Ben Reid
@ben-r.bsky.social
Human+AI holobiont at the edge of the world 🧠📈🌌 Upgrading the future @memia.bsky.social 🌱/acc 📚Author ⏩🇳🇿Fast Forward Aotearoa https://ffwd.nz 🌐🌏Location: post-meta-Ōtautahi, Aotearoa
Woke up this morning...
March 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Woke up this morning...
Playful pod of dolphins accompanying the Bluebridge Te Moana-o-Raukawa ferry just off Miramar this morning 🐬🐬🐬
February 16, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Playful pod of dolphins accompanying the Bluebridge Te Moana-o-Raukawa ferry just off Miramar this morning 🐬🐬🐬
Not enough taxes, unfortunately. (See www.stats.govt.nz/tools/intera...)
December 9, 2024 at 12:31 AM
Not enough taxes, unfortunately. (See www.stats.govt.nz/tools/intera...)
AI in 2024 be like...
December 7, 2024 at 10:29 PM
AI in 2024 be like...
Spotted in #TeWhanganuiATara #Aotearoa. Class.
December 5, 2024 at 5:50 AM
Spotted in #TeWhanganuiATara #Aotearoa. Class.
OMG can't wait for the whole series... #nzpol (credit @cv_nicks over on X) twitter.com/cv_nicks/sta...
April 25, 2024 at 8:23 PM
OMG can't wait for the whole series... #nzpol (credit @cv_nicks over on X) twitter.com/cv_nicks/sta...
The beautiful mess that is my exocortex after >3 years of daily @roamresearch use (daily notes pages omitted)
January 19, 2024 at 10:18 PM
The beautiful mess that is my exocortex after >3 years of daily @roamresearch use (daily notes pages omitted)
Verity Johnson on 🔥in Stuff this morning: This isn't the honeymoon period, it's the morning after.🤣 #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...
December 6, 2023 at 12:26 AM
Verity Johnson on 🔥in Stuff this morning: This isn't the honeymoon period, it's the morning after.🤣 #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...
Looking forward to the announcement on means-tested Super any day now...
November 24, 2023 at 8:59 PM
Looking forward to the announcement on means-tested Super any day now...
In The Press/Te Matatika letters today... a "grand coalition" wouldn't be an unwelcome outcome of the current 3-way shitfest. (Opportunity is still there for the taking by the Greens, too). Otherwise back to the polls when money will talk even louder... www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3501... #nzpol
November 18, 2023 at 3:42 AM
In The Press/Te Matatika letters today... a "grand coalition" wouldn't be an unwelcome outcome of the current 3-way shitfest. (Opportunity is still there for the taking by the Greens, too). Otherwise back to the polls when money will talk even louder... www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3501... #nzpol
A tough election night for TOP. It was always a long shot on limited resources - congratulations to the TOP team on a high quality campaign.
Impact is measured in other ways than seats in Parliament. TOP has shifted the Overton Window towards Aotearoa's future in an uncertain world. Ka pai! #nzpol
Impact is measured in other ways than seats in Parliament. TOP has shifted the Overton Window towards Aotearoa's future in an uncertain world. Ka pai! #nzpol
October 15, 2023 at 2:20 AM
A tough election night for TOP. It was always a long shot on limited resources - congratulations to the TOP team on a high quality campaign.
Impact is measured in other ways than seats in Parliament. TOP has shifted the Overton Window towards Aotearoa's future in an uncertain world. Ka pai! #nzpol
Impact is measured in other ways than seats in Parliament. TOP has shifted the Overton Window towards Aotearoa's future in an uncertain world. Ka pai! #nzpol
Last TOP stan post from me before election day. (Thanks for putting up with me in your feed for the last month...this has been important to me🙏).
Huge kudos @RafManji + 🔝team for a relentlessly positive campaign and *actually* providing a Fresh Voice. Good luck for tomorrow!! #nzpol
Huge kudos @RafManji + 🔝team for a relentlessly positive campaign and *actually* providing a Fresh Voice. Good luck for tomorrow!! #nzpol
October 13, 2023 at 9:52 AM
Last TOP stan post from me before election day. (Thanks for putting up with me in your feed for the last month...this has been important to me🙏).
Huge kudos @RafManji + 🔝team for a relentlessly positive campaign and *actually* providing a Fresh Voice. Good luck for tomorrow!! #nzpol
Huge kudos @RafManji + 🔝team for a relentlessly positive campaign and *actually* providing a Fresh Voice. Good luck for tomorrow!! #nzpol
An oldie but a goodie...
