Strypey
@strypey.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy
Free human being of this Earth. Pākeha in Aotearoa.
Be excellent to each other!
Email: strypey @disintermedia.net.nz
Jabber: [email protected]
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Be excellent to each other!
Email: strypey @disintermedia.net.nz
Jabber: [email protected]
Matrix […]
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Don't believe the hype folks. Peacemaker season 2 is great fun. The big narrative twists totally caught me napping (oof, a knee to the implicit bias, right where it hurts), and although there wasn't as much plot as in season 1, there was a lot more character development.
The score continued to […]
The score continued to […]
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mastodon.nzoss.nz
November 16, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Don't believe the hype folks. Peacemaker season 2 is great fun. The big narrative twists totally caught me napping (oof, a knee to the implicit bias, right where it hurts), and although there wasn't as much plot as in season 1, there was a lot more character development.
The score continued to […]
The score continued to […]
#listening to The Law Of Augmenting Returns, released by Melbourne, Australian bass fiends The Omnific in the Year of our Horde 2024;
https://theomnific.bandcamp.com/album/the-law-of-augmenting-returns
This is musicians' music, especially if you're a bass player. Atmospheric mathrock mayhem […]
https://theomnific.bandcamp.com/album/the-law-of-augmenting-returns
This is musicians' music, especially if you're a bass player. Atmospheric mathrock mayhem […]
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mastodon.nzoss.nz
November 16, 2025 at 7:16 AM
#listening to The Law Of Augmenting Returns, released by Melbourne, Australian bass fiends The Omnific in the Year of our Horde 2024;
https://theomnific.bandcamp.com/album/the-law-of-augmenting-returns
This is musicians' music, especially if you're a bass player. Atmospheric mathrock mayhem […]
https://theomnific.bandcamp.com/album/the-law-of-augmenting-returns
This is musicians' music, especially if you're a bass player. Atmospheric mathrock mayhem […]
#listening to The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, specifically their 2012 album Twenty Dozen;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx_yXkB5eD0
"I'm a dirty old man, and I feel like spanking somebody!"
Yeah, more or less 😁
#hattip to @nevar23, whose October post linking to the Dozen's Cissy Strut […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx_yXkB5eD0
"I'm a dirty old man, and I feel like spanking somebody!"
Yeah, more or less 😁
#hattip to @nevar23, whose October post linking to the Dozen's Cissy Strut […]
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mastodon.nzoss.nz
November 16, 2025 at 6:18 AM
#listening to The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, specifically their 2012 album Twenty Dozen;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx_yXkB5eD0
"I'm a dirty old man, and I feel like spanking somebody!"
Yeah, more or less 😁
#hattip to @nevar23, whose October post linking to the Dozen's Cissy Strut […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx_yXkB5eD0
"I'm a dirty old man, and I feel like spanking somebody!"
Yeah, more or less 😁
#hattip to @nevar23, whose October post linking to the Dozen's Cissy Strut […]
After posting #freudiantypooftheweek entries for just over 2 years, I reckon I've almost got enough to publish;
Fictionary (n.): A book giving the meanings of invented words.
Would you buy someone a copy for a laugh?
BTW Here's the first entry I can find under the tag, from September 2023 […]
Fictionary (n.): A book giving the meanings of invented words.
Would you buy someone a copy for a laugh?
BTW Here's the first entry I can find under the tag, from September 2023 […]
Original post on mastodon.nzoss.nz
mastodon.nzoss.nz
November 16, 2025 at 5:00 AM
After posting #freudiantypooftheweek entries for just over 2 years, I reckon I've almost got enough to publish;
Fictionary (n.): A book giving the meanings of invented words.
Would you buy someone a copy for a laugh?
BTW Here's the first entry I can find under the tag, from September 2023 […]
Fictionary (n.): A book giving the meanings of invented words.
Would you buy someone a copy for a laugh?
BTW Here's the first entry I can find under the tag, from September 2023 […]
"The Regulatory Standards Bill has passed with the backing of the coalition parties.
National and New Zealand First agreed to pass the bill into law as part of their coalition agreements with ACT.
The bill has faced fierce pushback from the public, with more than 98 percent of public […]
National and New Zealand First agreed to pass the bill into law as part of their coalition agreements with ACT.
The bill has faced fierce pushback from the public, with more than 98 percent of public […]
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mastodon.nzoss.nz
November 16, 2025 at 4:36 AM
"The Regulatory Standards Bill has passed with the backing of the coalition parties.
National and New Zealand First agreed to pass the bill into law as part of their coalition agreements with ACT.
The bill has faced fierce pushback from the public, with more than 98 percent of public […]
National and New Zealand First agreed to pass the bill into law as part of their coalition agreements with ACT.
