tangeli

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[–] tangeli@piefed.social 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Between Putaruru and Tokoroa. I see many more Tui since the enclosure on Maungatautari, but these are the first Kākā.

 

For the past week I have been seeing a flock of Kākā at my property in South Waikato.

I didn't know what they were until I heard a couple flying over and calling their distinctive call early last week. That and their size caught my attention. Since then, I have seen them every day. Sometimes just a pair but more often a small flock. Difficult to count because they are so mobile, but I have counted 7 reliably and there may be as many as 10 or 15 in total. They seem to fly south in the morning and back north in the evening. They spend quite a bit of time in the trees at my place. I see them mostly in the morning and evening, but also at other times throughout the day. They particularly like the kauri and birch trees, and eating the walnuts that remain on the ground. Really beautiful birds!

They are so distinctive, it's hard to imagine they have been here all along and I have only just noticed them.

I understand they fly long distances. I wonder where they come from and go to.

[–] tangeli@piefed.social 14 points 1 week ago

Rescued Slaves Crowd the Deck of the HMS Daphne, 1868 explains the circumstances in a little more detail.

[–] tangeli@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Most of the images in the tutorial don't load: access denied. Makes it a bit hard to follow.

[–] tangeli@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

Thanks. I see that is in the linked article. My mistake was to read the article linked in the first paragraph: with the link text 'restricted the approval', thinking that was the details of the restriction.

[–] tangeli@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

According to the linked in the article, the restriction is a requirement to revise the warnings

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it has expanded existing warnings on the two leading COVID-19 vaccines about a rare heart side effect mainly seen in young men.

In April, the FDA sent letters to both drugmakers asking them to update and expand the warnings to add more detail about the problem and to cover a larger group of patients.

I don't see any indication that the vaccines are not approved other than that the accompanying documentation must be changed. The companies have now had several months to make the required changes.

The linked article suggests that the conduct of the FDA and resulting requirement to change the documentation was inappropriate. But there is no restriction other than the requirement to update the documentation. Or am I missing something in the article?

[–] tangeli@piefed.social 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)

and a teacher who was charged but never convicted of sexually abusing a foster child.

What happened to innocent until proven guilty?

[–] tangeli@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

There hadn't been an update in more than 3 years, so this isn't really news: just recognizing decisions made long ago.

[–] tangeli@piefed.social 35 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The headline says she won but the article says:

The bombshell allegation raises a serious question: Did Kamala Harris actually win the 2024 election?

Could Kamala Harris have actually won the election?

Compared with the body of the article, the headline is overstated. There are allegations of suspicious results and a court case going ahead to investigate, but that case is not yet decided.

“Kamala Harris may have won.”

[–] tangeli@piefed.social 12 points 1 month ago

Portions of this article were drafted and/or revised in collaboration with ChatGPT (GPT-4o, Sept. 2024), Anthropic’s LLM Claude (Sonnet, Sept. 2024).

LLM's are tools one can use, not sentient entities with agency and responsibility that one can collaborate with. One might collaborate with the companies that develop and operate them, but not with the tools yourself. No more than carpenters can 'collaborate' with their hammers and nails.

[–] tangeli@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

Tragedy of the commons all over again.

[–] tangeli@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago

Examples is probably the most practical way to clarify. A few to start and add them as issues arise.

[–] tangeli@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

All seems reasonable to me.

The only point I might quibble with is "Support for regimes or ideologies that suppress basic human rights.", as pretty much all regimes and many ideologies suppress basic human rights to some extent. It is good that the suppression of basic human rights itself is called out and condemned and not supported but it would be reasonable to support the good things that regimes do in countries like China, USA, Russia and many, maybe all others, support the good aspects of capitalism, socialism, religions, etc. Perhaps you had in mind more extreme regimes and ideologies. Drawing lines is always challenging. No clearer alternative comes to mind immediately. I would be most supportive of prohibiting support for regimes and ideologies where the suppression of basic human rights is a predominant or at least very significant aspect of what they do or promote. But I can't think how to express that clearly in a few words. It wouldn't put my off as-is as, ultimately, moderation is at the discretion of the admins anyway.

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