Dave
@dpdiver.bsky.social
Diver, humanist.
Follow with caution, I have no idea where I’m going!
Skeets may contain swears.
📍Aotearoa
Follow with caution, I have no idea where I’m going!
Skeets may contain swears.
📍Aotearoa
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A prime example of why mediocre white men should not be elevated to positions of power.
December 1, 2025 at 6:12 AM
A prime example of why mediocre white men should not be elevated to positions of power.
Time to stop faffing around and just confiscate the boat of anyone caught fishing in a Marine Reserve or Rahui. The is zero excuse for this environmental vandalism.
Boat spotted fishing in marine reserve
Boat spotted fishing in marine reserve
Newly released data shows similar offences spike during summer.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 1, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Time to stop faffing around and just confiscate the boat of anyone caught fishing in a Marine Reserve or Rahui. The is zero excuse for this environmental vandalism.
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I’m going to get an engineering degree from OU by saying bridges can only be measured in cubits and shekels
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-stat...
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-stat...
OU puts graduate instructor on leave after student claims discrimination on Bible-based essay grade
OU placed a graduate student instructor on leave after a student publicly contested a grade and filed an illegal discrimination claim after she received a failing grade on an essay
www.oudaily.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I’m going to get an engineering degree from OU by saying bridges can only be measured in cubits and shekels
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-stat...
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-stat...
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Just house them you heartless callous bastards. Shipping them to poorer suburbs - because thats what will happen - so entitled folks can shop and eat without the reminder that political choices have consequences is reprehensible #nzpol
PM confirms action plan on Auckland CBD homeless 'move on orders' after mayor, minister meet
The PM said he expected an announcement to be made by Christmas.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 30, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Just house them you heartless callous bastards. Shipping them to poorer suburbs - because thats what will happen - so entitled folks can shop and eat without the reminder that political choices have consequences is reprehensible #nzpol
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I often think academic people going on about how students "can't read or write these days" is just the usual moral panic shit, but hoo boy, these dumbass religious freaks are testing me
Turning Point at OU posted this girl's essay in full and man is it rough
November 30, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I often think academic people going on about how students "can't read or write these days" is just the usual moral panic shit, but hoo boy, these dumbass religious freaks are testing me
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Now, I freely admit that I am probably not labours target demo, but if their answer to a single term of the fastest dismantling of progress we have ever seen in this country is; "steady now, we cant move too quickly, cant fix everything, temper your expectations"
I am not confident
I am not confident
November 30, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Now, I freely admit that I am probably not labours target demo, but if their answer to a single term of the fastest dismantling of progress we have ever seen in this country is; "steady now, we cant move too quickly, cant fix everything, temper your expectations"
I am not confident
I am not confident
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the CoC has swung for the fences, disregarded criticism, and just plain got on with implementing their vision.
experts? fuck 'em!
public opinion? aint got time for it!
damn the torpedoes, start smashing foundations.
the left bloc needs to bring that same energy to fix it all
experts? fuck 'em!
public opinion? aint got time for it!
damn the torpedoes, start smashing foundations.
the left bloc needs to bring that same energy to fix it all
November 30, 2025 at 9:51 AM
the CoC has swung for the fences, disregarded criticism, and just plain got on with implementing their vision.
experts? fuck 'em!
public opinion? aint got time for it!
damn the torpedoes, start smashing foundations.
the left bloc needs to bring that same energy to fix it all
experts? fuck 'em!
public opinion? aint got time for it!
damn the torpedoes, start smashing foundations.
the left bloc needs to bring that same energy to fix it all
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“New Zealand women start working for nothing from this week.”
“for every $1 earned by a Pakeha man, a Pacific woman would earn 79c, a Maori woman 82c, an Asian woman 84c and a Pakehā woman 93c.”
“This would be the week all women started working for nothing for four weeks.”
#nzpol
“for every $1 earned by a Pakeha man, a Pacific woman would earn 79c, a Maori woman 82c, an Asian woman 84c and a Pakehā woman 93c.”
“This would be the week all women started working for nothing for four weeks.”
#nzpol
Pay gap reporting needed: advocates
New Zealand women start working for nothing from this week. Although the country’s gender pay gap improved this year, campaigners say there is much...
www.odt.co.nz
November 30, 2025 at 4:41 PM
“New Zealand women start working for nothing from this week.”
“for every $1 earned by a Pakeha man, a Pacific woman would earn 79c, a Maori woman 82c, an Asian woman 84c and a Pakehā woman 93c.”
“This would be the week all women started working for nothing for four weeks.”
#nzpol
“for every $1 earned by a Pakeha man, a Pacific woman would earn 79c, a Maori woman 82c, an Asian woman 84c and a Pakehā woman 93c.”
“This would be the week all women started working for nothing for four weeks.”
#nzpol
Yet again, Susan Edmunds shows her ineptness as a 'business reporter'. You're never going to get a right (or even useful) answer to this question by asking economists from the the likes of the NeoLib NZ Initiative, or any economist trained in neolib thinking #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
Why are we all paid close to minimum wage?
The median wage has drawn significantly closer to the minimum, so how can we boost incomes?.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Yet again, Susan Edmunds shows her ineptness as a 'business reporter'. You're never going to get a right (or even useful) answer to this question by asking economists from the the likes of the NeoLib NZ Initiative, or any economist trained in neolib thinking #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
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Labour is getting barely any conference coverage, & that's despite pitching almost directly to the establishment & couching progressive policies to appeal to an imagined 'centre'
Is it really worth it if media won't even let you get a watered down, or even *reactionary*, message to the electorate?
