Michael Moffatt
@moff.tech
NZ born and raised but not resident there. Currently trying to make sense of what’s happening in my homeland! IT network engineer.
@jubilife.bsky.social let me know if you head over to another platform! We’ll miss you!
September 21, 2025 at 11:46 AM
@jubilife.bsky.social let me know if you head over to another platform! We’ll miss you!
The cancellation of Kimmel I have to say came as quite a shock not just because of the banal and specious reasons, but because the networks are falling quickly in line with a regime. The fall of democracy enabled by a series of business decisions.
When freedom is under fire you can count on me to ramble and mutter incoherently.
September 18, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The cancellation of Kimmel I have to say came as quite a shock not just because of the banal and specious reasons, but because the networks are falling quickly in line with a regime. The fall of democracy enabled by a series of business decisions.
I’ve always wanted a Brompton and had no idea the company was around so long. I’ve filled that hole in my life with Moulton bikes which are not actually folding bikes. The only thing I’ve folded on my Moultons is bones.
Thanks to a design that remains largely unchanged in 50 years, even vintage examples of the original iconic folding bike can be made fit for the 21st century. www.wired.com/story/a-brom...
A Brompton Reborn: How to Future-Proof a Decades-Old Foldable Bike
Thanks to a design that remains largely unchanged in 50 years, even vintage examples of the original iconic folding bike can be made fit for the 21st century.
www.wired.com
August 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I’ve always wanted a Brompton and had no idea the company was around so long. I’ve filled that hole in my life with Moulton bikes which are not actually folding bikes. The only thing I’ve folded on my Moultons is bones.
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Thanks to a design that remains largely unchanged in 50 years, even vintage examples of the original iconic folding bike can be made fit for the 21st century. www.wired.com/story/a-brom...
A Brompton Reborn: How to Future-Proof a Decades-Old Foldable Bike
Thanks to a design that remains largely unchanged in 50 years, even vintage examples of the original iconic folding bike can be made fit for the 21st century.
www.wired.com
August 21, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Thanks to a design that remains largely unchanged in 50 years, even vintage examples of the original iconic folding bike can be made fit for the 21st century. www.wired.com/story/a-brom...
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Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all:
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
August 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all:
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
Udo Kier in Flesh for Frankenstein (1973) delivered the greatest death scene I’ve ever seen. Absurd, grotesque, hilarious. @filmmuseummunich.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Udo Kier in Flesh for Frankenstein (1973) delivered the greatest death scene I’ve ever seen. Absurd, grotesque, hilarious. @filmmuseummunich.bsky.social
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Tama Potaka helped throw whānau onto the street then shrugs it off like it’s not his doing.
You didn’t just cut emergency housing. You condemned people to sleep in cars, alleys, and shopfronts.
This is what state violence looks like, against the vulnerable.
#nzpol #HousingCrisis #ManaakiWhānau
You didn’t just cut emergency housing. You condemned people to sleep in cars, alleys, and shopfronts.
This is what state violence looks like, against the vulnerable.
#nzpol #HousingCrisis #ManaakiWhānau
Homelessness increase not necessarily due to government policy changes - minister
Tama Potaka says victims of sexual or domestic violence should not be turned away from emergency housing.
www.rnz.co.nz
June 16, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Tama Potaka helped throw whānau onto the street then shrugs it off like it’s not his doing.
You didn’t just cut emergency housing. You condemned people to sleep in cars, alleys, and shopfronts.
This is what state violence looks like, against the vulnerable.
#nzpol #HousingCrisis #ManaakiWhānau
You didn’t just cut emergency housing. You condemned people to sleep in cars, alleys, and shopfronts.
This is what state violence looks like, against the vulnerable.
#nzpol #HousingCrisis #ManaakiWhānau
RIP Douglas McCarthy. I was lucky enough to see Nitzer Ebb up close last year at WGT. Full on energy.
June 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
RIP Douglas McCarthy. I was lucky enough to see Nitzer Ebb up close last year at WGT. Full on energy.
