Kia ora 🐘[email protected], welcome to the fediverse! (or if this is a new account, welcome back :) I notice you're new here, favouriting a slew of my posts my from a single thread. FYI if you want to help others see them you need to boost them,… mastodon.nzoss.nz/@strypey/10977…

"We can't afford poverty in a world in which there are environmental limits." #TimJackson, Professor at the University of Surrey, Director of the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity … mastodon.nzoss.nz/@strypey/10977…

"'If you're not an anti-racist you're a racist. That's a really hard binary for most people to get their heads around, or when they do it ends up leading not to a full spectrum of understandings... but it ends up in authoritarianism.… mastodon.nzoss.nz/@strypey/10977…

"If you want good grades, study. If you want to lose weight, exercise. If you want to communicate, make an effort. Methods are always obvious. What's hard is accomplishing them." Woo Gwang-ho, Extraordinary Attorney Woo #TV #ExtraordinaryAttorneyWoo #FortuneCookie

‘Memory says, “I did that.” Pride replies, “I could not have done that.” Eventually, memory yields.’ #Nietzsche #FortuneCookies

"CEOs have to answer only to the shareholders. Political leaders are supposed to govern on behalf of all sectors of society, even – or especially – on behalf of the segments of the population that can’t be monetised. In other words,… mastodon.nzoss.nz/@strypey/10977…

"This is due to the way s53 of the Intelligence and Security Act is phrased, referring only to NZ citizens and permanent residents (that is, natural rather than legal persons). But it seems to be a loophole, resulting in a lower standard of oversight for… mastodon.nzoss.nz/@strypey/10977…

As a child, I was bawled out by people in authority for not looking them in the eye when I spoke to them. I also remember strangers snarling 'what are ＊you＊ looking at!' when I made eye contact with them and prepared to say 'hi'. I… mastodon.nzoss.nz/@strypey/10977…

What if there was a 2 term limit on being the PM of NZ? Just as there is with being President of the USA. Governments that depend on the PR polish of a popular leader to win elections would never get more than 2 terms, and neither should… mastodon.nzoss.nz/@strypey/10977…

Thanks 🐘[email protected] for your thoughtful intro to #PeerTube and the TV guide of PT accounts/ channel recommendations: rldane.space/index.php/2023… FYI I notice it's lacking a mention for conf.tube and vidcommons.org. #video

Now that 'edit message' is available in Mastodon, maybe 'delete and redraft' ought to be removed from the UI of apps, or at least greyed out while they're operating Mastodon accounts? 🐘[email protected] 🐘[email protected] #Mastodon

This interview about automated landlord systems for houses owned by vulture capitalist investment funds offers an illustration of the social downsides of bureaucracy without humans (eg smart contracts): … mastodon.nzoss.nz/@strypey/10978…