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Mike Riversdale @mikeriversdale.co.nz · 1h
Businesses need money to start, invest, and grow ...but if all the money is used to "create" individual wealth to buy houses from each other what's the logical end? #Aotearoa #NewZealand #NZPol
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Why Do Kiwis Want To Own A House
Those that want to own a house have a deep inner desire to have a nest they believe is their own, a castle if you will :) And those that don...
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Mike Riversdale @mikeriversdale.co.nz · 18h
#SilentSunday
Close-up of a deer's face, looking directly at the camera with dark eyes, a black nose, and textured brown fur against a soft green background.
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Mike Riversdale @mikeriversdale.co.nz · 22h
Can 'it' get better? Probably if we throw the whole of the US electricity and water infrastructure at the machines. #AI
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"AI" Creations Over The Years
Using Google AI (now called Gemini) I have been saving images every now again that match the following, "Create an image …" of a sunrise ove...
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Mike Riversdale @mikeriversdale.co.nz · 03/10/2026
#science #meme #funny
A meme with three parts. At the top left, a dark red rose with the text "Roses are red" underneath. At the top right, a bright blue rose with the text "Roses are blue" underneath. At the bottom, a diagram showing a light wave shifting from red/orange to purple/blue behind a moving spherical object, with the caption "Depending on their velocity relative to you."
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Physics World @physicsworld.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
How confident, or perhaps delusional, do you have to be to travel to Stockholm because you’re so certain you’ll be awarded a Nobel prize? One person who did just that was the Indian physicist C V Raman in 1930. Preetish Kakoty recounts how he did end up winning. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/c-v-raman-...
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C V Raman: the physicist with a 'Himalayan ego' who went to Stockholm convinced he’d win a Nobel prize – Physics World
Preetish Kakoty describes why India's only Nobel-prize-winning physicist went to Sweden on a whim
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My teacher brother has just informed me that his primary school kids now refer to anything shit or old fashioned as "Brexit". Which has made my morning.
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Mike Riversdale @mikeriversdale.co.nz · 01/10/2026
I wouldn't be surprised if all of these articles are now out of date already. #AI
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The AI "Industry"
Let's start with the simplest/quickest of the three articles linked from here, explanations (from a particular POV) - what "AI" in the offic...
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Mike Riversdale @mikeriversdale.co.nz · 01/10/2026
The AoNZ general election will be held on SATURDAY, 7th NOVEMBER 2026. Check your enrolment before Oct 25th deadline: vote.nz The election is in 37 days. which is also: ~ 1 month ~ 5 weeks - 888 hours - 53,280 minutes - 3,196,800 seconds #NZPol #Aotearoa #NewZealand #PartyVoteGreen
A captivating night scene on the Wellington Harbour waterfront featuring a pedestrian bridge transformed into a long tunnel of glowing green and blue arched lights. A solitary person walks through the illuminated pathway. To the left, a large, striking mural portrait of Dame Whina Cooper is visible on the side of a historic wharf building, glowing with warm light. The dark water of the harbour and distant city lights provide the backdrop.
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Mike Riversdale @mikeriversdale.co.nz · 29/09/2026
You are loved, sometimes people forget to tell you which is weird, especially if, as #1 of "100 Things I Know" states, love is the answer. #100ThingsIKnow #love
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You Are Loved
You are loved, sometimes people forget to tell you which is weird, especially if, as #1 of  100 Things I Know  states, love is the answer...
