*copy and pastes from discord*

Rip Hashigo Zake, my favourite bar that had a “reserved table” sign with my fursona x.x

TIL there's a bunch of seismographs in schools around NZ: https://nzseis-stations.auckland.ac.nz/index-leaflet.html

So, the NZ civildefence website went down during the last earthquake/tsunami alert and they were like "check our twitter/facebook for updates!"
Now, if this stupid under-16's social media ban goes through, how are people under 16 meant to check the socials for potentially live-saving emergency info if they're banned from doing so...

<complaints about LLMs/AI agents doing things they were told not to do>
have we considered that a tool that does a thing when you tell it not to do the thing isn't fit for purpose?

Rip, covid high again in Wellington again and no one seeming to notice. From https://poops.nz

Oh and before anyone goes on about how it was a 3rd party service, I present to you

Lol, lmao.. And this is why you dont give your ID to age verification services.. “The unauthorized party also gained access to a small number of government‑ID images (e.g., driver’s license, passport) from users who had appealed an age determination.” https://discord.com/press-releases/update-on-security-incident-involving-third-party-customer-service

Oh neat, looks like iOS 18.6 has fixed some bugs and now ublock origin lite works in safari on iOS! https://www.neowin.net/news/ublock-origin-lite-launches-on-apple-safari/

Sun is angy! G4 geomagnetic storm watch issued!
Might get aurora tonight (1300 1st of june UTC time)

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/g4-watch-key-messages

Covid in NZ go nyooom

Finally! A decent AI risk management tool!

https://airiskbutt.com/

Also exercise endorphins vs long covid post exercise fatigue lets gooo

x.x https://moonrider.xyz has Caravan Palace - Lone Digger and a bunch of other tracks I recognise from @fridaynighttracks.com and now I am ded

#nzpol
Ah yes the right wing snowflakes once again on the war path because they think LGBT people dont exist.
If you voted for National/ACT/NZfirst i hope you die in a fire

https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360654102/coalition-directs-health-nz-stop-saying-pregnant-people

lol https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/12/ai_code_suggestions_sabotage_supply_chain/

rip
NZ has 15% GST on everything sold here.
#nzpol
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/544669/nz-might-soon-be-in-firing-line-for-us-tariffs-in-trump-s-trade-war-economist

hmm, if you were inside a black hole would you still get the static from the big bang on a radio waterfall?

STOP PUTTING LLMs IN EVERYTHING FOR FUCK SAKE