Ake (not a kererū .... yet)
@tenamu.bsky.social
Nō Maꞌuke mai au. E noꞌo ana au ki Aotearoa ē ꞌAvaiki Nui. Linguist, kaiako reo, musician. Worried about a certain species of primate.
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Change my mind: "Prior good character" should *increase* the sentence in cases like this
He didn’t hand himself in ffs and it was was 10 years of offending. “While he (McSkimming) expressed remorse, the report writer said he centred the impact on himself and those close to him, and did not express contrition regarding the level of harm caused to the children in images” #nzpol
Jevon McSkimming avoids jail sentence over possession of child sexual exploitation material
The disgraced former top cop was sentenced to nine months' home detention and does not need to register on the child sex offending registry.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Change my mind: "Prior good character" should *increase* the sentence in cases like this
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top cop, ya know, the ones we rely on to protect our vulnerable, who confessed to being a paedophile, sentenced to 9 months home detention!
once again i find myself disgusted by how prominent white men are treated by the NZ justice system.
it's a fucking outrage!
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
once again i find myself disgusted by how prominent white men are treated by the NZ justice system.
it's a fucking outrage!
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Disgraced former top cop Jevon McSkimming avoids jail over objectionable material
Former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming sentenced to nine months home detention in Wellington District Court.
www.stuff.co.nz
December 17, 2025 at 2:36 AM
top cop, ya know, the ones we rely on to protect our vulnerable, who confessed to being a paedophile, sentenced to 9 months home detention!
once again i find myself disgusted by how prominent white men are treated by the NZ justice system.
it's a fucking outrage!
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
once again i find myself disgusted by how prominent white men are treated by the NZ justice system.
it's a fucking outrage!
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
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remember that some of those certain politicians took money from a man directly connected to the chch mosuqe terrorist
It seems pretty clear this was an antisemitic attack on evidence so far, & looks like Aus is going to increase gun controls & support jewish communities - the right things to do
NZ politicians & agitators trying to claim that leftwing NZ MPs are somehow to blame is fucking foul & should be punished
NZ politicians & agitators trying to claim that leftwing NZ MPs are somehow to blame is fucking foul & should be punished
December 15, 2025 at 3:42 AM
remember that some of those certain politicians took money from a man directly connected to the chch mosuqe terrorist
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remember how Karen Chhour was on the website for these scammers and it was never raised as a red flag by media?
www.1news.co.nz/2025/12/17/b...
www.1news.co.nz/2025/12/17/b...
Bangerz Trust investigated for alleged attempt to access Kelston school data
The trust pulled an attempt to take over the school last month.
www.1news.co.nz
December 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
remember how Karen Chhour was on the website for these scammers and it was never raised as a red flag by media?
www.1news.co.nz/2025/12/17/b...
www.1news.co.nz/2025/12/17/b...
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Min of Health has decided not to continue with the FluTracking survey each week from next year.
What a ridiculous decision. The cost savings must be minimal
What are our taxes actually used for if not things like public health?
What a ridiculous decision. The cost savings must be minimal
What are our taxes actually used for if not things like public health?
December 16, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Min of Health has decided not to continue with the FluTracking survey each week from next year.
What a ridiculous decision. The cost savings must be minimal
What are our taxes actually used for if not things like public health?
What a ridiculous decision. The cost savings must be minimal
What are our taxes actually used for if not things like public health?
At least... 💀
Commercial farmers in this country are the NRA of New Zealand.
If 40 people a year were dying from say rancid steak n cheese pies, there would be a national outcry (justifiably), but because it's 'a mystery' in our waterways from the untouchable agriculture sector - meh it's fine.
What a shit country.
What a shit country.
December 15, 2025 at 11:32 PM
At least... 💀
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Like, it's so bad and so discriminatory that it feels like a policy that would be struck down in a court somewhere after years of doing untold harm, incredible work here by this government
December 13, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Like, it's so bad and so discriminatory that it feels like a policy that would be struck down in a court somewhere after years of doing untold harm, incredible work here by this government
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This is gonna be the meth-house testing racket all over again
Me so old, I remember sitting in Nandor Tanczos' Parliamentary office discussing the saliva tests available at the time and their false positive rates. From memory, a shittonne of these saliva tests were made by a fundamentalist Corporate Christian backing.
December 13, 2025 at 7:40 AM
This is gonna be the meth-house testing racket all over again
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I've seen protecting kids used as an excuse to demonise; Muslims, trans and queer folks, cycle lanes for some reason, sexual and relationships education, healthcare provision, informed consent and each time it comes from people who want to exercise weird control of their kids or hate minorities.
December 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I've seen protecting kids used as an excuse to demonise; Muslims, trans and queer folks, cycle lanes for some reason, sexual and relationships education, healthcare provision, informed consent and each time it comes from people who want to exercise weird control of their kids or hate minorities.
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A glorious sight on my way to the bus stop this morning.
December 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A glorious sight on my way to the bus stop this morning.
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My dad will have been dead for two months tomorrow morning. I would love to talk to him forever. I can't. And a fucking glorified LLM-fueled chatbot can't change that, but it can be a freakish abomination in the eyes of God and men, preying on the grief stricken to give them shit and call it gold.
December 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
My dad will have been dead for two months tomorrow morning. I would love to talk to him forever. I can't. And a fucking glorified LLM-fueled chatbot can't change that, but it can be a freakish abomination in the eyes of God and men, preying on the grief stricken to give them shit and call it gold.
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December 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🎶 New MUSIC by Blue Sky artists! Dec. 8 - Dec. 14 🎶
SINGLES
bsky.app/profile/flor...
