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Strypey<p>If you enjoy learning about renewable energy tech, I highly recommend this 9 minute PBS video. Introducing the concept of 'flow batteries', and exploring their potential use in large-scale energy storage. It explains why using Vanadium could make safer, easily recyclable, and much cheaper grid-scale batteries;</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/fPtaDqLsbnM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/fPtaDqLsbnM</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/HatTip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HatTip</span></a> to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.io/@deutrino" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>deutrino</span></a></span> for introducing me to this tech and supplying the link.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/RenewableEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RenewableEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/FlowBatteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FlowBatteries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Vanadium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vanadium</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>“From mid-2022 to mid-2023, the 34 mines consumed 32.3 terawatt-hours of electricity—33% more than Los Angeles—85% of which came from fossil fuels. We estimated that 1.9 million Americans were exposed to ≥0.1 μg/m3 of additional PM2.5 pollution from Bitcoin mines, often hundreds of miles away from the communities they affected.”</p><p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-58287-3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41467-025</span><span class="invisible">-58287-3</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/HatTip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HatTip</span></a> to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gerrymcgovern</span></a></span> for the quote and the link. I would have boosted his post but I thought the accompanying comment was a bit strong.</p>
Yves Luther<p>Service toot: if your <a href="https://luther.social/tags/AllInOnePrinter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AllInOnePrinter</span></a> refuses to <a href="https://luther.social/tags/Scan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scan</span></a> to an <a href="https://luther.social/tags/SMB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SMB</span></a> share on a <a href="https://luther.social/tags/Mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mac</span></a>, try this: disable <a href="https://luther.social/tags/FileSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FileSharing</span></a> → reboot the Mac → enable FileSharing – et voilà – <a href="https://luther.social/tags/ScanToSmbShare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScanToSmbShare</span></a> works like a charm again. <a href="https://luther.social/tags/OnlyApple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnlyApple</span></a> <a href="https://luther.social/tags/HatTip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HatTip</span></a> to <a href="https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/scan-to-network-folder-doesnt-work-on-macos-sonoma.2419786/post-32951967" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">forums.macrumors.com/threads/s</span><span class="invisible">can-to-network-folder-doesnt-work-on-macos-sonoma.2419786/post-32951967</span></a></p>
Strypey<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.io/@deutrino" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>deutrino</span></a></span> <br>Another potential use for sodium ion battery tech is in grid-scale storage systems, like those mentioned here;</p><p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/556884/construction-capacity-can-t-keep-up-with-phenomenal-demand-for-solar-power" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnz.co.nz/news/national/556884</span><span class="invisible">/construction-capacity-can-t-keep-up-with-phenomenal-demand-for-solar-power</span></a></p><p>(<a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/HatTip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HatTip</span></a> to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@norightturnnz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>norightturnnz</span></a></span> for the link)</p><p>I have no idea what chemicals are currently used when building such systems. But if they're lithium ion they'll be stupidly expensive to build, and if they're lead acid - which seems more likely - they'll need replacing much sooner.</p><p>(1/2)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/RenewableEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RenewableEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/BatteryTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BatteryTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/GridScale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GridScale</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/SodiumIron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SodiumIron</span></a></p>
Thomas Schmid<p><a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/AarbergBisZweisimmen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AarbergBisZweisimmen</span></a>&nbsp; </p><p>schon wieder ein fehler im katalog 🙈 das heute morgen war nicht <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Schwarzenburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Schwarzenburg</span></a>, sondern <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Oberdiessbach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oberdiessbach</span></a> (<a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/hattip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hattip</span></a> Thomas Scheidegger).<br>neuer versuch: <a href="https://ark.burgerbib.ch/ark:36599/hhd8nkjd8mb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ark.burgerbib.ch/ark:36599/hhd</span><span class="invisible">8nkjd8mb</span></a> <br><a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Burgerbibliothek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Burgerbibliothek</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Bern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bern</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>"What political scientists describe as affective/negative polarization describes how political disagreements are increasingly existential value judgments where 'the other side' is not just wrong but evil. In such an environment, changing one’s mind, by, for example, deciding to no longer support Trump’s policies, becomes less likely."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/ChaunceyDeVega" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChaunceyDeVega</span></a>, 2025 </p><p><a href="https://www.salon.com/2025/03/27/sadopolitics-why-maga-clings-more-to-the-more-his-policies-hurt-them/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">salon.com/2025/03/27/sadopolit</span><span class="invisible">ics-why-maga-clings-more-to-the-more-his-policies-hurt-them/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/HatTip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HatTip</span></a> to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Some_Emo_Chick" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Some_Emo_Chick</span></a></span> for the link.</p>