The bill has faced fierce pushback from the public, with more than 98 percent of public […]
"There's nothing inherently superior about a superiority complex. There's nothing perfect about fascism. It's built on flaws, and lies, and the struggle to hold onto power to be able to exploit other people."
#joshgosdin, 2021
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1749328
#podcasts #muppetssexandtrauma […]
#joshgosdin, 2021
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1749328
#podcasts #muppetssexandtrauma […]
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mastodon.nzoss.nz
November 15, 2025 at 11:18 PM
"There's nothing inherently superior about a superiority complex. There's nothing perfect about fascism. It's built on flaws, and lies, and the struggle to hold onto power to be able to exploit other people."
#joshgosdin, 2021
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1749328
#podcasts #muppetssexandtrauma […]
#joshgosdin, 2021
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1749328
#podcasts #muppetssexandtrauma […]
Manson called it back 2009;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xxv3zGEw4I&t=229
"And I don't want you and I don't need you
Don't bother to resist, or I'll beat you
It's not your fault that you're always wrong
The weak ones are there to justify the strong
The beautiful people, the beautiful […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xxv3zGEw4I&t=229
"And I don't want you and I don't need you
Don't bother to resist, or I'll beat you
It's not your fault that you're always wrong
The weak ones are there to justify the strong
The beautiful people, the beautiful […]
Original post on mastodon.nzoss.nz
mastodon.nzoss.nz
November 15, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Manson called it back 2009;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xxv3zGEw4I&t=229
"And I don't want you and I don't need you
Don't bother to resist, or I'll beat you
It's not your fault that you're always wrong
The weak ones are there to justify the strong
The beautiful people, the beautiful […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xxv3zGEw4I&t=229
"And I don't want you and I don't need you
Don't bother to resist, or I'll beat you
It's not your fault that you're always wrong
The weak ones are there to justify the strong
The beautiful people, the beautiful […]
Can anyone recommend comics I can give to my pre-teen nephew? Something that is age appropriate but smart, and thematically challenging, with something to say about the world, culture, navigating life, or whatever.
Bonus points for being easily available in Aotearoa, but that's far from a […]
Bonus points for being easily available in Aotearoa, but that's far from a […]
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mastodon.nzoss.nz
November 15, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Can anyone recommend comics I can give to my pre-teen nephew? Something that is age appropriate but smart, and thematically challenging, with something to say about the world, culture, navigating life, or whatever.
Bonus points for being easily available in Aotearoa, but that's far from a […]
Bonus points for being easily available in Aotearoa, but that's far from a […]
It's still Friday somewhere ...
#fortnightfridaymusic #defend
"Europe ain’t my rope to swing on
Can’t learn a thing from it
Yet we hang from it
Gotta get it, gotta get it together then
Like the motherfuckin’ weathermen
To expose and close the doors on those who try
To strangle and mangle the […]
#fortnightfridaymusic #defend
"Europe ain’t my rope to swing on
Can’t learn a thing from it
Yet we hang from it
Gotta get it, gotta get it together then
Like the motherfuckin’ weathermen
To expose and close the doors on those who try
To strangle and mangle the […]
Original post on mastodon.nzoss.nz
mastodon.nzoss.nz
November 15, 2025 at 6:54 AM
It's still Friday somewhere ...
#fortnightfridaymusic #defend
"Europe ain’t my rope to swing on
Can’t learn a thing from it
Yet we hang from it
Gotta get it, gotta get it together then
Like the motherfuckin’ weathermen
To expose and close the doors on those who try
To strangle and mangle the […]
#fortnightfridaymusic #defend
"Europe ain’t my rope to swing on
Can’t learn a thing from it
Yet we hang from it
Gotta get it, gotta get it together then
Like the motherfuckin’ weathermen
To expose and close the doors on those who try
To strangle and mangle the […]
#showerthoughts: From now on, whenever I see "IP" in reference to movies or series, my brain will overlay it with "eyepee".
November 15, 2025 at 6:41 AM
#showerthoughts: From now on, whenever I see "IP" in reference to movies or series, my brain will overlay it with "eyepee".
#softwarethoughts: I'm envisioning a web video platform where the audience make collective decisions about transcoding, which can then we used as a way of navigating quality when browsing the video library.
(1/?)
#socialmedia #videohosting
(1/?)
#socialmedia #videohosting
November 15, 2025 at 4:06 AM
#softwarethoughts: I'm envisioning a web video platform where the audience make collective decisions about transcoding, which can then we used as a way of navigating quality when browsing the video library.
(1/?)
#socialmedia #videohosting
(1/?)
#socialmedia #videohosting
November 15, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Hi @mfi, I just did a search for #humangeography and your introduction was one of the few posts I found. Any recommendations on accounts/ servers to dig into for human geography insights?
