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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明

@tzemingdynasty.bsky.social

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🏴 Race nerd, rights bore, writer (various). Read something here: www.tzemingmok.com Opinions only my own, you can't have them Auckland, City of Fails

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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · Nov 13

hi new American followers, I'm a NZ-born SEAsian Chinese writer of a bunch of forms with a bunch of specialisms incl. sociology of race & racism, comparative regime transition, human rights, Asian diaspora tings, research methods... and firmly in the NZ politics shitpost cluster, sorry not sorry.

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 41m

Florida man murders 6 people after losing Nobel Peace Prize.

US strikes another boat accused of carrying drugs in waters off Venezuela, killing 6, Trump says

President Donald Trump says the U.S. has struck another small boat accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela.

apnews.com

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 8h

In any discussion of food and farming, unless your solution can be scaled to feed 8 billion people, you shouldn't be taken seriously. Unfortunately, cottagecore fantasies that would feed only the richest consumers, leaving billions to starve, are all too common.
www.monbiot.com/2023/10/04/t...

The Cruel Fantasies of Well-Fed People

The astonishing story of how a movement’s quest for rural simplicity drifted into a formula for mass death

www.monbiot.com

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Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · 1d

BERSIH (The Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections) in Malaysia urges Malaysian Gov't not to recognise the sham elections in Myanmar, nor lend it any legitimacy by sending observers saying the sham elections do not meet any criteria of free & fair elections.
Red more:

bersih.org/2025/10/13/b...

Press release notification from bersih dated Monday 13th oct 2025 Showing picture of berish team with banners saying boycott the illegal and sham militarty generals elections & sanction myanmar junta, stop the killings.

Text reads BERISH urges wisma putra to withdraw from observing myanmar's sham election

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Pmax @pmax.bsky.social · 14h

Sure, the ferry cancellation was a disaster for NZ financially and the reduction in scope of the project will cause irreparable damage to our infrastructure but the new contract will enrich China so on balance it's a net positive, gotta give Willis the W on this one.

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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 13h

the degree to which i feel like i am living in the pre-title montage of a post-apocalyptic movie cannot be overstated.

Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 15h

This is an alarming compression of the planetary destruction timeline: with the massive growth of the AI bubble, data centers are expected to consume up to 12% of total US electricity by 2028, up from 4.4% in 2023.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/t...

Sora 2 and ChatGPT are consuming so much power that OpenAI just did another 10 gigawatt deal | CNN Business

OpenAI is partnering with Broadcom to design and develop 10 gigawatts of custom AI chips and systems, a massive amount of power that will use as much electricity as a large city. The move further high...

www.cnn.com

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jordan @jordantyranny.bsky.social · 18h

FINDS THEM AND KILLS THEM

"Finds Them and Kills Them (Osh-Tisch) looked like a man, but wore women's clothing and had the heart of a woman.... she was brave and good."
― Pretty Shield

Her strength as a warrior is what earned her the name Osh-Tisch, which translates to “finds them and kills them."

Who is Osh-Tisch?
Osh-Tisch was a Apsáalooke Badé, a role within the Crow Nation that defied traditional gender norms, embodying both masculine and feminine qualities. Before colonization, Badé were deeply respected for their unique spiritual gifts, artistry, and contributions to community life.
As a Badé, Osh-Tisch carried responsibilities tied to culture, ceremony, and social balance. Their life shows how many of our nations embraced gender diversity long before Western colonial powers imposed rigid binaries.

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Nick Brown @steamtraen.eu · 22h

Next time an institution tells you how seriously it takes research misconduct, ask them if it's *this* seriously. www.bmj.com/content/297/...

In 1916 the BMJ published an article about the work done by James Shearer, an American physician working in the British Army as a sergeant (because he had no British qualification). He had described a
"delineator" which was better than x rays for portraying gunshot wounds. This caused a sensation and a lot of interest — but on investigation the work was found to have been invented. The BMJ published a retraction, but Shearer was tried by court martial and sentenced to death by firing squad.

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Paul Thistoll @pault.bsky.social · 15h

This is utterly embarrassing.

www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

There’s a major climate summit in Christchurch but the minister’s party won’t let him go

Climate Minister Simon Watts had been due to deliver the closing address at the global Adaptation Futures Conference, but National Party whips refused his leave from Parliament.

www.stuff.co.nz

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morgan godfery @morgangodfery.bsky.social · 14h

the government is reforming the legislation that TPM was born from, reverting it to a position closer to the foreshore and seabed act than the marine and coastal area act finlayson intended. this is the most significant reform to māori rights in a generation, yet:

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 14h

I hope this absolutely destroys those companies.

