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Architect + Passive House & Low Carbon expert | BUSINESS: http://via-architecture.net | BLOG: http://elrondburrell.com | Born at 331.3 ppm CO2 ๐Ÿ“ˆ๐ŸŒ

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IT HASN'T EVEN BEEN A WEEK!

20.02.2026 22:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 5853 ๐Ÿ” 3258 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 32 ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

the goal is to destroy everything

13.02.2026 21:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 25 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

bsky.app/profile/elro...

04.02.2026 19:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"i am so happy i did not kill anybody" ๐Ÿคฏ

04.02.2026 12:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

bsky.app/profile/elro...

04.02.2026 12:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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04.02.2026 12:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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By the way, this is Boydโ€™s Harvard contact Nowak that recommended him to Epstein.

04.02.2026 12:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

With a research centre called โ€ฆ PEDโ€ฆ

04.02.2026 12:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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04.02.2026 12:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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By the way, this is Boydโ€™s Harvard contact Nowak that recommended him to Epstein.

04.02.2026 12:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Yeah ๐Ÿ˜–

02.02.2026 09:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not for nothing but we reaaaaally shouldn't be listening to what a noted creep has to say about other creeps. Ask any young woman in the nz lit scene who to avoid. The whisper network is LOUD.

02.02.2026 00:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 45 ๐Ÿ” 11 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is the bipartisan institution of US political economic elites.

02.02.2026 03:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What do you mean, dems love him ๐Ÿ˜œ All those photos of Clinton Obama bush trump slapping each other on the back and having a good old laugh together. Same class of people.

02.02.2026 03:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

is there any reasonable person out there who still wants to go into bat and defend NZ mainstream media? *Particularly* the editorial?

This stuff is really sick, and NZ newsrooms are having a good old laugh about it.

What the fuck is wrong with everyone in these institutions? Cowards *at best*?

02.02.2026 02:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 31 ๐Ÿ” 13 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿฅด

02.02.2026 03:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

NZ media are just lapping this up as if it were run-of-the-mill celebrity gossip & Boyd is their kiwi on the inside.

Rather than calling out the lack of ethics or basic due diligence by an academic of supposed high standing and instead of exposing the really really bad stuff in the Epstein filesโ€ฆ

02.02.2026 02:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 57 ๐Ÿ” 16 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

โ€œShocked to discover his name thereโ€ - when another article said heโ€™d been anticipating itโ€ฆcould we have some consistency at least?

02.02.2026 00:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 16 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This guy is a Fellow of RSNZ and received their prestigious Rutherford Medal in 2020 (worth $100K) for "preeminent research, scholarship or innovation".

This is what "merit-based" appointments serve up. Absolutely shameful. I'm not sure I've ever seen such a bad interview.

02.02.2026 01:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 50 ๐Ÿ” 20 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Rejecting Board of Peace right decision but no excuse for NZ to disengage on Palestine PSNA Media Release, 31 January 2026.

"Rejecting Board of Peace right decision but no excuse for NZ to disengage on Palestine"

PSNA Media Release for 31 January

#NZPol

substack.com/@psnaotautah...

01.02.2026 06:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Since Pinker has been brought to NZ by the FSU, local reporters could ask what the "Great Fun" he was having with Epstein on April 4 2014, as mentioned in an Epstein email to Bill Gates (2014 isn't a "This person and their crimes is a mystery to me" time, as it is many years after the 2007 case)

01.02.2026 05:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 73 ๐Ÿ” 31 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thereโ€™s also emails planning a get together, then confirming a breakfast appointment for JE & BB

01.02.2026 04:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Also www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

01.02.2026 00:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
From: Brian Boyd <b.boyd@auckland.ac.nz>
To: Jeffrey Epstein <jeevacation@gmail.com>
Subject: Re:
Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2012 22:25:35 +0000
Hi Jeffrey,
No, nothing looming: I'm hunkering down to do the Popper biography, which will require another trip to Europe
(although the bulk of the research travel I did some time ago) but not for quite some time.
You suggested a while back we should work out the details of the money transfer.
Can we go back over things, first? When you asked me how long I would need to write the book on Lolita that's
the top of my wish list, I said a year. You asked me how much money would that take. Being naturally antigrabbity, I said $50K, thinking not that that's a year's salary (you assumed from that that I was maybe still an
associate professor) but that that's the 25% of my salary that the Faculty of Arts pays (the rest comes from the
University center) and that covers my teaching courses (I have a reduced teaching load in any case). You
promptly said that's not enough and counterproposed $75K. But the more I think about it, the more I realize how
much else other than the undergraduate teaching encroaches on my time: the admin (not bad at all for someone at
my level, but still an interference), the supervision of PhD and sometimes other graduate students. To do the
book in a year I'd really need to take a full year of unpaid leave and be free of all university obligations here. So
that's just for you to reflect on; I'm very appreciative of what you've already offered, and that should indeed
allow me to buy out of all my undergraduate teaching.
Anyway, whatever you decide, here are my bank details:
Bank: Bank of New Zealand
Branch: Auckland Store, 80 Queen Street, Auckland 1010