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The Wireshark Foundation proudly announces the official Wireshark Certified Analyst (WCA) certification! The WCA is designed so you stand out as a technical engineering powerhouse in the crowded field of IT Professionals.
Learn more: www.wireshark.org/blog/2025-06...
#Wireshark #WCA
Learn more: www.wireshark.org/blog/2025-06...
#Wireshark #WCA
June 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The Wireshark Foundation proudly announces the official Wireshark Certified Analyst (WCA) certification! The WCA is designed so you stand out as a technical engineering powerhouse in the crowded field of IT Professionals.
Learn more: www.wireshark.org/blog/2025-06...
#Wireshark #WCA
Learn more: www.wireshark.org/blog/2025-06...
#Wireshark #WCA
Today I joined the legion of systemd (for Linux) haters. The struggle to get networking up reliably on a raspberry pi was real.
May 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Today I joined the legion of systemd (for Linux) haters. The struggle to get networking up reliably on a raspberry pi was real.
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Automatic skeets of the day's shows will start tomorrow. It might be a lumpy start, so please bear with us if a few mangled or missing skeets happen! On average this account will generate 2 skeets (plus possible sub-comments) a day.
May 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Automatic skeets of the day's shows will start tomorrow. It might be a lumpy start, so please bear with us if a few mangled or missing skeets happen! On average this account will generate 2 skeets (plus possible sub-comments) a day.
Some days it’s quiet here and I like that.
May 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Some days it’s quiet here and I like that.
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Deeply concerning that Israeli Govt has determined to conquer #Gaza & occupy it militarily. What of the hostages? What of humanitarian relief for a starving population? What of a peace process to end the deadly cycle of violence? Why is world just watching? www.cnn.com/2025/05/05/m...
Netanyahu vows to relocate Gaza’s population after security cabinet approves plan to ‘conquer’ the enclave | CNN
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the population of Gaza will be displaced to the south after his security cabinet approved an expanded military operation in the enclave that a minister d...
www.cnn.com
May 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Deeply concerning that Israeli Govt has determined to conquer #Gaza & occupy it militarily. What of the hostages? What of humanitarian relief for a starving population? What of a peace process to end the deadly cycle of violence? Why is world just watching? www.cnn.com/2025/05/05/m...
I wonder whether the people who hate on Substack have taken the time there to read (or even find) the content written by journalists and commentators who write well informed content about topics those haters care about.
May 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I wonder whether the people who hate on Substack have taken the time there to read (or even find) the content written by journalists and commentators who write well informed content about topics those haters care about.
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The Govt cutting $1 billion from the Budget’s operating allowance, framing it as “responsible” & “essential spending only.”
Austerity always hits Māori and working-class communities hardest
Would love to hear your whakaaro. What do you think, whānau?
#NZpol
Austerity always hits Māori and working-class communities hardest
Would love to hear your whakaaro. What do you think, whānau?
#NZpol
$1b cut to operating allowance coming in Budget, Nicola Willis says
The government is halving its operating allowance and has confirmed plans for a charities tax are being pushed back a year.
www.rnz.co.nz
April 29, 2025 at 12:23 AM
The Govt cutting $1 billion from the Budget’s operating allowance, framing it as “responsible” & “essential spending only.”
Austerity always hits Māori and working-class communities hardest
Would love to hear your whakaaro. What do you think, whānau?
#NZpol
Austerity always hits Māori and working-class communities hardest
Would love to hear your whakaaro. What do you think, whānau?
#NZpol
I’m not particularly invested in the movie, but the “A Minecraft Movie Live Event“ for Bedrock Edition is really well done. Runs for another 8 days: www.minecraft.net/en-us/articl...
March 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I’m not particularly invested in the movie, but the “A Minecraft Movie Live Event“ for Bedrock Edition is really well done. Runs for another 8 days: www.minecraft.net/en-us/articl...
