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aimee@mastodon.nz

<p>Plants, data, scifi, art, critters, water, futures / foresight. Infovore neophile interested in everything except asshattery.  Living w/ my plants and dog. Loon, chaos field, told I think and care too much in neoliberally-run collapsing Aotearoa.<br /> Background: light shining through daffodils. Avatar: teeny bright green sapling growing on a moss-encrusted log.</p>

Posts

Post #4215687
Always worth reading this newsletter, I find :) https://open.substack.com/pub/managingeditor/p/gut-shot
Post #4215686
If you have a few spare minutes before 5 June, please consider helping the ODC with their research into responsible #data use in #AI https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfnCKpNJaYdgFDkXvKzxwFTnuGyvkeAn2sCFqJ3bYRG3rdqyg/viewform
Post #4215685
Worth a read. https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/24-05-2026/lessons-from-the-intercity-bus
Post #4215684
Happening in 15 min &lt;3 #indigenousknowledge #art https://events.humanitix.com/imagine-film-screening-pei
Post #4215683
Love. It. If one&#39;s gonna do dairy, do it like this. Sam Hogg: The secret to farming success https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday/audio/2019037246/sam-hogg-the-secret-to-farming-success
Post #4215682
Other than being able afford a book I&#39;d mever otherwise have been able to these days - and only because I had a voucher which covered it - my fave AMAZING Scorpio book sale moment was seeing a Haynes Ownership Manual* for...TITAN. The moon. HAYNES!!! *IYKYK why&#39;s so funny and so amazing. $5 instead of $50 :D The sale&#39;s only just started (and it&#39;s mostly not online sales-allowing), and shop was packed!
Post #4215681
FYI :) https://regulateai.nz/
Post #4215680
If you&#39;re in Ōtautahi later this month, and into trees, come check out this! https://www.facebook.com/share/18z43RvJwj/
Post #4215679
Care about corruption in govt? Check this out, and have your say (they&#39;re seeking feedback)! https://www.sfo.govt.nz/counter-fraud/corruption-risk-assessment-tool
Post #4215678
Pretttty much. #Claude #AI https://bsky.app/profile/carnage4life.bsky.social/post/3mnipvohcuc2b
Post #4215677
Now for something a little different :) https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/science/humans-walking-veer-left-counterclockwise.html
Post #4215676
FYI, peeps :) https://events.humanitix.com/the-cgctech-meetup-clean-green-climate-2
Post #2334869
Art IS resistance. Yes. (Ahem. Real art...aka art. Not slop.) https://grave-offerings.ghost.io/this-is-an-art-attack/
Post #2067368
If you can help, please do. Women's health is _horrendously_ underfunded. https://thespinoff.co.nz/science/06-05-2026/siouxsie-wiles-menstrual-cups-are-a-great-invention-but-how-safe-are-they
Post #1628352
Whaaa? RocketChat&#39;s pivoted to being a Defense thing?! Ok, suggestions for ethical alternatives to Slack, please! It&#39;s for a small-but-growing community, not an Enterprise :) Not self-hosted. Uninterested in futzing w/ that atm :) #opensource #FOSS #ethical
Post #840403
In which I discover that, while Metatext works (unlike the Mastodon app, at least on iOS), the ability to edit isn&#39;t there (also like said other app). #oppositeapps
Post #840402
@rupert Ah! Fair enough :P
Post #840401
Day 1 of &quot;spend like a year drawing / painting / whatever&quot; flamingoes...
Post #840400
Expressions are now open! It&#39;s gonna be amazing :) &quot;We’re entering the decade of #transitions, #climate, #digital, #demographic, #governance and more. This Forum positions Aotearoa as a global prototype for systems #transformation grounded in tikanga, whakapapa, and future intelligence.&quot; #foresight #futures #aotearoa #newzealand #reweaving https://www.learningcitychristchurch.nz/aotearoa-futures-forum-2026
Post #840399
Exceedingly trapped under the giant cuddly ginger loaf that is the doggo :P
Post #840398
#Ōtautahi #Christchurch peeps: any good local spots for acquiring rennet? (If not, other source recommendations welcome!)
Post #840397
So, the traffic backup on Ferry Rd west of the Ensor / Aldwins Rd interchange is mad, and worsening. C&#39;mon, CCC - this stuff is eminently fixable!
Post #840396
@rupert fiiiiiiiigs!
Post #261032
They make a VITAL point: countries with expensive energy cannot compete on anything: not manufacturing, not services, not tech. (And, I&#39;d argue, not socially nor environmentally.) Which means, to put it politely, they&#39;re screwed. Aotearoa New Zealand: looking at us here and our ever-climbing energy costs, enabled by greed, short-termism and political expedience. #nzpol #energy #economy #society https://www.volts.wtf/p/how-to-make-rooftop-solar-power-as