Post ApvJmpUGOdDGy7T3Ue by AnneleiseHall@mastodon.nz
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(DIR) Post #Apv6XNKjURsHu5JImW by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-01-08T20:56:54Z
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@heyrochelle @AnneleiseHall I've just submitted on the Social Security Amendment bill, too. These Coalition assholes are really too much.
(DIR) Post #Apv6XNmjoKHBIwPfQu by AnneleiseHall@mastodon.nz
2025-01-08T20:58:12Z
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@lightweight good one Dave 🙏
(DIR) Post #Apv6XOSvHU1JPm9MBc by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-01-08T20:59:41Z
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@AnneleiseHall thanks for your nudge, via @heyrochelle - I knew about the Regulatory Standards Bill, but hadn't heard about the Social Security Amendment Bill. They've clearly deliberately used the TPB as a smokescreen to shove these other two through. What colossal dickheads.
(DIR) Post #Apv6w9zGFSxRka5MCe by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-01-09T22:56:06Z
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@heyrochelle > Submissions close 11:59 pm tomorrow, Thursday 10 January. That should read *Friday* 10 January. Can I suggest amending that in your post? To make it clear to people we've still got until 11:59pm tonight to send something in.I just boosted your post, and writing something and getting it in before closing is now my primary task for the day.Solidarity FTW!
(DIR) Post #Apv7pY9y4nweeDVOeO by AnneleiseHall@mastodon.nz
2025-01-08T21:34:22Z
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@lightweight @heyrochelle there are six bills and one consultation doc... I asked journalist Bernard Hickey on 🦋 if he'd seen the like in his career and he said he hasn't seen a dump like this since 90/91
(DIR) Post #Apv7pZHRuTWW7i0swy by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-01-08T21:37:37Z
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@AnneleiseHall @heyrochelle we need to kick this coalition to the curb.
(DIR) Post #Apv7paAkarl8tDt39E by AnneleiseHall@mastodon.nz
2025-01-08T22:12:22Z
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@lightweight @heyrochelle look at the State of this with these hugely impactful bills being pushed through at the end of the year with basically a month media blackout.
(DIR) Post #Apv7pakuQQgOhMnvVY by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-01-09T23:06:02Z
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(1/2)@AnneleiseHall> these hugely impactful bills being pushed through at the end of the year with basically a month media blackoutThis is *not* how democratic governance works. It's is a cynical dictatorship, claiming a democrat mandate to things the public overwhelmingly disagrees with, on the basis of scraping together a narrow majority in one house of representatives. Grrrr!@lightweight @heyrochelle
(DIR) Post #Apv7u9GY3hYCt9mAyW by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-01-09T23:06:55Z
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(2/2)The last local body elections were treated as a sort of referendum on the government of the day. Two (or more) can play at that game, and the next local body elections are coming up towards the end of this year ...
(DIR) Post #ApvJmpUGOdDGy7T3Ue by AnneleiseHall@mastodon.nz
2025-01-10T01:19:28Z
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@lightweight @strypey @heyrochelle lol did you see my blog, said that in 2000 words instead of 2 sentences. 😅
(DIR) Post #ApvLWtvuIaLe23vjm4 by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-01-10T01:39:37Z
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@AnneleiseHall > did you see my blog, said that in 2000 words instead of 2 sentencesExactly the same thing happened to me recently on a private email list. I wrote a couple of my typical novel-length rants, about the politics of responding to the gang patch ban. Someone wrote about 5 sentences on the subject that summed up exactly the points I was trying to make 😅I think both are great examples of how thinking politically is a team sport : )@lightweight @heyrochelle
(DIR) Post #ApvLmDiyzqU1l5BpWS by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-01-10T01:42:19Z
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@strypey @AnneleiseHall @heyrochelle yup. One of my points in both recent submissions I've made is that the legislative process is broken - submissions should be *collaborative*, e.g. using a tool like Loomio or similar, where people can flesh out ideas and get feedback on them as *part of the submission process*, collaboratively honing arguments, and improving wording. So much more effective. We used that to create the NZGOAL legislation, and the Software Extension. I thought it would catch on.
(DIR) Post #ApvOgOrkxY78RED4ca by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-01-10T02:14:52Z
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"I've just about had enoughI'm drowning from too much stuffI get scared when the telephone ringsSomeone talking about one more thingYou need more, well get in lineToo many things grabbing at my timeI'll tell you, brother, right out flatI'm gonna have to throw you backOne more thing to put in lineOne more thing to waste my timeOne more thing that I can't takeOne more thing and I'm gonna break!"#L7, One More Thinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLcmmBkS7Xc@heyrochelle @AnneleiseHall
(DIR) Post #ApvPfAEhy1l6jGv5t2 by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-01-10T02:25:56Z
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I hope those NatACT First smegheads understand that putting people under this kind of relentless stress, is what produces an insurance company CEO assassination, or a Wanganui Computer bombing;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanganui_Computer_Centre_bombingRemember Neil Roberts.I'm not recommending these kinds of tactics. But as so many people have pointed out recently, some people can only maintain nonviolent resistance for so long. When they, and people they love, are being constantly kicked around by safe, comfortable elites.
(DIR) Post #ApvZPv98mtB77vgaJs by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-01-10T01:43:28Z
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@strypey @AnneleiseHall @heyrochelle sadly, despite that particular process exceeding all gov't expectations for participation and sophistication of results, I'm not aware of it having been replicated.