Strypey<p>Another FarceBook whistleblower. This one a kiwi woman, Sarah Wynn-Williams, who's been gagged by an injunction since this interview was released;</p><p><a href="https://www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/episodes/7DrpKCA/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">globalplayer.com/podcasts/epis</span><span class="invisible">odes/7DrpKCA/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/HatTip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HatTip</span></a> to RNZ MediaWatch for reporting both the release of Wynn-Williams' exposé book, and the gag order.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/podcasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>podcasts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Global" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Global</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/TheNewsAgents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheNewsAgents</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/FaceBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FaceBook</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>"[The government] is paying 4.7% interest on 10-year Treasury bonds right now, while the private sector is paying upwards of 8%. Largely because of this disparity, a British parliamentary study in 2011 found PPPs were likely to end up costing twice as much as other comparable projects."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/SimonWilson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SimonWilson</span></a>, 2025</p><p><a href="https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/road-tolls-ppps-and-the-investment-summit-time-for-some-honesty-simon-wilson/UJJKPOL6RZFZJM26NK4DC2JKDA/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nzherald.co.nz/nz/road-tolls-p</span><span class="invisible">pps-and-the-investment-summit-time-for-some-honesty-simon-wilson/UJJKPOL6RZFZJM26NK4DC2JKDA/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/HatTip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HatTip</span></a> to Gordon Campbell, who quoted this pithy fact in his own piece on Public Private Partnerships;</p><p><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2503/S00039/gordon-campbell-on-winston-peters-bad-trip-and-the-return-of-the-ppps-zombie.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2503/S00</span><span class="invisible">039/gordon-campbell-on-winston-peters-bad-trip-and-the-return-of-the-ppps-zombie.htm</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/PPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PPP</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>Right to Repair bills become law in Canada. This one particularly intriguing;</p><p>"Bill C-244 creates a new exception allowing for circumvention of TPMs for the purposes of “repair, maintenance and diagnosis.” And Bill C-294 creates a new exception allowing circumvention to make any computerized device interoperable with any other computerized device or system."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/AnthonyDRosborough" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnthonyDRosborough</span></a>, 2024</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/updates-to-canadas-copyright-act-bring-consumers-closer-to-the-right-to-repair-your-devices-241535" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/updates-to</span><span class="invisible">-canadas-copyright-act-bring-consumers-closer-to-the-right-to-repair-your-devices-241535</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/HatTip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HatTip</span></a> to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@norightturnnz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>norightturnnz</span></a></span> for the link.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/RightToRepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightToRepair</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>Ever since I heard Uh-Oh by The Subliminals the other day it's been a total earworm. Now I'm <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/listening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>listening</span></a> the album it comes from, United State, released in 2000;</p><p><a href="https://thesubliminals.bandcamp.com/album/united-state" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thesubliminals.bandcamp.com/al</span><span class="invisible">bum/united-state</span></a></p><p>This has aged very well IMHO. Equal parts 3Ds-esque psychedelic rock, and HDU style mathrock, it's upbeat but unapologetically quirky. Great fun. Totally recommended.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/HatTip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HatTip</span></a> to Freak the Sheep on <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/95bFM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>95bFM</span></a> for reminding me they exist.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/indie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indie</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/MathRock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MathRock</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/TheSubliminals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheSubliminals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/podcasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>podcasts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/FreakTheSheep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreakTheSheep</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/KiwiMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KiwiMusic</span></a></p>
Strypey<p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/HatTip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HatTip</span></a> to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@norightturnnz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>norightturnnz</span></a></span> for the link to this story;</p><p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/544486/school-lunch-failures-original-contractors-ready-to-offer-alternatives" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnz.co.nz/news/political/54448</span><span class="invisible">6/school-lunch-failures-original-contractors-ready-to-offer-alternatives</span></a></p><p>Like the Irex ferry cancellation, this is further proof that whenever the NatACTs try to fix what they claim is "wasteful spending", they end up spending more public money for inferior results.</p><p>Unlike Irex, which is difficult to unf%&amp; k, school lunches can be fixed by canning Rimmer's penny-pinching failure, and going back to the local providers it displaced. Fingers crossed.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/NZPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NZPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/SchoolLunches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SchoolLunches</span></a></p>
