Sage Anastasi
@sageanastasi.bsky.social
Pākehā, dream avatar of gender magic. PhD student working on political & social polarisation, trying to make data scientists read Laclau. Opinions mine. he/him 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 Mastodon, where I am not active but there are DMs: @[email protected]
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Sage Anastasi
@sageanastasi.bsky.social
· Jul 28
Auckland Star 16 April 1960, page 1
Oh Mr Nash by Tom Lehrer
When the early missionaries first brought Rugby to New Zealand,
It became the state religion right away,
And to the ten commandments has been added an eleventh,
And it says: No matter what -- thou shalt play!
dmdb.org/lehrer/lehre...
Bringing this back for today. What an honour to have Tom Lehrer rock up to our little country, ask what civil rights issues were going on (the All Blacks' upcoming tour of Apartheid South Africa), and then immediately write a song about it.
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It's quite frustrating that loads of people who I generally agree with are shrugging at this saying other countries don't have juries and it's like, yes, they don't, but they do have other safeguards that we *don't* have (like, for example, allowing judges a lot more freedom to set token sentences)
November 26, 2025 at 9:42 AM
It's quite frustrating that loads of people who I generally agree with are shrugging at this saying other countries don't have juries and it's like, yes, they don't, but they do have other safeguards that we *don't* have (like, for example, allowing judges a lot more freedom to set token sentences)
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Observe your striving. Is it born of wisdom, or clinging? Offer yourself—and all beings—a moment of ease from effort. Rest. It is a worthy practice.
November 26, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Observe your striving. Is it born of wisdom, or clinging? Offer yourself—and all beings—a moment of ease from effort. Rest. It is a worthy practice.
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One of the best things you can learn to say is "I don't know" or "I haven't tried it." Remain curious and open and make sure your opinions are *yours.*
That's really hard to do in a world designed to tell you how to feel about everything, but goddamn is it crucial to like... being a person.
That's really hard to do in a world designed to tell you how to feel about everything, but goddamn is it crucial to like... being a person.
November 23, 2025 at 5:27 AM
One of the best things you can learn to say is "I don't know" or "I haven't tried it." Remain curious and open and make sure your opinions are *yours.*
That's really hard to do in a world designed to tell you how to feel about everything, but goddamn is it crucial to like... being a person.
That's really hard to do in a world designed to tell you how to feel about everything, but goddamn is it crucial to like... being a person.
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"It was this year that we found two new populations so it's been quite an amazing year for us."
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Fish thought to be lost from Auckland's wetlands found after decade of searching
The black mudfish hadn't been seen in Auckland's wetlands since 2014 - but that all changes a couple of months ago.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 8:09 AM
"It was this year that we found two new populations so it's been quite an amazing year for us."
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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I think it's become more neutral but this reads a bit like walking into an Australian outback pub and going "so, gents, you still all pooftahs in here or have some of you stopped mincing about".
You know what's going to happen, I have to assume you want what's going to happen, you can't complain.
You know what's going to happen, I have to assume you want what's going to happen, you can't complain.
Is this platform still massively against AI or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 8:03 AM
I think it's become more neutral but this reads a bit like walking into an Australian outback pub and going "so, gents, you still all pooftahs in here or have some of you stopped mincing about".
You know what's going to happen, I have to assume you want what's going to happen, you can't complain.
You know what's going to happen, I have to assume you want what's going to happen, you can't complain.
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the state of it, they even took their photographer out to stage a mock photo of them rocking up to a council building like they're heavies collecting rent arrears or some shit
November 26, 2025 at 6:10 AM
the state of it, they even took their photographer out to stage a mock photo of them rocking up to a council building like they're heavies collecting rent arrears or some shit
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As someone who's grown up Irish in London, the idea of trial without jury given the states historic view and behaviour towards us (as well as every other minority) is honestly terrifying.
November 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
As someone who's grown up Irish in London, the idea of trial without jury given the states historic view and behaviour towards us (as well as every other minority) is honestly terrifying.
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The banks every time the darn OCR is cut
November 26, 2025 at 7:58 AM
The banks every time the darn OCR is cut
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That means it's two years since I stopped.
