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Clever Hansel πππ@cleverhansel.bsky.social |
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Cabaret reprobate, civic participation nerd, crochet aficionado, several neuroses in a trenchcoat. Pronouns he/they/ia. Based in Wellington & Lower Hutt, Aotearoa New Zealand. Views expressed are my own and not those of my employers past or present.
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Clever Hansel πππ
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I used to work in civics education and was surprised at the number of misconceptions Kiwis have about NZ's political/legal system because of things about the US system they've picked up through US media. Not much opportunity for that to happen in reverse.
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Clever Hansel πππ
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FSU has been pushing similar narratives with several other councils around the country recently (including WCC where the FSU was baiting the govt to appoint commissioners), which suggests a strategic campaign to remove constraints on councillors and limit the power of council staff.
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There are times when I love that basically our whole NZ userbase is subscribed to every mention of our country/cities across the platform... And then there are times like this when we're tangentially In The Headlines and I have regrets
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Clever Hansel πππ
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Last night one of our biggest news outlets for the past 30 years was packed down and folded up like a circus tent. It will be replaced in large part by reality TV re-runs.
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Clever Hansel πππ
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You absolutely love to see it. Posie Parker' TERF gang got fewer votes than even the Monster Raving Loony Party at the UK election, and she got so few votes as an individual candidate in Bristol that she will lose her deposit.
www.thepinknews.com/2024/07/05/p...
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Paris Marx
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The story is always the same: major tech companies tell us they care about the environment to silence criticism, then never actually follow through. Googleβs emissions are up ~50% in 5 years, following similar news Microsoft is also blowing past its climate commitments.
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Potato enthusiast
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A bunch of us nerds worked with lawyers and community agencies to make this a couple years ago.
it's just been updated. It's neutral interpretation of the rules around benefits, such as job seeker and more
No AI, just the rules, based on answering some questions.
benefitme.nz
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Clever Hansel πππ
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As it's Newshub's last week on the air, it's timely to look upstream at the Warner Discovery 'disruptor' shitting in the river of NZ's media landscape. (We have bigger problems than just one person, but seriously, fuck this guy)
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Clever Hansel πππ
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And the Aussie govt has access to anything hosted in Australia (under the Assistance and Access Act 2018), right? And Five Eyes means that any information so accessed can just be shared between the member nations? Or am I overstating things?
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Clever Hansel πππ
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Just saw the boss of an NZ Crown entity pontificating that we can fix mis/disinfo (and democracy!) by putting govt info on the blockchain. And like. I can't believe I have to say this. But there is no point verifying the source of official info for people who simply do not trust official sources.
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Clever Hansel πππ
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Maybe I'm just a sucker for a good wetland biome, but how could you drain something this cool! for a cricket ground!!
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Clever Hansel πππ
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Pro tip: if you're house hunting in NZ and wondering what the flood risk is, look up historical place names nearby and check that they don't include words like 'swamp' or 'lake'.
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Very Footrot Flats name, but Cabbage Tree Swamp (once where Eden Park and Gribblehurst Park are now in Kingsland/Sandringham in Auckland) was beautiful! Swamp that turned into a lake in winter. Drained in the 1910s not long after these photos were taken.
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Clever Hansel πππ
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The tipping point for platform enshittification is hard to spot until it's already too late, but I think a useful proxy is the point at which a platform forces you to use their shitty in-app browser to open links. (On reflection, the lack of this is one of the many things I love about this place.)
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Clever Hansel πππ
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My hobby horse is that seasons are socially constructed and the four season model is a colonial import that doesn't particularly fit most of the places it has been imposed!
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Clever Hansel πππ
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Ahhh wait, ok, meteorological vs astronomical winter (with the solstice being the starting pistol doe the latter). I'm with you now.
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Clever Hansel πππ
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WHAT. We just passed the solstice! I call bullshit!
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Still only 5-10 years behind the USA, where DTCA seems to have really only taken off around 1990 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles... (sorry if this is old news to you - I was interested as I used to work in therapeutic goods compliance here in NZ, but never thought to look up the US history)
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Given the likely answer is an ableist slur, I'm actually quite happy neither of us had any luck guessing it at first blush
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Clever Hansel πππ
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Not as far as I know... but as you mentioned, it's easy to fly under the radar! A fair few Taxpayers' Union backed candidates got in (one narrowly lost out on the mayoralty in my neck of the woods)... but sadly I suppose they're not considered particularly fringe these days, are they...
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Clever Hansel πππ
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Yes! Local government is very much seen as the easy 'in' for fringe groups - see for example the way Voices For Freedom targeted the last local elections.
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Clever Hansel πππ
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Redditor energy. He is emotionally and spiritually wearing a $2 shop fedora at all times.
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Clever Hansel πππ
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Ohhhhhhh! Jesus. I haven't heard that one since the '90s!
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Clever Hansel πππ
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"This is unequivocal*. I have the right*. Those councillors who complain about me are breaking the law*. They can f**k off." Bydder said his submission was "necessary, reasonable, professional, practical and responsible*"..."It cannot be ignored**." * [citation needed] ** [It very much can.]
