Cynethryth
@cynethryth.com
Formerly queencynethryth | She/her 👩💻 | No to GenAI! 🙅♀️ | Trans rights! | Demisexual 🖤🤍💜 | I like 💻📖🎮🪡🍝🌮
Personal site/blog: cynethryth.com
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Cynethryth
@cynethryth.com
· Apr 13
Just updated my handle to the .com I've been sitting on for a few months! :)
I honestly can't believe I got this domain! Cynethryth was the consort of Offa of Mercia and even got her face put on a coin, pretty unheard of at the time!
I still use queencynethryth in a few other places! 👑💚
I honestly can't believe I got this domain! Cynethryth was the consort of Offa of Mercia and even got her face put on a coin, pretty unheard of at the time!
I still use queencynethryth in a few other places! 👑💚
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
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Plenty of pro-austerity parties already, so why would I vote for another one in a different colour?
I want to break the wheel.
I want to break the wheel.
OPINION: Labour’s finance spokesperson set the tone for 2026 with a message of restraint and fiscal responsibility — while avoiding the details voters will eventually demand.
Edmonds renews Labour’s script: Discipline first, promises later
OPINION: Labour’s finance spokesperson set the tone for 2026 with a message of restraint and fiscal responsibility — while avoiding the details voters will eventually demand.
dlvr.it
November 29, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Plenty of pro-austerity parties already, so why would I vote for another one in a different colour?
I want to break the wheel.
I want to break the wheel.
Hello #nzlabour folks on Bluesky, I'm just letting you know, I would be exceedingly happy if your party had a leadership shake up.
Have you forgotten what having the energy of Ardern felt like in 2017? I haven't.
This isn't it. I want bold action. I want hope. I don't want incrementalism.
Have you forgotten what having the energy of Ardern felt like in 2017? I haven't.
This isn't it. I want bold action. I want hope. I don't want incrementalism.
Restraint. Fucks sake Labour is that bewedded to the cancerous Centralism Incrementalism it has learnt nothing from 2023 when it got its arse handed to it because of Centralism Incrementalism
If all Labour can offer is National Lite why would people change to Labour
They wont
Bishop Wins
If all Labour can offer is National Lite why would people change to Labour
They wont
Bishop Wins
OPINION: Labour’s finance spokesperson set the tone for 2026 with a message of restraint and fiscal responsibility — while avoiding the details voters will eventually demand.
November 29, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Hello #nzlabour folks on Bluesky, I'm just letting you know, I would be exceedingly happy if your party had a leadership shake up.
Have you forgotten what having the energy of Ardern felt like in 2017? I haven't.
This isn't it. I want bold action. I want hope. I don't want incrementalism.
Have you forgotten what having the energy of Ardern felt like in 2017? I haven't.
This isn't it. I want bold action. I want hope. I don't want incrementalism.
My bad teacher story is that when I was 10, I had to avoid sunlight for a few weeks due to a medication. There was a special outside event happening, and a teach made me sit in the sun even though she KNEW I wasn't supposed to.
I blacked out and fell over!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ4Y...
I blacked out and fell over!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ4Y...
bad teachers
YouTube video by Ice Cream Sandwich
www.youtube.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:39 AM
My bad teacher story is that when I was 10, I had to avoid sunlight for a few weeks due to a medication. There was a special outside event happening, and a teach made me sit in the sun even though she KNEW I wasn't supposed to.
I blacked out and fell over!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ4Y...
I blacked out and fell over!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ4Y...
EXCUSE ME???? There's language in the new ban that seems to ban a specific kind of T-Blocker for any gender dysphoric person, minor or not???
Shows that the government is specifically targeting transfem folks.
#bhn #nzpol
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPgu...
Shows that the government is specifically targeting transfem folks.
#bhn #nzpol
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPgu...
#BHN Adults affected by puberty blocker ban
YouTube video by Big Hairy Network
www.youtube.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:03 AM
EXCUSE ME???? There's language in the new ban that seems to ban a specific kind of T-Blocker for any gender dysphoric person, minor or not???
Shows that the government is specifically targeting transfem folks.
#bhn #nzpol
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPgu...
Shows that the government is specifically targeting transfem folks.
#bhn #nzpol
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPgu...
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The biggest technological revolution of our lifetime is underway and it's not AI:
Official data is in this week, and US solar continues to grow rapidly, with generation up 30% compared to last year!