NBC4 Washington @nbcwashington.com · 14h

Two families are suing AI companies after they say chatbots contributed to their children's suicides.

‘He would be here if not for ChatGPT': Grieving parents sue AI companies

It has become a trusted companion for millions of teens. But it’s not a person. It’s an algorithm powered by artificial intelligence – one that’s trained to generate human-like responses. And some fea...

www.nbcwashington.com

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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 17h

might be the only thing keeping me from chucking this country into the sea

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 18h

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Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 19h

"AI but instructed to not hallucinate" as an agentic AI service: $1600/month

Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 1d

Seeing people nonchalantly post stuff like makes me feel like I'm going crazy honestly.

A post from an academic on blue sky that says: "I'm learning about "prompt engineering" when asking LLMs to extract data. I now add this to all instructions:

Style
Be concise, analytic, and specific (cite page/figure if provided). If essential info is missing, keep going but flag Unclear and exact data needed. Never invent data.

#academicsky"

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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 20h

Sun World, man oh man.

Auckland’s yum cha restaurants running out of steam

Crippled by Covid-19 debt and a stagnant economy, established Chinese eateries serving authentic Cantonese dim sum are now facing increasing competition.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 20h

Me, back in Auckland from Singapore and Malaysia: 'Meh, I don't know if I can eat any Southeast Asian food or dim sum out there for like, six months now, it will be too sad and disappointing.'
Auckland: [Closes down all the yum cha joints and also Desa Corner]
Me: Shit, sorry

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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 20h

The pay offer is "still below current and projected rates of inflation" that is an offer of a paycut. What would it teach our kids if they did NOT strike holy shit.

Rob🎸 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 22h

"parents should be furious"

Oh hell yes , but at you Erica

#nzpol

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

PPTA teachers strike on day of NCEA exams - the dates to know

About 21,000 secondary school teachers are walking off the job after stalled talks.

www.rnz.co.nz

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pablopersonal.bsky.social @pablopersonal.bsky.social · 20h

This is for the NZ fools who think that this guy is worth emulating. Here is looking at you, ACT!

www.currentaffairs.org/news/this-is...

This is Why You Don’t Let Libertarians Run Your Country

In Argentina, President Javier Milei has screwed the economy up so badly he needs a $20 billion bailout. That’s because his “free market” economics don’t actually work.

www.currentaffairs.org

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Allison @m-e.allison683etc.servegame.com · 23h

Choosing not to invest really isn’t the same thing as saving.

PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 1d

Stealing from our kids' future, to save money
#nzpol

Govt expected to save nearly $2.5 billion with KiwiSaver changes

Savings are forecasted through to the 2028/29 financial year.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 2d

How many people died at Costco for this

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 2d

Just a reminder that Wikipedia is the only remaining reliable source of information that right wing billionaires can't control. (Although they'll never stop trying.)

Please donate to them whenever you can. Even a little bit helps.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 2d

People who act confused by Hamas' desire to free Barghoti are bizarre to me, Hamas wants him out even though he isn't Hamas affiliated because they believe he is one of the few, or maybe even the only, individuals who can unite the whole of Palestinian factions under the PLO

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Ed Hyde @edhyde.bsky.social · 2d

Generally mild-mannered @clrenney.bsky.social ripping the government a new one 🔥

Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 7d

#nzpol Sometimes a policy is so stupid it makes you question the very fabric of reality. Decisions so fabulously, almost wantonly dumb, you wonder if we actually live in a simulation. Welcome to the world of removing Jobseeker Support for 18 & 19-year-olds. craigrenney.substack.com/p/a-small-wr...

A small wrinkle in the Jobseeker policy

The government’s recent changes to benefits feel like this: the house is on fire, and this policy is them turning off the smoke alarm and saying it’s fixed

craigrenney.substack.com

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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 3d

@samuelwa.de can a huge number of Chinese people no longer use their actual names on the internet anymore due to too much similarity to other Chinese people whose names are 'sensitive'

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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 3d

mute/block and be freeeeeeeeee (or at least cut yourself a break)

Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 3d

Oh, well everyone speaks English pretty much. Chinese of my generation will mostly have studied Mandarin in school to some degree, but main ancestral dialects are Hokkien, Teocheow, Hakka, Cantonese. My mum's family was the only Yunnanese family on the island when they arrived in the 50s.