I'm particularly intrigued by the idea of the net as a "place", or online spaces as "places", in the way […]
I'm particularly intrigued by the idea of the net as a "place", or online spaces as "places", in the way […]
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mastodon.nzoss.nz
November 15, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Hi @mfi, I just did a search for #humangeography and your introduction was one of the few posts I found. Any recommendations on accounts/ servers to dig into for human geography insights?
I'm particularly intrigued by the idea of the net as a "place", or online spaces as "places", in the way […]
I'm particularly intrigued by the idea of the net as a "place", or online spaces as "places", in the way […]
Reposted by Strypey
Media Revolutionaries ✊
The BBC is supposed to belong to all of us, but we have no power over how it is run. Public media is too important to be left to politicians and a billionaire press.
Media Revolution supports Media Reform Coalition and are working together to call for ...
**A Citizens […]
The BBC is supposed to belong to all of us, but we have no power over how it is run. Public media is too important to be left to politicians and a billionaire press.
Media Revolution supports Media Reform Coalition and are working together to call for ...
**A Citizens […]
Original post on mo-me.social
mo-me.social
November 14, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Media Revolutionaries ✊
The BBC is supposed to belong to all of us, but we have no power over how it is run. Public media is too important to be left to politicians and a billionaire press.
Media Revolution supports Media Reform Coalition and are working together to call for ...
**A Citizens […]
The BBC is supposed to belong to all of us, but we have no power over how it is run. Public media is too important to be left to politicians and a billionaire press.
Media Revolution supports Media Reform Coalition and are working together to call for ...
**A Citizens […]
"Hold your loved ones close, and speak the words you've been afraid to speak. Use this time to rejoice and celebrate, for your time is short."
The Silver Surfer, Fantastic Four: First Steps, 2025
I always wonder whether lines like this come from the original comics.
#movies #moviequotes […]
The Silver Surfer, Fantastic Four: First Steps, 2025
I always wonder whether lines like this come from the original comics.
#movies #moviequotes […]
Original post on mastodon.nzoss.nz
mastodon.nzoss.nz
November 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
"Hold your loved ones close, and speak the words you've been afraid to speak. Use this time to rejoice and celebrate, for your time is short."
The Silver Surfer, Fantastic Four: First Steps, 2025
I always wonder whether lines like this come from the original comics.
#movies #moviequotes […]
The Silver Surfer, Fantastic Four: First Steps, 2025
I always wonder whether lines like this come from the original comics.
#movies #moviequotes […]
I've restrained myself so far, but bloody hell. Heads roll at the BBC over trumped up accusations of bias (pun intended). Yet the organisation's most glaring and unconscionable bias - against Palestinians suffering a genocide at the hands of Likud and the IDF - hasn't been mentioned. Not once […]
Original post on mastodon.nzoss.nz
mastodon.nzoss.nz
November 13, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I've restrained myself so far, but bloody hell. Heads roll at the BBC over trumped up accusations of bias (pun intended). Yet the organisation's most glaring and unconscionable bias - against Palestinians suffering a genocide at the hands of Likud and the IDF - hasn't been mentioned. Not once […]
I'll admit to being a huge fan of Infinity Saga era MCU movies. They're big, dumb fun, but at the thoughtful, character-driven end of big, dumb fun. Berries and yoghurt, rather than pure cotton candy.
An example, when Spiderman bested Vulture, I wasn't 100% sure I was on Peter's side, and I […]
An example, when Spiderman bested Vulture, I wasn't 100% sure I was on Peter's side, and I […]
Original post on mastodon.nzoss.nz
mastodon.nzoss.nz
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I'll admit to being a huge fan of Infinity Saga era MCU movies. They're big, dumb fun, but at the thoughtful, character-driven end of big, dumb fun. Berries and yoghurt, rather than pure cotton candy.
