Three Boys Ralph
@threeboys.bsky.social
Hunting, fishing, brewing,environmental, community keen, cricketing 🏏 business person
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We really, really, really don't need this AI slop in reports which are used to formulate NZ policy.
Pest control report cites fake papers. Scientists had their names attributed to research they never published in a report on feral deer control. Phil Holland, a policy adviser for Federated Farmers, admits he used ChatGPT to compile references for his report.
newsroom.co.nz/2026/07/09/p...
newsroom.co.nz/2026/07/09/p...
A senior NZ policy adviser blames a tight deadline after ChatGPT populated his report with fake agricultural science
"There's a real issue here about fake science undermining good policy." Researchers speak out after AI misattributed work to them.
newsroom.co.nz
July 13, 2026 at 11:09 AM
We really, really, really don't need this AI slop in reports which are used to formulate NZ policy.
MMP is let down by not having a place for disgruntled voters. The only options are to not vote OR vote for the "next least worst option". A vote "swing" is often taken as support for policy, when often it is not. The misplaced vote inadvertently give power. A place for no confidence votes would help
Half of the votes National has lost since the election have gone to NZF, so National has to say NZF will go with Labour.
Half of NZF new votes have come from National, so NZF has to rule out Labour (at least until the day after the election).
This dynamic will repeat until election day
Half of NZF new votes have come from National, so NZF has to rule out Labour (at least until the day after the election).
This dynamic will repeat until election day
April 23, 2026 at 8:38 PM
MMP is let down by not having a place for disgruntled voters. The only options are to not vote OR vote for the "next least worst option". A vote "swing" is often taken as support for policy, when often it is not. The misplaced vote inadvertently give power. A place for no confidence votes would help
Geesh! Forgot how harrowing the movie The Father is as a representation of dementia. On Maori Television
March 2, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Geesh! Forgot how harrowing the movie The Father is as a representation of dementia. On Maori Television
February 21, 2025 at 6:14 AM
My phone took this image of this galaxy, over 360 billion light years away. Amazing clarity, considering the phone was in my pocket. #physics #astrology
February 13, 2025 at 7:24 AM
My phone took this image of this galaxy, over 360 billion light years away. Amazing clarity, considering the phone was in my pocket. #physics #astrology
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When the fish and chip shop asks me "what salt I would like" I reply, "lithium sulphate"... after a pause... they reply: "we have plain or chicken"
December 18, 2024 at 6:11 AM
When the fish and chip shop asks me "what salt I would like" I reply, "lithium sulphate"... after a pause... they reply: "we have plain or chicken"
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A bit surprised with beers 4 & 5 on the list, given they haven't been around for years.
That Temperance Ale was magical. Full flavour but 2.5%
Tres Amigos - don't mind if I do given I just finished the lawns
Cheers
@threeboys.bsky.social
That Temperance Ale was magical. Full flavour but 2.5%
Tres Amigos - don't mind if I do given I just finished the lawns
Cheers
@threeboys.bsky.social
December 6, 2024 at 5:05 AM
A bit surprised with beers 4 & 5 on the list, given they haven't been around for years.
That Temperance Ale was magical. Full flavour but 2.5%
Tres Amigos - don't mind if I do given I just finished the lawns
Cheers
@threeboys.bsky.social
That Temperance Ale was magical. Full flavour but 2.5%
Tres Amigos - don't mind if I do given I just finished the lawns
Cheers
@threeboys.bsky.social
What a gorgeous spring day in Otautahi, Aotearoa/New Zealand
September 30, 2023 at 10:05 PM
What a gorgeous spring day in Otautahi, Aotearoa/New Zealand
September 30, 2023 at 9:29 AM
A year of free beer to the person who can name a #nzpol politician of the last 10 years who had/has a vision for #NZ that is greater than the vision they have for themselves.
September 24, 2023 at 8:28 AM
A year of free beer to the person who can name a #nzpol politician of the last 10 years who had/has a vision for #NZ that is greater than the vision they have for themselves.
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"media training"..(and media too, largely, except a few, like you @johncampbell) [are].. reducing democracy to the focus-grouped banality of a Hallmark card
www.1news.co.nz/2023/09/23/j...
"media training"..(and media too, largely, except a few, like you @johncampbell) [are].. reducing democracy to the focus-grouped banality of a Hallmark card
www.1news.co.nz/2023/09/23/j...
September 23, 2023 at 6:56 AM
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"media training"..(and media too, largely, except a few, like you @johncampbell) [are].. reducing democracy to the focus-grouped banality of a Hallmark card
www.1news.co.nz/2023/09/23/j...
"media training"..(and media too, largely, except a few, like you @johncampbell) [are].. reducing democracy to the focus-grouped banality of a Hallmark card
www.1news.co.nz/2023/09/23/j...
Our regional infrastructure and environmental compliance are wafer thin. And possibly designed that way. @CluthaNZ @OtagoRC #nzpol #NZ
September 21, 2023 at 9:50 PM
Our regional infrastructure and environmental compliance are wafer thin. And possibly designed that way. @CluthaNZ @OtagoRC #nzpol #NZ