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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. But the farm highlighted in the article uses, i kid you not, fossil fuel to pump the drinking water for stock to tanks. Maybe they will consider alternatives now. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/country/590787/farms-running-dry-of-fuel-as-rural-distributors-struggle-with-allocation npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard Interview with Rebecca Solnit on her latest book The Beginning Comes After The End: notes on a world of change. "Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest also, tangentially, makes the point of her new book: yes, we’re living through a political revolution, but it’s not the one you think. It’s not the fast-paced hurtle towards fascist necropolitics [...] Instead, it’s the slow revolution that’s been happening since the 50s, seismic changes in our attitudes to everything, from gender to race to sexuality to science to the climate" https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/mar/25/rebecca-solnit-slow-revolution-far-right-cannot-tolerate npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard Emailed MBIE saying we should support Aotearoa veg farmers to form a cooperative to take over the KraftHeinz and McCain processing plants. And also start a state owned supermarket to sell them. 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. Their statement says that they will "transition to sourcing vegetable products through trusted supply partners within our broader network." which i assume is neolibspeak for "cheaper overseas stuff" https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/590484/mccain-to-close-hastings-vegetable-processing-plant-by-january-2027 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. Have not tried the nectarines or plums this year. My last house, a rental, had a peach tree which produced prolifically but had beetle/fungus issues which i failed to control due to procrastination. The fruit that survived was superb though. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard Israel has been spraying herbicide on Syrian crops. They have done the same in southern Lebanon and the West Bank (Palestine) https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260218-israel-spraying-herbicides-syrian-crops npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…5mvz https://gizmodo.com/polymarket-decides-incentivizing-a-nuclear-detonation-might-be-a-bad-idea-2000729491 npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard Today i am 50 years old. I mostly credit middle class nutrition and vaccines. Thanks Jonas Salk. My phone kept wishing me happy birthday and i could find no way to delete the reminder so i deleted the google calendar app and that silenced it. Got myself some teeshirts and undies and the new Gorillaz album as early presents. Since my back pain is still not better i am starting to plan my exit. There are too many loose ends to tie up though. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard Weak one-sided statement by NZ government with US Israel talking points, as expected. Sickening. "It said New Zealand has "consistently condemned Iran’s nuclear programme its destabilising activities in the region and elsewhere, and its repression of its own people." "In this context, we acknowledge that the actions taken overnight by the US and Israel were designed to prevent Iran from continuing to threaten international peace and security." The government also condemned Iran's strikes on surrounding nations." https://rnz.liveblog.pro/lb-rnz/blogs/69a31ff3adc70997d0ac7b56/index.html?liveblog._id=urn:newsml:localhost:2026-02-28T22:07:00.650275:4ab65631-0b37-4db5-a956-f8b9339d58b2-%3Eeditorial npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard Thinking of the people of Iran. Oppressed by their own government and now attacked by other fascist dictatorships. Thinking of people everywhere. 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 @nprofile…5mvz we're outsourcing everything to machines now. (Albeit some of the machines are actually outsourcing in turn to exploited human workers in other countries) npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard A new paper by Kessler calculates that at most altitudes from 520km to 1000km the Kessler Syndrome is already under way. That is, even if we send up no more stuff, the orbits will be denied to us by debris. Source: via Hossenfelder video https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8ag6gSzsGbc From 400km up to 520km the situation is only "unstable" which means if we stopped sending stuff up now, it would eventually clear itself out by atmospheric drag deorbiting the junk. So far this year SpaceX has added 274 starlink satellies. Starlink alone must make an average of 800 successful course corrections per day to avoid collisions. China (planned 200,000 satellites https://spacenews.com/china-files-itu-paperwork-for-megaconstellations-totaling-nearly-200000-satellites/) and Blue Origin (Jeff Bezos, planned 5,280 LEO + 128 MEO https://www.space.com/space-exploration/satellites/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-plans-to-build-5-400-satellite-megaconstellation) are also lauching mega constellations. 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 Choosing a Mastodon instance is a similar issue to choosing a GNU/Linux distribution. First they have to understand there's even a choice, then they have to reckon with a wide array of options with the differences and trade-offs needing some inside knowledge to weigh. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…wj33 sounds like my bag. Should have read it before now. I'll give it a go, thanks. 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/ Pbtech has 2 mobiwire feature phones. This one is IP68. https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/MPHONZ511071/One-NZ-Mobiwire-Ogima-2-IP68-Rugged-4G-Feature-Pho I have not used either one. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…t0pv presumably that would accelerate Kessler Syndrome. 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…nnyy thank you for your work. It was .... reassuring, in a sense, to know what was really going on, even if what was going on was not great. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard Any duckologists here? Pool!Duck seems very friendly. Unusually so. When i went for my swim it first tottered back and forth on the side seeming to follow me, and then jumped in and swam beside me not an arm's length away, for almost a length before flapping all around me and jumping out. Is it playing? Territorial? Horny? Lonely? Hoping to be fed? Moulting? A witch? When i went back to photograph it (attached image) there were two more, a couple, and less friendly than the first. I could not bring my self to chase them off, despite the health hazard they pose. https://o.mastodon.nz/media_attachments/files/115/545/140/036/866/281/original/2265024d235f17ba.jpg npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard The ideological "regulatory standards" bill has passed its third reading which i think means it's ready to be signed in to law. Labour has promised to repeal it in their first 100 days and i'm sure the greens and Te Pāti Māori would support that. It still represents a failure of our institutions that it got to this point though. #NZPol 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? Anyway get well soon. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…4z7j fear. Fear and insecurity, dealt with immaturely. 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 Shot: "Gavin Newsom says safety concerns forced state officials to close a portion of the busy Interstate 5 on Saturday" "In a statement to the New York Times, a spokesperson for [JD] Vance, William Martin, said Newsom was misleading the public about the safety risk for Saturday’s event. He said it was routine training. “If Gavin Newsom wants to oppose the training exercises that ensure our armed forces are the deadliest and most lethal fighting force in the world, then he can go right ahead,” Martin said." https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/18/california-highway-closure-military-celebration Chaser: "Artillery shell exploded prematurely over California freeway during marines celebration" "Shrapnel fragments rained on vehicles parked on Interstate 5 including highway patrol and JD Vance’s detail" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/19/california-marines-explosion-freeway-jd-vance npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…5nnv i did not create these choices. These are the options in this choice. Furthermore i am not demanding ANYTHING from you. I'm asking and i'm reminding. And leave me with "practical" and "in the real world". I see those phrases used constantly to justify not taking action on one thing or another. 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. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/575795/weather-supercomputer-needs-another-order-of-chips npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard 2 stories at the top of rnz at the moment: 1. Government is weakening biogenic methane targets and will not tax farm emissions. "Technology will save us" 2. Methane seeps from warming Antarctic "alarming". npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard Economics Explained: why everyone* is leaving New Zealand. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=F_VUBpALcVE 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. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/574938/who-wrote-the-cabinet-paper-recommending-nz-not-recognise-a-palestinian-state 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. https://o.mastodon.nz/media_attachments/files/115/190/472/154/856/253/original/d7f4e9c7286b72b0.jpg 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. That's pretty unambiguous. Not a lot of wiggle room. It's also fully consistent with his government's actions: the erasure of Palestine. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/572835/israel-pm-vows-there-will-be-no-palestinian-state 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. This is primarily because the agreement will require many older ships to be retired or modified and new ones to be built, and the US has very little ship building anymore because capitalism. 60% of ship building is in China. The other big builders are Japan and South Korea. 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. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/570454/ministry-of-health-forced-to-release-documents-showing-alcohol-lobby-influence 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. "If we find six of 68 government MPs with a spine, we can stand on the right side of history," Swarbrick said. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/569745/greens-co-leader-chloe-swarbrick-barred-from-parliament-for-rest-of-week-after-gaza-speech npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…gyq6 Genuine People Personality(tm). Thank you, the marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation. More seriously it's provocative to reflect on the simple mechanism for this (a feedback loop) and wonder if there's actually some analogy with human "spiraling" or rumination. 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. "Their aim is to get Bathurst Resources ltd to withdraw a fast-track application to extend its mining operations on the Stockton and Denniston plateaux" https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/568358/climate-liberation-aotearoa-protesters-hunker-down-in-aerial-coal-bucket-in-the-rain 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. #InternetNZ npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…cgjt "You can enrol once you turn 17. When you turn 18, you’ll be automatically enrolled and you'll be ready to vote" 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. Jacinda Ardern was right, he is an arrogant prick. He outwardly displays certainty in his own opinion and contempt for others. Unlike Trump, who has no plan or principles and operates from impulse, David Seymour does have an agenda and, i think, fanatical belief in it. He is very dangerous. #NZPol 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. Also "prosperity had declined the most in the last three years, partly due to housing." Unfortunately the so-called Committee for Auckland's solution is to "fix the productivity problem, back high-growth industries" lol. Lmao. