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Marsden
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He/Him, Webdev from Ōtautahi, Aotearoa (Christchurch, New Zealand). Interested in #SocialIssues, #BoardGaming and #TabletopRoleplaying.
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Marsden @marsdennz.bsky.social · Apr 5
Achievement unlocked - sat on by a meerkat.

And some other critters from today.

#meerkat #wallaby #koala #marmoset #self #ParadiseCountry #GoldCoastAustralia
A meerkat perched on the head of a white-skinned mail wearing a grey floppy sunhat. He also has spectacles and a ginger beard. The meerkat is on all fours rather than the iconic bolt upright pose, but is definitely on watch and paying attention to something forward and to the right of the photo. A watermark at the bottom right credits "Paradise Country" in large text with "Gold Coast Australia" underneath in much smaller text. A young? red wallaby sitting in profile on its haunches on shady green grass. A patch of sunshine illuminates its face which has paler fur on its chin and a dark "mask" covering the upper muzzle and eyes. Head-first view of a marmoset lying on its back in a fabric swing or round hammock, large enough to hold several of it's kind. Both hands are reached up and gripping one of the swing cables. A koala clinging to a vertical branch. Much of the koala's body is obscured by leaves, but one eye, the nose and the far ear are all clearly visible framed by the branch and leaves.
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Marsden @marsdennz.bsky.social · 4h
Good (I think) presentation with tips on how to succeed in academic study with #ADHD or similar.

#Neurodiverse #academia #study #AuDHD

prezi.com/view/VMmXQ3w...
Writing a Dissertation with ADHD
WRITING A DISSERTATION WITH ADHD Introduction Z z z Introduction This session has a focus on ADHD; but, anyone can have these challenges or symptoms, to some extent. If anything in these slides helps,...
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JessTerraformEarth 🌏 💚 🌈 💧 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇳🇿 @jessterraformearth.bsky.social · 10h
I want them to fix how MPs must talk in Parliament, not how they dress.

Eg answering the question, not 'addressing'

Claims must have facts and lies can be called out with facts etc

Disruption genuinely not allowed OMG THE SHOUTING OVER! #nzpol
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Toby Morris @xtotl.bsky.social · 19h
People Watching: Lunchtime in Paeroa on a Friday
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Marsden @marsdennz.bsky.social · 1d
🤬Pyramid schemes

"Behind diamond emojis, business conferences and the quest for ‘financial freedom’ lies a multi-level-marketing scheme shrouded in secrecy. Janhavi Gosavi spoke to former members of the Legacy programme in Wellington ..."

#MLM #Amway #Aotearoa

thespinoff.co.nz/business/14-...
Inside Legacy: the MLM that thrives in secrecy
Has your friend started wearing a suit, posting from ‘business conferences’ and using the diamond emoji a lot? They may have joined Legacy.
thespinoff.co.nz
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Marsden @marsdennz.bsky.social · 1d
"Today, 14 October, the news will be dominated by the hostages released from Israel and Gaza. Now you might be thinking - hold on, what hostages were released in Israel?
Well, let's talk about the hostages taken by Israel."

#MediaLiteracy #Gaza #EmilyWrites

www.emilywrites.co.nz/the-media-li...
The media literacy game
There's a game that my children do not like, but I insist we play it. We have talked before about manufacturing consent for genocide in our media - this post is an extension of that. So, let's play....
www.emilywrites.co.nz
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Katzcribe @katzcribe.bsky.social · 1d
Replace the entire curriculum of English Lit with a selection of Terry Pratchett novels and you'll achieve the same education with infinitely more entertaining reads.
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Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
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Peter Beaumont @petersbeaumont1.bsky.social · 2d
If you've never been to Gaza, you won't appreciate what the yellow line means. Basically Israel now holds most of Gaza's small but important agricultural land. Continued Israeli occupation, which I judge the likely outcome, makes Gaza even more unliveable and more dependent on outside goods.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 2d
Gaza Strip: Israeli army has withdrawn to the 'yellow line'

AFP Infographic with map of the Gaza Strip showing the 'yellow line' where the Israeli army has withdrawn its forces as of October 10, according to US envoy Steve Witkoff
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Andrew Orton @andreworton.bsky.social · 2d
The death of multi-camera TV: a thread. I know most of you will know the technical parts of this (and may have read it in the other place) but bear with me. 1/ 🧵
A shot from the studio rehearsal of Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan episode 'Volcano', showing several actors ont he TARDIS set, with various video cameras around the scene.
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Marsden @marsdennz.bsky.social · 2d
I /feel/ this, & also how after a while you learn to hate the way some people (mis)use "resilient" as a positive framing to avoid looking at the bigger picture; /why/ has this [person/system] needed to be (short term) resilient, and how can [they/it] be better supported going forward. Best wishes :(
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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 3d
“More than half of the work done by women in the period between the 16th and 18th centuries took place outside of the home, and around half of all housework and three-quarters of care work was conducted professionally for other households” [England]