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Clever Hansel πππ
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I have seldom wanted so badly to reach through my screen and deliver someone an atomic wedgie
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Clever Hansel πππ
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TW: Ableist language
1) this is appalling, but won't surprise anyone who has processed public consultation submissions
2) I'm trying to decode 's****c' like a profanity-based Wordle
'WaipΔ mayor responds to 'frankly appalling' expletive-laden rant by councillor':
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Clever Hansel πππ
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Omg, I'm starstruck! Thank YOU. Really looking forward to Rakesfall, which is next on my list.
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Clever Hansel πππ
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This is by far my fave read of the year so far, despite stiff competition. Post-colonial, new-New Weird (?), poetic, expansive, queer. I read it with very little prior context other than 'this is very good' and am extremely glad I did.
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Paul π³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈ
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***PLEASE DONATE AND RETWEET***
A trans-exclusionary group (LAVA) is suing Wellington Pride.
LAVA is hoping to get a ruling that being a TERF is somehow a protected belief.
It's vitally important that we support Pride by giving to their givealittle.
givealittle.co.nz/cause/wellin...
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Clever Hansel πππ
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At this point I'm too tired to keep track of which groups are astro-turf fronts, genuine 'useful idiots', or just Jordan Williams in a false moustache.
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Clever Hansel πππ
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Fed Farmers and Beef + Lamb have a lot to answer for - but a Groundswell sticker is the reddest of flags π©π©π©
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NZ Farming has over 250,000 followers on Facebook. Methane Science Accord has been platformed in agricultural and relatively mainstream media as a 'contrarian but let's hear them out' 'just asking questions' 'maybe they have a point' voice.
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- 'Bill Gates is trying to vaxx the food supply, therefore methane inhibitor vaccines are agenda 21' (Bonus points for using shibboleths like 'DO NOT COMPLY!!', 'clown world', 'globalists', 'follow the money', and sharing TruthSocial screenshots) (No links - I don't want to give them the views)
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The confluence between climate sceptics and other types of disinfo in NZ farming social media is really worrying.
Shit that prominent pages have posted recently π§΅
- 'NIWA caused Cyclone Gabrielle by cloud seeding!' www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3503...
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Clever Hansel πππ
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Perfect, thank you!
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In NZ, the conversation about the dairy industry, excess nitrogen and freshwater quality is often framed in terms of whether waterways are 'swimmable' - which is a great concrete & relatable way to get people to care about the issue! but it also obscures one of the most damaging things about it!
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Clever Hansel πππ
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This is really interesting - as is almost every quote-reply to the original post! I absolutely believe you about the effects on comprehension / recall, but am having difficulty finding a source for this - could you point me in the right direction?
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Clever Hansel πππ
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That last point is the biggest for me - I can imagine some elements (a granny cluster, for example) being easier to automate than others, because the space where the hook is inserted is bigger, more forgiving and holds multiple stitches... but why train a robot to do it when child labour is cheap?
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And mentions groceries, but only in a 'this is promising' way and not a 'they've been trying to do this for nearly a decade already without meaningful success' way.
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Jason, ex Inferis
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Every album from The Decemberists
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Clever Hansel πππ
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Although it's worth noting in the interests of clarity that she's referring to NIWA's global climate modelling team, not domestic modelling
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Yes, I livestreamed the whole Vote Climate Change estimates hearing yesterday... available here for anyone who feels like spending a maddening 2 hours vimeo.com/962724551
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Clever Hansel πππ
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I did enjoy that the C in CALM stands for 'calm'.
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Sorry to tell those protestors worried about insurance premiums / cover, but insurers won't be relying on the policy recommendations of a council report or even what it says on a LIM - they'll just look at the modelling and draw the same conclusions anyway
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This was a fantastic piece, Lisa, as was your May piece on the UN plastic-free conference - thanks so much for doing this reporting. For lay readers like me with no science background, articles like this are so important and valuable! β€οΈ
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Haha, as I hit 'reply' I had a panicked realisation that I might be mansplaining the most popular music app on the planet! Good luck, hope it helps to bring you something weird and wonderful
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You can send its algo more heavy-handed signals by adding new discoveries to a playlist - all jumbled together across genres - and then getting it to recommend you songs based on that playlist rather than your overall listening. Add the good recommendations to that playlist. Lather, rinse, repeat.
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Clever Hansel πππ
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I mean, it *does* recommend some pretty unexpected stuff for me, because I accidentally trained it to (weird hyperfixations + catholic tastes). For a week it thought all I wanted to hear was Arab funk rarities, and once it created a whole 'for you' playlist of musical saw hits.
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The random Kazaa discovery experience was quite a blast! That and buying weird compilation CDs out of the 'reduced to clear' bins for a couple of bucks... Spotify's recommendations don't hit the same coz I don't have time and money sunk into it, so there are no real consequences if the song sucks.
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Complicated by the fact I don't speak Spanish, and the old recording was so crackly and hissy that I can't even promise that it *was* Spanish. Metadata was totally wrong, I think it was mislabeled as Elliot Smith's Waltz #2. Honestly, I'm just thankful I never downloaded LiNkiNgPaRk-nUmB.exe
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