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/566892/auckland-more-dependent-on-cars-less-density-than-its-peers-report-finds npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard RNZ Reporting all four Auckland Emergency Departments are current overloaded, diverting. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/566872/auckland-ambulance-patients-being-diverted-to-non-hospital-clinics 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 "Income and wealth imbalances, the damage they do, and how to address them" With a focus on Aotearoa/ NZ. found while looking for NZ's current (not 2019) GINI coefficient. I have been concerned about the gap between rich and poor widening under the current government. Inequality is corrosive to society (The Spirit Level) but also because of Turchin's "wealth pump" concept, which he has shown very often preceeds a crisis. 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. I have some sympathy for medics because there are so many things that can go wrong in a body and only so much money (due to capitalism) and time for research, diagnosis, and treatment. Nevertheless, i think whenever we find ourselves telling a woman in pain "it's all in your head", we probably need to recognise our own red flag. https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/people/teen-was-told-the-crippling-stomach-pain-she-suffered-was-in-her-head-it-wasn-t 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. Story here, link to the signup at the bottom of the story. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/566074/nz-endometriosis-research-to-influence-local-policy-making 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. Yes space is hard. Most likely it was bad luck. But the demise of a satellite that could have told us how bad our methane emissions are, before it could send us any data, seems to substantially benefit fossil fuel and agriculture industries (in the short term) doesn't it. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/565709/taxpayer-funded-satellite-likely-irrecoverable-after-losing-contact-with-the-ground 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. Three locations: 73 Woodcocks Road, Warkworth (their construction facility) 25 Levene Place, Mt Wellington (their "mission control" Māhia Peninsular (launch site) via the Anti-Bases Campaign. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard @nprofile…g3cq shit. What? Rollers. No. Yeah. 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). That is exactly the simplistic and ignorant thinking i suspected, and feared, lay behind their policies. At least now it is on record. #NZPol npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard Due to global heating, an aggressive tick which causes "meat allergy" is spreading in the US. The condition, called alpha-gal syndrome, causes a severe but variable reaction which might include hives or heart attack, several hours after eating mammal meat or dairy, due to the presence of the sugar alpha-galactose. The sugar is also present in some toothpastes, toilet papers, and medical equipment. ""They will hunt you, they are like a cross between a lentil and a velociraptor,” said Sharon Pitcairn Forsyth, a conservationist who lives in the Washington DC area." https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/29/lone-star-ticks-increase-climate-crisis 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. https://o.mastodon.nz/media_attachments/files/114/765/308/075/234/996/original/624ffe52580a10f4.jpg https://o.mastodon.nz/media_attachments/files/114/765/320/962/425/298/original/f0cf2d8a7b62c7c3.jpg https://o.mastodon.nz/media_attachments/files/114/765/310/737/209/441/original/bbe94745d479fa0b.jpg 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. ETA: Wind blew the roof off a building. There was a fierce gale earlier though it's calmer now. This is fine. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/565259/weather-live-thunderstorm-warning-for-parts-of-north-island-states-of-emergency-in-south 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." "A subredit tracking apocalyptic news in a calm, logical way comforts users who believe the end times are now." https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/26/rcollapse-reddit-apocalypse-news 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. I expect this is because he can't so easily dismiss as "bots" people who appear in person or on camera. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/565152/regulatory-standards-bill-30-hours-allocated-for-public-submissions-on-act-party-leader-s-bill #NZPol 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. I got that looping browser check in firefox on my phone but firefox on W10 worked fine. 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. Gut says Seymour's agenda will have to be opposed on the beaches, in the fields and conservation blocks, and in the air. 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 Start here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LsGZ_2RuJ2A npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard "Something stirred in the black mud at the bottom of Berkeley's creek." What am i? npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard Pro-Palestinian activists break in to RAF base, vandalise two aircraft. ( with short video ) https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/564754/watch-pro-palestinian-activists-damage-planes-at-uk-military-base 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. ... oh wait. npub1v6ajh838ps9x2vvzss8ugld9tt3ee7clyv20cxvwr0c3e2weunnst3jmfm ben dafydd gillard Study: plastic shopping bag policies actually work. https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/19/business/plastic-bag-policies-pollution-wellness 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" "Nadya Tolokonnikova tells the Guardian she felt she had ‘entered a wormhole’ when her police state exhibition was shut down – by the police state" https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/jun/15/pussy-riot-nadya-tolokonnikova-police-state 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. Most people who get shot by the IDF while queueing for food, do not know 24 hours ahead of time.