Notices by Ika Makimaki (pezmico@mastodon.nz)

Shame. 😳

NZ rebuked for behaviour at fisheries forum
https://archive.ph/DRYxe

#ProtectTheOcean #fisheries #ocean

Going great, huh?
Thanks minister.

US and Aus unite against NZ hard about-turn on ocean conservation plan
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/02/18/us-and-aus-unite-in-support-of-ocean-conservation-plan-blocked-by-nz/

#fisheries #NZPol #SPRFMO

NZ Minister of Ocean Destruction going fully discount Trump-knockoff in fisheries forum.

NZ wants to catch Australia’s quota of orange roughy in the South Pacific and increase limits for how much deep-sea coral bottom trawlers take (no-paywall link)
https://archive.ph/xzZ7h

#ProtectTheOcean #NZPol #Fisheries #SPRFMO #NZPol

Children are extremely rarely (I'd even say never) needlessly cruel, mean spirited, cowardly, greedy, uncurious or full of themselves. (And if they ever are they picked it up from a grown up.)

Please do not refer to the awful fascist adults currently doing terrible things as children or babies.

Kids deserve more respect than to be used as insults.

I've never understood or liked the way American culture fetishises guns.

I have met American gun owners, and one of the most common arguments for widespread gun ownership was that it would prevent tyranny. That the people would rise against the oppressor, and they'd be well armed, and the would-be dictator would face a formidable resistance.

I had doubts about this argument then.

Nowadays, it seems to me that unarmed populations have been more willing to rise and depose their corrupt leaders.

Remembering how Greta Thunberg was immediately called an antisemite for holding a cute octopus doll on a photo in 2023.

Yet Elon Musk doing a full on sieg heil twice is reported as just "Meh, who knows", despite his documented history of repeatedly flirting with the far right.

Funny how that works lately, almost like accusations of antisemitism have been weaponised to silence those who speak up to power.

Libs already out here with the "if you didn't want genocide you should have voted for the party actively enabling and covering for genocide" takes.
🙄

They'll blame everyone before accepting it's on the so-called Democratic Party to earn the people's votes on the *popular* issues their base cares about.
Remember how they wouldn't even allow a Palestinian to speak at their convention?
They didn't want those votes.
No one to blame but the party itself.

Looking forward to the premiere of the final season of America next week.

The writing has got outrageous, even pushing inverosimilitude, and honestly quite dark; but at this point we're all too invested to miss the end.

deadline for submissions for another sneaky and slimy law is tonight! (Jan 13)

"By putting liberties, rights and private properties as principles over and above obligations and the protection of the commons, the RSB could force the rewrite or change the meanings of many existing laws and regulations, and threaten any safeguard for the environment and communities." - Climate justice Taranaki

https://linktr.ee/regulatorystandardsbill

https://www.tiktok.com/@rianatengahue/video/7457387873977847047?_r=1&_t=ZS-8swOaYauBEt

#NZPol #SubmissionFest

@cam same!

I was told my best option to find a non-smart TV was to keep an eye on the auction sites where liquidated businesses put their stuff in to cover their loses.

Sorta like this one:

https://www.number8.bid/

I didn't because I got a hand-me-down from someone who left the country. But the option stuck with me.

"WE NEED TO PROTECT THE BRAINS OF OUR PRECIOUS CHILDREN!"

-By making it so they don't repeatedly catch a neurologically damaging infection twice a year by just attending school?

"LOL NO. IT'S THE PHONES, OBVIOUSLY! TAKE THEM AWAY!"

I don't necessarily disagree that phones might be harmful for kids' development.

I just don't know if they're nearly as harmful as say, repeated covid infections, a collapsing biosphere, a justifiably bleak vision of their future, or even a prevalent lack of agency, independence, and spaces for socialisation.

I'd focus on those first. Then phones.

If the market absolutists were right, and capitalism really was about choice, competition and consumer satisfaction, you'd think there'd be at least a brand or two offering this kind of thing. Someone filling that niche.

But alas, it's not.
Capitalism is all about about profit maximisation, and now even control and surveillance.

We can't have nice things (if they don't make us slaves to the uber rich).

I'm sure there's an untapped market for "Dumb" tech. Bonus points for repairable, dumb tech.

No AI assistants, no Internet connection, no DRM or login needed.

Just a toaster that makes toast, a TV that plays only what you put in it, with repair kits, spare parts available, easy to reach guts and accessible schematics, diagrams and instructions.

I know I'd buy no other brands if just one offered that to me.

#repairability #RightToRepair #DumbTech

Before:
Can't trust Wikipedia, anyone can modify it.

Now:
Better check Wikipedia, they have actual humans verifying.

Watched #fungi The Web of Life, a gorgeous #documentary from BBC, voiced by Björk.

It is beautifully shot, showcasing the diversity, colour and textures of fungal life. It shows how little we know and how rich that kingdom is. A researcher featured reveals that some #fungus are even able to break down plastics!

Loved the concept of Wood Wide Web, a network connecting trees in a forest through mycelium. And of course, I find Björk's voice soothing and dreamy. Loved it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg_o1YcUdYk

"Why don't you just use BlueSky?"
- @pluralistic says it best: https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/ulysses-pact/#tie-yourself-to-a-federated-mast

TLDR version?
See picture.

Before it was bombed by the French in Auckland in 1985, the #greenpeace flagship #RainbowWarrior was campaigning against nuclear weapon testing in the Pacific. She evacuated the people of Rongelap from their heavily irradiated island.

The story is remarkable.
Here in written and photo version:

The Last Voyage of the Rainbow Warrior
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-13/rainbow-warrior-rongelap-nuclear-testing-evacuation-greenpeace/104269958

Here in #podcast form:
https://pca.st/podcast/2ba52d40-7e19-013d-19ea-0acc26574db2

Word is that Belgium has recently ratified the Global Oceans Treaty! 🇧🇪

For those keeping track at home, that brings us to 16/60 ratifications necessary for the Treaty to come into force, hopefully by June 2025. 💪

This is the single most important tool to #ProtectTheOceans in the High Seas.

Keep them coming!🥳 🌊

#ocean

Don't know about everyone else, but I think a world where CEOs are a bit more scared and regular people a bit more united is, overall, an improvement.