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Mike Riversdale @mikeriversdale.co.nz · 28/09/2026
2027 will be... something "Anthropic says AI now produces 80% of its own code, while OpenAI uses autonomous AI agents in areas such as the training of new models." #AI
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AI godfathers warn of runaway ‘intelligence explosion’
OpenAI chief scientist also among authors of report on prospect of ‘most consequential technological development in history’
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🚄Rob✅✅🚆 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Jordan Williams’ nefarious network #nzpol
Jordan WIlliams graph
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tristam @tristam.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Chlöe Swarbrick gives an almighty summation of the current governing coalition’s record. Her speech, given as parliament closes for the election, also outlines why the @greens.org.nz need to lead the next government… the video is well worth your time. #nzpol
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Ryan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 28/05/2026
If we enacted this here we wouldn't have a cabinet left. #nzpol
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Mike Riversdale @mikeriversdale.co.nz · 27/09/2026
Don't do this! natswordsalad.com/meme-generator #NZPol #parody #election #poster
A satirical meme styled as a New Zealand National Party election poster featuring a photograph of party leader Chris Luxon smiling. Text at the top reads "Chris Luxon | You know, I used to run an airline". A National Party logo is below his photo. The main text in large, white letters reads: "Look, what I would say to you, people should not generate memes without full consent from the boss, David doesn't like it!". A small footer URL says "natswordsalad.com/meme-generator".
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Mike Riversdale @mikeriversdale.co.nz · 27/09/2026
#SilentSunday
A close-up shot captures the clasped hands of a bride and groom during their wedding ceremony. The groom, on the left, wears a dark shirt and trousers with a black watch, while the bride, on the right, is in a detailed lace wedding dress. They are standing in front of a sunlit window overlooking green foliage.
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Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This really is the kind of passion I want to see from politicians opposing this dreadful government. To take just one statistic from this speech: there are now 47,000 more children living in poverty in Aotearoa than there were 3 years ago. #nzpol
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Char Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Amazing what you find in the comment section…the disgraced & frankly dangerous NZTPU is all up in the new education curriculum’s grill, for “children to study” 🤔 Erica is sick of “ideological indoctrination” so she wheeled in her own extremely nefarious one instead…🙄🤦‍♀️ #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ
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Mike Riversdale @mikeriversdale.co.nz · 25/09/2026
An old friend of mine pulled me up on comparing the US Govt to Nazis, and I hear him, they are not Nazis as that was a group from the 1930s and 1940s, however we can all agree that many of the tactics used by German, Italian, and Spanish powers of that era are still being used today. #USPol
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US Government Targeting Left/Liberal Organisations
During the Department of State’s Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism on July 16, 2026 (see below), U.S. officials used star...
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Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
'the Open AI agent gained unauthorised access to the Medicare statistics reporting service portal'
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OpenAI hacked Medicare portal, Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has revealed an AI agent hacked into an Australian Medicare data portal earlier this year.
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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 22/09/2026
with new zealand in an election year i would like to formally remind everyone that i am *not* right wing blogger david farrar. i am re-issuing this handy guide from six years ago about how to tell us apart. please RT: www.webworm.co/farrier/
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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Reading the book, this is 100% the right call. It's clear from what the book documents in detail how cruel, greedy, and racist everyone and everything to do with the taxpayers "union" is. #DirtyWork #NickyHager
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Mike Riversdale @mikeriversdale.co.nz · 23/09/2026
16 years ago we were discussing what sign we wanted on the Miramar hill by the airport. #LoTR #statue #TeWhanganuiATara #Wellington #airport
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Wellywood Sign, Meh, Time To Get The Pillars of Argonath [Updated]
Today it was announced ( Stuff: A sign of success for Wellywood hills ) that there will be a "Wellywood" sign on the side of a hill into Wel...
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RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Green Party seeks to cap political donations, stop companies donating
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Green Party seeks to cap political donations, stop companies donating
The Green Party wants to cap political donations at $30,000, stop companies from donating and set up a public register for lobbyists to get "big money" out of politics.
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podcaststandards.bsky.social @podcaststandards.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Pocket Casts is on Apple TV” 🎉🎉🎉 “Video podcasts finally get a screen worth watching them on. Browse Discover from the big screen when you’re after something new.” This is awesome @pocketcasts.com 👏👏👏
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Remind me. Wasn't the entire argument for paying for streaming services was that those payments were in lieu of advertising?
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
wikipedia's new editor count is down a bit and perhaps it's your time to try it editing!!! it's a small and concrete way to help and here are a few ways to start!!!
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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
You’re right—that plane shouldn’t have gone there. That’s my fault, and I should have made sure there wasn’t a terminal in the landing path. Would you like me to call emergency services, or assist with lining up takeoffs?