November 29, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The biggest technological revolution of our lifetime is underway and it's not AI:
LLMs can never be intelligent or conscious. And I do not believe humans will ever have access to enough physical resources and energy to make an artificial brain anywhere close to conscious life.
November 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
LLMs can never be intelligent or conscious. And I do not believe humans will ever have access to enough physical resources and energy to make an artificial brain anywhere close to conscious life.
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"We're just men, we're just innocent men"
November 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
"We're just men, we're just innocent men"
Time for good news/bad news
Good news: my face is doing well enough that I can wash it now!
Bad news: husbando no longer has a job
Good news: 3 weeks until my 4 week Christmas break!
Bad news: looks like my employer is going to be cutting staff in the new year
🧵(1/2)
Good news: my face is doing well enough that I can wash it now!
Bad news: husbando no longer has a job
Good news: 3 weeks until my 4 week Christmas break!
Bad news: looks like my employer is going to be cutting staff in the new year
🧵(1/2)
We are now a single income household. Thanks, Nicola Willis!
November 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Time for good news/bad news
Good news: my face is doing well enough that I can wash it now!
Bad news: husbando no longer has a job
Good news: 3 weeks until my 4 week Christmas break!
Bad news: looks like my employer is going to be cutting staff in the new year
🧵(1/2)
Good news: my face is doing well enough that I can wash it now!
Bad news: husbando no longer has a job
Good news: 3 weeks until my 4 week Christmas break!
Bad news: looks like my employer is going to be cutting staff in the new year
🧵(1/2)
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Depressingly well-made point.
November 28, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Depressingly well-made point.
We are now a single income household. Thanks, Nicola Willis!
November 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
We are now a single income household. Thanks, Nicola Willis!
Try looking up healthcare advise now and you will be bombarded with effectively useless AI articles.
Your universe is a photocopy of a photocopy of a…
on.ft.com/4ahkNKa
on.ft.com/4ahkNKa
November 28, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Try looking up healthcare advise now and you will be bombarded with effectively useless AI articles.
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This is important and significant. These are the guidelines that were submitted and agreed before political interference. The ones that should have been published.
PATHA have taken a stand of not having their name used to give credence to the rewritten ones, and released the correct ones.
PATHA have taken a stand of not having their name used to give credence to the rewritten ones, and released the correct ones.
Y’ALL. PATHA RELEASED THE NEW GENDER AFFIRMING CARE GUIDELINES. THE ONES THE GOVT SUPPRESSED
GET IN IT
patha.nz/resources-an...
GET IN IT
patha.nz/resources-an...
Clinical Guidelines | Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa Inc. (PATHA)
patha.nz
November 28, 2025 at 7:30 AM
This is important and significant. These are the guidelines that were submitted and agreed before political interference. The ones that should have been published.
PATHA have taken a stand of not having their name used to give credence to the rewritten ones, and released the correct ones.
PATHA have taken a stand of not having their name used to give credence to the rewritten ones, and released the correct ones.
OH MY GOOOOOD YESSSSS
KPOP Demon Hunters has joy to so many people, not just kids 🥹 I just think it's so cool what can happen when creatives get to make stuff like this. Netflix really didn't know what they had before it was released!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fjo_...
KPOP Demon Hunters has joy to so many people, not just kids 🥹 I just think it's so cool what can happen when creatives get to make stuff like this. Netflix really didn't know what they had before it was released!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fjo_...
KPOP Demon Hunters “Golden” 2025 Macys Thanksgiving Parade Performance - NBC LIVE - HUNTRIX
YouTube video by BradC-ORL
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:05 AM
OH MY GOOOOOD YESSSSS
KPOP Demon Hunters has joy to so many people, not just kids 🥹 I just think it's so cool what can happen when creatives get to make stuff like this. Netflix really didn't know what they had before it was released!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fjo_...
KPOP Demon Hunters has joy to so many people, not just kids 🥹 I just think it's so cool what can happen when creatives get to make stuff like this. Netflix really didn't know what they had before it was released!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fjo_...
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
Why do we pay MPs for their meals? Especially high ranking MPs such as cabinet members, the deputy PM, and the PM?
#nzpol
Fuck this smarmy, nasty little prick, he obviously has a sadism fetish and shouldn’t be allowed within 500 metres of children or policies affecting children 😡
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Fuck this smarmy, nasty little prick, he obviously has a sadism fetish and shouldn’t be allowed within 500 metres of children or policies affecting children 😡
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Lunch funding to be tied to attendance for hundreds more schools
Next year funding for school lunches delivered through the internal model will be tied to attendance.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 28, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Why do we pay MPs for their meals? Especially high ranking MPs such as cabinet members, the deputy PM, and the PM?
