The whole web is built on a primary grace: that the people visiting you are trustworthy. It costs a little something for me to serve my webpage to everyone who goes there. When the number of scrapers outnumbers the number of humans by an order of magnitude, this grace is fragile.
16 GW of power deals announced by 5 hyperscalers in 2026
More evidence that Big Tech is locking us into a new generation of fossil fuel infrastructure and destabilizing our climate: the 5 largest hyperscalers have announced 16GW of power deals this year, and only 3GW have been for clean power.
As an IR professor, it's depressing that this is outperforming all others as the best theory of US foreign policy
Read about this this morning then just walked past someone wearing one of these hats in Wellington?! Word travels fast
“I’ll send you my take because I think it’s correct”
The clean car discount was making New Zealand’s vehicle fleet cleaner, cheaper to run, and helping us to be more resilient in an unstable world.
Its cancellation was a massive own goal by the Luxon Government and is now seriously costing New Zealand.
There are a couple of whakatauki in there as well that are very nice but the syllable calculation doesn’t bear close examination
Really evocative language by Willis here. The beef and lamb reference brings to mind a field of grass (grazing) then it’s flipped on to a field of grass (sport). What a poignant meditation on the silent but vital role of grass, economically and culturally
Forum on Democratic Resilience and Transparency New Zealand Parliament (Hosted by Duncan Webb & Vanessa Weenink) Time Event Notes 9:00 to 9:10 Mihi Whakatau Welcome comment from host MPs Grand Hall (Live Streamed into Legislative Council Chamber) Kaumatua Webb / Weenink 9:10 to 9:40 Opening Keynote Speech Grand Hall (Live Streamed into Legislative Chamber) Phil Goff 9:45 to 10:45 Panel 1 – Grand Hall Theme: Improving Participation Chair: Bronwyn Hayward Michael Mcaulay Mika Hervel Max Rashbrooke Panel 2 – Legislative Council Chamber Theme: Pacific Democracy Chair: Alfred Schuster Jose Sousa-Santos Traci Houpapa Caren Rangi 11:15 to 12:15 Panel 3 – Grand Hall Theme: Public Access to Power Chair: Anne Tolley Bryce Edwards Peter Gluckman Phillipa Yasbek Panel 4: Legislative Council Chamber Theme: An Inclusive and Cohesive New Zealand Chair: Helmut Modlik Prudence Walker Judy Matai’a Deborah Hart 12:15 to 12:45 Keynote Speech – Grand Hall (Live Streamed into Legislative Chamber) Chris Finlayson 12:45 to 1:45 Lunch
1:45 to 2:45 Panel 5 – Grand Hall Theme: Open Government Chair: Julie Haggie Sam Sachdeva John Allen Andrew Ecclestone Oliver Lineham Panel 6 – Legislative Council Chamber Theme: Improving Democratic Process Chair: Simon Wright Dean Knight Andrew Butler Fleur Fitzsimmons 2:45 to 3:15 Closing Keynote Speech from the Chief Human Rights Commissioner Grand Hall (Live Streamed into Legislative Council Chamber) Stephen Rainbow 3:15 to 3:20 Final Remarks from host MPs / closing Grand Hall (Live Streamed into Legislative Council Chamber) Webb / Weenink
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This one is good. Gotta say there are fewer seasonal allegories in Hansard than I would hope
A baby very close to some saxophonists
They gave her a shaker and introduced her as a new member of the band. This was after the tree played a saxophone solo too. Great time
The day would have been a win even if it had just been the time in the queue, but it was great inside too!
Baby running through water fountains in a queue
That might have been us! I meant the damp child being carried with bare feet on the left haha. Could not keep her away from it. Went through 3 pairs of pants today
Went to the opening of Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui, the Wellington central library. So good. Excited to read some books and use some sewing machines and microfilm over the coming months and years. The cafe was great and ran very smoothly for a first day at capacity. Also the baby joined a brass band
Ha that’s our damp child on the left
Ha you’ve captured the moment before someone came and tamed the queue to curl back onto itself. Had a great time in the queue, great time in the library
(I know a lot but at a 2024 vintage)
Can you DM me?
ngers corporate emissions data
Emissions from Australia's biggest data centre operator are *definitely* growing. Airtrunk is the worst but everyone's on the way up. This isn't projections and possibilities, anymore.
www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/04/a...
Thanks! Really enjoying the show otherwise!
@mattbevan.bsky.social hi, we have been really enjoying Black Swans. Except for 24:53 into this where there is a horrible high pitched noise in the TV clip youtu.be/qr7oj5_o5x8?...
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A book called “teeth are not for biting”
A bite out of a book called “teeth are not for biting”
This library book tells an extra story
A photo taken by a baby who has borrowed a phone. A blue sky with a couple of distinct wispy clouds. The top of a crane. The top of a baby’s head.
Photography by baby
That’s the one
Probably have the same PHO
I don’t think there’s a phrase as elegant. It’s all “making an oblique reference to” or “indirectly referencing” but they’re stripped of the gossipy subtext
Have you also made observations on the ads? There were a lot of life insurance ads when I was there
It also recommends Chris Brown and Drake artist radio??
I don’t know, I feel like they could have been a little more personalised here
