Zooey Neumann
@zoomoo.bsky.social
Lost in the woods. Still hopeful 💚 Greenie, West Aucklander, immigrant
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Love being governed by people with absolutely no principles or overarching theories other than 'Retain power for ourselves and rich get richer'
November 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Love being governed by people with absolutely no principles or overarching theories other than 'Retain power for ourselves and rich get richer'
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
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This is a power grab. Shane Jones wants to reduce any hurdles - such as regional councils rejecting resource consents - to mining.
Don't let them take our democratic rights away without any opposition.
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
Don't let them take our democratic rights away without any opposition.
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
‘Major shake up’: Regional councils believed to be on the chopping block
Regional councillors are expecting a major announcement about the future for regional councils.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
This is a power grab. Shane Jones wants to reduce any hurdles - such as regional councils rejecting resource consents - to mining.
Don't let them take our democratic rights away without any opposition.
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
Don't let them take our democratic rights away without any opposition.
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
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He's also banned te tino rangatiratanga messages.
Suits and ties, which convey a political message of rich white people rule" are of course not banned.
Suits and ties, which convey a political message of rich white people rule" are of course not banned.
November 20, 2025 at 2:06 AM
He's also banned te tino rangatiratanga messages.
Suits and ties, which convey a political message of rich white people rule" are of course not banned.
Suits and ties, which convey a political message of rich white people rule" are of course not banned.
Read the whole thread, fascinating and bad :(
We’re watching a shift where AI simulates the cohesion and reinforcement that used to require an entire online community. A single person can now build a complete parallel reality with nothing more than a prompt window. Which seems bad.
November 19, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Read the whole thread, fascinating and bad :(
A little boy just walked by, with bare feet, mud up his legs, a fishing rod and a sizeable fish in his hand? In Te Atatū? Is this ... wholesome???
November 19, 2025 at 4:49 AM
A little boy just walked by, with bare feet, mud up his legs, a fishing rod and a sizeable fish in his hand? In Te Atatū? Is this ... wholesome???
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This is just fucking embarrassing. In just 2 years they have destroyed our once impeccable reputation & made us the official dickhead nation of the world. 🌍🤦♀️ #nzpol #OneTermGovernment
If only NZ was as ambitious as... any country other than Iceland.
November 19, 2025 at 3:44 AM
This is just fucking embarrassing. In just 2 years they have destroyed our once impeccable reputation & made us the official dickhead nation of the world. 🌍🤦♀️ #nzpol #OneTermGovernment
No. More. Motorways ✊️
Hard choices lie ahead, Bishop says, as he explains funding the $56 billion in motorways promised by the Government would require a nearly 50c per litre lift in petrol taxes.
Transport Minister Chris Bishop says funding $56b in roads a 'challenge'
Hard choices lie ahead, Bishop says, as he explains funding the $56 billion in motorways promised by the Government would require a nearly 50c per litre lift in petrol taxes.
dlvr.it
November 19, 2025 at 4:07 AM
No. More. Motorways ✊️
It me 💔
So many big things to freak out about, but don’t forget to freak out about the little things too
November 19, 2025 at 3:47 AM
It me 💔
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November 19, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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A horrendous report on ABC radio from a Brisbane doctor doing a second tour in Gaza with Medecins sans Frontières. She says the ceasefire is in name only, the genocide continues and the deprivation of basic food, shelter and resources means even the injured haven’t what the need to heal.
November 18, 2025 at 7:31 AM
A horrendous report on ABC radio from a Brisbane doctor doing a second tour in Gaza with Medecins sans Frontières. She says the ceasefire is in name only, the genocide continues and the deprivation of basic food, shelter and resources means even the injured haven’t what the need to heal.
Great picture, he looks like Cleon, somewhere between Day and Dusk!
Labour selects Dr Gary Payinda to take on former Health Minister Dr Shane Reti
Labour selects Dr Gary Payinda to take on former Health Minister Dr Shane Reti
A high-profile emergency doctor has been selected to stand for the Labour Party against former Health Minister Dr Shane Reti.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 18, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Great picture, he looks like Cleon, somewhere between Day and Dusk!
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I hope the many disastrous economic crises looming on the horizon all happen at once and this happens
November 17, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I hope the many disastrous economic crises looming on the horizon all happen at once and this happens
The government of bad ideas :(
I looked into importing gas (LNG) as a solution to our energy woes, and almost no one except the domestic gas industry thinks it’s a good idea.
