Mark Jones

🦜✨ For over a decade, Dragonfly data scientist Yvan Richard has been quietly helping to keep Bird of the Year fair and fun. Now, Dragonfly Data Science has officially joined the flock as the verified vote-counting team for the 2025 competition!  From quirky campaigns and international stunts (looking at you @iamjohnoliver 👀) to hundreds of thousands of passionate votes, ensuring fairness is no small task. That’s why Yvan built a transparent dashboard to track every vote, flag anomalies, and keep the competition soaring.  Two decades on, Bird of the Year has become more than just a vote, it’s a nationwide celebration of the unique birdlife of Aotearoa and a powerful model for conservation engagement.  📰 Click the link below to read the full story about Yvan’s journey and Dragonfly’s role in keeping Bird of the Year flying high! 
 
👉dragonfly.co.nz/work/bird-of-t…

So good!

@sligorovers Wow what a 2nd half…plenty to be proud of.

Rovers 2-3 Waterford 🕒 90' | The fourth official has indicated that there will be 8 minutes of added time ⏳ #Bitored | #Since1928

Wonderful evening with Razor,@MorganTurinui , the professor and @martindevlinnz at Poneke club! Perfect start to test weekend!

OVH on Debut!!!

@WgtnPhoenixFC OVH!

66' | Substitution! van Hattum - ON Ball - OFF #WELvMVC | 🟡0-0🔵

All yellow! ⁦@WgtnPhoenixFC⁩ ⁦@bennettLmorgan⁩ ⁦@mhmnoah⁩ ⁦@davebruce⁩

@martindevlinnz @WgtnPhoenixFC Magic!

@martindevlinnz @WgtnPhoenixFC Oskar VH so underrated…..week after week delivering the ball for a finish!

btw Congrats to the @WgtnPhoenixFC Magnificent last night. Is there a better way to win any game of sport than a last second goal? Viva ⚽️

Happy 22nd Anniversary @CaerwynMorgan !

@BuffaloBills get us started! Bond St Wellington #KCvsBUF

The Ruf, the ruf, THE RUF IS ON FIRE! 🔥 💛🖤

@_MaccaNZ @aniobrien ….was about to like and agree with you until I saw saw you’re a crusaders fan…somethings are just a bridge too far…

@aniobrien I love your posts. I like that we agree on some things and disagree on other things, but can be civil about it, or even just recognise that sometimes, people think differently.

Another self-evident thing some people don’t seem to get: 👉🏼on X there are crazies & nasties from every type of politics & ideologies. 👉🏼no one can control who replies to their tweets except to turn off replies etc. 👉🏼the more followers you have the more crazies you attract. It’s like Newton’s 69th law or something. As someone with a moderate following who talks about highly political topics, my mentions are often full of crazies calling me names & disagreeing with me in the most aggressive ways & radicals expressing extreme views I don’t subscribe to. Eg. I might tweet: 🐥 I think healthcare should be prioritised based on need not race. One person might respond: 🐥Māori are just [insert derogatory comment here]. Plus they killed all the moa. Another might respond: 🐥You’re a racist bigot. Do you want [insert number they’ve made up here] Māori to DIE? #EndWhitePeople Both of those responses are stupid. I’ll mostly ignore them both. Occasionally I lack the self control & snap at them. I have no control over either tweeter & yet I get accused of creating a “platform” for one type of crazy. People responding to me isn’t me “giving them a platform” & if it is why am I not being called out for platforming the small army of hard leftists who harass me & want to abolish prisons, destroy parental rights, & regulate us into poverty? I’m responsible for what I tweet & I have always taken that seriously by putting my name & face to everything I say. I am not responsible for every deranged and hateful drongo on this bird app. Perhaps those who are so quick to throw out judgments & cast aspersions should have the courage & conviction to do so under their names and faces too.

@PaulBrislen What if Faith was no more?

@WgtnPhoenixFC @VangelisVNZ @aleaguemen @skysportnz @mhmnoah

Kosta's on fire 🔥 4️⃣ goals in 3️⃣ matches! 🤩 Tune in tomorrow night for RD 1️⃣1️⃣ of the @aleaguemen as we take on Adelaide United at Coopers Stadium 👊 Match Details: 🆚 Adelaide United 🏟 Coopers Stadium ⏰ 9:45pm (NZT) 📺 @skysportnz 4️⃣ #COYN! 🔥 💛🖤

Serious question…are there any Canadian superheroes aside from Captain Canuck and Redcoat?

@PaulBMcGill Have just spent the afternoon at Island Bay - could not believe how warm the water was!

No2. Great home beach One day, 25 swims: A definitive ranking of Wellington’s best and worst beaches | The Spinoff thespinoff.co.nz/wellington/03-…

Cracker at Taputeranga marine reserve….

@TheFigen_ @mhmnoah

Roberto Carlos