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@rabble.nz
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Hacker, anarchist, troublemaker. Currently: @divine.video Previously indymedia.org, odeo, twttr, center for civic media, affinity.works, etc…. Personal site: Evan.Henshaw-Plath.com (they/them)

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 14h
A couple years ago i got frustrated with 1password, they have some sketchy business practices and weird relationship to open source / self hosting. So i tried bitwarden... well it's just not so good, switching back to 1password, it's gotten better. Frustrating when the tech is so good it overrides
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Rabble @rabble.nz · 15h
Shocking, Sam Altman and OpenAI haven't been ethical or responsible in terms of AI safety. archive.is/lhYzZ Let's clearly setup a system by which they promise to hold back, but Sam Altman skipped the whitehouse let's be responsible and hold back session, to announce a ton of new releases.
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Rabble @rabble.nz · 20h
Auckland Wayne Brown wants to promote startups in Auckland and then goes to say the reason Auckland is a good spot to do it is Auckland's a beautiful place to be rich and retire. He clearly knows nothing about why tech founders create startups. #nzpol thespinoff.co.nz/partner/28-0...
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No brakes, no filter: Why Wayne Brown has gone all-in on promoting Auckland startups
'Startup innovators all want to succeed and be rich. If you want to be rich, it's a great place to be rich.'
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Rabble @rabble.nz · 29/09/2026
@joelmacmanus.bsky.social Yes we need internet regulation in New Zealand, but Australia is the last place we should look. We should create regulation based on science and good public policy, not random hunches funded by right wing foundations using moral panics. www.techdirt.com/2026/02/17/a...
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Australia’s Social Media Ban Is Isolating Kids With Disabilities—Just Like Critics Warned
We’ve been covering Australia’s monumentally stupid social media ban for kids under 16 since before it went into effect. We noted how dumb the whole premise was, how the rollout was an …
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Rabble @rabble.nz · 29/09/2026
Why don't NZ campaign signs have slogans or say much of anything but the name of the politician, a photo, and their party!? #nzpol What are they trying to accomplish? thespinoff.co.nz/politics/29-...
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New Zealand’s 2026 election hoardings, ranked and reviewed
Which party's offering 'makes me wanna do democracy', and which is 'very real estate power couple'?
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Rabble @rabble.nz · 29/09/2026
This is how you know that New Zealand has nobody really inspiring people when it comes to this election. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... Preferred prime minister: Christopher Luxon: 19% - up 2 Chris Hipkins: 14% - down 1 Chlöe Swarbrick: 8%, up 2 David Seymour: 7% , up 2 Winston Peters: 7%, steady
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Left bloc may be able to form government latest poll suggests
New polling from 1News-Verian shows a Green surge and the left bloc able to win government - presuming National refuses to work with the Opportunity Party.
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Rabble @rabble.nz · 29/09/2026
crowdfunding human social video creation platform lilbit.social
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LilBit
Give a LilBit. Get a LilBit. Short videos on the open Nostr network, with a few sats to the people you watch.
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Rabble @rabble.nz · 25/09/2026
Interested in solving the housing cost problem in the anglo world? This podcast looking at New Zealand from the perspective of a Portland Oregon based housing activists is amazing. In particular because I moved form Portland to New Zealand and I have seen housing prices drop in NZ since moving.
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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
to be clear, the admin is alleged to have deported AT LEAST 25,447 individuals TO COUNTRIES THAT ARE NOT THEIR OWN with, evidently, ZERO PROTECTIONS. this is a scandal and crime of historic proportions.
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The Deportation Project Map
Between 2025 and August 2026, the Trump administration deported over 25,000 people to countries other than their country of origin. Very few of these removals were publicly announced by the US. The De...
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Rabble @rabble.nz · 24/09/2026
this podcast by an american housing activist interviewing New Zealanders is fascinating. Housing prices have dropped a lot in the last few years in NZ, it still has a long ways to go. rss.com/podcasts/yim...
