FNC - Happy Galentines!
Kia ora! It's Friday Night Chats time! It's Galentine's Day! It's been a week of real ups and downs so I'm happy to be here with you. I find so much joy in this community and I feel like a
Emily Writes
Feral leftist degenerate
The Boyfriend Holding Pen needs to happen NOW
This is a good old-fashioned rant sparked by my fury over spending a small fortune to see my most favourite artist in the world and having to share space with the worst men in existence throughout it. If you're not up for that kind of rant - go
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
FNC - Long days, short years
Kia ora! Welcome to Friday Night Chats!
community
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