Herbertimo
@herbertimo.bsky.social
DnD, ending family and sexual violence, raising tamariki, playing games and trying to better connect to my Ngāpuhi whakapapa.
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i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward
September 29, 2026 at 5:02 AM
i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward
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This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
September 25, 2026 at 5:00 PM
This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
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Most riveting thing I've seen all week
September 25, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Most riveting thing I've seen all week
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I've finally seen the light. I urge everyone to visit taxpayersunion.org.nz and see the good work that they've been doing on behalf of the hard-working taxpayers of New Zealand
September 26, 2026 at 1:01 AM
I've finally seen the light. I urge everyone to visit taxpayersunion.org.nz and see the good work that they've been doing on behalf of the hard-working taxpayers of New Zealand
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This is the most masculine video on the internet right now
September 17, 2026 at 7:01 PM
This is the most masculine video on the internet right now
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Did a guest lecture for @dylanhorrocks.bsky.social undergrad design & storytelling class. Made them listen to a detailed history of falling damage in Dungeons & Dragons. Sorry undergrads but I am a slave to my passions.
September 16, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Did a guest lecture for @dylanhorrocks.bsky.social undergrad design & storytelling class. Made them listen to a detailed history of falling damage in Dungeons & Dragons. Sorry undergrads but I am a slave to my passions.
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“And I think it's even worse for the Phillips kids' mother because she's Māori... a Māori woman trying to get the police and Oranga Tamariki to take her Pākehā ex-husband's threat to their children seriously.” #misogny #racism #nzpol
Pieces still missing from Tom Phillips inquiry - academic
An expert on family violence says it is indefensible Family Court proceedings were excluded from the government's inquiry into the Tom Phillips case.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 15, 2026 at 7:43 PM
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“It's pretty clear that these agencies brushed her concerns off ... It's well established in the social science literature that there's just this pervasive societal myth that women fabricate claims of domestic violence for some kind of tactical purpose in custody proceedings.” #misogny #nzpol 1/2
Pieces still missing from Tom Phillips inquiry - academic
An expert on family violence says it is indefensible Family Court proceedings were excluded from the government's inquiry into the Tom Phillips case.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 15, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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We have just launched a parliamentary petition calling for mandatory AI transparency in the public sector.
If AI is going to be used in the delivery of public services, it must be AI that is worthy of our trust.
Sign: petitions.parliament.nz/7bfe1c60-b99...
Read more: www.trustworthyai.nz
If AI is going to be used in the delivery of public services, it must be AI that is worthy of our trust.
Sign: petitions.parliament.nz/7bfe1c60-b99...
Read more: www.trustworthyai.nz
Petitions are addressed to the House of Representatives and ask that the House do something about a policy or law, or put right a local or private concern.
petitions.parliament.nz
June 21, 2026 at 10:38 PM
We have just launched a parliamentary petition calling for mandatory AI transparency in the public sector.
If AI is going to be used in the delivery of public services, it must be AI that is worthy of our trust.
Sign: petitions.parliament.nz/7bfe1c60-b99...
Read more: www.trustworthyai.nz
If AI is going to be used in the delivery of public services, it must be AI that is worthy of our trust.
Sign: petitions.parliament.nz/7bfe1c60-b99...
Read more: www.trustworthyai.nz
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Good news, the answer is(was?) no.
Every few years similar charts make the rounds. Usually to blame smartphones for declines, but more recently LLMs.
What really happened is this:
High school completion rates in OECD countries are going up. This pulls PISA scores down. It's a one-time shift.
Every few years similar charts make the rounds. Usually to blame smartphones for declines, but more recently LLMs.
What really happened is this:
High school completion rates in OECD countries are going up. This pulls PISA scores down. It's a one-time shift.
one for the "cognitive deskilling" files (from The Economist's FB account).
surprised both by the pace of the decline and that math and reading scores seem to move more closely together than math and science scores, though I'm not at all familiar with this test and what it asks students to do
surprised both by the pace of the decline and that math and reading scores seem to move more closely together than math and science scores, though I'm not at all familiar with this test and what it asks students to do
September 8, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Good news, the answer is(was?) no.
Every few years similar charts make the rounds. Usually to blame smartphones for declines, but more recently LLMs.
What really happened is this:
High school completion rates in OECD countries are going up. This pulls PISA scores down. It's a one-time shift.
Every few years similar charts make the rounds. Usually to blame smartphones for declines, but more recently LLMs.
What really happened is this:
High school completion rates in OECD countries are going up. This pulls PISA scores down. It's a one-time shift.
