Emily Writes

FNC - 40 at a festival baby!

Welcome to Friday Night (actually day) Chats! I'm so happy to be here! I am in such a good mood because I'm away from my kids! I'm in Tāmaki Makaurau for Laneways! I'm writing this on a Wednesday, but I'll

18 years after Sophie Elliott’s murder, we're still not facing the truth

Content warning: Gendered violence, murder, sexual assault, sexual harassment. Feel free to skip to the comments if you read this already in your email. Skip to comments Like many, when I first saw Clayton Weatherston's dead eyes staring out at me on One News I was repulsed. It&

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 day&

FNC - Long days, short years

Kia ora! Welcome to Friday Night Chats!

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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

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

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 critique

FNC - Are you allowed to play that in your car?

Welcome to Friday Night Chats! I hope you had a very restful break. It's been a very bleak time for the world truly, but we're here, and we're here together, and that's what matters. It all feels weird, but we at least