From: Brian Boyd <b.boyd@auckland.ac.nz> To: Jeffrey Epstein <jeevacation@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2012 22:25:35 +0000 Hi Jeffrey, No, nothing looming: I'm hunkering down to do the Popper biography, which will require another trip to Europe (although the bulk of the research travel I did some time ago) but not for quite some time. You suggested a while back we should work out the details of the money transfer. Can we go back over things, first? When you asked me how long I would need to write the book on Lolita that's the top of my wish list, I said a year. You asked me how much money would that take. Being naturally antigrabbity, I said $50K, thinking not that that's a year's salary (you assumed from that that I was maybe still an associate professor) but that that's the 25% of my salary that the Faculty of Arts pays (the rest comes from the University center) and that covers my teaching courses (I have a reduced teaching load in any case). You promptly said that's not enough and counterproposed $75K. But the more I think about it, the more I realize how much else other than the undergraduate teaching encroaches on my time: the admin (not bad at all for someone at my level, but still an interference), the supervision of PhD and sometimes other graduate students. To do the book in a year I'd really need to take a full year of unpaid leave and be free of all university obligations here. So that's just for you to reflect on; I'm very appreciative of what you've already offered, and that should indeed allow me to buy out of all my undergraduate teaching. Anyway, whatever you decide, here are my bank details: Bank: Bank of New Zealand Branch: Auckland Store, 80 Queen Street, Auckland 1010

Uhhhhhh #nzpol

31.01.2026 22:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 149 ๐Ÿ” 41 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21 ๐Ÿ“Œ 20
Count and table for Tฤmaki Makaurau - Preliminary Count

VOTES COUNTED:
4,439
25.9%
LEADING CANDIDATE:
KAIPARA, Oriini
2,833
2nd CANDIDATE:
HENARE, Peeni
1,459
CURRENT MARGIN:
1,374	
Candidates	Party	Votes
KAIPARA, Oriini
TPMAO
2833
HENARE, Peeni
LAB
1459
TAMAKI, Hannah
VNZ
86
MATENE, Sherry Lee
IND
15
ALP, Kelvyn
NZL
9
Candidate Informals:		37
TOTAL:		4,439

Count and table for Tฤmaki Makaurau - Preliminary Count VOTES COUNTED: 4,439 25.9% LEADING CANDIDATE: KAIPARA, Oriini 2,833 2nd CANDIDATE: HENARE, Peeni 1,459 CURRENT MARGIN: 1,374 Candidates Party Votes KAIPARA, Oriini TPMAO 2833 HENARE, Peeni LAB 1459 TAMAKI, Hannah VNZ 86 MATENE, Sherry Lee IND 15 ALP, Kelvyn NZL 9 Candidate Informals: 37 TOTAL: 4,439

25% done and Kaipara has been steadily moving ahead of Henare since the count started

06.09.2025 07:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 18 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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What I'd just say to you is, that damn #StraightUpMcAnulty is Bish's kryptonite. I might have to take him on myself.
#LyinLuxon #WorstPMEver #WorstGovernmentEver #NZpol

04.09.2025 02:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 124 ๐Ÿ” 41 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7 ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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1/200 S2E157 - 'Combatants' & Laws of War โ€” 1/200 In one of our more academic episodes, we interview Kieran Kelly about humanitarian law, war vs genocides, rules of engagement, and the definition of a 'combatant'. With war crimes in the news, we look...

1/200 S2E157 - 'Combatants' & Laws of War

We discuss humanitarian law, war vs genocides, rules of engagement, and the definition of a 'combatant'. With war crimes in the news, we look at the history and context around what these 'crimes' actually are.

w/ @l11p.bsky.social @krkelly.bsky.social

05.09.2025 22:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
[CLICK here if you would like your name added to this letter]
ุงู„ู†ุณุฎุฉ ุงู„ุนุฑุจูŠุฉ ู…ู† ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุฑุณุงู„ุฉ ู…ุชุงุญุฉ ุฃุฏู†ุงู‡.

