Alvyn

Director and owner of ATL Lighting Systems, (ATL Visual Tec) provider of visual technology to worldwide Commercial and entertainment markets.

[Alvyn @Alvyn69603642]

Just started a new project. I got the idea from a woman I once knew who told me she had a fascination with shoes. She said she had over 30 pairs of shoes, and her favorite pair was red high heels, which were her lucky shoes. So, I wrote about it in this song called “Lucky Shoes” from Ruby Lane’s new jazz album, with a ’60s vibe and a 2026 sound.

[Alia Bee @AliaVFF]

An Open Letter to the University of Sydney @Sydney_Uni @mscott

Regarding the appointment of Jacinda Ardern as Professor of Practice

Dear Professor Scott,

I read with absolute disgust that the University of Sydney has appointed Jacinda Ardern as Professor of Practice, where she will apparently be sharing her wisdom on empathetic leadership, social cohesion and civic trust.

You cannot be serious.

You are quoted as saying:

"Dame Jacinda led New Zealand through events of profound consequence and her leadership demonstrated that empathy and resolve do not compete with one another; each can strengthen the other."

Appointing Jacinda Ardern to teach social cohesion is rather like appointing Jeffrey Dahmer to teach a course on wellbeing, or Jimmy Savile to run the local daycare centre. The sheer absurdity would almost be funny if the consequences of her leadership weren't so hideously tragic.

My name is Alia Bland. I am a co-founder of Voices for Freedom, an organisation established in New Zealand in 2020. For years, we stood alongside tens of thousands of ordinary Kiwis whose lives were torn apart by the policies of Ardern's government.

While the international media fawned over her kindness and compassion, we were dealing with the wreckage.

At the height of the COVID response, we were receiving upwards of 1,000 emails a day. Desperate people reaching out because they had lost their jobs, their incomes, their homes and, in many cases, their will to live.

People nearing retirement were forced to sell family homes they had spent decades paying off. Some are still living in caravans five years later.

Marriages collapsed. Families fractured. Lifelong friendships were destroyed. People who had served their communities for decades were suddenly treated like lepers because they declined a medical procedure.

Some of the people who came to us had spent their entire lives believing New Zealand was a decent, fair-minded country. Watching that belief crumble, and seeing what it did to them, was heartbreaking.

I cannot adequately describe the anguish in those emails. The desperation of parents wondering how they would feed and house their families. The humiliation of hardworking people being marched out of professions they loved. The despair of people who had done everything society asked of them, only to discover that their own government considered them disposable.

And presiding over it all was Jacinda Ardern, smiling for the cameras and telling the world how kind New Zealand was.

Kind? For whom?

Her government deliberately created a two-class society. Ardern herself acknowledged it publicly. New Zealanders were excluded from workplaces, businesses, events and ordinary social life. People were coerced into accepting a medical intervention under threat of losing their livelihoods.

And those who suffered adverse reactions to the COVID vaccines faced another nightmare. We fought for vaccine-injured New Zealanders whose lives had been devastated by serious physical harm, while many struggled to have their injuries acknowledged or receive adequate support.

The government's public assurances about vaccine safety deserve particular scrutiny. Officials knew about the myocarditis risk, including among young people. We have examined the records. Yet people raising legitimate questions about those risks were routinely dismissed and vilified.

The damage went far beyond lost incomes and broken relationships. An enormous number of New Zealanders lost faith in the very institutions they had trusted their entire lives. Government, health authorities, education, police and the media. That trust has not magically returned because Ardern has moved on to more prestigious surroundings.

While her government was busy marginalising people, we were building a nationwide support network to help them survive.

Voices for Freedom grew to more than 100,000 people on our mailing list, many representing entire families. More than 45,000 people signed up to our local groups across the country, which are still operational today in 2026. We established industry groups to help people fight for their careers, provided support through employment disputes and legal challenges, organised practical assistance and hand-delivered millions of flyers to households throughout New Zealand.

