RaoulDuke

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[–] RaoulDuke 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Yeah good point. For those who don't feel like clicking through them all, and because I already have Notepad++ open, here they are:

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[–] RaoulDuke 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Is that supposed to be John Key? This one gives me Piers Morgan vibes, with a sprinkle of Mike Hosking. While this one reminds me of some other NZ politician, but I can't put my finger on who.

[–] RaoulDuke 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

FYI: You can embed images in posts/comments by wrapping the URLs like this:

![](https://files.catbox.moe/ejnvze.jpg)

which will do this:

You can also make that a link to the full size image like this:

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Edit: That all applies to images hosted elsewhere. You can also tap the little image icon amongst the formatting icons which will upload the image here and format the embed code for you.

[–] RaoulDuke 3 points 1 year ago

I carry one of those little Vick's inhalers with me everywhere I go. It's often the only thing that will get me breathing again.

[–] RaoulDuke 2 points 1 year ago

Aside from all the obvious uses for wool, I love the wool-based masks Lanaco makes. If you need or want a P2/N95 mask for whatever reason I would highly recommend their Waire masks. Nothing comes close in terms of breathability. I've had a good experience with everything I've got from Lanaco.

[–] RaoulDuke 5 points 1 year ago

We absolutely need to stop putting it into the air as soon as possible. If these kinds of technologies delay transitions then they're counterproductive. I'm inclined to think that reducing atmospheric CO₂ at every possible opportunity is important at the moment.

Even if the world becomes carbon neutral, we'll need to remove the excess CO₂ from the atmosphere if we want the heating to stop. This is one of the most practical systems for doing that that I've seen so far. We'll need it to happen on a much larger scale, but it's important to be researching it now.

[–] RaoulDuke 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The dissolved CO₂ reacts with reactive rocks, like basalt, forming solid, stable carbonate minerals. It's essentially permanent on a human timescale. But you're asking the right questions.

The scientists link to this page, which explains it in more detail.

[–] RaoulDuke 3 points 1 year ago

Absolutely. Your comment made me realise I'd forgotten to post this up.

[–] RaoulDuke 8 points 1 year ago (9 children)

I just went and watched it. Would not recommend. Dolphin gang rape is not pleasant. I was laughing before, but I 100% agree with the BSA - not "G".

If you've got the same disturbing curiosity as me though, it's the last segment of this episode, starting at about 38:40.

[–] RaoulDuke 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That looks so nice! How hard is it to tow a loaded kayak like that? Does it jerk you around while you're paddling?

And how did you stop the line from fouling up that little rudder on the kayak that you're paddling?

[–] RaoulDuke 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

If you need any help doing it, there are a bunch of very knowledgeable and helpful people in the Lemmy.nz Matrix chat - #lemmynz:matrix.org. If you haven't signed up to Matrix yet, there's an NZ instance of it at mtrx.nz.

[–] RaoulDuke 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's not good. I haven't actually tried joining any new communities since 0.18. I just went looking at one I'm not subscribed to on lemmy.world and "Subscribe" and "Block community" are both just text. Clicking does nothing.

Surely this has to be a pretty high priority for the devs.

 

In an analysis, academics recently found several cases of pro-CCP and pro-NZ-National-Party bias in NZ Chinese-language media. It’s long been known that China interferes in Chinese-language media here.

Interestingly, it appears the CCP and NZ Chinese-language media are currently putting their weight behind National MP Nancy Lu. She was secretly “trained as a candidate” by former National MP Jian Yang, according to a statement made by Yang in 2020. Notably, Yang used to train spies for the People’s Liberation Army before he came to NZ, and left parliament after intelligence agencies flagged him over his relationship with the CCP.

 

Some positive news about NZ universities. These are the rankings changes according to the Herald:

2024 2023
University of Auckland 68 87
University of Otago 206 217=
Massey University 239 292
Victoria University of Wellington 241 275=
University of Waikato 250 331
University of Canterbury 256 284
Lincoln University 362 368
Auckland University of Technology 407 486=

Other coverage:

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For those who don't know, James Wallace is probably the most important supporter of visual arts in New Zealand. He sexually assaulted three men then tried to bribe one of them to not go to police.

More coverage:

I've known who this was for a while and was starting to wonder if name suppression would ever be lifted. It didn't seem to be a well-kept secret.

 

~~@Dave@lemmy.nz~~ @SamC@lemmy.nz already posted about this yesterday, but there's been heaps more coverage of this story. This was yesterday:

Plus a few press releases:

But by the end of the day yesterday and this morning, stories were coming out saying major job cuts will probably still go ahead:

And last Friday, before the funding was announced, The Spinoff ran a list of which university courses were likely to be dropped

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Video by NIWA

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.nz/post/170276

The Hākaimangō-Matiatia​ marine reserve would cover a 2350ha area northwest of Waiheke Island, but it's been stalled after opposition from the Ngāti Pāoa Iwi Trust. However, the Ngāti Pāoa Trust Board supports the reserve. This is the fourth marine reserve to be delayed or cancelled recently after opposition from iwi groups.

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