Open Letter to the Bluesky Team About Their Treatment of Palestinians in Gaza

The signatories of this letter are all members of the Bluesky community, many of us have actively participated on the platform since its inception. We came to Bluesky because it was a breath of fresh air, a place that felt different from many of the other social media platforms. The lack of a central algorithm, the ability to build and use custom feeds, and the lack of penalty for link promotion contributed to an environment that allowed diverse and interesting voices to find their footing and community on Bluesky. While some of the signatories of this letter have had no issues with speaking their mind publicly on Bluesky, unfortunately that is not true for all the signatories because many are Palestinians currently living in Gaza. 

These Palestinians are journalists, artists, engineers, teachers, grandmas, entrepreneurs, a man who owned an ice cream shop, a pediatrician who has been featured on CBS Morning News, aid workers, architects, waiters, pharmacists, studentsโ€“and perhaps most essential to the backbone of Bluesky, posters. All of these people provide unique and interesting voices to the Bluesky community. However, unlike the other signatories of this letter, these Bluesky community members have struggled to keep their accounts on the platform. Most of them have lost multiple accounts and/or have had their accounts labeled as spam. Some cannot even make an account without it immediately being removed from the platform. 

Gazans undertake immense efforts to simply be on Bluesky. Sometimes, they walk for miles just to have access to the internet. They scale rooftops where they are exposed to potential military attacks just for the opportunity to get better cell signalsโ€“one signatory of this letter tragically lost her brother this way. They use what little money they have to pay โ€ฆ

[CLICK here if you would like your name added to this letter] ุงู„ู†ุณุฎุฉ ุงู„ุนุฑุจูŠุฉ ู…ู† ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุฑุณุงู„ุฉ ู…ุชุงุญุฉ ุฃุฏู†ุงู‡. Open Letter to the Bluesky Team About Their Treatment of Palestinians in Gaza The signatories of this letter are all members of the Bluesky community, many of us have actively participated on the platform since its inception. We came to Bluesky because it was a breath of fresh air, a place that felt different from many of the other social media platforms. The lack of a central algorithm, the ability to build and use custom feeds, and the lack of penalty for link promotion contributed to an environment that allowed diverse and interesting voices to find their footing and community on Bluesky. While some of the signatories of this letter have had no issues with speaking their mind publicly on Bluesky, unfortunately that is not true for all the signatories because many are Palestinians currently living in Gaza. These Palestinians are journalists, artists, engineers, teachers, grandmas, entrepreneurs, a man who owned an ice cream shop, a pediatrician who has been featured on CBS Morning News, aid workers, architects, waiters, pharmacists, studentsโ€“and perhaps most essential to the backbone of Bluesky, posters. All of these people provide unique and interesting voices to the Bluesky community. However, unlike the other signatories of this letter, these Bluesky community members have struggled to keep their accounts on the platform. Most of them have lost multiple accounts and/or have had their accounts labeled as spam. Some cannot even make an account without it immediately being removed from the platform. Gazans undertake immense efforts to simply be on Bluesky. Sometimes, they walk for miles just to have access to the internet. They scale rooftops where they are exposed to potential military attacks just for the opportunity to get better cell signalsโ€“one signatory of this letter tragically lost her brother this way. They use what little money they have to pay โ€ฆ

Gazans have also been aggressively targeted and unfairly reported by bad actors. Many accounts openly encourage the reporting and targeting of any Palestinian. Several groups exist for the express purpose of looking for Palestinian accounts to report. 

We believe Bluesky owes Gazans, and the entire community who benefits from their voices, a greater duty of care especially in the context of the horrors they are enduring. We ask Bluesky to implement the following changes:

Provide information on all Bluesky-affiliated websites in Arabic that explains the rules and expectations of the site in clear language.

Investigate the accounts that are mass-reporting Palestinians on Bluesky. The mass reporting of Palestinians on Bluesky is a group effort to render the platform a hostile place for a community based on their ethnicity. As such, it is racism, and should be understood as such. Reports against Palestinians who have broken no community guidelines must be understood as racism, and the accounts that submit those reports should be disregarded in the future.

Many Bluesky users encourage Gazans to tag or reply to them, and this is not always understood as unwelcome behavior. If an account is reported as Spam for tagging or replying to others, treat only reports from the tagged/mentioned account as legitimate, seeing as they were the only ones who received a notification.