ALBUMS
bsky.app/profile/flor...
ONLINE EVENTS
bsky.app/profile/flor...
👉 If something is missing from these lists, please feel free to drop the links under the appropriate threads! 👈
SINGLES
bsky.app/profile/flor...
ALBUMS
bsky.app/profile/flor...
ONLINE EVENTS
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👉 If something is missing from these lists, please feel free to drop the links under the appropriate threads! 👈
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I’d thought we may be able to sunset the RSS feeds on the NZ Legislation website, and replace with an API. Nope! There was a lot we learned from current users, but most compelling for me personally was the value ascribed to anonymous notifications to changes in the law.
pco.govt.nz/about-us/pco...
pco.govt.nz/about-us/pco...
pco.govt.nz
December 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I’d thought we may be able to sunset the RSS feeds on the NZ Legislation website, and replace with an API. Nope! There was a lot we learned from current users, but most compelling for me personally was the value ascribed to anonymous notifications to changes in the law.
pco.govt.nz/about-us/pco...
pco.govt.nz/about-us/pco...
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One big effect of AI hype and promotion of unreliable chatbots is that a significant amount of additional friction and labour is being injected into our knowledge-making and -maintaining systems. At a time when these systems are already contracting and being starved by growing austerity.
Folks might not know a lot of people are getting *very* upset that the materials they request are not available in the libraries/archives they're requesting from.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
I wish a notice like this wasn't necessary.
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
December 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
One big effect of AI hype and promotion of unreliable chatbots is that a significant amount of additional friction and labour is being injected into our knowledge-making and -maintaining systems. At a time when these systems are already contracting and being starved by growing austerity.
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Principals spending their wellbeing allowance shouldn't be news. This is a further attack on schools. Suss that Peggy Burrows specifically named. What are MPs spending? #nzpol
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Schools rapped for spending on gym memberships, yoga classes and overseas travel
The principal of a Christchurch school is defending an $18,500 trip to Queenstown for its senior leadership team, one of scores questioned by the Office of the Auditor-General for their spending.
www.thepress.co.nz
December 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Principals spending their wellbeing allowance shouldn't be news. This is a further attack on schools. Suss that Peggy Burrows specifically named. What are MPs spending? #nzpol
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
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I remain adamant that rare wine fraud is the most pro-social, most economically productive, most just, and most hilarious crime that exists. The prison sentence for anyone convicted of it should be two weeks in a resort and extra training to help them do it better.
December 8, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I remain adamant that rare wine fraud is the most pro-social, most economically productive, most just, and most hilarious crime that exists. The prison sentence for anyone convicted of it should be two weeks in a resort and extra training to help them do it better.
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If we ban social media for U16's, who will Bishop and Seymour have left to interact with?
December 8, 2025 at 4:05 AM
If we ban social media for U16's, who will Bishop and Seymour have left to interact with?
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The Australien Government has made an ad about the Social Media Ban for Under-16s, and it's surprisingly honest and informative.
Honest Government Ad | Social Media Ban
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:49 AM
The Australien Government has made an ad about the Social Media Ban for Under-16s, and it's surprisingly honest and informative.
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Exactly right
Every single person who is anti-trans is a slight scratch away from going full racist. It is basically a gateway drug for racism/bigotry.
It seems fine. You pretend it’s about protecting women. You can point to famous people on your side.
But it is only ever about hate. Disgusting & cruel hatred.
It seems fine. You pretend it’s about protecting women. You can point to famous people on your side.
But it is only ever about hate. Disgusting & cruel hatred.
UK Labour is what happens when a party flushes its soul down the toilet.
A party of bigots.
A party of bigots.
December 8, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Exactly right
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Yeah, this is a real thing.
I spend so much time verifying everything now from art to cited sources to photos to historical references to citations to quotes to legal and medical information that it's really hard to fathom how much work AI has collectively added to the world, not reduced
Here's the reality this example illustrates:
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
December 7, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Yeah, this is a real thing.
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The total normalisation of powerful older men having "affairs" with much younger women and the assumption that *she's* the one whose behaviour before or after MUST have been inappropriate
December 7, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The total normalisation of powerful older men having "affairs" with much younger women and the assumption that *she's* the one whose behaviour before or after MUST have been inappropriate
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It's bandcamp Friday - (where band camps comps their cut) so if you want to listen to weird af Indigenous music from Aotearoa and ꞌAvaikinui Ahakoa ko te Rāhoroi tēnei rangi (Ihttps://perspexwindow.bandcamp.com/music #bandcampfriday #originalmusic
Perspex Window
The perspex window though which we view the decay
perspexwindow.bandcamp.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:10 AM
It's bandcamp Friday - (where band camps comps their cut) so if you want to listen to weird af Indigenous music from Aotearoa and ꞌAvaikinui Ahakoa ko te Rāhoroi tēnei rangi (Ihttps://perspexwindow.bandcamp.com/music #bandcampfriday #originalmusic
It's bandcamp Friday - (where band camps comps their cut) so if you want to listen to weird af Indigenous music from Aotearoa and ꞌAvaikinui Ahakoa ko te Rāhoroi tēnei rangi (Ihttps://perspexwindow.bandcamp.com/music #bandcampfriday #originalmusic
Perspex Window
The perspex window though which we view the decay
perspexwindow.bandcamp.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:10 AM
It's bandcamp Friday - (where band camps comps their cut) so if you want to listen to weird af Indigenous music from Aotearoa and ꞌAvaikinui Ahakoa ko te Rāhoroi tēnei rangi (Ihttps://perspexwindow.bandcamp.com/music #bandcampfriday #originalmusic