Inclusion is over

Last week, my eldest son began high school. He was so excited - he was absolutely fizzing. I volunteered to take him and his friends to school, and they leapt out of the car when we arrived, racing to the school hall before I could even snap a 'first

FNC - Long days, short years

Kia ora! Welcome to Friday Night Chats!

What to do if you're afraid of whatever the Hell is going on in the world...

AKA how to build community 

Ways to help flood and landslide survivors and victims

Our little country is in mourning after devastating floods and landslides swept across the motu. There are many who need help. Here's a (starter) list of places you can donate. Annoyingly, some media outlets have lists of donation options behind paywalls. Which just feels like you're

FNC: the hits don't stop coming

Hi! Josh here. Emily is away this week for a family commitment so I am hosting Friday Night Chats. Be gentle, it's my first time. A huge thanks to Emily for trusting me with the keys while she's away. Feel free to skip to the comments

You need to know about glurge

Hi! Josh here – Emily is away this week for a family commitment and so we're running a series of guest posts. We've been writing a bit about AI recently, especially with the horrible news that users of Grok / X / other AIs have been rampantly generating and

On living longer after loss than before it

An extraordinary guest piece by writer Helen Gilby

FNC - This world we're living in

Hello! You made it to Friday! Welcome to Friday Night Chats. It's great to have you here. Let's chat. Feel free to skip to the comments if you read this already in your email! Skip to comments Happy Friday! How has your week been? We are

NZ Police don't know what to do about Grok child sexual abuse images...

What should you do if you or your child is a victim of a Grok deepfake? This question is simple, right? Feel free to skip to the comments if you read this already in your email! Skip to comments It's something I've been asked multiple times

Grok, X/Twitter, and AI deepfakes: An explainer by an NZ expert

Around the world, every government is grappling with what to do with perverts using AI to create child sexual abuse material and pornography deep fakes. Grok is the most infamous chatbot to do this. Its owner, the deeply repugnant Elon Musk, is unconcerned by these violations across his site X

Keeping up with the Coalition

Ok, well - I did think because it's Monday, it would be cruel to send out a newsletter about everything garbage going on. So I started writing about why Heated Rivalry is so important, and then I was worried I'd get cancelled for daring to not

What the hell is going on between the Coalition Government and the Public Service Commission?

It's not normal for public servants and the Government to collude against unions like this.