Notices by 🇳🇿 :tinoflag: 💉*9 Roger (rogerparkinson@mastodon.nz)

After more than a century of debate, scientists have finally proven that a pianist's touch can change the very color of sound
https://www.ecoportal.net/en/scientists-prove-pianist-touch-effect/22234/

@strypey @matt @activitypub.blog @index @john when I post a blog entry (I use grav) I always toot, grab the id of the toot and edit it into the post with a 'comment here'. So my comments are all on Mastodon, I don't have to moderate comments on my blog or weed out spam. It's just a bit more fiddly than I'd like, ie going back to the post and doing the edit.
But since I hardly ever blog, and I get very few comments, it doesn't seem worth making more effort.

We think we have a small tragedy here. There's a female putangitangi (paradise shell duck) standing alone on our grapevine post. She's been there since early morning calling. They always have a mate nearby, but there's no sign of him.
She sounds pretty sad.

Interesting ancient history around transgender. in case anyone thinks its a new thing.

https://theconversation.com/trans-people-affirmed-their-gender-without-medical-help-in-medieval-europe-history-shows-how-identity-transcends-medicine-and-law-248559

@paw @mekkaokereke it is very easy to think this way, but I have dear friends who live there who are kind, decent people. I guess I am saying "not all Americans," but I think that does need saying.

COP29: A life of living in fear Vanuatu’s ‘new normal’ | RNZ News

https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/533296/cop29-a-life-of-living-in-fear-vanuatu-s-new-normal

I was looking at a different story recently which portrayed Nicole McKee as far more moderate. But I just found this, which suggests she really is keen to get us to a USA style armed population scenario.

https://www.labour.org.nz/news-release_nicole_mckee_unfit_for_firearms_portfolio?

Half a million New Zealanders without access to safe drinking water | RNZ News
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/520724/half-a-million-new-zealanders-without-access-to-safe-drinking-water

Petition for public housing

https://our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/public-housing-now?source=rawlink&utm_source=rawlink&share=1c2330ae-bc8c-4284-9d8e-0a5918422be9

@hotkey @prefetcher I once built a system where the choices included UNKNOWN and NOT_KNOWN, and they really did mean different things. Still proud of that one.