Send emails regarding disciplinary action every time it is taken. Gazans do not always get an email explaining what they did wrong, and those that do are required to parse a language they do not speak in order to understand their violation. Have these emails contain an easily visible link to information about their violations in Arabic. 

Respond to appeals in a timely fashion, many Gazans simply never hear back from Bluesky after they appeal a decision.

In addition to removing Gazans for alleged spam behavior, Bluesky has also sometimes indicated that they are deleting an account for being a scam or โ€ฆ

Gazans have also been aggressively targeted and unfairly reported by bad actors. Many accounts openly encourage the reporting and targeting of any Palestinian. Several groups exist for the express purpose of looking for Palestinian accounts to report. We believe Bluesky owes Gazans, and the entire community who benefits from their voices, a greater duty of care especially in the context of the horrors they are enduring. We ask Bluesky to implement the following changes: Provide information on all Bluesky-affiliated websites in Arabic that explains the rules and expectations of the site in clear language. Investigate the accounts that are mass-reporting Palestinians on Bluesky. The mass reporting of Palestinians on Bluesky is a group effort to render the platform a hostile place for a community based on their ethnicity. As such, it is racism, and should be understood as such. Reports against Palestinians who have broken no community guidelines must be understood as racism, and the accounts that submit those reports should be disregarded in the future. Many Bluesky users encourage Gazans to tag or reply to them, and this is not always understood as unwelcome behavior. If an account is reported as Spam for tagging or replying to others, treat only reports from the tagged/mentioned account as legitimate, seeing as they were the only ones who received a notification. Send emails regarding disciplinary action every time it is taken. Gazans do not always get an email explaining what they did wrong, and those that do are required to parse a language they do not speak in order to understand their violation. Have these emails contain an easily visible link to information about their violations in Arabic. Respond to appeals in a timely fashion, many Gazans simply never hear back from Bluesky after they appeal a decision. In addition to removing Gazans for alleged spam behavior, Bluesky has also sometimes indicated that they are deleting an account for being a scam or โ€ฆ

End IP bans on any account from Gaza and allow them to make new accounts where they can comply with Bluesky rules and continue to be valued members of the community. 

We understand that even if all these changes are made, many Gazans may still violate Bluesky rules in the future, but we hope that Bluesky will abandon their punitive approach to these violations and instead embrace an attitude of education, cooperation and community careโ€“ one that works to ensure people in Gaza can participate in a way that keeps their voices heard. 

We also call on the Bluesky community to help and support these accounts however they can. We want to continue to build a healthy community with better community members and this cannot be done if Gazans continue to be shunned. We can use this as an opportunity to show how to protect all vulnerable groups in the future.

We hope that Bluesky does not follow the path of other social media platforms and instead forges ahead with a different philosophy. After all, that is the reason so many of its users are there.  Bluesky's ethos of "No Caesarsโ€ should apply to all members of its community.

[To add your name to the list of signatories, click here.]

End IP bans on any account from Gaza and allow them to make new accounts where they can comply with Bluesky rules and continue to be valued members of the community. We understand that even if all these changes are made, many Gazans may still violate Bluesky rules in the future, but we hope that Bluesky will abandon their punitive approach to these violations and instead embrace an attitude of education, cooperation and community careโ€“ one that works to ensure people in Gaza can participate in a way that keeps their voices heard. We also call on the Bluesky community to help and support these accounts however they can. We want to continue to build a healthy community with better community members and this cannot be done if Gazans continue to be shunned. We can use this as an opportunity to show how to protect all vulnerable groups in the future. We hope that Bluesky does not follow the path of other social media platforms and instead forges ahead with a different philosophy. After all, that is the reason so many of its users are there. Bluesky's ethos of "No Caesarsโ€ should apply to all members of its community. [To add your name to the list of signatories, click here.]

We were hoping that this letter to @bsky.app could first be shared by a Gazan, but we were too worried that doing so would get their account deleted so we are sharing first.

You can sign on to the letter about the unfair treatment of Gazans on Bluesky here:

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

24.05.2025 18:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 3828 ๐Ÿ” 3011 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 104 ๐Ÿ“Œ 444

If anyone ever told me Brownlee of all people would be reigning in the govt on attacking TPM in parliament I'd have said 'who are you, I'm in the wharepaku, how did you get into my house' and then after that I'd have said 'well OK that's pretty wild I grant you, but next time use the door'

15.05.2025 02:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 25 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

c*** couldโ€™ve been cuck lol ๐Ÿ˜‚

15.05.2025 03:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0