Really good interview with Green MP Chloe Swarbrick, on Gary's Economics. She certainly understands (and can articulate) the inequality and regressive taxation problem we have here in NZ - and thinks it is one of our biggest problems, as I do. Can she get enough support in NZ to make some progress?
She points out what people outside NZ are often surprised to learn - our taxation system is one of the most regressive in the world. No tax-free thresholds on income, no inheritance taxes and almost no taxes on capital or capital gains.
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NHSbuntu - with Rob Dyke
Rob and I do a detailed review of the - ‘two bottle of wine problem’ - NHSbuntu project which we built together back in 2017, relating how we used the great work already existing in the Linux and Open Source community to quickly put together a fully-functional, NHSmail-ready, stable, secure, legacy-app-friendly and low cost operating system for the NHS. With help from our friends (shout out to Brett Jackson, Cián Hughes, Rani Sen, NHS Spine Team, NHS Digital Delivery Centre, and others) we quickly had a working NHS Spine Identity Agent, and we virtualised/containerised anything that looked like it wasn’t fit to face the ravages of the internet. Then we got shut down. Here’s the story.
…There could have been a world in which QRISK3 was pre-installed on every desktop in the NHS instead of Minesweeper…
NHSbuntu website on GitHub Pages REBORN! pacharanero.github.io/www.nhsb…
Reveal.js slides from Digital Health Summer School 2017 at which I presented on NHSbuntu pacharanero.github.io/nhsbuntu…
NHoS Playing Nicely With NHS Apps
We even got them to give us an nhs.net email! nhsbuntu@nhs.net
NHSbuntu Identity Agent (GitHub fork) github.com/pacharanero/NHSbunt…
Brett Jackson’s YouTube video showing the NHS Identity Agent in action
NHSbuntu default settings repo github.com/pacharanero/nhsbunt…
NHSbuntu Livebuild repo github.com/pacharanero/nhsbunt…
Digital Health ‘NHS urged to consider Microsoft alternatives following cyber-attacks’ digitalhealth.net/2017/05/nhs-…
El Reg 'weaponised’ theregister.com/2017/06/30/nhs…
El Reg ‘we quit’ theregister.com/2018/01/18/nhs…
OpenHealthHub YouTube channel with various NHSbuntu videos youtube.com/@openhealthhub1142
YouTube Videos from the Community
sneekylinux - May 2017
Digital Health WannaCry digitalhealth.net/2017/05/nhs-…
Digital Health NHoS ‘We Quit’ digitalhealth.net/2018/01/nhos…
Our ‘Final Straw’ NHSbuntu post on OpenHealthHub openhealthhub.org/t/nhos-close…
Gemini’s summary of the NHSbuntu project
The NHSbuntu and NHoS (National Health Operating System) project was a significant grassroots, volunteer-led effort that captured the imagination of many in the UK's health tech community.1 Its story is as much about its technical ambition as it is about the challenges of working with large public institutions.
The project was largely driven by a small team of core volunteers, who were also health professionals and technologists, giving them a unique perspective on the challenges they were trying to solve.2
Dr. Marcus Baw: A General Practitioner (GP) and technologist, he was a co-founder of the project.3 Dr. Baw was a prominent voice in the open-source community and a "clinical informatician." He played a crucial role in advocating for the project's goals and was often the public face of the team, blogging and speaking about their work.
Rob Dyke: Described as the project's "ISO-master" and a technologist, Dyke was instrumental in the technical development of the operating system itself.4 He was responsible for building the custom Ubuntu distributions (ISOs) and working on key features like smart card integration.
Community: The project's developers actively fostered a community on platforms like openhealthhub.org, encouraging contributions from other IT staff, clinicians, and enthusiasts within the NHS.
The NHSbuntu/NHoS project began in early 2017, spurred by the need for a more secure, cost-effective, and flexible alternative to the NHS's heavily Microsoft-reliant IT infrastructure.7 The WannaCry cyber-attack in May 2017, which severely disrupted NHS services, highlighted the vulnerabilities the project aimed to solve, giving it a surge of public attention and support.8
In January 2018, the project was officially shut down.15 The developers, led by Dr. Baw, cited the constant legal threats and a lack of high-level support from key NHS bodies like NHS Digital as the reason for closing the project.
