@auntymiche.bsky.social
Knitter, multipotentialist, Shriekback fan. Apollo Program tragic. Lifelong Quaxer. F1 fan (Go McLaren!). ADHD. Fascists, TERFs, other bigots not tolerated. She/her.
@auntymiche.bsky.socialThose were some days, man
@thebishf1.bsky.socialReposted by @auntymiche.bsky.socialRemembering Alfonso Cabeza de Vaca y Leighton, 11th Marquess of Portago, aka Alfonso de Portago, Spanish nobleman, racing driver, bobsleigh driver & jockey, born #OnThisDay in ā28. He started 5 #F1 GPs in ā56 & ā57, & he finished 2nd, beaten only by Juan Manuel Fangio, at Silverstone in ā56.
@robot-muldoom.bsky.socialReposted by @auntymiche.bsky.socialFriday: GeoNet's quake and tsunami monitoring centre went dark for eight hours, reportedly a first. Not enough staff.
The PSA says cuts took $4m and a quarter of its staff. NEMA warned of the risk in 2024.
Mark Mitchell (emergencies): not my portfolio. Penny Simmonds (science): silent. #nzpol
@auntymiche.bsky.social@burritojustice.bsky.social Been thinking of you. Must be a reason. Anyway, hi!
@johnlang.bsky.socialReposted by @auntymiche.bsky.socialHow does a patch of warmer-than-normal water in the Pacific shift weather patterns thousands of kilometres away?
This weekās new graphic and write-up explains how.
www.climatetrunk.com/infographics...
Visual #29 of 150 odd is on #ElNiƱo
@climatetrunk.bsky.social @skepticalscience.bsky.social
@ufw.bsky.socialReposted by @auntymiche.bsky.social"Lupe" shared this video saying, "Itās 96Ā° in Gonzales. CA law requires employers to provide shade for workers. But in this non-union cauliflower field, thereās only one shade structure for over 40 workers. It isn't right to put workers' lives at risk." #WeFeedYou
@katelynburns.comReposted by @auntymiche.bsky.socialAI scripts on yourube delende est
@ryan.crawcour.socialReposted by @auntymiche.bsky.socialItās easy, if you want a party that will drive social welfare and tax reform, look after our planet and make things more affordable for the vast majority of Kiwis, party vote Greens (candidate vote Labour if you must)
Anything else is a vote for National and by assoc a vote for ACT & NZF
@parsley72.bsky.socialReposted by @auntymiche.bsky.socialSo itās bad when biker gangs do it but fine for multinational corporations?
www.rnz.co.nz/news/crime-a...
@kiwimatt.bsky.socialReposted by @auntymiche.bsky.socialDear all online stores ever, if you're going to force automatic currency conversion, please at least specify the currency in the listings! If you just put a $ symbol and nothing else I have no way of knowing if it's USD, NZD, or something else!
@kattenbarge.bsky.socialReposted by @auntymiche.bsky.socialAnthropic banning āabusive or cruel behaviorā toward Claude in its new usage policies is proof to me that tech companies are going to moderate violence against AI before they ever moderate violence against women and minorities
@zaichishka.bsky.socialReposted by @auntymiche.bsky.socialWent for a little ride on the City Rail Link from WaitematÄ to Karanga-a-Hape and back as a birthday treat.
As a fan of @tubemapper.bsky.social, I couldn't help but take a few photos.
@openpolicy.bsky.socialReposted by @auntymiche.bsky.socialTreating the acquisition of 'AI' tools for all tertiary education institutions in Aotearoa as merely 'a commercial matter' seems like something way beyond folly given the likely impact on teaching, learning, assessment, research, etc.
Not to mention the privacy and theft of IP implications.
@russincheshire.bsky.socialReposted by @auntymiche.bsky.socialPanem et circenses
@annaleen.bsky.socialReposted by @auntymiche.bsky.socialThe audiobook for A WALL IS ALSO A ROAD is low-key blowing up, and it's all because of the incredible narrator Jess Nahikian, who is delivering queer David Attenborough vibes. Here is a delicious sample for you to hear! Get the audiobook wherever they are sold, or check it out from your library!
@bewarethefish.bsky.socialReposted by @auntymiche.bsky.socialThese chuds would be ban abusive behaviour towards their fleshlights before they protected women and minorities. Right from the start it's been clear that violence against women and minorities is a feature and not a bug of these systems. At least we got the Christchurch Call eh š
@whimsicalmuse.bsky.socialReposted by @auntymiche.bsky.socialI donāt know who needs to hear this, but youāre not obligated to justify your choice of music, books, television, or films to anyone.
@juha.bsky.socialReposted by @auntymiche.bsky.socialwww.rnz.co.nz/news/regions... I've seen this stuff many times over a long time now, and it should be illegal to force employees to become contractors who have to buy their own gear. Economic dependence that Australia's moved away from.
@sneptech.bsky.socialReposted by @auntymiche.bsky.social
@thoughtfulnz.bsky.socialReposted by @auntymiche.bsky.socialIt gives "Sure to Rise" a whole new emphasis
