yiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiikes.

I checked recently and our power bill for the month just gone was 3% up even though our daily usage compared to the same month last year was 20% down. We can afford to keep heating etc but of course many many people cannot.

there's a big reasoning gap of, OK, if you think this is only happening because people aren't experienced/educated at using LLMs/don't have appropriate background knowledge, how and why are they going to acquire that experience/education? Without slowing down the system for everyone else?

An ‘ordinary’ storm with extraordinary impacts: what made Wellington’s deluge so intense? Analysis: The storm is part of an increasingly familiar pattern reminding us that our communities and infrastructure aren't yet prepared to cope with what a warmer, wilder future holds.

Why an ordinary storm can have an extraordinary impact - a great explainer about the Wellington events by @cubaraglanguy.bsky.social www.rnz.co.nz/news/weather...

No, I hadn’t. Odds that he’s admitted he’s wrong yet…?

Getting to 'wind or earthquake' levels here, on top of all the rain, so that's fun

Ah yes, I love his columns about really deranged molecules and the people who work with them.

A chemist wrote that.

yeah pretty sure he's the only one who's seriously discussed it. absolutely memory-holed in every other way.

And, of course, already never got a cent from central govt for the *very significant* work that had to be done post-Kaikōura (which is not yet finished)

This free webinar is Monday 20th April at 12:10 pm. Register below to get the link.

This topic is particularly on point at the moment given today's MBIE webinar on public research funding priorities.

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Those wind speeds are business as usual at our place, though much more concerning if you're on the flat/lower hills.

If you live in the Kingston/Brooklyn area, don't plan on taking a bus anywhere today. Due to overnight weather and fallen trees, the #7 bus route isn't currently running. Please check the Metlink website for updates.
Other routes are also affected.
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Once again I suspect our nation is being used as a placeholder for a concept ('very remote location') rather than being discussed factually.

I've already seen photos of some 'small' slips hitting houses; can't imagine there won't be bigger ones with more rain on sodden ground.

Cartoon depicts a scene in a science laboratory. 'GOVT REDIRECTS AGRI-SCIENCE FUNDING - NEWS' Lab worker male: "What does it say?" CHATBOT on a computer screen: "Take funds from labs and give them to tech." Lab worker female: "Our funding is gone."

Cuts to lab staff.... #FarmersWeeklyNZ #nzpol

I believe that's still the case. Given what havoc (probably, the 4-way home tests weren't out then) RSV played in our household my kid's first year of life I'd have loved if a vaccine was available

Both funny and grim that apparently we're going right back to Victorian-era 'masturbation saps your strength' or whatever

what gets me is not just that it happened but that apparently it happened so much it was a subject of caricature by other nations

'oh when we said women were property we meant that REALLY literally', huh

Your Name in Landsat - NASA Science With this online interactive, users can type in their name then view and export the graphic of that name spelled out in Earth features found in Landsat images.

This is so fun!!

science.nasa.gov/mission/land...

The human face of science funding cuts - Expert Reaction - Science Media Centre Kiwi scientists share how funding cuts have impacted their research and careers, in a new report from the Save Science Coalition. Many of the profiled researchers have been made redundant or have moved...

The human face of science funding cuts – Expert Reaction

Poe's Law really getting a workout today I see

How this is advertised makes me think - if they're worried about mould, could you use shower curtains?

We transitioned the NZSR from emailed submissions to OJS a couple of years ago and it's totally doable, but you need support and someone willing to make it their project.

there's always a complete lack of interest in stepping into anybody else's shoes with these guys, huh

Sometimes things are of their time in that they were obviously inappropriate and tacky at the time, too

As I love to remind people, my history lecturer at Canty Uni was asking students to reflect on whether it was appropriate for the Crusaders to do this (or be called that) at the end of our History of the Crusades course in...2007

If you can't even be convicted because that's too severe a consequence, why lay charges for this sort of behaviour?

Extreme weather scientists warn of impending funding drought 'Some nerd sitting in an office' doesn't seem like exciting research to fund but it's answering urgent questions about severe weather, a climate scientist says.

Just as the impacts of climate change are really starting to bite, AoNZ as a nation is busy 'deprioritising' research funding into it. You can probably tell from some of the quotes how chill I'm feeling about this.