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Yesterday I was told that even though my kōtiro now qualifies for NASC, we would not be able to access any supports because the funding body has completely run out of cash. I needed to do something productive instead of spiral so I wrote. kahukurascout.substack.com/p/at-least-o...
At least one large disability support provider has completely run out of funding to provide support to autistic people.
"I'll tell you right now, you're not getting anything"
kahukurascout.substack.com
March 27, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Yesterday I was told that even though my kōtiro now qualifies for NASC, we would not be able to access any supports because the funding body has completely run out of cash. I needed to do something productive instead of spiral so I wrote. kahukurascout.substack.com/p/at-least-o...
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Yo has MFAT updated its travel advisory yet
March 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Yo has MFAT updated its travel advisory yet
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Disability is not the Olympics. Please don't ever use who I am, my disabilities, and what I have "overcome" to disqualify them from having their needs met. All people with disabilities are different. Speaking for myself, I don't ever want someone to use me to invalidate someone else.
March 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Disability is not the Olympics. Please don't ever use who I am, my disabilities, and what I have "overcome" to disqualify them from having their needs met. All people with disabilities are different. Speaking for myself, I don't ever want someone to use me to invalidate someone else.
The New Zealand Free Speech Union struggles once again to understand the country and how the the Internet works (mostly chewing gum and lollipop sticks). Fellow old white people, Te Tiriti o Waitangi is our cultural landmark and an equality touchstone; don't turn your hate into a culture war.
Censorship fears over revamp of InternetNZ's constitution
Opponents of a review of InternetNZ's constitution are planning a takeover, saying the not-for profit is setting itself up as internet judge and jury.
www.rnz.co.nz
March 6, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The New Zealand Free Speech Union struggles once again to understand the country and how the the Internet works (mostly chewing gum and lollipop sticks). Fellow old white people, Te Tiriti o Waitangi is our cultural landmark and an equality touchstone; don't turn your hate into a culture war.
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George Lowe has passed away. Lowe was the voice of Space Ghost in countless projects starting with 1994's Space Ghost Coast To Coast.
He carries these two promos for C2C's fifth season, as a narcissistic host musing on the perils of celebrity.
Original by MoviesCool93 - youtu.be/viwc-GggE6c?...
He carries these two promos for C2C's fifth season, as a narcissistic host musing on the perils of celebrity.
Original by MoviesCool93 - youtu.be/viwc-GggE6c?...
March 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
George Lowe has passed away. Lowe was the voice of Space Ghost in countless projects starting with 1994's Space Ghost Coast To Coast.
He carries these two promos for C2C's fifth season, as a narcissistic host musing on the perils of celebrity.
Original by MoviesCool93 - youtu.be/viwc-GggE6c?...
He carries these two promos for C2C's fifth season, as a narcissistic host musing on the perils of celebrity.
Original by MoviesCool93 - youtu.be/viwc-GggE6c?...
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NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
March 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
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Research: Protected bike lanes result in approximate doubling of number of users in a network link. Roughly twice as many women as men become new users of a link when protected infrastructure is installed.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
February 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Research: Protected bike lanes result in approximate doubling of number of users in a network link. Roughly twice as many women as men become new users of a link when protected infrastructure is installed.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
If you block Bluesky followers for the sin of offering a counter or more nuanced opinion then you’re only interested in conformational bias. Plus you’re going to lose impressions and engagement, but whatever, you do you.
February 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
If you block Bluesky followers for the sin of offering a counter or more nuanced opinion then you’re only interested in conformational bias. Plus you’re going to lose impressions and engagement, but whatever, you do you.
The proposed $880 billion cut to US health care leads to mass deaths particularly the disabled. I hadn’t heard of it until last night via @stevenspohn.bsky.social. It has the hallmarks of eugenics policy making. A democratic country that now considers the vulnerable as grifters.
February 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The proposed $880 billion cut to US health care leads to mass deaths particularly the disabled. I hadn’t heard of it until last night via @stevenspohn.bsky.social. It has the hallmarks of eugenics policy making. A democratic country that now considers the vulnerable as grifters.