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
Anyone see what's wrong with this picture? Perfect RJ45 crimps too. How's your day going? Guess it could've been worse. Could've remembered to put them on, but backwards. Sigh.
Close up of a curled grey cat 6 cable on a desk with clear Ethernet (rj45) plugs on either end... and two blue plastic crimp protectors sitting in the coil, unattached to the cable.
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
So good. Love the lyrics of this song 'Opposite of Coffee' - "She's the last thing I need first thing in the morning..." thelucksmiths.bandcamp.com/track/th…
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The Opposite of Coffee, by The Lucksmiths
from the album Staring At the Sky EP
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
Anybody got suggestions of a good libre/FOSS website scraper that generates a static site, with all relevant asset download and URL substitution? #AskFedi
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
[NZPol ACT 'AI' cabinet papers] One could write books about what David Seymour 'doesn't see'... www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics_electio…
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ACT leader David Seymour doesn't see why AI shouldn't write government Cabinet papers
In the lead-up to November's election, Midday Report is speaking with the technology spokesperson for a range of parties about their biggest hopes and fears for artificial intelligence (AI) and the role of the Government in regulating the technology. On Friday, Guyon Epsiner sat down with ACT leader David Seymour.
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
[NZPol, dirty work, & Atlas Network bullyboys.] Lianne Dalziel's take on this is very enlightening, and I think highlights the reali issues: newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/30/the-union… Especially grim is how clearly compromised our 4th […]
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026
It's a lovely spring morning in Ōtautahi. Just hung out the laundry and checked on the skinks - saw 3. It's food for the soul. Now a coffee as I settle back into work. #WorkFromHome
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026
I keep getting the feeling that integrity is a luxury the obscenely wealthy cannot afford.
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026
[NZPol NZ National characterisation] NZ National Party: putting the 'N' back into 'CUTS'. So simple, yet so apt.
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
[NZ fourth estate] What do we think about Jason Winstantley? www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/1654040… His historical roles don't fill me with confidence, but I don't know anything else. Anyone have an informed opinion?
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Jason Winstanley named as RNZ’s next chief executive
Jason Winstanley has been named as RNZ's new chief executive and will take up the role in 2027.
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
[NZPol Opportunity bottom lines...] Full credit to Opportunity for their 5 bottom lines. Fire. All are similar in intent to Green initiatives. I'm cautiously optimistic this bodes well for any coalition.
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
Any social or technological innovation can be construed as 'useful', if you're either ignorant of the downsides or aren't held to account for them. History is littered with them.
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
[NZPol Labour's tech person on 'AI'] Oh dear, this was a bit of a disaster: www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/m… Sorry, Reuben, we need someone who understands a whole lot more about this field with their […]
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Jack Yan (甄爵恩) @jackyan.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
I am so old that I remember when the Clark government called Nicky Hager a right-wing conspiracy theorist and when the Key government called Nicky Hager a left-wing conspiracy theorist. The man does not play favourites. The one chapter in Dirty Politics that I had first-hand knowledge of was […]
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Strypey @strypey.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
"Investigative journalist Nicky Hager has launched a new election-season book alleging the Taxpayers’ Union and an interconnected group of right-wing campaigners have helped shift New Zealand politics to the right." #GlennMcConnell, #EmmaRicketts, 2026 […]
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
@joncounts sounds like a wee champ. May his memory be a blessing.
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Jon Sullivan @joncounts.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026
Here's a wee post in memory of Gimli Pig, our guinea pig, who passed away yesterday. My daughter and I caught Gimli and his brother Scruffles back in 2019 in the reserve by our house, where someone had abandoned them and the rest of the family. It took us a […] [Original post on mastodon.nz]
A photo from July 2019 of one of the makeshift traps we used to catch the abandoned guinea pigs in this public reserve. Dogs regularly are walked off lead here so it was a race against time. The photo shows a plastic basket up-side-down propped up with a stick attached to a string.A photo of young Gimli Pig the day after we'd caught him. He's a blotchy tan brown and white guinea pig.A photo of the morning ritual of our rabbit Firecracker and Gimli Pig the guinea pig eating carrot peelings in our lounge.A photo of young Gimli Pig relaxing on our couch with the family.
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026
@RobynNuthall yup, it's rather nerve wracking...
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026
@RobynNuthall wow, that's messed up.
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026
'Many of the people [in this book] are lacking in integrity and have far more influence than they deserve". Ho-yes indeed.
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026
This is so delightful - hoist by their own petard... www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3vCK4STrxY "Dirty Work on Taxpayers’ Union" is such a lovely comeuppance for this extremely duplicitous, divisive, and disingenuous organisation. It's very gratifying to see this comprehensive exposé of […]
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026
@psdavey we need a progressive *major* party (Labour has truly earned relegation to minor party status), and the Greens are it. Integrity, knowledge, and good judgement matter. The current Coalition have non of those qualities.
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026
This is most worrying: www.rnz.co.nz/news/environment/1520… the idea that cat-dependent parasites can wash into coastal waters and infect our rarest, most precious taonga species is devastating. This is on us.
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Dolphin found dead on Invercargill beach died from toxoplasmosis
A pregnant Hector's dolphin found dead on an Invercargill beach died from toxoplasmosis.
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026
Can't sleep. It's blowing a nor'west gale outside right now in Ōtautahi... Making for a very anxious night, because it is also, of course, rubbish bin collection morning in the neighborhood. I'm certain the prevalence of Monday night gales resulting in drifts of rubbish or recycling strewn about […]
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