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Amanda vs. Wellington
For Alex and Andy: you guys seem cool, but I'm still in the middle of this war with the Greens over the 2022 election and their...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 181 min read
"please hide your dick"
No. There is no law that states I have to, and the cops have already proven that they think all those claims of indecent exposure weren't...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 181 min read
How to make my journalism better
Pay for it. To do interviews, I need two cameras and a soundie. I'd rather like to pay those people rather than merely giving work...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 182 min read
To VUW
I'm not your property, and I refuse to return on the principle that you hate my music, find my popularity baffling, and only want to...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 171 min read
What's come from reflecting on Islam and Palestine?
As I said when the various Islamic groups were first questioning us about the opera, the whole point was that in making it, we'd somehow...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 161 min read
The cult of sobriety
I always think it's weird when moderate or social drinkers tell someone else to go sober. My choice wasn't to get sober; it was to...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 151 min read
Technical Feasibility of Notepad-Based Backchannel Surveillance (ChatGPT)
Yes, for real. This is my daily life, and has been for many years. It is technically straightforward for an intelligence service, or any...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 142 min read
Learnings from silent vigil 2
They think I'm a terrorist. It's easy for some random with poor discipline to drag it down. It needs at least a few people to work; it's...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 131 min read
Celtic Māori
Good name? I'd add that Celtic is an invented category, which is similar to Māori. Tangata Māori means the common people or the regular...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 131 min read
'Release the hostages'
Shouldn't Israel also have to release the Palestinian prisoners of war that they've taken? Also, apartheid is obviously an overreach...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 131 min read
Vigil fail
Even on a great day, nobody came. I think it works best on a crap day. I'm also thinking of doing other vigils.
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 131 min read
Pepeha
I've spent my whole life stuck in-between Waikato and Canterbury. Though my dad left Waikato after high school and never lived there...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 121 min read
Question Time 12 August 2025
Writing from home. - Debate on Palestinian statehood mooted by Peeni. After Question Time. Teanau wishes to debate the FBI office....
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 124 min read
Is the blog insane?
We've been through this in 2023 and 2024. The answer is no. It might seem unusual from the outside, but it's entirely sane. While it's...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 101 min read
'Untitled'
Tory fails, Nadine fails, the SIS fails. This is me proving the porn manipulation is real via a rolling commentary that explains the...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 107 min read
To the SIS
One thing that completely baffles me: why would you let Chloe and myself interact via that secure channel, then essentially get in the...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 101 min read
"You're costing us our jobs"
No, and I'll tackle that on three fronts. 1. Nobody was clamouring to make the AI cartoons, so I made them myself. If anything, jobs...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 91 min read
"Pākehā-Māori"/Creole/Mestizo
Those American metaphors are helpful in this instance. I'm no expert in race relations, but I think it's one of those things where it...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 81 min read
To the 9th floor
To put it mildly, you shits violated my liberties long ago. During Jacinda's term. If you want me to follow the rules, perhaps treat me...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 72 min read
Why are these old waiata compelling?
Including the ones that aren't standards? I'd say it's like a missing link between modern kapa haka and Māori pop music vs. all the...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 61 min read
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