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this is so fun because i know an LLM wouldn’t give me a response this creative. like this took the funniest shortcut possible. come have fun at youraislopbores.me

A LIST OF WORDS FOR COOL.

A DUDE THINKING SOME SERIOUSLY DEEP THOUGHTS.

THE BEST HOODIE OF ALL TIME

MY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MACHINE. A "CUTE CATBOY" AND BEANS.

SO THIS SHIT RULES. youraislopbores.me

Scientific paper published in PubMed. Heading: Object personification in autism: This paper will be very sad if you don't read it. Authors: Rebekah C White et all. Autism, 2018 May. For those curious, here's the original paper: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10053878/1/Personification%20in%20autism_final%20accepted.pdf

Nobel Prize For Titles. Right away.

Pleased you like it! I must admit it passed the preschoolers by, but quite a few adults had a chuckle…

Luxon as I prefer to picture him

Cutting dialysis just to save a couple of dollars is truly toxic behaviour. But let's ask ourselves the question: where did the money that used to be available to keep people alive actually go?

A short thread.

#nzpol

Dawn Chorus: Luxon clings on as inflation shock looms Luxon won't resign after poll shock; Oil over US$90/bbl overnight; Petrol over NZ$3/l in some areas; Freight cost warning after diesel rises 44c/l; Pak n'Save buying US butter; Dialysis rationing

“Christchurch Hospital has started rationing dialysis to two sessions per week from three because of a Government-imposed sinking lid on spending to ensure Crown spending to GDP gets down below 30%, 1News reported last night” #nzpol

Illustration of Lilian Murray (later Lilian Lindsay) outside the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh waving her Diploma above her head. There are books at her feet. (Image courtesy of British Dental Association)

It's #DentistDay! This is Lilian Murray who became the first female dentist to qualify in the UK. She initially tried to enrol at the London Dental School but was refused entry to the building in case she distracted male students & was interviewed on the pavement instead! #InternationalWomensDay

Lawyer calls for Louise Upston to resign after being 'duped' by Gloriavale leaders Dennis Gates, who has represented Gloriavale leavers, said Upston had been misled by Gloriavale leaders on a visit to the West Coast Christian community.

Lawyer calls for Louise Upston to resign after being 'duped' by Gloriavale leaders

A month?! They should put some alcohol in it will last longer....wait...

(perfect time of year for apricots - I'm currently trying to get through apricot upside-down-cake in order to justify making it again with peaches.

Global dairy prices continue to rise in wake of Middle East conflict Supply pressure and buying interest saw dairy prices continue their climb at the latest Global Dairy Trade auction overnight.

Meanwhile - www.odt.co.nz/rural-life/d...

Ōtepoti op-shoppers: The BroadBay rummage sale is on this weekend, and the Macandrew Bay school fair is on next weekend. Also, the Duck in Mac Bay is open for all you coffee/cake/actual meal needs.

Oh gosh that’s scary! We had similar a few years ago, rush to the hospital, balloons up the nose, heavy doses of morphine. Not fun! Hope all goes well for you.

Government considering scrapping entire clean car standard An EV advocate says if the proposal goes ahead, Kiwis will be sold "the high-emitting leftovers" that manufacturers can no longer sell in Australia.

Government considering scrapping entire clean car standard because they don’t care if the air is as filthy as the rivers they are also reducing quality standards on #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

I got the new covid vaccine on Monday. My teens only have to wait another 11 and 13 years respectively until they can get another one in NZ. 🤯
Afterwards I pushed the high school, yet again, for clear comms telling parents to keep symptomatic kids home from school and school activities, noting this

New Zealanders support more taxes on ultra-rich, new poll shows Half of New Zealanders also agreed that billionaires shouldn't exist while people still struggled with basic necessities like housing, food and healthcare.

Support long-term thinking not just next year's profit

Things like fundamental research at 2% of GDP

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

We’re enjoying the return of previous cast members…yay mosasaur! Hey it’s Blue! But honestly these are such predictable trash they’re great. Confronted with dinosaur? Your options are Freeze! Scream! Tell kid she’s a not a natural human! Such normal human reactions.

Asking my kids if this is dinomaxxing….?

You inspired us, we’ve watched the first two Jurassic Worlds this week. Probably Dominion tonight. I keep yelling at these characters don’t do that, that’s a terrible idea, don’t trust them, run….they never listen!

Ive done it with several but all at the practice I’m already enrolled at. But I just say it at the start of the appointment and none have minded.

'It's proof': New coral evidence clashes with Govt's South Pacific trawling plan Footage identified 350 coral and sponge species on the Lord Howe Rise.

Incredible stuff here from Greenpeace.

This is all the evidence needed.

Bottom trawling HAS to stop.

#ProtectTheOceans via @greenpeace.org.nz

Almost gone now. Beautiful night for it in Dunedin! Posting Paul’s thread because my photos would be rubbish!

Partial lunar eclipse

11:20pm

#LunaEclipse

#Nikon Z7ii 28-300mm (f-mount) ISO200 F/11 1/800th

*I have exposure bracketed my pics +/- 3 stops, but will exposure blend & process them later, these are the single middle exposure ones, lightly processed.

Be really nice if there was a follow up pointing out that with airborne, surgical masks are a lot less effective than N95s and ventilation becomes more important than distancing (seeing as we don’t have boosters for the under 30s)

Digging into digital knowledge: Wikimedia meets archaeology in Aotearoa Over the next six months, a collaboration between Wikipedian Mike Dickison (Giantflightlessbirds) and the Christchurch Archaeology Project will bring the archaeology of Ōtautahi and Aotearoa into the ...

The archaeology of Ōtautahi Christchurch and Aotearoa New Zealand is being brought into the digital spotlight, through a collaboration between Wikipedian Mike Dickison (@adzebill.bsky.social) and the Christchurch Archaeology Project.

www.wikimedia.nz/christchurch...

I regularly update info on profs/assoc profs on Wikidata for NZ unis and I used to revert to the calendar for the worst websites. Now most unis have stopped publishing the calendar or excluded the staff list from it 😩

This is excellent!

The police not escaping the allegations that they have systemic issues with misogyny.

My kids’ school in Dunedin was using a coal powered boiler til this year

All the costumers looking at this and wondering why not bonnet, if bonnet-shaped?