@zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 2mo ago

Reporter Andrea Vance emailed questions to New Zealand's Minister of Health and National Party election campaign manager Simeon Brown. Within three hours she was publicly attacked by the Atlas Network aligned Free Speech Union (sic) for daring to ask the questions. This is so scandalous that Atlas Network aligned reporter Luke Malpass wrote this story. https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361012020/free-speech-union-attacks-reporter-asking-minister-questions

stuff.co.nz

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 3mo ago

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@ariadne@social.treehouse.systems Whakatauki: He aha te mea nui o te ao? He tangata, he tangata, he tangata! Maori proverb: What is the most important thing in the world? It is people, it is people, it is people! https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22703273

natlib.govt.nz

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 2mo ago

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@BobLefridge@mastodon.nz Indeed. And leaving aside the appalling ministerial interference in the Medical Council, I'm more interested in who tipped off the FSU. My money is on Emotional Junior Staffer once again, and in this case that would be Simeon Brown. Here's Andrea Vance's story from earlier this morning: https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361012000/doctor-centre-free-speech-row-appointed-medical-council

stuff.co.nz

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 1mo ago

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@oxy@social.bsdlab.au @dch@bsd.network There are no teenagers here. I'm holding with cat-goblins.

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 1mo ago

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@dch@bsd.network Being immune to cat-bite would be a plus too.

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 2mo ago

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@nixCraft@mastodon.social Google is the bad actor, as usual.

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 2mo ago

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@lin11c@toad.social Indeed, nothing illegal. Politicians around the world employ offices full of people to do similar trolling, particularly those supported by the Atlas Network. @Nonilex@masto.ai

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 2mo ago

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@SimonCHulse@mastodon.nz @AdminKirsty@infosec.space #eqnz https://www.civildefence.govt.nz/

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 2mo ago

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@BobLefridge@mastodon.nz And the Free Speech Union's foolish outburst which should sink the Minister: https://fsu.nz/publications/political-litmus-tests-threaten-public-appointments-warns-free-speech-union/

Free Speech Union NZ

Political litmus tests threaten public appointments, warns Free Speech Union | Free Speech Union NZ

The Free Speech Union is questioning why The Post

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 2mo ago

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@jonny@neuromatch.social Was that before or after the front fell off?

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 3mo ago

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@IceNine@social.vivaldi.net Allow her to remind you that after the Frost plug comes through the firewall it is followed by the entire contents of the cooling system in the form of boiling water and superheated steam. @GruffHarding@mastodon.nz @jackyan@mastodon.social @yakmoose@cloudisland.nz @BobLefridge@mastodon.nz

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 3mo ago

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@GruffHarding@mastodon.nz True, and the hole they make in the firewall makes it fairly easy to set the new one, but bloody terrifying when you are the middle seat passenger on the Wellington motorway near Tawa early on an icy cold morning. @IceNine@social.vivaldi.net @jackyan@mastodon.social @yakmoose@cloudisland.nz @BobLefridge@mastodon.nz

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 2mo ago

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@Phil_Tanner@mastodon.philtanner.com CD has always been a graveyard for some of those people Paul Henry wants to get rid of, so it's largely on brand for them, but yes, the cuts certainly have not helped. @SimonCHulse@mastodon.nz @AdminKirsty@infosec.space

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 3mo ago

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rant with lots of swears

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 3mo ago

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@punishmenthurts@autistics.life Note that there is no microphone in shot, and hear his voice in the longer version. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGKan6eX5ug @globalmuseum@mastodon.online

Rolf Lislevand plays A.Stradivari Sabionari, 1679 guitar - Santiago de Murcia - Tarantela

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 2mo ago

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@esoastronomy@mastodon.social Saying that one of many gray splotches in the interference pattern is a dark star seems extraordinarily brave. It may well be that there is such a body there, but that image does not prove it.

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 3mo ago

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@selzero@syzito.xyz Why does Human Fox look like Starmhole in disguise?

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 2mo ago

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@crowk@critter.cafe ping @JonathanMosen@caneandable.social just in case he hasn't heard and is a very likely person to know

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 3mo ago

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@geomannie@mastodon.scot It's not at all long past that televisions were illegal in cars within sight of the driver here, now you can't buy a car without one.

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 3mo ago

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@IceNine@social.vivaldi.net Just watch out for the Frost plugs coming through the firewall. Oh, and carry a hammer so you can disengage the handbrake. Under no circumstances mention the Prince of Darkness. @jackyan@mastodon.social @yakmoose@cloudisland.nz @GruffHarding@mastodon.nz @BobLefridge@mastodon.nz

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 2mo ago

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@corq@infosec.exchange Oh, that's significantly more extensive that f5's earlier report. The New Zealand Civil Defence website went 404 while running 1.30.3 in the aftermath of both the earlier report and a large and widely felt earthquake which triggered a tsunami warning. #eqnz

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 2mo ago

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@BobLefridge@mastodon.nz And then the Civil Defence folks can't tell the difference between earthquake magnitude and instensity and redo the tsunami calculation on the wrong basis, and the entire media parrot that, none at any time thinking Geonet may in fact be correct. @Firesphere@cloudisland.nz @venzann@mastodon.nz

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 2mo ago

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@ptoothfish@beige.party Is that the tea with both kinds of pot?