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found this in the top posts and it succeeds in being very funny while also inducing a borderline homicidal rage
September 4, 2026 at 4:53 AM
found this in the top posts and it succeeds in being very funny while also inducing a borderline homicidal rage
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A fantastically informative quiz by @davidslack.bsky.social, about the relative shape and size of things.
And by "things", I mean: the stuff of our lives, which we fund collectively, and understand unevenly, and value accordingly, and should ALL know more about: www.davidslack.net/football-pro...
And by "things", I mean: the stuff of our lives, which we fund collectively, and understand unevenly, and value accordingly, and should ALL know more about: www.davidslack.net/football-pro...
What would you rather have to carry for an hour? A brick, or a grand piano?
Watches the world through the rear vision mirror, wonders what we’ve run over, writes about it.
www.davidslack.net
September 2, 2026 at 2:30 AM
A fantastically informative quiz by @davidslack.bsky.social, about the relative shape and size of things.
And by "things", I mean: the stuff of our lives, which we fund collectively, and understand unevenly, and value accordingly, and should ALL know more about: www.davidslack.net/football-pro...
And by "things", I mean: the stuff of our lives, which we fund collectively, and understand unevenly, and value accordingly, and should ALL know more about: www.davidslack.net/football-pro...
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Compensation for time & effort spent on unsuccessful bids? Nice!
Gosh, *imagine* if arts funding worked this way, or science and research, or indeed any gig whatsoever? "So sorry you didn't get the role, but here's a bunch of cash for making it this far. Best wishes for your work going forward!✨🥰 "
Gosh, *imagine* if arts funding worked this way, or science and research, or indeed any gig whatsoever? "So sorry you didn't get the role, but here's a bunch of cash for making it this far. Best wishes for your work going forward!✨🥰 "
"[The] ‘bid costs’ eligible for reimbursement in this context means the reasonable, actual and verifiable third-party external costs directly related to preparing specific elements of the bidder’s proposal."
Tens of millions set aside to pay unsuccessful infrastructure project bidders
An undisclosed amount - capped at 2% of the project’s full cost - is offered to unsuccessful bidders who make it to the “request for proposal” stage.
www.thepost.co.nz
September 2, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Compensation for time & effort spent on unsuccessful bids? Nice!
Gosh, *imagine* if arts funding worked this way, or science and research, or indeed any gig whatsoever? "So sorry you didn't get the role, but here's a bunch of cash for making it this far. Best wishes for your work going forward!✨🥰 "
Gosh, *imagine* if arts funding worked this way, or science and research, or indeed any gig whatsoever? "So sorry you didn't get the role, but here's a bunch of cash for making it this far. Best wishes for your work going forward!✨🥰 "
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“We simply cannot accept the harm being done to a generation of New Zealand children.”*
*Except the harm to 1 in 7 NZ kids living in material hardship, the 1 in 4 girls / 1 in 9 boys abused before 15, or kids unable to access public health, or have clean air in schools, or be taught art history or
*Except the harm to 1 in 7 NZ kids living in material hardship, the 1 in 4 girls / 1 in 9 boys abused before 15, or kids unable to access public health, or have clean air in schools, or be taught art history or
New Zealand to consider banning children under 16 from social media
Prime minister Christopher Luxon’s party to introduce bill seeking the ban, citing harm to a generation of children
www.theguardian.com
August 24, 2026 at 7:24 PM
“We simply cannot accept the harm being done to a generation of New Zealand children.”*
*Except the harm to 1 in 7 NZ kids living in material hardship, the 1 in 4 girls / 1 in 9 boys abused before 15, or kids unable to access public health, or have clean air in schools, or be taught art history or
*Except the harm to 1 in 7 NZ kids living in material hardship, the 1 in 4 girls / 1 in 9 boys abused before 15, or kids unable to access public health, or have clean air in schools, or be taught art history or
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Now is a good time to donate to the Aotearoa Mask Bloc:
chuffed.org/project/1510...
Current Mask Bloc locations:
www.instagram.com/p/Dajs_C0n5v...
chuffed.org/project/1510...
Current Mask Bloc locations:
www.instagram.com/p/Dajs_C0n5v...
Aotearoa Mask Bloc
We are Aotearoa Covid Action, a grassroots advocacy group that has risen up in the wake of Aotearoa New Zealand no longer having a credible plan to control the spread of Covid in our schools, workplac...
chuffed.org
August 21, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Now is a good time to donate to the Aotearoa Mask Bloc:
chuffed.org/project/1510...
Current Mask Bloc locations:
www.instagram.com/p/Dajs_C0n5v...
chuffed.org/project/1510...
Current Mask Bloc locations:
www.instagram.com/p/Dajs_C0n5v...