I was chill with making myself broker and deader, but helping some asshole who's already loaded buy a new ute was a bridge too far, and to this minute I've saved $30,002.32
I was chill with making myself broker and deader, but helping some asshole who's already loaded buy a new ute was a bridge too far, and to this minute I've saved $30,002.32
Two years since the incoming government announced it hoped to fund the tax cuts for landlords partly by having more people smoking
November 26, 2025 at 7:10 AM
That means it's two years since I stopped.
I was chill with making myself broker and deader, but helping some asshole who's already loaded buy a new ute was a bridge too far, and to this minute I've saved $30,002.32
I was chill with making myself broker and deader, but helping some asshole who's already loaded buy a new ute was a bridge too far, and to this minute I've saved $30,002.32
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And it's that framework that will outlast any given scientific claim as we learn more about the world, so it's vital that students understand how science establishes and undoes its orthodoxies in practical ways, rather than being taught a fragile façade that will crumble once they leave school.
November 26, 2025 at 7:37 AM
And it's that framework that will outlast any given scientific claim as we learn more about the world, so it's vital that students understand how science establishes and undoes its orthodoxies in practical ways, rather than being taught a fragile façade that will crumble once they leave school.
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Science is, if done right, always changing, growing and self-correcting, but it does so in its context as a human endeavour to understand the world better. It can't be reduced to a list of atomic facts independent of history, it grows out of an evolving intellectual framework.
November 26, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Science is, if done right, always changing, growing and self-correcting, but it does so in its context as a human endeavour to understand the world better. It can't be reduced to a list of atomic facts independent of history, it grows out of an evolving intellectual framework.
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Hoggard is minister of animal welfare, where he has extended the farrow crate agony of pigs, minister of food safety, where he has weakened food safety regs, and assoc minister of enviro, where he allowed more freshwater pollution. Just a regular Federated Farmers guy. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Minister Andrew Hoggard assures PM he's following Cabinet rules after complaint
SAFE has made a complaint to the prime minister after the decision to allow the continued use of farrowing crates and mating stalls.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Hoggard is minister of animal welfare, where he has extended the farrow crate agony of pigs, minister of food safety, where he has weakened food safety regs, and assoc minister of enviro, where he allowed more freshwater pollution. Just a regular Federated Farmers guy. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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it's great that convergent evolution made sure we have the "evil muppet lurking in the swamp" niche covered on multiple continents
November 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
it's great that convergent evolution made sure we have the "evil muppet lurking in the swamp" niche covered on multiple continents
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re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
November 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
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"All lesbians are TERFs" is propaganda designed to divide the strongest allies in the spectrum of queer identities - don't fall for it.
A day without lesbians is like a day without sunshine 🌞 (IYKYK)
A day without lesbians is like a day without sunshine 🌞 (IYKYK)
Reminder that lesbians have a more positive view of trans people than trans people do
November 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"All lesbians are TERFs" is propaganda designed to divide the strongest allies in the spectrum of queer identities - don't fall for it.
A day without lesbians is like a day without sunshine 🌞 (IYKYK)
A day without lesbians is like a day without sunshine 🌞 (IYKYK)
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Comment from the University of Otago: Recording possible asbestos exposure now might be important for cancer diagnosis and ACC claims.
How ACC can cover asbestos-contaminated sand claims
newsroom.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Comment from the University of Otago: Recording possible asbestos exposure now might be important for cancer diagnosis and ACC claims.
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On top of everything, this plays *terribly* to National's base. Their politics is rooted in might-is-right, we-have-power-because-we're-better-than-you ideology and they've spent two years insisting that they are incredibly weak
Not just weak, getting-bossed-around-by-utter-git-David-Seymour weak
Not just weak, getting-bossed-around-by-utter-git-David-Seymour weak
Nicola Willis suggests National may join the Greens, Labour, TPM and NZ First campaigning to repeal Regulatory Standards Act
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
'It's not impossible': Willis says National may join other parties to repeal Regulatory Standards Act
The National deputy leader said her party may also campaign to get rid of the law.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 6:12 AM
On top of everything, this plays *terribly* to National's base. Their politics is rooted in might-is-right, we-have-power-because-we're-better-than-you ideology and they've spent two years insisting that they are incredibly weak
Not just weak, getting-bossed-around-by-utter-git-David-Seymour weak
Not just weak, getting-bossed-around-by-utter-git-David-Seymour weak
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#NZpol more evidence that Health Minister Simeon Brown is actively harming NZ children and teenagers!
