Abolish police, prisons, borders, and private property. Go on without hope. No self, no will. Hard Determinist. they/them :heart_bi:
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Last Notes npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard A pox on the so-called AI scrapers overwhelming the server, and a pox on the humans who made them. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard Farms running out of fuel due to panic buying. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard Interview with Rebecca Solnit on her latest book The Beginning Comes After The End: notes on a world of change. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard McCain are following Watties out and closing one of their local vege processing plants, in Hastings. Bad news for workers and for growers and probably for everyone. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…fh5u i'm assuming each family is four people, roughly. 150k families x 4 people per family. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…fh5u i loathe the present govt as much as the next person, but it's 150k families, which is roughly 600k people or 11% of the population. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…jc6e i think oil is definitely one factor but the various people have various motives. Some want a destabilised middle east. Some want biblical final battles or the return of messiahs. Some such as Trump and Netanyahu want to stay out of prison. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard I have been enjoying the peaches and oranges this year. Not so much the apricots. Peaches seem pretty pricy though. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard Today i am 50 years old. I mostly credit middle class nutrition and vaccines. Thanks Jonas Salk. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard Thinking of the people of Iran. Oppressed by their own government and now attacked by other fascist dictatorships. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…5mvz my pet conspiracy theory is that the atmospheric pollution is the true intended purpose of these satellites. A giant unregulated geoengineering scheme under the guise of providing global telecoms. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard If you want a picture of the future, imagine an extreme weather event stamping on infrastructure, for ever. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard I have decided to design the Ultimate Weapon, one which will surely end all war. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…p7rx dick smith has nokia 110 4G in a couple of sizes and colours. Says it plays mp3s, fm radio. https://www.dicksmith.co.nz/dn/buy/personal-digital-nokia-110-4g-17-feature-phone-arctic-purple-40483922542691/ npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…p7rx yes i think this is the most immanent real danger of so-called AI. This and its complement, ubiquitous surveillance. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard It's hard for me to walk past convolvulus.(sp?) It feels like colonisation happening. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard Thinking about how i'd explain this Airbus A320 issue and its resolution to the Wright brothers, or Leonardo da Vinci. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard The rich must be unriched. This is crucial. It will put everyone in more or less the same boat. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard Is Zelenskyy right to reject a "peace" that means major concessions to Russia with little in return? Or is any peace better for the people of Ukraine, whatever the cost? Should one "stand up to bullies" or is fist fighting bullies just playing their game? Does any of it really matter? npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…p7rx i believe history will prove this to be a bad move. The headlong rush to put so-called AI in everything is reckless at best. There is not a dire emergency that would justify abandoning careful consideration of the technology before employing it. (There are dire emergencies but none that i can see which only AI can resolve) npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…p7rx dark triad leaders, dominance hierarchies, and massive inequality? yes it's impossible to ignore the signals in the present global society and in NZ. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…ne85 bro you are having a bad time of it. Have you learned your lesson about properly reheating and exorcising your leftovers? npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…sp74 i don't think Trump will last the rest of this term, let alone begin an unconstitutional third. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…59ss infrastructure not showing the desired level of resilience. Not a good sign for the future. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…5nnv then the choice is don't eat commercial pig meat, or eat it knowing you are supporting inadequate welfare of pigs. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard When the AI bubble bursts, we can use all those spare chips for weather and climate forecasting and research. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard 2 stories at the top of rnz at the moment: npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard Economics Explained: why everyone* is leaving New Zealand. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard Some concerning background on the Cabinet paper behind Peters' announcement that NZ would not recognise Palestine (yet). Unusually it was drawn up by the minister's office rather than the relevant ministry. Also ministerial advisers had some unknown degree of input. Ministerial advisers are a) not required to be non-partisan, and b) not publicly disclosed, unlike in the UK, Canada, and Australia. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…6t6n it's like a new dialog that opens on top of the post, with that basic user information. It has no x button that i can find so it stays there, blocking the post, until i scroll well away or refresh the page. It is frustrating. This is the one for me as an example. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard Does anyone know how i get rid of the "card" with some user details that randomly pops up over the feed in the web interface of mastodon? On firefox + android. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard "We are going to fulfil our promise that there will be no Palestinian state, this place belongs to us," Netanyahu said at the event in Maale Adumim, an Israeli settlement just east of Jerusalem. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard What's Going On With Shipping reports that the US is trying to wreck an up-coming agreement by the International Maritime Organisation for net zero by 2050. They are threatening more tariffs on countries which support the adoption of the agreement. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…g3cq every time i see that video of Shatner after his 15 minute jaunt, trying to explain the profound experience he just had to an oblivious Bezos, i wonder about that. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard "We don't yet have enough data, the evidence is mixed, we need more studies before we can act." Is a trick the tobacco and fossil fuel industries used/use also. Now it's the alcohol industry's turn i guess. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard Chloe Swarbrick has been ejected from Parliament for the rest of the week after a "fiery" Gaza speech for her members bill allowing NZ to apply sanctions to Israel. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…gyq6 Genuine People Personality(tm). Thank you, the marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…g3cq maybe there should be a registry of prominent New Zealanders. Or they could wear a special hat. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard The climate protesters occupying an aerial coal bucket at the Stockton mine and blocking operations are reported to be relatively warm and dry under a tarpaulin and intend to stay a bit longer. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard If you are an InternetNZ member and you want to attend the zoom AGM on thursday to vote against the Atlas Network/"Free" "Speech" "Union" motions, you need to register by tomorrow. You should have received an invitation email with the registration link. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…cgjt "You can enrol once you turn npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…g3cq i wouldn't mind being ruled, or even exterminated by clearly superior beings. Fair play to them. It's being ruled, or even exterminated by these small-minded money-grubbing broken men that sits badly with me. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard Important update: the nearby harpist is practicing "Take Five", the well-known jazz(?) tune. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard Lately i have been seeing a lot more of David Seymour's personality. Dismissing submissions on the RSB as "bots". Parts of his rude response to the UN letter. His response to ministry officials concerned the RSB will inhibit emergency governmental action. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…g3cq so... what are you going to do? npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard A new report says that Auckland / Tāmaki Makaurau is more dependent on cars and has less dense housing than its "peers", Vancouver, Portland, Austin, Dublin, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Tel Aviv, Fukuoka, and Brisbane. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard RNZ Reporting all four Auckland Emergency Departments are current overloaded, diverting. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…7x4l it won't matter what we bring back. Velociraptors or megalodons. As long as humans exist, we will be the most dangerous animal. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…6t6n so.. the spice extends life and the spice expands consciousness? npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard https://www.Inequality.org.nz npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard Supersize Me, but instead of only eating at McDonalds, you let chatgpt make all your choices for a month. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard Stories like this remind me that medicine is still in its infancy, not least in diagnosis. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard "Red sky in the morning, nuclear warning" npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard If you have or are suspected of having Endometriosis, you may want to participate in a monthly survey which will inform policy. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard When i open my door i can hear a kind of rumbling roar al around, from The City. I assumed it was from cars on roads. But maybe it's actually the collective sigh of 1.4 million people. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard Taxpayer-funded methane-spotting satellite likely dead in space. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard Actions (protests I assume) against Rocket Labs this Friday the 4th of July, 1pm to 4pm, to protest their complicity in Israel's genocide of Gaza. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…g3cq shit. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard In response to a question about NActFirst's policies swelling the prison population, PM Luxon responded that "growing the number of people in prison would reduce the number of criminals in the community, and therefore reduce crime." (https://www.tickaroo.com/e/G0T6ayWbZcJ8GrII -> Stuff). npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard Due to global heating, an aggressive tick which causes "meat allergy" is spreading in the US. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard Fungi on the walk. An area of 2-3 m with several stinkhorns with odour, and some kind of bracket fungus/i on a tree stump. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…6t6n sounds very similar to getting sucked in by a cult or extreme populist political movement. It seems like there is an entrainment of thinking which humans might be prone to. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard Some kind of emergency event intersection of New North Road and Blockhouse Bay road. A fire engines with cherrypicker And a specialist breathing aparatus unit. And multiple cops. Intersection closed. Diverting off bhb rd down rosebank rd to avondale. Can see what looks like part of a fence knocked down. Maybe traffic lights too. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard I agree with the basic thesis. I think we are in the collapse now. But it won't happen overnight. You probably have time to tick the top items on your bucket list, if you get on to them today. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard "On r/Collapse, people are 'kept abreast of the latest doom'. Its moderators say it's not for everyone." npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…g3cq ineffective clever schemes or futility, followed by cruelty. An ill omen. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…4aq7 credit where credit is due, this seems like a good change and there was unanimous support. An extremely rare occurrence lately. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard Seymour has the regulatory standards bill oral submissions time allocation reduced to 30 hours. It was 100 hours for the Fast Track bill and 80 for the Treaty Principles bill. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…g3cq an earthquake comes up from below, i guess. Whereas a landslide blocks SH1 for like the third time this year and everyone is like why did we build a road there? npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…sxdw @nprofile…69yv alas no, 1pm. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard Got my submission in with more than 45 minutes to go. Brings back university memories. Not expecting more than a gentleman's C for this effort though. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…6t6n a while ago i saw an article about napping on public transport and in particular how in some places such as Japan it was normal (because safe to do so) but in others, such as NY subway, unthinkable. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…5wev good catch. And what a dapper wee wasp she is. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard Dynamo Dream npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard "Something stirred in the black mud at the bottom of Berkeley's creek." npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard Pro-Palestinian activists break in to RAF base, vandalise two aircraft. ( with short video ) npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…g3cq if the universe were a simulation, occasionally people would stand on the wrong voxel and fall through the world or shoot off into space. Occasionally a bird would fly into a window and get stuck in it. There would be some kind of infinite money glitch which the biggest arseholes would exploit and completely unbalance the world. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard Study: plastic shopping bag policies actually work. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…jc9n good. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…g3cq it's all vibes now. It's not as if they cared much about data before, though. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard "Pussy Riot’s founder built a ‘police state’ in an LA art gallery. Then the national guard arrived" npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard I have been listening to Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds musical again. It's a peculiar but compelling artifact. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…g3cq haha that larrikin Netanyahu, what a mad lad. Well, what can you do? Boys will be boys. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…g3cq some men just want to watch the world burn. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard Medecins Sans Frontieres reports that Israel has implemented "movement restrictions" on Nasser hospital. Everyone who wishes to enter the hospital, including patients, must give 24hrs notice to receive authorisation from IDF to enter. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard Two groups of environmental lawyers are suing the NZ government over its 'dangerously inadequate' emissions reduction plan. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…g3cq british journalist hit by "less lethal round", hospitalised. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…l5w8 my parent use wonkey box and are fairly happy with it. Unsure if they're in your region. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…g3cq no 2000 chars is a very recent thing. 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But also "Participating schools must commit at least 20 minutes to a sit-down lunch, where the kids also learn about nutrition and where their food comes from.[...] Dunbabin said their students are developing their taste buds through their programme, and more importantly, it's about the 20 minutes they sit together and eat."