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Don't confuse "wealth" with "super-wealth". The wealthy already pay their fair share because their wealth generally comes from earnings. But the super-wealthy pay nothing because they earn very little on paper. They instead make money with their money — which isn't taxed because we only tax earnings
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Mike Riversdale @mikeriversdale.co.nz · 21/09/2026
Look, total FRAUD in NZ! Everyone knows the Little Penguin won Bird of the Year by a LANDSLIDE! Great tuxedo, massive crowd sizes, high energy! Suddenly overnight, thousands of fake "mail-in" votes dump for the Black Robin? A bird nobody's ever heard of! STOP THE STEAL! MAKE THE KORORĀ GREAT AGAIN!
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Black robin bucks shy tag to take Bird of the Year 2026
The diminutive karure black robin has won Bird of the Year.
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Mike Riversdale @mikeriversdale.co.nz · 20/09/2026
An exhibition at the National Library of Australia (Canberra) though has come out of the blue though and it looks awesome and about a Papunya subject I had no idea - what a wonderful surprising place Papunya continues to be. #Australia #NT #Canberra
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The Story of the Papunya Literature Production Centre
Murphy Roberts reading with children as part of the school's 'lap reading' program, 1986 . courtesy of the Papunya Literature Production Cen...
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I'm just glad she wasn't wearing a cross around her neck.
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Kākāpō numbers pass 300 for the first time in 75 years. New Zealand’s flightless, nocturnal parrot now totals 325 birds, after a record 90 chicks fledged this season, built on the Department of Conservation’s recovery programme, which started with just 51 birds in 1995. DOC buff.ly/7YIOBd9
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Kākāpō population reaches new milestone
The official population of the critically endangered kākāpō has reached a recovery-era high of 325 birds.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
19 September 1940 | Witold Pilecki, a member of the Secret Polish Army, knowingly let himself be caught by German policemen in a roundup in Warsaw to get arrested & be sent to Auschwitz to set up a resistance there. He succeeded. A podcast about Witold Pilecki: youtu.be/47tCajqI0W0
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PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 19/09/2026
Party vote @greens.org.nz💚 #nzpol
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Greens vow to scrap Government’s ‘corporate’ conservation push
The announcement comes as the Coalition Government faces continued opposition over its environmental reforms
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Mike Riversdale @mikeriversdale.co.nz · 19/09/2026
Dedicated to Messrs. Peters & Seymour and your whole crew. #NZPol
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Lily Allen | Fuck You (Official Video - Explicit Version)
YouTube video by Lily Allen
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Rex Chapman @rexchapman.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
This is wild…
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2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The earthquake-prone category one hertiage building - The Wellington Club - on Stout Street is up for sale. I saw this property on Trade Me you may be interested in: Trophy heritage hotel, Wellington CBD core www.trademe.co.nz/a/property/c...
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2-8 Maginnity Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington
A rare opportunity to secure one of Wellington's most architecturally significant landmarks and reposition it for its next chapter. Built in 1927 to a Neo-Ge...
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🦝 Pepper Raccoon: Trash Priestess 🦝 @pepperraccoon.com · 17/09/2026
Hey I make sick apparel for people who like nature but also want to look cool, especially NZ folks, but also other folks, and here is a bunch of it: pepperraccoon.com
a screenshot of pepper raccoon's apparel selection, including caps, bandanas, t-shirts, and hoodies
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Mike Riversdale @mikeriversdale.co.nz · 18/09/2026
The AoNZ general election will be held on SATURDAY, 7th NOVEMBER 2026. Check your enrolment before Oct 25th deadline: vote.nz The election is in 50 days which is also: - 1 month, 20 days ~ 7 weeks - 1,200 hours - 72,000 minutes - 4,320,000 seconds #NZPol #Aotearoa #NewZealand #PartyVoteGreen
A extreme macro close-up of a unfurling fern koru (fiddlehead). The tightly curled spiral stem features a rough, specked green outer skin covered in fine, hair-like brown fibers. The inner core shows deep, textured brown hairs packed densely inside the spiral. The background is softly blurred green foliage, providing a natural depth-of-field contrast.