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YIMBY Country | Podcast on RSS.com
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Rabble @rabble.nz · 22/09/2026
This news piece on how @nzlabour.bsky.social is not doing well with their electoral strategy of campaigning without enthusiasm or policies flows in to a hard hitting piece on the state of bird sex in New Zealand. #nzpol www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z22h...
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Labour falls under 26% – one bad poll or time to change course?
YouTube video by The Spinoff
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Rabble @rabble.nz · 16/09/2026
Americans make up the largest source of undocumented immigrants in New Zealand. www.rnz.co.nz/news/communi...
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More than 900 Americans have overstayed their visa in last three years
Americans top the list of people who have overstayed their visa in the last three years.
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Rabble @rabble.nz · 13/09/2026
I feel so lucky to have users who are passionate fans of the app I built. Social software is nothing without the community of users.
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dapurplesharpie @sharpiepls.com · 10/09/2026
with @blackskyweb.xyz taking steps towards software sovereignty instead of relying on direct forks from @bsky.app, they have the ability to possibly move towards setting up private accounts! now is a great time to migrate to blacksky! move.blacksky.community
move.blacksky.community
Move your data to Blacksky
Move your data to Blacksky – transfer your AT Protocol account in minutes.
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do it for Divine @divine.video · 09/09/2026
The world is paying attention 👀 “[Divine] hopes to show that social networks can flourish without being huge, powerful money machines whose overlords call all the shots.” – @harrymccracken.com Thank you @cnn.com, @fastcompany.com, @wsj.com & @engadget.com and the many others covering our story.
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Jennifer C. Martin @notreallyjcm.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Hurts to learn of the passing of Rev/Awo Lynny Duncan (formerly Rev. Lenny Duncan) today. If you weren’t familiar with their work, which I have promoted in my own Substack at least twice, please visit here: www.lennyaduncan.com/about Prayers for their family, children, partners, loved ones.
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Rabble @rabble.nz · 28/08/2026
What are we doing with @divine? Bringing back the spirit and content of vine but without AI slop www.wired.me/story/vine-i...
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Vine Is Back From the Dead, and It Brought an AI Bouncer
The six-second video app’s successor is here, with archived OG content, a Taco Bell partnership and a strict human-only policy.
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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 26/08/2026
Karen Attiah just won her case against the Washington Post. Fired for posts following Charlie Kirk’s death, an arbitrator ruled the Post violated her union-protected rights & ordered her reinstated. Before the ruling, @karenattiah.bsky.social sat down with @rabble.nz to tell her story.
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do it for Divine @divine.video · 26/08/2026
Tired of AI slop? OG Vine creators like JimmyHere love moments of authentic human creativity online, not something manufactured through a prompt. Hear more from JimmyHere and Divine’s @rabble.nz, @lizsweig.bsky.social, and @ac555.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/live/XJufDZp...
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Rabble @rabble.nz · 24/08/2026
I’m really excited to see the new Blacksky.cash from @blackskyweb.xyz come together. Community controlled money is an important step towards autonomy and self determination.
blacksky.cash
Home - Blacksky Cash
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Rabble @rabble.nz · 24/08/2026
youtu.be/bSuxwqOAvIM?...
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Vine-inspired platform Divine aims to revive short-form video nostalgia
YouTube video by NEWS CENTER Maine
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Rabble @rabble.nz · 22/08/2026
Auckland is opening it's inner city loop CRL, and it's really nice, amazing stations, beautiful public infrastructure. I'm glad it's here. But it was also a colossal disaster. It cost many times more than it needed in order to satisfy a broken model of private contractors and failed cost controls.
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do it for Divine @divine.video · 21/08/2026
JimmyHere’s decade-old Vine just proved that great creativity never expires. Vote to hear JimmyHere and @ac555.bsky.social unpack internet culture, creator longevity, and how to make timeless creative content at @sxsw.com. Voting ends August 23rd:
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PanelPicker | SXSW Conference & Festivals
PanelPicker® is the official SXSW user-generated session proposal platform. Enter ideas and vote to help shape Conference programming for SXSW and SXSW EDU.