(DIR) Post #ApvZPwAwxeDgJpXXmK by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-01-10T04:14:40Z
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@lightweight > I'm not aware of it having been replicatedGareth Hughes used a similar process to crowdsource his Internet Rights and Freedoms Bill, but AFAIK that's the only other example.#GarethHughes #IRFB@AnneleiseHall @heyrochelle
(DIR) Post #Apw9SiDqtM5kGKWIhE by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-01-10T10:59:04Z
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I just got my submission in for the Social Security Amendment Bill, at literally the 11th hour. Submissions close in 5 minutes. Fortunately the Parliament website didn't melt down this time ; )Once again, I have to comment on how horrific it is that I couldn't send an official representation to the government of my country - through the dedicated portal - without running scripts from domains controlled by a US DataFarmer (Goggle; google.com and gstatic.com).@heyrochelle @AnneleiseHall
(DIR) Post #Apw9Y8vP2YZcWhTpE8 by AnneleiseHall@mastodon.nz
2025-01-10T11:00:02Z
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@strypey awesome. Good one.
(DIR) Post #ApwFRN0esHRhuK5lC4 by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-01-10T12:06:04Z
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Now I need to get my head around the Regulatory Standards Bill. Any idea off the top of your head when submissions open/close for that one?@heyrochelle @AnneleiseHall #RSB #RegulatoryStandardsBill
(DIR) Post #ApwpMfsCuQ87JXCPdQ by futuresprog@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-01-10T18:48:30Z
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That was a difficult one to find. Let me get the link for you. @strypey
(DIR) Post #Apx4TRhlU3tei90Asq by AnneleiseHall@mastodon.nz
2025-01-10T21:37:45Z
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@strypey @heyrochelle it's at the discussion document pre-bill consultation stage, so it's not a select committee submission process yet, so at this stage it's input on the drafting of the bill which is signalled in the discussion doc. I think if you want to most comprehensive view read Jane Kelsey
(DIR) Post #ApxRE3bh5x3OZgnFdQ by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-01-11T01:52:40Z
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(1/?)Me:> I couldn't send an official representation to the government of my country - through the dedicated portal - without running scripts from domains controlled by a US DataFarmer@ppennin may be on holiday (and fair enough). But I'd love to see an article from him on RNZ, talking about the Parliament submissions website meltdown, and tying in this dependence on DataFarmers. Ideally with some official comments on behalf of NZOSS.
(DIR) Post #ApxRbn4GEswmEGTKt6 by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-01-11T01:57:09Z
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(2/?)@lightweight's comments about using more collaborative process to crowdsource feedback on legislation come to mind. Based in the precedents set by the consultation on NZ GOAL and its Software Edition, and Gareth Hughes' Internet Rights and Freedoms Bill.
(DIR) Post #ApxSQ734E1qEg3uRBw by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-01-11T02:05:40Z
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(3/3)But even sticking with the depressingly unambitious form of "democracy" where the public say stuff, and politicians skim it and ignored it, imagine this.We have a system for Parliamentary submissions with servers in NZ-owned datahubs around the country. Each running software akin to #SecureDrop.By default, your submission is accepted by the server that's geographically closest to you. But if that's getting overloaded, a server further away with spare capacity can step in to take it.
(DIR) Post #ApxSuXnNLTVoJq53DM by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-01-11T02:11:29Z
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(4/?)Basically I'm describing a digital equivalent of the postal system that used to be how we sent submissions to Parliament.You dropped it in your local postbox. It was collected and taken to a local sorting centre, then sent on to the mail centre in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. All the submissions were collected there and taken to Parliament in batches.There's no reason to make everyone go to one giant mail centre, run by a corporation, who can collect info on everyone who turns up.
(DIR) Post #ApxTMAoKOZ6n8qhV1U by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-01-11T02:16:33Z
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(5/?)Basically I'm describing a digital equivalent of the postal system that used to be how we sent submissions to Parliament.You dropped it in your local postbox. It was collected and taken to a local sorting centre, then sent on to the mail centre in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. All the submissions were collected there and taken to Parliament in batches.There's no reason to make everyone go to one giant mail centre, run by a corporation, who can collect info on everyone who turns up.
(DIR) Post #ApxTPZmW0k1zSKTWzY by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-01-11T02:17:03Z
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(5/?)Basically I'm describing a digital equivalent of the postal system that used to be how we sent submissions to Parliament.You dropped it in your local postbox. It was collected and taken to a local sorting centre, then sent on to the mail centre in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. All the submissions were collected there and taken to Parliament in batches.There's no reason to make everyone go to one giant mail centre, run by a corporation, who can collect info on everyone who turns up.
(DIR) Post #ApxUDyDpPq6ZjhHSHg by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-01-11T02:26:26Z
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(6/6)This is one example of how we've let tech corporations take over so many government functions, with no public debate.Because these decisions that have huge implications for our digital sovereignty - and therefore our sovereignty in general - are being treated as "procurement" processes. Like the ones used to buy stationary for government offices. @lightweight describes this here;https://davelane.nz/new-zealand-dependence-microsoft-corporationThis is ... shortsighted, for reasons he's also laid out;https://davelane.nz/new-zealand-dependence-microsoft-corporation