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Social media has become a corrupted shitscape and the tech giants just shrug | The Spinoff
https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/12-06-2026/social-media-is-a-corrupted-shitscape-and-the-tech-giants-just-shrug
Ghoulish fake news about Andrew Webster is part of a griefbait slop epidemic.
Uncertain future for Crown entity leaves 176 workers ‘in limbo’, union says
https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360991745/uncertain-future-crown-entity-leaves-176-workers-limbo-union-says
The future of 176 employees at Callaghan Innovation remains up in the air 18 months after the Government […]
The #Fediverse is the zero-alcohol beer of social media. It tastes good, and overuse won't get you plastered. You'll wake up in the morning feeling pretty good, and it's unlikely that your friends will tell you what a dick you've been (because you won't have been).
Hate speech spreading ‘faster than ever’, warns UN chief as global action plan is revealed
https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/06/1167700
Hate speech is a grave and growing threat to peace and security, Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Thursday, calling for urgent action to break a […]
Chatbots Keep Telling Stories About Lighthouse Keeper 'Elias Thorne'. We Might Know Why
https://www.404media.co/elias-thorne-chatbots-llms-chatgpt-lighthouse-keeper-story/
LLMs including ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude are obsessed with telling stories about lighthouse keepers and clockmakers, and […]
NZ company turning kiwifruit waste into a leather alternative
https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/06/12/nz-company-turning-kiwifruit-waste-into-a-leather-alternative/
Materially Kiwi, a New Zealand startup turning rejected kiwifruit into a plant-based leather alternative, is in talks with major car […]
Competitive gap hinders New Zealand farmers | interest.co.nz
https://www.interest.co.nz/rural-news/138909/allan-barber-finds-bl-nz-report-which-suggests-global-changes-how-climate
Allan Barber finds a B+L NZ report which suggests global changes to how climate adaption is fostered means our […]
Dave Moskovitz (((❤️)))
AI-Enabled Coups: How a Small Group Could Use AI to Seize Power
https://www.forethought.org/research/ai-enabled-coups-how-a-small-group-could-use-ai-to-seize-power
The development of AI that is more broadly capable than humans will create a new and serious threat: *AI-enabled coups*. An […]
Dave Moskovitz (((❤️)))
Dave Moskovitz (((❤️)))
Dave Moskovitz (((❤️)))
Climate-change parameters change with big implications | interest.co.nz
https://www.interest.co.nz/economy/138968/ipcc-about-retire-rcp85-worst-case-scenarios-climate-change-will-affect-official
The IPCC is about to retire the RCP8.5 worst case scenarios for climate change. This will affect […]
Have politics finally come for the National Academies of Science? - Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/have-politics-finally-come-for-the-national-academies-of-science/
A pending report on climate attribution may be setting the stage for conflict.