They felt they were being "used as leverage" in internal discussions about a new enterprise-wide agreement with Microsoft, and that despite interest from "grass-roots" IT staff, the higher echelons were not interested in backing an open-source alternative.16
The project remains an important case study in the challenges of introducing grassroots open-source initiatives into a large, politically sensitive, and highly bureaucratic public sector organization
Volunteer-led NHoS project ending after legal challenge
A volunteer-led project to tailor the Linux open source operating system for use within the NHS has been axed after receiving a second trademark infringement letter threatening action from the Department of Health for breach of copyright.Jon Hoeksma (Digital Health Intelligence)
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Review: Proton Pass (2025)
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Proton Pass Finally Has the Goods to Compete With Other Password Managers
Proton Pass has gone from bare-bones to full-featured, and it’s ready to take on the competitive password manager landscape.WIRED
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Video models are zero-shot learners and reasoners
Fascinating new paper from Google DeepMind which makes a very convincing case that their Veo 3 model - and generative video models in general - serve a similar role in …Simon Willison’s Weblog
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Israele, 'Flotilla una provocazione al servizio di Hamas' - Ultima ora - Ansa.it
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Israele, 'Flotilla una provocazione al servizio di Hamas' - Ultima ora - Ansa.it
"La flottiglia ha respinto la proposta del governo italiano e del Vaticano di scaricare tutti gli aiuti che potevano avere a Cipro e di trasferirli pacificamente a Gaza, dopo aver respinto altre due proposte israeliane di scaricare gli aiuti. (ANSA)Agenzia ANSA
La Danimarca vieta voli civili con droni in vista del vertice Ue - Ultima ora - Ansa.it
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Israele, comitato Knesset approva pena morte per terroristi - Ultima ora - Ansa.it
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Israele, comitato Knesset approva pena morte per terroristi - Ultima ora - Ansa.it
Il comitato di sicurezza del Parlamento israeliano, Knesset, ha approvato il disegno di legge che prevede la pena di morte per i terroristi, fortemente voluta dall'ultradestra. Lo riferiscono i media di Tel Aviv. (ANSA)Agenzia ANSA
Mosca afferma di aver colpito obiettivi militari in Ucraina - Ultima ora - Ansa.it
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Mosca afferma di aver colpito obiettivi militari in Ucraina - Ultima ora - Ansa.it
La Russia ha affermato di aver colpito obiettivi militari in Ucraina durante i bombardamenti notturni. (ANSA)Agenzia ANSA
MAHA Wants Breastfeeding. Its Moms Should Demand Paid Leave.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-09-28/rfk-jr-and-maha-want-breastfeeding-paid-parental-leave-would-help?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Avvistati droni nella notte vicino siti militari Danimarca - Ultima ora - Ansa.it
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Avvistati droni nella notte vicino siti militari Danimarca - Ultima ora - Ansa.it
Nella notte sono stati avvistati droni nei pressi di siti militari in Danimarca, lo riporta il sito della difesa danese: "La Difesa conferma che durante la notte sono stati avvistati dei droni in diverse località militari. (ANSA)Agenzia ANSA
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Who Can Save the Democratic Party?
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This Mysterious Creature Has the Most Chromosomes on Earth
The Atlas blue butterfly, with a record-breaking 229 pairs of chromosomes, is helping scientists unravel mysteries of evolution, adaptation, and even human cancer.Colin Collins (SciTechDaily)
City of Portland will issue land use violation notice for ICE facility, triggering process to determine next steps at the site
The City of Portland believes the federal government violated detention conditions of its land use approval 25 times in a 10-month period, according to federal records. Next steps could include fines or a land use hearing.Portland.gov
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Mehr als 50 Tote bei neuen Angriffen Israels im Gazastreifen
Israel setzt seine Offensive im Gazastreifen fort, mit dutzenden Toten als Folge. Die Armee habe mehrere Sprengsätze und Waffen sichergestellt, heisst es.Nau.ch
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Bis zu 1550 Metern Schnee sorgen für frühen Wintereinbruch
Meteorologen beobachten ungewöhnlich frühen Schnee in den Westalpen. Weisse Flächen reichen bis auf 1550 Meter, ein Phänomen vor über drei Jahrzehnten.Nau.ch
"The Global Mining Boom: Transforming Resources and Economies in 2025"
There is absolutely nothing worse for our environment than a global mining boom
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Quantos anos os personagens principais de Resident Evil terão em Requiem?
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