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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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Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles @siouxsiew.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Brooke is a lovely human who needs our support so if you’ve a few dollars to spare please consider sending it their way 💕

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Glen Malley @glen-malley.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

It's 2026 and we're still dealing with code that assumes where you are physically located determines the language you want things displayed in. Maybe we DESERVE an apocalypse.

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

[GRUMPY COMPLAINING] I just want to find the full text of an article in New Scientist so I can say to SpaceX "Hey look, this article you cited in your ex parte filing actually says 'SpaceX did not respond to a request for comment' " because that's fucking hilarious But I can't find the full […]

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Phil Tanner :tinoflag: @phil-tanner.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

I bought some "anti snoring" nasal strips today and just looked at the back of the packet. I'm confused. They were out on the shelf, and the store was DEFINITELY less than 30°C. I'm not even sure where i can store these that will remain above 30° at all times 🤯

Photo of the back of a box that reads:

Do not store below 30°C.
Store in the original package.

<then the usual "read the enclosed instructions for how not to kill yourself using them>

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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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David Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

gosh who could have predicted that precisely this would happen […]

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mcc @dryad.technology · 10/10/2026

In general: Do you want to make a difference in an election? The best way to do that is not on bluesky or really the internet at all. The best way is *something in the physical world*. Find a local campaign. Find a party office who will send you to a local campaign one district over. Knock on doors.

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☽✮..Lady Jaide Dee ..✮☾ @witchnwords.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Hey can you do me a favour? Unclench your jaw and let your tongue drop from the roof of your mouth. You can drop those shoulders too. They're not meant to be earrings. Was there a drink you were meant to be enjoying? Hydration is sexy. You're doing great, I'm proud of you, and I love you.

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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

You should hook your bed up to the Internet. Nothing will go wrong if you mix electricity and IP addresses. (Also, quote posting BlueSky works now 😃)

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Kit Bashir @unixbigot.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

“Billionaires, “ the teacher said “were a cognitohazard of the late dirt ages. In that time it was normal to force humans to perform labour for four to five decades before being permitted a period of limited rest known as retirement. The billionaire class found ways to steal even the limited […]

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eepy august [0x08] 🏳️‍⚧️🇲🇰 @august.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

a sentence will always look like poetry if you hit enter a lot

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Jack Yan (甄爵恩) @jackyan.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

A reminder of where we stand on the OECD tables: the absolute bottom. This is this governmentʼs legacy. jackyan.com/blog/2026/08/new-zealan…

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Phil Tanner :tinoflag: @phil-tanner.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

3/2 It's like... who the hell do they think they're advertising to? This is not a space that's going to be open to your hatred and lies. It's a platform that has (traditionally at least) celebrated peoples differences. A place where counter culture showed what the world could look like. It's […]

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DEF CON @defcon.defcon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

RIP Margaret Hamilton, software engineer extraordinaire. news.mit.edu/2026/margaret-hamilton…

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Phil Tanner :tinoflag: @phil-tanner.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

Over the past couple of years or so I've seen the weirdness start to creep back, and it's starting to be wonderful again. And then, over the last 2 weeks especially, I've seen a massive push in my algorithmic feed for far right US accounts. The ones calling for vigilante justice, and calling […]

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Phil Tanner :tinoflag: @phil-tanner.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

Tumblr has always (historically) been a place for the weirdos, the unwanted, the edgy to hang out. I don't mean that in a derogatory sense, but for YEARS it was where furries and polys and queers and all the people who couldn't have a voice in mainstream SM used to hang out. Then they went on […]

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Phil Tanner :tinoflag: @phil-tanner.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

Wanting to watch some Star Trek TNG, as a reference for a model I'm working on. Turns out, you just can't stream it in AoNZ any more. None of the platforms carry it*. So I'm left reverting to the high seas. Honestly‽ Who the hell thought splitting all the media onto different platforms […]

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crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy @crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

#HelpWanted #BoostsOK In case you hadn't worked it out, I'm now working on the #USSEnterpriseD. This kit has the windows premoulded into the plastic, but they're about 0.8mm wide, and about 6-7mm tall. I need to find a way to transpose them through to the inside of the plastic, so I can mask […]

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🐶🐙Dr. Caffiend☕️😷 @captcaffiend.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Following a reminder I got on Instagram, nows a good time to to some desensitisation work with your dogs in preparation for fireworks season. I use this play list while they have meals open.spotify.com/album/4poJuT...

