RE: https://social.tchncs.de/@machine/117349457891037126

2026 advertising:

Positive tipping points:
https://www.positive.news/society/51-ways-to-get-the-planet-tipping-the-right-way/

Another streaming service you can access with your library card :
Biblio+
(Seemed to make it difficult for me to access it on my browser but you also get apps on App- and Play Store)

Hmm, isn't the cost of the wiring just about erasing the savings for a fair few years and what about it being a lot more dangerous, unsafe?
https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/07/the-overlooked-wiring-problem-in-the-clean-energy-transition/

Here comes the sun - with rays of good news, ie Germany has developed a solar panel with 34.4%
efficiency, still in the lab, while at a solar show in Shanghai...
https://fixthenews.com/p/343-the-prairie-remembers-mission

This is a great opinion on how to effectively use AI:

from the what's-the-word dept
Sun, Jun 14th 2026 12:00pm - Leigh Beadon
This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is Robert Freetard with a comment on our post about AI replacing workers:

Ultimately the the best positions to replace in a company with AI

The best positions to replace in a company with AI is the CEO and other C* positions.

They do NO physical labor, they cost thousands of times more than other workers, they basically follow the boards instructions (or get removed), An AI with the proper training, a strict logic tree and and as much ethical subroutine as the board would allow would make better decisions than the C* of most corps have over the last 50 years.

This timeline on Mastodon.nz is increasingly of no interest to me and
I'm seeing less and less of the people that matter to me.
Any good alternative instances for kiwis??

Rhetorical question:
Will our government/many other governments and/or the media
protect me if I drive my neighbours out of their homes, mistreat or/and kill their children?
Will they call me a settler if I change the boundary lines and increase the size of my property?
NO, NO, NO - at least, I hope not.
So why are they doing it with
Israel(ies)???
Let's call these 'Israeli settlers for what they are: Terrorists.
And a country that condones and encourages terrorism is a terrorist country.
Let's correct the media and the governments that don't know better or are willfully misleading the greater public on this important issue.

'You have been warned',
(I better put a reminder on so I don't jump out of my skin).
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/emergency/597997/explainer-how-emergency-alerts-work-and-why-you-ll-get-one-on-sunday

#MusicWithSoul #JukeboxFridayNight
Not in the title but too good to leave out: Frankie goes to Hollywood -
The Power of Love
https://youtube.com/watch?v=P5kQhAEUFt4
... I'm so in love with you
Purge the soul
Make love your goal...

Why we need proper REGULATION
for, well, most things really.
Aotearoa should take a lesson from this:
'Switzerland has a highly regulated telecom sector with strong oversight and government-backed infrastructure projects, but regulations in Switzerland differ from those in Germany.

So why is the country that worships free markets producing stagnation, monopolies, and inferior internet, while the country with heavy regulation is producing hyper-competition, world-leading speeds, and consumer choice?'

https://sschueller.github.io/posts/the-free-market-lie/

Without it we have a number of cartels that suck the life out of our country.

#SilentSunday

From the 'Surveillance-Streisand dept'...
or how a large US company can shoot itself in the foot - with a bazooka:
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/27/palantir-sues-swiss-magazine-for-accurately-reporting-that-the-swiss-government-didnt-want-palantir/

Oh, found yesterday's good news.
(As for yesterday's tomorrow, there is one - here for me anyway)
https://mailchi.mp/positivenews/preventable-side-of-cancer-6205921?e=034d159e0b
I whole heartedly applaud Ireland for their BI for artists - I often listen to concert pieces on radio and can only be utterly grateful for so many musicians having dedicated long stretches of their lives to achieve the often sublime artistry of their performances (same and similar applies of course for most artists).

#SilentSunday

Funny read on toddlerhood.
https://waitbutwhy.com/2025/10/toddler.html?utm_source=convertkit&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NEW+POST%3A+Tales+from+Toddlerhood+-+19453225

One of the many little helpers doing their thing in the apple tree.

When you're the product - the American Way (Amway and its hidden sidekicks)
https://thespinoff.co.nz/business/14-10-2025/inside-legacy-the-mlm-that-thrives-in-secrecy?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Mounting%20anger%20over%20Auckland%20s%20%20lawless%20%20CBD%20sparks%20urgent%20calls%20for%20reform&utm_campaign=The%20Bulletin%20-%20October%2014%2C%202025

The Dunedin Botanical Gardens are in full spring swing.
Here are a couple of pics from a view I particularly like.
In these pics there's a Dawn Redwood that I'm drawn to in all seasons, it's deciduous and besides the beautiful shades of green throughout the year it gets stunning red tones in autumn. It also has a particular nice shape.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasequoia_glyptostroboides)

#ThoughtOfToday
There are slightly more Palestinian refugees overall than people that inhabit Aotearoa atm.
I really hope that if in the future a superior power decides to wipe out our population and declare this country their own, the rest of the world won't just stand by with 'thoughts and prayers' until it's all done and dusted...
Ie, like NZ and others are behaving now regarding Palestine, I mean, really, what's this abominable government waiting for???