Steve Reeves
@stevereeves.bsky.social
Immigrant, citizen, dead film star and Rocky Horror name-check, cyclist, cat lover, Prof, type-theorist, logician, functional programmer, watercolourist, vegan, Coq/Rocq-er, Lean-er etc. :-)
Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, Aotearoa/New Zealand
Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, Aotearoa/New Zealand
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Love this autisticly coded skit. Related to another skeet on here sorta.
Mitchell & Webb - Needlessly ambiguous terms
YouTube video by Martin Mitchell
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Love this autisticly coded skit. Related to another skeet on here sorta.
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#nzpol
Fuck this smarmy, nasty little prick, he obviously has a sadism fetish and shouldn’t be allowed within 500 metres of children or policies affecting children 😡
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Fuck this smarmy, nasty little prick, he obviously has a sadism fetish and shouldn’t be allowed within 500 metres of children or policies affecting children 😡
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Lunch funding to be tied to attendance for hundreds more schools
Next year funding for school lunches delivered through the internal model will be tied to attendance.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 28, 2025 at 1:54 AM
#nzpol
Fuck this smarmy, nasty little prick, he obviously has a sadism fetish and shouldn’t be allowed within 500 metres of children or policies affecting children 😡
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Fuck this smarmy, nasty little prick, he obviously has a sadism fetish and shouldn’t be allowed within 500 metres of children or policies affecting children 😡
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
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The Attorney-General's own section 7 NZBORA consistency analysis said this proposed law is not consistent with NZBORA.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
November 28, 2025 at 2:40 AM
The Attorney-General's own section 7 NZBORA consistency analysis said this proposed law is not consistent with NZBORA.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Whoah!
Hamilton Boys High came through.
Kirikiriroa's equivalent of AKL Grammar/Chch Boys etc.
Surprising and welcome.
Times have definitely moved on - this certainly wouldn't have happened during Hassall's reign.
This useless racist Govt is being absolutely CANED on this.
Hamilton Boys High came through.
Kirikiriroa's equivalent of AKL Grammar/Chch Boys etc.
Surprising and welcome.
Times have definitely moved on - this certainly wouldn't have happened during Hassall's reign.
This useless racist Govt is being absolutely CANED on this.
November 27, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Whoah!
Hamilton Boys High came through.
Kirikiriroa's equivalent of AKL Grammar/Chch Boys etc.
Surprising and welcome.
Times have definitely moved on - this certainly wouldn't have happened during Hassall's reign.
This useless racist Govt is being absolutely CANED on this.
Hamilton Boys High came through.
Kirikiriroa's equivalent of AKL Grammar/Chch Boys etc.
Surprising and welcome.
Times have definitely moved on - this certainly wouldn't have happened during Hassall's reign.
This useless racist Govt is being absolutely CANED on this.
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The dominance of exports also means NZ famers are immune to local consumer pressure. Americans are their customers, not us. So they gouge and pollute, and tell us they don't care.
Time to use our votes to regulate them so they have to care. Limit exports, fix prices, and fuck the market.
Time to use our votes to regulate them so they have to care. Limit exports, fix prices, and fuck the market.
November 28, 2025 at 1:48 AM
The dominance of exports also means NZ famers are immune to local consumer pressure. Americans are their customers, not us. So they gouge and pollute, and tell us they don't care.
Time to use our votes to regulate them so they have to care. Limit exports, fix prices, and fuck the market.
Time to use our votes to regulate them so they have to care. Limit exports, fix prices, and fuck the market.
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This Bill could invalidate the votes of enough people to swing the next election in favour of the current government for no reason other than that they failed to fill out the correct piece of paper by the "proper" time (as defined by the people who benefit from the rule change).
Justice Committee recommends passing Electoral Amendment Bill with some amendments
The bill would prevent same-day enrolments, ban prisoners from voting, and tighten up the rules around treating.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
This Bill could invalidate the votes of enough people to swing the next election in favour of the current government for no reason other than that they failed to fill out the correct piece of paper by the "proper" time (as defined by the people who benefit from the rule change).
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Stands to reason that the folk using it the most are the folk that will be most easily replaced by it.
And yes that is a warning.
And yes that is a warning.
“A survey […] finds that while 87% of executives use AI on the job, just 57% of managers and 27% of employees do.”
&
“A paper […] refers to “genAI’s mediocrity trap”. With the assistance of the tech, people can produce something “good enough”.”
Perhaps it is the execs who can be replaced?
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“A paper […] refers to “genAI’s mediocrity trap”. With the assistance of the tech, people can produce something “good enough”.”
Perhaps it is the execs who can be replaced?
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
www.economist.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Stands to reason that the folk using it the most are the folk that will be most easily replaced by it.
And yes that is a warning.
And yes that is a warning.
Formed in JULY...and already cutting staff!!!