We did this while facing censorship, public vilification and government surveillance. Official records obtained since have confirmed that our activities and communications were being monitored and reported on.

Our volunteers gave everything they could to help people who had been abandoned by the institutions meant to protect them.

And now the University of Sydney wants to hold up the woman responsible for overseeing this period as a shining example of empathy and social cohesion?

It is sickening.

Professor Scott, did anyone at your university bother to speak with the people whose lives were destroyed under Ardern's leadership before celebrating her appointment?

Have you spoken to the former nurses, teachers and police officers who lost their careers? The families who lost their homes? The people still suffering from vaccine injuries? The parents whose children no longer speak to them?

Or did you simply swallow the carefully cultivated international image of Saint Jacinda, the compassionate leader who saved New Zealand?

I wonder whether you have considered why this internationally celebrated former prime minister now lives in Australia rather than the country she once led. The depth of hostility towards her among many New Zealanders should give you pause.

Because I can assure you, there is another side to that story. And there are hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders who live with the consequences.

I have no objection to universities studying Ardern's leadership. In fact, I would encourage it. There is an enormous amount to learn from what happened in New Zealand between 2021 and 2023. Like, what not to do...

But presenting her as someone uniquely qualified to teach empathy, social cohesion and civic trust, without acknowledging the extraordinary human suffering that occurred under her leadership, is an insult to the people who paid the price.

We were there, Professor Scott. We saw what happened. We picked up the pieces. We are still picking them up.

Some of those people will never recover what they lost.

And the woman who presided over it all gets a professorship in empathy.

What an absolute disgrace.

Yours sincerely,

Alia Bland
Co-founder, Voices for Freedom
New Zealand

[Alvyn @Alvyn69603642]

Cool Jazz Song
https://t.co/0TVlaJwAje

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Half A Second, Medicine Screen
“I been kissed before. I want y’all to know that.” And in half a second, the whole world stopped, the crickets quit their singin’ and the windmill locked… Tell us about YOUR first kiss… Did anybody’s daddy catch you? 😂” Hear the full song on our Youtube Channel, ATL Ai Music Station subscribe to hear more songs. #countrymusic #linedance #country #ATLAIMusicStation

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The story continues! I just completed the follow-up song and story, “When Cal Met June in the Starlite Bar Late on a Tuesday Evening,” “Till the Jukebox Runs Out.” Here’s the follow-up song, “Half a Second.” All these songs and more will be on the new debut Medicine Creek album, which will hopefully be released on iTunes and Spotify next month if you want to stream the album. I will keep you posted about the release date, but still have songs to do to complete the album. Anyway, Cal & June’s story continues.

[Alvyn @Alvyn69603642]

Been working on songs for album for Medicine Creek, a country album. Finishes third song Yesterday dedicated to Sharon who taught me Line Dancing,Thanks Sharon! I only learnt one Line dance! Hehe! Two Left feet. And also Special Heres the fourth song on the Album called Till The Jukebox Ends. Let me know if you like the song!

[Alvyn @Alvyn69603642]

’ve never really talked much about this chapter of my life with my friends; many of them did not even know that I had once been married and had lived in the United States. Earlier this year, I decided to return to the journals I kept during that period and write about a memorable journey from California back to Judsonia, Arkansas, where my then-wife, Lisa, was living. At the time, I had been spending time in the Bay Area working before making my way back home to Arkansas. One particular trip stayed with me: I drove for 25 hours straight, until exhaustion began to affect my perception and I started to hallucinate. About an hour from Amarillo, Texas, I finally pulled over to rest. From that Journey's experience, I wrote ten chapters and then turned each one into a song, composing the music with the help of AI. I also added one final song about what happened afterward—how, despite everything, my marriage eventually failed and I returned to my home to New Zealand. For that last country song, I included a touch of New Zealand flavor, bringing the story back to where my life had begun again. The title of the song is Southern Cross Reflections.
If you would like to hear the story, you can listen to it here on iTunes, along with the rest of the album if you wish:
https://t.co/JLY4RHS5k4
In any case, I have no regrets or bitterness about the experience. See less