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It's election time in NZ and Facebook is where lots of voters hang out.
So, here's my Facebook Playbook.
So, here's my Facebook Playbook.
August 21, 2026 at 4:12 AM
It's election time in NZ and Facebook is where lots of voters hang out.
So, here's my Facebook Playbook.
So, here's my Facebook Playbook.
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They printed my piece in Newsroom! On being a Hongkonger-Kiwi in this era of revolution.
newsroom.co.nz/2026/08/19/t...
newsroom.co.nz/2026/08/19/t...
The children of middle-class migrants
A superb essay on bringing the fight for an independent Hong Kong back to NZ, another 'settler colonial state' that has restored the mana of its first people
newsroom.co.nz
August 20, 2026 at 9:16 AM
They printed my piece in Newsroom! On being a Hongkonger-Kiwi in this era of revolution.
newsroom.co.nz/2026/08/19/t...
newsroom.co.nz/2026/08/19/t...
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Not sure how much attention this will get, but it’s quite a big deal - Labour has pulled its support for the Govt’s controversial census ‘modernisation’ plans, meaning it no longer has the 75% majority it needs in Parliament: newsroom.co.nz/2026/08/03/g...
Govt’s census overhaul thrown into doubt after Labour pulls support
Opposition parties warn relying on government agency data instead of a full census risks undercounting Māori and minority groups.
newsroom.co.nz
August 2, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Not sure how much attention this will get, but it’s quite a big deal - Labour has pulled its support for the Govt’s controversial census ‘modernisation’ plans, meaning it no longer has the 75% majority it needs in Parliament: newsroom.co.nz/2026/08/03/g...
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Rules of engagement for Facebook in the age of the horrors when there's an election on
(and why we can't abandon it to the trolls)
morgue.isprettyawesome.com?p=8131
(and why we can't abandon it to the trolls)
morgue.isprettyawesome.com?p=8131
July 30, 2026 at 3:59 AM
Rules of engagement for Facebook in the age of the horrors when there's an election on
(and why we can't abandon it to the trolls)
morgue.isprettyawesome.com?p=8131
(and why we can't abandon it to the trolls)
morgue.isprettyawesome.com?p=8131
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Tired of all the spin and BS coming from the coalition? Well I’ve got your back fam!
At this link you’ll find 50 fact checks (and growing) checking the veracity of claims made by the coalition. Complete with who made the claim, the reality and sources.
paultheotherone.com/factcheck26/
At this link you’ll find 50 fact checks (and growing) checking the veracity of claims made by the coalition. Complete with who made the claim, the reality and sources.
paultheotherone.com/factcheck26/
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paultheotherone.com
July 26, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Tired of all the spin and BS coming from the coalition? Well I’ve got your back fam!
At this link you’ll find 50 fact checks (and growing) checking the veracity of claims made by the coalition. Complete with who made the claim, the reality and sources.
paultheotherone.com/factcheck26/
At this link you’ll find 50 fact checks (and growing) checking the veracity of claims made by the coalition. Complete with who made the claim, the reality and sources.
paultheotherone.com/factcheck26/
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National MPs that robbed 180,000 women of pay equity, cut funding to SA prevention and survivor organisations and made ACC more difficult for abuse survivors to access. They’re supporting their MP here but imo I think they’d be singing a different tune if it was a Green MP being attacked. #nzpol
National MPs united in expressing disgust at this comment by Stuart Nash, sent to Chris Finlayson about Katie Nimon. www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
‘Laziest MP I’ve come across’: Nash comments on MP’s parental leave sexist, PM says
NZ First candidate Stuart Nash called Napier MP Katie Nimon lazy after she took 10 week’s maternity leave, comments Chris Bishop said were “disgusting” and the PM called sexist.
www.thepost.co.nz
July 22, 2026 at 6:39 AM
National MPs that robbed 180,000 women of pay equity, cut funding to SA prevention and survivor organisations and made ACC more difficult for abuse survivors to access. They’re supporting their MP here but imo I think they’d be singing a different tune if it was a Green MP being attacked. #nzpol
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Nash said what they're all thinking out loud. That was his mistake. Misogyny is instead an acceptable practice, eg dumping pay equity claims to make budget. Or supporting an anti trans Bill to select committee. Or refusing to go forward w consent law reform & using it as an election "promise" #nzpol
July 22, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Nash said what they're all thinking out loud. That was his mistake. Misogyny is instead an acceptable practice, eg dumping pay equity claims to make budget. Or supporting an anti trans Bill to select committee. Or refusing to go forward w consent law reform & using it as an election "promise" #nzpol