2. In the last year, many pseudoscientific organizations and anti-transgender activists have worked to prop up misleading claims to imply that gender-affirming care is ineffective or dangerous.
Now, a new study completely contradicts that narrative - it actually saves lives.
Now, a new study completely contradicts that narrative - it actually saves lives.
Changes in Suicidality among Transgender Adolescents Following Hormone Therapy: An Extended Study
To examine changes in suicidality following hormone therapy (HT) among transgender and gender-diverse adolescents and young adults.A retrospective cha…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:10 AM
#NZpol more evidence that Health Minister Simeon Brown is actively harming NZ children and teenagers!
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"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
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“The Nov. 8 Blaze News article claimed that it had pinpointed the woman after a review of video evidence and "gait analysis" software matched her walking pattern.”
Gait analysis is bullshit. It’s not bullshit in the sense of a high rate of false positives. It’s bullshit in that it is vaporware.
Gait analysis is bullshit. It’s not bullshit in the sense of a high rate of false positives. It’s bullshit in that it is vaporware.
How an innocent woman's name was tied to the Jan. 6 pipe bombs
The FBI has ruled the woman out as a suspect in the 2021 plot, sources said, but only after her name circulated on social platforms and a conservative news site.
www.cbsnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 AM
“The Nov. 8 Blaze News article claimed that it had pinpointed the woman after a review of video evidence and "gait analysis" software matched her walking pattern.”
Gait analysis is bullshit. It’s not bullshit in the sense of a high rate of false positives. It’s bullshit in that it is vaporware.
Gait analysis is bullshit. It’s not bullshit in the sense of a high rate of false positives. It’s bullshit in that it is vaporware.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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The reality is, there are sometimes areas and communities that simply are not ripe for organizing, or at least organizing around liberatory values.
Sometimes they're just too hate pickled.
Sometimes they just haven't lost enough, yet.
Sometimes they've recently been burned by organizing.
Sometimes they're just too hate pickled.
Sometimes they just haven't lost enough, yet.
Sometimes they've recently been burned by organizing.
November 26, 2025 at 1:39 AM
The reality is, there are sometimes areas and communities that simply are not ripe for organizing, or at least organizing around liberatory values.
Sometimes they're just too hate pickled.
Sometimes they just haven't lost enough, yet.
Sometimes they've recently been burned by organizing.
Sometimes they're just too hate pickled.
Sometimes they just haven't lost enough, yet.
Sometimes they've recently been burned by organizing.
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I think certain organizing trainings did some of us real psychological damage in teaching us that YOU, ORGANIZER, PERSONALLY have responsibility for going out and making people leverage organized power and ultimately saving the world.
November 26, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I think certain organizing trainings did some of us real psychological damage in teaching us that YOU, ORGANIZER, PERSONALLY have responsibility for going out and making people leverage organized power and ultimately saving the world.
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Literally every law or invention that exists to prevent people from being accidentally or intentionally killed by the natural or built environment is going to be on the chopping block for these people, because they are a death cult who worship the idea of death and want to kill you
November 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Literally every law or invention that exists to prevent people from being accidentally or intentionally killed by the natural or built environment is going to be on the chopping block for these people, because they are a death cult who worship the idea of death and want to kill you
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Here's a thread from Twitter shared with Sophia's permission in which she finally is able to talk about Graham using the police as HIS personal goon squad and getting Sophia arrested at home by EIGHT armed police officers, somewhat putting the standard Heathrow armed cops in perspective.
November 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Here's a thread from Twitter shared with Sophia's permission in which she finally is able to talk about Graham using the police as HIS personal goon squad and getting Sophia arrested at home by EIGHT armed police officers, somewhat putting the standard Heathrow armed cops in perspective.