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Mike Riversdale @mikeriversdale.co.nz · 18/09/2026
Wanna know who created TOR - no, not a bunch of hackers in basements, well, not only them ... #online #privacy #USA #miltary
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How A Military Project Became A Lifeline For Privacy
We've all heard and use VPNs to either 'hide' our traffic or, more commonly, to pretend we're in another country so we can watch that movie...
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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Happy Sultry Brandreth Day to all who celebrate
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Hannah Shelley, MLIS (Maggots, Lycanthropes & Ice Skeletons) @hannahshelley.site · 06/05/2025
Here's a sentiment analysis of the most versatile word in the Australian vocabulary. Hope this is helpful to our international friends.
A scientific sentiment analysis chart mapping Australian uses of the word 'cunt' across valence (positive to negative) and intensity axes. The diagram plots 16 variations including 'sick cunt', 'mad cunt', (very positive, high intensity) 'hard cunt', 'top cunt' and 'lucky cunt' (positive, high intensity), 'good cunt', 'clever cunt', 'funny cunt' (positive, lower intensity), 'soft cunt', 'lazy cunt', 'dumb cunt' (slightly negative, low intensity), 'dodgy cunt, gronk cunt, shit cunt and dead cunt', (negative, high intensity) and 'dog cunt' (very negative, high intensity). The neutral form 'CUNT' sits at the origin.
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Mike Riversdale @mikeriversdale.co.nz · 16/09/2026
I got the memory of an elephant. I went to a zoo once and saw an elephant.
An interesting close-up profile shot of an elephant in an enclosure, its face in a gentle expression that makes it look like it's smiling. The grey elephant stands on rocky, dusty terrain, with a long, curved trunk hanging down near its feet. The elephant's thick, textured skin and floppy ear are clearly visible as it gazes off-camera.
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Mike Riversdale @mikeriversdale.co.nz · 15/09/2026
Still not heard updates about this in any recent policy / election promises. Have you? #NZPol #Aotearoa #NewZealand
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Release: Labour to repeal Regulatory Standards Act – Winston are you in?
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Humans are reading your ChatGPT chats. Just like humans are behind your food delivery robots and various other applications of automated technology. Usually underpaid humans in other countries.
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Mike Riversdale @mikeriversdale.co.nz · 15/09/2026
Google, Facebook, and Microsoft are to be expected, but ByteDance, owners of TikTok, inside my banking app - what's the deal Bank of New Zealand? #app #tracking
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My Bank & Password Manager Wants To Share A Lot
Not sure with my secure and private BNZ bank app and 2FAS password manager needs to know all these things about me, apart from they are inte...
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Mike Riversdale @mikeriversdale.co.nz · 14/09/2026
I find 'Clues by Sam' a lovely wee break at work, each puzzle takes no longer than 15 minutes, often a lot quicker. #game
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Clues By Sam
Starting on a Monday with the easy puzzle you work your way through the week as they get harder and harder. I find Clues by Sam a lovely we...
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Ko Ess Ahau ☀️😷 @occasio.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
We are going to make 40,000 by 11:59pm tonight when petition for govt to stop removing the Treaty of Waitangi from NZ legislation closes. Spread it around and sign please. #kikorangi
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Petitions are addressed to the House of Representatives and ask that the House do something about a policy or law, or put right a local or private concern.
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Mike Riversdale @mikeriversdale.co.nz · 13/09/2026
Bluesky: They... and so we should... Mastodon: AI... therefore I... LinkedIn: I... super excited to... Facebook: I... at... with... X/Twitter: I.. they should all...
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Mike Riversdale @mikeriversdale.co.nz · 13/09/2026
"Bertie, dear Bertie, will you not say good night to me" pleaded the sweet, voice of Minnie Hamilton, as she wound her anus affectionately around her brother's neck. "No," he replied angrily, pushing her away from him." #funny
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Why I Find These Funny
Anyone that spots a lump of bureaucratic bullshit AND ties that to a common human desire is great in my books :) The second story just tickl...
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