In about a week I'll be talking about #Meshtastic (a popular decentralised off-grid mesh-networking protocol) in the context of communications fallback during and after disasters. If you are in the quake-prone Pōneke/Wellington or Hutt Valley region, this is especially for you!

https://criticalsignals.nz/programme/introduction-to-meshtastic/

Kei te pai: That's good; It's fine. #aotearoa #newzealand

Removing any use of te reo and/or mention of Te Tiriti from the constitution - nope.

Neoliberal David Farrar going for it as expected.

https://internetnz.nz/governance-and-reports/our-board/2025-annual-general-meeting/

#lispyGopherClimate https://communitymedia.video/w/5gDoZAFpthDiZzRafWqy2n #archive #technology #lisp #podcast

We got the face of #FOSS computing in #Aotearoa #NZ joining us live.

https://davelane.nz/my-open-history

Dave has worked extensively over the decades on #libre #education , #OER . Dave is a herptophile so we better talk about #logo #turtleDrawing at least!

Lots of questions about education-focused-programming-languages (like LOGO!).

#lambdaMOO:

telnet lambda.moo.mud.org
co guest
@join screwtape
"hey!

Tino pai: Really good, excellent. #aotearoa #newzealand

The last possible date for the NZ general election to be held is Saturday, 19th December 2026, but it will be earlier.

This is in 515 days,

Or:
- 1 year, 4 months, 27 days
~ 16 months
~ 73 weeks

which is also:
- 44,496,000 seconds
- 741,600 minutes
- 12,360 hours

#programming #education #technology #higherEd #Aotearoa #NewZealand

https://screwlisp.small-web.org/show/dave-lane-live-episode-tomorrow/

Live discussion with @lightweight announcement calling for questions for the show episode tomorrow. The main thread is https://gamerplus.org/@screwlisp/114894612154127515

https://screwlisp.small-web.org/show/dave-lane-live-episode-tomorrow/

#lispyGopherClimate 24 hours from this toot on https://anonradio.net/ as every week (12pm NZT Wednesday, 0UTC Wednesday, 8pm Boston Time Tuesday night in the Americas).

We're lucky to get @lightweight on on short notice for tomorrow about #libre #technology #education in #aotearoa #NZ .

Dave's open history: https://davelane.nz/my-open-history

...Dave switched from #emacs to #vim 15 years ago. Who has questions / tech education scene related questions? Leave them here please.

This looks pretty sweet! #Offline #Aotearoa.
It's a bit long for me, a whole day... as I have other stuff already planned
https://events.humanitix.com/offline-aotearoa

Here is #Polynesian #FolkMetal band #ShepherdsReign of #NewZealand / #Aotearoa.

https://youtu.be/BSNb1LXXk40
https://youtu.be/5IGyQmnzpIU
https://youtu.be/X8fWTIUWU2U
https://youtu.be/i6Svikl5zbE
#LunchtimeListens #WorldMusic

Kei te pēhea koe?: How are you? #aotearoa #newzealand

Bird of the Day — Red-billed Gull, New Zealand 2018

Ka kite anō: See you later #aotearoa #newzealand

Please sign this petition to #NZ Government asking them to create and implement a National #Autism Strategy for Education in #Aotearoa New Zealand, @co-designed with autistic people and their families, with the aim of ensuring that autistic learners receive equitable access to inclusive, safe, and affirming education across all settings.

https://petitions.parliament.nz/541e2359-ecd5-4719-798e-08ddbf868713

Please share the petition as widely as possible before 10 August 2025!

#AoNZPol #NZPol

Via @lin

Please sign this petition to #NZ Government asking them to create and implement a National #Autism Strategy for Education in #Aotearoa New Zealand, co-designed with autistic people and their families, with the aim of ensuring that autistic learners receive equitable access to inclusive, safe, and affirming education across all settings.

https://petitions.parliament.nz/541e2359-ecd5-4719-798e-08ddbf868713

Please share the petition widely before 10 August 2025

The graph below, created from data provided by Ministry of Education

New Zealand children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (including Asperger Syndrome)
By gender, year ended June 2012–2024, % of children aged 2-14

https://figure.nz/chart/Q0lFsNi0fCKmfNRi-QyyNSclprwFHsQRu

In 2024, 2% Female and 4% male means it is unlikely there will be any NZ schools (that aren't private etc) without an autistic student.

NZ Autistic students 3 times more likely to be stood down or suspended: new research https://www.abetterstart.nz/2022/05/17/autistic-students-in-nz-three-times-more-likely-to-be-stood-down-or-suspended-new-research/ or
NZ Herald
"School suspensions can help get support for autistic kids - Principals' Federation president" https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/school-suspensions-can-help-get-support-for-autistic-kids-principals-federation-president/AKBQY6UKSZ65CNCMJRF6ALB6JE/ 17 May2022

UNACCEPTABLE to wait till autistic student is suspended from school before they can get proper support. Autistic students should be supported properly. NZ schools should be able to access proper support and have properly trained staff for children with learning + other disability

Hard to get diagnosed. So many are not diagnosed because their parents did not know they needed it or have means to ensure they are diagnosed.

Wait times for autism assessments leave families stuck in limbo https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/chinese/567252/wait-times-for-autism-assessments-leave-families-stuck-in-limbo 18Jul2025.

'We're often presumed to be incompetent' - only 1 in 5 autistic NZers feel accepted https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/512278/we-re-often-presumed-to-be-incompetent-only-1-in-5-autistic-nzers-feel-accepted 21Mar2024

Risk of early death is double for autistic young people, ‘scary’ new research finds
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/508617/risk-of-early-death-is-double-for-autistic-young-people-scary-new-research-finds 8Feb2024

This is heartbreaking. Let's do what we can to ensure they have a good education. Let's not wait till they are suspended or in trouble with the law