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Rabble @rabble.nz · 21/08/2026
And @divine.video is launched and open to the world. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv7n...
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Vine Reboot, Divine, is now open to all! (no more invite codes!)
YouTube video by Divine Video
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do it for Divine @divine.video · 20/08/2026
To hear the full story of Divine’s release, check out this video with @rabble.nz and @ac555.bsky.social. youtu.be/Kv7nwHwTJLg
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Vine Reboot, Divine, is now open to all! (no more invite codes!)
YouTube video by Divine Video
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Rabble @rabble.nz · 20/08/2026
We’ve launched. No more invite codes for @divine.video www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Is Vine back? Short-form video-sharing app Divine opens to public
The app lets users create six-second looping videos and hosts more than two million classic videos.
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Bailey Townsend 🦀 @pds.dad · 18/08/2026
Nostr has proven itself as the superior decentralized social protocol by doing something no other protocol could. The sacred carmel apple empanada and the beefy crunch burrito is back. If only they could of done the same for our dearly departed, the loaded potato griller
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Rabble @rabble.nz · 18/08/2026
we recorded a little live stream to celebrate the launch of divine. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJuf...
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Divine Livestream
YouTube video by Divine Video
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Rabble @rabble.nz · 18/08/2026
I thought it'd take a few weeks to get @divine.video fully launched when we announced it in November, and it took 9 months, but were here! www.engadget.com/2239070/vine...
engadget.com
Vine reboot Divine is now open to everyone, no invite code required - Engadget
Divine now has more than 2 million videos from Vine's original archive.
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Rabble @rabble.nz · 18/08/2026
TacoBell's helping us launch @divine.video in to the world. Join with the invite code TACOBELL.
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Rabble @rabble.nz · 18/08/2026
@divine.video is opening up! we're launching without invite codes. And we're doing it with the help of a brand partner, TacoBell, to bring back 2016 in 2026. www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
prnewswire.com
Divine App Opens to Public and Announces First Brand Collaboration With Taco Bell
/PRNewswire/ -- Divine, the 6-second looping video app with a mission to put creative power back in human hands, today shared that its public launch will take...
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Rabble @rabble.nz · 14/08/2026
New Zealand hits %48 EV for new imports. This is based on passenger vehicle prices not number of vehicles, and ev's are more expensive then petrol cars, so it's not quite half of the market, but it's a huge shift. www.rnz.co.nz/news/chinese...
rnz.co.nz
Chinese electric vehicles reshaping New Zealand's car market
Chinese-made electric vehicles are reshaping the country's car market.
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Rabble @rabble.nz · 12/08/2026
And that’s what we got. A weakened but not replaced Luxon. His own MPs didn’t support him unanimously but there was nobody else with enough support to replace him. If only Labour ran a campaign or politician with charisma. I mean it worked running Jacinda. But I guess they don’t like winning. 🤦🏼‍♂️
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New_ Public @newpublic.org · 10/08/2026
We’ve been missing the point talking about “decentralized” social media, says New_ Public’s @blaine.bsky.social. In this conversation with @rabble.nz, they talk about what’s needed to create a healthier, more human internet. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX8P...
The point of these so-called decentralized protocols is not to separate us. It's to allow us to collaborate and cooperate…It's less about this sort of atomization and more this cooperative approach to how we think about society on the internet.
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Rabble @rabble.nz · 12/08/2026
Isn't the best possible outcome for New Zealand that Luxon survives but is increasingly wounded by National MP's trying to organize coup after coup? #nzpol
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Rabble @rabble.nz · 29/07/2026
I don't understand the moat and economic future of OpenAI and Anthropic... I hit my limits on claude and codex and switched to k3, and honestly it's good, better in some areas, slight worse in others, but mostly indistinguishably amazing. Why would anybody pay the premimum for the american mdoels?
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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 24/07/2026
What are people actually paying for when subscribing to OnlyFans? People pay to connect with creators they love, but big platforms don't want that relationship built outside their app, since it costs them revenue. @taylorlorenz.bsky.social & @rabble.nz break it down at @vidcon.bsky.social.