[Alvyn @Alvyn69603642]

A foggy night, glowing jack-o’-lantern, blood-red moon, haunted house… then something in the window. Enjoy the chills! 🎃

[Alvyn @Alvyn69603642]

A Song About Me And My Cousin Meeting Three Air Hostess In A Club and What Happen. Stream Best Dam Night on Spotify , iTunes, Apple Music, iHeart Radio, Deezer at this link
https://t.co/gOwDtm4hx9

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Surreal Art

[Alvyn @Alvyn69603642]

Experience the timeless groove of "I Like It Like That," a track that perfectly captures the soulful energy and vintage charm of the 1960s & 70s. Whether you're a long-time fan of R&B classics or discovering these soulful sounds for the first time, this song is designed to take you on a nostalgic journey through one of music's most iconic eras.
I Like It Like That form the New Album The Soul Experience, on Spotify, iTunes, iHeart Radio and other streaming services. link https://t.co/NPVD9h3SK6

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Just finished this country video song called Everyman In The Room, From Medicine Creek, 1970s country style, let m know if you like it!

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Welcome to my Halloween home

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Grok Imagine prompt:

Animate this image for Halloween#

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A fun, upbeat country line-dance song from Lila Long, “Kick It Up Girl,” filled with lively energy and a catchy rhythm that invites everyone to get moving, follow the beat, and enjoy the dance!

[Alvyn @Alvyn69603642]

The Uplifting Progressive House Song You Need Today. Feel the energy build with "Rise Together"
Off the album Soul Ignition, Stream on Spotify and iTunes https://t.co/xkIhytMZff
https://t.co/Wu2WFccHJ7

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[GE Honesty @GEHonesty]

Thank you Mel Gibson for shining a light on an issue most New Zealanders haven't even heard about. 🥝 🇳🇿

THREE BILLS ARE REWRITING THE RULES AROUND GENE TECHNOLOGY, GMOs, AGRICULTURAL BIOTECH AND WHAT CAN ENTER THE NZ FARMING SYSTEM.

🧬 GENE TECHNOLOGY BILL

🧪 HSNO AMENDMENT BILL

🚜 ACVM AMENDMENT BILL

Put simply, the rules governing what enters NZ farms, animals and our food system are being overhauled rapidly - without widespread public awareness or informed consent. These Bills remove or weaken long-standing safeguards designed to protect human health, our environment and rate-payers.

New experimental biotechnologies haven't suddenly become safer.

If anything, as gene technology, synthetic biology and AI become more powerful and complex, now with brand new risks and unknown consequences - we need MORE scrutiny, stronger safeguards and greater transparency, not less.

And once a GE or GMO organism is released into the environment, you can't simply recall it. Genetic contamination can't be undone.

For farmers and organics that raises serious questions around contamination, liability and protecting GE-free production.

For consumers, it's about choice, traceability and knowing what's in our food.

For NZ exporters, it's about protecting the trust, reputation and premium markets we've spent decades building.

For parents, it’s about preserving natural, healthy food for our children, and generations to come.

If you care about this please share this to help inform other kiwis what’s at stake.

You have a voice. Make sure you use it.

Get informed. Contact your MP. Demand they STOP these bills.

KEEP GE IN THE LAB, NOT OUR FOOD. ✋

#NZPol #NewZealand #GEFreeNZ #NZFarming

[Alvyn @Alvyn69603642]

Imagining Your Arms, one of the hot country songs from Wayne Walker and the Band new Album, Stream it now on Spotify — link below. 👇 Link: https://t.co/cmpdsX5go6...

[Alvyn @Alvyn69603642]

First Country music album I worked on was released on Spotify and iTunes in March this year. It’s called Heartland Highway by Heartland Breed; it has a mixture of songs on it, including a bluegrass song. It has a California Country group sound, with a slight sound of the Eagles. You can stream it on Spotify here.
https://t.co/HI4pw4UyVk
#countrymusic