Is it really worth it if media won't even let you get a watered down, or even *reactionary*, message to the electorate?
November 29, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Labour is getting barely any conference coverage, & that's despite pitching almost directly to the establishment & couching progressive policies to appeal to an imagined 'centre'
Is it really worth it if media won't even let you get a watered down, or even *reactionary*, message to the electorate?
Is it really worth it if media won't even let you get a watered down, or even *reactionary*, message to the electorate?
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They were against covid vaccine mandates but they’ll gladly attach conditions to feeding hungry children
Not only is this blatantly unfair, but for a Party that doesnt believe in collective responsibility,theyre holding ALL children responsible for the actions of others...
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
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 6:57 AM
They were against covid vaccine mandates but they’ll gladly attach conditions to feeding hungry children
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For online purchases, if it’s a retailer you’re not familiar with, look up their address in Google street view.
A lot of overseas drop shippers are registering NZ addresses.
A lot of overseas drop shippers are registering NZ addresses.
Try and buy something NZ Made or local during Black Friday.
Your money will help a local business rather than the billionaires.
❤️
Your money will help a local business rather than the billionaires.
❤️
November 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
For online purchases, if it’s a retailer you’re not familiar with, look up their address in Google street view.
A lot of overseas drop shippers are registering NZ addresses.
A lot of overseas drop shippers are registering NZ addresses.
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has labour tried running against national?
November 27, 2025 at 9:20 PM
has labour tried running against national?
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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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‘Fossil fuel companies were given privileged, insider access to confidential drafts of legislation during a two-year campaign to weaken oil and gas regulation and overturn the offshore exploration ban’ - RNZ
My Stuff #cartoon today #nzpol #FossilFuels
My Stuff #cartoon today #nzpol #FossilFuels
November 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
‘Fossil fuel companies were given privileged, insider access to confidential drafts of legislation during a two-year campaign to weaken oil and gas regulation and overturn the offshore exploration ban’ - RNZ
My Stuff #cartoon today #nzpol #FossilFuels
My Stuff #cartoon today #nzpol #FossilFuels
Radio NZ should not be enabling Simone Bennet. Her father was crew, so she already has a memorial to him to visit in Auckland. Christchurch has strong ties to the Erebus disaster, and not all victims' families live in Auckland. It's an appropriate site.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Erebus victim's daughter furious memorial will be in Christchurch instead of Auckland
Simone Bennett, whose father David was one of the crash victims, lives in Auckland and isn't happy.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Radio NZ should not be enabling Simone Bennet. Her father was crew, so she already has a memorial to him to visit in Auckland. Christchurch has strong ties to the Erebus disaster, and not all victims' families live in Auckland. It's an appropriate site.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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and all of the arguments we made 5 yrs ago in this paper about why the idea of robot rights relies on faulty assumptions about the nature of human cognition and intelligence still hold
Robot Rights?: Let's Talk about Human Welfare Instead dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Robot Rights?: Let's Talk about Human Welfare Instead dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
November 25, 2025 at 10:54 PM
and all of the arguments we made 5 yrs ago in this paper about why the idea of robot rights relies on faulty assumptions about the nature of human cognition and intelligence still hold
Robot Rights?: Let's Talk about Human Welfare Instead dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Robot Rights?: Let's Talk about Human Welfare Instead dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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On the lowering of the Clean Car Standard, right after COP30.
My #cartoon today #NZpol #CleanCarStandard #Emissions #FossilFuels
My #cartoon today #NZpol #CleanCarStandard #Emissions #FossilFuels
November 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
On the lowering of the Clean Car Standard, right after COP30.
My #cartoon today #NZpol #CleanCarStandard #Emissions #FossilFuels
My #cartoon today #NZpol #CleanCarStandard #Emissions #FossilFuels
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I think Luxon has been told he'll be rolled if he doesn't resign early next year. He gets his pension, his summer holidays, the promise of a knighthood if he goes voluntarily. He will claim that he has completed his mission of putting the country back on track #nzpol
November 24, 2025 at 6:35 AM
I think Luxon has been told he'll be rolled if he doesn't resign early next year. He gets his pension, his summer holidays, the promise of a knighthood if he goes voluntarily. He will claim that he has completed his mission of putting the country back on track #nzpol
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Here’s a Saturday long read for you 🌸
‘Chillingly familiar’: Why the McSkimming report hit hard for sex workers and a waitress
The scathing IPCA report on police handling of complaints about Jevon McSkimming has resurfaced concerns in two high profile cases
www.stuff.co.nz
November 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Here’s a Saturday long read for you 🌸
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Who cut the $1000 Kickstarter? National
Who reduced the minimum contribution to 3%? National
Who reduced the member tax credit from $1040 to $521? National
Who then reduced the same member tax credit from $521 to $260.72? National.
Don't believe National on Kiwisaver.
#nzpol
Who reduced the minimum contribution to 3%? National
Who reduced the member tax credit from $1040 to $521? National
Who then reduced the same member tax credit from $521 to $260.72? National.
Don't believe National on Kiwisaver.
#nzpol
November 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Who cut the $1000 Kickstarter? National
Who reduced the minimum contribution to 3%? National
Who reduced the member tax credit from $1040 to $521? National
Who then reduced the same member tax credit from $521 to $260.72? National.
Don't believe National on Kiwisaver.
#nzpol
Who reduced the minimum contribution to 3%? National
Who reduced the member tax credit from $1040 to $521? National
Who then reduced the same member tax credit from $521 to $260.72? National.
Don't believe National on Kiwisaver.
#nzpol
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Gmail users!!
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Gmail users!!
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...