So why why is a “last-resort” fuel suddenly the centrepiece of our energy plan?
🔗 www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
So why why is a “last-resort” fuel suddenly the centrepiece of our energy plan?
🔗 www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
The fuel of ‘last resort’: How imported gas became New Zealand’s first choice
It's expensive, vulnerable to price shocks and terrible for the planet. So why are we importing gas?
www.rnz.co.nz
November 17, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The government of bad ideas :(
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We already have the technology to slow (& ideally reverse) climate change. We don’t need to sit around with our fingers crossed waiting for the tech bros. We just NEED TO DO IT. Electrify everything. Build already-consented solar & wind renewable farms. Stop subsidising fossil fuel. No more coal.
November 17, 2025 at 7:27 AM
We already have the technology to slow (& ideally reverse) climate change. We don’t need to sit around with our fingers crossed waiting for the tech bros. We just NEED TO DO IT. Electrify everything. Build already-consented solar & wind renewable farms. Stop subsidising fossil fuel. No more coal.
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Hey the Nazis did this to my grandparents so this sounds cool @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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The dolphins are getting Alzheimer’s from algae blooms
caused by warming waters and toxic runoff
and you could see the bloodstains in Sudan
from space.
The cobalt is mined by children
and the music is made by robots
and the grownups are wondering
where the fireflies went.
caused by warming waters and toxic runoff
and you could see the bloodstains in Sudan
from space.
The cobalt is mined by children
and the music is made by robots
and the grownups are wondering
where the fireflies went.
November 17, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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Affordability politics is also environmental politics. They work hand-in-hand. The cost of living is a core Green issue 💚
Transportation costs are the second largest burden on American family budgets (17%), after housing (33%)!
To address the affordability crisis, we must create cities with abundant housing of all types (subsidized, social, coop, market rate) and make walking, biking, and taking transit convenient.
To address the affordability crisis, we must create cities with abundant housing of all types (subsidized, social, coop, market rate) and make walking, biking, and taking transit convenient.
November 15, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Affordability politics is also environmental politics. They work hand-in-hand. The cost of living is a core Green issue 💚
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![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
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That means that if we'd followed the 2023 policy track, we could have avoided over $1 billion in offshore mitigation to meet New Zealand's 2030 Paris Agreement NDC (>20Mt at say ~$NZ50/t). /ends
November 13, 2025 at 7:35 AM
That means that if we'd followed the 2023 policy track, we could have avoided over $1 billion in offshore mitigation to meet New Zealand's 2030 Paris Agreement NDC (>20Mt at say ~$NZ50/t). /ends
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Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
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I must prove to them that their own inner voice — the one we’re honing all semester — is more trustworthy than AI.
It’s a project of connecting students w/ their own humanity. Building & trusting their own muscles to run & dance when hopping in the AI golf cart seems not just easier, but *smarter.*
It’s a project of connecting students w/ their own humanity. Building & trusting their own muscles to run & dance when hopping in the AI golf cart seems not just easier, but *smarter.*
November 13, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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Not sure I want to order a Christmas food box this year, but I would be keen for just the sachets and sauces! Hm...
November 12, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Not sure I want to order a Christmas food box this year, but I would be keen for just the sachets and sauces! Hm...
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To me, this is one of the key aspects of generative AI's broader environmental, social and climate harm: it cannot exist in an efficient, lean and narrowly applied way.
It only ever looks like it "works" when it's brute-forced: just like Bitcoin. The harm is baked into its characteristics.
It only ever looks like it "works" when it's brute-forced: just like Bitcoin. The harm is baked into its characteristics.
Artificial Intelligence Wants to Sell You Stuff While the World Burns
Meta is betting on generative AI for a new generation of aggressive advertising. It requires immense energy, much of which will likely come from fossil fuels.
newrepublic.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
To me, this is one of the key aspects of generative AI's broader environmental, social and climate harm: it cannot exist in an efficient, lean and narrowly applied way.
It only ever looks like it "works" when it's brute-forced: just like Bitcoin. The harm is baked into its characteristics.
It only ever looks like it "works" when it's brute-forced: just like Bitcoin. The harm is baked into its characteristics.
This!!!
At what point do we publicly accept that NZ is deeply corrupt and the only reason why we don’t have a culture of direct payoffs and bribery (that we cite as the evidence for us not being corrupt) is because it’s not needed? The boys club gets what it wants through people playing their social roles.
November 11, 2025 at 5:38 AM
This!!!