Damus
Kōtare :tinoflag: profile picture
Kōtare :tinoflag:
@Kōtare :tinoflag:

A lover of music, literature, art, nature, community and many other fine things. A dad to two wonderful humans, and partner to another. From Aotearoa originally (pakeha, tangata tiriti) and re-settling in Australia for unsettling reasons. Known socialist.

Cover photo shows the sun setting into the Tasman sea on New Year's Eve from Piha Beach, West Auckland. Profile photo is a Kōtare (Royal Kingfisher).

#RareDisease #RareDisorders #Poetry #Architecture #Environmentalism #SocialJustice

Relays (1)
  • wss://relay.ditto.pub – read & write

Recent Notes

note18g8gj...
Kōtare :tinoflag: profile picture
@nprofile1q... I've got a few problems with it. The text size in articles is all over the place and less readable, the homepage layout feels like it has not been properly tested and is under-designed, then mixed with legacy elements in a different style (and even though whitespace and clean layouts are something I love this just feels unfinished). There's poor use of CSS grid and the typography in general is weird.

For a nationally important news website I can't help feeling that more of an effort could have been made.
Kōtare :tinoflag: profile picture
🎵 It's like raaaaiiain, on your wedding day...🎵

Parent prosecuted for truancy fails to show at court hearing.

#NZPol

Quick facts:

- There are roughly 300,000 high school students in NZ
- Crackdown on truancy targeted 36 families, or roughly 0.012% of students
- Seymour says this 0.012% is standing in the way of achieving 90% attendance among the rest.

Why does the country keep listening to this absolute fucking toaster?

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/education/598485/parent-prosecuted-for-truancy-fails-to-show-at-court-hearing
1
JeremyJupiterJones :tinoflag: · 6d
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq2599437nazqk2hwmz03hrqqc6x9n3yyneezwn5t7prqvk3a8n8sq0ee8mx Because our idiot media keep giving this dipshit coverage.
JeremyJupiterJones :tinoflag: · 1w
A curious thing to consider when National criticises Labour's proposed policy on placing a weekly cost cap for public transport users, which will benefit 100s of thousands of NZers, is that the budget...
Kōtare :tinoflag: profile picture
@nprofile1q... i see there has been some talk (mostly on LinkedIn and in NZ Herald columns) that this "unfairly benefits people in cities, mostly auckland, and in any case most people drive making this a handout to the liberal elite and their electric buses".

There is simply no point trying to win some people over.
1
JeremyJupiterJones :tinoflag: · 1w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq2599437nazqk2hwmz03hrqqc6x9n3yyneezwn5t7prqvk3a8n8sq0ee8mx Not forgetting that lowering road congestion benefits the elite who choose not to use public transport.
Bob LeFridge :tinoflag: · 1w
They spent $700 grand building an ego-stroking site for a building? nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq2599437nazqk2hwmz03hrqqc6x9n3yyneezwn5t7prqvk3a8n8sq0ee8mx
Kōtare :tinoflag: profile picture
I know there's been a lot of focus on the cost of the Te Matapihi website, but can we just take a moment to appreciate how well it represents everything I hate about contemporary web design?

Personally, having built websites for more than 20 years I can see where the money has gone. I just don't agree with those choices.

#WebDesign #NZPol

https://www.tematapihi.govt.nz
1
Bob LeFridge :tinoflag: · 1w
What a scary mess of a site. Oversized, animated graphics everywhere, including that annoying, full-screen, pink blob animation which loads first on new pages. I'd have to disable that if I used the site regularly. And the functionality is questionable. Because I'm reading David Mitchell at the mom...
ben dafydd gillard · 2w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq2599437nazqk2hwmz03hrqqc6x9n3yyneezwn5t7prqvk3a8n8sq0ee8mx source https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/596721/act-gets-600-000-donations-surge-in-20-days-doubling-campaign-year-contributions
Phil Stevens :tinoflag: · 2w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq2599437nazqk2hwmz03hrqqc6x9n3yyneezwn5t7prqvk3a8n8sq0ee8mx "This is my body, stored under an Alpine glacier for you."