Jim Spath<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@afreytes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>afreytes</span></a></span> Thanks. I was thinking out loud as it were. The error was not from the last name column, only triggered when I pulled in records with blanks in date fields. Weak view definition.</p><p>Fixed with:<br>CAST(case when f__N not like '%/%' then null else f__N end AS date) <br>in the view create statement.</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/PostgreSQL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PostgreSQL</span></a></p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/HatTip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HatTip</span></a> to this post from 8 years back:<br><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42392052/pginvaliddatetimeformat-error-invalid-input-syntax-for-type-date" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stackoverflow.com/questions/42</span><span class="invisible">392052/pginvaliddatetimeformat-error-invalid-input-syntax-for-type-date</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>"Governing a large state is like boiling a small fish."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/LaoTzu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaoTzu</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/TaoTeChing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaoTeChing</span></a>, chapter 60 (translation by D.C. Lau)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/HatTip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HatTip</span></a> to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://momostr.pink/users/npub1f6ugxyxkknket3kkdgu4k0fu74vmshawermkj8d06sz6jts9t4kslazcka" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>npub1f6ugxyxkknket3kkdgu4k0fu74vmshawermkj8d06sz6jts9t4kslazcka</span></a></span> on Nostr for posting the larger quote.</p>
Strypey<p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/HatTip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HatTip</span></a> to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@glynmoody" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>glynmoody</span></a></span> for writing that TechDirt article about the proto-fascist planning a virtual pogrom of their ideological enemies on Wikipedia. Also <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://indieweb.social/@jbz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jbz</span></a></span> for sharing the quote and link.</p>
Strypey<p>Oh christ-on-a-stick here's another one!</p><p><a href="https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/make-a-submission/document/54SCJUST_SCF_5C7F002D-E4B4-4573-5563-08DD042D0CD2/crimes-countering-foreign-interference-amendment-bill" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/make-a-</span><span class="invisible">submission/document/54SCJUST_SCF_5C7F002D-E4B4-4573-5563-08DD042D0CD2/crimes-countering-foreign-interference-amendment-bill</span></a></p><p>The formal submissions closed on 16 Jan but you can still write to your MP, government ministers etc about why bringing back Cold War style treason laws is a gobsmackingly bad idea.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/HatTip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HatTip</span></a> to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@norightturnnz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>norightturnnz</span></a></span> for bringing my attention to this in a recent blog post.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/NZPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NZPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/ColdWar2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColdWar2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/ForeignInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignInterference</span></a></p>
Strypey<p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/HatTip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HatTip</span></a> to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.cafe/@soapdog" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>soapdog</span></a></span> for sharing this news about the PebbleOS code release on the Secure Scuttlebutt network where I learned about it.</p>
Strypey<p>"Saying he was just more deadweight hampering the executive branch’s ability to function efficiently, Elon Musk confirmed Monday that he had offered himself $10 billion to resign from his position as head of President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/TheOnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheOnion</span></a>, 2025</p><p><a href="https://theonion.com/elon-musk-offers-self-10-billion-federal-buyout/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theonion.com/elon-musk-offers-</span><span class="invisible">self-10-billion-federal-buyout/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/HatTip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HatTip</span></a> to Elizabeth Lopatto the Verge for the link, and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GossiTheDog</span></a></span> for posting about Elizabeth's article.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/satire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satire</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>"I feel like the last person alive to remain disturbed by the many ways we continue to welcome surveillance into our domestic lives."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/EvaWiseman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EvaWiseman</span></a>, 2025</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/09/is-it-time-to-ring-the-alarm-on-internet-door-cameras" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2025/feb</span><span class="invisible">/09/is-it-time-to-ring-the-alarm-on-internet-door-cameras</span></a></p><p>You're most certainly not though, and if I'm reading the room, the resistance to it is growing.</p><p>(1/2)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/HatTip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HatTip</span></a> to the Scuttlebutt poster who shared this article.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/SurveillanceCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceCapitalism</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>"... recently agreed trade deals with the European Union and with the United Kingdom both contain binding and enforceable commitments to the agreement.</p><p>This is a reminder that trading partners are already monitoring New Zealand's climate actions. Consumer attitudes and trade obligations might become a more powerful lever for climate action in the future. No government should ignore this."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/NathanCooper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NathanCooper</span></a>, 2025 </p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/unambitious-and-undermined-why-nzs-latest-climate-pledge-lacks-the-crucial-good-faith-factor-248877" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/unambitiou</span><span class="invisible">s-and-undermined-why-nzs-latest-climate-pledge-lacks-the-crucial-good-faith-factor-248877</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/HatTip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HatTip</span></a> to RNZ for republishing this on their website.</p>
Strypey<p>"Hype allows AI proponents to claim that they have built something a) of great power, b) over which they have no responsibility or control."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/DamienPatrickWilliam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DamienPatrickWilliam</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/HatTip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HatTip</span></a> to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@FractalEcho" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>FractalEcho</span></a></span> who quoted this here;</p><p><a href="https://www.goethe.de/prj/geg/en/thm/tru/25453339.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">goethe.de/prj/geg/en/thm/tru/2</span><span class="invisible">5453339.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/MOLE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MOLE</span></a></p>