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 2mo ago

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@dlmetcalf@mastodon.social @DenisCOVIDinfoguy@aus.social From the Great Big Maybe department: Adverse reactions to Carbamazepine in people with bleeding disorders have been linked to HSV flares. Similarly (Italian/Spanish?) researchers found some interplay between Covid and bleeding disorders, perhaps vWD, likely after observations by the Prof that brought forward the Covid Toes thing. For passers by: Any link here is hypothesis not proven science.

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 2mo ago

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@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org It's probably worth testing Q412, Q410, Q414, Q415, Q416, and Q420, together with R452, R454, and R450, and to leave Q422 and Q424 out before applying power. Then check for signal and vaguely sensible voltages at the bases of Q422 and Q424 before installing them. Short circuiting the outputs is the most common cause of failure.

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 2mo ago

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@aligorith@mastodon.nz Perhaps 20 years ago a truck with a bladder of oil sprung a leak heading north from Pukerua Bay until it was stopped at Lindale, north of Paraparaumu. Cars were going everywhere. People were hurt. Ron, the local traffic cop, looked at the bill of lading: mineral oil destined for KFC branches. A couple of months later there was a column inch in the papers in which KFC announced they would no longer be cooking in mineral oil.

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 3mo ago

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@stux@mstdn.social Under no circumstances allow the National Guard to wear dress uniforms because that would make the pool look worse.

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 2mo ago

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@corq@infosec.exchange I wonder what version of nginx that is. https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000162097

my.f5.com

myF5

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 2mo ago

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@jonny@neuromatch.social It took me a while to figure out that you were not talking about either software or electronics.

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 3mo ago

New Zealand's far-right government paid $1,000,000 each for Michelin stars.

Both parties are corrupt.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/361000630/michelin-guides-nz-debut-called-absolute-joke-chef

stuff.co.nz

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 3mo ago

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@mark_and_draw@mastodon.art For any English speakers wondering what Bernstein-Zimmer is all about: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_Room

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 3mo ago

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Here's a much better recording (but still with too much background noise) of the same Ralf Lislevand playing the same Stradivarius Sabionari instrument. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvJMl2ctHZ0 @punishmenthurts@autistics.life @globalmuseum@mastodon.online

[REMASTERED] Rolf Lislevand plays Santiago de Murcia - (codex Saldivar n°.4) Tarantelas

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 3mo ago

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@Nonilex@masto.ai Just one world for that blathering fool Hegseth: Iran.

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 3mo ago

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@stux@mstdn.social When I was a kid millionaires seemed impossibly remote and distant. Mythical. Now being a millionaire just means you own a house and have a little cash in the bank. This massive devaluation of reserve currencies is part of the mechanism of unjust enrichment.

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 2mo ago

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@lcamtuf@infosec.exchange Son of a Gunn.

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 2mo ago

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@tante@tldr.nettime.org Acid causes corrosion and hallucinations.

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 3mo ago

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@carnage4life@mas.to Someone please tell me that Ford fired the daft managers and executives that oversaw their AI adventure.

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 2mo ago

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@BobLefridge@mastodon.nz Here's the press release announcing the appointments: https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/appointments-made-medical-council

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 3mo ago

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@rogeredwards@gamepad.club They both look the same to me.

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 4mo ago

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@kenSwinson@indieweb.social ping @saltphoenix@kolektiva.social @sundogplanets@mastodon.social

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 2mo ago

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@skyguided@cathode.church Programming 2708 EPROMs was a little challenging. https://www.alldatasheet.com/datasheet-pdf/view/125761/TI/TMS2708.html

alldatasheet.com

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 4mo ago

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@clock@net.miaumuh.ch I note that the site you cite only underlines links in it's sidebar menu on mouseover, and also that links on mastodon are generally differentiated by being bold.

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 4mo ago

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@clock@net.miaumuh.ch That'll be your Notifications. When there are too many you won't be able to examine them all.

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 3mo ago

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@davep@infosec.exchange I'm surviving the record French heatwave by being on the opposite side of the planet where it is currently -1.4°C !@#

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 4mo ago

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@clock@net.miaumuh.ch Look again, the numbers are the links and are bolded, not the labels which you have underscored. How are you doing anyway?

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 3mo ago

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@JoePajak@mstdn.science Lack of seasonality noted.

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 3mo ago

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@alex@fedi.smith.geek.nz I wonder if we'll be seeing free daytime electricity in NZ soon as they are in Australia. (No chance with our current power company structure)

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 3mo ago

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@mdwyer@mastodon.social ping @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 1mo ago

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@emily_rugburn@lgbtqia.space @crk5@aus.social I looked and it's doing this, and reloading every five seconds.

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zl2tod @zl2tod@mastodon.online

· 2mo ago

#eqnz Thu Jul 16 2026 9:14 PM 40 km north of Te Anau Strong 6.3 53 km preliminary I didn't feel it but it put a good swing on a pendulum here in Kapiti. https://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/2026p530771

geonet.org.nz

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake occurred 45 km south-west of Milford Sound, New Zealand on Thu Jul 16 2026 9:14 PM. The quake was 50 kilometres deep and the shaking was strong close to the quake.

The quake may have been felt in Alexandra, Arthur's Pass, Ashburton, Balclutha, Dunedin, Fairlie, Geraldine, Gore, Greymouth, Haast, Hokitika, Invercargill, Lumsden, Methven, Milford Sound, Mount Cook, Oamaru, Oxford, Palmerston, Queenstown, Ranfurly, Roxburgh, Snares Islands, Te Anau, Timaru, Tuatapere, Twizel, Waimate, Wanaka, and surrounding localities.

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