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Robin Capper
A #Kiwi, but not a flightless bird or brown fuzzy skin green centred fruit. Humanist, Skeptic, Cyclist, Car Enthusiast, Westie Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa New Zealand | Otrovert Aroace Solo he/him | https://www.robincapper.net/
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“The fear of Māori having a place at the table outweighed both the evidence and the truth about what the law actually did.” — Environmental planner Tina Porou on the government’s decision to remove Mana Whakahono ā-Rohe.
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At least 52 people have died in ICE custody since Trump returned to the White House. At least 23 people have been shot at by federal immigration agents. And thousands more have been caged, separated from their families, or shipped off to dangerous countries. The cruelty is endless.
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There was this old sci-fi story, where humanity polluted and destroyed the environment in their current time, and then moved to the past where everything was still pristine. thenextweb.com/news/ai-comp...
AI firms are buying old books for slop-free training dataBroker ISBNdb is selling AI labs pre-2022 print books as the last slop-free training data. Scanning them means shredding the books, quietly.thenextweb.com⟳ Репост от Robin Capper
If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog: pluralistic.net/2026/07/24/s... 2/
Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow – No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period.pluralistic.net⟳ Репост от Robin Capper
To make things worse, AI *can't do the jobs* it's replacing: AI is predicated on the premise that monopolies, duopolies and cartels that control the global economy can deliberately worsen their products without suffering economic or regulatory consequences, because they're the only game in town. 4/
'Taking the Plunge' with Patrick le Quément. Driven to Write goes nautical with former Renault, Alpine, & Ford Designer Patrick le Quément writing a fascinating series on his, post-automotive, career designing yachts. www.robincapper.net/taking-the-p...
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I do wonder what the leaders of our Nact1st coalition of 🤡s will do or say in response to this new tariff imposition? Given past weak kneed responses, probably Nothing. #nzpol
jonathansgamecastLooks around for our PM? Reciprocal Tariff? Take USA to WTO? Cancel all current VISAs for US citizens here? Cancel Antarctic Cooperation? Cancel Helicopter purchase? Or... Just do nothing like always? Luxon should've gone to Washington months ago. #luxoncoward #nzpol www.1news.co.nz/2026/07/24/u...
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webworm has won a frivolous lawsuit brought against it by james sved, the US husband of kiwi-born anna wilding, who ran for US congress this year. it cost about $20,000 to defend. this piece is behind a paywall, because how do you think webworm survives shit like this?! www.webworm.co/thepretender15