Ongoing erosion of public research capabilities in Aotearoa. When orgs are forced to restructure like this without $ to pay for it, this is what happens. Very curious to know what the new management structure is and how much it costs in salaries...
#NZPOL
#NZPOL
Bioeconomy Science Institute to ask for voluntary redundancies
CEO Mark Piper said the proposed voluntary redundancy offer was part of a financial improvement process to support the new organisation.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Formed in JULY...and already cutting staff!!!
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"Expect 40-minute queues just to exit motorway, an hour to find a park when Ikea opens next week"
The store is a 350m walk from the Sylvia Park train station - which this story curiously fails to mention What's that about?
www.stuff.co.nz/home-propert...
The store is a 350m walk from the Sylvia Park train station - which this story curiously fails to mention What's that about?
www.stuff.co.nz/home-propert...
Expect 40-minute queues just to exit motorway, an hour to find a park when Ikea opens
Aucklanders won’t know what’s hit them when Ikea opens its doors for the first time on December 4, and we’re not talking about the Swedish meatballs.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
"Expect 40-minute queues just to exit motorway, an hour to find a park when Ikea opens next week"
The store is a 350m walk from the Sylvia Park train station - which this story curiously fails to mention What's that about?
www.stuff.co.nz/home-propert...
The store is a 350m walk from the Sylvia Park train station - which this story curiously fails to mention What's that about?
www.stuff.co.nz/home-propert...
The UK, but true for us all...“This isn’t about choosing between the economy and the environment. It’s about recognising that the economy is embedded within the environment, and that the health of the nation depends on the living systems that sustain us”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Scientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security
Experts lay out scale of changes needed in ‘first-of-its-kind national emergency briefing’ in Westminster
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The UK, but true for us all...“This isn’t about choosing between the economy and the environment. It’s about recognising that the economy is embedded within the environment, and that the health of the nation depends on the living systems that sustain us”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Hi from Germany. I can buy a solar panel and connector for about 250 euros, get it home, plug it into my wall socket and it starts feeding in solar powered electricity to my house. This is absolutely a thing, and very popular.
November 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Hi from Germany. I can buy a solar panel and connector for about 250 euros, get it home, plug it into my wall socket and it starts feeding in solar powered electricity to my house. This is absolutely a thing, and very popular.
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Oh look it's the same Deloitte that hallucinated a report for Wellington City Council #nzpol
A major healthcare policy paper commissioned by @govnl.bsky.social government from Deloitte at a cost of $1.6 million, cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months. #nlpoli #AI
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
Major N.L. healthcare report contains errors likely generated by A.I. – The Independent
$1.6 million Health Human Resources Plan from Deloitte cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months
theindependent.ca
November 27, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Oh look it's the same Deloitte that hallucinated a report for Wellington City Council #nzpol
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Canada - Australia, now New Zealand
Deloitte going through the commonwealth making dicks of themselves
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Deloitte going through the commonwealth making dicks of themselves
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
November 27, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Canada - Australia, now New Zealand
Deloitte going through the commonwealth making dicks of themselves
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Deloitte going through the commonwealth making dicks of themselves
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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"New Zealand currently feels like it’s at a dead end; our heartless government has gutted our public sector, welfare system, indigenous rights and more, the cost of living is so expensive, and there just aren’t a lot of opportunities in general."
god if that isn't the mood
god if that isn't the mood
Captures the mood of much of the country under this government - bleak, with a sense that everything is broken, that there is no opportunity for young people to get ahead, and that the government simply doesn't care.
‘I love my country. I don’t want to leave’: readers reflect on the exodus from New Zealand
As people continue to move away in record numbers, readers share their reasons for leaving and contemplate life in New Zealand
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
"New Zealand currently feels like it’s at a dead end; our heartless government has gutted our public sector, welfare system, indigenous rights and more, the cost of living is so expensive, and there just aren’t a lot of opportunities in general."
god if that isn't the mood
god if that isn't the mood
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'The economy (measured by real GDP) grew on average by more than 3.5% py. Yep, confidence was negative, but growth was positive. So, we ignore business confidence as an economic indicator. This is nothing new. It’s surprising headline business confidence figures receive so much attention.'
#NZPOL
#NZPOL
November 27, 2025 at 2:38 AM
'The economy (measured by real GDP) grew on average by more than 3.5% py. Yep, confidence was negative, but growth was positive. So, we ignore business confidence as an economic indicator. This is nothing new. It’s surprising headline business confidence figures receive so much attention.'
#NZPOL
#NZPOL
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Nothing to see here just Sam 'bed leg' Uffindell lying his god damned arse off again.
I didn't know young people who are pushed onto the dole spend 18 years on it.
Fucking lying piece of abusive lying shit.
I didn't know young people who are pushed onto the dole spend 18 years on it.
Fucking lying piece of abusive lying shit.
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Nothing to see here just Sam 'bed leg' Uffindell lying his god damned arse off again.