An example, when Spiderman bested Vulture, I wasn't 100% sure I was on Peter's side, and I […]
An example, when Spiderman bested Vulture, I wasn't 100% sure I was on Peter's side, and I […]
Anyone in Oz looking to connect with software freedom types? Check out;
@flounder
#softwarefreedom #australia
@flounder
#softwarefreedom #australia
November 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Anyone in Oz looking to connect with software freedom types? Check out;
@flounder
#softwarefreedom #australia
@flounder
#softwarefreedom #australia
"From the 1950s onwards, the CIA rigged elections, destabilised governments through fake information, and organised violent coups, in Italy, Greece, Syria, Iran, Guatamala, South Vietnam, Indonesia, and Chile. In all, the US ran covert operations to otherthrow 66 foreign governments, and in 26 […]
Original post on mastodon.nzoss.nz
mastodon.nzoss.nz
November 13, 2025 at 7:07 AM
"From the 1950s onwards, the CIA rigged elections, destabilised governments through fake information, and organised violent coups, in Italy, Greece, Syria, Iran, Guatamala, South Vietnam, Indonesia, and Chile. In all, the US ran covert operations to otherthrow 66 foreign governments, and in 26 […]
One of the obstacles to understanding the #fediverse is the misleading language used to describe it;
"More than 100 apps are talking with one another in the Fediverse, including the photo-sharing site Pixelfed and the music-sharing service Funkwhale. Still, Mastodon remains the biggest. That’s […]
"More than 100 apps are talking with one another in the Fediverse, including the photo-sharing site Pixelfed and the music-sharing service Funkwhale. Still, Mastodon remains the biggest. That’s […]
Original post on mastodon.nzoss.nz
mastodon.nzoss.nz
November 13, 2025 at 3:25 AM
One of the obstacles to understanding the #fediverse is the misleading language used to describe it;
"More than 100 apps are talking with one another in the Fediverse, including the photo-sharing site Pixelfed and the music-sharing service Funkwhale. Still, Mastodon remains the biggest. That’s […]
"More than 100 apps are talking with one another in the Fediverse, including the photo-sharing site Pixelfed and the music-sharing service Funkwhale. Still, Mastodon remains the biggest. That’s […]
"It probably goes without saying that Luxon’s asset sales plan is a throwback to the 1980s, and to the privatisation excesses of the fourth Labour government that continue to cripple our economy ... Talking of which, we sold Air New Zealand and then had to buy it back when the private sector ran […]
Original post on mastodon.nzoss.nz
mastodon.nzoss.nz
November 13, 2025 at 1:59 AM
"It probably goes without saying that Luxon’s asset sales plan is a throwback to the 1980s, and to the privatisation excesses of the fourth Labour government that continue to cripple our economy ... Talking of which, we sold Air New Zealand and then had to buy it back when the private sector ran […]
"A bill to make road tolling easier and shift Road User Charges (RUCs) towards a digital tracking system has been introduced to Parliament."
#russellpalmer, 2025
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/578768/bill-to-expand-road-user-charges-introduced
This is a horrific violation of basic […]
#russellpalmer, 2025
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/578768/bill-to-expand-road-user-charges-introduced
This is a horrific violation of basic […]
Original post on mastodon.nzoss.nz
mastodon.nzoss.nz
November 13, 2025 at 1:51 AM
"A bill to make road tolling easier and shift Road User Charges (RUCs) towards a digital tracking system has been introduced to Parliament."
#russellpalmer, 2025
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/578768/bill-to-expand-road-user-charges-introduced
This is a horrific violation of basic […]
#russellpalmer, 2025
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/578768/bill-to-expand-road-user-charges-introduced
This is a horrific violation of basic […]
Before being recruited as a National candidate, Nicola Willis studied English literature and journalism, and worked as a corporate lobbyist. It just boggles the mind that someone with such an obvious bias, and absolutely no background in economics, finance or accounting, could become the NZ […]
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mastodon.nzoss.nz
November 13, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Before being recruited as a National candidate, Nicola Willis studied English literature and journalism, and worked as a corporate lobbyist. It just boggles the mind that someone with such an obvious bias, and absolutely no background in economics, finance or accounting, could become the NZ […]
NZ has a simple choice about the kind of social safety net we want to have. Either;
* we means-test superannuation so it doesn't bankrupt the government
OR
* we provide a Guaranteed Minimum Income for *everyone*, and lift taxes on excessive incomes and hoarded wealth, so those who don't need […]
* we means-test superannuation so it doesn't bankrupt the government
OR
* we provide a Guaranteed Minimum Income for *everyone*, and lift taxes on excessive incomes and hoarded wealth, so those who don't need […]
Original post on mastodon.nzoss.nz
mastodon.nzoss.nz
November 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
NZ has a simple choice about the kind of social safety net we want to have. Either;
* we means-test superannuation so it doesn't bankrupt the government
OR
* we provide a Guaranteed Minimum Income for *everyone*, and lift taxes on excessive incomes and hoarded wealth, so those who don't need […]
* we means-test superannuation so it doesn't bankrupt the government
OR
* we provide a Guaranteed Minimum Income for *everyone*, and lift taxes on excessive incomes and hoarded wealth, so those who don't need […]
"So called 'dark patterns' are steering people to spend more than they would otherwise intend to - and manipulated up to a third of those buying through websites, [Consumer NZ] revealed in a report out today."
#rolandvandenbergh, The Post, Nov 13, 2025
#ConsumerNZ #darkpatterns
#rolandvandenbergh, The Post, Nov 13, 2025
#ConsumerNZ #darkpatterns
November 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"So called 'dark patterns' are steering people to spend more than they would otherwise intend to - and manipulated up to a third of those buying through websites, [Consumer NZ] revealed in a report out today."
#rolandvandenbergh, The Post, Nov 13, 2025
#ConsumerNZ #darkpatterns
#rolandvandenbergh, The Post, Nov 13, 2025
#ConsumerNZ #darkpatterns