phys.org/news/2025-10...
A woman's place was not in the home: Challenging the assumptions about women's work in early modern history
New research has revealed that women played a fundamental role in the development of England's national economy before 1700.
phys.org
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50 Jenna Ipcar Fans Can’t Be Wrong! @ipcar.bsky.social · Nov 26
At the bank I was told "pick your four digit pincode but it can't be a year." "Aren't they all years?" I asked. We sat in silence for a bit.
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Iris Meredith @iris-meredith.bsky.social · 2d
Honestly, the big point here isn't the individuals at the top: you're always going to get some messsed-up people. The goal of humanities education for tech types is to cut down on these peoples' support base, and I think it *can* be good at that.
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brasidas @brasidas.bsky.social · 2d
Anyone who claims that Silicon Valley would be better with more humanities education has to grapple with the fact that Peter Thiel was a philosophy major.
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Duncan Webb MP @duncanwebbmp.bsky.social · 2d
Christchurch City Mission needs our help! They provide 1600 Christmas food parcels for families and people in need through December, but they need boxes! 📦📦📦
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Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 3d
Regime gives next government permission to radically revise climate targets and finally make farmers pay their way, like everybody else does.
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Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 3d
National-led government betting on foreign interests being as gullible as NZers about farmers spurning climate responsibility.
Government lowers methane target, rules out methane taxes
The government is lowering its biogenic methane target for the next 25 years, a move welcomed by the industry but opposed by the Greens and environmental activists.
www.rnz.co.nz
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Marsden @marsdennz.bsky.social · 3d
I have now doubled this number myself. Be a shame if it multiplied farther...

"Glory, glory, ribbit ribbit!
Glory, glory, ribbit ribbit!
Glory, glory, ribbit ribbit!
As they go hopping on!"

#frogs #Ranapublic #portland

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Marsden @marsdennz.bsky.social · 3d
Apropos, I can only find "The Battle Hymn of the Ranapublic" (John Boardman) lyrics online on one solitary page.

"Mine ears have heard the croaking of the Giant Barded Frogs.
They are swimming through the marshes, they are leaping over logs.
..."

#Ranapublic #frogs

www.mummu.fi/poetry
POETRY | mummu.fi
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Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · 5d
Attempting to deal with the 'digital dark age' 📜 - interesting project linked to the Hawking collection at Cambridge #histSTM
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joshuatj @joshuatj.digipres.club.ap.brid.gy · 5d
Woohoo! Great #digipres story @makethecatwise
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20251009-rescuing-knowledge-trapped-on-old-floppy-disks
A digital dark age? The people rescuing forgotten knowledge trapped on old floppy disks
From lectures by Stephen Hawking to the letters of British politician Neil Kinnock – it's a race against time to save the historical treasures locked away on old floppy disks.
www.bbc.com
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Stephanie... In New Zealand @bootstheory.bsky.social · 5d
Utterly smashing piece
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The Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social · 5d
Nation upset at the inevitable result of its own actions
Nation upset at the inevitable result of its own actions
Step one: push people out of work and onto the streets. Step two: get mad at people being out of work or on the streets...
thespinoff.co.nz
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Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 5d
As I've said before, FDA recalls are broad for even the suspicion of contamination. This is what they're supposed to do and it's a thankless task. The goal isn't to terrify people, but you need those things off the shelf.

I'm glad Paris put this round up together for folks. Been waiting for it.
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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 5d
after the 10th radioactive shrimp recall in 7 weeks, i decided to do some digging

little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
What Is Really Going on With All This Radioactive Shrimp? - Consumer Reports
Here’s the latest on how shrimp and spices got contaminated with cesium-137, how the FDA has responded, and why consumers should not panic.
www.consumerreports.org
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Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.bsky.social · 5d
If this ceasefire happens - and I hope it does - Western media will talk about 'peace'. This will be inaccurate. What they will mean is 'quiet', a reversion to the background level of violence that Palestinians have faced for decades. Peace can only come with the end of the occupation and apartheid.
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Living Safely With Covid @covidsafenz.bsky.social · 5d
#LongCovid “No one is immune to this”

Offered rest home care at 24: the lonely plight of formerly healthy young Kiwis suffering with long Covid

The pandemic never ended, and we're all living proof of that.

www.1news.co.nz/2025/10/10/o...
Offered rest home care at 24: the lonely plight of young Kiwis with long Covid
A group of young Kiwis prove what international studies show: that long Covid has a particularly debilitating effect on young people. But how much medical support is there for them?
www.1news.co.nz
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Marsden @marsdennz.bsky.social · 6d
My timeline is overdue for a kitty update.

#CatsOfBluesky #Caturday #BlackAndWhiteCats
A young black and white cat loafing on the back of a couch. He is looking directly at the camera and the flash has made his eyes appear as almost solid orbs of gold. A small bell and a heart-shaped purple tag can be seen hanging from his collar. A young black and white cat somehow still managing to loaf small enough to fit in the hollow atop a doughnut-shaped cat tunnel. She is looking off camera to the right and the distinctive black spot on her muzzle is clearly visible.
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LostArcNZ @lostarcnz.bsky.social · 6d
Was reminded both on TV and earlier by my wife that it was protests outside politician's homes that stopped the Dawn Raids. With our politicians increasingly curating where they are available, I am unsure how I feel about it being a criminal act to protest outside someone's home.
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Jordan Rivers @jordanriversnz.bsky.social · 7d
Just for clarity, the unemployment numbers under this government may look terrible, but keep in mind, Luxon has driven tens of thousands of Kiwis overseas as well, so its actually far worse. These numbers are just the ones that couldnt leave.
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Marsden @marsdennz.bsky.social · 7d
"So, if coding as such is insubstantial to the extent that, much like writing, it only becomes relevant in the context of other things, what the hell is "tech"? And why do "tech" and "the tech industry" even things that we have to define and talk about in the first instance?"

#Tech #Culture
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