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Rabble @rabble.nz · 24/07/2026
This pro-AI advertisement from Meta is very confusing, why are you betting on people if you're all in on ai? Also does anybody trust Meta to get AI right after having done such an amazing job with social media? www.facebook.com/watch/?v=134...
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546K views · 29K reactions | Meta has always believed in giving people the power to share, connect, and shape your world in the ways you want. As we enter this next wave with AI, we continue to believe the future is for everyone. We're focused on giving every person the tools to reach your full potential and making sure the benefits of technology are distributed to everyone. | Mark Zuckerberg
Meta has always believed in giving people the power to share, connect, and shape your world in the ways you want. As we enter this next wave with AI, we continue to believe the future is for...
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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 22/07/2026
In a world of so many social video platforms, what’s the appeal of Divine? @rabble.nz makes the case for why Divine isn't about replacing the platforms you’re familiar with, it's about finally being in the driving seat: owning what you create and choosing what you see.
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@AuthorMsBev @authormsbev.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
And now he’s broke. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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New York sculptor spent $100,000 to make a Charlie Kirk statue no one wants to buy
Sergio Furnari said he thought the lifesize sculpture – which no one commissioned – would raise ‘millions’ of dollars
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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 16/07/2026
Big social media platforms control our content & keep us locked in their walled gardens. So why don’t we rebuild it? That’s exactly that @divine.video is doing. @rabble.nz sat down with @louderback.com at @vidcon.bsky.social to dig into social media & what comes next. youtu.be/JWCY5ih25bc
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Learning from Twitter’s Chaos for Divines Comeback!
YouTube video by revolution.social with @rabble
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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 16/07/2026
Before CapCut, TikTok, and Reels, there was Vine. @rabble.nz, the founder of @divine.video, breaks down how the invention of Vine back in 2013 put a professional editing studio in everyone's pocket, and sparked the era of social video we know today. Full episode out now.
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New_ Public @newpublic.org · 15/07/2026
Blaine and @rabble.nz talk about Twitter’s first steps and what new prosocial web projects like Roundabout, New_ Public’s local community app, can learn from this history.
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Rebuilding Social Media From Scratch!
YouTube video by revolution.social with @rabble
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Rabble @rabble.nz · 15/07/2026
Es muy raro a estar en el aeropuerto de Londres mirando el semi-final del mundial entre Argentina y Inglaterra...
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Tweet so good I printed it out and put it on my wall. I referred to it in a conference talk today @hypervisible.blacksky.app
Tweet

quantified (br)other @hypervisible
When you say "no one knew" with regard to tech, what that almost. always means is "I wasn't listening."

4:10 PM • 3/29/21: Twitter Web App
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Toni Schneider @toni.bsky.team · 10/07/2026
Staying in the game I'm four months into my interim CEO role at Bluesky, and it's time for an update. Most importantly, as of today, the interim part of the title is gone. I'm... toni.org/2026/07/10/staying-in-the-…
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Staying in the game
I'm four months into my interim CEO role at Bluesky, and it's time for an update. Most importantly, as of today, the interim part of the title is gone. I'm loving the mission and the job, and I'm all in as Bluesky’s official CEO. This job has been energizing from day one, and the Bluesky...
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Thomas Fuchs 🫯 @thomasfuchs.at · 13/07/2026
Verify your Age: we had a party line when I was a kid
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New_ Public @newpublic.org · 13/07/2026
New_ Public’s @blaine.bsky.social reveals to @rabble.nz how Twitter was almost decentralized — like Bluesky or Mastodon — way back in 2008. Nearly 20 years later, Blaine is now the Head Engineer of Roundabout, our local community app, where he's helping us create a better social media.
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Rebuilding Social Media From Scratch!
YouTube video by revolution.social with @rabble
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Rabble @rabble.nz · 13/07/2026
I’m in Berlin, Germany but Bluesky has decided I need to do KYC to comply with Texas laws. This social media future is both Kafkaesque and Orwellian.
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