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Paul Brislen

@brislen.nz

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Kiwi telco guy. No I don’t know how that happened either. I shall bind him to me, with promises. 🇳🇿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Cymro o ddewis (Welsh by choice) "We consider that Mr Brislen is an authoritative source." (BSA decision, March 2020) Aotearoa he/him

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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 7h

Are you going to Mustafa’s mall?

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Stacey Vanek Smith @svaneksmith.bsky.social · 1d

Fun fact: You can write clarinet lessons off on your taxes! (with a note from your dentist) It’s one of thousands of exemptions

I look at why U.S. taxes are so complicated for @marketplace.org with @dashching.bsky.social & Larry Zelenak @dukelaw.bsky.social

www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 15h

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 16h

Heh I know the feeling.

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 16h

hm so that comes out to one million dollars per viewer

FOX NEWS
Bari Weiss joins CBS News as editor-in-chief, Paramount buys Free Press for $150
million
Brian Flood
Mon, October 6, 2025 at 9:02 AM EDT • 6 min read

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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 16h

“He’s polling the electorate.”

Every time I hear a right wing politician speak about well, pretty much anything.

Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 9d

what's the stupidest/randomest Simpsons quote that lives in your head rent free? Mine is the urge to say "you said go to bread" every time I am about to head to bed.

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ApocalypseElf @apocalypseelf.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity frogs

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 16h

Portland is really having a moment.

Robert Hernandez @webjournalist.bsky.social · 22h

It’s tradition that when you see the frogs, you show them respect 🫡

(Someone should do the Creed cut with the footage)

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Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 1d

We banned a guy on the Steam forums for repeatedly saying there were “too many women” in our game

So he flipped his positive review to negative

Still totally worth it

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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 16h

I must have a look.

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Grumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social · 18h

Current political news media is summarised by the fact that they will report Farage's statement of denial without also reporting the photographic evidence that he's lying.

This seems commonplace across the 'West' - publish outright RW lie as "XYZ says..." but don't follow up with repudiation

Grumpy Brian🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇪🇺 @brian770.bsky.social · 19h

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Tom Hunter @onelifestand87.bsky.social · 1d

It is embarassing not to see the BBC pulling up Reform leaders claiming that Nathan Gill was just some fan who got photos taken with Farage - he was an MEP for them & their leader in Wales while taking cash from Russia to act against the UK! Literally the very basics of your job to point this out

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Kim Rhodes @kimrhodes.bsky.social · 17h

I am old, tired and jaded. I gave up my place to those younger and better equipped, I told myself.

So why did I just buy an inflatable frog costume?

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 19h

Little girl examining her chocolate bar on the L train: “this is filled with boogers.”

Man who appears to be her grandfather: “that’s not boogers, it’s pistachio.”

Girl: [stares at green filling a while] “No it’s boogers”

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 1d

This morning there is one Nobel Peace Prize winner, 8.1 billion or so people who did not win the Nobel Peace Prize, and one Nobel Peace Prize loser.

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Brian Hiatt @hiattb.bsky.social · 19h

A little moment in my newest James Gunn interview www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 17h

I don’t know sorry.

Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 17h

This is how you do it.

No More Robots @nomorerobots.io · 1d

Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 21h

The chairman of the Nobel Peace Prize confirms that Donald Trump does not meet the moral and ethical standards associated with the award, citing a lack of courage and integrity a trait that defines MAGA.

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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 17h

Plus I find a good indicator of whether a person is going to say the most outrageously misogynistic vile tripe on LinkedIn is whether they list “well-being coach” on their bio.

Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 18h

Yes this. Please don’t be like Paloma or even Steve Jobs. Don’t die of curable diseases because you read some shite on the Internet.

Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 1d

Wellness influencers are killing people. Paloma Shemirani was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which 80% of people survive, at age 22. She was dead within 7 months because dietary changes and coffee enemas didn’t work. Her airway collapsed under pressure from a tumor and she died at age 23.

Wellness influencers are literally killing people

YouTube video by Dr. Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD

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CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 1d

I love Juice Media
#nzpol
youtu.be/h-yjkAXxnMA?...

Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

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Scott agrees: FREE LINK @scottdagostino.ca · 1d

A principled stance from HRW 🔥

Human Rights Watch ‘Cannot Accept’ Donations From Aziz Ansari and Other Comedians Who Performed at Riyadh Comedy Festival

Human Rights Watch says it 'cannot accept' donations from Aziz Ansari and other comedians who performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

variety.com

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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 1d

Here's the feds' "evidence" that state AG Letitia James committed bank fraud: She allegedly got a 3% mortgage rate on a Virginia house that she said she'd use as a second home, but she rented it out instead – so she should have paid a 3.185% rate, a difference of about $19,000.

Letitia James indicted by federal grand jury in Virginia

State Attorney General Letitia James has reportedly been indicted for alleged mortgage fraud.

www.cityandstateny.com

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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine seeing Nick Clegg as aspirational.

Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 1d

All my comics have happy endings!

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