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Boards Chair here - before our BOT passed a motion affirming our commitment to Te Tiriti, I received emails from parents and teachers urging the board on.
The union never said a word.
Amazing that reaffirming a commitment to Te Tiriti is viewed as "anti-govt" (his words)
The union never said a word.
Amazing that reaffirming a commitment to Te Tiriti is viewed as "anti-govt" (his words)
November 27, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Boards Chair here - before our BOT passed a motion affirming our commitment to Te Tiriti, I received emails from parents and teachers urging the board on.
The union never said a word.
Amazing that reaffirming a commitment to Te Tiriti is viewed as "anti-govt" (his words)
The union never said a word.
Amazing that reaffirming a commitment to Te Tiriti is viewed as "anti-govt" (his words)
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I co-sign this moderate and reasonable compromise position:
I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
November 27, 2025 at 9:17 AM
I co-sign this moderate and reasonable compromise position:
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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The extra layer to this tragedy is that the Wang Fuk towers were built under a public housing scheme established in the 1950s after a devastating shanty town fire in nearby Shek Kip Mei.
What caused the SKM fire? Wealth inequity. What caused the Wang Fuk fire? Wealth inequity.💔
What caused the SKM fire? Wealth inequity. What caused the Wang Fuk fire? Wealth inequity.💔
Hong Kong fire kills 55, hundreds missing as police blame ‘grossly negligent’ construction firm
A huge fire still burning in a Hong Kong apartment complex that has killed at least 55 people and left nearly 300 missing may have been caused by a "grossly negligent" construction firm using unsafe m...
www.reuters.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The extra layer to this tragedy is that the Wang Fuk towers were built under a public housing scheme established in the 1950s after a devastating shanty town fire in nearby Shek Kip Mei.
What caused the SKM fire? Wealth inequity. What caused the Wang Fuk fire? Wealth inequity.💔
What caused the SKM fire? Wealth inequity. What caused the Wang Fuk fire? Wealth inequity.💔
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The Guardian has a bunch of reader reports on people leaving New Zealand, including this one from a scientist
in Montréal last week a colleague noted that I used to be far more positive on NZ. It's wild how rapidly our science funding has been annihilated #nzpol
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
in Montréal last week a colleague noted that I used to be far more positive on NZ. It's wild how rapidly our science funding has been annihilated #nzpol
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
November 27, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The Guardian has a bunch of reader reports on people leaving New Zealand, including this one from a scientist
in Montréal last week a colleague noted that I used to be far more positive on NZ. It's wild how rapidly our science funding has been annihilated #nzpol
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
in Montréal last week a colleague noted that I used to be far more positive on NZ. It's wild how rapidly our science funding has been annihilated #nzpol
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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I just find this really sad. Imagine being so certain that you need slop machines to do your work, that you convince yourself that EVERYBODY must need them.
Epic CEO says AI disclosures like Steam's make "no sense" because AI will be involved in "nearly all" future game development
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/1p7eh60/epic_ceo_says_ai_disclosures_like_steams_make_no/
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/1p7eh60/epic_ceo_says_ai_disclosures_like_steams_make_no/
Epic CEO says AI disclosures like Steam's make "no sense" because AI will be involved in "nearly all" future game development
r/pcgaming
www.reddit.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I just find this really sad. Imagine being so certain that you need slop machines to do your work, that you convince yourself that EVERYBODY must need them.
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I just send Chris Hipkins a 500+ word email chastising him for not denouncing the puberty blocker ban, making it clear working with NZF would be reprehensible, and stating that I didn't have faith he could lead the party to an election victory in 2026.
I'm over it. I'm over him.
I'm over it. I'm over him.
November 27, 2025 at 5:35 AM
I just send Chris Hipkins a 500+ word email chastising him for not denouncing the puberty blocker ban, making it clear working with NZF would be reprehensible, and stating that I didn't have faith he could lead the party to an election victory in 2026.
I'm over it. I'm over him.
I'm over it. I'm over him.
I wanna know which Green party member is going to run against Hipkins in Remutaka, because at this rate, I really want to donate to their campaign directly, even if Chippy has a solid base here.
November 27, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I wanna know which Green party member is going to run against Hipkins in Remutaka, because at this rate, I really want to donate to their campaign directly, even if Chippy has a solid base here.