October 8, 2023 at 5:08 AM
An oldie but a goodie...
Today's maths lesson: Ilam voters have SUPERPOWERS! #nzpol www.thepress.co.nz/a/nz-news/35...
October 6, 2023 at 6:36 PM
Today's maths lesson: Ilam voters have SUPERPOWERS! #nzpol www.thepress.co.nz/a/nz-news/35...
Woot🥳 TOP nearly above 3% in latest Curia/TPU poll taken this week. Ilam + 4 MPs here we come!📈 #nzpol
October 6, 2023 at 8:55 AM
Woot🥳 TOP nearly above 3% in latest Curia/TPU poll taken this week. Ilam + 4 MPs here we come!📈 #nzpol
Memia 2023.39 just out: "Oh wow" moments in real- and virtual- reality. Plus all the latest AI news, hydrogen-powered planes and living long enough to live forever. memia.substack.com/p/202339-gen...
October 3, 2023 at 7:02 PM
Memia 2023.39 just out: "Oh wow" moments in real- and virtual- reality. Plus all the latest AI news, hydrogen-powered planes and living long enough to live forever. memia.substack.com/p/202339-gen...
Yep for definite. Put simply, TOP have the fairest and most future-facing policy platform of any of the parties IMO — with a promise to work constructively across Parliament if they get in. PLUS Raf Manji is an outstanding human being and the kind of politician I want in Parliament next term.
October 3, 2023 at 7:39 AM
Yep for definite. Put simply, TOP have the fairest and most future-facing policy platform of any of the parties IMO — with a promise to work constructively across Parliament if they get in. PLUS Raf Manji is an outstanding human being and the kind of politician I want in Parliament next term.
Everything you really need to know about this election. h/t
@KiwiFarah #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
@KiwiFarah #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
October 3, 2023 at 3:44 AM
Everything you really need to know about this election. h/t
@KiwiFarah #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
@KiwiFarah #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
2/2
Thu 5 Oct, 2:30pm - 3:30pm - LB & Co.
Thu 5 Oct, 5pm - 6:30pm - Aikmans Bar & Eatery
Tue 10 Oct, 10:30am - 11:30am - Daydream Cafe.
Drop in!
Ilam, you can make it happen.
#votesmart #nzpol @rafmanji @top_nz
Thu 5 Oct, 2:30pm - 3:30pm - LB & Co.
Thu 5 Oct, 5pm - 6:30pm - Aikmans Bar & Eatery
Tue 10 Oct, 10:30am - 11:30am - Daydream Cafe.
Drop in!
Ilam, you can make it happen.
#votesmart #nzpol @rafmanji @top_nz
October 3, 2023 at 3:12 AM
2/2
Thu 5 Oct, 2:30pm - 3:30pm - LB & Co.
Thu 5 Oct, 5pm - 6:30pm - Aikmans Bar & Eatery
Tue 10 Oct, 10:30am - 11:30am - Daydream Cafe.
Drop in!
Ilam, you can make it happen.
#votesmart #nzpol @rafmanji @top_nz
Thu 5 Oct, 2:30pm - 3:30pm - LB & Co.
Thu 5 Oct, 5pm - 6:30pm - Aikmans Bar & Eatery
Tue 10 Oct, 10:30am - 11:30am - Daydream Cafe.
Drop in!
Ilam, you can make it happen.
#votesmart #nzpol @rafmanji @top_nz
1/2 For Green, Lab and Nat voters in Ilam still thinking about voting strategically (esp. to keep Winston Peters out of govt!): TOP's Raf Manji is holding pub and coffee drop-ins before the election to talk through the numbers:
Wed 4 Oct (tomorrow), 5 - 6:30 - Misceo Cafe and Bar
...
#nzpol
Wed 4 Oct (tomorrow), 5 - 6:30 - Misceo Cafe and Bar
...
#nzpol
October 3, 2023 at 3:10 AM
1/2 For Green, Lab and Nat voters in Ilam still thinking about voting strategically (esp. to keep Winston Peters out of govt!): TOP's Raf Manji is holding pub and coffee drop-ins before the election to talk through the numbers:
Wed 4 Oct (tomorrow), 5 - 6:30 - Misceo Cafe and Bar
...
#nzpol
Wed 4 Oct (tomorrow), 5 - 6:30 - Misceo Cafe and Bar
...
#nzpol