I didn't know young people who are pushed onto the dole spend 18 years on it.
Fucking lying piece of abusive lying shit.
I didn't know young people who are pushed onto the dole spend 18 years on it.
Fucking lying piece of abusive lying shit.
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This is the video. Craig Renney has the receipts and it sure should be in the news. On repeat until everyone sees what the govt. did.
The Mysterious Case of Health's Disappearing Half-Billion.
YouTube video by Big Hairy Network
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
This is the video. Craig Renney has the receipts and it sure should be in the news. On repeat until everyone sees what the govt. did.
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To get this takes time. We hire software engineers, and they learn with us about epidemiology, NHS data, and TREs. We hire researchers, and they learn with us about GitHub, and what technical product managers do. This is the team that won this award!
November 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
To get this takes time. We hire software engineers, and they learn with us about epidemiology, NHS data, and TREs. We hire researchers, and they learn with us about GitHub, and what technical product managers do. This is the team that won this award!
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people are angry that chatbots are being thrust on them; that the industry is unregulated; that it’s deskilling young people; is being used as a weapon against labor and popular gAI is built on theft of the work of millions of artists and authors.
You don’t get to demand civility.
You don’t get to demand civility.
Wow 80% bad-faith responses, and people lecturing the creator of Flask here and the creator of Django/datasette in the comments on why AI is useless for software engineering...
Is this platform still massively against AI or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
people are angry that chatbots are being thrust on them; that the industry is unregulated; that it’s deskilling young people; is being used as a weapon against labor and popular gAI is built on theft of the work of millions of artists and authors.
You don’t get to demand civility.
You don’t get to demand civility.
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this is almost certainly connected directly to NZ integration into US military industry and imperial power projection and it’s fucking insane that we get hysterical red scare “reporting” about chinese aggression while this overtly evil corruption gets almost zero interrogation or critique
📢 The new rules will "provide clearer pathways for the sector to test, trial, and grow", says Space Minister Judith Collins.
Govt cuts red tape for businesses developing new drones
www.rnz.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 6:18 AM
this is almost certainly connected directly to NZ integration into US military industry and imperial power projection and it’s fucking insane that we get hysterical red scare “reporting” about chinese aggression while this overtly evil corruption gets almost zero interrogation or critique
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Are Waikato University aware that they're not obligated to platform climate deniers and other psychopaths? Just an absolute betrayal of their students with some of the people in this lineup who are quite willing to see young people's future burn #nzpol
uow.eventsair.com/nz-economics...
uow.eventsair.com/nz-economics...
Home - 2026 New Zealand Economics Forum - The Pa, University of Waikato
The 2026 New Zealand Economics Forum is an annual two-day event that brings together leading economists, business leaders, and public sector officials to discuss the most pressing economic issues faci...
uow.eventsair.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Are Waikato University aware that they're not obligated to platform climate deniers and other psychopaths? Just an absolute betrayal of their students with some of the people in this lineup who are quite willing to see young people's future burn #nzpol
uow.eventsair.com/nz-economics...
uow.eventsair.com/nz-economics...
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Getting rid of regional councils is absolutely about selling off the country bit by bit.
Here's the Minister for Corporate Control, giving the game away.
https://xcancel.com/mangonui08/status/1993215256332750953#m
#nzpol #ditchthepricksin26 #getthemout
Here's the Minister for Corporate Control, giving the game away.
https://xcancel.com/mangonui08/status/1993215256332750953#m
#nzpol #ditchthepricksin26 #getthemout
November 25, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Getting rid of regional councils is absolutely about selling off the country bit by bit.
Here's the Minister for Corporate Control, giving the game away.
https://xcancel.com/mangonui08/status/1993215256332750953#m
#nzpol #ditchthepricksin26 #getthemout
Here's the Minister for Corporate Control, giving the game away.
https://xcancel.com/mangonui08/status/1993215256332750953#m
#nzpol #ditchthepricksin26 #getthemout
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Given 🚲 and 🚲 tourism is landing Regions $1.1b of economic activity which is expanding and not even factored the cities contribution yet I think a few know more than Shane Jones about growth that benefits all and not abroad select few
Minister Shane Jones says 'green banshees' in regional council are stifling growth
Minister Shane Jones says 'green banshees' in regional council are stifling growth
The Regional Development Minister says 'green banshees' are stifling growth.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Given 🚲 and 🚲 tourism is landing Regions $1.1b of economic activity which is expanding and not even factored the cities contribution yet I think a few know more than Shane Jones about growth that benefits all and not abroad select few
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Why are our Government, banks, media companies et al still doing business with this company?
No other way to put it other than an absolute clusterfuck | Court Filings Allege Meta Downplayed Risks to Children and Misled the Public time.com/7336204/meta...
7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings
Court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioritized growth over user safety for years.
time.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Why are our Government, banks, media companies et al still doing business with this company?