Dave Lane 
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
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FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always.
I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas.
SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth
AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf.
In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
🇳🇿
@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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3d ago
@phil_stevens you've got the moral high ground. And that means credibility. That should never be underestimated when you're sharing a narrative.
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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3d ago
Ok. What if we - the voters of Aotearoa - aligned ourselves to elect a Government that is committed to achieving the best possible outcome for all NZers. As table ante, any parties wanting to be in such a Gov't would need to first publicly acknowledge that 'Trickle Down Economics' is a nonsensical farce, and that 'neoliberalism' has failed the vast majority of people upon whom it's been imposed.
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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6d ago
@leighelse @billbennett @xurizaemon @stephen they sometimes get a bit stroppy (shirty?) when, asked for my emails, I look at the branding on their shirt and say (for example) 'noelleeming@catchall.domain'
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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6d ago
@billbennett @xurizaemon @stephen it's been really interesting having a catchall email domain which I use for dodgy web-related accounts (and even the not-yet-dodgy ones) with the name of the service, e.g. service@catchall.domain. I've seen a lot of spam coming through over the years clearly labelled with the folks whose systems have been compromised, or who've been acquired and asset-stripped.
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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6d ago
@JulianOliver Done.
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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6d ago
@JulianOliver ok - will set that up for outgoing.nz and unbreak.nz both of which I acquired for possible initiatives I no longer remember.
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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6d ago
@JulianOliver I've got a few underutilised domains that I'd happily loan to such a cause...
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Apr 16, 2026
Quite a few folks - a couple credible developers - are trying to convince me that 'AI' code generation is great. They fail to realise that my issue isn't whether it's good at writing working ('pretty'?) code. It could be both (it isn't) but that misses my concern: to me conferring power to those without the understanding to the implications of different uses of that power creates a system inevitably prone to disaster - whether smallish now or colossal later. Another contemporaneous example: 1/2
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Apr 14, 2026
This is gut-wrenching. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/592410/devastating-scenes-as-wildlife-lay-dead-on-dry-lakebed-in-manawatu Our water allocation and farming practices are not sustainable, and it's a horrible tragedy for all of the life that's destroyed as a result of our hubris and vile indifference.
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Apr 14, 2026
To other Mastodon Admins - I just got a couple posts telling me that my instance is the source of dodgy content from a couple identical looking but differently named accounts on mastodon.cloud. I believe it's a phishing scam targeting Mastodon admins... be careful out there.
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Apr 13, 2026
You'd think that, with that $400k per farmer windfall... that they could afford to pay for their carbon pollution like other industries.
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Apr 08, 2026
@quinn perhaps not, but knowing me, I'd've needed another batch of braces (or even a couple of 'em).
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Apr 08, 2026
@quinn They would've been handy on the elbows, I reckon. @ethanschoonover
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Apr 08, 2026
@quinn @ethanschoonover I totally always needed more teeth when growing up there in the 70s. Sadly, I was too soon.
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Apr 01, 2026
Thanks to the hard work of @rimu and the rest of the PieFed community, and the infrastructure sponsored by https://prodigi.nz there's now a community PieFed for Aotearoa - https://piefed.iridescent.nz
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Mar 29, 2026
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Mar 20, 2026
This is an auspicious development - mandating ODF formats for all government generated documents: https://linuxiac.com/germany-mandates-odf-for-public-administration/ - the UK did this, too, quite a long time ago - https://www.gov.uk/government/news/open-document-formats-selected-to-meet-user-needs - like 2014 - but then reversed its decision due to being corrup-... er, I mean due to lobbying.
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Mar 18, 2026
Hey - whatdayaknow!? Peter Beck sells out entirely: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/590037/rocket-lab-wins-record-contract-with-us-department-of-war If I was the kaumatua of Mahia Peninsula, I'd be telling RocketLab to hit the road. Not sure what I mean? See this: https://northandsouth.co.nz/2021/03/14/rocket-lab-military/ I'm sensing an ethical vacuum. RocketLab is no triumph for Aotearoa NZ, it's a shame.
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
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Mar 09, 2026
It's that time again - tomorrow, Tues 10 March, 20:00 NZDT is when the next Aotearoa NZ #FOSS #OpenSource #Libre meetup starts. You can find us at https://meeting.iridescent.nz - all are welcome.
Thanks as always to https://prodigi.nz for their generous sponsorship of our NZ-based infrastructure!
Thanks as always to https://prodigi.nz for their generous sponsorship of our NZ-based infrastructure!
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
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Feb 28, 2026
Wonder why anyone in Aotearoa NZ is celebrating RocketLab's US launch in aid of the US military. For his own gain and glory, Peter Beck (I don't see justification for his honourific) betrayed the trust of the kaumātua of Mahia Peninsula and sold us all out to perhaps the least honourable country in the world these days. Here's the story if you haven't already seen it: https://northandsouth.co.nz/2021/03/14/rocket-lab-military/
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
mastodon.nzoss.nz
Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
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Feb 18, 2026
Our schools are completely dependent on cloud services for, well, everything. And there's no backup connectivity. https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360940414/christchurchs-largest-school-forced-shut-after-contractor-mistakenly-cuts-internet Sadly, almost all of those services are proprietary, almost all are foreign, and many happily exploit students privacy to add shareholder value.
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
mastodon.nzoss.nz
Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
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Feb 17, 2026
@DrCuriosity superb!
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
mastodon.nzoss.nz
Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
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Feb 17, 2026
@DrCuriosity huh, don't know them... pleased, though, that they're ok!
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
mastodon.nzoss.nz
Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
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Feb 17, 2026
Wow, bugger. Folks out on Banks Peninsula (esp Little River) are in a bad way - check this out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27ak-At7EKA Yikes!
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
mastodon.nzoss.nz
Dave Lane 🇳🇿
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
FOSS/Libre Nerd on many levels, seizing digital autonomy by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always. I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas. SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf. In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ #searchable
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@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
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Feb 08, 2026
Tomorrow (Tues 10 Feb, 20:00 NZDT) is our next monthly #Libre / #FOSS / #OpenSource meeting. All welcome! Find us at https://meeting.iridescent.nz - we talk about whatever interests those in attendance! No questions/topics too basic or too hard. We'll also discuss developments in digital sovereignty & democracy. Great place to learn why you might want to ditch Windows (or MacOS) and liberate your digital life! I'm gather even the gamers are doing it these days!
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