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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 1h

Blaming the CC staff is like when National blamed the emotional junior staffer. Get some guts and admit you're to blame guys

Chris Keall @chriskeall.bsky.social · 1h

www.nzherald.co.nz/business/hel...

HelloFresh fined $845k for tricking customers in cold calls

Meal-kit delivery company said wayward call centre workers partly to blame for scandal.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda @alejandrofabregastejeda.com · 14h

Physicists have long been enamored with “beautiful” models—but this seems to have changed in high-energy physics. In his new paper, Martin King argues that experimental contexts strongly determine the pursuitworthiness of “ugly models” 👇📃 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philphysics #HPS

Screenshot of the article header from the European Journal for Philosophy of Science titled “Experiment and the pursuit of ugly models” by Martin King. The header indicates it is a paper in philosophy of the natural sciences. The DOI is https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-025-00692-y

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Bruno Dias @brunodias.bsky.social · 3h

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, call up your local heavy equipment rental place and ask about their rates. Renting a backhoe is actually a lot more affordable than it may seem, and those things can basically scoop out a grave-sized slot out of the earth in a matter of minutes

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 3h

Human livers can grow back over a decade, so in theory you could eat like 90% of your own liver once a decade

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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 9h

New: Hundreds of thousands of homes are exposed to flood risk, but the Government's new National Adaptation Framework provides no clarity on who will pay to protect, fix or move them as climate change worsens.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/16/l...

Long-awaited climate adaptation plan leaves 'who pays' unanswered

The Government promised to lay out who will pay for climate change adaptation, but the national framework released Thursday leaves that question unanswered.

newsroom.co.nz

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404 Media @404media.co · 14h

The end of free Windows 10 support this Wednesday could be an environmental disaster, cutting off 400 million PCs from security updates and dooming millions of still usable computers.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-end-of-w...

The End of Windows 10 Support Is an E-Waste Disaster in the Making

In an example of egregious planned obsolescence, as many as 400 million computers will soon hit the waste stream.

www.404media.co

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University of Otago - Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka @universityofotago.bsky.social · 4h

Aotearoa's longest-running arts and literary journal, Landfall Tauraka, is celebrating its 250th edition in style, with a symposium, a Library exhibition, and a bumper issue marking the occasion 📝✨

Find out more about the celebrations 🎉⬇️

Landfall Tauraka celebrates 250 issues

Landfall Tauraka is celebrating its 250th edition with a new name, a literary symposium, a special exhibition and a bumper issue.

www.otago.ac.nz

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wargen @funeralpig.bsky.social · 6h

my therapist makes me lick honey off her finger

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james @roleplayingjames.net · 5h

Come to this concert!
7:30pm Saturday October 18 at the Michael Fowler Center!

If you ask nicely I have discount codes for cheap tickets!

To convince you here's a rare photo of me that our Social Media Manager is definitely not compelling me to post here under threat of violence!

Promotional image for Orchestra Wellington's ENEMY OF THE STATE concert.

Top left is a man holding a violin. Top right is the soprano soloist. Bottom half is a photo of the Hutt City Brass Band.

Myself and other members of Hutt City Brass at a rehearsal.

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Daniel @dznz.bsky.social · 5h

Read Stirling's 1994 book Heavy Weather, and I fear it will be prescient.

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web3 is going just great @web3isgoinggreat.com · 8h

Paxos accidentally mints more than twice the global GDP in PayPal stablecoins

October 15, 2025
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=paxos-accidental-mint

Paxos accidentally mints more than twice the global GDP in PayPal stablecoins
Paxos, the issuer of PayPal's PYUSD stablecoin, accidentally minted 300 trillion of the supposedly dollar-pegged token. For context, this is approximately 2.5x the global GDP, and around 125x the total number of US dollars actually in circulation.
Paxos later announced that the mint was an "internal technical error", and that they had burned the excess tokens.
While PayPal promises its customers that "Reserves are held 100% in US dollar deposits, US treasuries and cash equivalents – meaning that customer funds are available for 1:1 redemption with Paxos," there clearly isn't much in the way of safeguards to ensure that is always the case. As with most stablecoin issuers, Paxos merely issues self-reported and unreviewed portfolio reports, and monthly third-party attestations (not audits) of reserves.

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Daniel @dznz.bsky.social · 6h

I started to think of the underlying idea as power exchange, but I guess it is a kind of role-playing, broadly. It's *play*, for sure, with lots of crossover with other forms of play: entering a "magical circle", structured v unstructured, consent negotiations.

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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 13h

This digital guide I made to go together with my new Tree ID pin badge is available for free at canopyrobin.com/uktrees/ as a personal/educational resource.
Enjoy!
#SciArt🌳🧪🌍

Lots of illustrated labelled leaves of British trees

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Daniel @dznz.bsky.social · 7h

Right? I try not to get too salty but that's my feeling too.

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Jack Boot @jackboot.bsky.social · 8h

When I was frightened my Nanna would sit next to my bed, rub my back and whisper, "Shhh, ghosts aren't for real Jack." Which would have made me feel better if she hadn't died before I was born.

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Daniel @dznz.bsky.social · 11h

The exorcisms thing was true?! Whaaat

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Queen Olivia III @queenoliviaiii.com · 1d

Serving sci-fi drag tx from #SpaceStation1 + the cat chronicles of #cuddleUnit6, alongside static bursts of queer technicolor, native module headaches, and the occasional protocol glitch.
My book The Cat Operator’s Manual (cuddleunit5.com), fragments from the AT future & federated feelings.

The Cat Operator's Manual - Get the Most from Your New Cuddle Unit

A fresh and quirky guide to understanding your cat, complete with technical information, warnings, insights into all of your Cuddle Unit 5™'s features and modes, and a bonus sticker sheet.

cuddleunit5.com

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Daniel @dznz.bsky.social · 17h

Read a 94 book, Heavy Weather, and i wish it didn't feel prescient.

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Martyn @martynpedler.com · 23h

Why are we always "descending" into madness? I like to think I ascend an elaborate spiral staircase into madness.

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sallyp @sallypoastes.bsky.social · 22h

Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
Well, i have this house, more of a cottage really, and it roams around the countryside in chicken legs. Possibly i also have a cat, that part's not clear

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RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 23h

📢 The fault "could allow an unauthorised person access to a secure area without a user first touching their hand to the device".

'Touch to exit' security switch recalled as it may allow unauthorised access to secure areas

www.rnz.co.nz

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RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 22h

📢 After falling to about 160 birds in the 1990s, the rowi population is now up to about 700 in the West Coast sanctuary.

Operation Nest Egg making Ōkārito Forest safe breeding ground for rowi kiwi

www.rnz.co.nz

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Jack Saint @lackingsaint.bsky.social · 1d

I'm just saying what we're all thinking: it is time studios recognised the fans and re-released Tron Ares

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 1d

Holy shit, and also, great blessings upon the family of the human recipient mentioned in the article for allowing their loved one with no remaining brain activity to be a test candidate to determine if their body would reject a treated kidney.

Glen 🇨🇦 part owner of Canada* @honestcanadian.bsky.social · 1d

This is huge news!
UBC has developed an enzyme that can convert donor organs to type O, making them universal.
Normally a using organs of the wrong blood type causes the recipient's immune system to attack the organ, leading to failure.
❤️🇨🇦⚕️
news.ubc.ca/2025/10/univ...

UBC enzyme technology clears first human test toward universal donor organs for transplantation - UBC News

UBC-developed enzymes successfully converted a kidney to universal type O for transplant, marking a major step toward faster, more compatible organ donations.

news.ubc.ca

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