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Calm Pet - Desensitizing Sounds for Animals, Volume 1 - Album by Calmsound | Spotify

Calmsound · album · 2008 · 18 songs

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École des Bro-Arts @aphyr.woof.group.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Still thinking about the speaker who told us yesterday that Merck would outsource regulatory compliance to AI agents so they could focus on their core competence of making drugs.

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Deborah Russell MP @beefaerie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

How do you come third in a two person race?

Graphic showing the set up for a tv leaders debate, with the split for who won the debate. The numbers show 49% for Chris Hipkins, 27% undecided, and 24% for Luxon.

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lea @lea.ordinary.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

If you/your project is affected by DigitalOcean stopping their OSS credits program, please shoot me a PM immediately. Might be able to help. Boosts for visibility would be appreciated. #foss #linux

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Phil Tanner :tinoflag: @phil-tanner.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

@lucky well. If it turns out to be an option you want to take up, let me know. I can easily organise a drop off in the CBD. And it's only going to sit in the pile with the Xbox 360 & it's red ring of death otherwise 😉

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Phil Tanner :tinoflag: @phil-tanner.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

We got one of their flyers in our mailbox today. Despite having a "No Circulars" sign, and an "addressed mail only" sign, and a "Party Vote Green" official sign on the front lawn. Their intelligence levels are as you world expect it seems.

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

It's the kind of auroras right now where it just looks like a greenish smudge to your eyes, but then you take a photo and it's ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE Please enjoy this lovely instrument (a camera) that lets us see a bunch of colours too faint for our eyeballs!

A nighttime scene, with silhouetted trees in the lower corners of the photos, and bright green auroras across the horizon, with some pink and red pillars above, almost blocking the Milky Way, visible vertically across the sky.

Same idea as the previous photo, but now the green in the lower part of the sky is also reflected by a small pond.

More bright green auroras with red and pink pillars above, the Milky Way sticking up out of the middle, and a bit of green reflected in a small pond with silhouetted trees.

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Lucky ✨ @lucky.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Does anyone in NZ have a homebrewed Wii or Gamecube and would be willing to help me with something? I have an old GC memory card that may or may not have save data from the Sonic Adventure 2 Chao Garden of a Chao I raised with my childhood friend Owen, who died in 2017. I'd really like to […]

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Phil Tanner :tinoflag: @phil-tanner.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

@lucky I have an unmodded Wii, where one (or more) of the capacitors has died, making the output to screen too dark to use. It's been on my "try to fix it" pile for 3+ years. I'd be happy to donate if it will be of any use to you?

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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 04/10/2026

still odd how giant new zealand outlets like 1NEWS report on a story like this, going out of their way to minimize webworm's involvement. to be clear: we led the reporting, & there WOULD BE NO REPORTING if we hadn't broken the story after a year of research: www.webworm.co/multiverse/

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Jjengar @jjengar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

DON’T ever forget this. Pass it on: #nzpol

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Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

Weekend project idea: Mixtape. A web app for making someone a mixtape the old way. You pick every song yourself; no suggestions. Each side has a hard time limit. It goes to one person only, with a short note on the inlay card. The person you give it to knows it's from you and sees the song […]

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Simon 🐮:spot: @firesphere.cloudisland.nz.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Wow, #RNZ really did a bad one with their article about the Stuff debate. Starting with the caption on the photo, stating it's the "first _televised_ debate". It wasn't televised. Then, their entire analysis is "We threw it in AI to get a transcription, then counted the things", basically... So […]

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mcc @dryad.technology · 01/10/2026

aaactually… imagine adding a rule to chess that any piece (or if this change is too OP, only certain pieces) may in lieu of a move choose to be struck by lightning and turn to stone, at which point it's replaced with an immovable block that can't be passed through by any other piece (except knights)

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Daniel Lakeland @dlakelan.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Fediverse, the social media system for 40+ year old people who built the world wide web and regret it.

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Phil Tanner :tinoflag: @phil-tanner.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

I received an email yesterday from ncscadvisory@ncsc.govt.nz, reading "TLP:AMBER Kia Ora, We are writing to you on behalf of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). (U//TLP-AMBER) According to a trusted partner, an unidentified cyber actor demonstrated probable unauthorized access to the […]

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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

🆕 blog! “Are LLMs still surprisingly bad at some simple tasks?” Last year I ran an experiment to test the ability of modern LLMs to correctly answer a relatively straightforward question. Every single one of them got it wrong. Some missed information, some made up false statements, none were […]

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Ian Betteridge @ianbetteridge.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

So let me get this right... SpaceX's "successful" orbital launch of Starship lost an engine in flight, was cut from a planned six orbits to two (and SpaceX isn't saying why), neither part is reusable, and the top part blew up on splashdown.

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