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@artnacrea@mastodon.ie · 1d ago

I took this some time ago. I love the irony. It's near Waterloo station, London

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@artnacrea@mastodon.ie · 6d ago

@mmiasma @amiserabilist

Ah, I remember this well!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHxfOZH8cew

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@artnacrea@mastodon.ie · Apr 15, 2026

@zkarj

I've had a good experience with Aegis - open source but only Android

https://getaegis.app/

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@artnacrea@mastodon.ie · Apr 09, 2026

@swisslet @WiteWulf

I remembered 2) from reading the books several times 50 years ago so I was quite pleased with myself.

I checked online and I didn't like the US arms company that has appropriated the name:

.....is a company that develops and produces autonomous systems for land, sea and air, powered by an AI-based operating system called Lattice.

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@artnacrea@mastodon.ie · Apr 09, 2026

@WiteWulf @swisslet

It appears I am only half a nerd.

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@artnacrea@mastodon.ie · Mar 29, 2026

@SimonCHulse

In Wellington, I'm very happy with Catchy:

https://catchy.nz/about

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@artnacrea@mastodon.ie · Mar 15, 2026

@david_preston

Is ordering "a chip" an expression exclusive to us nordies?

I remember "a chip and a mineral" from my youth but I've never heard it elsewhere.

#chipsmeanfatfriesnotcrisps

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@artnacrea@mastodon.ie · Mar 13, 2026

@stephen @isaacfreeman @psdavey

And here's the response I got. Not very "accessible" really:

Tēnā koe,

Thank you for emailing the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC). This is an automatic reply to let you know that your message has been received.

DPMC cannot respond to emails that are outside its scope. If the subject of your email does not relate to the work of DPMC, we may forward your

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@artnacrea@mastodon.ie · Mar 13, 2026

email to the appropriate Minister or agency who will respond to you directly. To find out more about DPMC's functions please view our website https://dpmc.govt.nz

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@artnacrea@mastodon.ie · Mar 13, 2026

it don't have a set of extra hoops to jump through?

And of course the PDF version is not very accessible on a small screen either!

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@artnacrea@mastodon.ie · Mar 13, 2026

@stephen @isaacfreeman @psdavey

Interestingly when you follow the link you get this on the bottom of the page:

Accessible version

If you require an accessible version please contact information@dpmc.govt.nz and cite "New Zealand's Cyber Security Action Plan 2026 – 2027" as a reference.

Perhaps InternetNZ could ask why don't they make the Accessible version accessible on line so that people who need

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@artnacrea@mastodon.ie · Mar 12, 2026

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Have you a URL for it?

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@artnacrea@mastodon.ie · Mar 12, 2026

30 years ago when this was set up and I was one of those who set it up that was the last thing that was needed. The world has changed. Back then the Internet was too important to have govt involved.

Now it's too important not to.

The questions are how and when?

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@artnacrea@mastodon.ie · Mar 12, 2026

@isaacfreeman @psdavey

I agree NZ govt doesn't own .nz but then neither does InternetNZ. It's held in stewardship for the community by InternetNZ. And there's an memorandum of understanding with NZ govt where that is agreed.

But, and this is the big but, if NZ govt was to change its stance to say InternetNZ was no longer a fit and proper steward of the domain then ICANN would hand it over. And that has happened elsewhere.

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@artnacrea@mastodon.ie · Mar 12, 2026

So I agree very strongly that you don't want the FSU running the shop because that just makes it easy for them.

But somewhere along the track we're going to need to stop asking "How do we push the FSU back again this year?" and start asking "How can we make the .nz namespace secure so that no special interest group can control it?"

My view is that ultimately .nz is a piece of critical infrastructure and should fall under govt control.

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@artnacrea@mastodon.ie · Mar 12, 2026

@psdavey @isaacfreeman

I saw something recently on Mastodon but on checking it appears to be the 2019 story resurfacing. My apologies.

But the principle remains. It would be very easy for a right wing group to get agreement from the current government for the sale of .nz

If the health system, the water system are targets, why wouldn't they?

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@artnacrea@mastodon.ie · Mar 11, 2026

@isaacfreeman

Back in 2002, the global Internet Society (ISOC) was given the role of stewards of the .org domain. They created PIR, the Public Interest Registry to manage it. I served on the board of PIR for the first few years and there was tension even then about how .org was to be milked as a cash cow vs the public interest.

A few months ago ISOC sold .org to venture capitalists. I was not pleased.

I don't want to see that happen here. Ask yourself what will the FSU do in this scenario?

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